No, this is no joke.  Rush Limbaugh was recently hospitalized in a Honolulu hospital after complaints of chest pains.  You can watch him praising the hospital that he was admitted to here after his release.  Rush Limbaugh said, “based on what happened to me here, I don’t think there is one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine, just dandy.”

It was pointed out by the SEIU blog that Hawaii has one of the most progressive health care systems in the country.  All employers are required to provide coverage to any employee that works 20 hours or more a week.  The nurses at the hospital Rush Limbaugh was admitted to are represented by a labor union.  Hawaii is even exempt from many aspects of the current health care bill being debated in Congress because their health care system goes even farther than the federal legislation that could soon pass.

Rush went on to explain that the treatment he received “was the best that the world has to offer.”  If that’s the case, then we better start passing legislation to mirror the example that Hawaii has set for years.