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Arnold Schwarzenegger Takes On Rush Limbaugh Over Healthcare

March 21, 2007 on 10:26 pm | In health care, arnold schwarzenegger, rush limbaugh | No Comments

California govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger phoned into the Rush Limbaugh radio show and had a spirited conversation over health care.

Here’s part of the transcript:

Governor Schwarzenegger:  “Now, when we go into health care reform, as you know right now — and this is the important thing for the conservatives to think about, that right now — everyone that is insured here in California, they are paying for the uninsured. That means there’s a hidden tax there, a huge hidden tax — so much that the private sector businesses in California are paying $14.billion right now in the hidden tax. What I want to do is get rid of that hidden tax; reduce the cost of health care through prevention and through insuring everyone and make sure that everyone carries insurance and that everyone is insured by the insurance companies. So this is the kinds of things that we are doing.”

You can read the full transcript at: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_032107/content/01125106.guest.html