Rush falsehood on healthcare

In today's show (Aug 27'09) Rush made the following claims:

1) Massachusetts enacted universal healthcare and it is ruining their budget.

2) Massachusetts healthcare is going down the tubes.

3) Nobody wants it.

The truth ..

1)

As a MA resident, I can tell you the healthcare reform enacted here is NOT the reason its budget is out of balance. Instead, just like every other state in the union, our budget is in trouble because tax revenues are down. Tax revenues are down because the country has been in a deep, prolonged recession. Prior to the recession, the MA budget was in fine shape - even though the state's healthcare reform was already in place!

2)

Again, as a MA resident, I can assure you that healthcare in this state is not going down the tubes. End of argument - there is nothing else to say.

3)

"nobody wants it" - not sure if he was referring to MA residents not wanting their existin health reform, or the nation as a whole not wanting the upcoming proposed healthcare reform, he was (purposely?) vague on this point.

If he meant the former, then, again, he simply is wrong. I have not heard anybody complain about the reform that our then REPUBLICAN govenor enacted. Even the local conservative pundits do not complain about it. It simply is a political non-issue in this state.