“Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.”

American conservative political commentator

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was an American conservative political commentator and radio host, active from the 1980s until his death in 2021. He is best known for hosting The Rush Limbaugh Show. The program first aired in 1984 and later reached national audiences through syndication on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until 2021. Limbaugh became a prominent voice in conservative talk radio through that long-running show.