Now add this tidbit ... I remember Rush on-air several times saying he does not bill his insurance company for drug expenses, he just pays cash for them. He admitted to not keeping records of his drug purchases nor did he total it up for taxes at year end. So Rush was an accidental sitting duck for the scam.
If the allegations are true, then in all likelihood, he didn't bill his insurance company for prescriptions, paid cash for his drugs, and failed to keep records for tax purposes because he didn't want a paper trail to follow him around.
Remember folks, even nice people can become druggies and, I guarantee that the more the addict has a stake (i.e., high profile in the community), the more time they will spend coming up with plausible explanations for behavior that otherwise doesn't make sense. And one of the reasons they are able to continue their addiction for so long is that they are surrounded by "enablers" who make excuses for them. If Rush, in fact, has a drug problem, then the best thing you do for him is to turn off the hero worship crap and stop making excuses for him. I just can't beleive how freaking naive some of you are when it comes to addiction and drug abuse. You sound like freaking democrates.