Yeah they have that place near Toronto that is like a hernia surgery factory with enslaved-surgeons who are chained to the floors of the operating theatres for back to back procedures all day
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What procedure is Rand having done in Canada? Is he going there because insurance in this country wonât pay for it?
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Very true. But, and this is only based on my familiarity with state university systems here in the US, itâs possible the overseas full pay patients are welcomed because by paying premium amounts, they help subsidize the system. Like overseas F1 students who pay premium rates help subsidize state universities. BTW this is often controversal for competitive systems, like the UCal system, where overseas students might bump out in-state students.
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And apparently one way he maintained it was by shooting his grass clipping onto his neighborâs lawn, and purposely stinking up their yard, and generally being an ass.
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His hero Ayn Rand seemed to like her Medicare.
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Yeah, but he could legally get medical marijuana in plenty of places here. Of course he might be breaking Federal law, I seriously havenât kept up with whatâs going on on that front.
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If there is an insurance claim involved, I think not. Basically if he want the neighbor (or neighborâs insurance) to pay, he has to give them access. Iâm not sure at this point if he can just say, eh, never mind, and have his own insurance pay without them insisting on going after the neighborâs.
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And more than a few toddlers, lol.
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Formed his own board? That would be fitting.
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My husband had hernia surgery in So Cal a few years ago. Same day surgery. In the way home we stopped for a coffee and snack. The next evening we walked to a neighborâs house for a party. A routine surgery. There must be more to this story.
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This goes more to his perception of the quality of health care in Canada vs. the US rather than to his disdain for socialized medicine (Iâm assuming he, his insurance or civil settlement funds will be paying for his surgery in Canada).
Iâm not sure what Paul has said in the past about the quality of medical care in Canada, but certainly the right has this general meme that medical care in Canada is compromised (itâs not) because it is âsocialisticâ.
This would seem to be a clear acknowledgement that the quality of health care in Canada is equal to or exceeds that in the US (which of course is true) and that by itself is a repudiation of one of the major issues raised about the single-payer system in Canada.
I rather wonder why he couldnât find an adequate surgeon in the US, though.
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Forgot about that aspect of it. I thought that whole thing was over. But yeah youâre right.
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Canada is much more forgiving of those with addictions.
May his flight be cancelled due to inadequate airport staffing.
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I had mine done (a double) last year at a good local hospital, and it was incredibly routine. I was up and around the next day.i think I went grocery shopping even.
Same here. I would be happy to recommend the Kaiser doctor who did my hernia operation in SoCal. Plus heâs black, so Sen. Paul could lecture him about Black Lives Matter.
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Some of yâall have had easy and lucky ones⌠After mine, I definitely wasnât wandering around going grocery shopping or chatting up neighbors. I was shifting between bed and couch for like 3 days, took a couple weeks to be back to almost normal.
I think itâs still a concern for students, especially if they are planning on federal grants in the future (e.g. grad school) or federal aid in the present. Doesnât matter what the local law is.
Very funny!!
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