This Team USA Athlete Is Going Viral for Documenting Her Free Healthcare at the Olympic Village

[hewontgo]

This Team USA Athlete Is Going Viral for Documenting Her Free Healthcare at the Olympic Village https://t.co/46RYIBmq3M
- People (@people) August 10, 2024
After winning a bronze medal at the Paris Summer Olympics for women’s rugby sevens, Ariana Ramsey stuck around in Paris to take in the sights, watch other athletes compete in events - and also

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[daredevilwolf]

another reason to say fuck america which is fine by me

i hate my country for so many myriad of reasons and this is a big one

literally read a post on tumblr that broke my heart that a man who had a family got cancer and he's refusing treatment even though it could save his life because he doesn't want to put his wife and kids in debt

i doubt he's still alive

[beelzebaby]

can't he just get divorced? idk the ins and outs but my husband and i half-joke that if ever one of us has medical bills, we're getting divorced immediately to protect assets.

[daredevilwolf]

i don't know his story beyond the original post

maybe he did do that and there is a happy ending but i doubt he thought of that unfortunately

[sandstorm]

The so called greatest country in the world and people have to go overseas after competing to give their country gold to get basic health services for free.

We are a deeply unserious place.

[steffi_333]

I see a lot of TikTok videos of people going for health checks in places like Turkey. It’s a fraction of what you’d pay in the US. Even with flights and hotels.

[snovasam]

i was in denver the other day and my uber driver was from Turkey. Moved here 2 years ago. He stated he hates the USA because of the lack of affordable health care and how in Turkey it was super cheap and pretty much free. He said he’s planning to move back in a year.

[erin805]

This is so embarrassing (the US not her)

[anagramofbrat]

Good for her.

It is fucking embarrassing that the US does not have universal healthcare and yet has the nerve to tout itself as THE civilized nation.

but "socialism"

[rabbitofalice]

smart move