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From United Press International
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky libertarian known for his opposition to socialized medicine, is going to Canada for hernia surgery next week, according to court papers he filed in a civil case.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Paul, a onetime Republican presidential candidate, will have outpatient surgery performed at the Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Thornhill, Ontario, next week.
The information appeared in documents filed in the senator's civil lawsuit against neighbor Rene Boucher, who pleaded guilty to assaulting Paul in 2017. Paul suffered six broken ribs and a bruised lung in the dispute over lawn maintenance.
Paul has been a longtime critic of socialized healthcare systems like Canada. During Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, Paul derided what he called socialized medicine and the need for the marketplace in healthcare. In Canada, healthcare is nationalized.
COMMENT:-
No one should be surprised by this, American insurance companies have had arrangements with Canadian medical service providers so that the American policy holders would receive medical services in Canada and the American insurance companies would pay 100% of the bills of the Canadian medical service providers.
The way that this works, is that the American insurance company bases its premiums on what it would cost to provide the services in the United States of America, but bases its expenses on what it actually costs.
This is a win-win situation for both the American insurance companies and the Canadian medical service providers. It's also a win for the Canadian medical insurance premium payers (it actually cuts the costs of providing services). The only ones who "lose out" on the arrangement are the American medical insurance premium payers.
Sen. Rand Paul going to Canada for hernia surgery
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky libertarian known for his opposition to socialized medicine, is going to Canada for hernia surgery next week, according to court papers he filed in a civil case.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Paul, a onetime Republican presidential candidate, will have outpatient surgery performed at the Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Thornhill, Ontario, next week.
The information appeared in documents filed in the senator's civil lawsuit against neighbor Rene Boucher, who pleaded guilty to assaulting Paul in 2017. Paul suffered six broken ribs and a bruised lung in the dispute over lawn maintenance.
Paul has been a longtime critic of socialized healthcare systems like Canada. During Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, Paul derided what he called socialized medicine and the need for the marketplace in healthcare. In Canada, healthcare is nationalized.
COMMENT:-
No one should be surprised by this, American insurance companies have had arrangements with Canadian medical service providers so that the American policy holders would receive medical services in Canada and the American insurance companies would pay 100% of the bills of the Canadian medical service providers.
The way that this works, is that the American insurance company bases its premiums on what it would cost to provide the services in the United States of America, but bases its expenses on what it actually costs.
This is a win-win situation for both the American insurance companies and the Canadian medical service providers. It's also a win for the Canadian medical insurance premium payers (it actually cuts the costs of providing services). The only ones who "lose out" on the arrangement are the American medical insurance premium payers.