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groundloop

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Fri Aug 9, 2024, 02:38 PM Aug 9

Team USA rugby medalist becomes free healthcare advocate after discovering it in Olympic Village [View all]

Source: CNN

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When the 24-year-old arrived in Paris, she apparently knew of the free food on offer in the Village. What she didn’t know, though, was that free healthcare was available to all athletes.

In a video posted on her TikTok account, Ramsey said that she had a free pap smear. That wasn’t all, as she said she had booked a dentist appointment and an eye exam.

“Like, what?!” an incredulous Ramsey told her followers.

Ramsey said her videos displaying her incredulity at the free healthcare were picked up by media in France and that she has received positive feedback from workers.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/sport/ariana-ramsey-free-healthcare-advocate-olympics-spt-intl/index.html



Gee, healthcare for anyone who needs it. What a concept.

(BTW.... I was at the match where the US women's team won bronze, the first ever US medal in rugby).
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