‘Like, what?’: USA’s Ariana Ramsey blown away by free healthcare at Olympics
by Talia Barrington in Paris from US news | The Guardian on (#6PVGG)
- Olympic Village offers free care for athletes at the Games
- Patients often left out of pocket after appointments in US
US rugby sevens player, Ariana Ramsey will leave Paris with more than just a bronze medal. After discovering the Olympic Village provides not only free food to athletes but a suite of free healthcare options, she'll be heading home having completed a pap smear and a free eye and dental exam. She even snagged a free pair of prescription glasses. To quote her now-viral TikTok video, Like, what?"
The Olympic Village - where athletes reside during the Games - began offering free medical care in 1932, according to Sports Illustrated. SI also reported the village offers, cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, and podiatry, with dermatology also being offered to Paralympic athletes, who arrive next week.
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