How is this not fake news? If only socialized healthcare didn't ruin most healthcare institutions he would trust them. Instead he went to a private one. FakeNews
It’s a PRIVATE hospital which goes against everything socialized medicine stands for. To see media bias in the USA is truly sad because it’s hard to believe the main stream media anymore.
Fake Conservatism is a chronic illness.
TomNovelly This article was written for the poorly educated by the fakely educated. The article reminds me of the word “fakely.” Most people think it’s legitimate but is in fact, not a real word.
A surgery he is having a private clinic, and paying for out of his own pocket. Free market at its best. Also, the surgery is for injuries sustained during an attack by his left wing nut job Democrat neighbor.
Hypocrite
Really, Rand.
What's the reason for him coming north to get the surgery?
Hahahaha...what a joke. Now he is wearing different shoes.
Hypocrite.
Why Canada. Why not in the Country that he is supposed to serve. No one does hernia surgery in this country?
And we needed to know about his hernia why?
Just one of them hypocrites.
Blessings yo you
38specialcolt
duhhhhhhhhhhhh we're usa today duhhhhhhhhhhhh we got LOTS of medical degrees around here so we're SMART! duhhh and YOURE NOT! duhhhhh WE know WHY hes getting it done there duhhhh coz there couldnt possibly be ANY REASON except that its socialized medicine duhhhhhhhhhh yeah
HYPOCRISY
Hopefully they’ll keep him there
“Kentucky Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky will travel To Canada for Hernia Operation” He is against ObamaCare! Now he is drinking his Own Medicine! Whenever goes Round Comes back Round.
And Kentucky. The first state to slash Medicaid. Leaving the uninsured rate up 136%. Check it! demonicrnc romeisburning
It’s a private clinic.
There aren't qualified doctors in the U.S. to treat his condition? Such hypocrisy...
Disgusting
TomNovelly I’m sorry but they had to know the optics on this would be terrible, very bad, and did I mention terrible.
I hope they refuse him.
Hummmm?!?!
I'm tired of the GOP screaming FakeNews such as Paul's spokesperson is claiming. Interpret the article as you may, it is just reporting the situation accurately.
To use 'Socialized Medicine'? What a 'hypocrite' Rand Paul is?
Do as I say, not as I do...
Hypocrite
Yes, he's traveling to a well-known hospital that specializes in the procedure he requires. He will be paying directly for the procedure. But Rene Boucher, who injured him, will end up paying for it. That's because Dr. Paul's injury by his attack made this surgery necessary.
What a fucking misleading joke. Can USA Today really say it doesn’t have an agenda?
what?!?
TJSeraphim Wow! His neighbor really hit him hard.
Hypocrite.
Private hospital that specializes in hernias. FakeNews. Be more than a headline ...
Intentionally misleading byline. He's having his procedure at a private hospital, not through Canada's social system for which he's not eligible
Don't give him any pain meds! He might become addicted!
Whaaaattttt? Lol hypocrite!! Typical
Seriously?!?! Going to a PRIVATE, cash payment hospital. Completely the opposite of socialized medicine. But hey USA Today. Keep it up with the BS headlines for your sheep. You know that they only read the headlines and aren’t smart enough to research.
TJSeraphim Maybe while being fixed for the Hernia the doctor can look around for his spine and suggest a 'fix”for his grape seed sized gonads. Rand Paul is the epitome of BS then votes party over people all the time.
Oh no, is Google down at USA Today HQ?
Double talking Republican...? Hold my beer
Another Bigot, spending our Money!
What? You can't afford surgery in the US, you don't have Obama Care? Our Taxpayers dollars at Work!
Hypocrite
What he doesnt trust our wonderful healthcare
Why, because in all 50 states and our territories there isn’t one able surgeon? Well, I find that hard to believe. We’re America, best of the best. Most expensive of the most expensive. Where are You going RandPaul? JustinTrudeau, close the doors. Or at least charge him GST.
This is the joke of the day! Typical SenateGOP SenRandPauI that rants on healthcare for those that need it and goes elsewhere for himself! Maybe they will take out his vocal chords by accident!
Have to have that socialize care and medicine. I suppose he’ll spent a significant amount of time trying to convince the non believers that it was a private hospital.
At a private hospital.
He and his father are hypocrites
Look at the baggers on here , you spent the 10 years mocking the Canadian healthcare system now your defending it. You were told they also private healthcare and you called it a lie. Now you are admitting it's wasn't a lie.
JohnHipps Make sure he’s not meeting with Russians while he’s up there. Seriously.
To a private clinic.
Why are we letting him get this done in our country? Grrrrre
KY has lousy health care?
IT'S DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO!!!!! IT'S GOOD ME BUT NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE!!!😎😎😎
Oh boy, good enough for him but not the rest of the nation!
Don’t get why you throw in critic of socialized medicine when he is going to pvt hospital specializing in hernia operations. He is not joining the Canadian health care system is he? He is paying for procedure I presume.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah because he's still allowed to pick his doctor since he didn't abide by the ACA
Wow. Surprised he isn’t going to Russia.
🤣🤣🤣
To a private hospital.
Hope they go in from his ass,hope it hurts.
What is America not good enough for him.another of trump’s lackey . Hope he gets septic.
USA Today...REALLY? The article reads this specific hospital is the leader in non mesh hernia repair...THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH PAUL’S STANCE ON SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!!! He just wants the best for this type of surgery!!! keepreportingheadlinestostirdivision
One way to fix our health care system is to make Congress, all of them, use it.. They'd come to an agreement fast!
Slight correction to your story: While there are private clinics in Canada, hospitals are publicly-funded.
I had both of my hernia repairs, with mesh, done in the USA. No problems. Senator Paul has no reason to go outside of the USA for this surgery. I see it as a slap to the face of the American people and our medical community.
MichaelSiraguse He’s always doing the “heavy lifting.” Right!
What There are NO hospitals in the USA that can provide surgical care for his hernia SERIOUSLY? This is just ridiculous!!
At a private clinic u hacks
Why may I ask?
So he is going for a specialized surgery. Not costs or availability.
rhonda_harbison Republicans are hypocrites of the first order!
Oh wow! Thanks for the update this information was very much required in my life. Can we now focus on some real issues.
Why Rand? Not good surgeons in America?
TomNovelly
You can't make this shit up folks.
WHAT🙀🙀. Another Republicanhypocrite😡😍. Oh my. Shocking-NOT. Thank you Kentucky for sending another one👺👺👺👺
So he’s going to pay full cost out of pocket instead of copay/coinsurance? Yeah, makes sense, NOT!!
TomNovelly Lol this garbage is still up
Why doesn’t he take advantage of his own affordable health care?
How much are Canadians paying? Oh, nothing? Journalism is dead.
briansantamaria Oh, the irony.
I’m not even mad at the Republicans anymore, I’m mad at the dumbass who keep voting for them
Whaaaatttt?
Ya but he is gonna pay for it just as many Canadians who can’t get timely treatment here pay for procedures in the US
I hope it turns out better then mine did, still have problems, still don't know what they did, but I can tell you it wasn't fixed.
It’s a private hospital
Is Canada paying for it? If not, what’s the story?
WTF? Then why don't we discontinue the health care benefits he receives for free!?
Only the little people will have socialized medicine. The rich elites can go wherever they want, to the best doctors, for anything they want done, at anytime.
Markcava Screaming hypocrite...
He is going to a specialized non mesh hernia clinic his Drs. recommended. READ
If you had done your research .. you would have found the hospital is not govt run & he’s paying in cash! FactsMatter FakeNewsAlert
More hypocrisy.. shocking🙄
The NYT piece on the FBI investigating Trump was intended to absolve FBI leadership. It actually does the opposite. It reveals FBI chose to investigate POTUS to retaliate against him for firing Comey. They NEVER had any real evidence but opened an investigation anyway. Unreal.
It’s a privately owned hospital
Hold on.. look people hypocrisy at its finest!!!!!
Republican irony continues to pile up.
Good enough for him but let us fend for ourselves another example of the hypocrisy and ignorance in the GOP
Do as I say!!!!
?
Excuse me?!!! What did you say?
Speeking of Russian assets...
There is either more to the story or he is a Politician
I guess Rand Paul believes in 'slavery' after all
Pot meet kettle
Wow
Really? Cleveland Clinic is so much closer and more competent. I guess he’s paying cash so he’s at the top of the list now, poor Canadian’s have to wait in line for months even years for medical services.
TheKanter It's a private clinic, it is not socialized medicine. I'm no fan of Paul's, but in this case he's not a hypocrite. This is crappy reporting USA Today.
Do as I say, not as I do! I hope his constituents have the sense to know he cares nothing about them, is using them to profit from big corporations that want him to take from them and give to their corporations! Please tell me people are not that dumb!
Really ? Good to know, we can joke about it !
Why Canada & not America?
🙄🙄
Does he realize they don't use anesthesia?
Rand Paul is a demagogue. Americans need to remove the small group of criminal white men who are standing at the entrances of hospitals and clinics and telling everybody that insurance money 💰 must be paid to them in order to enter.
WTF? He’s got top shelf insurance maybe he’s making a run for it
Looks like he’s going to the Shouldice Clinic. I went there myself for my surgery and even tho I’m a tax paying Canadian this was a surgery I had to pay for, they’re the best tho.
turns out aqua-buddha is a secret socialist... but then so was his demented namesake ayn rand
I wonder what made RandPaul pick an Ontario hospital?
Oh, not having it done in U.S.A? WHY? You hypocrite.
Why
rhonda_harbison I hope they keep him. We don't want him in Ky. What a joke. Got his arse kicked and still milking it
How did he get a hernia from this? Medical experts pray tell.
There is nothing hypocritical about this... your title portrays it this way but he’s going there bcuz it specializes in hernia treatment.
I don’t care what the reasons are behind it. He is still showing his WHITE PRIVILEGE HYPOCRISY. Vote these guys out.
Hypocrisy thy name is Rand Paul. Apparently the waiting list was too long in America.
He’s going for Med Marijuana 😃
🤣🤣🤣
Whaaat! Randy what are you thinking
Can’t he afford it here?
He also campaigned on 'No Career Politicians'. Hypocrisy at its finest
Why 🇨🇦? That is for Rafael Cruz! Ran Paul should had just signed up for Obamacare, it has all the benefits that canadian citizens receive.
Well see.... the hospital has nothing to do with state run healthcare (it's private) and is one of the best in the world. Sounds like an endorsement of free market healthcare.
Why canada? Because its way cheaper there . and does he have dual citizenship?
Let this be a learning curve for all those who defend the Republican party for wanting kill the ACA! They do not care about the you!
sergenyt Kentucky gave him a license to practice medicine, so he’s wary of what he’d get at home.
Fing hypocrite
Its a private clinic.
Well, then...when a US Senator won’t get his healthcare in the US but Canada...sadstateofaffairs
That cannot be to save money. He is a foreigner so will pay 3000+ for the admit and then all expenses. Plus be in a waiting list because Canadians come first, as they should.
hwaadt
Rand Paul is a hypocrite
maybe he'll also get some lessons in socialized medicine? couldn't hurt to talk with some of his doctors, nurses, and staff, now, could it? he could write it off as a *working procedure*.
As a Canadian nurse you will get great care no VIP treatment for you! You will have to get your ass moving soon after surgery !
Hypocrites all!
This is as unpatriotic as you can get. So there aren’t good surgeons in USA for his surgery Really?
Perhaps that should examine his head also.
Hope the Canadians “heckle” him all the way to the hospital!!
SenRandPauI has advocated for patients being able to choose their service providers. Sounds just like what he's doing...choosing a top hospital known for their treatment for his particular hernia operation. He's not using the Canadians healthcare. He's using his own. NO STORY!
Wtf?
In Canada, eh? Love it!
Too rich. Can’t...take...the...irony.
... got one done a month and a half ago in Richmond... no problems no waiting...
Oh Canada!🇨🇦
No surprise. They oppose abortion too unless it's their mistresses.
🤔Canada
.AliVelshi
So much for the Canadian health care system being vastly inferior to ours.
hwaadt According to GOP rhetoric, he'll have to wait 9 months to use the one and only socialist scalpel.
TCPalm Will they let him in?
sergenyt Hypocrite
So carrying the weight of all his lies finally gave RandPaul a hernia- serves him right 🤨VoteThemAllOut
They should stop him at the border and send him back. He should be forced to have the same costs and standard of care that he legislates for the American people.
You do know the he will be paying for this with his one money or insurance and the as a non resident/ non citizen- he is not covered under Canada’s universal health care system
Hypocrite.
Typical republican hypocrite 🙄
So, his ass is bothering him. Is he going to Canada because it’s cheaper or have better doctors? Maybe they keep their records private.
How many GOP lies about healthcare in America & Canada does he bust? Medical breakthroughs happen even w/out profit as a motive. The wait time isn't too long in Canada for care. FHS 5-8 thousand dollars in the U.S. wouldn't get you checked into a hospital for ANY procedure.
I’m sure that the hernia will be ok once Rand Paul is removed and it may stay in Canada afterward.
justinjm1 This is The Onion as real life, again.
Of the mouth?
Wait. What
justinjm1 SenRandPauI ‘s Do as I say, not as I do, is typical of the tea party mentality.
Perks of being a Lawmaker...do what is good for you versus what’s available to your constituents.
the luxuries of lap dogs
jpm1514 classic
kimmiedq Hypocrisy, I will scream your name.
People elect this guy to be their representative Sad.
Canada should build a wall....
No doubt billing what the lawsuit damages won’t pay along with his travel expenses to the federal government. He’s a hypocrite and an asshole.
Just another GOP hypocrite.
justinjm1 CNN
Optics mean absolutely nothing to these self entitled, corrupt, blatantly hypocritical assholes or are they just really stupid. No concerns about getting reelected, because they probably will. RandPaul
RandPaul Quod licet jovis non licet bovis. Just get lost, SuckerPaul.
Don’t let him in! And if you feel you have too- please don’t send him back! Let him suffer like all Americans with no money or health care!
Canada? Why not Moscow?
Non mesh if far better fir this surgery. Smart medical decision
Tell Canada to “secure the border”.
lolllllllllllllllllllll
Well last time he had surgery here in the US they removed his testicles by mistake. Of course he let trump do the surgery sooooo you get what you pay for Rand
Very interesting
Whaaaaaaaaaat?
Pretty misleading. He isn’t going for socialized medicine, he is going to the leading non-mesh hernia clinic. Feel free to read the story.
It's his CHOICE, not a health care policy issue. His attacker likely has to pay the bill.
Go figure ..
What a surprise. Politicians say one thing and do something else completely. Something about the system turns them all into compulsive liars because what are the chances so many get elected.
Canada’s socialism medical system is not covering a foreigner like him, so what r u trying to say?
Canada please deport rand paul to Saudi, or Egypt or Russia. TY!
He can afford to have the best care in the world and for this it’s in Canada. Universal health care doesn’t mean you getting the best! You still only get what you can afford and what they say you can have
Wait. What. His government excellent senator medical insurance won't take care of him in the USA! ALT_uscis SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer SenSanders AOC
Many of us can’t afford to go outside US or even our state to get medical treatment.
🤣🤣🤣
Can't make it up!
Thank Goodness we have a free society that allows him to choose where and who handles his medical care. Govt controlled medicine is a bureaucratic nightmare for many already.
Is it because it’s more affordable? Better quality of care? Both? Must be nice to be in a position to have choices, far too many Americans don’t have those options. And he gets a tax-payer funded health care plan to boot.
Hypocrisy
Shouldice Hernia Hospital markets itself as 'the global leader in non-mesh hernia repair,' according to the clinic's website. It is privately administered. It’s a private hospital that has absolutely nothing to do with socialized medicine. should be embarrassed
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He is killing GOP with his actions and large support fir Donald’s Wall
Out of respect for his politics on health care, we'll bill him the max. possible...
Would be be informative if you included the reason why he is going to Canada for the procedure.
I just had hernia surgery two weeks ago here in the good old United States of America. That fool can stay in Canada
Hypocrite
TheOnion, you got scooped.
omg 😂. you really can't make this stuff up.
The hospital he's going to specifically specializes in surgery to fix hernias. Please tell me how this makes him a hypocrite?
You're shitting me, right?
Once a HYPOCRITE always a HYPOCRITE. It runs in the republican party.
lol
Why not Russia?
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