USA rugby sevens bronze medalist Ariana Ramsey has said she’s turned into a universal healthcare advocate after being offered free healthcare in the Olympic Village.
The Olympic Village is mystical place for us non-Olympians. But apparently, there are some perks that even some athletes aren’t aware of. Take Team USA’s rugby sevens bronze medalist Ariana Ramsey, for example. 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.
“So when I was going into my eye doctors appointment – my free eye doctor’s appointment in the Olympic Village – my eye doctor recognized me. She was like: ‘Your video’s going viral.’ “And then when I left, there were all these workers coming up to me and being like: ‘Thank you for your video.’ … France, you did do your big ones with free healthcare, or every other country minus America, did their big one with free healthcare.
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