Graham wrote:

> On 2021-04-25 6:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-04-25 7:54 p.m., US Janet wrote:
> > > On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:10:28 -0700 (PDT),
> > > "
> >
> > > > One of the maintenance men at work had a stroke many years
> > > > ago.Â* "I gotta get home, I gotta get back to work."Â* He
> > > > had/has great insurance but his refusal to remain in the
> > > > hospital and then go for physical therapy has left him a
> > > > terrible cripple. That's not to say the therapy would have
> > > > corrected his immediate disability but there's nothing that
> > > > can be done for him now.
> > >
> > > He needs to ask his doctor if he can have therapy.Â* It isn't my
> > > understanding of Medicare that he can't.
> >
> > We had a pretty damned good health care system here, but
> > physiotherapy is not always covered. From what I understand, if a
> > doctor prescribes it and refers you to the hospital it is covered
> > by the government.Â* I have extended health care and if the doctor
> > prescribes it I am covered by my extended health care to a limit.Â*
> > If you have to pay for it yourself... well, it's pretty damned
> > expensive.
> >
> What ****es me off is that my extended coverage will pay for quackery
> (chiropracters) but not physio unless I go for the top tier plan.

That's because you have a very narrowminded view of what's quackery.

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