Opinion: The triathlon bros are getting knees before the guy who keeps the airport cool

I watched a friend — I’ll call him Dave — wait 16 months for a hip replacement while still needing to work. He is responsible for air conditioning at the airport. I researched those lobbying publicly and others opening clinics to promote private health care and found some were wealthy, paying for knee surgeries to […]

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