A Crooked Middle Finger Salute
I Solute Your Irrational Meme Why did my broken middle finger heal crooked in this highly touted single-payer (aka socialist) healthcare system ? The answer to that is both really simple and also highly nuanced and complex. The simple answer is that the orthopedic surgeon, you know the bone specialist who trained for an extra 5 years to get really good at mending bones, did the wrong thing. The level of inquiry I find most people engaging in on matters like this is superficial and leads to an unsatisfactory and childish answer, “That’s a bad doctor.” I don't buy that explanation, I think that after 13 years of medical training this orthopedic surgeon knows how to properly mend a broken finger. The question is why didn't he do what he knew to be the best treatment for my middle finger? I was told by both the ER Physician and the orthopedic technician that I would require a pin to be put in my finger. Imagine my relief when the specialist said he'd just s...