>This, however, is not a story about the benefits of universal health care
Despite this phrase and the title ("wanted" as opposed to "needed") being technically accurate, you'd think the article is going to be the disadvantages of a universal healthcare system but it's not.
It's about nothing.
Just an entitled patient bugging her doctors to prescribe her Vicodin before her surgery even began and them not doing so because, as it tuned out, her biggest hurdle after the surgery was boredom and not pain.
I think the article tells the opposite story. She's not necessarily entitled, just misinformed and mistaught. She's been taught to rely on pain meds instead of using them as a supplement to understanding the pain. I think it's more of a piece on education related to pain and meds rather than a study on boredom.
Despite this phrase and the title ("wanted" as opposed to "needed") being technically accurate, you'd think the article is going to be the disadvantages of a universal healthcare system but it's not.
It's about nothing.
Just an entitled patient bugging her doctors to prescribe her Vicodin before her surgery even began and them not doing so because, as it tuned out, her biggest hurdle after the surgery was boredom and not pain.