US Olympian Ariana Ramsey is ‘So Amazed’ by Free Healthcare in the Olympic Village, She’s Joining the Fight for Universal Healthcare

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August 9, 2024

By Kay Wicker, The Grio

Rugby star Ariana Ramsey has been taking full advantage of the free healthcare offered to Olympians in the Paris Olympic Village.

Olympian Ariana Ramsey of Team United States poses on the “Today Show” set on July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

You know you’re an American abroad when a public amenity amazes you. Just ask U.S. women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey, who, after becoming a bronze medalist alongside her team, has been documenting her time receiving not just free food and chocolate muffins but free healthcare in the Paris Olympic Village.

Since arriving in the village, Ramsey has received a free-of-charge pap smear, dental work, and an eye exam. The experience has been so impactful that she declared she’s joining the fight for universal healthcare in her home country.

“The fact that I’m so excited to be getting free dental is crazy,” she said in a video with a caption declaring her a free healthcare advocate. “This is going to be my new fight for action. Free healthcare in America. Period.”

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“America needs to do better with their healthcare system because there’s no way why me, an American girl, should be so amazed by free healthcare,” she said in a later video. Some of her international followers in the comments couldn’t believe her shock, either.

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