The "coverage" of it was originally in 2010 and obviously didn't move the meter any - or maybe people just didn't want to pay attention because they had this inexplicable teabagger crush on rand paul. Well, I'm THRILLED to see this is getting more attention again. WE started some of that rediscovery a few weeks ago, I think, with various posts about it here.
It reminds me of when I was still working, and I interviewed then-TV talk show host Jenny Jones about her breast implant surgery that turned VERY bad. She admitted up front that she went to a NON-board-certified plastic surgeon. Didn't really check him out tooo much, knew he wasn't board-certified but didn't let that stop her. Mainly, he was much cheaper than the board-certified doctors. HUGE mistake! She lived to regret that horribly destructive and painful penny-wise/pound foolish decision. The guy frickin' maimed her. She had little recourse. She had the implants removed and decided against any reconstructive surgery because she couldn't afford it and there was just way too much scar tissue from the complications that ensued. Maybe now it would be more of an option but that was, I think, some 25-30 years ago, when it wasn't. That stuck with me like glue! He was NOT board-certified. She said it was the stupidest mistake she ever made and MAN did she suffer for it.
I have had a long history of involvement with eye doctors, optometrists and ophthalmologists, being extremely near-sighted pretty much from birth. Glasses, contact lenses of all kinds, hard lenses, soft lenses, experimental lenses, etc. My parents always took me to board-certified EVERYBODY. I wouldn't risk my vision even if it was much cheaper! I wouldn't dare!
I guess some Kentuckians are fine with it but I sure as hell am NOT! And as the link below (from 2010) clearly indicates, it's a sure-fire indication of the kind of self-centered, opportunistic, corner-cutting, sneaky-ass, slicky-boy cheat he is. Seriously - you want that in a presidential hopeful (much less, God forbid, a President)????
The Biggest Rand Paul Outrage Yet
Jun 15, 2010 7:07 AM EDT
The eye doctor isn’t properly certified? Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on Paul’s slick end-run around the profession’s licensing rules—and what it tells you about the kind of politician he is.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/06/15/rand-paul-opthamology-certification-scandal-why-it-matters.html
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