Go to China. Get your tonsils out.
- March 15, 2010
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My friend Joe is a trombonist, subject to terrible infections of the throat. He had seven or eight of them in the past year. Twice, he needed emergency care to pierce and drain abcesses—the most painful thing he has ever endured, he says.
To stop these infections, doctors have told him he has to have his tonsils out. But he’s a poor trombonist, working part-time at other jobs to support his art. Naturally, he can’t afford health insurance.
A few weeks ago, Joe emailed me with joy. He won the competition for a permanent desk as principal trombonist for China’s new National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Beijing. After telling me how thrilled he was about the job, he added, “and thankfully, I will have insurance.”
That’s America for you. Get a job in China and finally you can have your tonsils out.
