This morning my grandfather told me he was considering leg surgery. Worried that he was facing a new series of "senior challenges," I pressed for details: no new pain or loss of mobility; indeed, he played golf yesterday.
Then he revealed that his doctor recommended the surgery...TO OPEN UP HIS BACK SWING! And that Medicare was covering it in full!
He's a staunch libertarian, so I asked him outright if he thought it proper for the government to cover the cost of what is for all intents and purposes an elective procedure. This isn't a matter of "quality of life" so much as it is "quality of play," I said. "Aaron," he responded. "At this age, all life is is play."
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