Rick surmises:
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Looks like you're reading that into the story, not reading it.
Why would he have looked into going to the states for treatment
if he was unwilling to leave at all. I doubt that he can go to
other facilities in the health system he is tied to.
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Well, why else would the reporter go into great length about how much a
day away from work would cost him and how he was unwilling to to accept
that loss and that he'd insist on staying in Penticton. If he were
willing to leave town, that would be an entirely irrelevant bit of
info. [Citation: "If he were to hire a roving notary to cover for him,
it would cost $220 a day, plus living expenses "I don't make that, so
the end result is I have to close my business." He has operated the
business in Penticton for 15 years...."] Clearly he's unwilling to
leave town to have the operation done.

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