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Manitobans push province to cover surgery costs

Andy Maxwell would still be suffering like thousands of other Manitobans if he hadnt gone out of province and paid out of his own pocket for two separate surgeries.
Andy Maxwell, 72, is a Winnipeg man who travelled out of province for two hip replacement surgeries due to the current backlog. (Daniel Crump/Winnipeg Free Press)

Andy Maxwell would still be suffering like thousands of other Manitobans if he hadn't gone out of province and paid out of his own pocket for two separate surgeries.

And he's furious the province won't reimburse him for his full costs, especially since it couldn't provide the surgeries itself.

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