Rand Paul Claims Obamacare Will Include Diagnostic Codes For 'Injuries

Sustained From a Turtle, Walking

Into a Lamppost

And Burning Water Skis

In a little-noticed speech to the Iowa Republican Party this month, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul mocked President Obama's signature health care overhaul, noting the 122,000 new medical diagnostic codes doctors will have to use in order to inform the government about injuries sustained by Americans.

Those codes, said Sen. Paul, a medical doctor himself, include line-items for 'injuries sustained from a turtle,' 'walking into a lamppost' and  'injuries sustained from burning water skis.'

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