# commercial for a new hip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-for-a-new-hip/713243>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 21, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-for-a-new-hip/713243 "2015-02-21T02:32:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-for-a-new-hip/713243/1 "2015-02-21T02:32:10Z")

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this seems new: I just saw an ad on TV that wanted me to get surgery, a new hip or knee from [these people](http://rediscoveryourgo.com/).

I’m old enough to remember it wasn’t always legal to have ads for prescription drugs and then it was. this feels like that kind of change.