Explaining the whole topic in 8 words: Europe is health system, US is health business

@gnislia

5 жыл бұрын

Tim NurSo pretty much. Plus because of the size of the NHS they have amazing negotiating power when it comes to buying equipment and pharmaceuticals

@jimmy2k4o

5 жыл бұрын

Reality Check. Medicine is a business. If its not how can you afford the best or newest Staff, medicine or technology

@surenot9491

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimmy2k4o Reality Check In European Countrys you have access to all approved methodes and medicines at a fraction of the bill per capita. The pharma industrie is business but the health system is non profit.

@andimason3370

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimmy2k4o Don't hide behind a fake persona of "reality" to excuse being a selfish ass-hole. Humans construct our own world, "reality" is what we make it to be. And in the U.K. they made reality the NHS.

@liammargetts

5 жыл бұрын

Ummmm, The NHS is in the UK, not Europe. Additionally, Europe is an entire continent, so it is much bigger than the US. Personally I prefer the NHS because it is also available for the poor, however there are a lot of flaws, doctors don't get payed much, there aren't enough doctors and the waiting times are rather long. Jimmy, I would disagree for the UK, I'm definitely not completely knowledgeable in this, but medicine is to help other people, although you could consider it a business because people compete different medicines and techniques, but I've noticed that medicine is mainly just to help people

Giving birth is expensive in the UK. We had to spend about £7 in parking costs for the 4 days

@WelshGuitarDude

4 жыл бұрын

In England* Parking is free in Wales and Scotland.

@Sg-rx8sb

4 жыл бұрын

Mee expect at the royal infirmary

@cordydc5557

4 жыл бұрын

My mum's a midwife and she has to spend so much money on parking... because the government doesn't pay for that so yeah that's sucky..(we live in Australia)

@johnbaldock6353

4 жыл бұрын

isoroxuk LMFAO XXXX

@anthonydabbs7475

4 жыл бұрын

It gonna lie you had us in the first half

NHS workers are incredible. They're so overworked and underpaid and they still do an amazing job. I wish they'd fund it properly.

@janani1826

4 жыл бұрын

Really what we need is a complete overhaul and streamline at some point, it will cost. a lot but will be better in the long run

@misalife626

4 жыл бұрын

The NHS is full of people who are so stupid. You could get paid a load of of money in private healthcare but the NHS pays you hardly anything

@janani1826

4 жыл бұрын

@@misalife626 but they want to help the NHS is a thing of pride 😂 also most do a mix of regular shifts,locolm and private to get a decent pay and I would say that's pretty smart

@misalife626

4 жыл бұрын

@@janani1826 so they do both private and NHS! That is smart

@davidrichards809

4 жыл бұрын

If you want it funded properly vote for a government that will fund it properly.

I was once chatting to an American friend of mine about the differences in healthcare, and he told me a story about his wife which, as someone who grew up with the NHS, is unfathomable to me! She was involved in a car accident that was not her fault. Someone drove into the side of her car and then drove off, and she ended up in a bad way, upside down in a ditch. The fire service had to cut her out of the car and she was airlifted to hospital, where she had life-saving surgery, followed by months recuperating in the hospital, which was then followed by months and months of rehabilition and medication while she learned how to walk again. At the end of all that they were told that their insurance company wouldn't pay up......for some stupid reason (apparently this is common with insurance companies)......and they ended up recieving a bill for over $500,000!!! HALF. A. MILLION. DOLLARS!!!! They literally had no other choice but to file for medical bankruptcy (which he tells me is ALSO a common thing over there) When I told him that everything he listed would have been completely free in England, except for *maybe* (less than) £10 a week for medication, he almost cried! The American healthcare system is truly disgusting...

@joejanota707

4 жыл бұрын

I was in a car crash when I was young. 60 stitches in the left side of my face and a life saving operation. Not a penny. We complain about wait times in the NHS but the reality is, if you need help, you will get that help. I know many people who were scared about cancer treatment not being on time, they are alive today, still in remission. They prioritise those who need it first like they should.

@donjuan6946

4 жыл бұрын

its not only the UK. im from Germany and everything is here for free, too. A good friend of mine is also the husband of my cousin. he is from the us and had a shoulder injury since he was a child....his parents were not able to pay the surgery in the us. They married in Germany and immediatly after marriage he received his shoulder surgery....for free....had to wait about 6 weeks for his surgery date...thats it. most of us will eventually need medical attention in some point of our life. your life shouldnt be over because you cant pay the surgery or u cant pay the bill after surgery....

@Aeterrna

4 жыл бұрын

@@donjuan6946 Not only UK or Germany, all Europe had universal healthcare, not all of the same level, but way ahead of the absence of healthcare in the USA.

@bilbo8338

4 жыл бұрын

So what happens next when one files for Medical Bankruptcy in the USA ?

@hecticfreeze

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aeterrna Not even just europe, the vast majority of the worlds countries have some form of nationalised health system. The USA is one of very few countries in the world where almost all medical treatment is private

A little perspective: I once worked in a RURAL GP surgery in the UK when a fella walked in clearly having a heart attack. Nurses and GPs swarmed him in seconds: an ambulance was called in under a minute - the Ambulance service sent a helicopter air ambulance, a full ambulance and an emergency responder. Fella was flown to a specialist cardiac unit within an hour. He was in surgery within two. He made a full recovery but will be on medication his whole life. He never recieved a bill. He never had to pay for his medication. Nobody asked for his credit card details. Nobody put a finance form in front of him. Nobody asked if he had insurance. The US healthcare system is OBSCENE. It is a stain on the nation.

@TremereTT

4 жыл бұрын

I think there is nothing that could realy further stain the USA.

@Irishnapalm2341

4 жыл бұрын

And yet, survival rates in the US are significantly higher then in the UK.

@TremereTT

4 жыл бұрын

@@Irishnapalm2341 And yet survival rates in Portugal are significantly higher than in both the UK and the USA. USians and UKians are totally ok with having people dying without needing to. Why do you think are they in war all over the world? It's a totally different cultural perspective. They incorporate more and more of a ME approach towards life and dying.

@Irishnapalm2341

4 жыл бұрын

@@TremereTT Completely false. In Portugal, the average wait time for a cataract procedure is 70 days, an elective surgery is 86 days....that's even slower then the UK. The survival rate for cancer's is also significantly better in the US then Portugal. Basically, it sounds like you don't know what you are talking about.

@thorshammer1815

4 жыл бұрын

Irishnapalm2341 Considering here in the US we’re the most obese and the price of procedures for treatment is expensive I find that hard to believe and I expect it to go down. True, the US has better survival rate in certain areas but that’s only if they have the money to spend. $$$,$$$. Perhaps in cancer we’re leading but they’re not that far off. (Especially considering they pay next to nothing!) In other aspects like nutrition, circulatory and respiratory problems we’re fucked. (And suicide!) This amounts to nothing compared to number of people who will be in some form of debt after their procedure. The debt problem isn’t only buried in medical insurance but also in education. It’s a constant loophole in which is difficult to get out of.

" no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means." - Nye Bevan.

@whatgenderami

5 жыл бұрын

Deiwos ^^^

@mercury4373

5 жыл бұрын

Deiwos bill nye also acts like he is a scientist when he has an engineering degree i think but it has nothing to do with science not trying to hate though

@cyranoswan

5 жыл бұрын

Percy Jackson Nye Bevan was the chap who created the NHS

@mercury4373

5 жыл бұрын

Horatio Hollingshead I misread lol oh my goshhhhhh that is hilarious

@mercury4373

5 жыл бұрын

DR Barry i misread that lol

Them: “Why should I pay for someone else’s healthcare?” Me: “I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people?!”

@bubba842

3 жыл бұрын

A better reply would be "why don't you learn how insurance works" "Because you obviously have understanding that you are paying for other people when you pay insurance".

@fantastischfish

3 жыл бұрын

We're also not paying for other people's healthcare. As children, every single child gets FREE medical care, prescriptions, check ups, treatment, dental care, eye care, check ups and glasses if needed. Everyone has benefitted to the tune of £thousands and thousands before they turn 18 and/or start paying taxes.

@Liggliluff

3 жыл бұрын

If someone make that statement, ask them if they pay insurance. If they don't, then they are living by their standard. Everyone for themselves. (But I suspect they grew up in a family, and didn't work as a child). However, if they do have insurance, they're a hypocrite. An insurance is that everyone pays a sum each to one place, which is then distributed to the people who need it. The same way a tax-funded healthcare system works. One difference is just that taxes are percentage based, while insurances aren't. Imagine if you had a flat citizenship fee for everyone, instead of a percentage based tax system. Rich people pay barely anything, and poor people can't afford it.

@jonanice

3 жыл бұрын

The dumbest part is can’t see that if they had a govt run system funded by taxes, their monthly costs would go down not up, so right now they’re choosing to pay more just so the poor people go without care

@ramble4395

3 жыл бұрын

That legit sounds like the most heartless thing ever. Like I’m sorry, but if you look at a child in an ambulance, and you think “that’s not me and it’s not my child so it’s not my problem. I’m don’t see why I would have to help pay for that” you come off as a grade a jerk.

If you sever a finger or toe in the UK.. You will absolutely be at the front of the queue for immediate surgery.

@Dmanz67

4 жыл бұрын

@UCnJKgbqao-d279wHMevSuVw Is this a joke? 20 minutes?!!!

@wildfire160

4 жыл бұрын

The last time i was in the emergency room i was seen in about 20mins(it was a car crash) ...they looked at me and gave me treatment then i had to wait for my ride to take me home,it wasn't until i sat down and looked at a mirror i then realised i was covered in blood everywhere i didn't even know i was bleeding...

@smasheduppumpkinette

4 жыл бұрын

My daughter partially severed the tip of her finger last year. Took her to the children’s A&E and we were seen within 5 minutes. Took a couple of hours (xrays etc) and we were sent home and scheduled the next day for emergency surgery. They didn’t take her in that night as it was still attached (partially at least) and had blood flow to the tip. They next day we did have to wait around for quite a while for them to fit her in, she was the last seen as all the pre booked operations were done first and they had an emergency in too (car crash victim). That team stayed late to get her operation done that day and we were so grateful. She had an overnight stay (I stayed with her) and follow up appointments for weeks after. We had dressings provided and a half plastic cast thing for her arm that was removable. Thank goodness for the NHS as I’m sure in places like America it would have cost thousands. If it’s $500 per stitch then we would have been $4,000 alone for the stitches, never mind the operation cost and overnight stay.

@safaam9103

3 жыл бұрын

can confirm. I was seen by a hand surgeon in within 48 hours of cutting my index finger :D

@thesuitshow9944

3 жыл бұрын

I got seen immediately when I ran into a wall and when I fell down the stairs.

The NHS is the UK's greatest institution. It should be legally protected from any budget cuts, always have top priority for funding and management and it should be illegal to allow any private sector involvement in it.

@emmaschwarz8601

5 жыл бұрын

@A part of the universe aware of my existence. That's not what they're saying; they're saying the NHS should be given top priority for funding and should stay totally in the public sector. I don't know where you got your idea of what they were saying

@kripticdragon976

5 жыл бұрын

The NHS should be protected like guns should be kept illegal

@arwen_m7786

5 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed

@nitrousoxide4970

5 жыл бұрын

Get your socialism the fuck out of here

@scarzen1

5 жыл бұрын

the only problem, the NHS is a black hole and they are struggling to hire nurses and doctors

I’d rather wait 4 and a half hours then pay a few thousand pounds and be in debt 😂

@rich7447

5 жыл бұрын

You already pay that few thousand pound every year as additional taxes. Take fuel costs as example - Average cost of gasoline/petrol in UK is $5.80 us/us gallon compared to the US average of $2.28 us/us gallon.

@jazzx251

5 жыл бұрын

@@rich7447 So what? I am covered for EVERYTHING. Fire and forget ... no need to read small print or budget for a terrifying event that may never happen. When you add up all of the taxes - I'm still getting peace-of-mind from cradle to grave for at least 100% less then you. That's because no shareholders are directly involved.

@stephenhodgson3506

5 жыл бұрын

@@rich7447 here in the UK we pay a thing called National Insurance (which is an additional tax) but that is what pays for our healthcare, pensions and any unemployment or disability benefits. The tax on petrol does not go on healthcare but rather is intended to be spent on roads (often isn't) but saying that infrastructure in the UK is not collapsing as it is in the US because Federal and States are unwilling to raise the necessary revenue to repair things. As for the cost of NI per week if you are not employed you pay nothing, if you are under 18 or over 67 you pay nothing. If you earn less than £702 per month ($905) you pay nothing. If you earn between £702 and £3863 per month ($4983) you pay 12% of that amount. So assuming you are on the maximum you would pay £3863 - £702 x 12% = £379 per month ($488) for your healthcare, pension (401K) and cover in case you lose your job. However if you were to lose your job your healthcare would continue exactly the same as when you were employed. As many Americans get their healthcare through their job, lose your job and your healthcare goes as well. If you earn more than £3863 per month you then pay an additional 2% on anything you earn over the upper limit. So for example assuming you earn £5000 per month you would pay the £379 per month as stated above plus an additional £5000 - £3863 x 2% = £23 so your total deduction would be £402 per month. I repeat that is for your healthcare, pension and any additional benefits that you may require at some point. Healthcare includes ALL medical expenses including ambulances, air ambulances and highly subsidised prescription drugs. As a footnote I should mention that your pension is guaranteed and doesn't depend on the stock market so if the markets crash your pension doesn't go with it as happened to many in the 2007 crash.

@rich7447

5 жыл бұрын

@@stephenhodgson3506 The fuel tax was just an example of how over taxed the UK is. Your top income tax bracket starts at 150,000 GBP ($194,000 USD) with a marginal tax rate of 45%. In the US you don't hit the top (37% marginal rate) bracket until $510,000 USD as a single tax payer or $612,000 if filing jointly. We have a similar system to your national insurance that working people pay. It covers medicare (socialized health insurance for those qualified to receive benefits), social security (government pension) and unemployment insurance. Our 401k program allows people to use pre-tax money to further invest for their retirement and invest those savings as they see fit. If the individual chooses to invest in stocks they take the risk and any gains/losses. The stock market does not impact social security. If you are low income, you have health insurance under medicaid. If you lose your job you can continue your medical insurance under the COBRA program. As for infrastructure, the UK has 344,000 km (213,000 miles) of roads supported by 66 million people on an island with near ideal conditions for road longevity. The US has 4.12 million miles of road (8.66 million lane miles) supported by 326 million people across a continent with huge variations in climate most of which is very hard on infrastructure. This works out to 310 people per mile of road in the UK versus 79 people per mile of road.

@alisonsmith4801

5 жыл бұрын

@@rich7447 we don't pay additional taxes for the NHS we pay for it like we pay for everything as in the PAYE system which comes out of our Salaries every month.

U.K.: Outrage at spending money on parking while visiting your wife and newborn son. U.S.: Want a baby? That’ll be $10,000

@wangdangdoodie

3 жыл бұрын

None of which excuses the fact that parking shouldn't be chargeable at institutions that are owned & funded by the public.

@asterisque9252

3 жыл бұрын

Want to hold your baby after birth maybe? 40 bucks extra...

@gabriellevalentino7319

3 жыл бұрын

@@asterisque9252 the best if when your doctor doesn't even make it to the room cause they don't listen to women but you still have to pay for them

@asterisque9252

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabriellevalentino7319 oh gods, that is so horrible. I hope everyone is doing fyn and doesn’t have to go thru all that

@oliverman3713

2 жыл бұрын

If u need a c-section you’ll need to pay $14,500

I love how she said "we waited FOUR hours in the waiting room." In the US, people have DIED in the waiting room waiting to see a doctor.

@TagGeorge

3 жыл бұрын

In the part of the US I live in Illinois. Four hours would be pretty fast even without much of a crowd.

@fmfdocbotl4358

3 жыл бұрын

I worked in a hospital and waiting 12 hrs is normal in the er

@blinkybill2198

3 жыл бұрын

No the US has the best system ever they don't have wait times like socialist countries, well that's what Politicians say

@programking655

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no. I’m sure there are some cases here and there, but that is not a common occurrence. I have never waited more than 30 minutes for anything.

@mae8646

2 жыл бұрын

@@programking655 You must not go to the ER, then. Probably because you wouldn't be able to foot the bill for it

Life without NHS is like skydiving without a parachute, its feels fine until you hit the ground :)

@agonicole

4 жыл бұрын

I'm American I pay nothing for health care and have 15 hospitals within 5 minutes of my home.

@serenn-f628

4 жыл бұрын

@Root 66 believe it or not, a lot of us didnt lmao. The NHS came in after WW2, before that it was early 1900's and before which is the Victorian era and we all know that there was a high death rate then.

@gerhardaryawardana72

4 жыл бұрын

@Root 66 The US system is just far inferior to most european systems. Just accept that fact. The faster you americans accept it, the sooner you can start fixing your shitty system. Your politicians say you have "the best medical technology in the world" thanks to the system but they are only accessible by THE RICH because they are just so incredibly expensive. The majority of US citizens are instantly financially fucked when they get into medical emergencies and that's WITHOUT being able to access these cutting edge medical tech. Even ambulance cost and basic things like getting stitches can fuck you up financially. Lots of people avoid ambulance like a plague or have to choose one live saving drug that manages one illness or another live savng drug that cures another illness they also have. That's just fucked. In Europe (i.e. the UK or Germany)? Not so much. Going to the doctor is free/cheap, medication is free/cheap, more complicated procedures are affordable. And what are you trying to say about healthcare as employment benefits? That's also a dumb system. Thanks to that stupid system, americans are forced to stay in bad, dead-end jobs they hate just to keep healthcare benefits. Tying healthcare to employment gives employers WAY too much power over the employees. Oh you want to get paid better? No. You can try to get a job where you could get a better pay or you enjoy more but you also have to say good bye to your healthcare at least until you get a new job with healthcare benefits. What are you gonna do now? Stay or risk it? A lot of people are forced to stay because they can't take the risk. And what about your fellow countrymen who happen to be between jobs or are currently unemployed? Let them fucking die? What a great idea. Americans also love to talk shit about European healthcare systems in the vein of "I don't want to be forced to pay for other people's medical bills" or "You have to wait a long time to get handled". What the fuck do you think your super expensive insurance policies are? European systems are just the same but they are either paid through tax like the NHS or are very affordable when compared to american insurance policies like in Germany. The wait times aren't that bad either. Depending on how crowded the hospital/clinic and how serious your situation is, you usually wouldn't have to wait very long. Plus, anyone with any brain would rather wait a bit but then get handled and have their health problems fixed or their life saved over not being able to AFFORD it in the first place.

@mariamm7695

4 жыл бұрын

Root 66 it will be now, never heard of a country that’s gotten rid of universal healthcare

@mariamm7695

4 жыл бұрын

nicolelis that’s great for you enjoying paying off the debt if anything ever happens to you lmao

I took an American friend up a mountain here in NZ. She fell and broke her leg....she was crying and panicking, not because she was in pain but because she thought she was going to be bankrupted. She got medivacced and had 3 hours of surgery/inserted metal rods. The whole time she was arranging her parents to send money...it ended up costing her $25 for the prescription. The thought of leaving someone in pain and not treating someone is abhorrent and will be looked at in horror by historians 100 years from now.

@purplerocket4300

4 жыл бұрын

Was she living and working in NZ or was she a tourist? Usually countries don't cover medical expenses for people who are not paying into the system. This includes tourists.

@akolyte1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@purplerocket4300 Accidental injuries are free for the most part including tourists.

@purplerocket4300

4 жыл бұрын

Do they cover preexisting conditions?

@akolyte1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@purplerocket4300 No, just accidental injuries if your a tourist. They dont cover illness or anything but then its still like 40 bucks or something to see a doctor and get a prescription.

@lizcollinson2692

4 жыл бұрын

@@purplerocket4300 nhs, covers anything that would get you in an accident and emergency, heart attacks, epilepsy, asthma all free to tourists. Chemo not so much, but it would still be cheaper to pay for treatment in nhs, cost control when you 90% of the market.

"In Scotland and Wales it's still free" *me sitting here in Northern Ireland:* 👁👄👁

@outrighteight8205

3 жыл бұрын

its almost like everyone forgets NI is still part of the UK.....

@olivercorey7651

3 жыл бұрын

@@outrighteight8205 trueee

@jonboulding1446

3 жыл бұрын

@@outrighteight8205 Well after brexit it won't be

@outrighteight8205

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonboulding1446 We've been arguing about it for decades here, and we will probably still be arguing for decades to come whether or not we are part of the UK....

@furbiefriend8817

3 жыл бұрын

@@outrighteight8205 sometimes we forget we're part of it too (especially with the irish sea border) england appointed someone in a high position of the british NI cabinet once who "had never been there but would like to go"

I used to live in LA, California. My story with the healthcare? I was a Student (mind you) , got a really bad infection from one of the TOP (mind you again) Gyms in Beverly Hills. You know the one. I wake up the next day with a massive rash on my left ankle that literally had me on my knees the moment I tried to get off the bed. It was so bad, a lot of puss and burning and sharp pain. First thing, I got into the car (i didnt call an ambulance because I knew thats was going to be either problematic or expensive , being the first time using that service in the US, not knowing how international insurance works, etc)and drove to the nearest ER which happened to be St Joseph in Burbank. I got there, clearly in pain and limping with some sort of liquids dripping down my slipper from my ankle. I had to sign some tons of paperwork then put on a waiting list. I had to wait for about 3 hrs before somebody saw me, whilst being in excruciating pain. Eventually somebody comes and tells me to go into this room, where I am being sat on a bed for another hour or so. Then a Nurse comes, takes a look, then a doctor I believe comes takes a look. They take some samples for testing. I am being given few more papers to sign. Then I am being released , given a prescription and sent off to get some painkillers. I go to that, take some pain killers, then the next day, being called from the hospital to go check in again with them. I do that, I see another nurse who tells me it is a Staph Infection and I need to carry on with the treatment, then I'm being released again. Few days later, the Hospital Management calls me and tells me they cant accept my Insurance company because they dont work with that specific Insurer (in UK it's Lloyds Bank but translates to a different company in the US) and they'll send me the bill. I said...OK. Whatever, I was still not feeling fine at all. Anyway, the bills comes the next day for ....$4500.00. Four thousand and five hundred mother fucking american dollars. I called in and asked (I was quite upset) if the motherfucking Pope had seen me when I visited them. As far as I know, 1 nurse saw me for 10 seconds, a doctor for another 2 minutes (1 of which I signed the papers) and another fucking bastard the next day. $4500.00??? For what??? They had sent me a detailed letter and the invoice quoted shit I never had done. 1hr Practitioner, IV treatment...wtf??? And St Joseph...its what they call "a respectable" hospital. The one close to WB Studios and all. Anyway, I gave them the middle finger and that was that. ANything up to $500 would ve been acceptable, I do appreciate someone's time and work, I do appreciate that these things cost and sometimes there might be insurance problems. BUT $4500.00??? There's no way in HELL you're getting that out of me. Fuck you and the horse you rode on!

@Maddie-ol5oc

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you didn’t pay it

@eh-i1841

Жыл бұрын

I don’t blame you.It’s all shysterism,at it’s worst.

$500 for EACH stitch? That is actually ridiculous how the hell would anyone be able to afford that? This literally gave me a whole new perspective on animal attacks on people in America..

@rich7447

5 жыл бұрын

The US system has incentives built in. If you show up at the ER with no insurance the hospital takes the risk that you will not pay (they cannot refuse to treat you). Because a lot of people without insurance don't pay they jack up the price so that those that pay cover those that don't. If you have insurance the costs get cut to a fraction of the bill and the part that you are responsible for is a fraction if any of that. Since US tax rates are much lower than countries with socialized healthcare systems the tax savings usually more than pay for the insurance premiums. Low income people are covered under medicare.

@avacado1235

5 жыл бұрын

If I lived in America my mum would have to pay $4500 also NHS staff get 20%(something like that)of on Nando’s so guess which restaurant I always went to 😂

@mullokadaddy8412

5 жыл бұрын

You will need to get your wallet stitched after paying $ 500 for stitches !

@jazzx251

5 жыл бұрын

@@mullokadaddy8412 ... which would cost you another $4000 just to stitch up the wallet.

@miaclarke6859

5 жыл бұрын

I remember 1 time my friend and I were playing rough and one of her stitches came out. If I had to pay £500 for that one stich I'd still be living off cabbage soup like Charlie from Charlie and the chocolate factory 5 years later😂😂

Chronically ill person here - I would be dead without the NHS. Despite its problems/flaws, I owe my life to this service. I’m in the doctors and/or hospital most weeks due to being severely ill and have been since I was 6 years old (I’m now 17). I’m so grateful for the NHS - I wish it was supported and had better funding from the government. Ugh. This was really eye opening!

@WolfKenneth

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be cripple in USA but while shitty Polish NFZ (kind of NHS) still works sort of ok.

@natashadavis2959

5 жыл бұрын

In the US, if you go to the Emergency Room, you will not be denied healthcare. You will simply get billed. As long as you are making monthly payments, maybe like 50 dollars, most hospitals will not send your bill into collections. Also here in Oklahoma, we have a hospital called St. Anthony's, they have a program where if you can't pay, all you have to do is apply for assistance and it's paid for. Charity hospitals use to be big here until the gov started giving out health insurance to the poor, a kind idea, but people who donated to the hospitals before stopped because they decided the gov would pay for it. We also have a university hospital, if you can't pay, there is a subsidy program to lower your bill. Especially if you let a med student examine you. (There is a licensed Dr there with them, FYI.)

@SR2active

5 жыл бұрын

sentencexfragments same. I’m a type 1 diabetic

@WolfKenneth

5 жыл бұрын

@@natashadavis2959 I'm sure genetic joints disease isn't something you'd go to emergency room with. And what a great idea let's bill someone dying that's something we have government to take care of, not for profit money hungry corporations but government that we as citizens have control of.

@saraowens3688

5 жыл бұрын

sentencexfragments omg Elena is you profile pic

I live in the US and have had 3 children via C-section, and on average spent 3 days in the hospital. When we received the bills we actually got billed me having skin to skin with my children after they were born... Not even 2 full minutes and it was a $35 charge for me to hold my own baby after they were born.

@mae8646

2 жыл бұрын

We should bring back midwives, birth at home and hopefully much cheaper

@isoroxuk

Жыл бұрын

Is it like TV shows where kids are whisked away from the mother just after been born and put in a separate room?

@KelliBannanas789

Жыл бұрын

@@isoroxuk With my first one yes, but with my next 3 (I have had another baby since making this comment) I got to at least keep my babies in the OR with me, but when I receive the itemized bill, skin to skin with my children was always on the bill, as were things like $500-$1000 for pain management medication (Tylenol and Ibuprofen)...

@patmaurer8541

Жыл бұрын

That's because a nurse is brought in exclusively as lifeguard for your baby. She has no other duty in the OR than ensuring that a mum whose reflexes may be compromised by anesthesia or blood loss or just plain exhaustion doesn't have any mishaps with that precious bundle. That nurse is a highly trained professional who's there on very important duty. :-)

I broke my leg on a skiing trip in Austria. I was taken to the hospital by a helicopter, got an X-ray, a surgery (a rod and 4 screws put in my leg) stayed there for 4 days with my mom, food included, and then an ambulance came all the way from my country to take me home. The total cost of all of this was 15 euros (CD of the x-ray).

@Alexamay3

6 ай бұрын

That’s a really good price if you think about it

As a UK pharmacist I just want to make clear that whilst yes generic meds are cheaper than the branded ones they by UK law have to prove they're as effective. There are studies showing that it's likely a placebo effect that makes you think the branded works best.

@sahhull

4 жыл бұрын

I have no problem with generic meds, tho the branded one are nicer to take. At least the ones I take are, the branded meds are coated, generic are not.

@RK-ep8qy

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Wilde I second this but if the NHS pay for two brands you can always ask for the other brand if they have it

@Dominate955

4 жыл бұрын

@@RK-ep8qy would it not make more sense to give you the cheaper brand that might work just as well as the more expensive one?

@RK-ep8qy

4 жыл бұрын

Dominate955 that depends on the person, the chemist will say it's the same but placebo affect aside you know best since medication from two brands produce slightly different medicine

@Dominate955

4 жыл бұрын

@@RK-ep8qy I guess but the NHS is extremely inefficient so I think it's a good idea to cut costs in places where it doesn't make a difference. Maybe if the cheaper medication doesn't work then they can use the other one.

My friend had a baby in the UK 4 months early. Baby had a lot of problems, and even though we have a very good hospital in our area, the neo-natal care was not enough for the baby. The baby was transported via helicopter, and the mother and father were transported via ambulance to that hospital (a 1.5hour drive away). 3 and a half months of neo-natal care, plus housing for the mother (only 1 single bed available, father came up 4 times a week after going back to work) near to the hospital so she could visit every day was completely free. The baby had several operations as some of his organs started to fail/didn't develop properly which they fixed. For 8 months after the baby came home, he was on oxygen 24 hours a day - only coming off of it to eat/drink. Now the baby is absolutely fine, developing properly, no bad eye sight or other health problems, living life like a normal child. All of this was absolutely free. I don't even want to know what it would have been like in the US. The family to date have raised nearly £18k for the neo-natal service and the air-ambulance service in the last 3 years, and have said they will campaign every year to raise funds for the absolutely amazing NHS service they received. It may have it's issues. You may have to wait up to 6 hours, but once you're seen, it will be quality service, it will be free, and it will allow you to only focus on what is wrong with yourself or a loved one - not how what is wrong will cripple you financially. My uncle, 2 aunts and one grandmother have all had cancer more than once. My uncle sadly lost his life to it, and in his last 3 months had to live in a hospice. He could not have received better care. He sadly passed away on the 28th December. Despite how rapidly his body was giving out, that hospice arranged for him to be at home on Christmas day so he could say his final 'merry Christmas' to his family. To date, his wife and our family have raised nearly £30k for the NHS and Hospice because of how wonderful the staff were. The NHS may not be as funded by the government as it should be. The staff may not be paid at a level that is sustainable. But by God do the staff there treat everyone as kindly and respectively as their own family, and you will not find better care in any other country (in my opinion).

@simmerke1111

5 жыл бұрын

In the US, that child would be dead or going through hell all it's life. Imagine growing up where your parents are in life-long debt because you were born. Sounds like immense baggage to carry...

@glynnwright1699

5 жыл бұрын

My American daughter-in-law is expecting her second child in March. She had Braxton Hicks last week, so went to the clinic. The clinic was just closing so they told her to go to the hospital, they charged her $1100 to tell her she was fine.

@ianpodmore9666

5 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear the child is fine. What I find refreshing is as you will know, saving the life of that child cost maybe a million pound. But it was never an issue for the medical teams and I doubt a single person in the UK will question the cost, what mattered was to give the nipper every chance of a normal life. We should thank god that we have the medical teams, unhindered by finance that fought to keep this child alive and a nation that will never ever question the money issues. We pay our fantastic hospital staff to honour their oath. They battle seemingly endless battles, but as in your case the whole nation wants them to win, no matter what the cost.

@ianpodmore9666

5 жыл бұрын

One problem the NHS does face is a simple economic fact. The better a health service gets the more it costs to fund.

@dimac344

5 жыл бұрын

@paul granner that's not true. It is chronically underfunded by the Tories. "Health tourists & refugees" are a fraction of the yearly costs.

"America is one of the only nations where health-care isn't a right." Are we supposed to be proud of that or-

@cantthinkofaname3344

4 жыл бұрын

hell no. that's a terrible thing.

@sappy.3xe

3 жыл бұрын

Owning a gun is a right. Healthcare isn’t considered one. The USA is a joke of a country.

@detectivel5460

3 жыл бұрын

@@sappy.3xe are you from ameroca

@nivednewalit8117

3 жыл бұрын

A commodity cannot be a right, and and calling it a right doesn’t make it one.

@MrStreetninja007

3 жыл бұрын

You can't have a right to someone else's labor

This makes me appreciate living in Canada so much. Healthcare is free and the wait has always been amazingly short. It's great.

@NITOPSMOVE

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not in Canada dude, But in Spain we also have free socialized medicine. I totally understand you bro.

@Nickgamer5678

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the only problem about the nhs in the uk is that you have to wait a while cause i was in a and e the other day and i had to wait for 3 hours

@venomtrigger5475

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nickgamer5678 i don’t min waiting

@jrgboy

11 ай бұрын

@@Nickgamer5678 The UK has a much larger population than Canada , 37 million v 70 million in the UK, the more people the longer the wait ..

@LGBTQLegend

9 ай бұрын

​​@@jrgboyDo you think doctors and medical staff aren't part of the population? Lol. It's allocation of resources not the population. In the UK the Tories are always trying to cut costs to healthcare where as in Canada healthcare is controlled by the province governments not federally so it's a lot harder to cut it cause it effects the people who directly vote for you in a more local way so the conservatives can't make any bold cuts without shooting themselves in the foot.

I love how there is literally not a single comment slagging off the British Health Care System. God Bless the NHS! 🙏🏼

@giogio6974

5 жыл бұрын

its only good compared to the US not the rest of Western Europe where its basically free

@sjgomes89

5 жыл бұрын

@@giogio6974 Its trash compared to the US too

@softtissuedamage8129

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjgomes89 The us healthcare is shit

@Tom-sb4lq

5 жыл бұрын

sjgomes89 I would beg to differ unless your very very well off

@C-eg8cm

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's so stupid that people have to pay to live or pay to not be sick or pay for important surgery, even ambulances! Yes you do have to wait for the NHS but at least they prioritise severe cases, have a great team of trained staff and keep everyone healthy without putting them in debt

My sister dislocated her shoulder in the US when she was 7 and went to the hospital & she was standing at the desk screaming in pain & they wouldn’t see her until my mum’s credit card went through the system, and that’s what makes me hate the US healthcare system because it’s more about money than it is about healing people

@halliehurst4847

5 жыл бұрын

Liv Rose Yeah people complain about UK wait times but if you imagine if something happened when you didn’t have a credit card on you in the US?!?!

@maxdempsey2808

5 жыл бұрын

Liv Rose they wont deny service, you’ll just be in debt. If it was a more serious injury then theyll get you in in a second. Nobody is gunna die from a dislocated shoulder

@EPICRAGE1000

5 жыл бұрын

@@maxdempsey2808 What are we in fucking 1750? When was it a thing that you have to be on deaths door to get urgent help?

@maxdempsey2808

5 жыл бұрын

Finleyrizo credit wasn’t introduced until the 1900s

@dabooser1048

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure your perception at the time was that she would be denied medical attention without payment. But that is not true. Emergency room service has been and is mandatory in the us.

USA: we have the best economy in the world! Also USA: We can’t afford universal healthcare, even though everyone else can.

@kingtut7213

4 жыл бұрын

Best economy in the world but one of the worst developed countries to live in unless you're rich. Predatory health 'care' where people can become homeless due to medical bills, astronomical college debt, recent hookworm outbreaks in the south (which only happen in impoverished countries), communities without clean drinking water, tipping culture and horrible workers' leave and trade union rights, military grade weaponry available to people with severe personality disorders, corporations which are some of the world worst polluters. The US isn't in the top 10 for any rank: not for education, happiness index, equity, or eco preservation. The things they do rank in are 2nd in poverty rate in a developed nation and 1st for military spending, which funds pointless fracturing wars in the Middle East while Americans at home struggle from paycheck to paycheck. It is a dystopian country in many aspects, and yet still I get Americans telling me "they live in the greatest country on earth" and the cringiest line one once told me, "the last bastion of freedom in the West". Empty words spoken by debt slaves. There needs to be great change in the US.

@christopherdipierro2471

4 жыл бұрын

@@kingtut7213 It's actually not, most people live comfortable lives in the middle class, and even those that live in the "poverty" line still make and have more than many other countries. You people are completely arrogant and self-centered, we are the only ones funding to fight off terrorism from spilling into your countries, not to mention that after every tragic incident in other countries, who do they have their hands out to for help, oh that's right the US. We also had to help you guys in World War II from getting your asses handed to you. Along with countries that have some socialized healthcare and education are falling apart, just look at Sweden as an example. We live in the greatest country in the world solely because you have the freedom to do just about anything, and if you make good decisions and spend money wisely you can start a successful business and jump up classes. We have restrictions on buying guns, you can't have a mental disability and own a gun, you most certainly can't own military-grade equipment without having the proper licensing and it's expensive as fuck to prevent it from being easy to access, and many military weapons are illegal to own unless you are a Veteran or Police officer, which brings up the point that you guys aren't exactly murder free over there either. Unlike your country, you don't need a college degree to start a business and make tons of money, like the fact that there is a capital competition in the United States it increases the advancements in technology and lowers costs, you've got to make a better product and better pricing then your competition to make a sale.

@kingtut7213

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher DiPierro Let me guess, the countries where your poor make more than are second or third world. Everyone makes more money than people in Venezuela, it’s a socialist country... But you have literally have one of the worst living wages in the first world... Also, lovely American exceptionalism at play, where you just assume my country has all these drawbacks because it’s not American. In my country, you don’t need a college degree to start a business, and you can move classes far more easily because you aren’t saddled with debt, and you can make a liveable wage with any job. But if you do want a college degree, you don’t have to pay astronomical amounts and accumulate interest, which is just incredibly sad. Also, your dream to start a business won’t be ruined by unexpected insane medical debt. Imagine having to spend all your money on health insurance and education... Also, Sweden is not falling apart, your media are such incredible fear-mongerers. Maybe stay off Fox News. The US Army has also fractured half of the Middle East under the guise of fighting for freedom and has pulled Australia into every war, including the Vietnam War which it lost. You’re literally exemplifying my comment. I know it’s so crazy to picture that other people in other countries might live much more comfortable and happier lives with even more benefits and money than the majority of Americans...

@irinabalduzzi3509

4 жыл бұрын

I really don’t understand why is it OK to PAY to a company to refuse whatever law demands vs PAY the state to cover everything you could need for next to nothing? I mean, the public sector of our healthcare system has a shit ton of flaws, but in the end they are the ones that save your life. And you are still paying for healthcare anyway. In my country you have both: public and insurance, and insurance has a. Prettier building and less time for waiting, but they don’t cover everything, and you still have to purchase your prescriptions with no complete coverage (min by law is 40% and max you get with premium plans is 80%). If rather had a public sector with a shit ton of funding. And I would be paying the same.

@tabernathy0428

4 жыл бұрын

@@kingtut7213 You seemed to have bought the propaganda. America is the best place to live if you are poor, middle class, or rich. Poverty in America means you have to settle for the iphone XR instead of the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Poverty in America means not having designer clothes, having to settle for a cheap cable package, or having to share a car. Everyone who is supposed to go to college in the United States has the option to go for free. They might not want to go to that particular university so they choose to take out loans and go to a school they can't afford. I live in Tennessee one of the bottom 10 states in the U.S. and the requirements for free college are a 2.75 GPA. Which is a C student. If you are not a C student in high school then college is probably not for you. Americans are never going to give the government dominion over their lives.

“Help please I’m bleeding out” US healthcare: cards details please?

@Wistbacka

3 жыл бұрын

Close. They actually check ur insurance first if you are conscious, something they neglect to show in hollywood medical dramas.

Stop the NHS from being privatised!!!!!

@spencerwilton5831

5 жыл бұрын

Why? The NHS has been farming out certain operations to private hospitals for years. They can often do it cheaper and quicker than the NHS, with better outcomes. If it saves money, frees up resources and means people wait less then what's the problem?

@rachaelgraham1233

5 жыл бұрын

Spencer Wilton because if we lost the nhs it would cost us thousands to live like in America and parts of the nhs has started to be privatise by Virgin Care a company run by Richard Branson, who sued the nhs because they wouldn’t let him buy certain aspects causing the nhs to spend millions. Now would really want a man like that running our health care system suing a helpful care system,having us pay very little money for what they do, for something as pathetic and childish as that. And if you’re wondering how I know this my family work in the nhs.

@kripticdragon976

5 жыл бұрын

WE NEED TO STOP THE Conservative party and vote for the Labour Party

@spencerwilton5831

5 жыл бұрын

Alternate World Vote labour? They practically bankrupted the country last time, and you lot are still grumbling about the very necessary austerity measures introduced afterwards to try and rebalance the books. Now Corbin is up to old labour tricks, promising the earth with no clear explanation of how he plans to pay for it.

@kripticdragon976

5 жыл бұрын

Spencer Wilton the conservative is trying to privatise the NHS that’s why you heard more bad story’s about them since the conservative were in power this will bring the country into civil unrest and collapse this country

From Canada here... Had four kids, emergency surgery with one and 12 years later a hysterectomy... Never paid a cent. Love my healthcare

@AHillson1

4 жыл бұрын

Canada here too...my daughter had appendicitis last October....walk-in clinic visit, Emergency Dept visit, ultrasound, emergency surgery and 5 day stay...not a single penny. Despite wait times, I wouldn't trade our healthcare for anything, I'd rather NOT have to decide which is more important, a family members health, or keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table

@guruxara7994

4 жыл бұрын

Even Brazil has free healthcare, its insane that the U.S hasn't yet...

@maxm32

4 жыл бұрын

Fatty Tee yeah, but there’s tax everywhere

@chloepage4162

4 жыл бұрын

The idea of free healthcare boggles my mind. Many people in the US have to choose if they’d rather stay injured or become bankrupt.

@mjpleusch

4 жыл бұрын

Fatty Tee presumably Americans pay no tax then.

The US is one of the worst developed countries to live in unless you're rich. Predatory health 'care' where people can become homeless due to medical bills, astronomical college debt, recent hookworm outbreaks in the south (which only happen in impoverished countries), communities without clean drinking water, tipping culture and horrible workers' leave and trade union rights, military grade weaponry available to people with severe personality disorders, corporations which are some of the world worst polluters. The US isn't in the top 10 for any rank: not for education, happiness index, equity, or eco preservation. The things they do rank in are 2nd in poverty rate in a developed nation and 1st for military spending, which funds pointless fracturing wars in the Middle East while Americans at home struggle from paycheck to paycheck. It is a dystopian country in many aspects, and yet still I get Americans telling me "they live in the greatest country on earth" and the cringiest line one once told me, "the last bastion of freedom in the West". Yes, the great freedom to be a debt slave. I'm sure that the corporations laugh at the blind obedience of US citizens - it is legit a form of Stockholm syndrome.

@creativedesignation7880

4 жыл бұрын

So true. I can go see a doctor at any time without paying anything for it (Germany) and I would consider that freedom. But the average US American has been trained to call everything they don´t have to pay for "socialism" and I´m almost sure the US dictonaries simply state: "Socialism - Bad! Very bad! And if you even ask why, You are a socialist and therefore evil!"

@barnabymoules

4 жыл бұрын

America is No1 in one thing, really dumb laws.

@jewey1894

4 жыл бұрын

K guys seriously, the reason that we are in this place is because we support the rest of the world. You really think that China, Iran, Russia, North Korea, or an untold number of African warlords would just sit at home and play with their blocks if there wasn’t a global superpower watching over it? The reason that others are so great is because we have made an insane amount of sacrifices so that they could. We rebuilt Europe after WW2, which, by the way, would have been an allied loss if America had not been there.

@Creed-lp4wj

4 жыл бұрын

@@barnabymoules No that's UK. You can get arrested for a joke.

@jessyozoemena3805

3 жыл бұрын

@@Creed-lp4wj can you please tell me a joke that you would get arrested for that isn't hate speech? (I think that's what it's called maybe a hate crime idk)

As a canadian I could never imagine going somewhere and living my life knowing that if I get sick I could go thousands into debt (best case scenario)

Lol "I dont want to pay taxes for healthcare"......."that will be $500 a month for your insurance sir....."

@cgi2002

4 жыл бұрын

It's an interesting one as all told, depending on your income in the UK you do technically pay about the same for healthcare via national insurance. However the difference comes in that you get all your healthcare covered regardless of cost, pre-existing conditions, long term illness. And this remains the case if your suddenly unemployed, or go on low income, or even go to prison.

@blinkybill2198

4 жыл бұрын

@@cgi2002 exactly, and insurance companies aim is to make profit so they are always trying to reduce costs or cover or up the premiums. Govts with spending power are better able to negotiate costs with suppliers and "hopefully" utilise economies of scale. And besides when you have Govt funded healthcare you can still buy private insurance to top it up. I had private for many years but never used it and because you did not need it it was super cheap.

@cgi2002

4 жыл бұрын

@@blinkybill2198 daft bit is, I technically work in it (mental health hospital, subcontractor for a subcontractor) but I deal with patients on a day to day basis. Private healthcare would be faster in regards to what I do, but i could guarantee 95%+ of our patients wouldn't be capable or eligible to get private cover. While we aren't capable of providing all the care we wish we could (private probably could) we have to work to the lowest common denominator unlike private. Also I know from personal experience that the nhs uses private healthcare providers to cover their shortcomings. It's not ideal, as they are probably paying far more than if they could provide those services themselves, they are atleast making sure those services are provided. As for people who say private gets you seen quicker, or you get better care, tbh you don't. You get seen as quickly as they can still, you don't jump queues, you just are in a smaller queue to begin with. As for better care, private healthcare suppliers are out to make a profit, thus they keep staff costs as low as possible, their staff aren't encouraged to care for you, they are encouraged to cut as many corners as possible unless it's something you can be billed for. The nhs while lacking, doesn't cut corners intentionally, and their staff (especially in hospitals) will try to care for you. Little things like getting offered a cup of tea/coffee are iignored mostly but nhs staff tend to do that, private staff often don't.

@paulhadfield7909

4 жыл бұрын

@@cgi2002 yes even if you injured yourself on purpose it would still be free

@Liam-di5br

4 жыл бұрын

Blinkybill actually it’s only £1840 a year or $2401 a year for someone who earns £46000 or $60031 a year and I think that is much cheaper than having to pay up to$2200 for an ambulance or $500 per stitch

American living in London here. My son was born 6 weeks early. During my wife's pregnancy we had a few scares and had to go to the A&E. Everything was great. My son had to start in the hospital for a month. At first we were nervous but the doctors, nurses and staff were great. We felt like he was in good hands. So we would go home with peace of mind. After all that had happened it didn't cost us a dime. He's home now and doing well.

@dayko3521

5 жыл бұрын

Wadu Hek excuse my language but WHAT!

@CadizHexus

5 жыл бұрын

In the US. Delivering the child alone can cost 4 - 7k and the necessary costs for its care will land the bill around $8-10,000+ -Which is why you should have health insurance for childbirth if anything-

@franticstorm7411

5 жыл бұрын

Well thats good to hear. I'm sure you will want to thank the British tax payer later.

@adamwheeler5690

5 жыл бұрын

frantic storm7 hehehe ikr 🤦‍♂️

@xxxdeathstrokexxx3207

5 жыл бұрын

Am Glad To Hear Your Son Is Doing Good To America Love From The UK. :)

When people say "why should I pay for someone else's health care", what they seem to be missing is the meaning of the word "insurance". When you buy insurance for your car or house and pay your premiums once a year and perhaps you never make a claim because, you know, you didn't have an accident, but someone else did and they make a claim and get money, does that mean you have been cheated in some way? Of course not - what you are buying is peace of mind. That's what insurance is. What we have is the Government as the "insurance agent", except it covers everyone, regardless of whether they can pay in or not. So the unemployed are covered too. But that's only fair. If you can't afford car insurance, then you have the option of not buying a car. But your health is not something that you can always control.

@creativedesignation7880

4 жыл бұрын

So true. If my country didn´t have universal healthcare I would most likely be dead, seriously. Universal healthcare (or some form of solid healthcare for everyone) is especially important if someone becomes unable to work due to health reasons. Health is not something you can opt out of, you can´t control your own health and you can´t just learn to treat yourself. I´m really grateful I get access to a system that provides healthcare for everyone and at the same time it feels insane to me that there a developed countries in the world, who appaerently don´t give a s**t about their citizens health unless they have money.

@86upsmaya

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnp139 seriously? It literally said that a vehicle or another property is a choice. You dont fall sick by choice. If u are alive, u can afford to pay for vehicle or property. No need to bother the government

@Hhhhhh-sz9ud

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnp139 Except for we, as a society who was supposedly founded on "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" shouldn't be making being poor a death sentence. Our system doesn't work.

@erickwang4943

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hhhhhh-sz9ud The problem with American society is that the idea of "liberty" has been heavily distorted. People interpret "freedom of choice" as a lack of regulation. Helpful intervention is seen as another restriction that bars people from theoretically doing what they want, but what they fail to understand is that without society "life" isn't fair. The American' idea of liberalism is not an advocacy of freedom of choice, but a Social Darwinist society, or survival of the fittest. In a sense this pursuit of lawless liberty mirrors anarchical ideologies.

My mother in law lives alone. One night about three years ago she fell in the night breaking her hip. She pressed her alert button (provided free)was taken by ambulance to the local hospital ,transferred to the city major hospital by ambulance. There she received an operation, had a couple of weeks in hospital, then was provided with visiting nurses. Later she had cleaners and carers come in daily. Total cost zero, nix, nil, nothing, including medication.

@gilly4881

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@supersmilyface1

3 жыл бұрын

Not really related, but this comment gave me sever deja vu.

I never realised how blessed I am in England.

@dalehitchcock6382

4 жыл бұрын

Won't be like that soon with trump's new trade deal and brexit

@hateeyahr3849

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Hitchcock :(

@IshtarNike

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the UK, England is still the worst of the constituent countries given how we have to pay for prescriptions, other don't, we have tuition fees and other places don't. Dunno why the mad Tory shit comes here first.

@audreybannister

4 жыл бұрын

Same. Makes me feel so lucky...

@thegreenmanofnorwich

4 жыл бұрын

@@IshtarNike well funding distribution is decided in each nation. So free prescriptions come at the cost of decreased funding for (usually) secondary (I.e. hospital) care.

"Your money or your life." Is legitimate business in the USA.

@paulweaver5624

4 жыл бұрын

Remeber the ABC of first aid! Airway Breathing Credit Card

@milster08

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Weaver no, wrong amount of C’s You need more Credit Card

@Gryllssy

4 жыл бұрын

@@milster08 Most underrated comment ever xddd

I was born 9 weeks premature, in Scotland and had to spend about a month in the Special Care unit receiving like intensive care and such. If the normal American birth is like $30,000, I absolutely dread to think how much it would have cost if I were born in America.

@adiuntesserande6893

4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who gave birth to a child seven weeks premature. Her daughter lived only five weeks, every day of which was spent in intensive care. Her bill was well north of a million dollars. ($1,277,000 if I remember correctly.)

@danicleckley5404

4 жыл бұрын

My youngest niece is 6 years old, and her parents are still paying off her birth debt.

@H4ram

4 жыл бұрын

@@adiuntesserande6893 That makes me want to throw up, how can americans accept this shit?

@emporioalnino4670

3 жыл бұрын

@@H4ram because a lot of americans just want poor people dead

@eribraun92

3 жыл бұрын

I and my twin brother were born seven weeks early in the US. Fortunately we didn’t have extra complications.

My mum was an orthoptist for the NHS before she retired and had always said the biggest problem isn't funding, it's mismanagement. She said the matron system was so much better. Then they started hiring managers that were either straight out of university or came from managing a Tesco and had no idea what they were doing.

@eh-i1841

Жыл бұрын

The matron system was brilliant.I worked as a nurse,at the end of the 60’s.Both hospitals I worked in,ran like clockwork.

Top bills in America: medical bills, student loans, and credit card bills. The American dream.🎉

@burninghard

4 жыл бұрын

Or rather nightmare.

@matthewhamlin392

4 жыл бұрын

My student loan never got one paid my college in cash. Credit card to me that thing is called let's make this person poor. Medical bills won't see a doctor because doctor Google is free.

@agonicole

4 жыл бұрын

Not true in many states we have free universal healthcare coverage, I've never paid a penny unless I wanted designer glasses or something. Its always free.

@niriribururur7074

4 жыл бұрын

@Root 66 yeah uhm the eu had/ has an actual immigration crisis, while yours is just made up fear mongering, so yeah realllyyyyyy badddddd you are stupid

@richskater

4 жыл бұрын

Only 1 of those is out of our control though. That fact that higher education is really expensive is a different problem, no one is forcing you to take a loan. Also credit card debt is a different problem, interest rates are ridiculous and the youth isn't being taught how to use them responsibly, but no one is making you get one. We can't predict when we get sick. It'd be great if we could all stay away from each other and work from home and have our groceries delivered by drone. But since we'll always have into interact with the world, we'll continue to catch random bugs at random times and there's really nothing you can do it about it. Even the most vigorous of hand washers get sick.

my mind is legitimately blow at the prices of the american services. i cannot image having to pay thousands of pounds just to stay alive. like $500 PER STITCH is absolutely insane!

@theclanplus1

5 жыл бұрын

I paid attention early, and paid $50 when I was 15 to take a year long course in First Responder. So I learned to do my own stitches, CPR, Heimlich remover, splints, etc. It's saved a ton of money! Especially since 2 years later when I turned 17 I got a chronic illness. Now I'm read up on legal herbal treatments, and take care of anything non life threatening related to my illness. I still have to be almost unconscious with a potential life threatening issue before I step foot in an emergency room here in the states. My general dr is only $10 though, and he loves to give free samples. He's just one of a handful of good drs here.

@LongdownConker

5 жыл бұрын

@@theclanplus1 I'm sorry that you have to do that. To me health care is a basic human need and should be treated as such. I am glad that here in the UK we r compassionate about health care and everyone has equal rights to it without any bills. No one should ever have to suffer because they can't afford health care. I wish everyone had access to health care like the NHS. I hope your country does come up with their own version of the NHS

@theclanplus1

5 жыл бұрын

@@LongdownConker Sadly, in the states healthcare is treated as a business. It's all about making as much money as possible to the owner of the hospital. I agree it should be accessible to everyone, but as long as the wealthy have all the control over it, nobody will be getting affordable help anytime soon. Even important medications, like my mom's diabetes meds are $70 a month at the pharmacy. It really is insane here when you get sick. I like the NHS system! But you can't control where you can afford to live ;)

@asjeable

5 жыл бұрын

If I lived in America, I would now be very, very scared. I am sick, I can not work anymore (which is a horror for me bc. I loved my job) and I lost my own house bc. of a divorce. So, I have a 1000.000 Euro debt. But that is no problem in Holland where I live. Here, our government has a ''plan'' for this. We have for the sick who can not work anymore: a disability benefit, which is 70 % of your last income + healthcare allowance if you have high medical bills. ( of course, you have to have health insurance)This health insurance you can sort out yourself, you can make it as high as you want (I am so glad that I've listened to my late dad, who told me to get basic health insurance + additional healthcare insurance, bc. I am covered for almost anything, even for Chinese acupuncture, the Chinese have to live in Holland thought ;). The basic healthcare in Holland cost about 120 Euro in a month, but everyone has an own risk which cost about 390 Euro in a year, that means that first, you have to pay for everything yourself until you reach that amount (that is why many people chose not to see a doctor), and then everything is free. I suffer off autoimmune sickness, so three months in the new year I am already way over that amount. As for my debt, my disability benefit is about 1000 Euro in a month, minus fixed charges, I have to live of 200 Euro in a month that is for food, personal hygiene, and clothes. On my onw, I would never ever can't pay my debt, not in a lifetime. But it would not be Holland if our government has also a '''plan'' for this. This is called debt assistance. Because, in my case, the bank wants its money. So, they figure out for me a duty free-rate. In my case that is 1000 Euros. So, as a blind man can see, there is nothing left to pay for, or to live from, so they let me pay an amount off ''imaginary'' quantity off 10 Euros in a month.The municipality where I live taking over. This means if the banks agree and the judge agrees (they always do), I going in a process called debt restructuring with a receiver who takes all my bank matters over. She is also paid for. This means for me that for the next three years I have nothing to say what so ever about ''my'' money. I get week money, which is 50 Euro. And after that process, the rest of my debt is limited. And that has nothing to do that I am sick or have a low income, it is for everyone, also if your rich (you just pay the other amount off duty free-rate). So, I know the people in Holland are famous for complaining, at least in Holland they are. Where there is absolutely nothing to complain about. I wish, the Dutch look more at other countreys to see how that goes. And because I ''belong'' to the government for a while and life of that amount of money (which is axially a lot for me, bc. before all this, I had a child in the home and did not receive child support, and of course ''they'' have a plan for that ;): I get back then, child benefits + child related-budget which was about 550 Euro for one child in a month. I personally never touch that but I saved it all up for my girl her future) many doors are open now. I get food from the food supply, I get free clothes from the goods supply + free linen, 4 small things in a year, 4 big things in a year and this only cost me 20 Euro in 1 year. At the food supply, I can also get free things and there is even a hairdresser who will cut your hair for free, this hair they use for a good cause for wigs for children with cancer. There is also a food supply for pets. I have 2 cats, 3 rats, and a hamster. There is a store where you can go every day to get yourself 5 things for free. There is a free sport for me, free school, free massage, free course to follow, ect., ect.(not bc. I am sick, also every refugee gets that). I get free counseling from social workers, counselors and, advocates (the first 2 are normal in Holland and for everyone). Then, bc. I am sick, I get help 1 time in a week for 2 hours, but my counselor made that every day, not only for my house but also to help me to get a shower or other things. My counselor also makes it possible for me to get help at my house to redecorate. And, yes, you won just a plant if you got this right. My municipality also pays for that. But that has to wait for bc. last week I've heard that they are going to tear my house down, so please don't invest anything they said, we don't know how long for this to start. I was really angry, bc. for 3 years I am busy with this sick body off mine to redecorate my house on my own. I had no idea that all this help existed before all this happen to me. (that is why so many people are angry about the refugees, who also get all this help, they know now, bc. they get the information I get. And you have to be in a lot of shit, to go in the process I got into and then you find out things you never have dreamed of). When the time comes, I got to chose my own house (the difference in rent, my municipality has to pay for) and they have to pay for movement cost, and redecoration cost (this is also for refugees)and in my case bc. I am sick and can not do this anymore, they do it for me. SO I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN WHAT SO EVER. And believe me, I had rather my health and independence back than all of this. Any well- thinking person would agree with me. Sometime's I even feel guilty ( you know the saying: were your cradle stood?) And bc. in my case, all of this and all the shit happen, my mental health was also going down the drain. But I work hard on me and be grateful for every good day. So, no. There ain't coming no fireworks out off my ass if you think that, with all this help, for a one's an independent woman it is really hard to let control go and have to admit I can't do it all by myself anymore. Losing every one of this and let strangers help me, was and is still a big deal for me. But yes I am very, very lucky to live in Holland. Thank you,if you have taken the time to read this. Because, I am proud of Holland and very, very grateful.

@mariyaparveen

5 жыл бұрын

@@theclanplus1 In England the charge per item on a prescription is £9.00 even if you're given loads of the drug which can last you up to about three months. You can make a prepayment card so like £29.10 for 3 months of unlimited amount of medicine or around £104 for a whole year. People who pay are those who generally work and can afford to pay it. It is free If you are under 16 or over 60, if you receive benefits, if you're pregnant, in full time education or have a long term illness. Children can get free vitamins and so can pregnant women. Alot of people can get free medicines on the minor ailment scheme. There's also free sexual health services like umbrella. So we're really lucky in England. I don't know how your mum pays 70 dollars a month I really feel for her. I don't know if you wanted to know any of this but I like reading stuff about other countries so I thought I'd let you know about pharmacies in England x

I read about a guy in norway who accidentaly ordered an air ambulance while in the mountains. He cancelled, they still came to him just to say hi, flew back without him and he did not have to pay

@Inferiis

2 жыл бұрын

that's a different thing tho. As far as I know if you call the services for no reason they can issue a fee (at least here in Hungary). And I'd say it is reasonable, you're wasting valuable manpower. Someone may die just because you ordered an ambulance for a ride

'most of the nhs accidents are drunk related' wow . Thats so british ㋛︎

@cantthinkofaname3344

4 жыл бұрын

you mean northern?

@saxx9088

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Roberts no British

@reichtangle7734

4 жыл бұрын

No he means chavs.

@JimmyJr630

3 жыл бұрын

@@reichtangle7734 Umm normal people can get drunk too

@moodycowcrafts4862

3 жыл бұрын

That's why in some student areas they started doing 'SOS' buses, to try and catch drunk people before they injure themselves.

Here in England we have a service full of heros, who help you thanklessly even if it's your fault, who pick us up when we're at out lowest. Because human compassion comes before money.

@ConnorEllisMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Not just in England. The stand out voice of this video was a Welshie.

@remi6656

5 жыл бұрын

@@ConnorEllisMusic The NHS covers all of the UK, just with different sectors.

@Joe-hi1zw

5 жыл бұрын

@@remi6656 Yeah that's the point. The commenter should technically say UK.

@asomina5069

5 жыл бұрын

Some people complain about it because it is slow, but it's amazing as I have to go quite often.

@Sarah22410

5 жыл бұрын

ya I know right

Without the NHS, I’d probably be dead! 😬

@emilyscloset2648

5 жыл бұрын

honestly same

@EADalton02

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@EinkOLED

5 жыл бұрын

Not me. Rarely visit the doctor or hospital. And because it is free, the waiting times are ridiculous.

@cazlaming

5 жыл бұрын

Same, I have a rare blood disorder and with out the NHS my family and I would either be in debt or I wouldn’t be alive, I know that people in America with the same illness as me are in debt or they have died a few have died the age I am (I’m 32)

@remi6656

5 жыл бұрын

@@EinkOLED then you're lucky 🙄

"In the us we don't have any wait time." I've had an appointment to see a neurologist for almost 2 years now lmao

@TagGeorge

3 жыл бұрын

Yep just trying to set up an appointment frequently is a adventure in waiting.

@supersmilyface1

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I got nursemaid's elbow a few times and once had to wait at least 3 hours before they took me in and fixed it within 15 minutes. I was about 4 at the time and I got home at midnight. It wasn't by any means an emergency, but it hurt to move my elbow at all during that time (and I was a tired 4-year-old, so, not the best day).

@TagGeorge

3 жыл бұрын

@@supersmilyface1 Do not know what nursemaids elbow is but if it was a non emergency how did you get in that quick?

@supersmilyface1

3 жыл бұрын

@@TagGeorge Probably because I was a little kid. There also weren't too many people in the waiting room.

The US actually does have pretty long wait times for the ER (A & E). Also to get in to see a specialist in the area I live in you have to wait anywhere from 2 months - 1 year. We are 70% under staffed medically for the population. I know not everyone has this situation, but in Northern AZ we definitely have it. It frustrates me to no end!

@ScoundrelDaysSon

3 жыл бұрын

It is very real thing that the US has a lower ratio of doctor's to patients than the UK. One more of its deficiencies that marketing does a bang up job of covering up.

@julianahebenstreit9722

3 жыл бұрын

Southern AZ too! Pretty much all the doctors live elsewhere and only travel to my area once a week or once a month (my OB comes only once a month, and there are a lot of people that need her!). I also had to travel a few hours to Tucson for an outpatient surgery because it would cost too much to bring the anesthetist to my city and I guess we didn't have one ourselves. Covid helped a bit in the sense that more docs are set up for telehealth now. But still, try calling my ob for an appt....number 36 in queue on the phone....and then they'll probably tell me that they don't have any for the next 6 months+ but I'm welcome to call every day (on hold for hours) and ask if there's been a cancellation.

I lived in the US for 3 years..... a friend of mine had a Stomach complaint needing surgery ... his health insurance company paid to fly and return him to Ireland as it was cheaper than getting help in the US.

@jesskhan09

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t it be easier to fly to Canada?

@burninghard

4 жыл бұрын

Jeez that´s just hillarious. Man the US system is so fucked up. And now the UK voted for a privatisation of the NHS. Sometimes I don´t understand the world.

@mickburton6838

4 жыл бұрын

burninghard everything Like the US we are in desperate need of changing our laws on who can own our mainstream media and there needs to be severe prison sentences for disinformation and general misrepresentation of reality. The whole stinking system relies upon propaganda controlling the opinion of the electorate. “Propaganda to a democracy is what violence is to a dictatorship”

@rosestewart1606

4 жыл бұрын

It's the same for Canadians. We buy trip insurance but it's basically a free flight home first class if you get sick in the US.

@rebekahhakeber5093

4 жыл бұрын

MrBizteck that would be something if it were true. Since it’s a half truth or a flat out lie... 🤷🏻‍♀️ America doesn’t send anyone to other countries over fees. My little brother was born with cystic fibrosis. He got a bilateral lung transplant 2 years ago. Completely free BTW he also lives in Florida. He pays nothing for rejection meds - he pays nothing for prednisone - he pays nothing for CFRD insulin etc.... America doesn’t have national healthcare. America does have state healthcare. The person either had insurance in Ireland or was a citizen of the UK. Honestly If Americans could just fly to where shit is free you think they wouldn’t do so? We fly to Israel or some shit when our country hasn’t FDA approved a procedure or medication. The OP is just lying for attention. 🤦🏻‍♀️ or is stupid and doesn’t understand state laws

What have we learnt: If your injured in America it’ll cost ya

@Jamie_Smith.

5 жыл бұрын

So much for "Land of the free"

@tomgosy

5 жыл бұрын

Literally

@angelaarjoon6811

5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@morrobarry

5 жыл бұрын

Lilia Field And in uk if you hurt yourself it will cost me

@pestobea

5 жыл бұрын

DR Barry it’s fair though, you could get hurt at anytime. Good health shouldn’t be something to pay for

So I have dual citizenship in Spain and the US (American mother Spanish father) so I grew up in the US and was always adjusted to people paying for medication. So the summer of 2019 I get a high fever like pretty bad shape. I'm in my house for about a whole day. Speak to my mother on the phone and I say "Yeah mom, don't want to go to the doctor it's to expensive" as soon as I said that I realized I fucked up xD she says son you have access to free healthcare! Made it to the doc, they swiped my insurance card and boom saw the doc was given antibiotics picked it up at the pharmacy (on guard in Spain) there's always a pharmacy available regardless of time. 10 out 10.

Just wanted to drop a quick comment to clarify something mentioned in the video as a pharmacist working in England : - Pharmacists don't order in 'cheaper' versions of the medication, what we use in the UK is generic manufactured medicines i.e. unbranded, without patents. The drug itself is the exact same as a branded version and would have gone through many stages of approval before being manufactured. Branded medications are ordered in where the pharmaceutical company still owns the patent and there is no generic form available, but after the patent runs out the drug can then be manufactured by other companies as a generic form and therefore this is more cost-effective. Hope that makes sense ! The NHS essentially works on evidence based cost effective medications :)

“Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community.” Aneurin Bevan

@LongdownConker

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great quote 💜

@marcuswardle3180

5 жыл бұрын

Derpimus Maximus The best quote ever!

Wanna really scare Connie and Kim? I'm an American living in the US, I'm 30 years old and have suffered with chronic illness for around 12 years. I have approximately *one million US dollars* in medical debt. (By the way guys, I enjoyed the video! Difficult topic to tackle but you were all very entertaining and informative!)

@daisyhighe8549

5 жыл бұрын

holy shit dude what are you going to do??

@CausticFox26

5 жыл бұрын

Did you apply for charity care or ask for an exception? Most insurance agree once per policy. Research is key to losing debt. Also checking expense on the papers for inaccuracies. No need to frighten people about American health care. Most people complain when they haven't done proper research. Also if you're poor the US covers a large majority of insurance costs so I'd check that too. In NY a $50000 income with 3 people in a household qualifies for nearly $1000 off your monthly insurance costs. Absolutely no excuse to not apply.

@ian1957ruth

5 жыл бұрын

@@CausticFox26Is that using Affordable Health Care?

@lo9804

5 жыл бұрын

jesus fuck

@ssetj2

5 жыл бұрын

Krystian Painter not everyone lives in NY. We have 50 states with 50 different healthcare laws/funds.

"If everyone's healthier, you'll be healthier" Never a truer word, Kim! Thanks 2020...

This video has made me look at the NHS differently, not because I thought they were bad, or didn't appreciate them. But because the American one is so bad and inhumane; made me appreciate the fact that someone needing urgent medical help doesn't have to consider risking dying in order to not become bankrupt.

Uk is awesome when it comes to NHS. I broke my spine in 5 splaces 2 years ago and I got a free surgery and now I'm fine. Super thankful 🙏

@strangelee4400

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. It wasn't free..i paid for it.

@jabbberjay

5 жыл бұрын

strange lee we all paid for it. Every doctor visit you have ever had has been paid for by millions of people.

@MsPinkwolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@strangelee4400 wow you must pay a lot of NI if you paid for all of that!

@Homelander6341

5 жыл бұрын

@@MsPinkwolf no theres millions of people who contribute

@piggo5645

5 жыл бұрын

strange lee as they said in the video, the taxes are the same as America but they’re just used for different things. You’d be paying taxes no matter what?

I got cancer in the US and I'm dealing with over 20k in debt even though I had TWO insurances and Medicaid when I was sick.

@ericasarat1834

5 жыл бұрын

Insurance coverage is a joke and just plain sad.

@ThatRomyKate

5 жыл бұрын

This is baffling to me as a Brit, so what is the point of health insurance? Is it like ‘oh we’ll cover you but only if you get certain illnesses’??? 🤨

@sarahdangerrr

5 жыл бұрын

That is horrible! We act like we have it so much better with private insurances, but insurance is a joke!

@guttenraknes1060

5 жыл бұрын

Man thats fucked, good luck to you

@martinsharpe2k6

5 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s crazy. My mam was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She’s had her breast removed and done all the chemo. She’s now going back to have a reconstruction and she’s not had to pay a penny. As much as the nhs has its problems the American system is cruel.

My dad went a year without insurance because it was so expensive and three days before he got insurance again for the next year the fire inside the fireplace in our house escaped and smoke damaged the entire inside. Because dad was like in shock or something like that he went on a drive to clear his head. (Keep in mind we live in the mountains there for lots of cliffs along side roads) so he went over the side and of a cliff and broke only his arm (thankfully) had to be air lifted to a hospital. Me and my sister were at my moms at the time and we only heard about the accident THREE DAYS LATER. We weren’t even told what the accident was. Dad cuts down trees with a chainsaw to get firewood to heat the house and so my child brain thought dad must’ve cut his leg off. We met him in the hospital and I was really overwhelmed. Since the house was unlivable we had to live somewhere else while we were with him which ended being a vacation home a few miles from where we lived. So dad was already in lots of debt from the accident then started renting a vacation home for us to live in, also stared to fix up the house. So yeah. We were never well off but that put dad in so much debt. And then he tried to pretend everything was okay. It was not. So now I hate the us health system because of the debt my dad now has and will probably never get rid of.

@qasimmir7117

4 жыл бұрын

Samantha Harrington An accident like that should be learned from and left in the past yet your family is sadly burdened with it every month to this day. A shame.😐

@finthefish2525

4 жыл бұрын

Why do you hate the health system. It’s your dads fault he drove off the edge of a cliff. How is that anyone else’s fault.

@spsmith6919

4 жыл бұрын

@@finthefish2525 So the price of an accident should be lifelong debt? Fuck out of here with your sociopathic dreck.

the NHS does see people straight away, it depends on the severity of your condition, I was sent to A&E with arrhythmia and got immediate treatment.

I would much rather wait a few extra hours than have to pay thousands of dollars tbh

@johnhorter1859

4 жыл бұрын

Be it known, I'm in the US, and i know that in the US you DO wait, AND you pay thousands of dollars. 63,000,000 people in the US like it this way, they voted for DJT who clearly gets his kicks off with high health care costs and allowing insurance companies to collect premiums without paying the claims, and worst of all allowing people to die because they don't have money for an operation or their medication when otherwise they could live.

@colleenquinn8154

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the us I have never had to wait for health care... I’m the one person who gets dirty looks from ppl in the emergency room bc I ‘cut the line’ But also I’m dying so. It’s fun. OMFG WHILE TYPING THIS COMMENT I REALZIZED I CAN BE ON MY PARENTS HEALTH INSURANCE FOR LIKE THREE MORE YEARS THEN I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY OWN. I use a life saving medication. W/o insurance would cost me $24,000 a month. I GOT THREE MORE YEARS TO LIVE

@kristoffersparegodt420

4 жыл бұрын

I mean I can’t speak for all of Europe, but in Denmark we don’t have those. Plus you’d never wait at all for anything necessary for your survival.

@yogurLAPIZ

4 жыл бұрын

@@kristoffersparegodt420 same in Spain, my brother had pneumonia and was in emergency with his friends because he started to get worse, the nurses saw him and asked few questions, then took him to a doctor and they set him to UCI care immediately, he called us after all the mess happened and we visited him. No bills to pay he had to stay 1 week in UCI and later 2 more in the hospital. They controlled his diet l, so food was included. Me on the other had I have escoliosis and sometimes is quite painful to even make me cry, but one day in a Sunday I had to wait 4h. After that no bills had my meds and an injection to help calm the pain. If I go to the emergency during week days I can have the same care but in less time anywhere on the city or country in any hospital. The same goes if I go to any EU countries, if I have my EU card tmi have free care and only have to pay meds at low price because it's covered. Surely social care is not the fastest depending on which days you go... But still never I had to worry over a bill or treatment, be psychological or phisical.

@TheGramophoneGirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristoffersparegodt420 You don't here. At the A&E (emergency room) you are triaged when you arrive and if you arrive by ambulance that is just a formality when you're brought in. If you had minor ailments then you can wait a few hours.

At 8:00 Evan was about to say "but you guys have bad teeth". According to the World Health Organisation, we actually have the #1 best teeth in the world. The difference is that there's no cultural expectation for our actors and famous people to get cosmetic dentistry when they get on TV, so when Americans see British people on TV they tend to have worse looking teeth than the Americans who you see on TV. But if you compare the teeth of poor neighbourhoods in, say, County Durham and poor neighbourhoods in, say, Alabama, you start to see how the British have better teeth.

@eldictator1

4 жыл бұрын

TheYopogo yeah there was a large scale study that showed british teeth are healthier overall with less procedures...like you say, our culture didn’t put as much emphasis on looks until recently

@timaustin2000

4 жыл бұрын

This is actually true: Brits have, generally speaking, better teeth than Americans - numerous studies on the matter.

@Mashmarriner69

4 жыл бұрын

My teeth are stained and crooked but they are extremely healthy. Straight, white teeth doesn't mean they are healthy.

@rosey.100

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, and i’d assume that’d be down to the fact that as kids our dentist visits are free so there’s nothing to stop our parents taking us, whereas in the us they’d have to pay for each visit and it would cost a ridiculous amount (also probably has something to do with our diets not being as sugary and stuff but yk)

@klymers

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosey.100 and I'm pretty sure as an adult dental care is still pretty affordable and everything (as long as its deemed necessary) is charged at a flat rate (correct me if I'm wrong, because of exclusions I've not had to pay for the dentist as an adult)

I had a scholarship in the US. I was paid by an Irish company to be there and it included health insurance. One of my colleagues became ill. He was flown home back to Ireland for treatment as it was cheaper!

@Sphere723

4 жыл бұрын

Americans will do the same thing for major surgeries, fly over to Europe to have the procedure. It's particularly popular with knee and hip replacements which are in the $50k+ range. US insurance companies will even help pay for the costs because it saves them money too. A $2k plane ticket and a hotel room is nothing if the surgery costs half as much.

I once went to my local A&E because I fell off some equipment and my back felt like it was on fire. We waited in A&E for 4 hours, buying snacks from the vending machine because the cafe was closed. In the end, we basically paid the same amount of money for snacks as we would have to be seen immediately.

I can't even imagine how anyone survives in the US. Honestly, the thought of life without the NHS is terrifying

@Monke-ht9kz

4 жыл бұрын

Nah everybody lives normally, to most of the people here, the thought of paying taxes for a person who broke their leg is outrageous

@jasondavis3774

4 жыл бұрын

The problem with us Americans is the insane hatred for taxes, childish religious faith in the mythical "free market" and the lack of concept of 'investing in our society as a society'. However, alas, it appears that we are finally getting it... Took us decades, but it's finally clicking...

@julesherman6802

4 жыл бұрын

@@Monke-ht9kz Jesus.... no wonder the US is going downhill. BUt hey..your patriotism now means for hired or mercenary right? America.. land of the rich, poor be damned. Why should you care for your own countrymen who fell into an unfortunate circumstances.

@Monke-ht9kz

4 жыл бұрын

@@julesherman6802 Man I was just telling the truth, nobody who isn't a retarded lazy ass communist want NHS

@Iyanjebu

4 жыл бұрын

@@Monke-ht9kz OMG!!!!

The funny thing is: USA has the highest cost of health care by far. And the health care systems is only "providing" the same life expactancy than in every developed country in the world. And I still do not get the fact, that some Americans are closing their eyes to these statics.

@derpimusmaximus8815

5 жыл бұрын

Funny peculiar, rather than funny ha ha, right? Because if you think about it, it's really sad.

@Devkel15

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody closes their eyes. US's healthcare system is terrible. It's just we don't have a privatized healthcare system, we have a mix between privatized and socialized. Statistics just side with privatized being the better option.

@NextgenTraveler91

5 жыл бұрын

yes because medicare and medicaid makes it illegal for doctors and hospitals to negotiate prices of medication, equipment, and treatments with companies that provide those things. If medicare/medicaid did not exist then the free market system would DRASTICALLY reduce the prices of things. The NHS has the exact same problem. Your government is not able to negotiate pricing either, so with that level of unchecked inflation, your medical services just keep costing more and more. It is why the NHS is going bankrupt.

@derpimusmaximus8815

5 жыл бұрын

@@NextgenTraveler91 patents exist, and a free market cannot exist with such constraints.

@EibaProductions

5 жыл бұрын

​@@NextgenTraveler91 I don't live in the UK, but in Austria. And here the national health insurance is actually negotiating prices with the companies. And companies are willing to sell the drugs to a fair price. And I highly doubt, that canceling medicare and medicaid would improve health quality in the US, due to the lack of affordability of the people in the program on the one hand, and due to hospitals who probably need to close because of dwindeling income. But I also highly doubt, that Americans would ever agree on a universal health care program, since it would mean a substantial cut of the paycheck.

When my grandfather was about 80, he lived so close to the hospital that he drove himself to it while he was having a medical crisis because 1) he could get to it faster than an ambulance, and 2) they would have charged him $1,000 or more for a 5 minute ride. This is a man who served our country. He was a member of the 101st and did 2 tours in Korea and 3 in Vietnam.

I'm not sure what hospitals you've gone to in the USA but long wait times are definitely still a thing. They still do triage (where they take in the worst cases first). Especially since people like to go to the ER for issues they really should've gone to their GP for.

@patmaurer8541

Жыл бұрын

Millions of people don't have a GP, because they're uninsured. This is why universal healthcare makes sense: we can either chip in for treating an early case of pneumonia at the doctor's office ($300), or make them wait until it's advanced enough that the ER is required to admit them for treatment (starts at $13,000). Either way, we're footing the bill, so we need to use some financial sense!

I grew up in France and I still find it weird not paying, now I live in the UK. Also something that really bugs me was while on my holiday to Newyork a few years ago the streets were full of homeless people but they had free public WiFi everywhere like I could walk for hours and never loose WiFi. Like that's crazy that NYC has free WiFi paid by the government but nothing for the homeless.

@nitrousoxide4970

5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Brown No... wifi isn't government funded. Who told you that?!

@audreyvann5336

5 жыл бұрын

There are actually many, many organizations that help the homeless. There are also state funded programs that help people pay for halfway houses, that give people money for food, that help them find jobs, etc. People who have drug and alcohol addictions sometimes do not avail themselves of shelters, etc. because they do not want to be drug tested. There are also mental illness issues at play. Someone who is leaving abuse or is out of work really does have a lot of options, not that these situations are simple.

@BurritoKingdom

5 жыл бұрын

@@nitrousoxide4970 NYC has free WiFi. Phone booths were converted to WiFi hotspots. The NYC govt has a contract with LinkNYC to convert the phone booths to WiFi hotspots

@dyltack5349

5 жыл бұрын

Michael San that’s the City of New York not the Federal government

@addicted2caffeine

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I didn't realise there's a difference between government and city, they all were labelled NYC mayor of NYC or something. In the UK that would be the council offices ie your towns branch of the government. But that's a technicality, it's still free WiFi which in Europe you have to pay for it via bt at 20usd a day or something (starbucks and mcdys have free WiFi). As for the homeless not taking shelter that I don't know about. But take a glance anywhere in London and you won't see 100th of the amount. Phone booths? Yeah I saw loads of them was quite funny. They've gone the way of the dodo here 🤣

I don't get *some* Americans attitude to healthcare, the "Why should I pay for someone else who is sick, I've never been sick!". That reasoning is 1. Extremely selfish, possibly borderline sociopathic & 2. Completely asinine as many other things in the US are funded the exact same way the NHS is funded in the UK. Police - No American has ever said, "Why should I pay for the cops, no one I know has ever been robbed, assaulted, abused or killed?!" Fire Department - No American has ever said, "Why should I pay for the fire department, my house has never caught fire?!" Military - No American has ever said, "Why should I pay for the military, no one I know has ever been attacked by a foreign country?!" Roads & Bridges - No American has ever said, "Why should I pay for these, I don't use all the roads & bridges in America?!" Need I go on?

@Echodolly6

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Plus he said the average US health insurances costs $300 a month per person. Here in the UK, the NHS portion of our tax is around £5000 a YEAR for an entire family, whether that's a family of 4 or 12! So it's actually cheaper to pay the tax for a health service AND have the fuzzy, warm feeling of knowing you're also helping out people less fortunate than you. How is that bad? Do Americans enjoy paying more just to deny poor people some help?

@fafski1199

5 жыл бұрын

I know, it's not like the vast majority of people won't end up needing health care, sometime in there life anyway (especially when in their old age), so what's the damn problem, with some Americans attitude over it.

@CallMeBeautifulRacoon

5 жыл бұрын

@@Echodolly6 £5000 a year in national insurance? Is that just what you pay out of your wage? $300 dollars a month ($3600 a year) is a lot less especially considering currency. I don't want to ask how much money you make but shit, that's a lot😂 are you sure you're not talking about your whole taxes? Or how much your whole family makes? At the end of the day it's your contribution to the NHS so it's not really an argument to say it's for the whole family. Everyone in your family will each have to pay at some point in their life. Also, I'm English and I love the NHS. I just really don't know why it's so expensive for you.

@joshmullins1087

5 жыл бұрын

let me ask you something. how can you compare a healthcare system of 60 million people to that of 320 million. population size is nothing to scoff at when talking about money

@CallMeBeautifulRacoon

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshmullins1087 well, the majority of them 320 million will pay taxes, that's how it is comparable.

About a year ago, I had really bad Appendicitis. Had to call an ambulance, undergone surgery, was in the hospital for 5 day. Afterwards I had to have regular checkups by the doctor to see if everything is OK for about 2 months. All of this was covered by my health insurance (which is based on your income and your employer pays around 70% of it). The fact that when you're suffering and are in pain, you have to worry about not being treated just so you don't bankrupt yourself is super strange to me.

@amberdani38

3 жыл бұрын

That says something about your insurance and your income.

@rukinohi

3 жыл бұрын

@@amberdani38 Actually my country is 41st in the world by GNI per capita (USA being 6th) and this medical insurance is provided to every citizen of my country despite their income and is granted by the constitution. Even people like students from abroad, children, foreigners incarcerated in my country, asylum seekers etc. have this medical insurance (for free or they pay a small sum, depending on their situation). The only people that have to pay their medical insurance in full are voluntarily unemployed people. Sure, some things are not covered by the insurance (or not fully), stuff like single bed/extra nice rooms in some private hospitals, some "unnecessary" (aesthetic etc.) surgeries and stuff like that. In other words - if you have the money you can be treated in some extra nice private hospital, not the state hospital (which is not bad btw). Nobody (excluding some rare or expensive treatment methods and stuff like that) has to worry about bankruptcy/debts because of their treatment, nor do they have to worry about not being treated because of their income level.

I was born with a chronic illness and had to be hospitalized for a few days my hospital bill was $60,000. I've never went to the hospital and didn't wait at least an hour. My monthly cost of medication is around $4,000 a month but thankfully I have insurance and that's just my normal medication.

Kim should be proud to be Welsh as it was the Welsh that conceived the NHS. Mr Nye Bevan (a Welsh Labour Party politician) forwarded the idea just after the war and put notion through. A trial-run was set up in Wales for a year to see if the system worked. It did, and then it was put forward to be nationwide across the whole of the UK in 1948. Thank you Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@joshuniacke2442

5 жыл бұрын

My dad says there should be a statue of nye Bevan in every village town and city in Britain

@starfire7322

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Uniacke bit much but ok

@mekonta

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshuniacke2442 They should have renamed the Severn Bridge after him instead of Prince Charles.

@TheGarryq

5 жыл бұрын

Actually after Churchill was defeated Attlee announced he would introduce the welfare state outlined in the 1942 Beveridge Report. This included the establishment of a National Health Service in 1948. Beveridge was born in Bengal.

@paulbangash4317

5 жыл бұрын

Adam Darren 👍

I wish $70 it's more like $220. So many just don't understand the costs of healthcare in the US. Its broken!

@evan

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah the stat I put on screen said that too! My $70 number was actually the cost of a checkup I had in the states 6 or 7 years ago so I wanted to tell my experience AND the average (stat on screen)

@TroyHoek

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for responding Evan!

@evan

5 жыл бұрын

My bad for not making it clear :)

@bonk6264

5 жыл бұрын

Troy Hoek 150 here

@corycollier3548

5 жыл бұрын

Right. The stat he put up is for a "mid-level sick" visit--probably the most common charge from an office. While I don't know what that would be today, I know a standard "check-up" for a 1yo kid would start at $150, without insurance/"self-pay", depending on any extra things that might be done.

"if everyone's healthier, you'll be healthier" BOOM

@amberdani38

3 жыл бұрын

You forget about genetic disorders.

i've lived in the US my whole life and i can attest to how the healthcare system sucks. i'm relatively lucky in that my family can usually afford unexpected medical bills, even though i'm chronically ill, and that my mom is a healthcare worker and gets great insurance through her job. in february 2020, i ended up in the emergency room after taking a really bad edible that had my parents worried that something was seriously wrong. more than a year later, they're STILL fighting the insurance company for the $200 bill we got because my parents weren't "justified" in taking me to the emergency room.

I'm American and I have an Indian friend who needed minor dental surgery (like getting his wisdom teeth out or something basic like that, I forget what exactly), and it costed him less to PURCHASE A ROUND TRIP TICKET TO INDIA, get the procedure there, and then come back.

@villagersspawn

5 жыл бұрын

Even in the UK where implants etc. aren't available on NHS subsidies, I know people who went to India instead of paying the prices here.

@blazednlovinit

4 жыл бұрын

@@villagersspawn A lady told me on the phone at work a couple month back how she had just been to turkey to get crowns on many of her teeth. It cost her £2,000 there and would be closer to £20,000 here

@BUSHCRAPPING

4 жыл бұрын

If you are paying tax the dentist is pretty expensive in the UK

@blazednlovinit

4 жыл бұрын

@@BUSHCRAPPING The most a dentist will cost you on NHS is £270, and if you need follow up treatment in the next 2 month there is no extra cost.... it's not bad really imo Band 1: £22.70. Covers an examination, diagnosis and advice. ... Band 2: £62.10. Covers all treatment included in Band 1, plus additional treatment, such as fillings, root canal treatment and removing teeth (extractions). Band 3: £269.30.

@TerryODowd

4 жыл бұрын

I have an Indian friend. His English is better than yours.

I'm German and I really dislike how America will hate on anything that is in any way a socialist concept. Like, it doesn't matter whether it's socialist if it is genuinely for the betterment of society. Some socialist concepts are really good, like universal healthcare or public schools. Germany is a prime example of how to integrate socialist concepts into a capitalist society (even though of course there's still stuff going wrong) and I'm very happy to live here.

@juliac.8927

5 жыл бұрын

chicken skink but us Americans are idiots, because we kinda have a semi-socialist society, cause we pay for police, firefighters, schools, etc. so those that complain about not being a “socialist”, don’t realize they are paying into a semi-socialist society lol they’re stupid

@pjokpopfan912

5 жыл бұрын

@@juliac.8927 That totally reminded me of a Bill Maher quote, "Socialism is the reason you don't have to bring your own highway when you want to drive someone. "

@AussieGirl235

5 жыл бұрын

Human services, including law-enforcement, prison etc should always be socialised (paid for by taxes). Private business (for profit) should never have the power to decide whether someone lives or dies.

@AussieGirl235

5 жыл бұрын

@Julia C - Paying taxes is socialism. What seperates a first world country from one that is rapidly becoming a third world country is what the taxes are used for.

@alenabujnowski8796

5 жыл бұрын

I know Germany has a great track record with socialist governments

I’m not sure where this idea that we don’t have wait times in the US comes from. I’ve had a 3 month wait to see an Endocrinologist, a 4 month wait for an ultrasound, and a 4 month wait for a mammogram. Those are just the ones I can remember.

@naa4874

4 жыл бұрын

same. plus, you have to first see "primary care" doctor in order to get a referral to see a specialist. And even then, it's still hard to see a specialist.

@edwardjames6023

4 жыл бұрын

I waited 2 hours for my doctor

@kronos6460

4 жыл бұрын

4 months for an ultrasound? I'm in the UK and found a lump last year. From phoning up to make a GP appointment to getting results from the Radiologist took 2 weeks +/- a day.

@lendoggtheking

4 жыл бұрын

the conservative party, they're playing a long game on this one

@marydavis5234

2 жыл бұрын

Evan is talking about a 3 to 4 hour wait in the US not to see a specialist, I don't know where you are but i had to 10 day wait to see an orthopedic Doctor for a big lump on my left ankle and a 14 day wait for surgery to remove the lump, btw I am from the US

I'm hoping that the issues and struggles of the NHS due to covid and the incredible work that the NHS staff are doing to try and look after everyone has renewed our appreciation for the NHS and will hopefully push the government to increase funding

Great interesting topic

@evan

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

@melododie

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

Yeah, the NHS has some problems but at least my family isnt going bankrupt because of the insulin I need to take to survive.

@katemcburnie9815

5 жыл бұрын

hello internet it's phils first video blog yeah being diabetic must be sooooo expensive in the US like can you imagine?

@hellointernetitsphilsfirst9397

5 жыл бұрын

@@katemcburnie9815 I know, it's scary

@paul1467

4 жыл бұрын

hello internet it's phils first video blog holy fucking fuck Imagine being diabetic in the us

You can’t forget about that you don’t get an itemized bill unless you request one here in the US. I had a impact wrench hit me in the face and it broke my maxillary sinus. I requested an itemized bill and my bill dropped by like $1,700 Edit: Oh and that’s with insurance

Being in therapy a lot of my life and going in and out of hospital when I was younger for hearing and throat stuff the NHS is amazing I even meet the judge who filled in the Simon on bgt!

Welsh girl is great. Super intelligent and well spoken.

@dimwitdave9344

5 жыл бұрын

As much as I hate too lower the tone a little, she is also beautiful in the best way possible. Very little make up, just her being herself and looking, sounding and being attractive. These are the people that should be role models but the world prefers Kardashians. Sigh

@morrobarry

5 жыл бұрын

nar 6/10 at most she had bags under her eyes and a nose ring a definate no no

@patfernandes7741

5 жыл бұрын

Dr Barry's an idiot. Well-spoken or articulate? - She doesn't have a Welsh accent.

@harry7608

5 жыл бұрын

Im from barry in wales

@maxmullen6337

5 жыл бұрын

Livebreatheatsleep. Come on. Both women are very attractive.

500 a stitch!?!? Better using staples

@taylorbritt499

4 жыл бұрын

I would think that would be more expensive (to be done in a hospital), metal vs stitching thread? Metal is always more expensive, it seems.

@KP-ev8by

4 жыл бұрын

Its about the same, they don't actually bill per stitch, its more like an average cost. They charge you for the anesthesia and the anesthetist and the gloves and the disposable needle and the janitor that cleaned up after you bled on the sanitary mat that they also charge you for... You get the picture. Its not necessarily itemized down to the gauze, but it's close. On the bright side, it was free to get mine removed, but I still did mine myself incase they snuck in a charge lol

@heliotropezzz333

4 жыл бұрын

Or superglue.

@jasondavis3774

4 жыл бұрын

Thread and needles, my friend, thread and needles

@darkiee69

4 жыл бұрын

@@heliotropezzz333 Superglue and duct tape. No need for a doctor.

There's been 2 instances in my family where somebody's needed to be airlifted to hospital. First one was my nan who got hit by a lorry and shattered her pelvis; another was my boyfriend who snapped his femur whilst skateboarding. Both required emergency helicopter transfer and emergency surgery, both made a full recovery, neither had to pay a penny. The NHS is absolutely fantastic.

In Ireland there is a medical card which entitles you to free doctors visits as well as very cheap prescriptions and a whole load of other things. This is given based on financial circumstances.

The NHS main flaw is that the government isn’t giving it enough funding and it gets funding cuts every year 😢

@AB-qo2xq

5 жыл бұрын

That's definitely an issue but so is the public massively abusing the system, using it like a hotel or to pick up the pieces after them making bad decisions. There is also a lot of litigation issues with these no win no fee firms taking action and taking money away from patient care.

@WCamden

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing to do with mass immigration at all

@kou3459

5 жыл бұрын

@@WCamden Actually "mass" immigration hasn't been much of a negative to the NHS. In the 1950s ex-colonies educated similarly to England's curriculum meant that lots of Indian/Pakistan doctors filled the NHS shortage and actually facilitated its workings. Even now, most migrants are very well educated and come into higher roles or fill shortages e.g. in agriculture, that the U.K needs. Their taxes contribute to the NHS too, so no, the NHS is not suffering because of mass immigration. It was founded on it, and still thrives on the skills of immigrants. It's just the austerity promoted by the Conservatives at the moment which is putting the NHS under major strain. more than previous decades.

@WCamden

5 жыл бұрын

Adrasteia there’s sooooo much wrong with your comment I don’t know where to start, I’m not going to waste my time when literally every point you made was completely factually incorrect. Do some research

@AB-qo2xq

5 жыл бұрын

@@kou3459 Immigrants have definitely helped the NHS recruiting professionals but if you compare the numbers relative to unskilled population coming into this Country you can't even compare, not to mention the issues surrounding language and cultural differences... At least Hunt has addressed some of these issues increasing University places for healthcare professionals

Moral of the story is never get sick in America unless you are rich.

@agonicole

4 жыл бұрын

Not really most states offer free healthcare coverage for everyone.

@fungamesandstories

4 жыл бұрын

They offer free healthcare if you are poor. It's income based

@kingtut7213

4 жыл бұрын

@@agonicole Don't be stupid - it's only if you are below a poverty threshold. Yet for the majority of working class Americans on low to average income, they struggle in a predatory health 'care' system that they can't afford.

@adolfhitler2338

4 жыл бұрын

nicolelis I think it should be all the same so Rich pay the same as poor

@agonicole

4 жыл бұрын

@@adolfhitler2338 does all of the EU have the same health care... no. America is 50 individual states with individual rights. My state has universal health care so I'm fine

My mum had chest discomfort yesterday. We called an ambulance to come and check her out, helped us out very nicely and took her to the hospital, where she got about 7 different scans and stayed overnight. She was also put onto prescription medication. I don't even want to think about how much this would have costed in the USA.

I have also used the 111 - really bad chest pains in the early hours. Quick talk and diagnosing pointed out nothing life threatening - but I had an ambulance with team of 3 paramedics at my house within 20mins to rule anything out. Fantastic service - eeg etc - got all clear, visited GP in morning and found out it was "shingles" wrapped around my chest with the nerve ending all going crazy! Love the NHS.

I got knocked off my bike a while back and lost a lot of skin from my lower leg over an area about the size of my hand. It was full of grit and I wasn't looking forward to cleaning it out myself. As I was half a mile from my local GP's surgery I went in on the off chance. My wound was skilfully cleaned and patched up within 20 minutes by Max the practice nurse, with whom I swapped cycling stories. I had a follow up appointment for the next day to change the dressing and was given some more dressing to apply myself later on. Despite having the biggest scab ever, my wound healed wonderfully. This was all 100% free. Sometimes I just love the NHS and all the people who work for it.

@evan

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it all worked out :)

unreal to hear this kind of stuff. When I was born my mother had to be airlifted two hundred miles to a hospital as our local one was in a rural area (Northern Scotland) and was too small to deal with any complications, especially as it was twins. After arriving at the bigger hospital in Aberdeen, me and my brother were born, around three weeks premature. Because of this we were put in incubators, and had to stay in the hospital for another two weeks. Despite my mum recovering enough to be able to leave after a few days and my dad having no health problems either, the hospital gave both of them accommodation in the hospital for those two weeks, free of charge. The cost of that flight alone in the US would have been high enough that, eighteen years later, my parents would still be paying off the debt for my birth, and as a consequence, despite good grades and free Scottish University tuition fees i still would not have been able to afford to move away from home to study at University. Fortunately all of it was free at the point of use. People against the NHS assume that the vast majority of people can take the financial hits that illness/health problems cause, and perhaps they're right, my relativity poor family could have technically afforded to slowly pay off the debt over the next decades, for my birth and various other small health problems we've had over the years. However, the long reaching implications of these costs are often ignored. Paying the debt would have stopped me and my brother from studying at University, my dad would not have been able to expand his business, we may not have been able to afford quality end of life care for my grandparents. I'm not sure i would have been able to live with myself in the american system with the horrible truth that the simple fact of my existence would have put my whole family down for decades.

@NoName-ev2uw

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Stewart Yeah I live in Scotland so healthcare is free but my brother was born 10 premature and it’s worrying thinking what the cost would have been for his birth, medicine, vaccines, surgeries and for my mum to be in hospital for 2 weeks and my brother being in hospital for almost 15 weeks. And then also all the appointments after those 15 weeks with doctors and midwives. I’m so grateful that we live in Scotland because we might not have a house, or be able to afford food if health care and prescriptions weren’t free.

@ehallwood

5 жыл бұрын

wow so grateful to live in Scotland

@ElliKeen

5 жыл бұрын

These prices he's quoting is on the high side! $150-300 for ambulance/ER not $1k and insurance covers airvacs, etc. Max out of pocket a year for family is $700-7000. For medicine I pay $0-300 max $4 is typical cost. Dr appt $10 - $45 even specialists. X-rays, stitches, etc are typically covered. It cost me out of pockets $450 for the entire pregnancy from conception to birth. It's not so crazy in a lot of States. He must be from California?? People forget that the UK is the size of a third of Texas. And their taxes are more than ours. The USA is way larger. There are way more people. The costs would be more than the $500 month out of pocket that I pay now because we have people who will avoid paying their share of taxes. Not to forget that we have $10k + immigrants week/month entering our country that we do provide basic care for to screen and treat anything they are bringing in the country with them. How could we afford the exorbitant costs of free healthcare and still be innovative? Most states, if not all, have medical coverage for kids under 18 if requested...it's just lots of paperwork. We have Medicaid for people who don't have insurance, you have to request it and qualify based on income, and then the govt will pay for it. But that is flawed in the control the necessity of medical care. I'd rather have myself and the Dr control what I need for care and submit it to someone I have leverage over (the insurance company) than the have the government ultimately decide on my healthcare.

@jennifer7895

5 жыл бұрын

@@ElliKeen His quotes can be accurate for some people. I also dont remember if his quotes where with insurance or without. People's insurance are vastly different depending on what their employers offer. I was with a company for many years and had myself and my child covered for a low cost that provided great insurance. When I was offered another (better) job I had to consider the price difference in covering a child. Covering 2 at old job was the same cost for just me at new job. Luckily his dad could cover him, because there was no way I could go afford to cover a child at the new job rate. As for the ambulance/ER cost. My son and I were in a car wreak 10 years ago. Before insurance, our ambulance trips cost over 2,000. Son hospital bill was about 5,000. And mine was over 20,000. We were in the ER for about 4 to 5 hours and went home.

@hezziattubeyou

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in wick but I was premature so I had to be transferred to the premi ward in Inverness because they didnt have one at wick.

I live in Spain and the health care here is incredible, minor issues can take a lot of time but I had a friend who got breast cancer and had to have surgery and treatment it was all completely paid for by the state and she got great service from the medical staff. As well I understand medical staff is generally less over worked than in the US because most doctors,surgeons and nurses work for the state.

As a British epileptic, the not calling an ambulance thing is not because it costs money but because it's a complete waste of the paramedics time. Unless you've injured yourself or it was an abnormally long seizure, the only treatment an epileptic person needs after a seizure is rest. I've lived in the UK all my life and have a similar notice on my medical bracelet.

@emilygwynneth1278

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm from Scotland but I've lived in America, England and Wales and it's simply because I don't need to go to hospital after a seizure, seeing as I have an average of 7 a day.

American expat here. I had two babies on the NHS with about a week in hospital for each with medication required afterwards. £0 total. Also got gas and air during the delivery which was AMAZING! Love love love the NHS.

@teethgrinder83

4 жыл бұрын

Gas and air isn't given routinely in America when giving birth? Damn here in Scotland I've been given gas and air every time I dislocated my shoulder (I have epilepsy and when I have a violent seizure sometimes my right shoulder dislocated and I have to go to hospital to have it put back in place, it's happened around 20 times lol), I once went through a whole cannister of the stuff because the metal screws I'd had put in had broken so it took a lot of time and careful manipulation to get it back in place, I dread to think how much that would have cost in the USA lol

@christinanicole5740

4 жыл бұрын

Gas and air are not routine here in the US. I received air at the time of giving birth because I had a cold and was very congested but it wasn’t routine. If you want pain relief you have a choice of taking medicine to take the edge off or you can get an epidural (spinal) to be numb from the waist down (for the most part) or go the natural route without any help for the pain. For the cost, I live in a rural area and went to a rural hospital and to have a baby last year with just staying one night, epidural, and aftercare and meds for home my total bill was around $4,000. Once my insurance paid I had around $1,500 to pay out of pocket. When I looked at the bill breakdown it showed for my baby to stay in the Nursery overnight outside of feedings so I could sleep it was $800! I thought well when the nurse came in and asked if I wanted my baby in the nursery and said oh by the way it’ll be $800 I would have said no thank you! Lol So the healthcare system is flawed for sure.

@darkiee69

4 жыл бұрын

@@christinanicole5740 How much would the local veterinarian charge you? ;)

I work in the theatres in the NHS it is annoying that you have to wait but we get so many people who are so close to losing their lives and need to be moved fast through a and e and into theatre. So something that isn't life threatening you have to wait unfortunatly.

@ladyjane8855

5 жыл бұрын

Needed surgery one day (in the US) and it kept being put back because of emergencies. Finally went at 11pm but didn't mind. They just keep going until the list is finished here, which may account for the shorter wait times.

@oliviahunt2760

5 жыл бұрын

@@ladyjane8855 we have long wait times in emergencies because it's full of people who not actually Ill because it's free healthcare.

@ladyjane8855

5 жыл бұрын

@@oliviahunt2760 yes, people take advantage if free stuff. A £50 fee at reception would stop most of that. Banning drunks would empty the place 😄😄😄😄

@ShintyShinto

5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that emergency cases always come first, but as a patient waiting 6 months for lung surgery and then being cancelled on 2 days before the date, you can't help but feel like you'll be an emergency case yourself soon.

I know this video is about a year old, but it was still very interesting to watch. Looks like Canada is somewhere between the US and UK. Critical and basic care is covered, but not prescriptions after you go home.

It is worth considering despite Healthcare being private in the USA the government contribution is higher per patient than the UK. Also worth noting that life expectancy higher in UK than USA.