Why American Healthcare Is The Worst In The Developed World
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@madoxxxx064 жыл бұрын
I'm Rwandan, even though my country is one of the poorest in the world we have universal healthcare, Its called mutuelle de santé. Every citizen is required to pay a yearly fee, the amount depends on your income, from 20$ for the richest bracket, to 0 for the poorest. With the mutuelle you have access to all public hospitals and most private ones too(except the most expensive ones), when the bills come you only pay 20% the remaining 80% is payed by the mutuelle. It has completely changed how Rwandans use healthcare, we no longer have fundraiser to pay people's medical bill and 100% of women give birth in hospital compared to 20% before the mutuelle. If Rwanda can do it, the US most definitely can do it.
@ll_ll4986
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes Rwanda the country that have the medical supplies delivery through drone.(there is a video for that) Man your country is decent👍
@bowdennthani732
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Zambian. We also have Universal Healthcare. We had a system where government hospitals were heavily subsidized, reducing the costs substantially. The vast, VAST majority of our hospitals are government-run. And while with that comes the expected bureaucracy, most of the middle-class prefer it because private clinics/hospitals are clearly in it for the money. So it is not unheard of for them to prescribe an unnecessary procedure for the extra cost. Pain at 6 o'clock in the evening? That's an overnight stay for observation at $80 for you! The government facility will charge you $2. Last year, our parliament approved Universal Healthcare. 1% comes out of your gross pay and the employer pays another 1%. The government reroutes its subsidies to this new system to cover the remaining costs. Boom! All costs waived. That's what we have. It's unimaginable for me that if I get sick I'd worry about going bankrupt
@mickeyg7219
4 жыл бұрын
It's not uncommon for Americans to fly to developing countries to get the treatment, and the result is more than satisfactory. If anything, from what I heard, more Americans went to Mexico for treatment than to Canada.
@TILR
4 жыл бұрын
Ay good on Rwanda for that 👍 There reminds me that American organizations that work on bringing health care to the poorest regions of the world, had to turn around since the US demand was way more.
@Sliverappl
4 жыл бұрын
Get American friends fly to Taiwan for treatments. He does not coverage from Taiwan healthcare and he is not Insurance. He still pay 5 time less than if he do the same treatment in US with a insurance plan.
@Cod4Wii4 жыл бұрын
Europe: Healthcare is a right and guns are a privilege USA: Healthcare is a privilege and guns are a right
@taggamer335
3 жыл бұрын
@raffle baffle two ways, actually.
@ange3489
3 жыл бұрын
🤣. That’s a brilliant insight! Sad though!!
@deteon1418
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant comment, sad reality.
@brettsears7632
3 жыл бұрын
Europe - cant defend themselves and must ask the US for help US - Don't need Europe for anything because Europe is pretty much worthless at anything.
@deteon1418
3 жыл бұрын
@@brettsears7632 Thats not very true at all.
@vichkar36803 жыл бұрын
American healthcare is like: $80 $80 + ---------- $8080
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
Wait wha-
@googlify406
3 жыл бұрын
Lol good one
@Bertuzz84
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, how else could they come up with such high amounts ?
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bertuzz84 capitalism mathematics
@dannelleabajar4703
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@theskieshavefallen84083 жыл бұрын
The US Healthcare Industry is the most disgusting thing in this country right now. It's genuinely sickening.
@meahdahlgren5875
8 ай бұрын
Right
@EvangeliumDiSilenti
4 ай бұрын
Agreed. I want to move away from this country.
@rickstclair2217
2 ай бұрын
mine is great, could not be better.
@sirspeedy90064 жыл бұрын
Wait, why is HOLDING YOUR OWN CHILD after birth something that COSTS MONEY? How greedy can you get?
@BearMeOut
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to amerika!
@BatMan-oe2gh
4 жыл бұрын
Yeap, I read 4 years ago that a man was charged an extra $300 for the privilege of holding his baby just after it was born.
@machewgun503
4 жыл бұрын
@@BatMan-oe2gh wtf
@Artheila
4 жыл бұрын
If the mom has had a c-section and is drugged they need a nurse to stay in the room to make sure she doesn't drop the baby. Still insane, but that's the reason.
@sirspeedy9006
4 жыл бұрын
@@Artheila thanks for clarifying, being from NZ and watching this, that kind of stuff sounds ludricrous
@kevinh963 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Breaking Bad had been set in the UK, or pretty much any other developed or developing nation. "Mr White, I am sorry to say you have cancer, your treatment starts next month". The End.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
even if he had to pay for medical treatment, he wouldn't need to become a drug dealer because other countries actually pay their teachers a fair wage. "Mr White, I am sorry to say you have cancer, your treatment starts next month and it will cost $2000." "Ok, I can afford that."
@AeonQuasar
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ That is only a half months teacher payment in Norway. For pre-school teachers. Though it require 3 years of high school to become a teacher whatever your type of school.
@Lee-ss8yj
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ I'm kinda scared to ask but... how much do the US pay teachers?
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
@@Lee-ss8yj around $30k
@Lee-ss8yj
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ Damn thats low. Where I live it's around 50.000€ (60k USD) at the start and after 15 years like 60.000€ (around 72k USD) for a high school teacher. They are also usually tenured civil servants, which gives them a lot of priviliges. Like not being able to be fired (unless you really fuck something up), having a better health care insurance (which basically just means the health care company pays for more stuff and you often get appointments faster then other people) and a well paid pension.
@annafed24193 жыл бұрын
God damn being an American is so depressing sometimes
@zone_act_129
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah honestly as a 20 yr old American idk what to do if i ever get into a car crash here, but im doing my best eating right (to an extent) and working out for my health and to find happiness in all this, just need to keep my head up at all times
@blackwater7183
3 жыл бұрын
@@zone_act_129USA, the richest country in history, let that sink in.
@zenogstwitch8296
3 жыл бұрын
@@zone_act_129 You guys need to start raiding Wallstreet and Malibu beaches to find the 1% and then start shooting XD Not the schools or local shops then there would be some positive effect.
@user-gz4ve8mw9l
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes? Try all the time, I was born here, yet I will NEVER be an American as far as I'm concerned. The USA is a corrupt, rogue, failed, terrorist state. It is the enemy of the people, it's own, and the world over.
@Star88833
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I hate it here.
@billybudd58543 жыл бұрын
Coming from the UK, I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel to go into hospital while also worrying about how to pay for the treatment.
@AngloSupreme
3 жыл бұрын
I had to go into A+E a few days ago due to an insect bite going a bit gammy and my leg doubling in size. I was seen real quick, got a private room due to a high temp being it's a covid symptom and was out within 2 hours. I went back the next day for an appt and was seen across 3 different depts while they figured it out - in the end I left after 4 hours with my medication and all resolved. The quality of care and attitude of staff was brilliant. The NHS is literally a national treasure and I'm so grateful for it.
@fuckyourstupidfuckinghandle
3 жыл бұрын
@@AngloSupreme I'm jealous
@Vaprous
3 жыл бұрын
As an American following UK politics... dude you guys need to fight to protect that right, the shit I am seeing happen over there is basically what happened in the 1980s and 1990s here; if you don't want Americanized conditions there, you need to fight for your peace of mind.
@Indoor_Carrot
3 жыл бұрын
@@Vaprous it's sad and frustrating that the crappy right wing party won the election in a land slide. The same party which has been trying to privitase our healthcare over the last decade. Then everyone has the audacity to "praise the NHS" during COVID
@beckyboop3517
3 жыл бұрын
@@Vaprous some of us can see what is happening with great alarm. sadly the selfish and the idiot's voted in the rightwing fascist party, which was helped along by Brexit. again supported by the selfish and the racist knuckle draggers. We seem to have a case of. the tree's voting for the axe here. sad times for the uk.
@chairmanofrussia4 жыл бұрын
Imagine firing doctors during a pandemic.
@neinherman9989
4 жыл бұрын
No need to imagine, just look.
@zeccy337
4 жыл бұрын
" It's okay we can get them back easily "
@canisterbottournament
4 жыл бұрын
ok so who wants to gather together and make our own healthcare system?
@khadijahmuhammad4771
4 жыл бұрын
@KZread Moderator That's actually not how it. Even with insurance, millions of Americans still find themselves unable to afford and obtain important medicine and medical procedures. Also, not having health insurance is not indicative of an unwillingness to contribute; it's indicative of an inability to afford it. In other countries citizens, including the youngsters, still contribute in the form of taxes. In exchange, THEY can get any little procedure they want. Such is not the case for Americans.
@chairmanofrussia
4 жыл бұрын
Bart Doo gee, and I wonder which state governors would totally fuck it up? Would it be the ones who are completely opposed to making it work in the first place? 🤔
@u06jo3vmp4 жыл бұрын
I'm a doctor in Taiwan. When I was doing internship at the emergency department, I met a young man with a gruesome looking broken arm (only bone broken, not "arm fall off" kind of broken). He said he broke his arm three days ago. I said what took you so long to come for help? He said he broke it when taking a vacation in the US. He couldn't afford treating it there so he held his broken arm together with a towel and fly back to Taiwan. Luckily his blood vessels weren't damaged by the fracture or the swelling afterwards, otherwise he might lose the arm.
@EngelinZivilBO
4 жыл бұрын
So we learned "never travel without a international healthcare insurance" :D
@alexandereick1260
4 жыл бұрын
i've heard of that stroy
@p.f.886
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimhabsfan exactly. I've never been to the USA and I will *NEVER* step foot on US soil. They'll have to drag me dead to that shithole place.
@g1ngerrobot794
4 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ.
@p.f.886
4 жыл бұрын
@@thetrollgehasbegun why would I want to travel to a place where if I get injured I have to pay? I don't want to risk my life in vain.
@Indoor_Carrot3 жыл бұрын
When I was at university in the UK, I knew an American girl who came here to study a medical degree to become a doctor here. She couldn't bear the thought of squeezing money out of people who need her help. She cpuld make much more money in the USA, but she stood by her principles and became a doctor in the NHS. Because she actually cares about helping people.
@twilightparanormalresearch186
5 ай бұрын
That’s good
@Indoor_Carrot
3 ай бұрын
@@zerog1037 Certainly does, but at least people don't have to file divorce so medical debts don't get piled onto the grieving widow.
@Indoor_Carrot
3 ай бұрын
@zerog1037 then why is it the leading cause of bankruptcy in USA?
@thomasweir28343 жыл бұрын
I was watching a video about the ultra wealthy in America. They interviewed a number of people with incredibly affluent lifestyles. A lot of them worked as ‘medical administrators’. Not the doctors. Not the ones that go to medical school. Just the middle men. It really was an eye opener.
@adampkalb
2 жыл бұрын
Boo! 😡 The medical administrators should not be taking money away from actual medical doctors. This is beyond unfair! We need better funding for the doctor' salaries! I do not care if anyone thinks free universal healthcare is communism. February 6, 2022, 4:36am
@nobodyofknowhere973
2 жыл бұрын
Im not disagreeing with you but can i get the link to the video? Im quite interested
@godsonalvarado6656
Жыл бұрын
*Absolute leeches. We must drain the swamp!*
@theboyisnotright6312
Жыл бұрын
Well hey now, that really stupid son or daughter of a wealthy person needs a cushy 150k a year job. Medical administrative is just what the moron needs.
@u06jo3vmp4 жыл бұрын
"You have to pay money to hold your baby after its birth" This is literally evil
@lisamica6374
3 жыл бұрын
Me: "I dont want kids really, because they're expensive and I would like to not be poor" My mom: " yOu'Re JusT bEiNG sElfisH"
@frankmundo4300
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisamica6374 your mom has IQ OF 20
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
you have to pay 40 dollars for that. and it can cost up to 60K for a birth. so before you even have your child you are already approximately 60K in debt lol. yeah great system in america.
@wannabecar8733
3 жыл бұрын
you can't afford to say that commenting will cost you $3000 have fun paying it off
@bobjacobson858
3 жыл бұрын
@@wannabecar8733 LOL; no, you won't have to pay it off, but it might cost you your job if it goes viral on social media.
@donaldmcronald23314 жыл бұрын
Other countries: Public healthcare is better than private healthcare. US: Wait that's communism!
@richieThach
4 жыл бұрын
It's kind of weird how US screams communism at everything and yet they are happily accepting the stimulus checks which is literally distributing free money. Not saying that the checks are a bad idea, but the irony of the US.
@anemonaloco
4 жыл бұрын
@@cstrutherskgs socialism doesn't suck bud. China, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela are not socialist countries, they are totalitarian countries instead. socialism stands for the means of production in the hands of the people. in countries like China the means of production are controlled by the elite government and the people never see a cent of its profit. Conversely, American Indians used to live in a sort of socialist community and it worked well for them until they were colonized of course.
@pendragonfan42
4 жыл бұрын
@AIFAHRA HORGGHRO Okay but why?
@namduong8437
4 жыл бұрын
How braindead people are when they think free health care is the result of capitalism. Remember, the original meaning of capitalism is money, money, and profit. The original meaning of communism is community, or the people. Just because some greedy suckers in the past abused the system doesn't mean the true meaning of communism itself is a bad one. Virtually all countries on this Earth are some forms of hybrid system, meaning a mixture of communism and capitalism at work. The West knew about this, but admitting it means making fun of themselves.
@nicoledreamcr4666
4 жыл бұрын
USA : It's communism and too expensive. Also USA : Protects their doctors and nurses by dressing them into trash bags.
@melimoo66563 жыл бұрын
I left the US over 30 years ago at the age of 19. Not once have I had to worry about medical care and treatment. And if I ever get terribly sick, I know that my treatment and government support will prevent me from going homeless or having to declare bankruptcy.
@KaedeAnimation
3 жыл бұрын
How did you do it? I want to leave America so bad and move to European country like Switzerland or those 4 Scandinavia countries
@Madcap_Joe
3 жыл бұрын
Where do you move to?
@melimoo6656
3 жыл бұрын
@@Madcap_Joe Australia
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
Did you leave family behind? Thats the only thing stopping me. Im so ready to start over. Even if it means learning another language.
@meepcity48
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob honestly
@JORDYBEST123 жыл бұрын
I as a british citizen can agree to this. A few years ago. Me and my family were on holiday in Florida. My younger sibling fell off a swing and started being sick. We went to the hospital and we were fully insured. To get seen by a doctor for 2 hours would of cost over £3000 had we not been insured. A few years later I fractured my wrist playing sports at home. A trip to the local hospital in the uk cost me £0. That day made me so greatful to live in the uk and not in the US
@steventaylor4798
Жыл бұрын
As its pointless being insured for an american on healthcare, its like a third world country with rich looting poor
@KhmerH20
Ай бұрын
As an American, as i finished reading your comment, i was filled with joy and happiness knowing that somewhere out there, a citizen is grateful for his nation's healthcare.
@thorodinson50344 жыл бұрын
Summary of the comment section: No one else around the world, not even from the poorest parts of Africa, can imagine going bankrupt because they have to visit a doctor. Let that sink for a moment. Universal healthcare is a GIGANTIC achievement for mankind which cannot be appreciated enough.
@oxymornicalt
4 жыл бұрын
The deaths from medical malpractice are always going to be more than reported in the US because we have another problem the rest of the world doesnt have.The opioid crisis is propeled by the over prescription of pills by health care companies pushing their prroducts hard. Germany and the rest of the world are honest about their numbers because they don’t need to lie. American health care is not for american health. Its for big business to grow large amounts of wealth.
@kienng4510
4 жыл бұрын
@Ksch Koff Nice way of saying "you are screwed if you are poor". The lack of empathy is astonishing. There are people that DON'T have enough to "invest" into health. It's disgusting to use the word "invest" at this point, like you can put a price tag on your fundamental right of being healthy.
@brose9504
4 жыл бұрын
@Ksch Koff weren't you paying attention to the video? It's accurate. Moving to for-profit healthcare in the 1980s wrecked the system. People end up not getting medical attention until they need emergency room. So many lose *everything* due to the greedy insurance industry.
@ant318
4 жыл бұрын
Ksch Koff ah the default refugee slap. Which country created the refugees in the first place? Which country has consistently destabilized the Middle East for decades? It was 2015 the refugees arrived btw and most are taken well care of by the German state. Why not use the money to help the homeless in the US? L.A alone has 60000+ destitute individuals living in squalor on the streets. 60k people sleeping outside with no bed. If you want to go down a support for the homeless route, yet again the US is last in the class to do anything successful for those people. Berlin has a similar population to L.A by the way with a fraction of the number of homeless.
@ant318
4 жыл бұрын
Ksch Koff 🤣 I’m not German so idgaf lol. There is anti semitism on a monumental scale in the US too, so your point is moot. Not to mention lynchings of African Americans which happens until today. Wasn’t a dude shot dead for jogging by 2 hillbillies recently? With the state unwilling to investigate or cover it up? Only when a video surfaced investigations were launched. So yeah, the US has enough problems, don’t worry about German Jews.
@sage68614 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I'm shocked that Americans haven't revolted yet.
@r.brooks5287
4 жыл бұрын
They keep the poor divided.
@hippiecowgirl4231
4 жыл бұрын
Heather , we don’t , or can’t, because we are all slaves to a job that barely keeps us afloat. We can’t risk our jobs by taking time off to go to Washington and protest. We can’t afford it. And now , when we have the time off work we aren’t allowed to assemble( unless your right wing government sponsored ). Everything is coming to a head though , it’s going to reach a point where people don’t care anymore and feel they have nothing to lose. Then look out
@chiangchengkooi9791
4 жыл бұрын
"In God We trust"
@prouddegenerates9056
4 жыл бұрын
@@hippiecowgirl4231 Protesting means absolutely nothing.
@ageoflove1980
4 жыл бұрын
They dont even have to revolt, they can vote for politicians who are for better healthcare but they dont even do that.
@copper03 жыл бұрын
Such a perfect statement: The US Healthcare system is NOT broken, it is doing EXACTLY as it is intended, to make profit.
@adampkalb
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but there should be - and there are - better ways for hospitals to profit than this. We know hospitals being privately funded, if they are funded at all, is a big part of the problem here. To this day, I have no idea why other Americans like myself would complain against universal single-payer health care, but I do know I am not one of those people who would. The truth is, it is not hard to hatch a plan to, as a start, incentivize effective health care where the doctors or the hospital only gets paid if they actually help the sick or injured patient get better, instead of demanding payment up front. February 6, 2022, 4:34am
@meahdahlgren5875
8 ай бұрын
Copper0 right
@ricardomilos1784
8 ай бұрын
And it’s fuckin expensive af
@twilightparanormalresearch186
5 ай бұрын
Like prisons, they are privatized
@MGVK22773 жыл бұрын
I dreamt of living in the US when i finish school. Now, i am so glad i don't live there
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Same, but I still didn't finish it.
@fabplays6559
3 жыл бұрын
Edward Nicolas Arrienda Torralba How tf do you know they aren’t European??
@antonyduhamel1166
2 жыл бұрын
My condolences that you suffered from nightmares.
@MGVK2277
2 жыл бұрын
@@antonyduhamel1166 i think most people think that
@spencerdosh66634 жыл бұрын
America is literally a pay to win EA game
@kristoforban8241
4 жыл бұрын
why isnt this comment higher
@r.a.6459
3 жыл бұрын
America is like CandyCrush... Glitchy products which cost a ton, rigged Covid tests for example,... and I even heard America wants to ™ certain medical terms... I mean WTF?
@spencerdosh6663
3 жыл бұрын
Razian Amira oh your one of those people that think its fake. But everything else I agree with you on, o think, I've never played candy crush so I wouldn't know
@CoyoteGuru
3 жыл бұрын
Incorrect use of the word "literally", but I agree in spirit.
@kristoforban8241
3 жыл бұрын
@@CoyoteGuru what do you mean, they used it in a correct way
@vesleengen4 жыл бұрын
Pay $1000 more a year in tax for healthcare for all - Americans: NO!!! Pay $10 000 in insurance for the family per year - Americans: Sure!
@ru2225
4 жыл бұрын
They can't compute that they save ~9k. They just have "more tax" ingrained into their head from all the media brainwashing.
@1flyingartworks
4 жыл бұрын
Can only hope we wake up: "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore".
@patrickcompton2797
4 жыл бұрын
Let’s do a bit of math 76mil tax payers X 1000 = 76bil Cost of universal health care for US = 3 trillion estimated
@memeguider5559
4 жыл бұрын
Patrick Compton medicare for all is trillions cheaper over 10 years than our current system
@danycashking
4 жыл бұрын
@@patrickcompton2797 well the huge cost is also because the system is so expensive, part of the reform needs to come from regulating practices, hospitals and pharma companies so they aren't overcharging.
@kage65113 жыл бұрын
Whats even more weird is that you don't get a receipt, you can't ask different hopistals the cost of certain things. My canadian friend was 8 months pregnant in NYC and spent the whole trip in the hotel trying not to go into labour
@drakekoefoed1642
2 жыл бұрын
they just make those prices up. i got a statement and they cannot decide how they figured it. the doc says, "you don't owe $350 it's $86." i pay the 86 and a few months later they start billing me for 275 or some such. mdeicare sends a statement "you may owe $54" and the mf are billing me 600. just make up numbers, there is not even a regular charge for an hour of mri
@publius5278 Жыл бұрын
American here. A month ago I had cystocopy done. My doctor and insurance said it was covered. I just received a bill for over $400. Then the next day I received a bill from the hospitol my doctor is affiliated with. They charged me $530 dollars. I took the day off work and called all the parties involved. At the end of it I have just robbed. Degraded. Worst of all if my cancer comes back I know I won't be able to get treatment because I can't afford it. I'm heart broken. My country has failed me. I haven't been able to eat of sleep for days because of the feeling of helplessness They chose to put on me. This country is hopeless.
@ahmedben21854 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Morocco. By all means, a developping, far from rich, country. There, healthcare is free. Ambulances are free. Drugs are dirt cheap and their prices universal. I have never heard of anyone having to die because they had to ration insulin .. It surely isn't the best care, but no one has to bankrupt themselves to deliver a baby or treat cancer ..
@eduardocajias5626
4 жыл бұрын
I am happy to read all that! Moroccan people is a very nice one and friendly persons. A Brazilian friend, like me, when he was living in the Netherlands stayed in Morocco for a little more than 30 days (I think), he said me "morroccan people are wonderful"! Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
@johnmcdonald9304
4 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Ben. So your doctors work for nothing?
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcdonald9304 The doctors' job is to heal people. Anyone that decides to become a doctor to make money, you are in the wrong profession. Healthcare is a human right not a business but many Americans fail to see that.
@bronzieboy
4 жыл бұрын
john mcdonald doctors are some of the most well paid jobs in all developed nations(i dont know enough about undeveloped nations to state the same), so no they dont work for nothing the difference is just that instead of someone having to get sick for the doctor to get paid, they get paid by the state in coorporation with what ever terms their union has negotiated. this leads to some doctors being paid more in countries with universal healthcare.
@apotato6278
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcdonald9304 Taxes! That's how the rest of the world does it. Pay some taxes, get stuff for free. You might not like the sound of it but it's seriously worth it. I'm Swedish and if i were to break every bone in my body and be hospitalized it'd only cost me 140$ (provided i'm hospitalized for more than 2 weeks otherwise it's cheaper) and it would essentially be nullified by paid sick leave. It's really an amazing system.
@cooperredmond29494 жыл бұрын
One of the dumbest arguements I hear against Universal Healthcare is that people would lose their employer-provided insurance. How does that even make sense? Of course they will, but it's getting replaced with a single-payer system.
@Roderickdl
4 жыл бұрын
And the company is better off because that's one less massive bill it has to pay.
@patrickcompton2797
4 жыл бұрын
My union negotiated plan is better then Medicare
@HENZEK1
4 жыл бұрын
WTF are you on about? I'm from Finland and we have free public health care. But I still only go to private sector doctors because my employer pays for those visits. Public health care is inefficient and companies are happy to pay to for health insurance so that their employees don't have to waste 6 hours on Monday morning in a public hospital in a queue for a pollen allergy prescription.
@BPOOP1000
4 жыл бұрын
You're conflating Universal Healthcare with Single Payer. They are not the same thing
@CaFPhantom11
4 жыл бұрын
@@BPOOP1000 Exactly, in Canada, the universal healthcare system cover for basic and life threatening injuries. I still have to pay for anything specialised and this is where insurance comes in if you have any. I'm basically half deaf but cant afford an earpiece that cost 2,5k and have no insurance. I can still go get tested for free at least.
@MrSouljaSoy3 жыл бұрын
I left the USA for Canada during university. Didn't do it for health care or other social services but now that I'm here I never plan on returning to the USA. Canadian society is exponentially more humane, progressive, fair and supportive of its residents than the USA. Videos like this only reinforce my decision to stay. I urge young people in the USA whose future is still ahead of them to consider moving to Canada or abroad. With only one life to live it is worth the hassle of relocating.
@grahamlinay28543 жыл бұрын
I live in the UK, I have just had surgery, two CT scans, and an MRI and it didn't cost me a penny. NHS care is as good as you will get anywhere.
@pietjansen7220
3 жыл бұрын
yes it did. you pay taxes. thats why you have "free" universal health care. also you still pay more for your health care then we do in the netherlands. just a fun fact.
@davidbridge5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 but the cost of the NHS is actually below the median for european healthcare
@thegrouchization
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 OK, Free *at the point of delivery,* you pedantic berk.
@andersedson4658
3 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile doing that here in the US will rob your entire life-savings
@TheNordicDK
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 US Citizens pay taxes as well, alot in fact.
@zethicalyt24064 жыл бұрын
The US is not the "Land of the Free", But the Land of the Fee
@dfuher968
4 жыл бұрын
I heard a really on point comment the other day "They promise them liberty and give them death". Ofc, that was in regards to the "liberty" to not wear masks, but I find, it pretty well describes most of the US society and culture.
@Vinkie
4 жыл бұрын
Land of the free, although those who are free can be counted on a single hand.
@racetoria3069
4 жыл бұрын
im not from us,just curious,in my country der r 2kinds of hospital,private(for profit) & public(government funded),others r hybrid,f u can afford it,ull have a personal shiny room,if not ull share room with 5to10 patients . since private hospitals r xpensive we tend to go to public hospitals,long waiting line but it worth it cuz ur not bombarded with fees,so if theoritically(cuz i dont know) usa has public hospitals,why not go der instead..f usa doesnt have public hospitals,then DAMN. when u r cured u r at d same time being cursed.
@rexisnox577
4 жыл бұрын
good pun
@rexisnox577
4 жыл бұрын
Jasper Klee you spelt feel wrong.
@thecamp20004 жыл бұрын
Norway: please come home if you are staying in a country with bad Healthcare. USA: that's sound like the logical thing to do. Norway: like the US. USA: surprise pikachu face
@W.H.V.
4 жыл бұрын
You will be gunned down for disrespecting America. USA #1
@ShaDisNX255
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. Aaah yes, typical american 😂
@raylivaldez5564
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. yo I've seen u commenting those exact same words twice. What r u up to ?
@canisxv9869
4 жыл бұрын
Solid buuuuurn lmao :-D
@cruzerblade9369
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. Funny joke, could've been more original. 9/10
@marshaparker54953 жыл бұрын
I used to work for one of those for-profit corporate hospitals. In (mandatory) staff meetings, the people in our care weren't called "patients" or "clients". They were called "customers".
@SaNaX1003 жыл бұрын
Im from Mexico and last year we had to call an ambulance because my dad suffers from low blood pressure and he was really bad, they arrived in less than 7 minutes and after taking care of my father my mom tried to pay them and they refused I cant believe you have to pay that amount of money in case of an emergency.
@SaNaX100
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 excuse me? What's your point?
@SaNaX100
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 lmao I never said it was good, go and be a racist somewhere else.
@nemzi8969
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 why is US run by corrupted and greedy people
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@nemzi8969 well capitalism and its history We kinda take it from the old British
@hector773
3 жыл бұрын
Yo creyendo que estábamos jodidos._.
@BizzeeB3 жыл бұрын
The most fascinating thing about America is how it managed to trick the rest of the planet (and its own citizens) into thinking it was somehow the preeminent country in the world for so long.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
good pr can do wonders
@Matt-bg5wg
3 жыл бұрын
well it was for a time. just not any more. not for a long time.
@helenwood8482
3 жыл бұрын
It never fooled me. A country where people need guns to feel safe is a failed state.
@Meandyoujustus
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 Do you think that makes it a good country?
@FFFBVD
3 жыл бұрын
America is great at lying and propaganda!
@yomama95674 жыл бұрын
"USA is a third world country, with a Gucci belt"
@PurushNahiMahaPurush
4 жыл бұрын
You mean like this kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWZrstCOpbu4j6Q.html
@thekingofthisworld2154
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t go that far. I’ve spent 5 years in a developing country. US might not be the head of the pack anymore, but it’s a far cry from developing.
@alexs1640
4 жыл бұрын
You made me laugh. That will be $300 please.
@carladehaas7866
4 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@nil981
4 жыл бұрын
@@thekingofthisworld2154 neither is Russia or China
@Zenheizer3 жыл бұрын
I have a zAVM in my Cerebellum, and treatment in the US would theoretically cost me 500,000-2,000,000$. I was only charged 80€ for the week that I stayed in the hospital lol (10€ per day) Thank god, I live in germany... Update: I am now quickly learning to walk again but aside from that I got pretty lucky and great treatment
@jcr2408
3 жыл бұрын
2 MILLION DOLLARS? THAT'S INSANE
@Zenheizer
3 жыл бұрын
@@jcr2408 yeah. But around 500,000$ would have probably been more likely. Still unaffortable...
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Man, Europe really is better. While my country people (Poland) overcomplains, Americans are blind.
@xerp76263 жыл бұрын
You are just crushing my dreams to move to the United States one video by one. And I'll forever be thankful for that. Europe, here I come...
@sharequsman596
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think Europe wants immigrants tbh.Your better of trying to move to a Muslim majority country .
@eduardcruceru9004
3 жыл бұрын
@@sharequsman596 yeah... don't listen to this guy. Some Europeans here don't want immigrants, but most people don't care about them if they arrive legally.
@sharequsman596
3 жыл бұрын
@@eduardcruceru9004 Man I was being realistic or does this only apply to Syrians
@Cybernaut551
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome home in Europe.
@arianistvanic6772
2 жыл бұрын
@@sharequsman596 we have no problems with legal immigrants willing to be integrated.
@Morty044 жыл бұрын
The best line in the video: "The system is NOT broken, it is working as intended." This is the scary part. I live in Norway and my first though if I feel ill is when can I get to the doctor, not can I afford to go there. This is insane to me.
@pumpkinssss
4 жыл бұрын
It honestly is insane. It's sad that if you get sick, you'll probably have to pay at least a hundred for medicine. It's scary how many people have lost their homes because they couldn't pay a hospital. I honestly think the only reason people move to america is because is relatively easy. I've lived here my whole life, and I couldn't be more disappointed in my country.
@sanyonazyin6063
4 жыл бұрын
We're fortunate you and I that we live in countries there an ambulance ride to the hospital doesn't cost 21605,40 sek/22106,04 nok
@EM-oe2lz
3 жыл бұрын
@Ana Maria I'm pretty sure that debt that goes down generations is illegal, and debt collectors can't make you pay for it by law. Not much condolence but there's that.
@brianpaap7046
3 жыл бұрын
@@EM-oe2lz generational debt is legal in certain regards, such as student loan debt.
@Kurzxclan
3 жыл бұрын
many times i've not gone while feeling ill because of the prices. What if insurance does not pay as well?? Many times i've seen friends go to work very sick because they can't miss a day. It honestly makes me happy this isn't the norm of the world. We are kind of taught to believe thats how it is but WORSE everywhere else. Which is very sad, but amazingly wrong.
@NWKBricks13 жыл бұрын
"The U.S. has the third best health care system in North America. " Homer Simpson
@drinkxyz
3 жыл бұрын
Funny but not even true if you include Central America as part of North America..
@severedyakhead9702
3 жыл бұрын
@@drinkxyz also Mexico’s system is far worse. One of the worst in the world
@timothycurlee9682
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 SaNaX100 2 weeks ago Im from Mexico and last year we had to call an ambulance because my dad suffers from low blood pressure and he was really bad, they arrived in less than 7 minutes and after taking care of my father my mom tried to pay them and they refused I cant believe you have to pay that amount of money in case of an emergency.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 yeah Mexico isn't bad at all compared to USA, even Cuba has social health care
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 mexico got universal health care since January 2020. they have a better health care system then america. what are you on about
@sickbozo81523 жыл бұрын
"american healthcare system is the best in the world!" me: what healthcare system?
@abovethelaw4417
2 жыл бұрын
Worst
@flynnwhite97673 жыл бұрын
As a child it was pounded into my head repeatedly that “the US has the greatest healthcare system in the world!” That’s why you’re hearing that. Americans are taught we are the greatest country in the world, therefore there's no need to look at what the lesser countries are doing. It could only be a step backward. This view is strong among Republicans, less among liberals. Those who profit from the US healthcare system are in control of setting prices with little/no oversight. And the vast majority of those who run it are ultra-rich businessmen with no medical experience at all. This system was developed by the Republican Party in a financial quid pro quo and they will fight to the death to preserve it. The only solution is to destroy the Republican Party and completely replace the system. But that won't happen until the US collapses into widespread abject poverty for decades. More likely we will have to transition through a Republican autocracy in which things get worse for decades. This is what almost happened following the last election.
@dillchives4 жыл бұрын
The Americans that insist the U.S. healthcare system is the greatest in the world and decry a universal healthcare system as a "socialist" evil and call it "free stuff" are the same people who will immediately send you a link to donate to their mother's Go Fund Me page for her insane hospital bills, all without a single moment of self-reflection or realization of the disconnect between the two.
@TOFKAS01
4 жыл бұрын
Its typical american: "Socialism" is everything what you dont need personaly at the moment....and when you need it, its "Go fund me". I think that not many americans realise how hypocritical they are.
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@TOFKAS01 sadly most people are hypocrites. The animal industries are some of the worst, environmentally, in the world but try and tell someone living in a first world country they should be vegan.
@user-pn4py6vr4n
3 жыл бұрын
@@theveganbeast28 Animal agriculture is the whole reason we're in this mess in the first place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis#Lists_of_diseases
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-pn4py6vr4n thats why I try to get people to go vegan
@drakekoefoed1642
2 жыл бұрын
free stuff does not count as free if it is given to billlionaires.
@AlanBendi4 жыл бұрын
this guy is becoming more rebellious each video as if he is protesting. I hear ya buddy and I am with ya
@kizzychiz
4 жыл бұрын
+7
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
Dringo I saw the same thing you're just realizing now a few months ago. I unsubscribed since I came here to be informed on interesting topics I may not have known about before and not an SJW complaining about all of the world's problems in every video. Yesterday, one of his videos was recommended to me so I clicked and bookmarked it so I could see what he's uploading now. Same stuff. No wonder why he's getting under 100,000 views a video with over 800,000 subscribers.
@brett22bt
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-zy6ik I believe he's raising far more important issues than just your average SJW. His primary objection is to the corporate take over of governments which is the root cause of most problems in the West, especially the US.
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
Brett McNear Yes, I know. He's obviously a socialist.
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
I just don't appreciate the videos he makes and I think a lot of other people feel the same way.
@michaelsantangelo7997 Жыл бұрын
I tried to explain American healthcare to someone in Germany. She was absolutely floored. She was like let me get this straight.....you have to pay part of your paycheck for a health insurance premium, then you have to pay a $3,000 deductible out of your pocket before the insurance pays anything, and then after that, you have copayments? That's insane!
@autismworldtravel
9 ай бұрын
It’s true and it’s despicable. So many Americans are delusional and stupid. They deny all the studies and want to pretend socialized healthcare is so much worse despite every study saying otherwise. I’m an American but I’m so sick of the excuses Americans make! We pay the most with some of the worst outcomes of a developed nation 😔
@byrdma12
7 ай бұрын
The American health care-system is not a joke, it is criminal.
@HyButchan3 жыл бұрын
I live in Germany. I have never worried about health cost ever. The patient's well-being is definitely priority. The system here can be a bit tricky if you are self-employed; that is the only negative thing but it is still very affordable and covers you for most things.
@AngloSupreme
3 жыл бұрын
Is it right that Germany had universal coverage back in 1888 or around there?
@freyakatze3042
3 жыл бұрын
@@AngloSupreme 15. June 1883. It was set in place by Bismarck. Atleast that is what the Website of the Bundesgesundheitsministerium says.
@Vinkie4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile everyone is busy calling Bernie a communist. lol
@cormacmcgale7139
4 жыл бұрын
@@Meson10 although Bernie and many others claim to be "democratic socialists" they really aren't. In normal countries, they would be seen as left-leaning centrists at most. None of Bernie's policies are actually radical, they're normal for any other country.
@vengeflly
3 жыл бұрын
@@cormacmcgale7139 changing the name doesn't make you less socialist
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@vengeflly yes it does... a "socialist" and a "left leaning democrat" are far from the same.
@Konstinho
3 жыл бұрын
Matthew T in the same way as a center right is not automatically a fascist
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@Konstinho yeah of course not. If you are a center right, that in US spectrum would more be a plain republican. The US "republican" I would label a fascist at this point.
@OptikkMagnum3 жыл бұрын
Norwegians when someone goes on holiday to the US: "Make sure not to get sick or injured"
@runenummedal6957
3 жыл бұрын
Vi har vanligvis reiseforsikring, så vi greier oss alltids. Det er verre for dem som faktisk må leve og dø under dette systemet.
@Avatar2312
3 жыл бұрын
My health insurance luckily covers the costs if something happens, despite the exorbitant costs.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
Shit make sure to get traveling insurance / call them before leaving
@OptikkMagnum
3 жыл бұрын
@D H hahah what? did you check who I subscribe to? I don't think those are her actual positions and I enjoy a lot of her videos. I don't support or hate her, I just enjoy some of her content.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
@D H wtf does that even mean and why should we care?
@paulmonfort87473 жыл бұрын
Capitolism, at it's finest. I wanna see who they blame when the whole economy collapses.
@Aspensauce64
3 жыл бұрын
I’m calling it, they’ll blame “commies”
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
They will blame the poor, the unemployed and taxes, of course.
@sopyleecrypt68993 жыл бұрын
I have a child who had a medical condition that required an air ambulance, several very long surgeries (the longest was 16 hours), multiple very experienced surgical consultants, specialists and therapists, hospital stays that totalled about 9 weeks. Living in a country with social healthcare, not once did I have to worry about what my insurance would or wouldn’t cover, which hospital we could go to, whether I could afford it. I am so f*cking grateful for that.
@sopyleecrypt6899
3 жыл бұрын
@LudvigSky games thanks. Yes it did. He had excellent care. He’s doing well.
@antonyduhamel1166
2 жыл бұрын
@@sopyleecrypt6899 Thanks for using American Healthcare. Your bill comes to $5,000,000. Cash or card?
@staylow26924 жыл бұрын
I'm living in Sri Lanka" a third world country". Guess what our healthcare system is also free. No payment involved. Only thing you get from hospitals are treatment and not comfort. But seeing of how America treats it's own people is disappointing.
@shrimpology
4 жыл бұрын
When the richest country on earth gets made fun of by a person living in a third world country for having bad health care that really says a lot
@Oblivion1407
4 жыл бұрын
Gurnaj Virk imagine less than negative infinity OMEGALUL
@staylow2692
4 жыл бұрын
@@shrimpology I'm not making fun of the healthcare system of USA. It's just that the reality is this is what expected from capitalistic healthcare system. In Sri Lanka the total healthcare professionals can't attend every patient and has many flaws in the treatments due to shortage in medical equipment and medicines. But the government hospitals are the only place you can get free check ups and medicines for lesser amount, so not totally free. But poor people have a chance to get necessary treatments for a reasonable amount. This is only my opinion 😅
@rickvandam3238
4 жыл бұрын
Ive been to sri lanka Was bit sad when i saw our hotel just a big wall on the outside and then clean inside the hotel completly blocked from the outside
@1972taco
4 жыл бұрын
@These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends pay money? You have to pay a montly fee (between ( € 100 / 160 a month). People with a low income or living on welfare recieve subsidies, but still have to pay a montly fee. We don't get money. That's ridiculous.
@ladasodaexplains33554 жыл бұрын
I had a CT scan in China, it costed me 35 dollars, without insurance. My dad had an ECG in America, it was 4000 dollars with insurance. And people say the American healthcare system isn’t broken? You must be blind
@speedy7040
4 жыл бұрын
I've broke my arm last year. X-Ray, CT scan , RMN scan...(it was an odd fracture..) .Hospital, surgery, metal plate inserted.. ZERO cost.I bought some coffe to the nurses beause I wanted too. Romania.
@NorthernKitty
4 жыл бұрын
As the narrator points out, it isn't broken, it's working precisely as designed: to earn massive profits.
@philipmclaughlin9636
4 жыл бұрын
I had an emergency appendectomy a few years ago while I was on vacation in Germany. Only cost me $250 paid through travel insurance. The staff and service there was top notch
@grmpEqweer
4 жыл бұрын
When I thoroughly broke my arm in a car wreck in 92(?) I wasn't able to get it perfectly straightened because I ran out of insurance. $30,000. It should have been broken and reset. So I have a permanently crooked forearm, an inch shorter than the other arm. Annoying.
@moreplease998
4 жыл бұрын
I have a trapped nerve and was referred for an MRI. I could have had it on the NHS but the pain is so intense I decided to go private so I could have it sooner. £199 to have it in 2 weeks rather than 4, which shows that the NHS waiting time isn't actually all that bad. I can see that even though I paid out of desperation to be seen quickly. Out of curiosity I compared things to the US prices and waiting times. $2600 is the average price and the waiting time is between 2 to 4 weeks. I am so happy to not be living in the US
@wkruit3 жыл бұрын
In my country, the Netherlands, we have a compulsory health insurance of about 135 Euros per month, per person plus a maximum 380 payment for hospital care, per year. No restrictions concerning pre-existing conditions; the health insurance companies are not allowed to refuse coverage. And still, the Dutch complain about the cost of health insurance. I guess they should go to the USA. They’ll see sense in a few weeks...
@AdamSmith-cc5mz
2 жыл бұрын
Here in the US, we have people who have to choose between medical treatment and food because they can't afford to have both.
@Koasterking212
2 жыл бұрын
Literally anyone in europe who complains about their healthcare system needs to spend time in the US, they’ll change their mind in weeks.
@SwayzieMayne3 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget my introduction to the US healthcare system. My wife was switching jobs and got pregnant before she was eligible for benefits. I couldn’t add her to my policy either. 1st prenatal appointment was just a review of her health history and estimated due date= 1,700 dollars USD. 2nd prenatal appointment was the same as the first plus an ultrasound of the baby= 2,300 dollars USD. This was all in the first trimester before she hit 10 weeks of pregnancy. All I could do was laugh when I got the bills because there was absolutely no way we could pay those bills throughout the whole pregnancy. This was before we found out she was high risk. The only way to afford the pregnancy was for my wife to quit her job and for us to apply for Medicaid (not a proud moment but it beats bankruptcy). The bills were covered but it was obvious that the care was substandard moving forward. Our prenatal care was given to a resident physician who just became a doctor 2 years prior and halfway through her training.
@a.n.l.aantineoliberalismas45044 жыл бұрын
Every American comment "But you have to wait months " And to that I say..... no no you dont
@nataliaborys1554
4 жыл бұрын
From Poland here, yeah you gotta wait. I'd still rather wait a few weeks to see a cardiologist than having a bill higher than my monthly income slapped on top of the stress of being sick/injured and the working days I've lost due to it.
@LordDarthHarry
4 жыл бұрын
In countries with an overworked and underfunded public healthcare system? (Poland for example) sure the wait times can get ridiculous. However, there still ARE private alternatives that are faster if you can afford it, and even THEN they are much cheaper than in the US. Having a public healthcare system does not remove the private sector, but it does keep it in check by it's mere existence.
@danielmorales7461
4 жыл бұрын
LordDarthHarry, exactly the prices here are atrocious
@119beaker
4 жыл бұрын
In New Zealand you have to wait a long time for elective surgery like a hip replacement unless you have private insurance.. If your child has cancer you get world class care immediatly for free.
@ninaa4192
4 жыл бұрын
@@119beaker yep. As a fellow Kiwi I can say that while our healthcare ain't always perfect, when it really matters it works.
@johannzapf84734 жыл бұрын
Free college, universal healthcare, not having to worry about money when you're sick. Man I have problems with my German government but when I realize how much worse it is in the US I am so happy that I live here and not there.
@rjlolatte1
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 ... yeah thats not gonna work. You will see a rise in predatory lending as companies will form with the sole purpose of lending young kids money for college and charging high interests. Making all public college paid for by government will only cost 70 Billion a year or 1.5% of the federal Budget.
@dylreesYT
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 I somewhat agree Government's shouldn't lend out money because it increases the buying power of people attending college/university which inflates the prices but free education up to high school was a radical idea decades/centuries ago and the net benefit has been immeasurable. Now that the minimum level of skill to work is increasing due to the automatic and digitisation introducing free university could have a similar impact on the world/country. If free is too much to ask then regulation should be the way to go like in the UK going to Oxford to a British citizen or an EU citizen isn't as expensive as even a mediocre American college/university because there's a maximum price that can be charged for tuition.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
@@dylreesYT free uni is not a radical idea. In EU its free pretty much everywhere. You only have to pay if you want to study a popular course, despite hving low grades.
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 That's not how it works, dummy. I am transferring to a University. To apply to any University in California you must pay $50 or $60 or even $70 for the university application. I managed to waver off 4 university applications; however, if I want to apply to a 5th or 6th university I must pay for the application. Once you get admitted to a University you must pay between $100-$150 to reserve your spot and able to pick classes. My point is I am already being charged before going to the university of my choice. I won't get any reimbursement. The market has failed, universities in the US are more costly than ever before.
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@1956paterson I am sad because is true
@IthliniEllyanSenah Жыл бұрын
Hi. I'm from Poland. Here people are angry when they want to go to a private doctor and pay about 25 dollars for a visit (they can get it for free, but some don't want to wait in a line and some waiting periods can be long). 10k for a medical thing is justin unimaginable. Maybe a transplant or some other very complicated stuff. But even transplant is free here...
@babaint
Жыл бұрын
10k sounds like something that youd only be paying for something like plastic surgery
@IthliniEllyanSenah
Жыл бұрын
@@babaint Yeah. Of your ENTIRE BODY!
@metalmythology6282
Жыл бұрын
It's free? Who pays for it then?
@helendropinski3754
10 ай бұрын
Sounds like your treated as a patient in Poland❤, not a customer. Most U.S. doctors are" know it all " jokes.
@StressRUs Жыл бұрын
As a retired American MD, I can testify to the validity of this video. Watch Michael Moore's courageous movie "Sicko" for an inside view of the national healthcare systems of numerous other nations, including financially starved Cuba. We should be so ashamed. Stress R Us
@helendropinski3754
10 ай бұрын
You sound alot like my doctor back in the 70s 80s. God, how I miss him and he was a family practice, not a paid employee of some hospital system. My trust in physicians today is zero!
@StressRUs
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your reply and appreciation for your past family practitioner. I'm a retired psychiatrist, but spent as much time with my patients straightening out all the misdiagnoses and treatments of their incompetent physicians. My best to you!@@helendropinski3754
@TheVexusKnight4 жыл бұрын
I've actually witnessed someone in the US literally turn away a ambulance after an accident because they feared the bill. This person was just involved in a car crash.
@dillchives
4 жыл бұрын
The sad part is, the response from people usually isn't, "That's outrageous! Why do they charge so much just for an ambulance ride?" It's "You're lucky we have such a great healthcare system to save you -- you should be willing to pay whatever it takes!"
@TheVexusKnight
4 жыл бұрын
@@dillchives Which destroys the "free market" argument. When you're dying, you don't have the luxury of choice and scrupulous individuals knows that. America is a great country, however, even the best can improve.
@cortanatheai6103
4 жыл бұрын
@@dojelnotmyrealname4018 I'd argue that the US is more of an Oligarchy
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheVexusKnight Actually the US is not a great country. It is a great piece of real estate with a strong currency and a strong military. It is not a good place for its inhabitants due to the nastiness and weakness of its governments, populace, and much of its business.
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
@@dojelnotmyrealname4018 The populace never had compassion nor empathy to begin with. The country is a thanatonic corporate plutocracy.
@AlexiLaiho2274 жыл бұрын
anyone who says this video is biased: it is basically impossible to look at the objective facts about the american healthcare system and not come away with a bias
@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner
4 жыл бұрын
If America didn't exist, than the rest of the world's healthcare would go down
@stancurran7265
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner Still no excuse
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner what does that have to do with anything? Why is everything so binary with you lot? Bunch of pavlov dogs.
@Minerva3
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner why do you care about others when Americans cant afford the drugs that US themselves creates
@trife2
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner can you explain to me how exactly?
@Sarah2119983 жыл бұрын
Having to pay to just hold your own baby is like being in a kidnap for ransom situation
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
Can just say u will wait to do that until going home or just give birth at home with a midwife.
@TravelStyle503 жыл бұрын
The Healthcare is ridiculous in America, $32 thousand dollars after 5 hours at the emergency room 😡CRAZY!!!
@jb-fz7be4 жыл бұрын
The USA is becoming a joke at this point
@ChurlzVA
4 жыл бұрын
It IS a joke.
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
it is a joke for decades lol
@dinamosflams
3 жыл бұрын
Are you not laughing? I am
@thatweirdguy2821
3 жыл бұрын
it's always been a joke
@ange3489
3 жыл бұрын
@L M So true. Americans need to take off ‘ their blinkers’!
@LorriSanga4 жыл бұрын
As an Australian, I'm horrified at thier health care system. It's clear they want the poor gone.
@paulchristensen2854
4 жыл бұрын
Virus numbers going up.....and states opening up for business. I am betting the number of "poor" people will be going down. Might have to open up immigration to replace all the dead people though. If anyone will come that is
@adenpowter
4 жыл бұрын
As an Australian I'm horrified by our government's constant push for private healthcare, despite clearly seeing a great example of it's failure.
@sanca5982
3 жыл бұрын
Well, our oligarchs don't necessarily want the poor gone...they want the poor to stay poor. After all, it's people that spend money and not machines. See how that works? That's why the Repugs in this country are more like pro birth...NOT pro life. Pro life means caring for human life from cradle to grave. You see, humans are a commodity in this country for all the wrong reasons. One of them is "for profit health care."
@richardtaveras3642
3 жыл бұрын
Basically the purge but without the outright murder
@tekbam2561
2 жыл бұрын
@@adenpowter yes same here , they are pushing people to get private health insurance but only hostpital cover , which is good, for all new pr holder before the age 32 . I am going to cut that off from this year . I would happy to pay more tax for public health system
@MIGBMWLOVER3 жыл бұрын
even in Greece we don't pay for treatment in a public hospital! heck my elderly parents have every treatment they need when they need it!
@ronitchepuri71593 жыл бұрын
Patient: Blinks Insurance: There's a cost for that
@tammysilverwolf10854 жыл бұрын
"It's okay to laugh. It's a funny video." IT's really not... I had to attempt to deal with a financial head for a local hospital to deal with GIST and was told I'd be looking at six figures minimum. It wasn't until my stomach ruptured that I was able to get under a knife to get it out. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I could beg for charity or go home and get comfortable for what was to come. I fucking despise this country for a lot of things, I love it for others, but this kind of shit is reprehensible and makes me furious enough that I've decided I'm going to be leaving as soon as I can afford it (which is hilarious unto itself.)
@MrHitomiz
4 жыл бұрын
This is gut wrenching. I'm French, the country that is often labeled to have the best social security in the world, and we just can't stop complaining about everything, even this. But that is totally unfair to complain when we look at the US. Your country has third world country grade social security. And I'm really insulting most third world countries. I sincerely hope your leaders get you to the point where 95% of us are. That is just messed up.
@puellanivis
4 жыл бұрын
I had pretty reasonable healthcare coverage, and then got Type 1 diabetes out of the blue at 36. (It happens.) Well, I got to pick up my first 3-month supply of insulin, and “that will be 2,000$ please.” My jaw dropped, and I was like… I don’t have that kind of money on me! Cut to two weeks of trying to figure out some way to get a set of insulin that I could afford, at least until my next paycheck, and finally I had enough for the $2k. And then finally my insurance kicked in and paid 100% of everything after that. But that was a pretty big up-front cost, and delayed my timely treatment by at least two weeks. Then Trump got elected, and I was all, “uh, yeah, I’m moving to Germany.” Didn’t even bother to refill my insulin the last time in the USA, just flew to Germany. My sister lives in the Netherlands, so I went to visit for Easter, and she took me by the emergency doctors and pharmacy to get me insulin. It was 200€. They were all, “you can take this receipt back to your German healthcare and get reimbursed” and I laughed at them. Here you are giving me 90% off, and telling me that I could get the rest reimbursed! Over the next few months, I kept buying needles and testing strips off prescription, because it was just like 20€, and I’m just like, that’s ridiculously cheap, but all the pharmacists would keep getting mad at me for paying out-of-pocket for something that I could get on prescription.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrHitomiz the leaders us citizens vote for? They wont. If US wanted free healthcare, they would have voted sanders in. They didnt.
@MrHitomiz
4 жыл бұрын
Your political spectrum si so centered around right ideals that Americans love to label us Europeans as communists. We are faaaaaaaaaaaar from communism in Western Europe, we are often pro free market and liberalism in general (not everyone of course), but a good healthcare is not left or right. It's just common sense. Yeah we pay for it with taxes, but you don't have to pay LOADS of taxes to get a good one. This is just common sense. Sanders is a moderate left, almost a centrist by our standards. When your people (those who vote for this system to sustain) realize that it's a common gain to have every citizen in good physical and health shape, you'll thrive. I pray for you with all my heart !
@haruhirogrimgar6047
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrHitomiz The problem is that people have been hard-wired to view healthcare as a privilege everyone should have not a right. I argued until I was blue in the face with my grandparents. They believe every child no matter where they are born, their race, ethnicity, sexual preference, gender, religion, or background should be able to attend school from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. But they also said that education is not a human right or an american right, but freedom of speech is because it is assured to every american. Anyone who grew up during the red scare and many under the cold war _cannot_ process healthcare or education as a human right despite defining them as though they are rights. Also, Bernie isn't moderate by European standards. His voting record is but that is only because we have so few liberal policy proposals to vote on. He wants a Single-Payer Healthcare system (it would be the most liberal/progressive system IN THE WORLD,) to assure worker ownership in the company's they work for, and correct policies to match European countries. But he is a Democratic Socialist, the only thing he is missing is to publicly denounce Capitalism but that would be suicide since Capitalism is the most popular religion in the u.s. In Europe Democratic Socialists are more than moderately liberal, Bernie would fit in or go more to the left of the Labour Party in the U.K.
@shs68494 жыл бұрын
I got a heartoperation, that took almost a day, spent 6 days at hospital. After I got home I got a visit from the home nursery to see if I need any help. I paid zero bucks. I live in denmark.
@mistabean9119
4 жыл бұрын
I fUCKING-
@EasyKiwi111
4 жыл бұрын
I pay close to $2500 dollars a year in health insurance. I had some blood work done and took a meningitis shot. I now have a bill for close to $2000 sitting on my desk somewhere
@yasser80abuzain1
4 жыл бұрын
same in Australia, hope u r well-recovered🙏🏻
@dfuher968
4 жыл бұрын
I too live in Denmark. My dad had colon cancer. He fought for 2 long years. He went through several hospital stays, 4 major surgeries including a stint in a ventilator, 14 minor surgeries, radiation treatment, 2 rounds of chemo. Through it all he had regular nurse visits at home, and they were on call 24/7. My mum had to give up her job to take care of him. Not only did it not cost anything, my dad received sick pay from the government through it all (not a government employee, its a program, we have), and my mum received 80% of her usual pay, coz she was granted a special leave of absence to care for her critically ill husband. We may pay a lot in taxes, but we get it back 10 fold, 100 fold. And we never have to worry about what ifs.
@Argondo
4 жыл бұрын
@@dfuher968 sometimes the tax here in denmark feels like a pain in the ass. But then a situation arises and reminds you why you do and why it is worth it.
@scottbaker7104 Жыл бұрын
It’s really sad what’s happening in America
@Gangcuh3 жыл бұрын
Any country: Oh shit I broke my leg, well ill just go to the hospital Us: Can I hold my baby. Yeah but that will be 1k.
@mruniverse32134 жыл бұрын
Very glad I'm living in Germany. Here, everyone has a health insurance for example... Edit: A little story because it fits to the topic: My dad had a brain tumor 5 years ago, which triggered epilepsy. He needed one operation back then and one one year ago, because the epilepsy came back. Now he needs very expensive drugs (I don't know the exact price, maybe 200€ for one pack, which suffices for 2 weeks or something like that) and the insurance kinda "saved our lives". I think even one operation was at least around the triple price of our car, I don't wanna know how our live would be now without his insurance...
@georgbergsten6050
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star they do. Here in Sweden also Edit: They don't but it's cheap and they get financial support
@pointless7014
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star You can get financial Support if you go to University, yes
@Roderickdl
4 жыл бұрын
Just gotta rub it in.
@Sakuxxx1x
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star No college is not free but MUCH cheaper in germany. Bachelors degree 7 semesters ~3100€, masters degree +3 semesters ~4500€. (it is ~450€ per semester)
@Therealromario1
4 жыл бұрын
Same go's for the Netherlands🖐🏼 Greetings to my German brethren 😉🥨🍻
@Copernicus223 жыл бұрын
"The American dream, you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
@youknowwhat5328
3 жыл бұрын
I have American dream about living in New York City and furthermore I love American people
@Copernicus22
3 жыл бұрын
@@youknowwhat5328 that's nice, just make sure you have enough money because the greedy American politicians don't care about people in need.
@pamelatorres156
3 жыл бұрын
These companies are picking and choosing who lives and who dies. No wonder fewer of us are having children.
@adampkalb
3 жыл бұрын
@@pamelatorres156 It will take the most effective argument possible to show them why greed is making them incompetent at their jobs they do not deserve if they only do it for profit, and change the way they have been doing things even if it is not for selfish reasons. I would say something like, "You don't have to care about the people you help, but you should at least care about helping people and not screwing them over, because helping people is your job. To think about this from _your_ perspective, can your own personal lifestyle survive without making as many profits as you can?" July 28, 2021, 3:01pm
@MrPetschko
Жыл бұрын
There is a reason its called a "dream"
@dalebuckner93183 жыл бұрын
The American healthcare system needs a complete overhaul.
@yeoldegaymer19063 жыл бұрын
Anytime I hear about US healthcare I become so happy I'm in Canada. We have enough issues with our own healthcare system, but I would never trade it for the US solution.
@jenm1
Жыл бұрын
@@mikearchibald744 this is due to budgetary cuts, not inherent problems w the healthcare system
@MS-zi3pw
10 ай бұрын
@@mikearchibald744 no system is perfect. Yes we have flaws. But imagine if you have pre-exited condition. Up until 2010, the insurance companies in the states can still deny you health insurance coverage. Obama care tried to fix that, but it is still costly. You need the premium insurance coverage because they cover 90% and you are liable for the 10%. But it’s still costly insurance plan, and if u have a bypass surgery which cost $120,000 , you would still have to pay around 12k. So no matter how bad our health care system is in Canada, we need to be very grateful.
@mrhpijl4 жыл бұрын
Something that was mentioned but could have been highlighted more: for many people healthcare insurance comes with their job. Now, during a pandemic, millions are losing their jobs and thus health insurance. The system reacts the exact opposite way of what it should do during a health crisis. The fact that the level of access to healthcare depends on the kind of employment is ridiculous in the first place
@Seroison
4 жыл бұрын
did the healthcare covers your private life in some cases too? or did you need a a second one if you have for example a sport as hobby that can be dangerous. If you want to play football and overstretch your ankle, so much you need a doc. What happens?
@TheDancing0wind
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison the thing with insurance companies is quite often they will do their damnest to weasel out of paying even if it explicitly covered under insurance policy
@24framedavinci39
4 жыл бұрын
Even employer provided health care comes with caveats. You usually have giant deductibles.
@24framedavinci39
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison Yes. Personal injury is covered by health insurance even if the insurance is partially or fully paid by the employer. We have another type of insurance called workman's comp insurance that covers on-the-job injuries. However, the two insurances work together if you get hurt on the job.
@RooftopRose079
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison It varies job to job. Some do, some don't. We have a standard worker's comp initiative that covers medical expenses if you obtained an injury on the job but if you get into a car accident on the way to/from work or catch the flu from your neighbor-you're on your own or you better have built up your private insurance's $2500 deductible and have $200-$500 ready in savings for your co-pay and office visit.
@robcain88654 жыл бұрын
Coming at this from a UK perspective, I'm always baffled at how many times universal healthcare has been ignored, declined or otherwise shouted down in the US. 500,000 people a year going bankrupt for the crime of needing a doctor? It's madness. Our National Health Service really is the crown jewel of our public services over here; but people don't always give it the respect it deserves, especially the many staff from overseas who come and lend their services. It's been poorly funded for the last decade and I worry that as of 2021, during a chaotic and damaging Brexit, it will be slowly chopped up and sold off to American pharmaceutical corporations. Only when people walk in to see their GP and the receptionist says: "OK, that'll be £30 please", will they know what has happened.
@monig5350
4 жыл бұрын
And to think, the UK decided to start the NHS when they were in the midst of recovering from WWII. The country had been devastated by war and they managed to choose the health of their citizens first. Oh America, the apple has fallen so far from the tree....
@user-my4lf4bx6v
4 жыл бұрын
@@monig5350 I mean it makes sense to do it after the end of wwii, because it was a step to improve the quality of life of British citizens, something everyone post WWII desired. 1950s-1980s were actually the most prosperous years for common people in western world.
@user-mx9ue9ly6c
4 жыл бұрын
500k people don't go bankrupt because of medical costs. The original study notes that medical bills are a CONTRIBUTING factor. Not the main cause of bankruptcy.
@TuariD
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-mx9ue9ly6c A huge contributing factor m'dude. Not many people can shell out more than $500 for an emergency without falling into a financial freefall.
@paul1979uk2000
4 жыл бұрын
@@monig5350 It's not that big of a surprise really, the second world war made a mess in Europe that impacted us all, that alone demanded some big changes hence why so many big changes happened in Europe that benefited the people, the US didn't get as impacted on home soil like Europe did so change would have been a lot harder to do. On the plus side thanks to this virus, we might be going through our world war two moment around the world as this virus is impacted almost all of us and that could change views in a lot of ways, in other words, a lot of positive could come out of something negative, we'll just have to wait and see but I'll be shocked if the events of this virus doesn't demand some big changes from the public in a lot of areas.
@kingindustries78803 жыл бұрын
"Why do we pay so much money for the worst care in the developed world?" You hit the nail on the donkey.
@azeedahhasleezan16783 жыл бұрын
This is soooo unreal. Why is medical treatment so damn expensive in the US when the country is so developed & has many advancement in medical field? Just doesn't make any sense to me. FYI, In Malaysia, every citizen is entitled to see a medical doctor or specialist for any kind of medical treatment at any public hospital for 1 Malaysia Ringgit (equivalent to USD 25 cents/quarter)
@vojtechspinler63634 жыл бұрын
As a Czech i´ve always wondered when I was a kid and was watching Simpsons, why Homer´s bills were se costly.
@1flyingartworks
4 жыл бұрын
It was a drama series as Homer struggled to pay into the system, and nobody wants to watch poor, homeless people unless it's an episode of Cops. Therefore television in the USA taught Good cop bad cop, but now we have a president playing the same drama everyday.
@HalNordmann
4 жыл бұрын
Taky se tomu divím.
@nicoledreamcr4666
4 жыл бұрын
Přemýšlet kolik peněz mám na účtu když volám na číslo záchranky musí být šílené. Ale koronavirus tuhle ideologii chamtivosti dost možná změní. Mají přes milion nakažených a akorát kupují zbraně.
@YourMom-vd3dc4 жыл бұрын
If America was a person, they'd be Mr. Krabs
@josephjuanaliagavalenzuela2345
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, don't insult Mr Krabs! Compare him to Americans :c
@Maskami
4 жыл бұрын
that's a fuckin O O F m8
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. Would be funny if it wasn't true.
@ShroomsInLocker
4 жыл бұрын
@@josephjuanaliagavalenzuela2345 Ik its a joke but your joke is a bit flawed because we Americans created Mr. Krabs lol
@sentient-5002
4 жыл бұрын
@@ShroomsInLocker Just because you created it doesn't mean you can't be compared to it.
@mrcar22372 жыл бұрын
Almost cried when I heard that you need to pay to litteraly see your child. You pass pain, 9 months of wait for you to pay 9 months of work and a similar amount of pain
@trinity23873 жыл бұрын
As an American, I am and always have been absolutely disgusted with this nation's evil economy. It needs to change, or it looks like I'll need a passport.
@user-mt4bk4ml7t4 жыл бұрын
As a european, To all my US fellas: fix your country
@ImranQureshi-mf2gc
4 жыл бұрын
Too bad we have Boomers who don’t understand today’s problems in congress.
@l.c.8475
4 жыл бұрын
Too bad their political spectrum is so stunted that centrist policies in other countries are radical leftist, the people have no real say what happens, not every Vote is equal, their voting system encourages a 2 party system with one party to going into extremism and the other into endless compromises, and on top of all that money talks louder than the screams of the people.
@fartsarefunny365
4 жыл бұрын
Agnus Dei true, once I get out of high school, I can hopefully get into a good college in the U.K.
@tech8222
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you but these POOPiticians will never learn.
@garyenkwong1683
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think after COVID, people will actually start opening their eyes. But the thing is, the people can’t fix this. I’m sorry to break anyone’s hope but the more the people try to do anything about it, the more everyone else start ignoring us. The whole world already has a negative view in the us, even the US doesn’t trust themselves. So my best bet is that they will cut ties with America all together even if they have a good connection with them. Because who wants to be involved in this mess when no one will listen? Btw, don’t listen to what ever I said cause it’s just my view on this.
@shoghunuk74283 жыл бұрын
This video is actually terrifying! The worst thing is that politicians make Americans believe that healthcare for all is socialism and socialism is thought of as communism, you could see that during the recent Presidential election, even the Democratic primaries and they aren’t as extreme as the Republicans. Unfortunately private businesses that own the hospitals will keep lobbying politicians to keep healthcare private and things will not improve for Americans until someone is brave enough to buck the trend. It would actually work out cheaper to have better healthcare! As much as I love my American friends and colleagues, I’m sorry but, in my opinion (and I’m going to get well roasted here) I believe your gorgeous country has a very broken political and healthcare system.
@whitelightningadems27233 жыл бұрын
Here in America we call hospitals “the worlds most expensive hotels”
@Keyspot4 жыл бұрын
The United States is such a joke
@wyntyrr
3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I agree.
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not a joke *it’s a problem*
@wyntyrr
3 жыл бұрын
@@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Yes.
@acatthatlookslikehitler1277
3 жыл бұрын
@@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Russia summarized.
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@acatthatlookslikehitler1277 Russia is just a crappier America tbh
@cypressbartlett90834 жыл бұрын
Australia here: Came off my motorbike in a single person accident. The police called me an ambulance, they picked me upon their way back from a call in another district. They informed me I would get a ($250) bill that would be covered by our medi-care system (if I was covered) I get to the hospital, wait 2 hours (since it wasn't urgent and just lost some skin). Had a tetnis shot as well as being given treatment and a check up by a doctor. I also had 3 Post accident doctor check ups (for infection and redressing). Total cost: $0 (the ambulance fee was waived and didn't even go through Medicare) I have never applied for Medicare, I have never asked for it. But because I was a human in need, I didn't have to become endebted due to a once off accident. I had injuries that I was able to effectively tend to without the stress of ANY medical bills. This is what a social Medicare system looks like and I am more than happy to pay my share in taxes (which I don't even notice coming out of my pay).
@higate_col
4 жыл бұрын
I'm also Australian, broke my leg in November last year. Arriving at hospital I was a high priority so I was seen immediately. All up I had to have 2 surgeries, 1 night hospital stay, multiple consultations/check ups, medication, etc. Total bill was $14 which was for the pain medication after being discharged from hospital, which is way cheaper then at the pharmacy and was brought to my bed. This got me 2 weeks of opioids, high strength ibuprofen, aspirin and antibiotics. The system definitely has its issues, but I'm very grateful for the system we have.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
My mom got parkinsons'. Pying ~€50/months for meds, instead of 2.5k to 20k$ in the US. If not for universal healthcare, i would be bankrupt long ago, and my mom dead years ago.
@caseclosed9342
4 жыл бұрын
You see, this is one of several reasons why I seriously want to immigrate to Australia. Living as a young person in the US is getting more risky....
@PeterHamiltonz
4 жыл бұрын
@@PassiveSmoking Kiwi here. Broke my shoulder playing cricket. Surgery within a week. Zero out of pocket expenses, and our national accident insurer covered the time off work. Meanwhile, family I talk to in the US are afraid of using an ambulance. 😢
@disturbiannah
4 жыл бұрын
Last year I had an inexplicable anaphylactic reaction and was taken to Brisbane Women's in an ambulance, sirens and all. Cost $3.50... for the bus ride home.
@jaycahuenga6416 Жыл бұрын
This is gonna sound crazy but after the nightmares I been through slogging through the crap "healthcare" system here in the US... I'm learning to listen to my body better and treat my own symptoms. This so called healthcare is about money. It's disgusting
@gibbyhart32032 жыл бұрын
So born and raised in the US and in near/in poverty my whole life. I'm 29 and havent gone into a doctor or dentist for 15 years. Was sent to the ER one time and came out with a 13k bill. My kids have been to the doctor more than be because with kids at least the state will cover them. Me though, i refuse to go to a doctor because having a roof over my head is more important than my health. I have Insurance, but thats so i can avoid the tax issues because i cant afford any deductible. If i go to the hospital i will walk out if I can regardless of my needs cause last thing I need is to have 1M i debt for any emergency.
@TheAndesteg
Жыл бұрын
What kind of dystopian nightmare is this? I feel for you :(
@moonpie30944 жыл бұрын
I live in Germany and I remember how shocked I was when our English teacher (who came from the US) told us that she always had to take the financial situation of the student into consideration before calling an ambulance because if you call that will cost the family tousands of dollars so you have to make sure that it's really a life-threatening emergency. I mean, yes in Germany you should also only call the ambulance in emergencies but if one occurs your first thought shouldn't be if you choose the risk of dying or debt for the rest of your life.
@ianngoh842
4 жыл бұрын
DISGUSTING, putting profit before human life
@aspen.drakon
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother once had a heart attack and she has to call us to drive her to the hospital because she couldn't afford the ambulance ride. Yikes
@kienng4510
4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in Germany, a friend of mine simply called an ambulance not long ago, while we were giving first aid to an older woman. No second thoughts, no hesitation. And it didn't even turn out to be something serious, but still -> lower per capita spending than in US.
@ValoTheBrute4 жыл бұрын
I dont even count america as a first world country anymore
@muhamadsarhad6566
3 жыл бұрын
Me 2 lol
@vickiecordon7887
3 жыл бұрын
A very expensive banana Republic.
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
@@ninjaman815 in what way?
@Anth1963 Жыл бұрын
Right now, after 2 open heart surgeries, synthetic Aortic valve, 3 Ambulance rides, almost a month in Hospital, nearly 11 days in Critical care unit, 3 months of Cardio rehab. TOTAL = ZERO DEBT TO ME!!! Right now I'm so glad I don't live in the USA!!! 😉
@acethefiredragon85253 жыл бұрын
The US, if it was run by EA. Basically, the US now.
@snowcold59324 жыл бұрын
I'm french and still remember the first time I found about all this, I legitimately thought it was satire
@ephraimboateng5239
4 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada, and the first time i heard about that was when i was 8 years old. I had an asthma attack and was rushed to the hospital in ambulance. My mom later told me that in the state they pay for ambulances and that we were lucky to not have too here. We were pretty poor and a bill of 2500$ plus whatever the hospital services would have cost could have most likely put us on the street a week later. But i dont think us Canadian and European are "lucky" per say, i think Americans are just unlucky. Having Universal Healthcare is not being lucky, its having a basic human right respected.
@lukegreen1063
4 жыл бұрын
While the united states may have the most costly healthcare, the u.s. does create the most new drugs. The u.s. accounts for 42% of prescription drug spending, and 43.7% of new molecular entities (new drugs) Sources: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866602/
@aegeanviper73
4 жыл бұрын
When I found out it wasn’t like this in countries outside the US.. I’m still salty ngl
@stereotype.6377
4 жыл бұрын
Luke Green Sure but those drugs are pretty useless for most of the population - since they’ll never be able to afford it - and the drugs often are made to be addictive, so patients who had to use them will keep buying them.
@classyman22
4 жыл бұрын
@@lukegreen1063 What makes the situation even sadder is the fact that our tax dollars fund the research to develop those drugs, but then they sell the drugs back to us for a ridiculous price.
@lonesome39584 жыл бұрын
I'm german and can't understand how you can do that to people which need help, America spends way more money on military, which isn't even nessecary as they say, then on ambulance, what? America could also learn about german prisons, compare them and the crimerate to America, be surprised
@MrHistory269
4 жыл бұрын
You lucky Europeans!
@petarkukuljica4372
4 жыл бұрын
if the usa didnt have thier army you wouldnt be allowed to slack of and not have a army everyone in the un is relaxing and not spending much on the army cuz the great usa will save us
@sandrocosta479
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@swaggysquid6969
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 Or, you know, we handle things diplomatically rather than with force and don't invade other countries for "freedom and democracy".
@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 if the US focuses on their own problems rather than getting into (unnecessary) wars, most of thw people would actually be happy to live there. I wanted to live in America when I was younger and now I'm like..."Get the hell out while you can. I worry for your safety, Americans"
@LFiles483 жыл бұрын
French : I could go to the doctor's right now, I would wait like an hour, two tops, to see him/her. Then pay 25€, which would get reimbursed in under a couple of weeks. It's not perfect, mostly because years of capitalist policies have been trying to slowly dismantle it, but it shows that the argument that public healthcare leads to longer waiting times has no ground in reality.
@GooDogProductions3 жыл бұрын
American health care system: DON'T GET SICK
@Romyyy94 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian the US as a whole just blows my mind. Its system is built to ruin you financially
@GaryParris
4 жыл бұрын
ah but you know everything is possible in america, you can become the biggest selfish asshole in the world with money enough to drown in, before you are bankrupted by poor health, legal wranglings amid other things...
@buzzcitymob6230
4 жыл бұрын
its built on putting people in debt then when they finally get around to paying it off they in bad health and it starts over again
@dexterjettster8875
4 жыл бұрын
Not really, the only bad part is the expensive healthcare. And that has an extremely easy solution which doesn't involve making it free.
@GaryParris
4 жыл бұрын
@@dexterjettster8875 really? Health insurance linked to jobs and so many go bankrupt because of costs and that's not a problem? 😂 Pull the other leg it has bells on lolal free healthcare is the easy solution, what the USA has now is regressive and stupid, there is no better option to free healthcare at point of service!
@buzzcitymob6230
4 жыл бұрын
Dexter Jettster affordable housing and education are def problems too
@pawanbhattarai64144 жыл бұрын
Imagine comparing US with developed country
@pgoogler
4 жыл бұрын
Based
@shiadyne
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, the richest third world country!
@jonasbenn9729
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kim, very cool.
@cratoss.4772
4 жыл бұрын
Supreme glorious leader,your wisdom is much appreciated.
@unclekanethetiberiummain1994
4 жыл бұрын
@@cratoss.4772 A little short praise there. The leader will not be pleased.
@abdulqudz893 жыл бұрын
i'm so glad that i live in 🇬🇧 and am deeply grateful for the nhs. 🇺🇸, please sort your healthcare system out. it needs a serious revision and restructure.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, but because of brexit, things like insulin are now skyrocketing in prices. people who need it now have to travel outside of the uk to get it, or pay close to american prices for it.
@NWard1210
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ According to the diabetes.org.uk website, 'if you use insulin or medicine to manage your diabetes you're entitled to free prescriptions, but if you're under 60 and living in England you must have a medical exemption certificate before you can claim them'. So it looks like it is free if you meet the eligible criteria for needing the prescription from your doctor.
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
It would be better just to split up the US according to faction as its continued existence is detrimental internationally and for most of its inhabitants. Now that the USSR has lost much of its power, the US is by far the biggest villain in the world.
@sarahsheehanmedical Жыл бұрын
The American medical system has been an excruciating traumatic experience all my life and I am writing about it. It Doesn't Pay to be the Zebra,- You'll Slip Through the Cracks. I want to donate my body to show how much long-suffering torture my medical caused since saving my life at 7
@donaldspaulding69733 жыл бұрын
A self proclaimed "Christian nation" gouges customers when they need help the most. Yeah, that's what Jesus would do! LOL
@alexreasoner9919
3 жыл бұрын
@@manicdgr Right, and I think that's what Donald meant. The people who (falsely) claim that this is a Christian nation tend to ignore the things that make it clearly not a Christian nation.
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Medieval and pre protestant churches don't exist, remember what therapist said*
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
@@manicdgr Yeah, church and state are seperated yet we still swear on a bible in court and our politicians have to be devout christians or they will most likely not get elected. Our pledge of allegience clearly says, "One nation under god" and our money says, "In god we trust". We may not be an overtly christian nation but we are a nation deeply rooted in christian ideals and beliefs, while simultaneously acting in direct conflict to those same ideals and beliefs.
@JellyAntz
3 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob holy fuck that’s true
@kdnu27
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob I'm from Poland and I worked in the US for 2 years. Poles are considered to be very religious catholic nation (not me personally). Yet, I saw a huge difference in religiousness between Americans and Poles. It was hard for me to "name" the difference, but I think I made it. I see Americans as Pharisee-like christians: it's all about showing off and stating at every possible occasion how religious they are, but nothing more. In Poland, on the contrary, religion is like a habit, tradition: you have a child, baptize it, send for communion at the age of 9, attend Sunday mass without putting much thought into it, you say you believe in God only if you're asked.
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I'm Rwandan, even though my country is one of the poorest in the world we have universal healthcare, Its called mutuelle de santé. Every citizen is required to pay a yearly fee, the amount depends on your income, from 20$ for the richest bracket, to 0 for the poorest. With the mutuelle you have access to all public hospitals and most private ones too(except the most expensive ones), when the bills come you only pay 20% the remaining 80% is payed by the mutuelle. It has completely changed how Rwandans use healthcare, we no longer have fundraiser to pay people's medical bill and 100% of women give birth in hospital compared to 20% before the mutuelle. If Rwanda can do it, the US most definitely can do it.
@ll_ll4986
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes Rwanda the country that have the medical supplies delivery through drone.(there is a video for that) Man your country is decent👍
@bowdennthani732
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Zambian. We also have Universal Healthcare. We had a system where government hospitals were heavily subsidized, reducing the costs substantially. The vast, VAST majority of our hospitals are government-run. And while with that comes the expected bureaucracy, most of the middle-class prefer it because private clinics/hospitals are clearly in it for the money. So it is not unheard of for them to prescribe an unnecessary procedure for the extra cost. Pain at 6 o'clock in the evening? That's an overnight stay for observation at $80 for you! The government facility will charge you $2. Last year, our parliament approved Universal Healthcare. 1% comes out of your gross pay and the employer pays another 1%. The government reroutes its subsidies to this new system to cover the remaining costs. Boom! All costs waived. That's what we have. It's unimaginable for me that if I get sick I'd worry about going bankrupt
@mickeyg7219
4 жыл бұрын
It's not uncommon for Americans to fly to developing countries to get the treatment, and the result is more than satisfactory. If anything, from what I heard, more Americans went to Mexico for treatment than to Canada.
@TILR
4 жыл бұрын
Ay good on Rwanda for that 👍 There reminds me that American organizations that work on bringing health care to the poorest regions of the world, had to turn around since the US demand was way more.
@Sliverappl
4 жыл бұрын
Get American friends fly to Taiwan for treatments. He does not coverage from Taiwan healthcare and he is not Insurance. He still pay 5 time less than if he do the same treatment in US with a insurance plan.
Europe: Healthcare is a right and guns are a privilege USA: Healthcare is a privilege and guns are a right
@taggamer335
3 жыл бұрын
@raffle baffle two ways, actually.
@ange3489
3 жыл бұрын
🤣. That’s a brilliant insight! Sad though!!
@deteon1418
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant comment, sad reality.
@brettsears7632
3 жыл бұрын
Europe - cant defend themselves and must ask the US for help US - Don't need Europe for anything because Europe is pretty much worthless at anything.
@deteon1418
3 жыл бұрын
@@brettsears7632 Thats not very true at all.
American healthcare is like: $80 $80 + ---------- $8080
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
Wait wha-
@googlify406
3 жыл бұрын
Lol good one
@Bertuzz84
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, how else could they come up with such high amounts ?
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bertuzz84 capitalism mathematics
@dannelleabajar4703
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
The US Healthcare Industry is the most disgusting thing in this country right now. It's genuinely sickening.
@meahdahlgren5875
8 ай бұрын
Right
@EvangeliumDiSilenti
4 ай бұрын
Agreed. I want to move away from this country.
@rickstclair2217
2 ай бұрын
mine is great, could not be better.
Wait, why is HOLDING YOUR OWN CHILD after birth something that COSTS MONEY? How greedy can you get?
@BearMeOut
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to amerika!
@BatMan-oe2gh
4 жыл бұрын
Yeap, I read 4 years ago that a man was charged an extra $300 for the privilege of holding his baby just after it was born.
@machewgun503
4 жыл бұрын
@@BatMan-oe2gh wtf
@Artheila
4 жыл бұрын
If the mom has had a c-section and is drugged they need a nurse to stay in the room to make sure she doesn't drop the baby. Still insane, but that's the reason.
@sirspeedy9006
4 жыл бұрын
@@Artheila thanks for clarifying, being from NZ and watching this, that kind of stuff sounds ludricrous
Imagine if Breaking Bad had been set in the UK, or pretty much any other developed or developing nation. "Mr White, I am sorry to say you have cancer, your treatment starts next month". The End.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
even if he had to pay for medical treatment, he wouldn't need to become a drug dealer because other countries actually pay their teachers a fair wage. "Mr White, I am sorry to say you have cancer, your treatment starts next month and it will cost $2000." "Ok, I can afford that."
@AeonQuasar
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ That is only a half months teacher payment in Norway. For pre-school teachers. Though it require 3 years of high school to become a teacher whatever your type of school.
@Lee-ss8yj
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ I'm kinda scared to ask but... how much do the US pay teachers?
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
@@Lee-ss8yj around $30k
@Lee-ss8yj
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ Damn thats low. Where I live it's around 50.000€ (60k USD) at the start and after 15 years like 60.000€ (around 72k USD) for a high school teacher. They are also usually tenured civil servants, which gives them a lot of priviliges. Like not being able to be fired (unless you really fuck something up), having a better health care insurance (which basically just means the health care company pays for more stuff and you often get appointments faster then other people) and a well paid pension.
God damn being an American is so depressing sometimes
@zone_act_129
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah honestly as a 20 yr old American idk what to do if i ever get into a car crash here, but im doing my best eating right (to an extent) and working out for my health and to find happiness in all this, just need to keep my head up at all times
@blackwater7183
3 жыл бұрын
@@zone_act_129USA, the richest country in history, let that sink in.
@zenogstwitch8296
3 жыл бұрын
@@zone_act_129 You guys need to start raiding Wallstreet and Malibu beaches to find the 1% and then start shooting XD Not the schools or local shops then there would be some positive effect.
@user-gz4ve8mw9l
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes? Try all the time, I was born here, yet I will NEVER be an American as far as I'm concerned. The USA is a corrupt, rogue, failed, terrorist state. It is the enemy of the people, it's own, and the world over.
@Star88833
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I hate it here.
Coming from the UK, I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel to go into hospital while also worrying about how to pay for the treatment.
@AngloSupreme
3 жыл бұрын
I had to go into A+E a few days ago due to an insect bite going a bit gammy and my leg doubling in size. I was seen real quick, got a private room due to a high temp being it's a covid symptom and was out within 2 hours. I went back the next day for an appt and was seen across 3 different depts while they figured it out - in the end I left after 4 hours with my medication and all resolved. The quality of care and attitude of staff was brilliant. The NHS is literally a national treasure and I'm so grateful for it.
@fuckyourstupidfuckinghandle
3 жыл бұрын
@@AngloSupreme I'm jealous
@Vaprous
3 жыл бұрын
As an American following UK politics... dude you guys need to fight to protect that right, the shit I am seeing happen over there is basically what happened in the 1980s and 1990s here; if you don't want Americanized conditions there, you need to fight for your peace of mind.
@Indoor_Carrot
3 жыл бұрын
@@Vaprous it's sad and frustrating that the crappy right wing party won the election in a land slide. The same party which has been trying to privitase our healthcare over the last decade. Then everyone has the audacity to "praise the NHS" during COVID
@beckyboop3517
3 жыл бұрын
@@Vaprous some of us can see what is happening with great alarm. sadly the selfish and the idiot's voted in the rightwing fascist party, which was helped along by Brexit. again supported by the selfish and the racist knuckle draggers. We seem to have a case of. the tree's voting for the axe here. sad times for the uk.
Imagine firing doctors during a pandemic.
@neinherman9989
4 жыл бұрын
No need to imagine, just look.
@zeccy337
4 жыл бұрын
" It's okay we can get them back easily "
@canisterbottournament
4 жыл бұрын
ok so who wants to gather together and make our own healthcare system?
@khadijahmuhammad4771
4 жыл бұрын
@KZread Moderator That's actually not how it. Even with insurance, millions of Americans still find themselves unable to afford and obtain important medicine and medical procedures. Also, not having health insurance is not indicative of an unwillingness to contribute; it's indicative of an inability to afford it. In other countries citizens, including the youngsters, still contribute in the form of taxes. In exchange, THEY can get any little procedure they want. Such is not the case for Americans.
@chairmanofrussia
4 жыл бұрын
Bart Doo gee, and I wonder which state governors would totally fuck it up? Would it be the ones who are completely opposed to making it work in the first place? 🤔
I'm a doctor in Taiwan. When I was doing internship at the emergency department, I met a young man with a gruesome looking broken arm (only bone broken, not "arm fall off" kind of broken). He said he broke his arm three days ago. I said what took you so long to come for help? He said he broke it when taking a vacation in the US. He couldn't afford treating it there so he held his broken arm together with a towel and fly back to Taiwan. Luckily his blood vessels weren't damaged by the fracture or the swelling afterwards, otherwise he might lose the arm.
@EngelinZivilBO
4 жыл бұрын
So we learned "never travel without a international healthcare insurance" :D
@alexandereick1260
4 жыл бұрын
i've heard of that stroy
@p.f.886
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimhabsfan exactly. I've never been to the USA and I will *NEVER* step foot on US soil. They'll have to drag me dead to that shithole place.
@g1ngerrobot794
4 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ.
@p.f.886
4 жыл бұрын
@@thetrollgehasbegun why would I want to travel to a place where if I get injured I have to pay? I don't want to risk my life in vain.
When I was at university in the UK, I knew an American girl who came here to study a medical degree to become a doctor here. She couldn't bear the thought of squeezing money out of people who need her help. She cpuld make much more money in the USA, but she stood by her principles and became a doctor in the NHS. Because she actually cares about helping people.
@twilightparanormalresearch186
5 ай бұрын
That’s good
@Indoor_Carrot
3 ай бұрын
@@zerog1037 Certainly does, but at least people don't have to file divorce so medical debts don't get piled onto the grieving widow.
@Indoor_Carrot
3 ай бұрын
@zerog1037 then why is it the leading cause of bankruptcy in USA?
I was watching a video about the ultra wealthy in America. They interviewed a number of people with incredibly affluent lifestyles. A lot of them worked as ‘medical administrators’. Not the doctors. Not the ones that go to medical school. Just the middle men. It really was an eye opener.
@adampkalb
2 жыл бұрын
Boo! 😡 The medical administrators should not be taking money away from actual medical doctors. This is beyond unfair! We need better funding for the doctor' salaries! I do not care if anyone thinks free universal healthcare is communism. February 6, 2022, 4:36am
@nobodyofknowhere973
2 жыл бұрын
Im not disagreeing with you but can i get the link to the video? Im quite interested
@godsonalvarado6656
Жыл бұрын
*Absolute leeches. We must drain the swamp!*
@theboyisnotright6312
Жыл бұрын
Well hey now, that really stupid son or daughter of a wealthy person needs a cushy 150k a year job. Medical administrative is just what the moron needs.
"You have to pay money to hold your baby after its birth" This is literally evil
@lisamica6374
3 жыл бұрын
Me: "I dont want kids really, because they're expensive and I would like to not be poor" My mom: " yOu'Re JusT bEiNG sElfisH"
@frankmundo4300
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisamica6374 your mom has IQ OF 20
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
you have to pay 40 dollars for that. and it can cost up to 60K for a birth. so before you even have your child you are already approximately 60K in debt lol. yeah great system in america.
@wannabecar8733
3 жыл бұрын
you can't afford to say that commenting will cost you $3000 have fun paying it off
@bobjacobson858
3 жыл бұрын
@@wannabecar8733 LOL; no, you won't have to pay it off, but it might cost you your job if it goes viral on social media.
Other countries: Public healthcare is better than private healthcare. US: Wait that's communism!
@richieThach
4 жыл бұрын
It's kind of weird how US screams communism at everything and yet they are happily accepting the stimulus checks which is literally distributing free money. Not saying that the checks are a bad idea, but the irony of the US.
@anemonaloco
4 жыл бұрын
@@cstrutherskgs socialism doesn't suck bud. China, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela are not socialist countries, they are totalitarian countries instead. socialism stands for the means of production in the hands of the people. in countries like China the means of production are controlled by the elite government and the people never see a cent of its profit. Conversely, American Indians used to live in a sort of socialist community and it worked well for them until they were colonized of course.
@pendragonfan42
4 жыл бұрын
@AIFAHRA HORGGHRO Okay but why?
@namduong8437
4 жыл бұрын
How braindead people are when they think free health care is the result of capitalism. Remember, the original meaning of capitalism is money, money, and profit. The original meaning of communism is community, or the people. Just because some greedy suckers in the past abused the system doesn't mean the true meaning of communism itself is a bad one. Virtually all countries on this Earth are some forms of hybrid system, meaning a mixture of communism and capitalism at work. The West knew about this, but admitting it means making fun of themselves.
@nicoledreamcr4666
4 жыл бұрын
USA : It's communism and too expensive. Also USA : Protects their doctors and nurses by dressing them into trash bags.
I left the US over 30 years ago at the age of 19. Not once have I had to worry about medical care and treatment. And if I ever get terribly sick, I know that my treatment and government support will prevent me from going homeless or having to declare bankruptcy.
@KaedeAnimation
3 жыл бұрын
How did you do it? I want to leave America so bad and move to European country like Switzerland or those 4 Scandinavia countries
@Madcap_Joe
3 жыл бұрын
Where do you move to?
@melimoo6656
3 жыл бұрын
@@Madcap_Joe Australia
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
Did you leave family behind? Thats the only thing stopping me. Im so ready to start over. Even if it means learning another language.
@meepcity48
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob honestly
I as a british citizen can agree to this. A few years ago. Me and my family were on holiday in Florida. My younger sibling fell off a swing and started being sick. We went to the hospital and we were fully insured. To get seen by a doctor for 2 hours would of cost over £3000 had we not been insured. A few years later I fractured my wrist playing sports at home. A trip to the local hospital in the uk cost me £0. That day made me so greatful to live in the uk and not in the US
@steventaylor4798
Жыл бұрын
As its pointless being insured for an american on healthcare, its like a third world country with rich looting poor
@KhmerH20
Ай бұрын
As an American, as i finished reading your comment, i was filled with joy and happiness knowing that somewhere out there, a citizen is grateful for his nation's healthcare.
Summary of the comment section: No one else around the world, not even from the poorest parts of Africa, can imagine going bankrupt because they have to visit a doctor. Let that sink for a moment. Universal healthcare is a GIGANTIC achievement for mankind which cannot be appreciated enough.
@oxymornicalt
4 жыл бұрын
The deaths from medical malpractice are always going to be more than reported in the US because we have another problem the rest of the world doesnt have.The opioid crisis is propeled by the over prescription of pills by health care companies pushing their prroducts hard. Germany and the rest of the world are honest about their numbers because they don’t need to lie. American health care is not for american health. Its for big business to grow large amounts of wealth.
@kienng4510
4 жыл бұрын
@Ksch Koff Nice way of saying "you are screwed if you are poor". The lack of empathy is astonishing. There are people that DON'T have enough to "invest" into health. It's disgusting to use the word "invest" at this point, like you can put a price tag on your fundamental right of being healthy.
@brose9504
4 жыл бұрын
@Ksch Koff weren't you paying attention to the video? It's accurate. Moving to for-profit healthcare in the 1980s wrecked the system. People end up not getting medical attention until they need emergency room. So many lose *everything* due to the greedy insurance industry.
@ant318
4 жыл бұрын
Ksch Koff ah the default refugee slap. Which country created the refugees in the first place? Which country has consistently destabilized the Middle East for decades? It was 2015 the refugees arrived btw and most are taken well care of by the German state. Why not use the money to help the homeless in the US? L.A alone has 60000+ destitute individuals living in squalor on the streets. 60k people sleeping outside with no bed. If you want to go down a support for the homeless route, yet again the US is last in the class to do anything successful for those people. Berlin has a similar population to L.A by the way with a fraction of the number of homeless.
@ant318
4 жыл бұрын
Ksch Koff 🤣 I’m not German so idgaf lol. There is anti semitism on a monumental scale in the US too, so your point is moot. Not to mention lynchings of African Americans which happens until today. Wasn’t a dude shot dead for jogging by 2 hillbillies recently? With the state unwilling to investigate or cover it up? Only when a video surfaced investigations were launched. So yeah, the US has enough problems, don’t worry about German Jews.
Sometimes I'm shocked that Americans haven't revolted yet.
@r.brooks5287
4 жыл бұрын
They keep the poor divided.
@hippiecowgirl4231
4 жыл бұрын
Heather , we don’t , or can’t, because we are all slaves to a job that barely keeps us afloat. We can’t risk our jobs by taking time off to go to Washington and protest. We can’t afford it. And now , when we have the time off work we aren’t allowed to assemble( unless your right wing government sponsored ). Everything is coming to a head though , it’s going to reach a point where people don’t care anymore and feel they have nothing to lose. Then look out
@chiangchengkooi9791
4 жыл бұрын
"In God We trust"
@prouddegenerates9056
4 жыл бұрын
@@hippiecowgirl4231 Protesting means absolutely nothing.
@ageoflove1980
4 жыл бұрын
They dont even have to revolt, they can vote for politicians who are for better healthcare but they dont even do that.
Such a perfect statement: The US Healthcare system is NOT broken, it is doing EXACTLY as it is intended, to make profit.
@adampkalb
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but there should be - and there are - better ways for hospitals to profit than this. We know hospitals being privately funded, if they are funded at all, is a big part of the problem here. To this day, I have no idea why other Americans like myself would complain against universal single-payer health care, but I do know I am not one of those people who would. The truth is, it is not hard to hatch a plan to, as a start, incentivize effective health care where the doctors or the hospital only gets paid if they actually help the sick or injured patient get better, instead of demanding payment up front. February 6, 2022, 4:34am
@meahdahlgren5875
8 ай бұрын
Copper0 right
@ricardomilos1784
8 ай бұрын
And it’s fuckin expensive af
@twilightparanormalresearch186
5 ай бұрын
Like prisons, they are privatized
I dreamt of living in the US when i finish school. Now, i am so glad i don't live there
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Same, but I still didn't finish it.
@fabplays6559
3 жыл бұрын
Edward Nicolas Arrienda Torralba How tf do you know they aren’t European??
@antonyduhamel1166
2 жыл бұрын
My condolences that you suffered from nightmares.
@MGVK2277
2 жыл бұрын
@@antonyduhamel1166 i think most people think that
America is literally a pay to win EA game
@kristoforban8241
4 жыл бұрын
why isnt this comment higher
@r.a.6459
3 жыл бұрын
America is like CandyCrush... Glitchy products which cost a ton, rigged Covid tests for example,... and I even heard America wants to ™ certain medical terms... I mean WTF?
@spencerdosh6663
3 жыл бұрын
Razian Amira oh your one of those people that think its fake. But everything else I agree with you on, o think, I've never played candy crush so I wouldn't know
@CoyoteGuru
3 жыл бұрын
Incorrect use of the word "literally", but I agree in spirit.
@kristoforban8241
3 жыл бұрын
@@CoyoteGuru what do you mean, they used it in a correct way
Pay $1000 more a year in tax for healthcare for all - Americans: NO!!! Pay $10 000 in insurance for the family per year - Americans: Sure!
@ru2225
4 жыл бұрын
They can't compute that they save ~9k. They just have "more tax" ingrained into their head from all the media brainwashing.
@1flyingartworks
4 жыл бұрын
Can only hope we wake up: "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore".
@patrickcompton2797
4 жыл бұрын
Let’s do a bit of math 76mil tax payers X 1000 = 76bil Cost of universal health care for US = 3 trillion estimated
@memeguider5559
4 жыл бұрын
Patrick Compton medicare for all is trillions cheaper over 10 years than our current system
@danycashking
4 жыл бұрын
@@patrickcompton2797 well the huge cost is also because the system is so expensive, part of the reform needs to come from regulating practices, hospitals and pharma companies so they aren't overcharging.
Whats even more weird is that you don't get a receipt, you can't ask different hopistals the cost of certain things. My canadian friend was 8 months pregnant in NYC and spent the whole trip in the hotel trying not to go into labour
@drakekoefoed1642
2 жыл бұрын
they just make those prices up. i got a statement and they cannot decide how they figured it. the doc says, "you don't owe $350 it's $86." i pay the 86 and a few months later they start billing me for 275 or some such. mdeicare sends a statement "you may owe $54" and the mf are billing me 600. just make up numbers, there is not even a regular charge for an hour of mri
American here. A month ago I had cystocopy done. My doctor and insurance said it was covered. I just received a bill for over $400. Then the next day I received a bill from the hospitol my doctor is affiliated with. They charged me $530 dollars. I took the day off work and called all the parties involved. At the end of it I have just robbed. Degraded. Worst of all if my cancer comes back I know I won't be able to get treatment because I can't afford it. I'm heart broken. My country has failed me. I haven't been able to eat of sleep for days because of the feeling of helplessness They chose to put on me. This country is hopeless.
I used to live in Morocco. By all means, a developping, far from rich, country. There, healthcare is free. Ambulances are free. Drugs are dirt cheap and their prices universal. I have never heard of anyone having to die because they had to ration insulin .. It surely isn't the best care, but no one has to bankrupt themselves to deliver a baby or treat cancer ..
@eduardocajias5626
4 жыл бұрын
I am happy to read all that! Moroccan people is a very nice one and friendly persons. A Brazilian friend, like me, when he was living in the Netherlands stayed in Morocco for a little more than 30 days (I think), he said me "morroccan people are wonderful"! Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
@johnmcdonald9304
4 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Ben. So your doctors work for nothing?
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcdonald9304 The doctors' job is to heal people. Anyone that decides to become a doctor to make money, you are in the wrong profession. Healthcare is a human right not a business but many Americans fail to see that.
@bronzieboy
4 жыл бұрын
john mcdonald doctors are some of the most well paid jobs in all developed nations(i dont know enough about undeveloped nations to state the same), so no they dont work for nothing the difference is just that instead of someone having to get sick for the doctor to get paid, they get paid by the state in coorporation with what ever terms their union has negotiated. this leads to some doctors being paid more in countries with universal healthcare.
@apotato6278
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcdonald9304 Taxes! That's how the rest of the world does it. Pay some taxes, get stuff for free. You might not like the sound of it but it's seriously worth it. I'm Swedish and if i were to break every bone in my body and be hospitalized it'd only cost me 140$ (provided i'm hospitalized for more than 2 weeks otherwise it's cheaper) and it would essentially be nullified by paid sick leave. It's really an amazing system.
One of the dumbest arguements I hear against Universal Healthcare is that people would lose their employer-provided insurance. How does that even make sense? Of course they will, but it's getting replaced with a single-payer system.
@Roderickdl
4 жыл бұрын
And the company is better off because that's one less massive bill it has to pay.
@patrickcompton2797
4 жыл бұрын
My union negotiated plan is better then Medicare
@HENZEK1
4 жыл бұрын
WTF are you on about? I'm from Finland and we have free public health care. But I still only go to private sector doctors because my employer pays for those visits. Public health care is inefficient and companies are happy to pay to for health insurance so that their employees don't have to waste 6 hours on Monday morning in a public hospital in a queue for a pollen allergy prescription.
@BPOOP1000
4 жыл бұрын
You're conflating Universal Healthcare with Single Payer. They are not the same thing
@CaFPhantom11
4 жыл бұрын
@@BPOOP1000 Exactly, in Canada, the universal healthcare system cover for basic and life threatening injuries. I still have to pay for anything specialised and this is where insurance comes in if you have any. I'm basically half deaf but cant afford an earpiece that cost 2,5k and have no insurance. I can still go get tested for free at least.
I left the USA for Canada during university. Didn't do it for health care or other social services but now that I'm here I never plan on returning to the USA. Canadian society is exponentially more humane, progressive, fair and supportive of its residents than the USA. Videos like this only reinforce my decision to stay. I urge young people in the USA whose future is still ahead of them to consider moving to Canada or abroad. With only one life to live it is worth the hassle of relocating.
I live in the UK, I have just had surgery, two CT scans, and an MRI and it didn't cost me a penny. NHS care is as good as you will get anywhere.
@pietjansen7220
3 жыл бұрын
yes it did. you pay taxes. thats why you have "free" universal health care. also you still pay more for your health care then we do in the netherlands. just a fun fact.
@davidbridge5652
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 but the cost of the NHS is actually below the median for european healthcare
@thegrouchization
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 OK, Free *at the point of delivery,* you pedantic berk.
@andersedson4658
3 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile doing that here in the US will rob your entire life-savings
@TheNordicDK
3 жыл бұрын
@@pietjansen7220 US Citizens pay taxes as well, alot in fact.
The US is not the "Land of the Free", But the Land of the Fee
@dfuher968
4 жыл бұрын
I heard a really on point comment the other day "They promise them liberty and give them death". Ofc, that was in regards to the "liberty" to not wear masks, but I find, it pretty well describes most of the US society and culture.
@Vinkie
4 жыл бұрын
Land of the free, although those who are free can be counted on a single hand.
@racetoria3069
4 жыл бұрын
im not from us,just curious,in my country der r 2kinds of hospital,private(for profit) & public(government funded),others r hybrid,f u can afford it,ull have a personal shiny room,if not ull share room with 5to10 patients . since private hospitals r xpensive we tend to go to public hospitals,long waiting line but it worth it cuz ur not bombarded with fees,so if theoritically(cuz i dont know) usa has public hospitals,why not go der instead..f usa doesnt have public hospitals,then DAMN. when u r cured u r at d same time being cursed.
@rexisnox577
4 жыл бұрын
good pun
@rexisnox577
4 жыл бұрын
Jasper Klee you spelt feel wrong.
Norway: please come home if you are staying in a country with bad Healthcare. USA: that's sound like the logical thing to do. Norway: like the US. USA: surprise pikachu face
@W.H.V.
4 жыл бұрын
You will be gunned down for disrespecting America. USA #1
@ShaDisNX255
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. Aaah yes, typical american 😂
@raylivaldez5564
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. yo I've seen u commenting those exact same words twice. What r u up to ?
@canisxv9869
4 жыл бұрын
Solid buuuuurn lmao :-D
@cruzerblade9369
4 жыл бұрын
@@W.H.V. Funny joke, could've been more original. 9/10
I used to work for one of those for-profit corporate hospitals. In (mandatory) staff meetings, the people in our care weren't called "patients" or "clients". They were called "customers".
Im from Mexico and last year we had to call an ambulance because my dad suffers from low blood pressure and he was really bad, they arrived in less than 7 minutes and after taking care of my father my mom tried to pay them and they refused I cant believe you have to pay that amount of money in case of an emergency.
@SaNaX100
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 excuse me? What's your point?
@SaNaX100
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 lmao I never said it was good, go and be a racist somewhere else.
@nemzi8969
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 why is US run by corrupted and greedy people
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@nemzi8969 well capitalism and its history We kinda take it from the old British
@hector773
3 жыл бұрын
Yo creyendo que estábamos jodidos._.
The most fascinating thing about America is how it managed to trick the rest of the planet (and its own citizens) into thinking it was somehow the preeminent country in the world for so long.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
good pr can do wonders
@Matt-bg5wg
3 жыл бұрын
well it was for a time. just not any more. not for a long time.
@helenwood8482
3 жыл бұрын
It never fooled me. A country where people need guns to feel safe is a failed state.
@Meandyoujustus
3 жыл бұрын
@Akshay 004 Do you think that makes it a good country?
@FFFBVD
3 жыл бұрын
America is great at lying and propaganda!
"USA is a third world country, with a Gucci belt"
@PurushNahiMahaPurush
4 жыл бұрын
You mean like this kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWZrstCOpbu4j6Q.html
@thekingofthisworld2154
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t go that far. I’ve spent 5 years in a developing country. US might not be the head of the pack anymore, but it’s a far cry from developing.
@alexs1640
4 жыл бұрын
You made me laugh. That will be $300 please.
@carladehaas7866
4 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@nil981
4 жыл бұрын
@@thekingofthisworld2154 neither is Russia or China
I have a zAVM in my Cerebellum, and treatment in the US would theoretically cost me 500,000-2,000,000$. I was only charged 80€ for the week that I stayed in the hospital lol (10€ per day) Thank god, I live in germany... Update: I am now quickly learning to walk again but aside from that I got pretty lucky and great treatment
@jcr2408
3 жыл бұрын
2 MILLION DOLLARS? THAT'S INSANE
@Zenheizer
3 жыл бұрын
@@jcr2408 yeah. But around 500,000$ would have probably been more likely. Still unaffortable...
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Man, Europe really is better. While my country people (Poland) overcomplains, Americans are blind.
You are just crushing my dreams to move to the United States one video by one. And I'll forever be thankful for that. Europe, here I come...
@sharequsman596
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think Europe wants immigrants tbh.Your better of trying to move to a Muslim majority country .
@eduardcruceru9004
3 жыл бұрын
@@sharequsman596 yeah... don't listen to this guy. Some Europeans here don't want immigrants, but most people don't care about them if they arrive legally.
@sharequsman596
3 жыл бұрын
@@eduardcruceru9004 Man I was being realistic or does this only apply to Syrians
@Cybernaut551
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome home in Europe.
@arianistvanic6772
2 жыл бұрын
@@sharequsman596 we have no problems with legal immigrants willing to be integrated.
The best line in the video: "The system is NOT broken, it is working as intended." This is the scary part. I live in Norway and my first though if I feel ill is when can I get to the doctor, not can I afford to go there. This is insane to me.
@pumpkinssss
4 жыл бұрын
It honestly is insane. It's sad that if you get sick, you'll probably have to pay at least a hundred for medicine. It's scary how many people have lost their homes because they couldn't pay a hospital. I honestly think the only reason people move to america is because is relatively easy. I've lived here my whole life, and I couldn't be more disappointed in my country.
@sanyonazyin6063
4 жыл бұрын
We're fortunate you and I that we live in countries there an ambulance ride to the hospital doesn't cost 21605,40 sek/22106,04 nok
@EM-oe2lz
3 жыл бұрын
@Ana Maria I'm pretty sure that debt that goes down generations is illegal, and debt collectors can't make you pay for it by law. Not much condolence but there's that.
@brianpaap7046
3 жыл бұрын
@@EM-oe2lz generational debt is legal in certain regards, such as student loan debt.
@Kurzxclan
3 жыл бұрын
many times i've not gone while feeling ill because of the prices. What if insurance does not pay as well?? Many times i've seen friends go to work very sick because they can't miss a day. It honestly makes me happy this isn't the norm of the world. We are kind of taught to believe thats how it is but WORSE everywhere else. Which is very sad, but amazingly wrong.
"The U.S. has the third best health care system in North America. " Homer Simpson
@drinkxyz
3 жыл бұрын
Funny but not even true if you include Central America as part of North America..
@severedyakhead9702
3 жыл бұрын
@@drinkxyz also Mexico’s system is far worse. One of the worst in the world
@timothycurlee9682
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 SaNaX100 2 weeks ago Im from Mexico and last year we had to call an ambulance because my dad suffers from low blood pressure and he was really bad, they arrived in less than 7 minutes and after taking care of my father my mom tried to pay them and they refused I cant believe you have to pay that amount of money in case of an emergency.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 yeah Mexico isn't bad at all compared to USA, even Cuba has social health care
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
@@severedyakhead9702 mexico got universal health care since January 2020. they have a better health care system then america. what are you on about
"american healthcare system is the best in the world!" me: what healthcare system?
@abovethelaw4417
2 жыл бұрын
Worst
As a child it was pounded into my head repeatedly that “the US has the greatest healthcare system in the world!” That’s why you’re hearing that. Americans are taught we are the greatest country in the world, therefore there's no need to look at what the lesser countries are doing. It could only be a step backward. This view is strong among Republicans, less among liberals. Those who profit from the US healthcare system are in control of setting prices with little/no oversight. And the vast majority of those who run it are ultra-rich businessmen with no medical experience at all. This system was developed by the Republican Party in a financial quid pro quo and they will fight to the death to preserve it. The only solution is to destroy the Republican Party and completely replace the system. But that won't happen until the US collapses into widespread abject poverty for decades. More likely we will have to transition through a Republican autocracy in which things get worse for decades. This is what almost happened following the last election.
The Americans that insist the U.S. healthcare system is the greatest in the world and decry a universal healthcare system as a "socialist" evil and call it "free stuff" are the same people who will immediately send you a link to donate to their mother's Go Fund Me page for her insane hospital bills, all without a single moment of self-reflection or realization of the disconnect between the two.
@TOFKAS01
4 жыл бұрын
Its typical american: "Socialism" is everything what you dont need personaly at the moment....and when you need it, its "Go fund me". I think that not many americans realise how hypocritical they are.
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@TOFKAS01 sadly most people are hypocrites. The animal industries are some of the worst, environmentally, in the world but try and tell someone living in a first world country they should be vegan.
@user-pn4py6vr4n
3 жыл бұрын
@@theveganbeast28 Animal agriculture is the whole reason we're in this mess in the first place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis#Lists_of_diseases
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-pn4py6vr4n thats why I try to get people to go vegan
@drakekoefoed1642
2 жыл бұрын
free stuff does not count as free if it is given to billlionaires.
this guy is becoming more rebellious each video as if he is protesting. I hear ya buddy and I am with ya
@kizzychiz
4 жыл бұрын
+7
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
Dringo I saw the same thing you're just realizing now a few months ago. I unsubscribed since I came here to be informed on interesting topics I may not have known about before and not an SJW complaining about all of the world's problems in every video. Yesterday, one of his videos was recommended to me so I clicked and bookmarked it so I could see what he's uploading now. Same stuff. No wonder why he's getting under 100,000 views a video with over 800,000 subscribers.
@brett22bt
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-zy6ik I believe he's raising far more important issues than just your average SJW. His primary objection is to the corporate take over of governments which is the root cause of most problems in the West, especially the US.
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
Brett McNear Yes, I know. He's obviously a socialist.
@Jack-zy6ik
4 жыл бұрын
I just don't appreciate the videos he makes and I think a lot of other people feel the same way.
I tried to explain American healthcare to someone in Germany. She was absolutely floored. She was like let me get this straight.....you have to pay part of your paycheck for a health insurance premium, then you have to pay a $3,000 deductible out of your pocket before the insurance pays anything, and then after that, you have copayments? That's insane!
@autismworldtravel
9 ай бұрын
It’s true and it’s despicable. So many Americans are delusional and stupid. They deny all the studies and want to pretend socialized healthcare is so much worse despite every study saying otherwise. I’m an American but I’m so sick of the excuses Americans make! We pay the most with some of the worst outcomes of a developed nation 😔
@byrdma12
7 ай бұрын
The American health care-system is not a joke, it is criminal.
I live in Germany. I have never worried about health cost ever. The patient's well-being is definitely priority. The system here can be a bit tricky if you are self-employed; that is the only negative thing but it is still very affordable and covers you for most things.
@AngloSupreme
3 жыл бұрын
Is it right that Germany had universal coverage back in 1888 or around there?
@freyakatze3042
3 жыл бұрын
@@AngloSupreme 15. June 1883. It was set in place by Bismarck. Atleast that is what the Website of the Bundesgesundheitsministerium says.
Meanwhile everyone is busy calling Bernie a communist. lol
@cormacmcgale7139
4 жыл бұрын
@@Meson10 although Bernie and many others claim to be "democratic socialists" they really aren't. In normal countries, they would be seen as left-leaning centrists at most. None of Bernie's policies are actually radical, they're normal for any other country.
@vengeflly
3 жыл бұрын
@@cormacmcgale7139 changing the name doesn't make you less socialist
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@vengeflly yes it does... a "socialist" and a "left leaning democrat" are far from the same.
@Konstinho
3 жыл бұрын
Matthew T in the same way as a center right is not automatically a fascist
@theveganbeast28
3 жыл бұрын
@@Konstinho yeah of course not. If you are a center right, that in US spectrum would more be a plain republican. The US "republican" I would label a fascist at this point.
Norwegians when someone goes on holiday to the US: "Make sure not to get sick or injured"
@runenummedal6957
3 жыл бұрын
Vi har vanligvis reiseforsikring, så vi greier oss alltids. Det er verre for dem som faktisk må leve og dø under dette systemet.
@Avatar2312
3 жыл бұрын
My health insurance luckily covers the costs if something happens, despite the exorbitant costs.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
Shit make sure to get traveling insurance / call them before leaving
@OptikkMagnum
3 жыл бұрын
@D H hahah what? did you check who I subscribe to? I don't think those are her actual positions and I enjoy a lot of her videos. I don't support or hate her, I just enjoy some of her content.
@LocoMe4u
3 жыл бұрын
@D H wtf does that even mean and why should we care?
Capitolism, at it's finest. I wanna see who they blame when the whole economy collapses.
@Aspensauce64
3 жыл бұрын
I’m calling it, they’ll blame “commies”
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
They will blame the poor, the unemployed and taxes, of course.
I have a child who had a medical condition that required an air ambulance, several very long surgeries (the longest was 16 hours), multiple very experienced surgical consultants, specialists and therapists, hospital stays that totalled about 9 weeks. Living in a country with social healthcare, not once did I have to worry about what my insurance would or wouldn’t cover, which hospital we could go to, whether I could afford it. I am so f*cking grateful for that.
@sopyleecrypt6899
3 жыл бұрын
@LudvigSky games thanks. Yes it did. He had excellent care. He’s doing well.
@antonyduhamel1166
2 жыл бұрын
@@sopyleecrypt6899 Thanks for using American Healthcare. Your bill comes to $5,000,000. Cash or card?
I'm living in Sri Lanka" a third world country". Guess what our healthcare system is also free. No payment involved. Only thing you get from hospitals are treatment and not comfort. But seeing of how America treats it's own people is disappointing.
@shrimpology
4 жыл бұрын
When the richest country on earth gets made fun of by a person living in a third world country for having bad health care that really says a lot
@Oblivion1407
4 жыл бұрын
Gurnaj Virk imagine less than negative infinity OMEGALUL
@staylow2692
4 жыл бұрын
@@shrimpology I'm not making fun of the healthcare system of USA. It's just that the reality is this is what expected from capitalistic healthcare system. In Sri Lanka the total healthcare professionals can't attend every patient and has many flaws in the treatments due to shortage in medical equipment and medicines. But the government hospitals are the only place you can get free check ups and medicines for lesser amount, so not totally free. But poor people have a chance to get necessary treatments for a reasonable amount. This is only my opinion 😅
@rickvandam3238
4 жыл бұрын
Ive been to sri lanka Was bit sad when i saw our hotel just a big wall on the outside and then clean inside the hotel completly blocked from the outside
@1972taco
4 жыл бұрын
@These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends pay money? You have to pay a montly fee (between ( € 100 / 160 a month). People with a low income or living on welfare recieve subsidies, but still have to pay a montly fee. We don't get money. That's ridiculous.
I had a CT scan in China, it costed me 35 dollars, without insurance. My dad had an ECG in America, it was 4000 dollars with insurance. And people say the American healthcare system isn’t broken? You must be blind
@speedy7040
4 жыл бұрын
I've broke my arm last year. X-Ray, CT scan , RMN scan...(it was an odd fracture..) .Hospital, surgery, metal plate inserted.. ZERO cost.I bought some coffe to the nurses beause I wanted too. Romania.
@NorthernKitty
4 жыл бұрын
As the narrator points out, it isn't broken, it's working precisely as designed: to earn massive profits.
@philipmclaughlin9636
4 жыл бұрын
I had an emergency appendectomy a few years ago while I was on vacation in Germany. Only cost me $250 paid through travel insurance. The staff and service there was top notch
@grmpEqweer
4 жыл бұрын
When I thoroughly broke my arm in a car wreck in 92(?) I wasn't able to get it perfectly straightened because I ran out of insurance. $30,000. It should have been broken and reset. So I have a permanently crooked forearm, an inch shorter than the other arm. Annoying.
@moreplease998
4 жыл бұрын
I have a trapped nerve and was referred for an MRI. I could have had it on the NHS but the pain is so intense I decided to go private so I could have it sooner. £199 to have it in 2 weeks rather than 4, which shows that the NHS waiting time isn't actually all that bad. I can see that even though I paid out of desperation to be seen quickly. Out of curiosity I compared things to the US prices and waiting times. $2600 is the average price and the waiting time is between 2 to 4 weeks. I am so happy to not be living in the US
In my country, the Netherlands, we have a compulsory health insurance of about 135 Euros per month, per person plus a maximum 380 payment for hospital care, per year. No restrictions concerning pre-existing conditions; the health insurance companies are not allowed to refuse coverage. And still, the Dutch complain about the cost of health insurance. I guess they should go to the USA. They’ll see sense in a few weeks...
@AdamSmith-cc5mz
2 жыл бұрын
Here in the US, we have people who have to choose between medical treatment and food because they can't afford to have both.
@Koasterking212
2 жыл бұрын
Literally anyone in europe who complains about their healthcare system needs to spend time in the US, they’ll change their mind in weeks.
I’ll never forget my introduction to the US healthcare system. My wife was switching jobs and got pregnant before she was eligible for benefits. I couldn’t add her to my policy either. 1st prenatal appointment was just a review of her health history and estimated due date= 1,700 dollars USD. 2nd prenatal appointment was the same as the first plus an ultrasound of the baby= 2,300 dollars USD. This was all in the first trimester before she hit 10 weeks of pregnancy. All I could do was laugh when I got the bills because there was absolutely no way we could pay those bills throughout the whole pregnancy. This was before we found out she was high risk. The only way to afford the pregnancy was for my wife to quit her job and for us to apply for Medicaid (not a proud moment but it beats bankruptcy). The bills were covered but it was obvious that the care was substandard moving forward. Our prenatal care was given to a resident physician who just became a doctor 2 years prior and halfway through her training.
Every American comment "But you have to wait months " And to that I say..... no no you dont
@nataliaborys1554
4 жыл бұрын
From Poland here, yeah you gotta wait. I'd still rather wait a few weeks to see a cardiologist than having a bill higher than my monthly income slapped on top of the stress of being sick/injured and the working days I've lost due to it.
@LordDarthHarry
4 жыл бұрын
In countries with an overworked and underfunded public healthcare system? (Poland for example) sure the wait times can get ridiculous. However, there still ARE private alternatives that are faster if you can afford it, and even THEN they are much cheaper than in the US. Having a public healthcare system does not remove the private sector, but it does keep it in check by it's mere existence.
@danielmorales7461
4 жыл бұрын
LordDarthHarry, exactly the prices here are atrocious
@119beaker
4 жыл бұрын
In New Zealand you have to wait a long time for elective surgery like a hip replacement unless you have private insurance.. If your child has cancer you get world class care immediatly for free.
@ninaa4192
4 жыл бұрын
@@119beaker yep. As a fellow Kiwi I can say that while our healthcare ain't always perfect, when it really matters it works.
Free college, universal healthcare, not having to worry about money when you're sick. Man I have problems with my German government but when I realize how much worse it is in the US I am so happy that I live here and not there.
@rjlolatte1
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 ... yeah thats not gonna work. You will see a rise in predatory lending as companies will form with the sole purpose of lending young kids money for college and charging high interests. Making all public college paid for by government will only cost 70 Billion a year or 1.5% of the federal Budget.
@dylreesYT
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 I somewhat agree Government's shouldn't lend out money because it increases the buying power of people attending college/university which inflates the prices but free education up to high school was a radical idea decades/centuries ago and the net benefit has been immeasurable. Now that the minimum level of skill to work is increasing due to the automatic and digitisation introducing free university could have a similar impact on the world/country. If free is too much to ask then regulation should be the way to go like in the UK going to Oxford to a British citizen or an EU citizen isn't as expensive as even a mediocre American college/university because there's a maximum price that can be charged for tuition.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
@@dylreesYT free uni is not a radical idea. In EU its free pretty much everywhere. You only have to pay if you want to study a popular course, despite hving low grades.
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@deleteduser8949 That's not how it works, dummy. I am transferring to a University. To apply to any University in California you must pay $50 or $60 or even $70 for the university application. I managed to waver off 4 university applications; however, if I want to apply to a 5th or 6th university I must pay for the application. Once you get admitted to a University you must pay between $100-$150 to reserve your spot and able to pick classes. My point is I am already being charged before going to the university of my choice. I won't get any reimbursement. The market has failed, universities in the US are more costly than ever before.
@s45gr32
4 жыл бұрын
@@1956paterson I am sad because is true
Hi. I'm from Poland. Here people are angry when they want to go to a private doctor and pay about 25 dollars for a visit (they can get it for free, but some don't want to wait in a line and some waiting periods can be long). 10k for a medical thing is justin unimaginable. Maybe a transplant or some other very complicated stuff. But even transplant is free here...
@babaint
Жыл бұрын
10k sounds like something that youd only be paying for something like plastic surgery
@IthliniEllyanSenah
Жыл бұрын
@@babaint Yeah. Of your ENTIRE BODY!
@metalmythology6282
Жыл бұрын
It's free? Who pays for it then?
@helendropinski3754
10 ай бұрын
Sounds like your treated as a patient in Poland❤, not a customer. Most U.S. doctors are" know it all " jokes.
As a retired American MD, I can testify to the validity of this video. Watch Michael Moore's courageous movie "Sicko" for an inside view of the national healthcare systems of numerous other nations, including financially starved Cuba. We should be so ashamed. Stress R Us
@helendropinski3754
10 ай бұрын
You sound alot like my doctor back in the 70s 80s. God, how I miss him and he was a family practice, not a paid employee of some hospital system. My trust in physicians today is zero!
@StressRUs
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your reply and appreciation for your past family practitioner. I'm a retired psychiatrist, but spent as much time with my patients straightening out all the misdiagnoses and treatments of their incompetent physicians. My best to you!@@helendropinski3754
I've actually witnessed someone in the US literally turn away a ambulance after an accident because they feared the bill. This person was just involved in a car crash.
@dillchives
4 жыл бұрын
The sad part is, the response from people usually isn't, "That's outrageous! Why do they charge so much just for an ambulance ride?" It's "You're lucky we have such a great healthcare system to save you -- you should be willing to pay whatever it takes!"
@TheVexusKnight
4 жыл бұрын
@@dillchives Which destroys the "free market" argument. When you're dying, you don't have the luxury of choice and scrupulous individuals knows that. America is a great country, however, even the best can improve.
@cortanatheai6103
4 жыл бұрын
@@dojelnotmyrealname4018 I'd argue that the US is more of an Oligarchy
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheVexusKnight Actually the US is not a great country. It is a great piece of real estate with a strong currency and a strong military. It is not a good place for its inhabitants due to the nastiness and weakness of its governments, populace, and much of its business.
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
@@dojelnotmyrealname4018 The populace never had compassion nor empathy to begin with. The country is a thanatonic corporate plutocracy.
anyone who says this video is biased: it is basically impossible to look at the objective facts about the american healthcare system and not come away with a bias
@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner
4 жыл бұрын
If America didn't exist, than the rest of the world's healthcare would go down
@stancurran7265
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner Still no excuse
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner what does that have to do with anything? Why is everything so binary with you lot? Bunch of pavlov dogs.
@Minerva3
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner why do you care about others when Americans cant afford the drugs that US themselves creates
@trife2
4 жыл бұрын
@@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner can you explain to me how exactly?
Having to pay to just hold your own baby is like being in a kidnap for ransom situation
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
Can just say u will wait to do that until going home or just give birth at home with a midwife.
The Healthcare is ridiculous in America, $32 thousand dollars after 5 hours at the emergency room 😡CRAZY!!!
The USA is becoming a joke at this point
@ChurlzVA
4 жыл бұрын
It IS a joke.
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
it is a joke for decades lol
@dinamosflams
3 жыл бұрын
Are you not laughing? I am
@thatweirdguy2821
3 жыл бұрын
it's always been a joke
@ange3489
3 жыл бұрын
@L M So true. Americans need to take off ‘ their blinkers’!
As an Australian, I'm horrified at thier health care system. It's clear they want the poor gone.
@paulchristensen2854
4 жыл бұрын
Virus numbers going up.....and states opening up for business. I am betting the number of "poor" people will be going down. Might have to open up immigration to replace all the dead people though. If anyone will come that is
@adenpowter
4 жыл бұрын
As an Australian I'm horrified by our government's constant push for private healthcare, despite clearly seeing a great example of it's failure.
@sanca5982
3 жыл бұрын
Well, our oligarchs don't necessarily want the poor gone...they want the poor to stay poor. After all, it's people that spend money and not machines. See how that works? That's why the Repugs in this country are more like pro birth...NOT pro life. Pro life means caring for human life from cradle to grave. You see, humans are a commodity in this country for all the wrong reasons. One of them is "for profit health care."
@richardtaveras3642
3 жыл бұрын
Basically the purge but without the outright murder
@tekbam2561
2 жыл бұрын
@@adenpowter yes same here , they are pushing people to get private health insurance but only hostpital cover , which is good, for all new pr holder before the age 32 . I am going to cut that off from this year . I would happy to pay more tax for public health system
even in Greece we don't pay for treatment in a public hospital! heck my elderly parents have every treatment they need when they need it!
Patient: Blinks Insurance: There's a cost for that
"It's okay to laugh. It's a funny video." IT's really not... I had to attempt to deal with a financial head for a local hospital to deal with GIST and was told I'd be looking at six figures minimum. It wasn't until my stomach ruptured that I was able to get under a knife to get it out. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I could beg for charity or go home and get comfortable for what was to come. I fucking despise this country for a lot of things, I love it for others, but this kind of shit is reprehensible and makes me furious enough that I've decided I'm going to be leaving as soon as I can afford it (which is hilarious unto itself.)
@MrHitomiz
4 жыл бұрын
This is gut wrenching. I'm French, the country that is often labeled to have the best social security in the world, and we just can't stop complaining about everything, even this. But that is totally unfair to complain when we look at the US. Your country has third world country grade social security. And I'm really insulting most third world countries. I sincerely hope your leaders get you to the point where 95% of us are. That is just messed up.
@puellanivis
4 жыл бұрын
I had pretty reasonable healthcare coverage, and then got Type 1 diabetes out of the blue at 36. (It happens.) Well, I got to pick up my first 3-month supply of insulin, and “that will be 2,000$ please.” My jaw dropped, and I was like… I don’t have that kind of money on me! Cut to two weeks of trying to figure out some way to get a set of insulin that I could afford, at least until my next paycheck, and finally I had enough for the $2k. And then finally my insurance kicked in and paid 100% of everything after that. But that was a pretty big up-front cost, and delayed my timely treatment by at least two weeks. Then Trump got elected, and I was all, “uh, yeah, I’m moving to Germany.” Didn’t even bother to refill my insulin the last time in the USA, just flew to Germany. My sister lives in the Netherlands, so I went to visit for Easter, and she took me by the emergency doctors and pharmacy to get me insulin. It was 200€. They were all, “you can take this receipt back to your German healthcare and get reimbursed” and I laughed at them. Here you are giving me 90% off, and telling me that I could get the rest reimbursed! Over the next few months, I kept buying needles and testing strips off prescription, because it was just like 20€, and I’m just like, that’s ridiculously cheap, but all the pharmacists would keep getting mad at me for paying out-of-pocket for something that I could get on prescription.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrHitomiz the leaders us citizens vote for? They wont. If US wanted free healthcare, they would have voted sanders in. They didnt.
@MrHitomiz
4 жыл бұрын
Your political spectrum si so centered around right ideals that Americans love to label us Europeans as communists. We are faaaaaaaaaaaar from communism in Western Europe, we are often pro free market and liberalism in general (not everyone of course), but a good healthcare is not left or right. It's just common sense. Yeah we pay for it with taxes, but you don't have to pay LOADS of taxes to get a good one. This is just common sense. Sanders is a moderate left, almost a centrist by our standards. When your people (those who vote for this system to sustain) realize that it's a common gain to have every citizen in good physical and health shape, you'll thrive. I pray for you with all my heart !
@haruhirogrimgar6047
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrHitomiz The problem is that people have been hard-wired to view healthcare as a privilege everyone should have not a right. I argued until I was blue in the face with my grandparents. They believe every child no matter where they are born, their race, ethnicity, sexual preference, gender, religion, or background should be able to attend school from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. But they also said that education is not a human right or an american right, but freedom of speech is because it is assured to every american. Anyone who grew up during the red scare and many under the cold war _cannot_ process healthcare or education as a human right despite defining them as though they are rights. Also, Bernie isn't moderate by European standards. His voting record is but that is only because we have so few liberal policy proposals to vote on. He wants a Single-Payer Healthcare system (it would be the most liberal/progressive system IN THE WORLD,) to assure worker ownership in the company's they work for, and correct policies to match European countries. But he is a Democratic Socialist, the only thing he is missing is to publicly denounce Capitalism but that would be suicide since Capitalism is the most popular religion in the u.s. In Europe Democratic Socialists are more than moderately liberal, Bernie would fit in or go more to the left of the Labour Party in the U.K.
I got a heartoperation, that took almost a day, spent 6 days at hospital. After I got home I got a visit from the home nursery to see if I need any help. I paid zero bucks. I live in denmark.
@mistabean9119
4 жыл бұрын
I fUCKING-
@EasyKiwi111
4 жыл бұрын
I pay close to $2500 dollars a year in health insurance. I had some blood work done and took a meningitis shot. I now have a bill for close to $2000 sitting on my desk somewhere
@yasser80abuzain1
4 жыл бұрын
same in Australia, hope u r well-recovered🙏🏻
@dfuher968
4 жыл бұрын
I too live in Denmark. My dad had colon cancer. He fought for 2 long years. He went through several hospital stays, 4 major surgeries including a stint in a ventilator, 14 minor surgeries, radiation treatment, 2 rounds of chemo. Through it all he had regular nurse visits at home, and they were on call 24/7. My mum had to give up her job to take care of him. Not only did it not cost anything, my dad received sick pay from the government through it all (not a government employee, its a program, we have), and my mum received 80% of her usual pay, coz she was granted a special leave of absence to care for her critically ill husband. We may pay a lot in taxes, but we get it back 10 fold, 100 fold. And we never have to worry about what ifs.
@Argondo
4 жыл бұрын
@@dfuher968 sometimes the tax here in denmark feels like a pain in the ass. But then a situation arises and reminds you why you do and why it is worth it.
It’s really sad what’s happening in America
Any country: Oh shit I broke my leg, well ill just go to the hospital Us: Can I hold my baby. Yeah but that will be 1k.
Very glad I'm living in Germany. Here, everyone has a health insurance for example... Edit: A little story because it fits to the topic: My dad had a brain tumor 5 years ago, which triggered epilepsy. He needed one operation back then and one one year ago, because the epilepsy came back. Now he needs very expensive drugs (I don't know the exact price, maybe 200€ for one pack, which suffices for 2 weeks or something like that) and the insurance kinda "saved our lives". I think even one operation was at least around the triple price of our car, I don't wanna know how our live would be now without his insurance...
@georgbergsten6050
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star they do. Here in Sweden also Edit: They don't but it's cheap and they get financial support
@pointless7014
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star You can get financial Support if you go to University, yes
@Roderickdl
4 жыл бұрын
Just gotta rub it in.
@Sakuxxx1x
4 жыл бұрын
@Mind of the North Star No college is not free but MUCH cheaper in germany. Bachelors degree 7 semesters ~3100€, masters degree +3 semesters ~4500€. (it is ~450€ per semester)
@Therealromario1
4 жыл бұрын
Same go's for the Netherlands🖐🏼 Greetings to my German brethren 😉🥨🍻
"The American dream, you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
@youknowwhat5328
3 жыл бұрын
I have American dream about living in New York City and furthermore I love American people
@Copernicus22
3 жыл бұрын
@@youknowwhat5328 that's nice, just make sure you have enough money because the greedy American politicians don't care about people in need.
@pamelatorres156
3 жыл бұрын
These companies are picking and choosing who lives and who dies. No wonder fewer of us are having children.
@adampkalb
3 жыл бұрын
@@pamelatorres156 It will take the most effective argument possible to show them why greed is making them incompetent at their jobs they do not deserve if they only do it for profit, and change the way they have been doing things even if it is not for selfish reasons. I would say something like, "You don't have to care about the people you help, but you should at least care about helping people and not screwing them over, because helping people is your job. To think about this from _your_ perspective, can your own personal lifestyle survive without making as many profits as you can?" July 28, 2021, 3:01pm
@MrPetschko
Жыл бұрын
There is a reason its called a "dream"
The American healthcare system needs a complete overhaul.
Anytime I hear about US healthcare I become so happy I'm in Canada. We have enough issues with our own healthcare system, but I would never trade it for the US solution.
@jenm1
Жыл бұрын
@@mikearchibald744 this is due to budgetary cuts, not inherent problems w the healthcare system
@MS-zi3pw
10 ай бұрын
@@mikearchibald744 no system is perfect. Yes we have flaws. But imagine if you have pre-exited condition. Up until 2010, the insurance companies in the states can still deny you health insurance coverage. Obama care tried to fix that, but it is still costly. You need the premium insurance coverage because they cover 90% and you are liable for the 10%. But it’s still costly insurance plan, and if u have a bypass surgery which cost $120,000 , you would still have to pay around 12k. So no matter how bad our health care system is in Canada, we need to be very grateful.
Something that was mentioned but could have been highlighted more: for many people healthcare insurance comes with their job. Now, during a pandemic, millions are losing their jobs and thus health insurance. The system reacts the exact opposite way of what it should do during a health crisis. The fact that the level of access to healthcare depends on the kind of employment is ridiculous in the first place
@Seroison
4 жыл бұрын
did the healthcare covers your private life in some cases too? or did you need a a second one if you have for example a sport as hobby that can be dangerous. If you want to play football and overstretch your ankle, so much you need a doc. What happens?
@TheDancing0wind
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison the thing with insurance companies is quite often they will do their damnest to weasel out of paying even if it explicitly covered under insurance policy
@24framedavinci39
4 жыл бұрын
Even employer provided health care comes with caveats. You usually have giant deductibles.
@24framedavinci39
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison Yes. Personal injury is covered by health insurance even if the insurance is partially or fully paid by the employer. We have another type of insurance called workman's comp insurance that covers on-the-job injuries. However, the two insurances work together if you get hurt on the job.
@RooftopRose079
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seroison It varies job to job. Some do, some don't. We have a standard worker's comp initiative that covers medical expenses if you obtained an injury on the job but if you get into a car accident on the way to/from work or catch the flu from your neighbor-you're on your own or you better have built up your private insurance's $2500 deductible and have $200-$500 ready in savings for your co-pay and office visit.
Coming at this from a UK perspective, I'm always baffled at how many times universal healthcare has been ignored, declined or otherwise shouted down in the US. 500,000 people a year going bankrupt for the crime of needing a doctor? It's madness. Our National Health Service really is the crown jewel of our public services over here; but people don't always give it the respect it deserves, especially the many staff from overseas who come and lend their services. It's been poorly funded for the last decade and I worry that as of 2021, during a chaotic and damaging Brexit, it will be slowly chopped up and sold off to American pharmaceutical corporations. Only when people walk in to see their GP and the receptionist says: "OK, that'll be £30 please", will they know what has happened.
@monig5350
4 жыл бұрын
And to think, the UK decided to start the NHS when they were in the midst of recovering from WWII. The country had been devastated by war and they managed to choose the health of their citizens first. Oh America, the apple has fallen so far from the tree....
@user-my4lf4bx6v
4 жыл бұрын
@@monig5350 I mean it makes sense to do it after the end of wwii, because it was a step to improve the quality of life of British citizens, something everyone post WWII desired. 1950s-1980s were actually the most prosperous years for common people in western world.
@user-mx9ue9ly6c
4 жыл бұрын
500k people don't go bankrupt because of medical costs. The original study notes that medical bills are a CONTRIBUTING factor. Not the main cause of bankruptcy.
@TuariD
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-mx9ue9ly6c A huge contributing factor m'dude. Not many people can shell out more than $500 for an emergency without falling into a financial freefall.
@paul1979uk2000
4 жыл бұрын
@@monig5350 It's not that big of a surprise really, the second world war made a mess in Europe that impacted us all, that alone demanded some big changes hence why so many big changes happened in Europe that benefited the people, the US didn't get as impacted on home soil like Europe did so change would have been a lot harder to do. On the plus side thanks to this virus, we might be going through our world war two moment around the world as this virus is impacted almost all of us and that could change views in a lot of ways, in other words, a lot of positive could come out of something negative, we'll just have to wait and see but I'll be shocked if the events of this virus doesn't demand some big changes from the public in a lot of areas.
"Why do we pay so much money for the worst care in the developed world?" You hit the nail on the donkey.
This is soooo unreal. Why is medical treatment so damn expensive in the US when the country is so developed & has many advancement in medical field? Just doesn't make any sense to me. FYI, In Malaysia, every citizen is entitled to see a medical doctor or specialist for any kind of medical treatment at any public hospital for 1 Malaysia Ringgit (equivalent to USD 25 cents/quarter)
As a Czech i´ve always wondered when I was a kid and was watching Simpsons, why Homer´s bills were se costly.
@1flyingartworks
4 жыл бұрын
It was a drama series as Homer struggled to pay into the system, and nobody wants to watch poor, homeless people unless it's an episode of Cops. Therefore television in the USA taught Good cop bad cop, but now we have a president playing the same drama everyday.
@HalNordmann
4 жыл бұрын
Taky se tomu divím.
@nicoledreamcr4666
4 жыл бұрын
Přemýšlet kolik peněz mám na účtu když volám na číslo záchranky musí být šílené. Ale koronavirus tuhle ideologii chamtivosti dost možná změní. Mají přes milion nakažených a akorát kupují zbraně.
If America was a person, they'd be Mr. Krabs
@josephjuanaliagavalenzuela2345
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, don't insult Mr Krabs! Compare him to Americans :c
@Maskami
4 жыл бұрын
that's a fuckin O O F m8
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. Would be funny if it wasn't true.
@ShroomsInLocker
4 жыл бұрын
@@josephjuanaliagavalenzuela2345 Ik its a joke but your joke is a bit flawed because we Americans created Mr. Krabs lol
@sentient-5002
4 жыл бұрын
@@ShroomsInLocker Just because you created it doesn't mean you can't be compared to it.
Almost cried when I heard that you need to pay to litteraly see your child. You pass pain, 9 months of wait for you to pay 9 months of work and a similar amount of pain
As an American, I am and always have been absolutely disgusted with this nation's evil economy. It needs to change, or it looks like I'll need a passport.
As a european, To all my US fellas: fix your country
@ImranQureshi-mf2gc
4 жыл бұрын
Too bad we have Boomers who don’t understand today’s problems in congress.
@l.c.8475
4 жыл бұрын
Too bad their political spectrum is so stunted that centrist policies in other countries are radical leftist, the people have no real say what happens, not every Vote is equal, their voting system encourages a 2 party system with one party to going into extremism and the other into endless compromises, and on top of all that money talks louder than the screams of the people.
@fartsarefunny365
4 жыл бұрын
Agnus Dei true, once I get out of high school, I can hopefully get into a good college in the U.K.
@tech8222
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you but these POOPiticians will never learn.
@garyenkwong1683
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think after COVID, people will actually start opening their eyes. But the thing is, the people can’t fix this. I’m sorry to break anyone’s hope but the more the people try to do anything about it, the more everyone else start ignoring us. The whole world already has a negative view in the us, even the US doesn’t trust themselves. So my best bet is that they will cut ties with America all together even if they have a good connection with them. Because who wants to be involved in this mess when no one will listen? Btw, don’t listen to what ever I said cause it’s just my view on this.
This video is actually terrifying! The worst thing is that politicians make Americans believe that healthcare for all is socialism and socialism is thought of as communism, you could see that during the recent Presidential election, even the Democratic primaries and they aren’t as extreme as the Republicans. Unfortunately private businesses that own the hospitals will keep lobbying politicians to keep healthcare private and things will not improve for Americans until someone is brave enough to buck the trend. It would actually work out cheaper to have better healthcare! As much as I love my American friends and colleagues, I’m sorry but, in my opinion (and I’m going to get well roasted here) I believe your gorgeous country has a very broken political and healthcare system.
Here in America we call hospitals “the worlds most expensive hotels”
The United States is such a joke
@wyntyrr
3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I agree.
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not a joke *it’s a problem*
@wyntyrr
3 жыл бұрын
@@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Yes.
@acatthatlookslikehitler1277
3 жыл бұрын
@@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Russia summarized.
@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822
3 жыл бұрын
@@acatthatlookslikehitler1277 Russia is just a crappier America tbh
Australia here: Came off my motorbike in a single person accident. The police called me an ambulance, they picked me upon their way back from a call in another district. They informed me I would get a ($250) bill that would be covered by our medi-care system (if I was covered) I get to the hospital, wait 2 hours (since it wasn't urgent and just lost some skin). Had a tetnis shot as well as being given treatment and a check up by a doctor. I also had 3 Post accident doctor check ups (for infection and redressing). Total cost: $0 (the ambulance fee was waived and didn't even go through Medicare) I have never applied for Medicare, I have never asked for it. But because I was a human in need, I didn't have to become endebted due to a once off accident. I had injuries that I was able to effectively tend to without the stress of ANY medical bills. This is what a social Medicare system looks like and I am more than happy to pay my share in taxes (which I don't even notice coming out of my pay).
@higate_col
4 жыл бұрын
I'm also Australian, broke my leg in November last year. Arriving at hospital I was a high priority so I was seen immediately. All up I had to have 2 surgeries, 1 night hospital stay, multiple consultations/check ups, medication, etc. Total bill was $14 which was for the pain medication after being discharged from hospital, which is way cheaper then at the pharmacy and was brought to my bed. This got me 2 weeks of opioids, high strength ibuprofen, aspirin and antibiotics. The system definitely has its issues, but I'm very grateful for the system we have.
@vitas75
4 жыл бұрын
My mom got parkinsons'. Pying ~€50/months for meds, instead of 2.5k to 20k$ in the US. If not for universal healthcare, i would be bankrupt long ago, and my mom dead years ago.
@caseclosed9342
4 жыл бұрын
You see, this is one of several reasons why I seriously want to immigrate to Australia. Living as a young person in the US is getting more risky....
@PeterHamiltonz
4 жыл бұрын
@@PassiveSmoking Kiwi here. Broke my shoulder playing cricket. Surgery within a week. Zero out of pocket expenses, and our national accident insurer covered the time off work. Meanwhile, family I talk to in the US are afraid of using an ambulance. 😢
@disturbiannah
4 жыл бұрын
Last year I had an inexplicable anaphylactic reaction and was taken to Brisbane Women's in an ambulance, sirens and all. Cost $3.50... for the bus ride home.
This is gonna sound crazy but after the nightmares I been through slogging through the crap "healthcare" system here in the US... I'm learning to listen to my body better and treat my own symptoms. This so called healthcare is about money. It's disgusting
So born and raised in the US and in near/in poverty my whole life. I'm 29 and havent gone into a doctor or dentist for 15 years. Was sent to the ER one time and came out with a 13k bill. My kids have been to the doctor more than be because with kids at least the state will cover them. Me though, i refuse to go to a doctor because having a roof over my head is more important than my health. I have Insurance, but thats so i can avoid the tax issues because i cant afford any deductible. If i go to the hospital i will walk out if I can regardless of my needs cause last thing I need is to have 1M i debt for any emergency.
@TheAndesteg
Жыл бұрын
What kind of dystopian nightmare is this? I feel for you :(
I live in Germany and I remember how shocked I was when our English teacher (who came from the US) told us that she always had to take the financial situation of the student into consideration before calling an ambulance because if you call that will cost the family tousands of dollars so you have to make sure that it's really a life-threatening emergency. I mean, yes in Germany you should also only call the ambulance in emergencies but if one occurs your first thought shouldn't be if you choose the risk of dying or debt for the rest of your life.
@ianngoh842
4 жыл бұрын
DISGUSTING, putting profit before human life
@aspen.drakon
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother once had a heart attack and she has to call us to drive her to the hospital because she couldn't afford the ambulance ride. Yikes
@kienng4510
4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in Germany, a friend of mine simply called an ambulance not long ago, while we were giving first aid to an older woman. No second thoughts, no hesitation. And it didn't even turn out to be something serious, but still -> lower per capita spending than in US.
I dont even count america as a first world country anymore
@muhamadsarhad6566
3 жыл бұрын
Me 2 lol
@vickiecordon7887
3 жыл бұрын
A very expensive banana Republic.
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
@@ninjaman815 in what way?
Right now, after 2 open heart surgeries, synthetic Aortic valve, 3 Ambulance rides, almost a month in Hospital, nearly 11 days in Critical care unit, 3 months of Cardio rehab. TOTAL = ZERO DEBT TO ME!!! Right now I'm so glad I don't live in the USA!!! 😉
The US, if it was run by EA. Basically, the US now.
I'm french and still remember the first time I found about all this, I legitimately thought it was satire
@ephraimboateng5239
4 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada, and the first time i heard about that was when i was 8 years old. I had an asthma attack and was rushed to the hospital in ambulance. My mom later told me that in the state they pay for ambulances and that we were lucky to not have too here. We were pretty poor and a bill of 2500$ plus whatever the hospital services would have cost could have most likely put us on the street a week later. But i dont think us Canadian and European are "lucky" per say, i think Americans are just unlucky. Having Universal Healthcare is not being lucky, its having a basic human right respected.
@lukegreen1063
4 жыл бұрын
While the united states may have the most costly healthcare, the u.s. does create the most new drugs. The u.s. accounts for 42% of prescription drug spending, and 43.7% of new molecular entities (new drugs) Sources: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866602/
@aegeanviper73
4 жыл бұрын
When I found out it wasn’t like this in countries outside the US.. I’m still salty ngl
@stereotype.6377
4 жыл бұрын
Luke Green Sure but those drugs are pretty useless for most of the population - since they’ll never be able to afford it - and the drugs often are made to be addictive, so patients who had to use them will keep buying them.
@classyman22
4 жыл бұрын
@@lukegreen1063 What makes the situation even sadder is the fact that our tax dollars fund the research to develop those drugs, but then they sell the drugs back to us for a ridiculous price.
I'm german and can't understand how you can do that to people which need help, America spends way more money on military, which isn't even nessecary as they say, then on ambulance, what? America could also learn about german prisons, compare them and the crimerate to America, be surprised
@MrHistory269
4 жыл бұрын
You lucky Europeans!
@petarkukuljica4372
4 жыл бұрын
if the usa didnt have thier army you wouldnt be allowed to slack of and not have a army everyone in the un is relaxing and not spending much on the army cuz the great usa will save us
@sandrocosta479
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@swaggysquid6969
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 Or, you know, we handle things diplomatically rather than with force and don't invade other countries for "freedom and democracy".
@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
4 жыл бұрын
@@petarkukuljica4372 if the US focuses on their own problems rather than getting into (unnecessary) wars, most of thw people would actually be happy to live there. I wanted to live in America when I was younger and now I'm like..."Get the hell out while you can. I worry for your safety, Americans"
French : I could go to the doctor's right now, I would wait like an hour, two tops, to see him/her. Then pay 25€, which would get reimbursed in under a couple of weeks. It's not perfect, mostly because years of capitalist policies have been trying to slowly dismantle it, but it shows that the argument that public healthcare leads to longer waiting times has no ground in reality.
American health care system: DON'T GET SICK
As a Canadian the US as a whole just blows my mind. Its system is built to ruin you financially
@GaryParris
4 жыл бұрын
ah but you know everything is possible in america, you can become the biggest selfish asshole in the world with money enough to drown in, before you are bankrupted by poor health, legal wranglings amid other things...
@buzzcitymob6230
4 жыл бұрын
its built on putting people in debt then when they finally get around to paying it off they in bad health and it starts over again
@dexterjettster8875
4 жыл бұрын
Not really, the only bad part is the expensive healthcare. And that has an extremely easy solution which doesn't involve making it free.
@GaryParris
4 жыл бұрын
@@dexterjettster8875 really? Health insurance linked to jobs and so many go bankrupt because of costs and that's not a problem? 😂 Pull the other leg it has bells on lolal free healthcare is the easy solution, what the USA has now is regressive and stupid, there is no better option to free healthcare at point of service!
@buzzcitymob6230
4 жыл бұрын
Dexter Jettster affordable housing and education are def problems too
Imagine comparing US with developed country
@pgoogler
4 жыл бұрын
Based
@shiadyne
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, the richest third world country!
@jonasbenn9729
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kim, very cool.
@cratoss.4772
4 жыл бұрын
Supreme glorious leader,your wisdom is much appreciated.
@unclekanethetiberiummain1994
4 жыл бұрын
@@cratoss.4772 A little short praise there. The leader will not be pleased.
i'm so glad that i live in 🇬🇧 and am deeply grateful for the nhs. 🇺🇸, please sort your healthcare system out. it needs a serious revision and restructure.
@_ikako_
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, but because of brexit, things like insulin are now skyrocketing in prices. people who need it now have to travel outside of the uk to get it, or pay close to american prices for it.
@NWard1210
3 жыл бұрын
@@_ikako_ According to the diabetes.org.uk website, 'if you use insulin or medicine to manage your diabetes you're entitled to free prescriptions, but if you're under 60 and living in England you must have a medical exemption certificate before you can claim them'. So it looks like it is free if you meet the eligible criteria for needing the prescription from your doctor.
@geoffreyharris5931
2 жыл бұрын
It would be better just to split up the US according to faction as its continued existence is detrimental internationally and for most of its inhabitants. Now that the USSR has lost much of its power, the US is by far the biggest villain in the world.
The American medical system has been an excruciating traumatic experience all my life and I am writing about it. It Doesn't Pay to be the Zebra,- You'll Slip Through the Cracks. I want to donate my body to show how much long-suffering torture my medical caused since saving my life at 7
A self proclaimed "Christian nation" gouges customers when they need help the most. Yeah, that's what Jesus would do! LOL
@alexreasoner9919
3 жыл бұрын
@@manicdgr Right, and I think that's what Donald meant. The people who (falsely) claim that this is a Christian nation tend to ignore the things that make it clearly not a Christian nation.
@veryangryduckpl2122
3 жыл бұрын
Medieval and pre protestant churches don't exist, remember what therapist said*
@Yourunkbob
3 жыл бұрын
@@manicdgr Yeah, church and state are seperated yet we still swear on a bible in court and our politicians have to be devout christians or they will most likely not get elected. Our pledge of allegience clearly says, "One nation under god" and our money says, "In god we trust". We may not be an overtly christian nation but we are a nation deeply rooted in christian ideals and beliefs, while simultaneously acting in direct conflict to those same ideals and beliefs.
@JellyAntz
3 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob holy fuck that’s true
@kdnu27
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yourunkbob I'm from Poland and I worked in the US for 2 years. Poles are considered to be very religious catholic nation (not me personally). Yet, I saw a huge difference in religiousness between Americans and Poles. It was hard for me to "name" the difference, but I think I made it. I see Americans as Pharisee-like christians: it's all about showing off and stating at every possible occasion how religious they are, but nothing more. In Poland, on the contrary, religion is like a habit, tradition: you have a child, baptize it, send for communion at the age of 9, attend Sunday mass without putting much thought into it, you say you believe in God only if you're asked.