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Less is more, live life simple.

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This is all BS, i lived in cebu city for 7 years,,,,Some doctors make u wait for hours for simple problems, and sometimes they do not even show up. I went to a small health clinic in cebu city for an affection, the doctor was very young and gave me a prescription. The next morning i was very sick, could barely move. I got online and emailed my doctor in the USA, she said they gave me the wrong medication and the dosage was fatal. She told me to get out of there, i flew back to the USA and was fixed within one week. I also had an emergency for my legs and my butt was in pain, i thought it was sciatica. I went to emergency because i needed pain medicine, they put me in a room with man moaning patients on beds. They started to put needles in my stomach and arm, they wanted to take blood. The girl was very young, and did not know how to take blood. She tried my arm, then she tried the top of my hand. So much pain and blood was going on the floor and me,,,,it was insane. I told them to give me pain medicine and they would not, it was crazy,,,They were doing test to run up my bill, i finally demanded to be released with pain medicine or i will call the police. They agreed and gave me my bill, it was 100k pesos,,,wtf,,,I looked at the bill and they charged me for labs they never did, they agreed to take of 2k pesos. I used my credit card and go out of there. This was chong hua, i also had another emergency and they also refused pain medicine right away. You also do not know if u are getting real medications or fake, or full dosage as on the box. The rooms were dirty, and most of the staff looked like teenagers,,,,,I have been going to the PI for 30 years, i know longer live in the PI,,,,,,

Here's a prime example. One of our recent hires in Manila was this brilliant kid. He checked all the boxes we were looking for. When it came to negotiations, we made him a salary offer 20% above his last employment. He turned it down because our health insurance doesn't allow his parents to be covered. Our medical, dental and vision insurance only covers him, his wife and 3 children. He said the only way he'd accept my offer is to extend medical, dental and vision insurance to his parents. I've never, ever heard that from any Americans here in the States, have you? But it's very common in Pinas. We don't want that part of us to change and with American and Western influence and folks moving to Pinas, we're seeing the changes. I understood this brilliant young man. Those are his parents. Here in America, most parents are dumped into an elderly care home. When I married my dear husband, I told him we need to build a house next to ours for his father. My husband was shocked that I made the suggestion. I told him it's the Filipino way to care for our elderly aging parents.

Naw brother in the states your doctor will renew your prescription through Walgreens and schedule you an appointment for a week or two later

Go from the bottom up... sorry. :)

There've been many countries that have colonized Filipinos. Take me for example. I was born in the Philippines. My ethnic background is German, Irish, Chinese, Malay. I look more Caucasian with my light brown hair, very fair skin and my hazel brown eyes. My husband is Scottish & Irish and all of our children are blue eyed, tow-heads. But we were raised as Filipinos and its values. We don't want to change that. Most Filipinos feel threatened by so many ethnicities moving into the country because we don't want our country to change. Just like Americans when they started seeing other ethnicities moving to America, we didn't want them to change American culture but it did. I believe that's where one of the fear is stemming from and I believe that's why you see Filipinos back home changing. My humble observation.

Filipinos are seeing their cost of living go up and wages can't keep up because many Westerners are coming in with their currency from the West pushing up prices. They're being gentrified. A $600 USD condo in BGC may be cheap to most Westerners, but to many Filipinos, their monthly income is half of that. In my business, I currently have over 300 employees and I pay them just a bit over the market rate. I also started a "savings account" for them with my company matching up to P10,000 a month, like a 401k but it's not tied to stocks or bonds. It's strictly a savings account and I purposely made it that way.

Filipinos back home are witnessing the change of the American & Western cultures, and it is not for the good. Filipinos back home see the negativity, the anger, the division of many Americans and they're also witnessing the downfall of America & Western countries. They don't want that in Pinas. They see the influx of Americans and Westerners coming to the Philippines due to a predominantly English-speaking country. The low cost of living. The friendliness of the people. Filipinos want the U.S. dollar but they don't want any Westerners to change the Philippines, the Filipino culture only to become like the country most Westerners are escaping from. Just like us here in Texas, when Californians started invading us and other states, we have a saying here in Texas - "Don't California my Texas" and I can tell you, Texas has changed and not for the good because despite Californians shouted that they're conservative and they'll only vote red, they still brought their mindset here in Texas. Giving $2B to a school 2 counties away in under 18 months is not being conservative.

Our #1 export are human beings. The rise of OFWs in the 1980s & 1990s until today, the Philippines' #1 export are still the Filipinos. You can't go in any pocket, any nook, any corner of the world and not have at least 1 Filipino there. Despite leaving our families back home, we still held onto our values of God, family, respect, our work ethic. Of course, not all of us are this way, but most are. We became educated by and from the world outside of Pinas and with the rise of technology, it's now instant. Although most Filipinos love the American and other Western culture, we still prefer ours because of God, family, respect. And no, not all of us are that way. But most are.

My humble opinion, this is what I think is happening in Pinas. As you know, the U.S. has become a melting pot of many cultures, ethnicities, religion, nationalities, etc. The Philippines is pretty much the same way. You can look at our food and see who has colonized us. The Philippines is a predominantly English speaking country, but we held on to our values as a group of people. Whereas American culture is "me", "I" where being independent is staunchly instilled in people here. In Pinas, the culture is "we" and "us".And please before anybody says WW1WGA - yeah, tell me anybody who did that here in the states. It'd been nice to have seen that. Look at Filipinos history. We brought down a dictator without firing a shot because we were one. The People were and are truly one. to be continued

LOL The Large Spider! They Jump too so be careful or it may scar you for life. hahahaha

Thanks for the med info! I was just at the HOP last month! Great breakfast next door at The Holiday Inn!👍🏻

Hernia? Broken leg, or arm? Heart bypass surgery? Kidney stones? NAFL disease? Cateracs?...?

If you have a picture on your phone of your old script, even if its expired, most local pharmacies will just sell you whatever you need. If they don't just go to the next one. I've also used Mwell app to have an online consultation with a doctor for 500 pesos from the comfort of my condo and he sent me an electronic prescription

Comparing Philippines prices to American prices is a huge mistake. It’s better to compare Philippines prices to neighbouring countries such as Vietnam or Thailand. You’ll quickly realize the Philippines is overpriced (and low-quality) for things like meals, rent, dental, or medical care. $43 for that shoe-box hotel is extremely overpriced. If I was living in the Philippines and needed some mediocre medical procedure or dental procedures… I would 100% jump on a plane to Bangkok Thailand for top notch care at a reasonable price . I would never go to a Philippines medical facility. I can’t believe you spent $300 on two boxes of Cialus. It’s only $1 a tablet for legit genuine pharmacy brands in neighbouring Asian countries. About 6X less than what you spent. Things look great to some guy watching this from America that has never been to Asia. But from a guy that has lived in multiple Asian countries, in my opinion be cautious about the Philippines. The rent is really high and the quality of everything isn’t justified in a photo or video. When I left the Philippines my life improved 2X and my budget was cut in half. Stay open minded. Don’t get tunnel vision.

South Star Drug?

FYI, Cebu is one of the most crime-ridden cities in Asia! Of course like anywhere there are good areas and bad. Davao is a well run and policed city. I live in NW Mindanao because this is where my Filipina is. We do not venture south of Illigan city or into the mountains. And we only go towards Illigan if we absolutely have to. In the last year even the BI agents have warned me to not go anywhere without my Filipina. This fall is election year, so crime goes up. Its how many politicians finance their campaigns. Consider where you travel carfully. Do not rent (you can't buy land), long term. Try many different areas long enough to see if you can put up with the local idiosyncraties. IE three of your neighbors within 1/4 mile having 3,000 watt Karaoke Machines starting sometimes at 0700 and depending on where your are, 0100. Where i am its banned after 9pm. There are also the incessantly barking dogs, Fighting rooster farms that crow 24/7, and worse of all, the insane drivers which can be found in the Muslim concentrated areas or the cities they travel between, like where I live! This is not to scare you off but to encourage you to be wise. There are many great places to choose from. Best of luck!

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Wow that's amazing,,broke my back here in Canada and after my initial hospital stay trying to see a doctor for follow up has been a nightmare,,sometimes waiting more than 12 hours in emergency to see a doc just to be able to renew a prescription,,ridiculously,,can't wait to get better and move home to the Philippines 🇵🇭,,thanks for your video,,I've forgotten how wonderful it is there

$100 a month 😮😮😮

Where I live in the Virginia If you need to change your primary care doctor due to incompetence , the wait for a new patient appointment is 1-5 months minimum. The US death care system is an absolute disgrace overall.

You'd get a better room in a U.S. prison. That place is disgusting

Was in hospital in Da Nang for three days. Including all lab tests, private nurses, all doctor visits, radiology tests, medications, food, private nurse $356. I have doctors in BKK, Da Nang, Ho Chi Min, BGC, etc preemptively. All gave me their personal cell phones and told be to text them anytime. SE Asia is not MANAGED CARE like in US. I have direct health care that is far superior to anything in the US. I forgot my meds also and was able to just go to pharmacies in SE Asia and get refill without Dr Visit. Great video

When you say Mercury is the most "cost effective", does that mean cheapest? And do you know if prices are standard country-wide or is it soecific to location? I was wondering about this just yesterday. Great vid, thanks!

For established prescription renewals in the US, you don't even have to drive to a doctor's office. You can phone the doctor's office and a nurse can speak with your doctor and issue the prescription to Walgreens or Rite Aid electronically. I know. I am the Philippine vlogger exaggeration police. lol

we're respectful and loving people,we'll put our best foof forward every time.but if you disrespect us in anyway then you'll see the monster within a Filipino...believe me its in our blood...

Cialis has so many benefits aside from the obvious. ASADA was considering listing it as a PED. Great Video Chris.

Awesome video, Chris. Thank you so much.

Chris thanks for sharing valuable information 👏🏾!

So reasonable for that room in that location; $45 USD.

Hope all is well brother!! You can get the daily form from Mark Cubans cost plus drugs for like $20 for 90 days. It’s so cheap here in the states, so might be better shipping it over there. Amazon pharmacy has it too, so even if it’s slightly more expensive the free shipping will more than make up for it. The telemed docs are like phone doc in a box, so they can send the script for like a $29 televisit from doctronic, or various others. That script would save you a lot each year doing it that way.

my experience with meds in the Phils was similar. efficient and inexpensive, though not as quick as your visit! I think the other pharmacy you meant was Watsons.. 😃

Enjoy your videos. My wife and I are planning on coming to the Philippines. I got really broken up in a car wreck and broke my back in two different places, left femer broken in half, left knee and ankle broke, my right knee was really broken up and just had a total knee replacement. I also broke both arms and right wrist. I'm 51 years old now. This all happened in a bad car wreck in 2020. So, to say the leastI havealot of chronicpain. I was just curious as to if I would be able to find a good Dr that would help me with pain management. I know a lot of places here in America have really cut out writing pain medication because of people misusing it. Any info would be greatly appreciated. We really do want to come to the Philippines to live.

Glad to know and thank you for sharing God bless you and enjoy the Philippines

Good job Chris. Thanks for all the info.

very informative as always

Thanks for this video. Chris...Jim

Healthcare is horrible in Philippines. I have dealt with it personally, Had to fly back to USA to get a hip replacment revision I had done in Philippines when I broke my hip in Philippines on a motorbike accident. Idiot ortho used a prothesis too small for my American body frame. NEver was able to walk after procedure in PHilippines, spent 7 week in a private hospital.

You forgot to buy your memory pills.... LOL

ha ha ha ha i know what you mean with 50+ 🤣🤣🤣

Love that you did this topic.

Keep "it" up Chris! LOL 😅

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HI Chris! Kamusta? I hope you're doing well. I agree with you. Most of the time, especially in big cities like Manila or Cebu, Davao, the medical establishments are better than a lot of the medical establishments here in the States. When we were there in Oct, my FIL broke his eye glasses. We went to a local Optometrist & Ophthalmologist office in Mandaluyong. Because my FIL wasn't a patient they had to do the whole examination to make sure he''ll be receiving the correct glasses. We walked in, his eyes were examined, they did the glasses & lenses there at the site and within 1 hour, he got brand new glasses. The beauty was, we only paid $31 for the exam & the brand new glasses. He's still wearing them and he loves his new glasses. We're still going through the process of moving there - the plan is to be there by Christmas 2025. :) Ingat lagi at God bless.

Well done✔️👍 good information

3:20 and that's why we have filipina..they remember every lil detail .. and then some! Island girls 🏝☀🐺

Was presented with eating balut before man, and I'm like you, I don't know, I'm just not up to the challenge.