Hi! I'm Chai, a producer on this video. Before making this piece, I thought I knew a lot about American healthcare but was shocked by a number of things we researched. Would love to hear from you all on what surprised you the most in this video.
I need thyroid hormones to survive and regular tests to make sure I'm at right dosage. Lost mycoverage and an office visit to pcp is $100, then labs are $40, then my medication is between $35-$60. Rinse and repeat every 6weeks. And weight gain plus other health issues it's miserable
Really cool video! I’m writing a 20 page essay on Medical Debt and U.S healthcare for a college course, and I am also amazed about how little I knew and how complicated the system has become. Thanks again!
You should do a even longer video about the absolute insane issues (for me as a German) like that it cost money for Ambulance to collect you and that people who are dying would rather have a taxi.
@@reevomd8056 me being from a country that "lost a cold war" I was surprised when my friend from the US couldn't go to the hospital because she said she can't afford it and she was surprised when I said we have free wifi coverage literally everywhere outside and people in reality pay like less than 10$ a month for a 100MB/s internet at home and 20-30$ for up to 1TB/s.
Yeah and it’s strange that so many People Immigrate to this Country every Year America is the Immigrant Capital of the World mostly be developing third world countries
The inventor of insulin would be heartbroken to learn what they've done with his invention. He sold the patent for $1 so that the medication would be cheap to produce so more human lives could be saved.
I am diabetic and I was admitted to the hospital in Denmark with ketoacidosis because I had an infection. After a weeks worth of hospital time I was released into the wild, healthy and I didn't have to pay a single krone. In America I would have surely died.
You was realest into the wild, probably forest , where you did clime a tree.IN America , you would " surely died " and that is for SURE . Please , stay in Denmark and do not forget to claim your 2 month paid vacation .
@@markanthony3275 In Denmark medical treatment is free. Free in the sense that we pay by tax. We pay a lot in tax, but most people can easily afford that. In Denmark it is very difficult to buy a gun. Most people dont really need a gun, because most people solve conficts by discussion, or going to court. In Denmark when you vote, the votes are not wasted if your party gets less votes than the party that gets the most. Why is it Americans fight one another? "It is not what America can do for you!,,". Why did you stop listening to JFK?
@@pumpdumpster Well for starters...Denmark is a tiny little country. So it's very easier to address social problems. America has a vast area and a vast population , so it's difficult to address social problems. Also, like most Scandinavian countries, Denmark never really had the diversity that America had...Denmark has a uniformity of culture, although maybe not as much as Sweden for example. America does not have a uniformity of culture in the sense that people from Alabama are not like people from Alaska, and neither of them are like people from New York. One more important distinction...Americans are free ...to disagree with each other...the Scandinavian countries, as it was explained to me...never experienced feudalism. This has had the effect, historians have argued, of producing a culture that places NO value on civic freedoms...and in effect ...produces a phenomenon called "group think". That can be good or bad , it depends what swings their opinion. In Sweden, and I know Sweden is not Denmark, Olaf Palme wanted to get Swedes to agree to switch from burning lignite coal, to nuclear power...so he and some scientists, fabricated the Acid Rain scare...and that's a documentable FACT that you can find in Rupert Darwall's book "Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex" (2019). Palme told the Swedes "100,000 lakes are dying right now" ...and to a person, the Swedes fell for it ...and they all uniformly agreed to what Palme wanted because there is no culture of questioning and scepticism...and that's also a documented fact. That is the key difference between Scandinavia and America...Americans do NOT have "group mind" so they have scepticism about many things, and that also can be good and bad...but mostly, it has preserved them. I look at the undeniable evidence that any man on the street can see for himself...If people say America is such a terrible place, then why are other people constantly doing everything possible to get into America. Why are they not fighting and doing everything possible to get into Denmark??? A friend of mine married a Norwegian woman...and has been in Norway for twenty plus years. he describes Norway, with it's neatly planned out society and social programs...everything working smoothly and to a "T," as "pleasant incarceration". He has wanted to leave for a long time but Hilldy can't leave mommy.
The worst part is that if you showed a lot of Americans these people’s reactions and stories they straight up wouldn’t believe them. Americans have been propagandized to the point were they literally believe that a better system isn’t possible and any example of one is a lie that conceals some secret cost.
True! Americans are brainwashed and they don‘t know the difference between capitalism, communism, socialism and social democracy. I live in Germany and I have a lot of Americans co-workers and friends who live in Germany. They literally don’t know what Social Democracy is. The always thought that Germany is a socialist country. So whenever they figure it out and start to realize that they believed the lies of their politicians, all of them decide to stay in Europe for good. They don’t want to go back to the US. Yes, the US is by far the richest country in the world but the average citizens are not the richest. Only the elite get all their money. Everyone else is actually living their worst lifes possible.
Maybe that's why many women want to give birth at home? And also you have to pay 15k dollars to even give birth. As if your child is worth 15k!! Don't put prices on people.
They are selfish. They also forget that they’re one sickness or catastrophe away from poverty. I do not mind working for someone who isn’t able to, to get free healthcare they deserve. Even if some people misuse it, so long one person is getting the help they need I do not care I’ll continue to work and pay my taxes here in the UK.
they (the usa) would rather call it communism or socialism to avoid saying what it is.. Universal healthcare for everyone through taxes. Because everyone would understand right away what it means.. That the rich pay a bit more so the poor still get treatment.
McCarthyism (a.k.a Red Scare) swept through the United States during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and it was like a witch hunt trying to black list and imprison as many “communists” as we could. Communism/socialism is a buzzword for something bad in the U.S. because of that past
this is classic for corporate media - they publish all sorts of pieces about a problem, but never how to fix it. and when a politician or activist comes along with a solution, which necessarily disrupts business as usual, the smear and distortion campaign is cranked to the max. Every problem that Bernie had a plan to fix, guaranteed Vox has a smart little video explaining it and how bad it is. if you actually care about these problems like liberals claim to do, they wouldn't be liberals. they would be socialists.
@@Miabalzitch I was wondering since a long time. There are reports about the bad infrastructure, public transport, urban planning, the prison system, the education system, and yes, the health care system ... but nobody is changing anything.
@@krollpeter The ones that are profiting from it all are the ones bankrolling the politicians save but a few. Do you expect any real change any time soon?
@@Arcadia61 Looking at how Mr. Bidens initiatives to improve infrastructure are shaved off, no. 2024 America will be deciding, and I fear it will be a very bad decision many people will take.
Ernsthaft die lassen die Eltern von Kindern zu viel für ungesundes Essen in der schule zahlen. Klein timm darf nichts bekommen er kann sich kein essen leisten.
Truth! I'm thinking maybe to have healthy and well educated citizens isn't in their interest, ignorant masses are more easily manipulated and used... it can't be otherwise, it is too strange not to have access to free education and health care like the rest of the world... These are basic necessities...
I like your argument, I use a similar idea too. If half of healthcare is tied to your employment, then the result is restricting labour flexibility. If you charge so much for education, you don't get the knowledge and expertise needed for modern day work. How much does poor infrastructure cost the economy. If your roads and rail are too bad, then companies will set up elsewhere.
How can America the greatest nation In the world Not insure the entire citizenry when she has money to go to war overseas. America must use her intelligence to ensure the health of the entire nation. A nation needs healthy population so that they can be productive for today and posterity.
Yeah I like supporting drug users, some people should move out. This video is a liberal joke. You think doctors and nurses work for $15 an hour. Their medical insurance is free. The cost of college is $2500 a quarter. Keep drinking the liberal free koolaid
Imagine "Ma'am would you like to hold your baby for an extra $40?" and then coming up with the card machine. In the rest of the world we call this kidnapping and asking for a ransom
@@imme6954 so extra step slavery. Because your going into debt for basically giving birth and wanting to hold your baby. You don’t even get to enjoy your little angel until you pay the check.
I'm from Indonesia, an unnoticeable 3rd-world country, i complaining about this country so much, until 5yrs ago my mother had a tumor in her ovaries but gladly she's okay now, and the bills from hospital is just parking ticket.. I now learn how to being grateful and love this country..
I know right? Like I complain about this country every day, but after seeing US deeper, I am definitely thankful of our universal healthcare (#BPJS), automatic voter registration, and affordable public university, with all it flaws, which all of it are major problem in US, a first-world country
Bener banget. Kita mungkin bukan negara terbaik dan masih punya banyak kekurangan. Setidaknya kita harus mendoakan memiliki pemimpin yang ingin membangun negeri ini lebih baik lagi. Karena mau lihat ke negara manapun, tidak ada negara yang sempurna.
But what Indonesia needs is to train many of its medical staff better and start letting foreign specialists visit for training. Too many GPs here are too inexperienced, over prescribe and misdiagnose. it is probably better in Jakarta, but not in many other areas.
that man passing away because he couldn't afford his insuline broke my heart. no human should ever have to die over not being able to afford a widely available medication :(
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten I live in Argentina, a third world country and we have universal free healthcare, u can even get full cancer treatment for free.
Especially because the guy who invented it did not want people to make a profit off of human lives. He sold it for $1. Sure, that was worth more a century ago but that's like selling it for $20 today. These companies are leaches on society.
@@fedeph665 Is Argentina even a 3rd world country? I'm pretty much as far as it gets (middle EU) but from what I've seen it's not as bad as some African or Asian countries
@@Inferiis Argentina is totally not a third world country in the economic sense. It is way poorer than the EU but I think it might be on the same level as Russia (talking about per capita gdp here)
After listening to this video i was ashamed for my last ranting at the hospital here in Canada... My rant was about the 25$ parking fee (a sign mention parking is free if the visit is under 15 minutes but i was there for 20... i know, i know, i'm an entitled Karen /s)
I'm a slightly above minimum wage worker and I pay £110 a month on national insurance and that pays for healthcare, state pension, paternity leave, unemployment benefits plus a few more. It's a deduction on my wage, as is tax
@@pianoonparade An ambulance ride in the US is typically $1500-$3000, god forbid you need a airlift. Those start at $25,000. People have refused ambulances and hired ubers to take them to the hospital in an attempt to manage costs over getting healthcare.
I'm a Dutchman. About 15 years ago my brother wanted to move to the USA. He believed in the American dream. He wanted to become rich in a short amount of time and he believed that he could become successful there. Luckily we could convince him to not go. The argument that was most convincing, were the extreme expenses for health care in the USA. He never went to the USA and he is now happy he never went. Because the health care expenses have only risen since then.
I mean, even with the healthcare prices, going to America for a few years is still an easy way for anyone to get rich. Americans are much richer than all Europeans even after healthcare no matter which way you measure it. Just look at average wage salaries for STEM jobs. CS majors make an average of over 150k in America. What’s the better alternative? Go to London or something and make 50k a year while paying the same rent as NYC?
@@francois-xavieresperance5007 Well many people aren’t as risk adverse as you. Some people would risk going a few years without healthcare coverage if they get unlucky and fall sick for a chance to get rich. Imagine how that would improve your quality of life
The part about insulin made me angry. This young man had a whole life ahead of him and didn't get to live it out because of corporate greed and a superstitious fear that federal regulations are somehow going to lead to communism.
That's the thing. People in high positions, who are more concerned about maintaining their own paycheck. And a lot of smart people, who have to deal with immature ones. (You can see the difference with America's customer service lines, compared to Canada's. Big difference in quality.) It's not so much about being smart in this country. But more about being "entertaining." Or who is friends with who. TL;DR America hates smart people.
I made a comment outlining how I don't have to pay for my medication or consults. I have drug resistant epilepsy which puts me at risk of dying. I also said I feel sorry for the states [due to their healthcare]. He replied by telling me I deserve to be sick as I was ignorant and believed "that rubbish" It was clear where he's from due the use of "we".
Think of it as the US doing the world a service. Here in the UK there are right wing politicians who periodically try to privatise the NHS, but we can just point to the US and say "no, we can see it doesn't work, that's a terrible idea".
And yet it’s happening under everyone’s noses. And Brexit makes it less likely that we can adopt something like the German system which is a pretty decent compromise.
Ultimately the right would privatise everything in the world and whilst they have privatised the NHS from within they will never stop it from being free to use, paid for by taxes. It is the one thing they know they cannot get away with. Regardless of your feelings about the legal outcomes of Brexit, the political reality remains unchanged
It was the left wing Labour Party that started privatisation with Blair and Browns plans for private companies to build hospitals and saddle the NHS with expensive rents.
@@squeaksvids5886 let's be fair, there was nothing left wing about New Labour. Thatcher called Tony Blair her greatest achievement. They were war hawks and market fundamentalists, so just right wingers with a different brand (there are couple of left wing MPs in the party, but as we've seen recently, not enough to actually make it left wing).
Unfortunately you will lose the NHS I promise you. You are already losing it it’s being sold to private’s! That’s what Johnson and the brexitiers are doing believe me! Wait and see!
Living in the US, you learn that "Freedom for all Americans" is actually "Freedom for all American businesses." It sucks when half of your country’s policy makers prioritize businesses over people.
@@randomgaming8616 Yeah exactly, "start a business" as I said. And yes, America is a great place to be an established millionaire. Lot of potential for growth once you got a foot in the door.
well, feel free to move to Europe, as long as it's possible before we build a border to keep out US refugeees :| But srsly, feel free to come over, you will get the help you need to get on your feed
God I hate that argument so much. I just met someone recently that said: "America, where welfare is distributed to the wrong people, lazy people." Like jesus christ how can the concept of being born into poverty be so alien to these idiots
@@paivyt. Unfortunately for U.S. citizens, this will never change. As long as it's acceptable for a hospital to charge $56 for a pair of 10 cent disposable gloves, there's no way that these monsters will give up this kind of profit, why would they?
I once had a discussion with someone about that here on RUclips. He stated that those things are needed for the protection of its citizens, but he wouldn’t want to pay for my healthcare. It is not his responsibility. These people are so brainwashed.
@@chafiqbantla1816 it's not corruption. It's like Chinese people don't say anything to the communist authoritarian government cause they don't know what freedom means. Same with a majority of Americans, they just don't Realise what universal healthcare can do for them or even the fact that it is pretty easy for the largest economy in the world to enforce it.
@@chafiqbantla1816 not corruption in this case but this is pure capitalism. So lucky i don't live in the us because I'm 100% sure i couldn't afford it. Would rather pay higher taxes than to live like this. My thoughts go to you americans here that lives like this. This is not normal in the rest of the world. How you're so far behind on stuff like this is unimaginable
I had a friend in the US whose husband was seriously for several years before he died and by then the medical bills were so great that Patti had to sell their home in order to pay even some of them. She was reduced to living in her car, where she died alone of a combination of hypothermia and a heart attack one cold winter's night. She didn't have any money to put fuel in the car any more so that she could at least run the heater for a while. It's a barbaric system that could allow this situation to occur.
@@meijiishin5650My father had medical bills over $1 million, and my mother didn't pay them. In a few months they were written off. The US is a hellhole.
They're not alright with it, but it's their last choice, and more often than not, the people asking for help online are the ones trying to push for change. They're the ones who want universal healthcare. The ones who don't ask for help online usually have loads of money and berate anyone for not "working hard enough to afford Health Care." It's sickening the way people get treated over there.
Begging for help... Oh.. You mean gofundme... Well. That is suppose to be help while people against medical for all think it is a government plot to take citizens rights away and pay for lazy fat people..
The U.S. is perfectly fine with socialism. After all, having a standing military funded by society is ...socialism. It's not whether it's socialism is a benefit to the people in power. If you ever talk to an American, you'll quickly realize that they have been fed a narrative for generations to the point the propaganda has now become their fabric of society, even if society is being completely repressed by it. When you offer them something that benefits everyone v.s. something at will take from people and give it to the filthy rich, they'll choose to feed the rich over themselves every time.
I‘m a pediatric neurosurgeon here in Austria, been doing my job for 13 years now, asked many questions to so many patients but none of them was ever related to money or insurance. I feel privileged to being able to focus on my work.
The doctors never have the $$ talks with the patient. I think much of the high cost is the clerical staff they have to employ to have those discussions with patients and to manage insurance billing and disputes. I spoke with my surgeon today to prepare for an upcoming procedure. He absolutely never has mentioned payment. The hospital staff did demand a payment before I could go get my labs and ekg. You must have steady hands and nerves. Good for you! 👏 👏
I take my grandparents to the doctor regularly and the only money related question they get is if they want the cheapest drug prescribed or the one our doctor thinks will work best (and only becuase this area isn't the wealthiest, so most doctors ask this for the patient to be able to take the meds needed)
As someone, who does the same job as you at Great Ormond Street, the only people who asked about cost, were Americans, when they were referred !!! It is actually ' paediatric ', but I will let you off !
I’m an American woman. When I was a child I suffered from frequent pneumonia because of my fathers job as a farmer. During harvest season there would be so much dust in the air that it was too much for my lungs to handle. I would get pneumonia every year. I was hospitalized four times, each time staying for about a week. This put my family in financial ruin. We had to take back Christmas gifts to pay bills. No child should go through that guilt just because their body is unreliable. It stems self loathing on my part
That's rather sad. I had asthma as a kid, I have anxiety now, so I'm a fairly regular visitor at the doctor's office, but my biggest (and only) expense is my prescripted medication (which costs about 50 cents a month converted to USD)
Unbelievable. When it comes to health care no one here in Germany is concert about money. You get it free (in a sense of it is and always will be a small part of your earnings) even if it would cost 100.000$+. America is a bad place to live.
Exactly, Americans always talk about their freedoms, but in reality they are very quickly in a position with huge debt, lower quality in life, have 3 jobs, get homeless, live pay check to pay check - and the list goes on and on. "But, but...we want our freedoms" I'm so lucky being born in a country with universal healthcare, free education etc. And yes, I'll gladly pay my taxes. It gives me quality in life and much less to worry about.
Typical ignorant filth from the EU who are so uneducated that they don’t know the basics. You have a higher average household debt than the US, nothing that you mentioned is free (learn simple math), you have higher homelessness rate than the US, you have much higher taxes, much lower average net salaries, and you live in a literal war zone. You can’t even protect your own home land. You’re a joke. Rooting for Putin.
To paraphrase a certain Turkish himbo, Americans don't have freedom, they have a "treat consumerism economy" that allows you to get $5 jalapeño poppers, but good luck affording a house or even seeing a doctor
Netherlands, I had a pretty severe accident at work. Had two surgeries and I've been hospitalized for two weeks. The bill? They charged me 12EUR / 14USD for snacks & soda drinks I consumed. Very thankful for our 'socialist' healthcare system! In the USA that ordeal would definitely bankrupted me and I would be living on the streets
I had a complicated pregnancy, in and out of hospital the whole time until I delivered my lil bundle. The cost? 0. I even got free lucozade and snacks every time I was admitted. Our "Socialist" NHS is pretty sick😉
It was great to have been asked to appear in this piece as the Canadian panelist. It's not just what wealthy countries like Canada who offer universal healthcare to their citizens. My wife and I split our time between our home in Toronto and a 2nd home in Costa Rica, where we recently were granted permanent residency. Because we do not pay income tax in CR, we have to pay into the system for access. To cover myself and my wife, we pay approximately $80 USD a month for both of us, and the level of care in Costa Rica is very high.
Yeah, it is not often mentioned in the US when discussing this topic that it's not only the wealthy nations that provide universal healthcare. Many non-wealthy countries do as well. I wish people would mention that more, because there are lots of white supremacists in the US who oppose universal healthcare because they don't want any care going to non-whites and they'll say that the reason universal healthcare works in the Scandinavian countries (their perennial example) and wouldn't work in the US is because northern Europe has "a homogeneous (read, white) population." People ought to counter that argument by pointing to the many non-white and multi-racial countries that successfully provide universal healthcare.
@@colibri1 In the United States a heart surgery like his would cost close to a half a million dollars whether you're white or not. And like the man in the video who, very sadly, died from his diabetes - his treament would still cost $1300 a month for his diabetes medication alone. Regardless if he's white or not. The problem with universal healthcare in America is not a white supremacy thing, it's a there's not enough money in America to pay those high prices -thing. Even if the top 1% of earners paid all their money to taxes (literally taking every dollar from the 1%) it would only be enough to pay for Universal Healthcare for 3 years at those prices. . If America could get the cost of medications down to what they pay in Canada ( Such as $10 for insulin instead of $98. And $60,000 for a major surgery instead of $500,000) then Univeral Heathcare could be done here. . But at the prices are now, no country in the world could afford to give their citizens Universal Heathcare, regardless if the people are white or not.
@@romaskincare9138 this explanation is flat out wrong and the numbers show that. Costs are astronomical in the US because of non regulation and because everything is handled by private insurance companies whose purpose is not health of pepole but profit of the companies. Switch to a single payer system and all the administrative costs go to 0, drug costs will plunge as the single payer has huge bargaining power against pharmaceutical companies. The problem is that you have to raze to the ground an entire insurance industry and complicit doctors and there's far too much interest involved both by republicans and democrats it will never be done. The excuse that works for gullible Americans? - no freedom of choice - increased costs - long waitlists - socialist country All of the above proven wrong by a gazillion of single payer healthcare countries. But Americans don't like to take a peak abroad, they're always better than anybody else.
@@golwenraw How does that make what I said flat out wrong? My ultimate point was that the prices in the US are extremely high. They're extremely high because prices aren't regulated. Regardless if healthcare becomes public or stays private the prices are high and unaffordable at these rates. We keep hearing that there's universal healthcare in other crountries, but as mentioned in my comments the price difference in other countries. The costs of meds and procedures over there are regulated and that's why it's more affordable over there. How does that make my reply flat out wrong?
Basically, most problems that you see in America today boil down to one problem; our country cares more about profits than people. Corporations and the wealthy have bought our politicians to do their bidding at the expense of the majority of the citienzry. The top priority for our politicians isn't to do what's best for the majority of people. It's to do what is best for the wallets of the corporations and wealthy elite who bank roll them. That's why you see stuff like this happening. It all boils down to corruption.
I live in Germany and I absolutely love the healthcare system so so much. My mom died of cancer about one and a half years ago and from the moment she was diagnosed, until the day she died, she did not pay a single cent for any treatment or medication. She had to quit her job because she was diagnosed with stage 3c, so her surgery, chemo and other treatments were very rough on her body. Not only did the government pay her a so called “illness benefit” so we could still survive with just my part time job since I was also still studying at the time, but they even paid every single taxi she took to and from the hospital or other doctors. They payed for the hospital bed and oxygen tanks she needed at home, even her wheelchair, literally anything you could think of! That’s how far the government will go for you here, because they realize, that money should not have to be something you need to worry about, while you’re literally fighting for your life!
I hope your mum rest in peace. Could not agree more than when you get sick we should all protect that person. Because you can make a pile of money and that pile of paper will never smile or talk. People over money.
I am from Germany too. I just want to make one thing clear before anyone mistakenly thinks we live here in the land of milk and honey (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch): The government does NOT pay this, but either the taxpayers, i.e. all of us, or it is paid by the contributions to our obligatory health insurance. It is a principle of solidarity, into which we all pay, but also benefit from when we need it.
@@SkandalRadar yes but that’s the entire point of our system. My mom also payed the same taxes her entire working life here, and if the worst of the worst does happen, you realize why it’s so incredibly important to have this system and that it always has your back.
@@SkandalRadar And for any Americans reading this - in comparison to mine (Czech Republic), Germany is a much richer country. Yet our system here is exactly the same. You pay about 100 USD a month to the system and everything else is free. It's a tax, it's a small tax, and it's a tax that saves lives. Think about that next time you call yourself the greatest country in the world - former communist eastern Europe is way ahead of you, America.
@@SkandalRadar Yes, but the fact that it is a system based on solidarity makes it cheaper for all of us. Paying for insurance that covers something like a sever and long lasting disease is just not possible for most people. Even if you are able to pay for health insurance in a privatized system you will usually lose it, when illness causes you to lose your job. And of course not everything is perfect about the German health care system, but it is pretty good.
@@fatherson5907 So I guess begging strangers on the internet for money because of circumstances outside of your control is "standing on your own feet" then? It's always funny how delusional some people get over the institutionalised murder machine that is the US healthcare.
@@nanaya7e433 no, it’s called being irresponsible. It’s always funny seeing people from countries where the average salary is $20000 cry about the internal affairs of the US, somewhere they could never afford to even visit 😂😂😂
Funny how much more they can get out of their money. How little regulation they need to abide by to do most things. What brainwashed putz. Keep getting extorted for your alleged freedom. While the rest of humanity laughs.
The U.S. are just a horrible place to live if you don't have money. End of story. If you wanna know how societies actually work, look at northern Europe.
Seeing this make you know that USA it's not perfect like in the past everyone always says,for me I am going to UK to study and live there mostly because i love UK every vacation I go there or Texas if my vacation are aline with my best friend vacation
I moved to germany 2 and a half years ago and not having to worry about medical emergencies is one of the most freeing things. I had to have my wisdom teeth removed, free (save for like 10 bucks in antibiotics) then I went back to the states (foolishly didn't get travel insurance) and got a wicked sinus infection, going to the doctor and the meds was over 200$!!! It truly breaks my heart when Americans are conned into believing that socialized medicine will lead to a complete system collapse or whatever. No bud, you're living in the system collapse.
Here in the US we pay for our healthcare with our taxes, then we pay for it with our monthly insurance costs, then we get a bill for visiting the hospital, THEN we have to pay for our medications. It's a scam.
It is the same in France (taxes+monthly insurance+hospital bills+medication), by the way, except we are not charged between 70% and 100% of the cost, depending of our medical situation and of our insurance
Unlike many europeans, as an American you can choose whatever coverage and quality you want and can afford. European 'free healthcare ' is not free, its covered by healthcare tax. But you can't choose coverage or quality. You get what you get, no matter how much healthcare tax you pay. So European healthcare is great if you are poor, not so great if you earn a lot.
@@_Viking in France and many european countries, we have a general basic insurance, which is compulsory and is funded by contributions and taxes. It ensures a satisfactory level of coverage for all, poor or rich. But you have a complementary insurance scheme (also compulsory) linked to your work with different formulas for coverage of dental or eyes care, or specific care (podology for ex), or if you want to have an individual room with TV in a clinic, things like that. So the richer you are, the best complementary insurance you can buy. Or if you have a good syndicate in some sectors, because your employer pays a good part. The big difference is that (normally)
@@_Viking that's not even remotely true... people in Europe, the UK, Australia and NZ can get free healthcare or have medical insurance to get private healthcare...
To be forsed to pay just so you can hold your own child after birth, that is just utterly disgusting, who would even think of such a thing. It makes me feel sick.
Honestly I'd deduct it from payments and be willing to see them in court over it. How a bill to hold your own newborn can be enforced is beyond me, I'd challenge it at every chance.
The maddening thing about this is most of the money doesn’t even go to the nurses and doctors, but to the companies and the hospitals and the businessmen running them. Nurses and doctors there don’t even get paid enough to pay off their student debt
Yeah I mean your student debts are way too high too. I studied for 4 years here in switzerland and all it took me to finance it is a summer job of 4 weeks every summer. sure if you want to study somewhere away from your parents house, the cost of living would be a lot more but even then we have a lot of financial aids if you really can't cover it
@@Jana-kl3dpAmerica has been taken over by the elites and the government is no longer a republic. The Elites now in control of the people because love of the money and failure to remember Gods law. The children were forgotten like the warning said
I’m so so blessed to live in Austria, you don’t understand. I am so blessed. My employer shows the state what I earn, the state deducts the amount I should pay (based on all salary brackets), by the time I start work, I have a letter that shows how much is deducted from me, how much my employer pays, my insurance number and told to make an appointment to get my insurance card made at the police station, every EVERYTHING from there is covered. Except washing my teeth which costs 100€. That’s nothing. Specialists, GP, Dentist, fillings, etc etc all covered. Great quality healthcare too. One of the best in the world.
Heartbreaking how literal foreigners such as myself that never lived and won't live in the US care about this more than American conservatives. Not even the most conservatives of conservatives I've met in my lifetime ever thought universal Healthcare is bad.
@@unixtreme that’s because they have been brainwashed by the ultra rich to think that universal healthcare is bad when in actuality it’s really good for us. I’m a US citizen and A lot of it is the miss information shown by main stream media (that’s owned by the super wealthy) or the lies they say.
@@cupcakelove29 , True. Also there is way too much division within the American people to get up and protest against the ultra rich and the corrupt politicians. From gaslighters to liars, from weirdos to crazy people, people hate each other, fight each other, don't care about one another and don't wanna have anything to do with one another. Americans in all 50 states are way too detracted from their smartphones and social media. They are numb to the bad healthcare system here in America and act like it is normal. Unlike the people in other countries in this video, Americans, not all, don't wanna learn about other countries and their healthcare systems. Some of them will put down other countries and say America is the greatest country in the world with freedom and full freedom. And the people from other countries in this video, they will never survive or live long in the United States because of how heartless, cruel, silly, crazy and stupid the healthcare system is.
Unfortunately that’s how America has always been like, it was “free” land where anybody could come and claim with blood and sweat. You’re free to become capitalist on the back of slaves and fellow Americans or you can die penniless.
I am from Bonaire, part of the Netherlands Caribbean. Three years ago i had cataract on both eyes where i was nearly blind. For surgery I had to fly to the neighbouring island Curacao. I got to choose someone to accompany me. Everything was payed for by our care system, that includes two flights, five nights in a hotel, taxis, surgery, medication and even pocket money for lunch and dinner. And that I had to do two times. Now that is freedom. I can see perfect now, not even need glasses anymore. I am so grateful for our system :-)
So the healthcare system at NL Antilles still runs as before its dissolution? Bonaire and Curacao have already become different political entities since 2010.
@@ThatSilentGuy As far as I know Bonaire belongs to the BES, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Islands and are a special municipality of the Netherlands and Are called Netherlands Caribbean. There is no more NL Antilles! Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten are on there own now. With somewhat support from the Netherlands. And all I know our health care just rules. It`s awesome. We even work together with Columbia for very special surgeries or complicated cases. Planes are ready to fly us there.
@@yottaforce thats what americans dont seem to get, it is an investment and act of solidarity into its citizen, just as education is - if your whole family and friends get bankcrupt or have to care for you and you are never able to do anything in your life again because of some health issues, that brings a whole lot of people down with it economically - and getting sick is almost never someones own fault
It's heartbreaking knowing so many of us are potentially one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. And yet somehow not being able to afford insurance or care is seen as a personal moral failing in the US and not a huge national problem.
@@GQ2593 You not personally responsible for not being able to pay an over $200,000 medical bill. No one chooses to get sick or injured. The average middle-class worker would never be able to pay that off with a single-income job. Don't be ridiculous.
@@GQ2593 Personal responsibility. You mean like the boy who was BORN with diabetes and died because he couldn't pay for insuline? Yoz mean that kind of "personal responsibility" ?
@@GQ2593 Or do you mean like the fact that a medical mistake meant I was born two months premature and have had lifelong health problems from that that I never asked for? That kind of personal responsibility?
I'm super grateful that I'm Malaysian. Our healthcare is not the best but it's quite good. It's not free but heavily subsidized. This video made me love my country more.
Back when I was 21 I had this surgery called appendectomy, simple surgery, took around 20 min to get it done, when i received my medical bill it was for $7,000, I thought my health insurance would cover all the expenses and when I called them the answer they gave was, “we cannot cover your bill because you didn’t get a peritonitis” (which is when the appendix explodes and basically there’s a very little chance to save your life) I was like “so you were expecting me to have one foot in the coffin so you can get me covered?” Healthcare in U.S. is the worst in the entire world and they pretend to blind of that huge problem.
I had a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago, snapped ACL, torn MCL and meniscus. Hospital visit was free, surgical consult was free, Xrays had a huge cost of maybe $40.. MRI was free, surgery was free, my hospital room was free, flat rate of $15 a month for all medication, rehab was subsidized and I even received 80% of my regular salary for the time I couldn't go yo work... your story is just so alien to the rest of us it boggles my mind.
@@mijp Luckily for me, I moved back to my country, Colombia, where in my opinion I do have more freedom and a much better healthcare than living in the U.S
@@maigepresents5840 thats insane that your job pays you when you're sick or injured! im American and if i called my job and said i was injured and would not be able to work for weeks, they would fire me immediately!
@@karlee462 the government pays me 80% if I get injured and need more than a few days off work. Most companies will use your sick leave (minimum 5 days a year) to top up the other 20% of you need to.
"But socialized medicine leads to rationing and waiting lists!" I live in Bulgaria, EU's poorest country. I had a pneumothorax in 2009 - my ling got punctured and withered, leaking air between itself and the rib cage. It took a few days before the symptoms were severe enough for me to go to a doctor. The visit to GP cost me about a dollar (now it's about a dollar and a half), the X-ray to diagnose it was free. I had an operation on the same day - it was not serious, but I had to stay in the hospital a few days for the lung to gradually expand again. I payed about 20 dollars for the bed and food. I also payed about 60 dollars for MRI - it was not covered by the insurance as it was not considered needed, but I payed for it out of pocket just to be sure everything was fine. Don't get me wrong, our health system has a lot of problems, from very low medical salaries and thus low doctor morale, we don't have the latest medical technologies, sometimes doctors are negligent and don't do their jobs properly. But you can always go to another doctor, and you will never be afraid you'll go bankrupt because of medical treatment. Our system perhaps takes more effort and perseverance to use, but it is accessible to everyone. Having the best healthcare and pricing it so people have to pay down medical debt for decades is not a sound economic policy.
Exactly same in Serbia. You dont pay anything that doctors consider necessary, if you want additional care just “to be sure” you have to pay some additional costs which is not more then 100 euros.. Its not perfect at all, we all consider our healthcare system to be bad, but yet you dont go bancrupt from some procedures your life depends on. If you dont get along with your doctor you can go to another one, ask for a different opinion
Exactly, it's not like people go to the hospital for fun once it's free, I live in Italy and you only have to wait if what you have isn't urgent (cronic pain).
100% true. I'm Bulgarian as well, living in the UK. I've used the UK public health system numerous times and I have not paid more than £50 in total for 2 years. In Bulgaria is the same. Some elderly people say medicines are too expensive , but honestly, compared to the other countries , I find it reasonably priced. Many things can be Improved but no doctor will let you die if you don't have money to pay him.
Хей! Аз също съм от България! Привет!:D So glad I live here. My grandma's not in very good health, had hear issues, vein enlargement and her blood pressure sometimes jumps up and more than a kid playing hopscotch. We once had to call an ambulance 3 times in a single month and am so glad it is free. Supporting a family of 5 with 2 small pensions and 1 salary doesn't leave much extra money, especially if said salary gets delayed for 2 months at a time.
Oh trust me the US healthcare system takes the most effort and perseverance to use, and that is assuming you have health insurance (after making those confusing decisions illustrated in the beginning). You first need to find a doctor in your network. A hospital or office might be in network but specific doctors might not be so you need to figure out who you will be seeing and confirm that doctor is in network. Don’t know what’s wrong with you and therefore have no clue what kind of specialist you need? Tough luck, take your best guess and hope for the best. Once you think you have a doctor you can go see based on scouring pages of confusing provider lists, you need to double or triple check with your insurer and the doctor. Calling the insurer might mean you get to stay on hold for inordinate amounts of time, yay! And then once you get whatever treatment and it’s time to pay, you hold your breath and hope the insurance actually covered it. I’d give it a 50-50 chance. They may not cover it which then is the start of year long battles with insurers and hospital accounting departments who are fully lawyered up so best lawyer up as well. But while you try to get your justice, your credit ratings take a nose dive which means you may be alive but everything is now a lot more difficult and expensive to do, potentially permanently. So yeah, it takes tons of brains, time, patience and money to be sick in the US - and that is if you have insurance. If you don’t, you beg for money to pay for stuff, you sell all of your possessions and go bankrupt to pay for it, or you just die. Land of the free it is not, but it is brave to a foolhardy level to live in America. I am born and raised American but I don’t live there anymore. Once they figure out health care and gun control, I would love to go back, since I do love my people and my country. But I am not risking getting shot only to live but then become bankrupt from the medical bill.
Please, for those who live outside my country, mourn out daily loss of lives & take a moment to appreciate your Healthcare that was fought so hard for. Our fight continues.
A year and a bit ago, I spent one week in a Canadian hospital ... a brand new, state of the art one I will add. The bill waiting for me at the end was for $0.00 The local health authority did try to charge me for a "private room" but that was immediately dropped when it was pointed out that this ultra-modern hospital only had single rooms and there are no wards. $0.00 Then a few months later, Americans living an hour's drive from me were dying at 3 x times the per capita rate as were our citizens of Covid 19. What did Trump say about it? "Canadian health care is a DISIATAH! ... a DISASTAH!!" Americans have been lied to for so long (and they don't seem to "get out" much") that they really haven't a clue about how health care works around the planet.
@@timhamock2996 This. 100% this. Our citizens are totally brainwashed and the government loves it. They can do literally anything and get away with it.
@@bradley8575 its funny that you write under so much comments, but you actually never bring any other arguments than pointing the finger to russia/china and more while trying to tell us "theyre not better". i mean, you sound like my 5yr old nephew who just got caught stealing sweeties and who then tries to blame others. get over it, youre living in a huge capitalistic lie.
@@bradley8575 youre still doing it. the fun part is you dont even realize it. self-reflection can be a hard task, i know it. but the average american (= you) never has been known for such skills...
It's amazing! We learnt a few months ago that America is about the only rich country in the world that doesn't provide paid maternity leave for new mother's - even Afghanistan and poor African countries do that!
wow really?? i had no idea; im starting to think america is an oligarchy and not a democracy; the masses are controlled by the wealthy elite; even the poor will scream communism when you try to talk to them about public health care; so sad how brainwashed they are ; what is even sadder the poor and middle class will vote in these wealthy elite and they do not care one bit about them; they just keep amassing wealth for their class at the expense of everyone else
@@sherrymac1336 Republicans would actually explain to you that America isnt a democracy. Its a constitutional republic they say very PROUDLY! And im like... wut?? why you happy on being a 3rd world banana republic?? wtf
When I moved to America I was horrified by the healthcare system but the worst part is that there are people defending this system and sometimes defending it fervently
imagine living in one of the richest countries in the world. yet you have to set up a go fund me page to pay for your medical bills. how dare americans still say that they live in the greatest country on the planet? i am so glad to be Dutch.
@@SuperSillyKitten Move to the welcoming Germany...or Denmark. You could try and get a job in the military and ask for working in Germany e.g. By that I mean not joining the army, but getting a normal job there. Like accountant or something...you get the picture.
@@SuperSillyKitten what’s stopping you? Just leave. But you’re aren’t American. If you were American, you wouldn’t type “Am American” - you’re probably Indian. You also wouldn’t write “hamburgers” - we just call them burgers. But keep on pretending you’re from the US if that makes you feel better about your poverty.
There's a lot of us who care. When the politicians get out of the way or wake up to what we need here, the maybe we can adopt elements of healthcare from other parts of the world
it maybe help some what. but there always will be stupid people in america who say its communism and what not. they will not want to have this changed anyway
@@sheldon-cooper they're slowly turning the NHS from a public system into a private one though bit by bit, and refusing to fund it properly (while pretending they are because they can't admit that openly). Starving the beast takes time, and people shouldn't be complacent about it
Good documentation. One question: Did the New York Times cover this issue as aggressively when Bernie Sanders ran for office twice and tried to change the American health insurance system?
I'm from Texas and I'm embarrassed and enraged at our system. I was out of work for 3 months due to a fractured collarbone and ribs. I lost thousands in wages because my job didn't cover me, and forced to pay thousands more in outrageous medical fees. Now I'll have to work overtime shifts for at least 5 months to make up the losses.
I live in the UK, fractured my elbow and had 6 weeks off, Payed nothing for getting my arm fixed though the NHS and because the UK has 28 days paid leave and I work 4 days a week I got paid my normal wage for my time off and I still have 4 days left for a week off at Christmas. Completely different world, to think I used to want to move to the USA when I was a kid.
Secretly Communist America, control by Financial Abuse. Next year in america: Breath tax, you wanna breathe? You gotta pay for it. Nobody's saying you HAVE to breathe, that's your decision, your right as an american to choose.
Can we see a video of "What does US labour laws look like abroad?" Some of the stories that I've heard are more like 1800's Victorian England than 21st century advanced country
@@rtsharlotte Why exactly are you showing me all this? I don't live in this dystopian nightmare called USA. I live where the government cares about their citizens.
I moved to Japan 5 years ago and when I think about returning home, getting a decent job with a good benefits package is front and center in my mind. Even applying for unemployment and welfare assistance is a joke. I was denied when I was between jobs as a college student, and my late aunt, who had nothing, was living off my parents' couch, was only given $15/mo for groceries. It's an utter nightmare.
ya well you had Obama calling up the others running getting them to drop out at the same time & support Biden while telling Warren to stay in since god forbid if the people have a politician that isn't 100% owned by the rich in this country. I would never vote for the republican or democrat parties as they are from my view human trash.
Only if the NYT endorsed that person... except they didn't. They supported the neoliberal candidate & now want to act like it's a problem that couldn't have been fixed
@@tofupowda Pretty hilarious how the NYT is posting this while having a hand in making sure Bernie didn't win... except not so much funny as infuriating.
All non-Americans please, please, please keep talking about how our health care system is dogshit. Maybe one day we'll get a president that actually listens.
@@pietsnotty8283 Well, when it comes to gun laws, it's a bit different. There is a constitutional amendment that make all gun restriction laws illegal. So if you want to legally have gun control laws, you first need to remove that constitutional amendment.
@@Tjalve70 I thought most Americans are against guns, but the lobby is big. It's frightning how much gun violence and mass shootings there are. I like it in the movies, but i prefer my country where hardly anything happens (Netherlands). The Swiss basically all have a weapon, but only 0,1% of deaths are by gun violence. They're being properly taught I guess... Anyways, like i said, its good here ;)
It is not up to the president. The whole system works around it, you will need to make a lot of changes to regulations, and so on. People get into the medical field to make big bucks, and take on huge loans for their studies in expectation thereof. Education plays into this, and so do the banks and feds. Same thing with minimum wage in the USA, infrastructure (suburbia vs. European towns) etc.
When i was younger i saw the USA always as a dream destination. The more i learned about the "land of the free" the more i was happy to stay were i am.
I'm from the UK and 68 years old. When I was 13 I broke the head of my femur at school. Since then I've had 7 major hip operations (including 2 replacements), total 1 year in hospitals, 7 years on crutches, 6 minor operations to wrists and elbows (because of crutches) and 1 knee arthroscopy (soon to be replaced) plus 50 years of painkillers, anti-inflammatories etc. Total cost $0 I'm now living in Italy and guess what, I'm still covered by the NHS
Not entirely true, mate. As an American who moved from the US to the U.K. I have a keen understanding of both systems. While the U.K. system is significantly cheaper for some, you definitely pay for it via NI deductions on income. Of course how much you pay is dependant on your income level but I’ll tell you I pay more in NI deductions than I paid for my insurance in the US. That doesn’t mean it is cheaper in the US for everyone as there are additional costs of co-pays and deductibles. However, if you have a good job in the US the chance is the overall cost is less than what you pay here in an equivalent job through NI deductions. Also, the costs shown aren’t direct to patient unless the patient doesn’t have insurance. Generally speaking, you’d never see any bills like that in the US. Your insurance would take care of it and you’d have a much smaller amount in co-pays and deductibles. For instance, I paid around $120 a month in the US for my insurance. This insurance had a $0 co-pay at normal GP visits and a $50 co-pay for specialists or hospital visits. There was also an annual $2500 deductible that I had to meet before the insurance would pay for anything. So, if I had a good year with minimal health issues my total cost would be $120 a month. If I had a bad year, it could be as high as $375 a month all in. Now, I am at a similar salary level here in the U.K. as I was in the US and my NI deductions are £445 a month ($619). So, for me, the U.K. system actually costs me a lot more than the US one did. The main difference is that NI is taken and there are never any additional costs. Whereas the US system less is taken up front and there are additional costs. However, still in my case the US system was better. It was not only cheaper but the level of care was better and faster. Now someone who doesn’t have insurance - that’s a different story.
@@johnmoore8918 unfortunately though you are equating NI contributions to the NHS. Although this was how it was originally proposed, successive governments have used increases in NI as a means to raise money whilst still being able to claim they haven't raised Income tax. Only about two thirds of money raised by NI contributions goes to the NHS
@@capitanosteve6142 even if we take 2/3rd of my NI the U.K. is still more expensive than my US care. The point is, these videos are not actually comparing apples to apples. Many instances exist where the U.K. system is more expensive.
@@johnmoore8918 well, the average cost of health insurance in the US is £400 per month at the moment . Should you be unlucky enough to need treatment, this would not cover co-pays, upper limits of payouts for many treatments or ongoing (extortionate in the US) drug costs. If , as you say, you paid less than 2/3 of your NI contributions that means you must be earning more than £175k per annum.
@@capitanosteve6142 the average cost of health insurance per month is absolutely not £400 a month in the US mate. To say so would clearly show a lack of understanding of the US health system. In the US very very few people actually pay 100% of their insurance costs. It’s almost always part of your employment package. 3 years ago when I was working and living in the US I paid $120, not £, per month. My employer payed 2/3 of the cost, or $240 per month, for a total of $360 per month for full coverage of myself and my wife. However, you can’t claim that our cost was $360 because it wasn’t as it was only $120 monthly. Matter of fact, I don’t know anyone who ever paid more than $300-400 a month while working for health care. After retirement you might see your costs rise slightly but you also have supplements from government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Couple that with the fact that social security for most in the US pays well over 2x the maximum government pension here in the U.K. and again the US comes out on top monetarily speaking. You can’t compare apples to oranges and then be outraged about the disparity - it’s easy to spot someone who doesn’t understand the US system because they claim things like “they pay $1000s for a ride in an ambulance”. No, they don’t. Insurance might but the individual themselves definitely do not in 99% of cases. Also, I pay, as I said earlier, well over £400 a month in NI right now. Even if we claim only 2/3 of that is going to cover the NHS, I’m paying around $400 a month then for health coverage which is absolutely more than my cost in the US was and it’s for subpar coverage. I spent over 30 years in the US and am intimately familiar with the costs as I’ve had serious medical issues that saw me in hospital a few times. The cost was still less than I’ve paid here in the U.K.
As someone from Germany where I got surgery that was about 70k € and got it for free this is seriously depressing. How can Americans say They live in the best country in the world is beyond me😂😂😂
@@sweetra07 Rich people don't care that much if they pay 1000$/month for HC so they have a peace of mind others don't (Poor and middle class have to compromise and have, no HC or blonze/silver HC)
This reminds me of one of my American English tutors, who have lived in Japan for a long time, criticized the Japanese healthcare system like "Why do I have to pay for the universal healthcare system? I'm healthy, and I'm not going to get sick. This is unfair." I'm so sad that I was a beginner-level English speaker back then, so I couldn't let him understand the benefit of it at the time...
Unfortunate he couldn't see it for the good that it was. Came from a 3rd world country, moved to Japan. The healthcare here is honestly one of the reasons why I wanna stay for good. Never gotten too sick, but having reliable health insurance here helped me improve health wise because I could actually afford to go to the hospital or dentist. One may not be sick now, but you never know in the future. Only then will one realize the importance of good health care
I had minor brain trauma a few months ago, my employers sent me to a clinic were I received very poor care. I'm still insured through my parent so I'm seeking private medical attention. but every day I go to work to pay my bills at the cost of my health and every day my condition deteriorates. The American health system is scary, and stressful. I should be doing nothing but resting and healing. but that's not the reality America has created for itself
Mexican here and our health care system is nowhere perfect, but my mom has been in-a-out the hospital from the past 6 years (surgeries, recovery, consults, even a week at the ICU) and the only thing we have had to pay is the parking lot cost
@@Flamechr for Jobs, but nowadays most Mexicans that haver superior level of study prefer Go to canada, i know that because i'm a Brazilian and i have a lot of mexican friends.
@@Flamechr the desperate go to the US, the ones with highly specialised degrees go to Canada. Bear in mind that a Mexican immigrant to the US, although as a poor person they might have better health coverage in Mexico¹, in just about every other metric their quality of life is much worse. They're essentially betting health on the promise of money and a better life for their children, and the average healthy person is able to pull it off. ¹ You need to keep in mind that Mexico is a developing country, like mine is. If you live in a poor or remote area, virtually no services exist. Furthermore, the government is also poorer, so public health care often lacks medicines (as far as I know, Mexico dispenses some medicines free of charge through its public health care system). Thus patients still end up having to pony up money for medications that the poor can't afford. If you're a poor person in an urban area with a steady job on something or another, you can manage just fine, albeit precariously-those aren't the people who emigrate to the US. If, however, you're a barely literate, exploited peasant farmer in an economically depressed area with few job prospects, the Mexican government's health care is more of a theoretical concept, hence why moving to the US becomes much more attractive, for it's about the same level of health care and, at least, you get money and your children get better prospects. Hope this helps!
@@nicolasrodrigues9103 That's very interesting. Is that because the US has been degrading so much over the past years? Because looking on from scandinavia it really does look like a 3rd world country now, and I'm baffled that Americans can't see this.
@@TheSilverwing999 yes, for example, i want to do my PhD in Australia or Canada, if il choose made my phd abroad. US is good for open companies, but not that Much to find a job
I live in Indonesia and we still have a better healthcare system even with ramping corruption issues, at least people doesn't go broke from going to the hospital here.
well the thing about corruption in the US is, that these politicians don't count as corrupt but get payed by companies anyway. And those companies support those most, that are most likely to do, what they want. Over here in Europe we call it corruption (sueing those politicians is a different problem..)
@@daDUSTad I just wanted to write the same. Here it is a crime, and you go to jail for that. Everything that it is presented to American citizens as a freedom is totally opposite. If you have system which allows someone to pay to congressman (legally) to vote for or against some law according to his interest, that is not freedom for all, that is thirany of oligarchs. I have nothing against reach people, or against ambition to be reach, I have same ambition for myself, but let's "compete" under equal conditions...I went too far from the subject, sorry...
my cousin had a pretty bad motorbike accident a couple years back. had to have reconstructive surgery for his left foot bcs the skin was scraped on asphalt (had to get a skin graft from his thigh as well as get metal pins to correct the bones). hospital informed us that part of the surgery cost will be covered by Traffic Accident compensation provided by Jasa Raharja. it ended up covering the whole surgery cost (got maximum amount we could get due to how severe his condition was) and we only had to pay for recovery cost post surgery and his physical therapy. can't imagine what would happen if we were living in US.....
Wait. So Universal Health care is not okay because it's "communism" but Go Fund Me is okay? Isn't Universal Health care just an obligatory Go Fund Me that an organisation handles? In my country my monthly "donations" to the "nationwide Go Fund Me" depends on my income so it doesn't bother me covering someone's back because I know when it's my time to need help (it's not a matter of if, but a matter of when), I won't have to die due to lack of money.
Nobody on Go Fund Me is obligated to give you money. It's a gift. The USA system is based on the possibility to develop yourself to the point to be able to afford your medical expenses.
A few years ago I passed out at work, hit my head on the way down. The second I woke up I begged them to just let me take a bus home but they said I had to go. If anything happened to me it would be on the company. I sat in the ER crying begging them to stop treating me. They couldn't find a cause and said I was probably dehydrated or overworked. When the bill came my work suddenly said they weren't responsible since it was a pre existing condition. I begged my boss to put me on full time so I could afford the bill and have insurance so I could do follow up appointments. She told me they simply weren't allowed unless someone else quit. I got 1 day off unpaid and no follow up treatment. I had 2 black eyes with a cut and worked in at a service desk in a busy Vegas Casino.
That's terrible. You have to organize and ask as many times as necessary a Universal Health System.That would give you a lot of peace of mind and nobody would be in danger of dying or in the "best" of cases, bankruptcy
It was supposed to be the world's first multiple choice question Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of happiness. Joking aside this video and there are quite a few more, is really depressing. Knowing that my Cousin and His family have to live with that on a daily basis.
@@evileyez504 I tried to dive into the (interracial) relations of the Jefferson-Wayles-Hemings-Eppes families a while ago, but it was too complicated, intertwined. I was baffled to read that Jefferson freed Sally Hemings, with whom he had 4(6) children, only after his death !! I thought that all his 4 children were freed when he died. Or was it that Harriet was not officially free ? (btw A reason 'might' be that under a Virginia law a freed enslaved person , had to leave the state within a year.) Anyway it is bizar. Sally and jefferson's wife Martha were defacto half-sisters (with 25 yr age difference) and thus Sally's children and Jefferson's daughter Martha did not have 50% , but 75% the same blood line and DNA and yet they had such different positions !
@@EELSGT3 not so many. Not anymore. America used to be (40, 50, 60 years ago) the "land of opportunity", but it's not anymore. I think every day more and more people are aware of that.
@@jasnazivkovic969 oh for sure more and more are becoming aware but there's still far too many that still believe in it and they're usually ones from countries that far too many Americans would rather not immigrate to America
@@jasnazivkovic969 yep , im Polish living in Germany, my unckle lived in USA since 80's moved back to Poland 3 years ago, he just said american dream is over.
I live in a so called "third world country" (Bangladesh), still here we have government hospitals, services are almost free. We have a strong regulation over the prices of drug and essential commodities. Maybe we are better than America in some aspects. 😅
We, your closest neighbours, don't have this in most parts of our country. Government is busy polarizing the people to win elections and people are dumb enough to uphold their stupid ideals while ignoring the state of the country. Pathetic.
I live in the UK. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form Multiple Sclerosis when I was just in 21 years old. Which is why my doctor prescribed the strongest form of medication at the time. In hindsight these meds probably saved my ability to walk, maintain my vision and cognition. After watching this video I just looked up the price of the medication I took out of interest. It was not even mentioned in my initial consultation. It actually cost just over £56,000. I don't even think I had 10% of that money at the time. I am now 31 years old on a very decent salary after finishing a computing degree. I probably paid back that amount by now with my National Insurance contributions. Had I not been presented the opportunity to take the meds at the time there is a strong chance, I probably would have been out of a job and on disability benefits. Universal coverage is not only humane but also cost effective.
Yup. Also - taxes in Canada are comparable income to income with people in the US, but we fund our Heath care with our taxes. I’d rather get my leg surgery than a new helicopter or whatever.
"When you lose your job, that's when society should help you." Probably a foreign concept to many people who live in a country where those same people say that "universal health care" would mean the equivalent of taking your stuff from you.
Trump's idea was to make sure nobody loses their job by creating more jobs than workers. The people who saw no value in that were those who didn't want to work. They caught a Democrat disease called "society owes me".
Spaniard living in Germany here. My sister is an anesthesiologist for the Basque public healthcare system. I believe in Spain we are unaware and take for granted the awesome healthcare system we have, which I've come to appreciate more especially after moving to Germany (it isn't awful like the US here but I definitely felt it lacking compared to the spanish system). IF anything I wish the governmet spent more on it so that you people aren't so underpaid and overworked.
Some notes: 0:12 “The United States is the only wealthy nation without universal health care.” 1:25 “35% of American adults report avoiding medical care because of cost.” 2:10 “Half of Americans have health coverage through an employer.” 2:49 Average price of insulin in other countries. USA is by far the highest 3:55 “66% of bankruptcies in America are tied to medical issues.” 4:14 “In the past decade, almost 250,000 GoFundMe campaigns have been set up for health care costs, raising $650 million.” 4:30 US Health Care is the most expensive of developed. US average Life Expectancy was lowest of developed countries.
"Harsh" capitalism is worse. A democratic Socialist country can have some level of capitalism in it and still prosper & has happier people than what is happening in the U.S. , (mind you U.S. surgeons are probably the best for bullet wounds because of all the practice they have had.) . Russia & China & N.K. have a dictatorship socialism meaning your opinion does not count for anything. These are the people #45 was dancing with and wanted to emulate.(copy) Screw democracy and your right to voice your opinion. Once you lose it it would take a bigger uprising than on Jan 6 to bring democracy back.
A relative of mine had a minor accident while in New York. His experience was shocking. Unnecessary brain scan and encouraged to wait until the plastic surgeon was in to have a few stitches done, which fortunately he declined in favour the perfectly able alternative. Then despite his insurance company telling the hospital to send all bills to them, he was for the next six months bombarded with bills and harassment- they dribbled in. He thought the first one was excessive but then came a separate bill for the doctor etc. At least it explained to him why the father of the child who had a similar accident in the park adamantly declined an offer to have her taken to hospital for a check up. It left a really bad taste - healthcare in the USA seemed like a dodgy abusive business. He also noted that although all the expensive tests were very quick, the wait for the five stitches (all he really needed) was longer than he experienced for a similar injury in the UK. The NHS needs more funding and certainly is not perfect but it is so preferable to the USA healthcare system, which I would be ashamed to be part of.
I agree. There is something to be said for having the availability to do the big, expensive tests. MRI's and PET scans and the like. If we're being honest you can wait quite a while for an MRI in Canada. I ended up paying around a couple thousand for a couple private MRIs in Canada due to the wait time. That was a choice and one I'm grateful I was in a position to make. I could have waited and gotten a free one but I also would have waited 8 months to find out about the tumour on my liver. That said, I wouldn't trade the Canadian system for the American one. It is absolutely immoral to allow people to die simply because they can't afford treatment.
I went to my doctor because my grandmother was diagnosed with hemochromatosis (too much iron buildup because genetics) and the doc visit, blood draw and results cost $0. How does anyone afford anything after paying for health care in the US? (I’m in Canada.) And since wait times are all upsetting, it took three days from my initial call to get the doctors appointment for the blood draw orders, 24 hours to get the blood draw done and 3.5 weeks to get the results back.
@@ajlichty7399 I need my bloods checking regularly because a medication I take can cause liver problems. My GP asked a nurse to ring me yesterday (Saturday) to make an appointment for Monday afternoon. (I'm bed-bound so they do home visits.) An appointment was also made for Thursday morning for the GP to ring me. The nurse said that because she's coming in the afternoon, she's not sure if the results will be ready the following day so decided to wait for Wednesday, but my preferred GP isn't at work then. In other words, if she'd come before lunch& I had no preference over doctor, I could have got the results of a routine blood test taken at home the following day. What a wait! lol
@@TheAnonymmynona Your neighbouring country, The Netherlands, does have this situation to a point, though. The healthcare reforms there mean that you have certain hospitals that you can use unless you pay top up insurance to have a wider access.
I turned 18 in the hospital after having a colonoscopy that required full anesthesia (due to the sheer amount of pain I was already in). After getting out of the hospital the insurance company wouldn't let my dad advocate on my behalf while arguing that the anesthesia was a medical necessity and needed to be covered. I had to sit in the room, still in moderate to relatively severe pain and tell them that had I been released 4 days earlier they would have had zero issue talking to him about it. I ended up verbally authorizing it and they finally listened to him, but that was a nearly 4 hour call.
We also have access to Google Maps street view. America's road network and infrastructure is third world. Mexicans trying to get into America are really trying to get to Canada.
Everytime my friends here (in Romania) complain about roads I show them the pic my friend sent from Los Angeles, Hollywood Bvd. with the huge cracks on the road pavement, just to shut them up:D
I've read on reddit that in an american city (can't remember the name) 7 bridges were found dangerous (old and weakened structure), yet they are open to public.
The numbers say otherwise Rod. New permanent residents in Canada has ranged from 250,000 to 300,000-less than 2 percent of whom are Mexicans. Most foreign-born individuals in Canada came from India, followed by China and the Philippines. Mexican immigrants weren't in the top ten. More US citizens moved to Canada than Mexicans. I am Canadian, I live in Mexico 8 months a year and Canada 4 months. In Canada I know many people from El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile and Peru but I don't personally know a single person who immigrated from Mexico to Canada.
If it makes people live longer, has lower infant-mortality, better health-outcomes on pretty much every dimension of health-care, does a lot more health-prevention that privatised health-care ... then you can bet universal health-care is better. But even if you ignore all that ... it encourages people to work where they want to work, live where they want to live and enjoy happier, healthier and more productive lives. It makes Economic sense too.
Even some of more intelligent animals take care of the wounded and sick ones. If we call ourselves humans we should at least do that. I don’t want to be a part of community that calls helping those in need socialism or left-wing idea. It’s basic human decensy.
This is because healthcare in most countries is a civil right, while in the United States it's a money-making business. Obviously the demand is high because if you face the choice between dying or bankruptcy, you know what you would choose. I could never imagine living under such a horrifying system.
I know you implied everyone would choose bankruptcy but really - I'd choose dying, because what life do you have in the US with no money ? There is no social net that catches you.
@@aliceh5289 So in the U.S. even children can inherit debt? That's horrible! In addition to nearly free healthcare, debt is not inherited in my country.
@@Mortac In Germany you can inherit debt, too, but you can decide to not inherit. If there is a testament and you would inherit a house that's worth a million Euro but there are debts to pay like a mortgage you can't say I want the house but not the debts. You have to inherit everything including the debts or nothing and that can be a tough decision. Children inherit by default. And children under 18 are save in that way that they only pay debts with the wealth they have when they reach legal age. That is to make sure that children are not starting into live with a debt unlike in the US where young often have debts because of school or college fees.
My mother is diabetic and her treatment including insulin is completely free in Romania. These stories are truly heartbreaking. I hope a change will come.
But with the politicians in the US, I don’t think change will happen. :( Another point is that American people are so indoctrinated that they believe that regulated capitalism & social programs that help the poor working class is considered “communism”. And in the eyes of an American, communism is a very bad & evil thing. Tbh, I don’t understand Americans... 🤷🏻♀️🙄
@@planetary2180 Well, that sounds awful… and the U.S education system is the worst in the world, which contributes to ignorance and stupidity in the U.S. I don’t understand why wasting money on the military is normal and fine, but universal healthcare and other social programs to improve lives of Americans is “radical” and “communistic”. 🤦🏻
Hello there from your neighbor Serbia, it's exactly the same here and the fact that the healthcare system in Serbia and Romania is better than the USA one just shows you how bad it really is
I got pneumonia in 2017. I went to the ER one night because the fever was not going down. I got diagnosed and had some antibiotics prescribed. They made no difference and I was hospitalised the next night because I was hyperventilating from the amount of gunk in my lungs. I spent 10 days there, on oxygen. At my worst, I got 15 litres of oxygen an hour to keep my blood properly supplied. I was given x-rays and a... MRI? I think? Because the 2 new antibiotics they put me on was not working as fast as they should have. Neither me nor my family needed to pay anything out of pocket for that.
she nailed it on the creative job. Because I have endometriosis and all of the trouble that comes with it, i had to always take the 'safe' job so i could make sure i had health insurance. i was never able to pursue the creative path I wanted because of healthcare. i now live in europe and can choose whatever job i want and it's not dictated by whether or not i'll have healthcare. This was one of the main reasons I left the US. but, I spent about 15 years of my adult life working jobs I didn't really want just to be sure i'd have insurance (and even then it didn't cover everything so i always had bills)
that's fking awful. i'm so sorry you have to go through this. as if a chronicle disease isnt enough. i hope americans make a revolution and turn over the government. not those fools with maga and viking hats lol, but people like you and so many more who really deserve a decent life and happiness, stuff that you're not supposed to try to buy and sell.
I hope to be right behind you. Only my mother just had a stroke at 63 without Medicaid or money or any other insurance, so I have to figure all of that out before I can proceed with some plan to leave the US ‘and’ now also take my mother with me.
Honestly: thank you for that video. I‘m from Germany and every time I talk to friends and family about health care, we go completely nuts when we think of US system. I mean: for sure the German system has its flaws here and there, some severe as well. BUT we complain from a very high standard tbh. What the USA are doing in terms of health care is - by a German point of view - not First World, not even Second World, no, it’s Third World. And in the end: people die - because the Government gives a s***.
It’s absolutely hilarious how gullible people from the EU are. You have amongst the lowest care qualities in the world, and as always, instead of worrying about your own country, you are crying about the US. Homelessness is out of control in your country, and you are worrying about the healthcare system in a country thousands of miles away. Your insecurity is pathetic. This is why we don’t allow you to exist as a sovereign nation any longer. Never forget that for the past 75 years, we control you.
I've watched this 4 or 5 times. It's the Japanese woman's reaction to the charge for holding the baby that I enjoy the most. Hard to believe the hospital would dare make the patient pay for this.
I don't want to ruin it for you, but "skin to skin after C section" sounds more like the stitching. Who would call holding a baby "skin to skin"? Shouldn't have to pay for it anyway
@@Inferiis I don't want to ruin it for you, but skin to skin after C section is not stitching. It's holding a baby. It's an infamous practice that everyone has heard of
@@raylouis7013 it just must be called something else in australia. I can swear to you every midwife in the sates knows what skin to skin is. (I'm from Canada, I'm not a medical professional, and even I know what it is)
@@allister.trudel Yeah, In Australia we call it letting a mother hold HER baby after childbirth. I lie, we don't really call it that, it doesn't have a name because it is just something any normal society would know is best in the long run. We have specialist birthing suites (birthing clinics) in some hospitals where you can book in to have your baby there where it is focussed towards a more comforting environment for the couple and baby. NO CHARGE.
It's shocking how mentally deficient, and unhuman this U.S system of society is built on, feel so fortunate to live in Europe though, and feel so compassionate towards all Americans who suffer from this dysfunctional system. 💗
Do the next video with people from countries that are not rich, like Brazil... I bet americans would be even more shocked that even a developing country like ours has a free health care system. I know, every time I tell people here how the american health care system works, they barely believe me.
I would make a video from countries all over the world. The problem is : how many people in that country pay taxes. Multimillionaries are known for NOT paying taxes, this contributes to destroy the universal healthcare system.
y'all don't have free healthcare you pay through it through your taxes and yet our healthcare system despite it being severally Flawed and not very good is ranked better than Brazil by the WHO juts because A developing country like Brazil has universal Healthcare that doesn't mean it is better than America's Okay and I wonder why so many Brazilians want to move to the US.
@@bradley8575 You need to calm down... I never said Brazil is better than the US, both countries have good and bad things. I said we have health care for all, even though it has it's flaws. Even people who don't have as much money, won't die without having the chance to receive care. And I think that's pretty nice.
@@bradley8575 You can have the best health care in the world. It's no use if people will die without having the chance to use it, simply because they can't afford it.
I moved from India to Singapore to the UK. The NHS may be inefficient but nothing beats the feeling of walking out of a hospital without having to look at an invoice
Hi! I'm Chai, a producer on this video. Before making this piece, I thought I knew a lot about American healthcare but was shocked by a number of things we researched.
Would love to hear from you all on what surprised you the most in this video.
I need thyroid hormones to survive and regular tests to make sure I'm at right dosage. Lost mycoverage and an office visit to pcp is $100, then labs are $40, then my medication is between $35-$60. Rinse and repeat every 6weeks. And weight gain plus other health issues it's miserable
Can you link the video that you showed them?
Really cool video! I’m writing a 20 page essay on Medical Debt and U.S healthcare for a college course, and I am also amazed about how little I knew and how complicated the system has become. Thanks again!
Lack information and knowledge. NYT say that about themselves just ask James O'Keefe.
You should do a even longer video about the absolute insane issues (for me as a German) like that it cost money for Ambulance to collect you and that people who are dying would rather have a taxi.
The USA is the most developed third world country.
US does not have universal healthcare, bullet trains, and free WiFi everywhere. It is a reflection of how decent we are as a society.
Even some third world countries have universal healthcare and paid maternity leave.
@@reevomd8056 me being from a country that "lost a cold war" I was surprised when my friend from the US couldn't go to the hospital because she said she can't afford it and she was surprised when I said we have free wifi coverage literally everywhere outside and people in reality pay like less than 10$ a month for a 100MB/s internet at home and 20-30$ for up to 1TB/s.
Actually The US has the Acela Express and we have Free Public Wifi In many Public Places
Canada or Australia doesn’t have a bullet train at least.
Yeah and it’s strange that so many People Immigrate to this Country every Year America is the Immigrant Capital of the World mostly be developing third world countries
In the US owning a gun is a right but staying alive isn't.
And unlike Switzerland they even PAY for a gun
It should be other way around. Healthcare, affordable education. That is this day. Right to bear arms? Way outdated thing to have.
Pretty stupid anolgy, They'll still save you, but you have to pay
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 Stupid analogy, how could they pay in the first place if it costs $100,000?
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 SAD BUT TRUE
The inventor of insulin would be heartbroken to learn what they've done with his invention. He sold the patent for $1 so that the medication would be cheap to produce so more human lives could be saved.
Lol what a dummy, he could have made billions!
@@Skibbityboo0580 but he didn't want to profit at the expense of human lives. He had morals and values and was one of the greatest people in history.
@@Skibbityboo0580 attitudes like this are exactly why the US has the healthcare system it does today.
@@alsinakiria My thing is saying the quiet part out loud in conservative speak to make them look like idiots.
@@Skibbityboo0580 so basically, you just do a sarcasm...
I am diabetic and I was admitted to the hospital in Denmark with ketoacidosis because I had an infection. After a weeks worth of hospital time I was released into the wild, healthy and I didn't have to pay a single krone. In America I would have surely died.
You was realest into the wild, probably forest , where you did clime a tree.IN America , you would " surely died " and that is for SURE . Please , stay in Denmark and do not forget to claim your 2 month paid vacation .
@@martinko4086 It's only 6 weeks paid vacation, so nothing crazy :)
No... because you would have paid for health insurance , like many other Americans.
@@markanthony3275 In Denmark medical treatment is free. Free in the sense that we pay by tax. We pay a lot in tax, but most people can easily afford that. In Denmark it is very difficult to buy a gun. Most people dont really need a gun, because most people solve conficts by discussion, or going to court. In Denmark when you vote, the votes are not wasted if your party gets less votes than the party that gets the most. Why is it Americans fight one another? "It is not what America can do for you!,,". Why did you stop listening to JFK?
@@pumpdumpster Well for starters...Denmark is a tiny little country. So it's very easier to address social problems. America has a vast area and a vast population , so it's difficult to address social problems. Also, like most Scandinavian countries, Denmark never really had the diversity that America had...Denmark has a uniformity of culture, although maybe not as much as Sweden for example. America does not have a uniformity of culture in the sense that people from Alabama are not like people from Alaska, and neither of them are like people from New York. One more important distinction...Americans are free ...to disagree with each other...the Scandinavian countries, as it was explained to me...never experienced feudalism. This has had the effect, historians have argued, of producing a culture that places NO value on civic freedoms...and in effect ...produces a phenomenon called "group think". That can be good or bad , it depends what swings their opinion. In Sweden, and I know Sweden is not Denmark, Olaf Palme wanted to get Swedes to agree to switch from burning lignite coal, to nuclear power...so he and some scientists, fabricated the Acid Rain scare...and that's a documentable FACT that you can find in Rupert Darwall's book "Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex" (2019). Palme told the Swedes "100,000 lakes are dying right now" ...and to a person, the Swedes fell for it ...and they all uniformly agreed to what Palme wanted because there is no culture of questioning and scepticism...and that's also a documented fact. That is the key difference between Scandinavia and America...Americans do NOT have "group mind" so they have scepticism about many things, and that also can be good and bad...but mostly, it has preserved them. I look at the undeniable evidence that any man on the street can see for himself...If people say America is such a terrible place, then why are other people constantly doing everything possible to get into America. Why are they not fighting and doing everything possible to get into Denmark??? A friend of mine married a Norwegian woman...and has been in Norway for twenty plus years. he describes Norway, with it's neatly planned out society and social programs...everything working smoothly and to a "T," as "pleasant incarceration". He has wanted to leave for a long time but Hilldy can't leave mommy.
The worst part is that if you showed a lot of Americans these people’s reactions and stories they straight up wouldn’t believe them. Americans have been propagandized to the point were they literally believe that a better system isn’t possible and any example of one is a lie that conceals some secret cost.
capitalist realism. extremely real, but also extremely saddening.
Oh we believe these stories, because we LIVE them.
@@soyesayucateca9557 OP meant Republican supporters.
You’re describing Republicans, they no longer qualify as Americans. They’re some sort of neo confederate insane deathcult at this point.
True! Americans are brainwashed and they don‘t know the difference between capitalism, communism, socialism and social democracy. I live in Germany and I have a lot of Americans co-workers and friends who live in Germany. They literally don’t know what Social Democracy is. The always thought that Germany is a socialist country. So whenever they figure it out and start to realize that they believed the lies of their politicians, all of them decide to stay in Europe for good. They don’t want to go back to the US.
Yes, the US is by far the richest country in the world but the average citizens are not the richest. Only the elite get all their money. Everyone else is actually living their worst lifes possible.
charging money to hold the baby is absolutely evil.
Isn't that classed as ransom? "You can't have this person, unless you pay me money".
Yeah, skin to skin contact directly after birth is really important for the attachment to kickstart. This is insane.
Why do they even charge for that? I'm so shocked to hear this. What a messed up system to even charge something like this.
Maybe that's why many women want to give birth at home? And also you have to pay 15k dollars to even give birth. As if your child is worth 15k!! Don't put prices on people.
Eeeeeeeeeeviiiiiiiiilllllll
„This is not freedom“ Yes, that‘s true and i never, never understand why Americans talk about communism in the case of healthcare coverage for all
They don't understand the difference between Communism and Socialism because they have been brainwashed.
They are selfish.
They also forget that they’re one sickness or catastrophe away from poverty.
I do not mind working for someone who isn’t able to, to get free healthcare they deserve.
Even if some people misuse it, so long one person is getting the help they need I do not care I’ll continue to work and pay my taxes here in the UK.
they (the usa) would rather call it communism or socialism to avoid saying what it is.. Universal healthcare for everyone through taxes. Because everyone would understand right away what it means.. That the rich pay a bit more so the poor still get treatment.
Some Americans don’t even know the difference between communism and the metric system ;)
McCarthyism (a.k.a Red Scare) swept through the United States during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and it was like a witch hunt trying to black list and imprison as many “communists” as we could. Communism/socialism is a buzzword for something bad in the U.S. because of that past
NYT was incredibly hostile to Bernie Sanders, the one candidate that was serious about universal healthcare.
First they need to fix the Healthcare systems price gouging, then implement universal healthcare.
this is classic for corporate media - they publish all sorts of pieces about a problem, but never how to fix it. and when a politician or activist comes along with a solution, which necessarily disrupts business as usual, the smear and distortion campaign is cranked to the max. Every problem that Bernie had a plan to fix, guaranteed Vox has a smart little video explaining it and how bad it is. if you actually care about these problems like liberals claim to do, they wouldn't be liberals. they would be socialists.
@@Miabalzitch I was wondering since a long time. There are reports about the bad infrastructure, public transport, urban planning, the prison system, the education system, and yes, the health care system ... but nobody is changing anything.
@@krollpeter The ones that are profiting from it all are the ones bankrolling the politicians save but a few. Do you expect any real change any time soon?
@@Arcadia61 Looking at how Mr. Bidens initiatives to improve infrastructure are shaved off, no. 2024 America will be deciding, and I fear it will be a very bad decision many people will take.
The fact that US government doesn't think education, health, and infrastructure as essential investment for productivity, is beyond me.
Ernsthaft die lassen die Eltern von Kindern zu viel für ungesundes Essen in der schule zahlen. Klein timm darf nichts bekommen er kann sich kein essen leisten.
Truth! I'm thinking maybe to have healthy and well educated citizens isn't in their interest, ignorant masses are more easily manipulated and used... it can't be otherwise, it is too strange not to have access to free education and health care like the rest of the world... These are basic necessities...
It is not essential...for short term productivity and profit. EVERYTHING in the US is about short term....profit.
@KLGoodman yeah and that is the same thing that is happening in Canada Australia and New Zealand
I like your argument, I use a similar idea too. If half of healthcare is tied to your employment, then the result is restricting labour flexibility. If you charge so much for education, you don't get the knowledge and expertise needed for modern day work. How much does poor infrastructure cost the economy. If your roads and rail are too bad, then companies will set up elsewhere.
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members."
I think someone misheard "weakest" as "richest"...
How can America the greatest nation In the world Not insure the entire citizenry when she has money to go to war overseas.
America must use her intelligence to ensure the health of the entire nation.
A nation needs healthy population so that they can be productive for today and posterity.
@@jamesbedukodjograham5508 not greatest
@Haku Yuki Shouldn't have weakened them.
Yeah I like supporting drug users, some people should move out. This video is a liberal joke. You think doctors and nurses work for $15 an hour. Their medical insurance is free. The cost of college is $2500 a quarter. Keep drinking the liberal free koolaid
Imagine "Ma'am would you like to hold your baby for an extra $40?" and then coming up with the card machine.
In the rest of the world we call this kidnapping and asking for a ransom
More like you arrive at home and get the bill.
@@imme6954 so extra step slavery. Because your going into debt for basically giving birth and wanting to hold your baby. You don’t even get to enjoy your little angel until you pay the check.
Or in some cases insuring employees in the hospital gets to enjoy the local ICU as they get their heads bashed in by irate family members to the baby.
"Budget or straight?", baby crying in the background
I believe NO COUNTRY except US hold baby as ransom when they were born.
I'm from Indonesia, an unnoticeable 3rd-world country, i complaining about this country so much, until 5yrs ago my mother had a tumor in her ovaries but gladly she's okay now, and the bills from hospital is just parking ticket.. I now learn how to being grateful and love this country..
I know right? Like I complain about this country every day, but after seeing US deeper, I am definitely thankful of our universal healthcare (#BPJS), automatic voter registration, and affordable public university, with all it flaws, which all of it are major problem in US, a first-world country
@@sriwidiani4370 bersyukur di atas penderitaan orang lain?
Bener banget. Kita mungkin bukan negara terbaik dan masih punya banyak kekurangan. Setidaknya kita harus mendoakan memiliki pemimpin yang ingin membangun negeri ini lebih baik lagi. Karena mau lihat ke negara manapun, tidak ada negara yang sempurna.
@@sriwidiani4370 US was 1st world country. US Is Now Considered a ‘Second Tier’ Country
But what Indonesia needs is to train many of its medical staff better and start letting foreign specialists visit for training. Too many GPs here are too inexperienced, over prescribe and misdiagnose. it is probably better in Jakarta, but not in many other areas.
that man passing away because he couldn't afford his insuline broke my heart. no human should ever have to die over not being able to afford a widely available medication :(
@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten I live in Argentina, a third world country and we have universal free healthcare, u can even get full cancer treatment for free.
Especially because the guy who invented it did not want people to make a profit off of human lives. He sold it for $1. Sure, that was worth more a century ago but that's like selling it for $20 today. These companies are leaches on society.
@@fedeph665 Is Argentina even a 3rd world country? I'm pretty much as far as it gets (middle EU) but from what I've seen it's not as bad as some African or Asian countries
@@Inferiis Argentina is totally not a third world country in the economic sense. It is way poorer than the EU but I think it might be on the same level as Russia (talking about per capita gdp here)
The US Healthcare should be reformed just because of this death.
Imagine paying $40 USD to hold your newborn child when $40 USD can get me a life saving surgery done here in Australia
After listening to this video i was ashamed for my last ranting at the hospital here in Canada...
My rant was about the 25$ parking fee (a sign mention parking is free if the visit is under 15 minutes but i was there for 20... i know, i know, i'm an entitled Karen /s)
That man paid less money for his heart surgery than that woman for holding the baby that was just literally inside her.
I'm a slightly above minimum wage worker and I pay £110 a month on national insurance and that pays for healthcare, state pension, paternity leave, unemployment benefits plus a few more. It's a deduction on my wage, as is tax
@@null010010 I'm still ranting about the fact that some ambulance costs aren't free here in Aus (mostly airlifts but wtf mate)
@@pianoonparade An ambulance ride in the US is typically $1500-$3000, god forbid you need a airlift. Those start at $25,000. People have refused ambulances and hired ubers to take them to the hospital in an attempt to manage costs over getting healthcare.
Thank you America. You are leading an example to the rest of the world on how NOT to run a healthcare system.
As Maui says, or rather, sings, “You’re welcome!”
rest of the world? this phrase is not very well accepted... we are the World! america is the "rest"
I swear America is just three companies in a trench coat pretending to be a country.
I KNOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN! 😡 WE’RE TRYING, OKAY, WE’RE TRYING. WE’RE TRYING TO BE BETTER.
If you can't be a role model, you can at least be a warning!
I'm a Dutchman. About 15 years ago my brother wanted to move to the USA. He believed in the American dream. He wanted to become rich in a short amount of time and he believed that he could become successful there. Luckily we could convince him to not go. The argument that was most convincing, were the extreme expenses for health care in the USA. He never went to the USA and he is now happy he never went. Because the health care expenses have only risen since then.
I mean, even with the healthcare prices, going to America for a few years is still an easy way for anyone to get rich. Americans are much richer than all Europeans even after healthcare no matter which way you measure it. Just look at average wage salaries for STEM jobs. CS majors make an average of over 150k in America. What’s the better alternative? Go to London or something and make 50k a year while paying the same rent as NYC?
@@L333gok I prefer to live longer than being "rich". Life expectancy is 4 years longer in my "poor" country than in USA.
@@francois-xavieresperance5007 Well many people aren’t as risk adverse as you. Some people would risk going a few years without healthcare coverage if they get unlucky and fall sick for a chance to get rich. Imagine how that would improve your quality of life
@@L333goklol, imagine your reason to live in usa is to gamble your own life...
The part about insulin made me angry. This young man had a whole life ahead of him and didn't get to live it out because of corporate greed and a superstitious fear that federal regulations are somehow going to lead to communism.
That's the thing.
People in high positions, who are more concerned about maintaining their own paycheck.
And a lot of smart people, who have to deal with immature ones.
(You can see the difference with America's customer service lines, compared to Canada's. Big difference in quality.)
It's not so much about being smart in this country. But more about being "entertaining."
Or who is friends with who.
TL;DR
America hates smart people.
after watching this, im really starting to question which system I am living in
@@Aaron-bn4wi I think its more the case he couldn't afford the medication
@@Aaron-bn4wi lol
I made a comment outlining how I don't have to pay for my medication or consults. I have drug resistant epilepsy which puts me at risk of dying.
I also said I feel sorry for the states [due to their healthcare].
He replied by telling me I deserve to be sick as I was ignorant and believed "that rubbish"
It was clear where he's from due the use of "we".
Think of it as the US doing the world a service. Here in the UK there are right wing politicians who periodically try to privatise the NHS, but we can just point to the US and say "no, we can see it doesn't work, that's a terrible idea".
And yet it’s happening under everyone’s noses. And Brexit makes it less likely that we can adopt something like the German system which is a pretty decent compromise.
Ultimately the right would privatise everything in the world and whilst they have privatised the NHS from within they will never stop it from being free to use, paid for by taxes. It is the one thing they know they cannot get away with.
Regardless of your feelings about the legal outcomes of Brexit, the political reality remains unchanged
It was the left wing Labour Party that started privatisation with Blair and Browns plans for private companies to build hospitals and saddle the NHS with expensive rents.
@@squeaksvids5886 let's be fair, there was nothing left wing about New Labour. Thatcher called Tony Blair her greatest achievement. They were war hawks and market fundamentalists, so just right wingers with a different brand (there are couple of left wing MPs in the party, but as we've seen recently, not enough to actually make it left wing).
Unfortunately you will lose the NHS I promise you. You are already losing it it’s being sold to private’s! That’s what Johnson and the brexitiers are doing believe me! Wait and see!
Living in the US, you learn that "Freedom for all Americans" is actually "Freedom for all American businesses." It sucks when half of your country’s policy makers prioritize businesses over people.
"Half of the country" Please look up facts before you comment
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 when our politicians act en masse as a party, it becomes half the country
@@randomgaming8616 Yeah exactly, "start a business" as I said. And yes, America is a great place to be an established millionaire. Lot of potential for growth once you got a foot in the door.
More than half. Both the Republicans and Democrats are in on it.
well, feel free to move to Europe, as long as it's possible before we build a border to keep out US refugeees :|
But srsly, feel free to come over, you will get the help you need to get on your feed
“No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means” Aneurin Bevan.
americans who watch people die because they couldn't afford healthcare:
"weLL thEY sHoUldVe WoRkEd HArDeR"
Or "wElL, ThEy ShOuLd HaVe JuSt BeEn BoRn In A wEaLtHiEr FaMiLy!"
ThEY ShOuLD haVE Just BeEN BorN wITHoUT TeRMiNAL illnESSEs
God I hate that argument so much. I just met someone recently that said: "America, where welfare is distributed to the wrong people, lazy people." Like jesus christ how can the concept of being born into poverty be so alien to these idiots
Should have bought and gun and gone and taken it...my right. Facepalm
@@ideeyes4054 theY sHouLD HaVe jUSt BEen boRN In gErmAnY
Is it socialist to have a state funded police or fire service, or should these services also be provided only to people with adequate insurance?
Good comparison😀
@@paivyt. Unfortunately for U.S. citizens, this will never change. As long as it's acceptable for a hospital to charge $56 for a pair of 10 cent disposable gloves, there's no way that these monsters will give up this kind of profit, why would they?
@@IanDarley You may be right... I really wish it could.
I once had a discussion with someone about that here on RUclips. He stated that those things are needed for the protection of its citizens, but he wouldn’t want to pay for my healthcare. It is not his responsibility. These people are so brainwashed.
The US Postal and school service is also socialised.
They have been brainwashed into thinking a socialised healthcare model is less effective.
"This is not freedom" Well said.
Its called corruption
@@chafiqbantla1816 it's not corruption. It's like Chinese people don't say anything to the communist authoritarian government cause they don't know what freedom means. Same with a majority of Americans, they just don't Realise what universal healthcare can do for them or even the fact that it is pretty easy for the largest economy in the world to enforce it.
@@suvansh29 It is both. I live in the United States, and yes, corruption is a HUGE reason why our healthcare system is so terrible.
@@chafiqbantla1816 not corruption in this case but this is pure capitalism. So lucky i don't live in the us because I'm 100% sure i couldn't afford it. Would rather pay higher taxes than to live like this. My thoughts go to you americans here that lives like this. This is not normal in the rest of the world. How you're so far behind on stuff like this is unimaginable
@@suvansh29 you are wrong about the Chinese. They know what freedom is but they choose to give some away for the betterment of the society at whole.
I had a friend in the US whose husband was seriously for several years before he died and by then the medical bills were so great that Patti had to sell their home in order to pay even some of them. She was reduced to living in her car, where she died alone of a combination of hypothermia and a heart attack one cold winter's night. She didn't have any money to put fuel in the car any more so that she could at least run the heater for a while. It's a barbaric system that could allow this situation to occur.
Tragic
Wait what? Aren't there ways to default or something? I find this hard to believe.
@@meijiishin5650My father had medical bills over $1 million, and my mother didn't pay them. In a few months they were written off. The US is a hellhole.
Living in the US is like running on a fast treadmill with a meat grinder on the end
So they don’t want ‘socialism’, but they’re all right begging for money from strangers online? How humiliating.
They're not alright with it, but it's their last choice, and more often than not, the people asking for help online are the ones trying to push for change. They're the ones who want universal healthcare. The ones who don't ask for help online usually have loads of money and berate anyone for not "working hard enough to afford Health Care." It's sickening the way people get treated over there.
Begging for help... Oh.. You mean gofundme... Well. That is suppose to be help while people against medical for all think it is a government plot to take citizens rights away and pay for lazy fat people..
Some of us know better. We aren't enough to bring change though.
What they are practising is one way capitalism.
"Our" money.
The U.S. is perfectly fine with socialism. After all, having a standing military funded by society is ...socialism. It's not whether it's socialism is a benefit to the people in power. If you ever talk to an American, you'll quickly realize that they have been fed a narrative for generations to the point the propaganda has now become their fabric of society, even if society is being completely repressed by it. When you offer them something that benefits everyone v.s. something at will take from people and give it to the filthy rich, they'll choose to feed the rich over themselves every time.
I‘m a pediatric neurosurgeon here in Austria, been doing my job for 13 years now, asked many questions to so many patients but none of them was ever related to money or insurance. I feel privileged to being able to focus on my work.
The doctors never have the $$ talks with the patient. I think much of the high cost is the clerical staff they have to employ to have those discussions with patients and to manage insurance billing and disputes. I spoke with my surgeon today to prepare for an upcoming procedure. He absolutely never has mentioned payment. The hospital staff did demand a payment before I could go get my labs and ekg.
You must have steady hands and nerves. Good for you! 👏 👏
@@andromedaspark2241 I think they called it "administrative fees" in america. AF in US is around 20%, in other countries they capped it around 5% max.
I take my grandparents to the doctor regularly and the only money related question they get is if they want the cheapest drug prescribed or the one our doctor thinks will work best (and only becuase this area isn't the wealthiest, so most doctors ask this for the patient to be able to take the meds needed)
Super ist des! Mindestens sterbern wearn ma ned
As someone, who does the same job as you at Great Ormond Street, the only people who asked about cost, were Americans, when they were referred !!! It is actually ' paediatric ',
but I will let you off !
I’m an American woman. When I was a child I suffered from frequent pneumonia because of my fathers job as a farmer. During harvest season there would be so much dust in the air that it was too much for my lungs to handle. I would get pneumonia every year. I was hospitalized four times, each time staying for about a week. This put my family in financial ruin. We had to take back Christmas gifts to pay bills. No child should go through that guilt just because their body is unreliable. It stems self loathing on my part
That's rather sad. I had asthma as a kid, I have anxiety now, so I'm a fairly regular visitor at the doctor's office, but my biggest (and only) expense is my prescripted medication (which costs about 50 cents a month converted to USD)
Unbelievable. When it comes to health care no one here in Germany is concert about money. You get it free (in a sense of it is and always will be a small part of your earnings) even if it would cost 100.000$+. America is a bad place to live.
@@oliv3ru well, it works like that everywhere else, but hey, americans think it's socialism. Let them do as they please...
statunitian. america is a continent.
@@RaboFrangalStream America is a country, North America is a continent, which includes Canada and Mexico and 20 other countries and territories😊
Exactly, Americans always talk about their freedoms, but in reality they are very quickly in a position with huge debt, lower quality in life, have 3 jobs, get homeless, live pay check to pay check - and the list goes on and on.
"But, but...we want our freedoms"
I'm so lucky being born in a country with universal healthcare, free education etc. And yes, I'll gladly pay my taxes. It gives me quality in life and much less to worry about.
Typical ignorant filth from the EU who are so uneducated that they don’t know the basics.
You have a higher average household debt than the US, nothing that you mentioned is free (learn simple math), you have higher homelessness rate than the US, you have much higher taxes, much lower average net salaries, and you live in a literal war zone. You can’t even protect your own home land.
You’re a joke. Rooting for Putin.
Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll. He's a butt hurt American who can't stand that other countries have it better than the US.
The USA does not know what freedom is.
What country are you from by the way?
To paraphrase a certain Turkish himbo, Americans don't have freedom, they have a "treat consumerism economy" that allows you to get $5 jalapeño poppers, but good luck affording a house or even seeing a doctor
Netherlands, I had a pretty severe accident at work. Had two surgeries and I've been hospitalized for two weeks.
The bill? They charged me 12EUR / 14USD for snacks & soda drinks I consumed. Very thankful for our 'socialist' healthcare system!
In the USA that ordeal would definitely bankrupted me and I would be living on the streets
Dad got a lung transplant. Paid nothing.
In all EU is more or less the same. Thank god
LMAO,i mean,come on,they dont even know what socialist is, but hey! They are the leader of the free world right?
I had a complicated pregnancy, in and out of hospital the whole time until I delivered my lil bundle.
The cost? 0. I even got free lucozade and snacks every time I was admitted. Our "Socialist" NHS is pretty sick😉
@@whocares269 for them, socialist = communist.
There is no such thing as a heath care system in the US. In the US, healthcare is a business, like pretty much everything else!
USA has healthcare system. It is called Go Fund Me
In the US, if it doesn't make money it goes.
germany does have a market system and still universal healthcare ----- i think that is way better then any singlepayer system
It was great to have been asked to appear in this piece as the Canadian panelist. It's not just what wealthy countries like Canada who offer universal healthcare to their citizens. My wife and I split our time between our home in Toronto and a 2nd home in Costa Rica, where we recently were granted permanent residency. Because we do not pay income tax in CR, we have to pay into the system for access. To cover myself and my wife, we pay approximately $80 USD a month for both of us, and the level of care in Costa Rica is very high.
Yeah, it is not often mentioned in the US when discussing this topic that it's not only the wealthy nations that provide universal healthcare. Many non-wealthy countries do as well. I wish people would mention that more, because there are lots of white supremacists in the US who oppose universal healthcare because they don't want any care going to non-whites and they'll say that the reason universal healthcare works in the Scandinavian countries (their perennial example) and wouldn't work in the US is because northern Europe has "a homogeneous (read, white) population." People ought to counter that argument by pointing to the many non-white and multi-racial countries that successfully provide universal healthcare.
Dang, only $80/month would be a dream!
@@colibri1 In the United States a heart surgery like his would cost close to a half a million dollars whether you're white or not. And like the man in the video who, very sadly, died from his diabetes - his treament would still cost $1300 a month for his diabetes medication alone. Regardless if he's white or not.
The problem with universal healthcare in America is not a white supremacy thing, it's a there's not enough money in America to pay those high prices -thing. Even if the top 1% of earners paid all their money to taxes (literally taking every dollar from the 1%) it would only be enough to pay for Universal Healthcare for 3 years at those prices.
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If America could get the cost of medications down to what they pay in Canada ( Such as $10 for insulin instead of $98. And $60,000 for a major surgery instead of $500,000) then Univeral Heathcare could be done here.
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But at the prices are now, no country in the world could afford to give their citizens Universal Heathcare, regardless if the people are white or not.
@@romaskincare9138 this explanation is flat out wrong and the numbers show that.
Costs are astronomical in the US because of non regulation and because everything is handled by private insurance companies whose purpose is not health of pepole but profit of the companies.
Switch to a single payer system and all the administrative costs go to 0, drug costs will plunge as the single payer has huge bargaining power against pharmaceutical companies.
The problem is that you have to raze to the ground an entire insurance industry and complicit doctors and there's far too much interest involved both by republicans and democrats it will never be done.
The excuse that works for gullible Americans?
- no freedom of choice
- increased costs
- long waitlists
- socialist country
All of the above proven wrong by a gazillion of single payer healthcare countries.
But Americans don't like to take a peak abroad, they're always better than anybody else.
@@golwenraw How does that make what I said flat out wrong? My ultimate point was that the prices in the US are extremely high. They're extremely high because prices aren't regulated. Regardless if healthcare becomes public or stays private the prices are high and unaffordable at these rates. We keep hearing that there's universal healthcare in other crountries, but as mentioned in my comments the price difference in other countries. The costs of meds and procedures over there are regulated and that's why it's more affordable over there. How does that make my reply flat out wrong?
Basically, most problems that you see in America today boil down to one problem; our country cares more about profits than people. Corporations and the wealthy have bought our politicians to do their bidding at the expense of the majority of the citienzry. The top priority for our politicians isn't to do what's best for the majority of people. It's to do what is best for the wallets of the corporations and wealthy elite who bank roll them. That's why you see stuff like this happening. It all boils down to corruption.
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I live in Germany and I absolutely love the healthcare system so so much.
My mom died of cancer about one and a half years ago and from the moment she was diagnosed, until the day she died, she did not pay a single cent for any treatment or medication. She had to quit her job because she was diagnosed with stage 3c, so her surgery, chemo and other treatments were very rough on her body. Not only did the government pay her a so called “illness benefit” so we could still survive with just my part time job since I was also still studying at the time, but they even paid every single taxi she took to and from the hospital or other doctors. They payed for the hospital bed and oxygen tanks she needed at home, even her wheelchair, literally anything you could think of!
That’s how far the government will go for you here, because they realize, that money should not have to be something you need to worry about, while you’re literally fighting for your life!
I hope your mum rest in peace. Could not agree more than when you get sick we should all protect that person. Because you can make a pile of money and that pile of paper will never smile or talk. People over money.
I am from Germany too. I just want to make one thing clear before anyone mistakenly thinks we live here in the land of milk and honey (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch): The government does NOT pay this, but either the taxpayers, i.e. all of us, or it is paid by the contributions to our obligatory health insurance. It is a principle of solidarity, into which we all pay, but also benefit from when we need it.
@@SkandalRadar yes but that’s the entire point of our system. My mom also payed the same taxes her entire working life here, and if the worst of the worst does happen, you realize why it’s so incredibly important to have this system and that it always has your back.
@@SkandalRadar And for any Americans reading this - in comparison to mine (Czech Republic), Germany is a much richer country. Yet our system here is exactly the same. You pay about 100 USD a month to the system and everything else is free. It's a tax, it's a small tax, and it's a tax that saves lives. Think about that next time you call yourself the greatest country in the world - former communist eastern Europe is way ahead of you, America.
@@SkandalRadar Yes, but the fact that it is a system based on solidarity makes it cheaper for all of us. Paying for insurance that covers something like a sever and long lasting disease is just not possible for most people. Even if you are able to pay for health insurance in a privatized system you will usually lose it, when illness causes you to lose your job. And of course not everything is perfect about the German health care system, but it is pretty good.
That last man phrased it perfectly. Having peace of mind that you will be protected if you became ill or injured is real freedom.
Living in complacency isn’t freedom. Standing on your own feet without having your hand held by the government is. You’re lazy and scared.
@@fatherson5907 So I guess begging strangers on the internet for money because of circumstances outside of your control is "standing on your own feet" then? It's always funny how delusional some people get over the institutionalised murder machine that is the US healthcare.
@@nanaya7e433 no, it’s called being irresponsible.
It’s always funny seeing people from countries where the average salary is $20000 cry about the internal affairs of the US, somewhere they could never afford to even visit 😂😂😂
This cruelty towards your own countrymen only adds to the sadness this video gave me.
Funny how much more they can get out of their money. How little regulation they need to abide by to do most things.
What brainwashed putz. Keep getting extorted for your alleged freedom. While the rest of humanity laughs.
The U.S. are just a horrible place to live if you don't have money. End of story. If you wanna know how societies actually work, look at northern Europe.
Look all west Europe not just northern. The south has great health systems.
well, all of europe actually. even the "not so good, populist" countrys are treating their people better.
The U.S.A. is just a horrible place to live anyway...
@@biacampbell676 When I took a look at this I realised that even developing Balkan countries are not that bad in terms of health care
Seeing this make you know that USA it's not perfect like in the past everyone always says,for me I am going to UK to study and live there mostly because i love UK every vacation I go there or Texas if my vacation are aline with my best friend vacation
I moved to germany 2 and a half years ago and not having to worry about medical emergencies is one of the most freeing things. I had to have my wisdom teeth removed, free (save for like 10 bucks in antibiotics) then I went back to the states (foolishly didn't get travel insurance) and got a wicked sinus infection, going to the doctor and the meds was over 200$!!! It truly breaks my heart when Americans are conned into believing that socialized medicine will lead to a complete system collapse or whatever. No bud, you're living in the system collapse.
Here in the US we pay for our healthcare with our taxes, then we pay for it with our monthly insurance costs, then we get a bill for visiting the hospital, THEN we have to pay for our medications. It's a scam.
Institutionalized murder is what the rest of the world would call it.
It is the same in France (taxes+monthly insurance+hospital bills+medication), by the way, except we are not charged between 70% and 100% of the cost, depending of our medical situation and of our insurance
Unlike many europeans, as an American you can choose whatever coverage and quality you want and can afford. European 'free healthcare ' is not free, its covered by healthcare tax. But you can't choose coverage or quality. You get what you get, no matter how much healthcare tax you pay. So European healthcare is great if you are poor, not so great if you earn a lot.
@@_Viking in France and many european countries, we have a general basic insurance, which is compulsory and is funded by contributions and taxes. It ensures a satisfactory level of coverage for all, poor or rich. But you have a complementary insurance scheme (also compulsory) linked to your work with different formulas for coverage of dental or eyes care, or specific care (podology for ex), or if you want to have an individual room with TV in a clinic, things like that. So the richer you are, the best complementary insurance you can buy. Or if you have a good syndicate in some sectors, because your employer pays a good part. The big difference is that (normally)
@@_Viking that's not even remotely true... people in Europe, the UK, Australia and NZ can get free healthcare or have medical insurance to get private healthcare...
To be forsed to pay just so you can hold your own child after birth, that is just utterly disgusting, who would even think of such a thing. It makes me feel sick.
That's so f**cked up.
Honestly I'd deduct it from payments and be willing to see them in court over it. How a bill to hold your own newborn can be enforced is beyond me, I'd challenge it at every chance.
@@sophiemoore507 The point is that you shouldn't have to challenge it in the first place!
Once a society manages to moralize profit there's little that can't be justified in persuit of profit. The ends justifies the means
I'm not sure, but isn't it a kidnapping?
The maddening thing about this is most of the money doesn’t even go to the nurses and doctors, but to the companies and the hospitals and the businessmen running them. Nurses and doctors there don’t even get paid enough to pay off their student debt
Yeah I mean your student debts are way too high too. I studied for 4 years here in switzerland and all it took me to finance it is a summer job of 4 weeks every summer. sure if you want to study somewhere away from your parents house, the cost of living would be a lot more but even then we have a lot of financial aids if you really can't cover it
That’s because big pharma owns it all. The med schools the insurance companies the drugs everything goes to them
@@Jana-kl3dpAmerica has been taken over by the elites and the government is no longer a republic. The Elites now in control of the people because love of the money and failure to remember Gods law. The children were forgotten like the warning said
Student debt is another very American thing
@@AndresSalazarAutos another thing to destroy your country with
I’m so so blessed to live in Austria, you don’t understand.
I am so blessed.
My employer shows the state what I earn, the state deducts the amount I should pay (based on all salary brackets), by the time I start work, I have a letter that shows how much is deducted from me, how much my employer pays, my insurance number and told to make an appointment to get my insurance card made at the police station, every EVERYTHING from there is covered. Except washing my teeth which costs 100€. That’s nothing.
Specialists, GP, Dentist, fillings, etc etc all covered. Great quality healthcare too. One of the best in the world.
Heartbreaking how the states don't care of their vulnerable population, despite being the wealthiest country.
Healthcare rips people off, stocks goes up, a handful of rich investors are happy.
Heartbreaking how literal foreigners such as myself that never lived and won't live in the US care about this more than American conservatives.
Not even the most conservatives of conservatives I've met in my lifetime ever thought universal Healthcare is bad.
@@unixtreme that’s because they have been brainwashed by the ultra rich to think that universal healthcare is bad when in actuality it’s really good for us. I’m a US citizen and A lot of it is the miss information shown by main stream media (that’s owned by the super wealthy) or the lies they say.
@@cupcakelove29 , True. Also there is way too much division within the American people to get up and protest against the ultra rich and the corrupt politicians. From gaslighters to liars, from weirdos to crazy people, people hate each other, fight each other, don't care about one another and don't wanna have anything to do with one another. Americans in all 50 states are way too detracted from their smartphones and social media. They are numb to the bad healthcare system here in America and act like it is normal. Unlike the people in other countries in this video, Americans, not all, don't wanna learn about other countries and their healthcare systems. Some of them will put down other countries and say America is the greatest country in the world with freedom and full freedom. And the people from other countries in this video, they will never survive or live long in the United States because of how heartless, cruel, silly, crazy and stupid the healthcare system is.
Unfortunately that’s how America has always been like, it was “free” land where anybody could come and claim with blood and sweat. You’re free to become capitalist on the back of slaves and fellow Americans or you can die penniless.
I am from Bonaire, part of the Netherlands Caribbean. Three years ago i had cataract on both eyes where i was nearly blind. For surgery I had to fly to the neighbouring island Curacao.
I got to choose someone to accompany me. Everything was payed for by our care system, that includes two flights, five nights in a hotel, taxis, surgery, medication and even pocket money for lunch and dinner. And that I had to do two times. Now that is freedom. I can see perfect now, not even need glasses anymore. I am so grateful for our system :-)
Toch wel fijn dat we zo'n systeem hebben, dat je je niet zorgen hoeft te maken of het wel kunt betalen. Groeten uit Nederland.
So the healthcare system at NL Antilles still runs as before its dissolution? Bonaire and Curacao have already become different political entities since 2010.
@@ThatSilentGuy As far as I know Bonaire belongs to the BES, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Islands and are a special municipality of the Netherlands and Are called Netherlands Caribbean. There is no more NL Antilles! Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten are on there own now. With somewhat support from the Netherlands.
And all I know our health care just rules. It`s awesome. We even work together with Columbia for very special surgeries or complicated cases. Planes are ready to fly us there.
Yes, and now you can hopefully work, earn money and pay tax. Health care is an investment into citizens.
@@yottaforce thats what americans dont seem to get, it is an investment and act of solidarity into its citizen, just as education is - if your whole family and friends get bankcrupt or have to care for you and you are never able to do anything in your life again because of some health issues, that brings a whole lot of people down with it economically - and getting sick is almost never someones own fault
It's heartbreaking knowing so many of us are potentially one medical emergency away from bankruptcy. And yet somehow not being able to afford insurance or care is seen as a personal moral failing in the US and not a huge national problem.
@@GQ2593 My mother has 90 grand put away for retirement. If we ever got $600,000 medical bill, we'd be ruined.
@@GQ2593 You not personally responsible for not being able to pay an over $200,000 medical bill. No one chooses to get sick or injured. The average middle-class worker would never be able to pay that off with a single-income job. Don't be ridiculous.
@@GQ2593 Personal responsibility.
You mean like the boy who was BORN with diabetes and died because he couldn't pay for insuline?
Yoz mean that kind of "personal responsibility" ?
@@GQ2593 what is the personal responsibility for child cancer?
@@GQ2593 Or do you mean like the fact that a medical mistake meant I was born two months premature and have had lifelong health problems from that that I never asked for? That kind of personal responsibility?
I'm super grateful that I'm Malaysian. Our healthcare is not the best but it's quite good. It's not free but heavily subsidized. This video made me love my country more.
American Healthcare logic: A cured patient is a lost customer. 😢
NHS logic: we can’t save you but we know you’ll praise us anyway
Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll.
@@Brozius2512 - So it would seem... :)
Well so is a dead one, but they don't seem to care about that either...
Which rule of acquisition was that again? 😂
Back when I was 21 I had this surgery called appendectomy, simple surgery, took around 20 min to get it done, when i received my medical bill it was for $7,000, I thought my health insurance would cover all the expenses and when I called them the answer they gave was, “we cannot cover your bill because you didn’t get a peritonitis” (which is when the appendix explodes and basically there’s a very little chance to save your life) I was like “so you were expecting me to have one foot in the coffin so you can get me covered?” Healthcare in U.S. is the worst in the entire world and they pretend to blind of that huge problem.
I had a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago, snapped ACL, torn MCL and meniscus. Hospital visit was free, surgical consult was free, Xrays had a huge cost of maybe $40.. MRI was free, surgery was free, my hospital room was free, flat rate of $15 a month for all medication, rehab was subsidized and I even received 80% of my regular salary for the time I couldn't go yo work... your story is just so alien to the rest of us it boggles my mind.
Time to move to a different country. Even if not for oneself, you still might have children...
@@mijp Luckily for me, I moved back to my country, Colombia, where in my opinion I do have more freedom and a much better healthcare than living in the U.S
@@maigepresents5840 thats insane that your job pays you when you're sick or injured! im American and if i called my job and said i was injured and would not be able to work for weeks, they would fire me immediately!
@@karlee462 the government pays me 80% if I get injured and need more than a few days off work. Most companies will use your sick leave (minimum 5 days a year) to top up the other 20% of you need to.
"But socialized medicine leads to rationing and waiting lists!"
I live in Bulgaria, EU's poorest country. I had a pneumothorax in 2009 - my ling got punctured and withered, leaking air between itself and the rib cage. It took a few days before the symptoms were severe enough for me to go to a doctor.
The visit to GP cost me about a dollar (now it's about a dollar and a half), the X-ray to diagnose it was free. I had an operation on the same day - it was not serious, but I had to stay in the hospital a few days for the lung to gradually expand again. I payed about 20 dollars for the bed and food. I also payed about 60 dollars for MRI - it was not covered by the insurance as it was not considered needed, but I payed for it out of pocket just to be sure everything was fine.
Don't get me wrong, our health system has a lot of problems, from very low medical salaries and thus low doctor morale, we don't have the latest medical technologies, sometimes doctors are negligent and don't do their jobs properly. But you can always go to another doctor, and you will never be afraid you'll go bankrupt because of medical treatment.
Our system perhaps takes more effort and perseverance to use, but it is accessible to everyone. Having the best healthcare and pricing it so people have to pay down medical debt for decades is not a sound economic policy.
Exactly same in Serbia. You dont pay anything that doctors consider necessary, if you want additional care just “to be sure” you have to pay some additional costs which is not more then 100 euros.. Its not perfect at all, we all consider our healthcare system to be bad, but yet you dont go bancrupt from some procedures your life depends on. If you dont get along with your doctor you can go to another one, ask for a different opinion
Exactly, it's not like people go to the hospital for fun once it's free, I live in Italy and you only have to wait if what you have isn't urgent (cronic pain).
100% true. I'm Bulgarian as well, living in the UK. I've used the UK public health system numerous times and I have not paid more than £50 in total for 2 years. In Bulgaria is the same. Some elderly people say medicines are too expensive , but honestly, compared to the other countries , I find it reasonably priced. Many things can be Improved but no doctor will let you die if you don't have money to pay him.
Хей! Аз също съм от България! Привет!:D
So glad I live here. My grandma's not in very good health, had hear issues, vein enlargement and her blood pressure sometimes jumps up and more than a kid playing hopscotch. We once had to call an ambulance 3 times in a single month and am so glad it is free. Supporting a family of 5 with 2 small pensions and 1 salary doesn't leave much extra money, especially if said salary gets delayed for 2 months at a time.
Oh trust me the US healthcare system takes the most effort and perseverance to use, and that is assuming you have health insurance (after making those confusing decisions illustrated in the beginning). You first need to find a doctor in your network. A hospital or office might be in network but specific doctors might not be so you need to figure out who you will be seeing and confirm that doctor is in network. Don’t know what’s wrong with you and therefore have no clue what kind of specialist you need? Tough luck, take your best guess and hope for the best. Once you think you have a doctor you can go see based on scouring pages of confusing provider lists, you need to double or triple check with your insurer and the doctor. Calling the insurer might mean you get to stay on hold for inordinate amounts of time, yay! And then once you get whatever treatment and it’s time to pay, you hold your breath and hope the insurance actually covered it. I’d give it a 50-50 chance. They may not cover it which then is the start of year long battles with insurers and hospital accounting departments who are fully lawyered up so best lawyer up as well. But while you try to get your justice, your credit ratings take a nose dive which means you may be alive but everything is now a lot more difficult and expensive to do, potentially permanently.
So yeah, it takes tons of brains, time, patience and money to be sick in the US - and that is if you have insurance. If you don’t, you beg for money to pay for stuff, you sell all of your possessions and go bankrupt to pay for it, or you just die. Land of the free it is not, but it is brave to a foolhardy level to live in America.
I am born and raised American but I don’t live there anymore. Once they figure out health care and gun control, I would love to go back, since I do love my people and my country. But I am not risking getting shot only to live but then become bankrupt from the medical bill.
Please, for those who live outside my country, mourn out daily loss of lives & take a moment to appreciate your Healthcare that was fought so hard for. Our fight continues.
A year and a bit ago, I spent one week in a Canadian hospital ... a brand new, state of the art one I will add. The bill waiting for me at the end was for $0.00 The local health authority did try to charge me for a "private room" but that was immediately dropped when it was pointed out that this ultra-modern hospital only had single rooms and there are no wards. $0.00
Then a few months later, Americans living an hour's drive from me were dying at 3 x times the per capita rate as were our citizens of Covid 19. What did Trump say about it? "Canadian health care is a DISIATAH! ... a DISASTAH!!" Americans have been lied to for so long (and they don't seem to "get out" much") that they really haven't a clue about how health care works around the planet.
How the American government treats its citizens "the less they know the more we can get away with"
@@timhamock2996 ... and then they constantly perpetuate the myth that you are "FREE"
If you can't be a role model, the least you can do is be a warning....
@@timhamock2996 This. 100% this. Our citizens are totally brainwashed and the government loves it. They can do literally anything and get away with it.
At that point Health became a lucrative buisness in America
US thinks it's the cool kid, but really is a jerk, while the rest of the class already knew this. Lol
Those of us stuck here at the mercy of the medical system know this. It sucks.
China and Russia think they are the strongest bullies but the rest of the class knew that too.
@@bradley8575 its funny that you write under so much comments, but you actually never bring any other arguments than pointing the finger to russia/china and more while trying to tell us "theyre not better". i mean, you sound like my 5yr old nephew who just got caught stealing sweeties and who then tries to blame others. get over it, youre living in a huge capitalistic lie.
Yeah and your also saying that US is capitalistic when you are literally living in capitalist country yourself living a privileged life.
@@bradley8575 youre still doing it. the fun part is you dont even realize it.
self-reflection can be a hard task, i know it. but the average american (= you) never has been known for such skills...
It's amazing! We learnt a few months ago that America is about the only rich country in the world that doesn't provide paid maternity leave for new mother's - even Afghanistan and poor African countries do that!
That's because the politicians talk the talk but they dont walk the talk
wow really?? i had no idea; im starting to think america is an oligarchy and not a democracy; the masses are controlled by the wealthy elite; even the poor will scream communism when you try to talk to them about public health care; so sad how brainwashed they are ; what is even sadder the poor and middle class will vote in these wealthy elite and they do not care one bit about them; they just keep amassing wealth for their class at the expense of everyone else
a baby is about $40,000 without complications and you can only stay in the hospital for 2 days. a baby with complications can be up to $300,000
@@sherrymac1336 Republicans would actually explain to you that America isnt a democracy. Its a constitutional republic they say very PROUDLY! And im like... wut?? why you happy on being a 3rd world banana republic?? wtf
And theyre wondering why the birth rate is going down. Im truly amazed anyone can afford to have a baby at all in the states
When I moved to America I was horrified by the healthcare system but the worst part is that there are people defending this system and sometimes defending it fervently
That's because a lot of people have no clue how it works in other countries, they totally live in a bubble.
imagine living in one of the richest countries in the world. yet you have to set up a go fund me page to pay for your medical bills. how dare americans still say that they live in the greatest country on the planet? i am so glad to be Dutch.
Agree!
They dare, because they know nothing about other countries and are being lied to all their life.
Am American. It sucks here.
Please get me out. I'll make you hamburgers!!
@@SuperSillyKitten Move to the welcoming Germany...or Denmark.
You could try and get a job in the military and ask for working in Germany e.g.
By that I mean not joining the army, but getting a normal job there.
Like accountant or something...you get the picture.
@@SuperSillyKitten what’s stopping you? Just leave.
But you’re aren’t American. If you were American, you wouldn’t type “Am American” - you’re probably Indian.
You also wouldn’t write “hamburgers” - we just call them burgers.
But keep on pretending you’re from the US if that makes you feel better about your poverty.
Non-Americans- if you care to, keep calling our medical system out! It’s helping to raise awareness.
There's a lot of us who care. When the politicians get out of the way or wake up to what we need here, the maybe we can adopt elements of healthcare from other parts of the world
Hello
Thanks, when America improves it can show guidance to other countries.
Unfortunately it's not just the healthcare system... there's a lot broken in the US; gun laws, criminal justice, employment, etc....
it maybe help some what. but there always will be stupid people in america who say its communism and what not. they will not want to have this changed anyway
The National Health Service in the UK is the gift that just keeps on giving. God Bless all those who work in it.
Its not perfect mind you. But between British and American healthcare. I'm going with the NHS 10 times out of 10
@M&M people have been trying for 80 odd years to get rid of the NHS and its still here
Amen
@@sheldon-cooper they're slowly turning the NHS from a public system into a private one though bit by bit, and refusing to fund it properly (while pretending they are because they can't admit that openly). Starving the beast takes time, and people shouldn't be complacent about it
Tony H Yes being Welsh and British I am very proud of the NHS.
Good documentation. One question: Did the New York Times cover this issue as aggressively when Bernie Sanders ran for office twice and tried to change the American health insurance system?
I just saw him in an interview ( not the NYT ) but he’s still advocating for our healthcare system to be revamped
I'm from Texas and I'm embarrassed and enraged at our system. I was out of work for 3 months due to a fractured collarbone and ribs. I lost thousands in wages because my job didn't cover me, and forced to pay thousands more in outrageous medical fees. Now I'll have to work overtime shifts for at least 5 months to make up the losses.
I live in the UK, fractured my elbow and had 6 weeks off, Payed nothing for getting my arm fixed though the NHS and because the UK has 28 days paid leave and I work 4 days a week I got paid my normal wage for my time off and I still have 4 days left for a week off at Christmas.
Completely different world, to think I used to want to move to the USA when I was a kid.
we have short-term disability coverage over here in Canada. But then again, socialist policies are frowned upon over there in the US.
this is madness... hard working citizen who are the foundation of this country should deserve the medical care at fair price...
@@Aron-ru5zk Hollywood does give a false impression of USA eh
Secretly Communist America, control by Financial Abuse. Next year in america: Breath tax, you wanna breathe? You gotta pay for it. Nobody's saying you HAVE to breathe, that's your decision, your right as an american to choose.
Can we see a video of "What does US labour laws look like abroad?" Some of the stories that I've heard are more like 1800's Victorian England than 21st century advanced country
ruclips.net/video/yhBkeAo2Hlg/видео.html
Yes yes yes!!!! The lack of unions is shocking!!!!
@@wishiwaslizbennet924 theres no need for unions if you have decent labour laws. The USA has neither
What laws? Your employers can do pretty much what they want...
@@rtsharlotte Why exactly are you showing me all this?
I don't live in this dystopian nightmare called USA.
I live where the government cares about their citizens.
I moved to Japan 5 years ago and when I think about returning home, getting a decent job with a good benefits package is front and center in my mind.
Even applying for unemployment and welfare assistance is a joke. I was denied when I was between jobs as a college student, and my late aunt, who had nothing, was living off my parents' couch, was only given $15/mo for groceries.
It's an utter nightmare.
*Only if someone ran on providing healthcare to every single American in the last presidential election...* 🤔
ya well you had Obama calling up the others running getting them to drop out at the same time & support Biden while telling Warren to stay in since god forbid if the people have a politician that isn't 100% owned by the rich in this country.
I would never vote for the republican or democrat parties as they are from my view human trash.
Only if the NYT endorsed that person... except they didn't. They supported the neoliberal candidate & now want to act like it's a problem that couldn't have been fixed
@@tofupowda Pretty hilarious how the NYT is posting this while having a hand in making sure Bernie didn't win... except not so much funny as infuriating.
And where will that "free" healthcare come from?
@@TruthIsTheNewHate84 Same place our “free” military protection comes from, princess
All non-Americans please, please, please keep talking about how our health care system is dogshit. Maybe one day we'll get a president that actually listens.
healhcare, gunlaws, voter suppression, filibuster etc etc etc
@@pietsnotty8283 facts
@@pietsnotty8283 Well, when it comes to gun laws, it's a bit different.
There is a constitutional amendment that make all gun restriction laws illegal. So if you want to legally have gun control laws, you first need to remove that constitutional amendment.
@@Tjalve70 I thought most Americans are against guns, but the lobby is big. It's frightning how much gun violence and mass shootings there are. I like it in the movies, but i prefer my country where hardly anything happens (Netherlands).
The Swiss basically all have a weapon, but only 0,1% of deaths are by gun violence. They're being properly taught I guess... Anyways, like i said, its good here ;)
It is not up to the president. The whole system works around it, you will need to make a lot of changes to regulations, and so on. People get into the medical field to make big bucks, and take on huge loans for their studies in expectation thereof. Education plays into this, and so do the banks and feds. Same thing with minimum wage in the USA, infrastructure (suburbia vs. European towns) etc.
When i was younger i saw the USA always as a dream destination. The more i learned about the "land of the free" the more i was happy to stay were i am.
Good, we don’t want cowards here.
@@fatherson5907 So why are you living in the US then?
@@fatherson5907 Good, stay there. We don't want DNA infested with ignorance spread across the globe.
@@Brozius2512 He's delusional and brainwashed. It's sad to see.
@@gabago0l I'm over the sad part, he's just pathetic.
American health care is not only for-profit, it’s also a classist system.
I'm from the UK and 68 years old. When I was 13 I broke the head of my femur at school. Since then I've had 7 major hip operations (including 2 replacements), total 1 year in hospitals, 7 years on crutches, 6 minor operations to wrists and elbows (because of crutches) and 1 knee arthroscopy (soon to be replaced) plus 50 years of painkillers, anti-inflammatories etc.
Total cost $0
I'm now living in Italy and guess what, I'm still covered by the NHS
Not entirely true, mate. As an American who moved from the US to the U.K. I have a keen understanding of both systems. While the U.K. system is significantly cheaper for some, you definitely pay for it via NI deductions on income. Of course how much you pay is dependant on your income level but I’ll tell you I pay more in NI deductions than I paid for my insurance in the US. That doesn’t mean it is cheaper in the US for everyone as there are additional costs of co-pays and deductibles.
However, if you have a good job in the US the chance is the overall cost is less than what you pay here in an equivalent job through NI deductions. Also, the costs shown aren’t direct to patient unless the patient doesn’t have insurance. Generally speaking, you’d never see any bills like that in the US. Your insurance would take care of it and you’d have a much smaller amount in co-pays and deductibles.
For instance, I paid around $120 a month in the US for my insurance. This insurance had a $0 co-pay at normal GP visits and a $50 co-pay for specialists or hospital visits. There was also an annual $2500 deductible that I had to meet before the insurance would pay for anything. So, if I had a good year with minimal health issues my total cost would be $120 a month. If I had a bad year, it could be as high as $375 a month all in. Now, I am at a similar salary level here in the U.K. as I was in the US and my NI deductions are £445 a month ($619). So, for me, the U.K. system actually costs me a lot more than the US one did.
The main difference is that NI is taken and there are never any additional costs. Whereas the US system less is taken up front and there are additional costs. However, still in my case the US system was better. It was not only cheaper but the level of care was better and faster. Now someone who doesn’t have insurance - that’s a different story.
@@johnmoore8918 unfortunately though you are equating NI contributions to the NHS. Although this was how it was originally proposed, successive governments have used increases in NI as a means to raise money whilst still being able to claim they haven't raised Income tax.
Only about two thirds of money raised by NI contributions goes to the NHS
@@capitanosteve6142 even if we take 2/3rd of my NI the U.K. is still more expensive than my US care. The point is, these videos are not actually comparing apples to apples. Many instances exist where the U.K. system is more expensive.
@@johnmoore8918 well, the average cost of health insurance in the US is £400 per month at the moment .
Should you be unlucky enough to need treatment, this would not cover co-pays, upper limits of payouts for many treatments or ongoing (extortionate in the US) drug costs.
If , as you say, you paid less than 2/3 of your NI contributions that means you must be earning more than £175k per annum.
@@capitanosteve6142 the average cost of health insurance per month is absolutely not £400 a month in the US mate. To say so would clearly show a lack of understanding of the US health system. In the US very very few people actually pay 100% of their insurance costs. It’s almost always part of your employment package. 3 years ago when I was working and living in the US I paid $120, not £, per month. My employer payed 2/3 of the cost, or $240 per month, for a total of $360 per month for full coverage of myself and my wife. However, you can’t claim that our cost was $360 because it wasn’t as it was only $120 monthly. Matter of fact, I don’t know anyone who ever paid more than $300-400 a month while working for health care. After retirement you might see your costs rise slightly but you also have supplements from government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Couple that with the fact that social security for most in the US pays well over 2x the maximum government pension here in the U.K. and again the US comes out on top monetarily speaking. You can’t compare apples to oranges and then be outraged about the disparity - it’s easy to spot someone who doesn’t understand the US system because they claim things like “they pay $1000s for a ride in an ambulance”. No, they don’t. Insurance might but the individual themselves definitely do not in 99% of cases.
Also, I pay, as I said earlier, well over £400 a month in NI right now. Even if we claim only 2/3 of that is going to cover the NHS, I’m paying around $400 a month then for health coverage which is absolutely more than my cost in the US was and it’s for subpar coverage. I spent over 30 years in the US and am intimately familiar with the costs as I’ve had serious medical issues that saw me in hospital a few times. The cost was still less than I’ve paid here in the U.K.
As someone from Germany where I got surgery that was about 70k € and got it for free this is seriously depressing. How can Americans say They live in the best country in the world is beyond me😂😂😂
It is the best country in the world...but only if you are already rich!
@@jamesavery3727 Why is it only great for the rich? Is it because they pay less taxes?
@@sweetra07 they don't pay taxes.
@@sweetra07 Rich people don't care that much if they pay 1000$/month for HC so they have a peace of mind others don't (Poor and middle class have to compromise and have, no HC or blonze/silver HC)
@@null010010 Poor always end up sacrificing essentials. I had to go without car insurance for years because I couldn’t afford it.
This reminds me of one of my American English tutors, who have lived in Japan for a long time, criticized the Japanese healthcare system like "Why do I have to pay for the universal healthcare system? I'm healthy, and I'm not going to get sick. This is unfair." I'm so sad that I was a beginner-level English speaker back then, so I couldn't let him understand the benefit of it at the time...
Welp... That's a shame for him man
He underestimated it
well, karma will coming like a missile to that teacher
Unfortunate he couldn't see it for the good that it was. Came from a 3rd world country, moved to Japan. The healthcare here is honestly one of the reasons why I wanna stay for good. Never gotten too sick, but having reliable health insurance here helped me improve health wise because I could actually afford to go to the hospital or dentist. One may not be sick now, but you never know in the future. Only then will one realize the importance of good health care
lol such a classic american abroad
As if he will stay young and healthy forever...
I had minor brain trauma a few months ago, my employers sent me to a clinic were I received very poor care. I'm still insured through my parent so I'm seeking private medical attention. but every day I go to work to pay my bills at the cost of my health and every day my condition deteriorates. The American health system is scary, and stressful. I should be doing nothing but resting and healing. but that's not the reality America has created for itself
Mexican here and our health care system is nowhere perfect, but my mom has been in-a-out the hospital from the past 6 years (surgeries, recovery, consults, even a week at the ICU) and the only thing we have had to pay is the parking lot cost
Why on Earth do Mexicans go to the US ? It would be like if I left Denmark to live a better life in africa.
@@Flamechr for Jobs, but nowadays most Mexicans that haver superior level of study prefer Go to canada, i know that because i'm a Brazilian and i have a lot of mexican friends.
@@Flamechr the desperate go to the US, the ones with highly specialised degrees go to Canada. Bear in mind that a Mexican immigrant to the US, although as a poor person they might have better health coverage in Mexico¹, in just about every other metric their quality of life is much worse. They're essentially betting health on the promise of money and a better life for their children, and the average healthy person is able to pull it off.
¹ You need to keep in mind that Mexico is a developing country, like mine is. If you live in a poor or remote area, virtually no services exist. Furthermore, the government is also poorer, so public health care often lacks medicines (as far as I know, Mexico dispenses some medicines free of charge through its public health care system). Thus patients still end up having to pony up money for medications that the poor can't afford. If you're a poor person in an urban area with a steady job on something or another, you can manage just fine, albeit precariously-those aren't the people who emigrate to the US. If, however, you're a barely literate, exploited peasant farmer in an economically depressed area with few job prospects, the Mexican government's health care is more of a theoretical concept, hence why moving to the US becomes much more attractive, for it's about the same level of health care and, at least, you get money and your children get better prospects.
Hope this helps!
@@nicolasrodrigues9103
That's very interesting. Is that because the US has been degrading so much over the past years? Because looking on from scandinavia it really does look like a 3rd world country now, and I'm baffled that Americans can't see this.
@@TheSilverwing999 yes, for example, i want to do my PhD in Australia or Canada, if il choose made my phd abroad. US is good for open companies, but not that Much to find a job
I live in Indonesia and we still have a better healthcare system even with ramping corruption issues, at least people doesn't go broke from going to the hospital here.
well the thing about corruption in the US is, that these politicians don't count as corrupt but get payed by companies anyway. And those companies support those most, that are most likely to do, what they want.
Over here in Europe we call it corruption (sueing those politicians is a different problem..)
@@daDUSTad LOBBYISTS BABY, the only place you can legally bribe
@@daDUSTad I just wanted to write the same. Here it is a crime, and you go to jail for that. Everything that it is presented to American citizens as a freedom is totally opposite. If you have system which allows someone to pay to congressman (legally) to vote for or against some law according to his interest, that is not freedom for all, that is thirany of oligarchs. I have nothing against reach people, or against ambition to be reach, I have same ambition for myself, but let's "compete" under equal conditions...I went too far from the subject, sorry...
I am from Georgia and our healthcare system is quite bad, but still not as horrifying as the American one.
my cousin had a pretty bad motorbike accident a couple years back. had to have reconstructive surgery for his left foot bcs the skin was scraped on asphalt (had to get a skin graft from his thigh as well as get metal pins to correct the bones). hospital informed us that part of the surgery cost will be covered by Traffic Accident compensation provided by Jasa Raharja. it ended up covering the whole surgery cost (got maximum amount we could get due to how severe his condition was) and we only had to pay for recovery cost post surgery and his physical therapy. can't imagine what would happen if we were living in US.....
Wait. So Universal Health care is not okay because it's "communism" but Go Fund Me is okay? Isn't Universal Health care just an obligatory Go Fund Me that an organisation handles? In my country my monthly "donations" to the "nationwide Go Fund Me" depends on my income so it doesn't bother me covering someone's back because I know when it's my time to need help (it's not a matter of if, but a matter of when), I won't have to die due to lack of money.
Exactly. Plus, having that safety net and not having to worry about health insurance should be a great incentive for a lot of people.
Nobody on Go Fund Me is obligated to give you money. It's a gift. The USA system is based on the possibility to develop yourself to the point to be able to afford your medical expenses.
@@JohnRome-xn7hx hahahaha
@@JohnRome-xn7hx which is never for most of its people.
@@namjuarez4981 that was probably the best reaction someone could have to that comment xD
A few years ago I passed out at work, hit my head on the way down. The second I woke up I begged them to just let me take a bus home but they said I had to go. If anything happened to me it would be on the company. I sat in the ER crying begging them to stop treating me. They couldn't find a cause and said I was probably dehydrated or overworked. When the bill came my work suddenly said they weren't responsible since it was a pre existing condition. I begged my boss to put me on full time so I could afford the bill and have insurance so I could do follow up appointments. She told me they simply weren't allowed unless someone else quit. I got 1 day off unpaid and no follow up treatment. I had 2 black eyes with a cut and worked in at a service desk in a busy Vegas Casino.
I am sorry you gone through this.
I'm so sad that happened to you. Only a psychopath would defend a system that allows this kind of things.
That's terrible. You have to organize and ask as many times as necessary a Universal Health System.That would give you a lot of peace of mind and nobody would be in danger of dying or in the "best" of cases, bankruptcy
When Thomas Jefferson wrote we are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" what he really meant was choose the cheapest option.
It was supposed to be the world's first multiple choice question Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of happiness.
Joking aside this video and there are quite a few more, is really depressing. Knowing that my Cousin and His family have to live with that on a daily basis.
Never trust a man promoting freedom who wouldn’t free his own daughter from slavery
@@evileyez504 I tried to dive into the (interracial) relations of the Jefferson-Wayles-Hemings-Eppes families a while ago, but it was too complicated, intertwined. I was baffled to read that Jefferson freed Sally Hemings, with whom he had 4(6) children, only after his death !! I thought that all his 4 children were freed when he died. Or was it that Harriet was not officially free ?
(btw A reason 'might' be that under a Virginia law a freed enslaved person , had to leave the state within a year.)
Anyway it is bizar. Sally and jefferson's wife Martha were defacto half-sisters (with 25 yr age difference) and thus Sally's children and Jefferson's daughter Martha did not have 50% , but 75% the same blood line and DNA and yet they had such different positions !
Originally, he wrote ...'and the pursuit of wealth', which is closer to the truth of the US.
Biggest advice to you guys who looking for a better life :
Don't live in USA
Too many people outside USA still believe in the American dream unfortunately
@@EELSGT3 not so many. Not anymore. America used to be (40, 50, 60 years ago) the "land of opportunity", but it's not anymore. I think every day more and more people are aware of that.
@@jasnazivkovic969 oh for sure more and more are becoming aware but there's still far too many that still believe in it and they're usually ones from countries that far too many Americans would rather not immigrate to America
@@jasnazivkovic969 yep , im Polish living in Germany, my unckle lived in USA since 80's moved back to Poland 3 years ago, he just said american dream is over.
@@Arejen03 opposite to "polish dream" 😊 I'm so glad to see that Poland is doing very well.
I live in a so called "third world country" (Bangladesh), still here we have government hospitals, services are almost free.
We have a strong regulation over the prices of drug and essential commodities.
Maybe we are better than America in some aspects. 😅
Yeah that's for sure. I really hope that developing nations don't look to the USA as something to work towards.
@@suryanarayan2032 tell that to Liberia they are the literal us wannabe
We, your closest neighbours, don't have this in most parts of our country. Government is busy polarizing the people to win elections and people are dumb enough to uphold their stupid ideals while ignoring the state of the country. Pathetic.
No you aren’t
It’s not "so-called-called“ it literally is a third world country
Health care should not be a for profit industry.
I live in the UK. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form Multiple Sclerosis when I was just in 21 years old.
Which is why my doctor prescribed the strongest form of medication at the time. In hindsight these meds probably saved my ability to walk, maintain my vision and cognition.
After watching this video I just looked up the price of the medication I took out of interest. It was not even mentioned in my initial consultation. It actually cost just over £56,000. I don't even think I had 10% of that money at the time.
I am now 31 years old on a very decent salary after finishing a computing degree. I probably paid back that amount by now with my National Insurance contributions.
Had I not been presented the opportunity to take the meds at the time there is a strong chance, I probably would have been out of a job and on disability benefits.
Universal coverage is not only humane but also cost effective.
^^^ this. This should be mentioned much more. Because apparently the US can't do math.
National Insurance has nothing to do with the NHS.
@@wangdangdoodie Wrong. The NHS is paid for through NI and taxes. I guess I should have mentioned taxes also.
Yup. Also - taxes in Canada are comparable income to income with people in the US, but we fund our Heath care with our taxes. I’d rather get my leg surgery than a new helicopter or whatever.
@@wangdangdoodie????????????
"When you lose your job, that's when society should help you." Probably a foreign concept to many people who live in a country where those same people say that "universal health care" would mean the equivalent of taking your stuff from you.
Trump's idea was to make sure nobody loses their job by creating more jobs than workers. The people who saw no value in that were those who didn't want to work. They caught a Democrat disease called "society owes me".
By watching this video, I am even more proud of being a doctor (and sometimes patient) in Spain.
Spaniard living in Germany here. My sister is an anesthesiologist for the Basque public healthcare system. I believe in Spain we are unaware and take for granted the awesome healthcare system we have, which I've come to appreciate more especially after moving to Germany (it isn't awful like the US here but I definitely felt it lacking compared to the spanish system). IF anything I wish the governmet spent more on it so that you people aren't so underpaid and overworked.
Some notes:
0:12 “The United States is the only wealthy nation without universal health care.”
1:25 “35% of American adults report avoiding medical care because of cost.”
2:10 “Half of Americans have health coverage through an employer.”
2:49 Average price of insulin in other countries. USA is by far the highest
3:55 “66% of bankruptcies in America are tied to medical issues.”
4:14 “In the past decade, almost 250,000 GoFundMe campaigns have been set up for health care costs, raising $650 million.”
4:30 US Health Care is the most expensive of developed. US average Life Expectancy was lowest of developed countries.
bUt ThAt'S sOcIaLiSm.
Ughhh I cry everytime. Give us our healthcare!
Socialism or Communism and everything else that doesn’t go with the Capitalism narrative.
"BeRnIe CaNnOt WiN ThE GeNeRaL EleCtIoN BeCaUsE PeOpLe lOvE ThE PrIvAtE iNsUrAnCe RaCkEt"
"Harsh" capitalism is worse. A democratic Socialist country can have some level of capitalism in it and still prosper & has happier people than what is happening in the U.S. , (mind you U.S. surgeons are probably the best for bullet wounds because of all the practice they have had.)
. Russia & China & N.K. have a dictatorship socialism meaning your opinion does not count for anything. These are the people #45 was dancing with and wanted to emulate.(copy) Screw democracy and your right to voice your opinion. Once you lose it it would take a bigger uprising than on Jan 6 to bring democracy back.
@@bunzeebear2973 Republicans and Trumpsters go hand in hand with dictatorship and autocracy (history has proven that). It's sad
A relative of mine had a minor accident while in New York. His experience was shocking. Unnecessary brain scan and encouraged to wait until the plastic surgeon was in to have a few stitches done, which fortunately he declined in favour the perfectly able alternative. Then despite his insurance company telling the hospital to send all bills to them, he was for the next six months bombarded with bills and harassment- they dribbled in. He thought the first one was excessive but then came a separate bill for the doctor etc. At least it explained to him why the father of the child who had a similar accident in the park adamantly declined an offer to have her taken to hospital for a check up. It left a really bad taste - healthcare in the USA seemed like a dodgy abusive business. He also noted that although all the expensive tests were very quick, the wait for the five stitches (all he really needed) was longer than he experienced for a similar injury in the UK. The NHS needs more funding and certainly is not perfect but it is so preferable to the USA healthcare system, which I would be ashamed to be part of.
I agree. There is something to be said for having the availability to do the big, expensive tests. MRI's and PET scans and the like. If we're being honest you can wait quite a while for an MRI in Canada. I ended up paying around a couple thousand for a couple private MRIs in Canada due to the wait time. That was a choice and one I'm grateful I was in a position to make. I could have waited and gotten a free one but I also would have waited 8 months to find out about the tumour on my liver. That said, I wouldn't trade the Canadian system for the American one. It is absolutely immoral to allow people to die simply because they can't afford treatment.
ill never forget the time my doctor sent my blood work to a lab “out of network” and then charged me $900. i said…no?
i am from germany and the idea of an insurance company dictating me what "network" of doctors or hospital, I can get treatment at is so strange.
I went to my doctor because my grandmother was diagnosed with hemochromatosis (too much iron buildup because genetics) and the doc visit, blood draw and results cost $0. How does anyone afford anything after paying for health care in the US? (I’m in Canada.)
And since wait times are all upsetting, it took three days from my initial call to get the doctors appointment for the blood draw orders, 24 hours to get the blood draw done and 3.5 weeks to get the results back.
@@ajlichty7399 I need my bloods checking regularly because a medication I take can cause liver problems. My GP asked a nurse to ring me yesterday (Saturday) to make an appointment for Monday afternoon. (I'm bed-bound so they do home visits.) An appointment was also made for Thursday morning for the GP to ring me. The nurse said that because she's coming in the afternoon, she's not sure if the results will be ready the following day so decided to wait for Wednesday, but my preferred GP isn't at work then. In other words, if she'd come before lunch& I had no preference over doctor, I could have got the results of a routine blood test taken at home the following day. What a wait! lol
@@TheAnonymmynona Your neighbouring country, The Netherlands, does have this situation to a point, though. The healthcare reforms there mean that you have certain hospitals that you can use unless you pay top up insurance to have a wider access.
@@TheAnonymmynona That is because in Germany (and most other European countries) the "network" is over 90% of all doctors/hospitals.
I turned 18 in the hospital after having a colonoscopy that required full anesthesia (due to the sheer amount of pain I was already in). After getting out of the hospital the insurance company wouldn't let my dad advocate on my behalf while arguing that the anesthesia was a medical necessity and needed to be covered. I had to sit in the room, still in moderate to relatively severe pain and tell them that had I been released 4 days earlier they would have had zero issue talking to him about it. I ended up verbally authorizing it and they finally listened to him, but that was a nearly 4 hour call.
We also have access to Google Maps street view. America's road network and infrastructure is third world. Mexicans trying to get into America are really trying to get to Canada.
Everytime my friends here (in Romania) complain about roads I show them the pic my friend sent from Los Angeles, Hollywood Bvd. with the huge cracks on the road pavement, just to shut them up:D
I've read on reddit that in an american city (can't remember the name) 7 bridges were found dangerous (old and weakened structure), yet they are open to public.
The numbers say otherwise Rod. New permanent residents in Canada has ranged from 250,000 to 300,000-less than 2 percent of whom are Mexicans.
Most foreign-born individuals in Canada came from India, followed by China and the Philippines. Mexican immigrants weren't in the top ten.
More US citizens moved to Canada than Mexicans.
I am Canadian, I live in Mexico 8 months a year and Canada 4 months. In Canada I know many people from El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile and Peru but I don't personally know a single person who immigrated from Mexico to Canada.
Mexican streets and roads are worse than American ones, at least from my experience.
@@mosslimbayter277 It’s more likely that Mexicans mostly lives in Cities like Toronto and Vancouver.
Universal healthcare sounds good in theory but it's also good in practice.
If it makes people live longer, has lower infant-mortality, better health-outcomes on pretty much every dimension of health-care, does a lot more health-prevention that privatised health-care ... then you can bet universal health-care is better. But even if you ignore all that ... it encourages people to work where they want to work, live where they want to live and enjoy happier, healthier and more productive lives. It makes Economic sense too.
Even some of more intelligent animals take care of the wounded and sick ones. If we call ourselves humans we should at least do that. I don’t want to be a part of community that calls helping those in need socialism or left-wing idea. It’s basic human decensy.
It's good but it's also far from a perfect system...
@@grimaldus1967 It’s not perfect, but it’s the best system.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations, you said what needs to be said
This is because healthcare in most countries is a civil right, while in the United States it's a money-making business.
Obviously the demand is high because if you face the choice between dying or bankruptcy, you know what you would choose. I could never imagine living under such a horrifying system.
I know you implied everyone would choose bankruptcy but really - I'd choose dying, because what life do you have in the US with no money ? There is no social net that catches you.
A lot of people choose dying over bankruptcy because they don't want their children to be hounded by (illegal) debt collectors after they're gone.
@@aliceh5289 So in the U.S. even children can inherit debt? That's horrible! In addition to nearly free healthcare, debt is not inherited in my country.
@@Mortac In Germany you can inherit debt, too, but you can decide to not inherit. If there is a testament and you would inherit a house that's worth a million Euro but there are debts to pay like a mortgage you can't say I want the house but not the debts. You have to inherit everything including the debts or nothing and that can be a tough decision. Children inherit by default. And children under 18 are save in that way that they only pay debts with the wealth they have when they reach legal age. That is to make sure that children are not starting into live with a debt unlike in the US where young often have debts because of school or college fees.
@@Mortac It's not legal, but I know I've heard of debt collection agencies going after the kids.
In Germany a non insured foreigner pays a maximum of 50 euros at the emergency room. Doctors and nurses apologize for taking this money.
Living in Malaysia where government hospital consultation fees only costing USD0.25 and USD1 for all the medication you need, this is simply inhuman.
Fellow Malaysian here, truly the US healthcare system is despicable.
My mother is diabetic and her treatment including insulin is completely free in Romania. These stories are truly heartbreaking. I hope a change will come.
But with the politicians in the US, I don’t think change will happen. :(
Another point is that American people are so indoctrinated that they believe that regulated capitalism & social programs that help the poor working class is considered “communism”. And in the eyes of an American, communism is a very bad & evil thing. Tbh, I don’t understand Americans... 🤷🏻♀️🙄
@@planetary2180 Well, that sounds awful… and the U.S education system is the worst in the world, which contributes to ignorance and stupidity in the U.S. I don’t understand why wasting money on the military is normal and fine, but universal healthcare and other social programs to improve lives of Americans is “radical” and “communistic”. 🤦🏻
Hope your mother stays well, you're quite compassionate, it's rare (in the comment section at least)
Hello there from your neighbor Serbia, it's exactly the same here and the fact that the healthcare system in Serbia and Romania is better than the USA one just shows you how bad it really is
They just have to screem Socialism and Communism. Or they just say it'll be just like Venezuela. Americans fall for it every time.
"Socialism" and "Communism" are simply code words and dog whistles that mean a completely different thing.
I got pneumonia in 2017. I went to the ER one night because the fever was not going down. I got diagnosed and had some antibiotics prescribed. They made no difference and I was hospitalised the next night because I was hyperventilating from the amount of gunk in my lungs. I spent 10 days there, on oxygen. At my worst, I got 15 litres of oxygen an hour to keep my blood properly supplied. I was given x-rays and a... MRI? I think? Because the 2 new antibiotics they put me on was not working as fast as they should have.
Neither me nor my family needed to pay anything out of pocket for that.
she nailed it on the creative job. Because I have endometriosis and all of the trouble that comes with it, i had to always take the 'safe' job so i could make sure i had health insurance. i was never able to pursue the creative path I wanted because of healthcare. i now live in europe and can choose whatever job i want and it's not dictated by whether or not i'll have healthcare. This was one of the main reasons I left the US. but, I spent about 15 years of my adult life working jobs I didn't really want just to be sure i'd have insurance (and even then it didn't cover everything so i always had bills)
that's fking awful. i'm so sorry you have to go through this. as if a chronicle disease isnt enough. i hope americans make a revolution and turn over the government. not those fools with maga and viking hats lol, but people like you and so many more who really deserve a decent life and happiness, stuff that you're not supposed to try to buy and sell.
I hope to be right behind you. Only my mother just had a stroke at 63 without Medicaid or money or any other insurance, so I have to figure all of that out before I can proceed with some plan to leave the US ‘and’ now also take my mother with me.
The USA has never got its head around the 'Keep its citizens safe' concept.
More like "keep the rich safe"
@@glenno1331 and the polititons employed.
The US is a distopia. I'm so happy I escaped to Canada, and healthcare is a big reason why. So much better here.
I fled to Netherlands and a non existent health care was a big part.
@@handlaidtracksand3dprinted922 I plan on doing the same. It's exciting to hear about others who have already done it.
@@JumpyJoker18 i recommend going to Denmark, as Northern Europe is the most developed region in the world
Honestly: thank you for that video. I‘m from Germany and every time I talk to friends and family about health care, we go completely nuts when we think of US system. I mean: for sure the German system has its flaws here and there, some severe as well. BUT we complain from a very high standard tbh.
What the USA are doing in terms of health care is - by a German point of view - not First World, not even Second World, no, it’s Third World.
And in the end: people die - because the Government gives a s***.
It’s absolutely hilarious how gullible people from the EU are. You have amongst the lowest care qualities in the world, and as always, instead of worrying about your own country, you are crying about the US.
Homelessness is out of control in your country, and you are worrying about the healthcare system in a country thousands of miles away.
Your insecurity is pathetic. This is why we don’t allow you to exist as a sovereign nation any longer.
Never forget that for the past 75 years, we control you.
@@fatherson5907 I really like the spin in the end, didn’t see that coming. But you gave me a big laugh, so thank you very much!
@@JulioVercetti thay're a troll ignore them
Viva la Unión Europea!
Please, 3rd world have universal health care!!
@@nurlindafsihotang49 True!
I've watched this 4 or 5 times. It's the Japanese woman's reaction to the charge for holding the baby that I enjoy the most. Hard to believe the hospital would dare make the patient pay for this.
I don't want to ruin it for you, but "skin to skin after C section" sounds more like the stitching. Who would call holding a baby "skin to skin"? Shouldn't have to pay for it anyway
@@Inferiis I don't want to ruin it for you, but skin to skin after C section is not stitching. It's holding a baby. It's an infamous practice that everyone has heard of
@@issecret1 I live in Australia I'd never heard of it, mentioned to my sister in law who is a midwife - she was horrified.
@@raylouis7013 it just must be called something else in australia. I can swear to you every midwife in the sates knows what skin to skin is. (I'm from Canada, I'm not a medical professional, and even I know what it is)
@@allister.trudel Yeah, In Australia we call it letting a mother hold HER baby after childbirth. I lie, we don't really call it that, it doesn't have a name because it is just something any normal society would know is best in the long run. We have specialist birthing suites (birthing clinics) in some hospitals where you can book in to have your baby there where it is focussed towards a more comforting environment for the couple and baby. NO CHARGE.
It's shocking how mentally deficient, and unhuman this U.S system of society is built on, feel so fortunate to live in Europe though, and feel so compassionate towards all Americans who suffer from this dysfunctional system. 💗
Do the next video with people from countries that are not rich, like Brazil... I bet americans would be even more shocked that even a developing country like ours has a free health care system. I know, every time I tell people here how the american health care system works, they barely believe me.
Exactly! Why only compare to “rich” countries? Great video but always keeping that western mentality 🤦🏽♂️
I would make a video from countries all over the world. The problem is : how many people in that country pay taxes. Multimillionaries are known for NOT paying taxes, this contributes to destroy the universal healthcare system.
y'all don't have free healthcare you pay through it through your taxes and yet our healthcare system despite it being severally Flawed and not very good is ranked better than Brazil by the WHO juts because A developing country like Brazil has universal Healthcare that doesn't mean it is better than America's Okay and I wonder why so many Brazilians want to move to the US.
@@bradley8575 You need to calm down... I never said Brazil is better than the US, both countries have good and bad things. I said we have health care for all, even though it has it's flaws. Even people who don't have as much money, won't die without having the chance to receive care. And I think that's pretty nice.
@@bradley8575 You can have the best health care in the world. It's no use if people will die without having the chance to use it, simply because they can't afford it.
I moved from India to Singapore to the UK. The NHS may be inefficient but nothing beats the feeling of walking out of a hospital without having to look at an invoice