As a nurse, we literally say under our breath, “oh crap, they have United.” I had one family, the wife came to pick up her husband’s belongings and she was in tears. The insurance completely abandoned them. I had one patient forced to go to a different, cheaper facility for rehab, despite living next to the in house rehab. United is something else.
I’ll advocate to no longer say things like that under your breath, but directly to the patient. Granted they can’t do anything about it at that time, but if a particular provider is noticeably worse than others, the people should be aware so they can hopefully get something else during next open enrollment and drive away business from poor providers. Knowledge is power I say.
I heard one RUclipsr said, his cousin was killed by a mugger with a gun just for $20 and the cops simply didn't bother to track down the mugger, but this CEO, the whole NYPD was all over it.... that was another thing that pissed off people.
Amen. People get killed every day for penny ante stuff ... and no one cares unless it is "interesting" enough to be made into a True Crime podcast or show of some kind.
If you don't generate money for greedy corporations, you don't fucking matter as a human being. Welcome to your new reality. Practically, America just admitted to being a monarchic fucking shit-show. An Oligarchy, straight up. The thing they shat on Russia for for decades.
As a Korean, It was a very shocking news. The more sick we are, the more guaranteed we are. That's how the country protects the people to the minimum. But America is driving the people to a corner by saying, "The poor should die." The country should protect the people. Starting from this incident, it is time for the United States to need medical reform.
As an American, here are some stories that are pretty common here. I knew someone who didn’t have dental care until they were in their 20s due to their parents not wanting to pay for it. I’ve nearly cried when my dentist gave a free filling because I was in pain and couldn’t afford it. Medication is a nightmare because the company can all of the sudden decide not to cover or that you should switch to something else at the drop of a hat. My mom, who has autoimmune diseases (many different ones and over a dozen prescriptions plus insulin, has to hold her breath every time she orders refills hoping insurance didn’t do something. My grandma had a colostomy bag for a time and it was a fight to get them to pay for materials even after she developed a skin infection around the site due to excrement that landed her in the hospital for a few days. When we offered to donate the items, the mother of a 12 year old contacted me because her child was on their last colostomy bag and was fighting with insurance because they were denying. Even after all these things, I don’t think anything will change. Money talks more.
@@krv-t6kThe United States doesn't have universal health care because some guy (that worked for an insurance company) published a report in the late 1800s. His concern was that if black people had proper medical care, they would have more babies than white people.. so he determined that black people were 'uninsurable'. That idea stuck unfortunately. Our lack of universal health care is rooted in systemic racism, much like most of our politics. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1497788/
@@cXms-k8y 2 me, empathy is the ability to understand & share another's feelings. The old saying of "putting yourself in their shoes" says it perfectly
Josh is exactly right and he’s saying the shit we all recognize and realize. Luigi was also correct. They have to be incentivized to curb their behavior. Maybe it’ll take one. Maybe it’ll take two. But unless we can coerce people that are making policy decisions that govern our lives and care happening in corporate board meetings, nothing will change. These meetings are unavailable to the public that they are affecting, resulting in policy changes that cause deaths. Deaths that were not nearly on the immediate horizon are suddenly occurring and done because money needs to be made. Just sitting at a table or pretending like we actually have a real seat at that kind of table, has done nothing except to get us where we are today.
@@blondcub82 There are four groups complicit in this situation: corporations/their lobbyists/legalized bribers, politicians, Wall Street financiers/banks, and doctors. I include doctors because they as a group operate within and cooperate with this system. Without their cooperation as a group, none of it would be possible.
@@alexdodge8186 you are absolutely right! Coming from a young person who’s actually telling what he feels along with adding the humor is refreshing. He is really speaking his thoughts in the form of comedy. Like the ghetto rappers speak their’s in their nasty music.!
Not a lot of comedians have that kind of depth and some that do are scared to go that deep on a topic. Josh's coverage is always current but when other comedians start covering this topic most will only talk about Luigi's looks and the people hoping he got away. I also thought about the French Revolution with the way things played out.
Yes, has a George Carlin style. A little less of the cursy words but intelligent, funny as hell. Holly weird needs to put him to serious work. If they miss talent. I hope he can have Denzel Washington courage. I avoid K Hart stuff. Reminds me of Scrappy Doo. Never playing a good character. Josh is a rare breed of good comedy. This too is what made Eddie Murphy so good. His family stories were so funny. He is so aware. I am always looking for the why? He talks about it and often can explain it better to us.
One of my old professors always told us that the difference between the robber barons or the pre-industrial slave owners and the ultra-rich of today is that "sooner or later old money always bankrupted itself with conspicuous displays of wealth. Today's billionaires couldn't spend themselves broke even if they tried." And this has always stuck with me.
Amen, the storm is coming, some people think the new administration is the answer, things are going to change for the working man, but it's going to be clear soon, that more of the same is just the same thing more, then you're going to have anger, anger coming from all sides, and the top is going to be the man in the middle, there's nothing to hide behind in the middle. Just so they know, we told you so.
I don’t have a lot of respect in my current state for professors and that’s because I’m certain that the public perception of me has not been becoming any bit fairer.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder? Yeah I’m in opposition to those that sneered at the pain they inflicted. Gaslighting me all the while with their sickness. I was a child.
United Healthcare's denial rate increased 3 times soon after Thompson became CEO and has the highest denial rate in the country. While Thompson made $10 million a year. Ain't nothin' innocent about that. He wasn't just one of the dudes, but probably the worst dude.
I have an online friend who worked with Brian Thompson. She claimed he was trying to change the system from within, but then I heard Thompson was the one who implemented the new algorithm that automatically rejected insurance claims. I guess she's upset that someone she knew personally was murdered.
@@lowspeeddataUnfortunately we are just finding that out. I'm willing to bet there will be a lot of returns and cancellations of those recent purchases.
It was the CEO of the backpack company, that told the FBI via the serial number who bought the backpack. And he wasn't even yet asked or forced to do so... He gave the data out illegally.
...had a friend with multiple holes in his heart and his bones were calcifying...and he was turned down four times for disability and insurance before he died on his way to the hospital with Covid. He was a friend, a brother, and a husband. Thank you for saying the words.
I sold health insurance for a little while, back when Obamacare was still being rolled out gradually. A woman came in asking for a policy, but she’d missed the enrollment period and the extension deadline (insane that that’s a thing). She needed a kidney transplant - pre-existing condition. Couldn’t get a policy outside open enrollment. Literally not possible. She cried her eyes out at my desk. I literally handed her a box of tissues like Mr Incredible in that fucking meme. So a few weeks later she died. That’s it - she just died. I didn’t find out she was dead until a long time later. And I don’t think my brain could really handle that reality. I can’t remember her name anymore or what her face looked like. It feels dreamlike. I think it’s a partially repressed episode. Amazing what our system encourages us to do to one another.
I pray u heal and understand that you had no part in her los😮s of life..... But please never forget what her life lesson taught you because maybe one day an opportunity will arise for you to stand in your truth and help bring about change. That's the best we can do with our pain is too ensure that if we can make a difference next time we are presented with a horrible truth of life .... That you act in what moved your soul. Bless you for your empathy.🪬🪷
My roommate needed a kidney transplant, but he had a tooth encroaching on his sinus causing a perpetual infection. He couldn’t get the transplant without having tens of thousands of dollars of dental work done to address the infection, because you can’t go through an organ transplant when you have active infection anywhere in your body. The dental work was medically necessary for the kidney transplant. His kidney function was down to single digit percentage. The insurance denied covering the dental work as being unrelated to the kidney transplant, so he had to pay for it out of pocket and on credit. Thankfully, resolving the infection helped his kidneys recover somewhat, but he’s not quite out of the woods yet.
@@lillyenovis15 That is so goddamn ridiculous and heartbreaking. Glad he's been able to get some help. But just reading that made my stomach do a flip, can't imagine how he feels :(
The fact United Healthcare used AI to automatically deny the elderly is sickening. I'm tired of us not seeing older people as PEOPLE. I'm tired of hearing about how they should be denied care because they're "near the end" anyway. It's disgusting.
My parents recently passsd within 6 months of one another and I cared for them. I can’t imagine them or anyone else their age attempting to navigate through this healthcare system without anyone advocating on their behalf AND there with them. My dad couldn’t even do phone prompts from home by himself. There’s no live person to speak to half of the time and he would have just stopped. And in the covid era and with all of that extra stuff as obstacles, that really must have taken its toll on the elderly trying to just get the basics to live. We’ll never know how many of them perished simply because they didn’t have any help.
I will not feel sorry for the boomers that ruined (and continue to ruin) this country and any chances of a future the young have. Screw the healthcare system, I agree. But boomers have had every advantage handed to them their entire lives and no pity shall be had for them.
I’ve been going through some ptsd since he’s been shot. This CEO delayed my mom’s treatment until she died. There are millions of people just like me wrestling with very complex grown up feelings right now. Murder is wrong and all but CEO was a mass murderer. This murder has given many of us a sense of closure that we’re having difficulty reconciling themselves to.
you have my love as someone who lost her only and most loved family member to cancer because of greedy healthcare CEOs during COVID. it's okay to feel anything you're feeling -- there's no handbook for this. I felt a sense of vindication. I don't feel that bad for his family while also having sympathy for their uncomfortable situation. they'll be fine and given the profession he chose, he was probably a piece of sh*t. either way they'll rest easy with the money they got from milking us dry (not their fault, but why I am not concerned -- at worst they will be normal members of society, and at best they will grow up to learn something from all of this and be part of a better system.)
This really could’ve been a Netflix special, Josh knocked it out of the park on this one, looking forward to more of these, it’s great that there are still comedians out there who can run a set without swearing for an whole hour or just turning everything into a sex joke
My Marty was Justin, my 44 year old husband who died of cancer this past April, while I was screaming at people on the phone for months instead of being a partner. Josh's take spoke way closer to how I've felt about this. We became fans back when the catfisheing the kkk bit came out, and over the last year, Justin looked forward to the weekly YT drops, which coincided with chemo. It brought him some joy, thank you for that. My first time going out since he passed is this Sunday's show, I'm bringing my employees... cause I hate being a boss, but try to be a good one. Here's to Marty and Justin
My condolences. 🙏 For what it's worth coming from a stranger, you did your best as his partner to fight those demons on the phone so he didn't have to use all his energy doing so, which is commendable effort.
@@TitanQueen How does having the correct tool to do this take away from any of it? I think I can read a little deeper and say you don't have respect for his actions. May you never have to know what it's like to watch someone unable to afford the prescription that fixes their problems and have to explain it isn't affordable to cover their meds out of pocket this month. That the job they grind 50+ hrs a week at, where they break their body to need these meds, will not pay for any insurance, and the 50+ hrs disqualify them from benefits at a state level. Hope your health and the health of those around you never fails for a moment.
Bless this young ole soul! My son didn't take out his insurance and needed a heart transplant at 21 yo. He died in 2012! The richest country yet the worst health-care.
Anesthesia not being entirely covered is so diabolically hypocritical from people who cannot even handle the discomfort of knowing most people don't like them.
My daughter paid $222 for an inhaler for my 4 year old granddaughter yesterday. Something she has to have. She called me in frustration and almost in tears. Something has to change.
@@WaitAMinute1989insurance companies in west coast of America actually PAY customers to go get medicine and treatment in mexico. they pay THEM money and pay for their transportation if they are willing to go to mexico and get healthcare. the customer doesnt usually pay for the treatment or medicine either. how dystopian is that shit
@@davechonglewhere in the west coast does that happen? I grew up in SoCal and knew a lot of people that would go to Mexico for surgeries, mainly dental, but never heard anyone that got paid to do so.
@ sorry i meant western us, but ive seen it here in Utah and Arizona, maybe New Mexico too. its usually done for prohibitively expensive special (in America) treatments and medication. getting insulin is one of the things if i remember correctly. it is cheaper to pay the customer and pay for their transport to get a years worth of insulin in mexico than it is for them to pay for a years worth of insulin in America.
So good. What everyone misses: Even being rich didn’t save Luigi from suffering horribly under the health insurance system in this country. He is all of us. Thanks Josh
Yes. I wish this was pointed out more. Even rich af, he couldn't get what he needed. If even they can't, its not a matter of us "poors" just not working hard enough.
@ChiliJ hes definitely not responsible for all of it, but they all *keep choosing* to lobby, to keep the system profit over patient, they could be making changes if they chose to. He is one of many who continually fight to remain as we are, along with many other corporations of different industries.
There’s a quote I like that I’ll paraphrase- “Even the rich are worthy of our prayers; for they cannot take refuge in the ultimate human illusion that money is the answer to all life’s problems.”
"I know he was a person... so was my cousin..." That silences that sits there for a brief moment is golden. Josh's ability to tap into the public consciousness around an issue is amazing. EDIT: to add timestamp 22:49
I remember other heroes Like Luigi. I remember Stephen Biko. I remember far too many. And even then, Aung San Sui Kyi, a heroine for decades, presides now over genocide. And how many Indigenous stand to defend and fall - WORLDWIDE - you, Josh, you mention AI whistleblower assaßinated today: battle of the AIs will crush us. All. Of. Us.
Josh Johnson is now what Dave Chappelle was back in the '90s and the 2000s. A comedic genius, well spoken and educated, and is a staple for getting a message across in a humorous way. Kudos to you brother, keep doing what you're doing 💯💯💯
"I think that for CEOs that was a terrifying moment because it was the first time that they saw that we see them the way they see us." -brilliant. You are such an important voice today!
Honestly, after going through training and testing to become a life insurance agent I can tell you that if they're management of any kind, they've realized they're running a scam and hurting more people than they're helping. Only innocents are entry level people that literally don't know what they're getting into, especially if they've never worked sales before. I literally couldn't listen to their sales tactics.
This might be the most glazer (glazist? glazingest? idk) thing I'll ever say to you, Josh, but: no one can touch you when it comes to weaving a single, golden thread through a set that, in itself, is a complex tapestry. The way you spoke about Marty, how you knew him without ever knowing him, bringing that back in later ... You didn't wag your finger and rant about having empathy for people even if you don't know them. You illustrated a living breathing experience of that empathy - with Marty. I'm a writer, and I live in seething envy of your command of language.
As a dude $130k in medical debt specifically because of UHC, and having similar back problems to Mangione, I get it. Imagine experiencing some of the most mind shattering pain, not being able to get proper meds for it because UHC doesn't support pain management, and on top of that they tank your credit score and ensure you're never given proper consideration in a medical facility, because your policy covers less than pet insurance. On top of that, appealing those claims in court buries you in paperwork and fees, and once it gets to that point, their lawyers abuse scorched earth policies. Something had to be done, I just hate that the guy had to throw his life away for it. I have no sympathy for UHC or their CEO's family, when you get paid in blood money, it's only right that you have to pay your pound of flesh eventually. A claim denial rate of 35% is actually criminal and downright evil. And for anyone wondering, you can use the wayback machine to pull up all of those CEO's information, nothing is ever really deleted. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they can force change in one way or another.
He is so on the money. I feel your pain. I'm 76 with a bad back that didn't improve with surgery. I have so much sympathy for you young people. At least I had 70 normal years. Have hope and faith that it'll get better. Murder is wrong but I have so much sympathy for Luigi. I don't for Thompson.
Thank you for explaining it so well. As a european, I had a hard time understanding how a young man with rich parents could suffer that much, but it all makes sense now.
If I and millions of others are dead or enduring unbearable pain for the sole purpose of making already wealthy shareholders even more wealthy, then those shareholders are evil, the industry is evil, and the inevitable response from the people being harmed to tear down that industry by any means they have available is justified. Profit is not more valuable than human life.
Luigi accomplished his goal. I don’t think for one second he thought he would get away with it. He also knows how horrible it is. I’m not condoning murder. But I don’t condone it with a vigilante or via health insurance.
"But lemme tell you, we....as Black People, have never seen the suspect on the news, then said. Lemme go outside, DRESSED AS THE SUSPECT." WE NEVER HAD TO ACTUALLY DRESS LIKE OR RESEMBLE THE SUSPECT.
We get harassed for "fitting the description", even when we don't, while white folks get wind of an incident and go out to have a Fit The Description contest. Two different worlds.
It is a way for those of us who cannot bring ourselves to act at this time to loudly demonstrate our support. It is a sort of modern sympathetic magic. Like dressing up as Iron Man; a way for the powerless to practice something different. V is for ...
We have United. My daughter was denied a CT scan. My daughter has a VA SHUNT!!!! She had to reschedule her appointment for three months into 2025. Her head is POUNDING!!!
This is why the TV show "Dexter" was so popular. Most people cannot commit a murder. But, it's hard not to idealise a person who takes out a mass murderer. "If you could travel back in time, would you kill Hitler" is a common ethical question because it does beg the question if killing one person to save millions is more humane.
As a nanny in NY, and being a near 6' blonde, I was told by the mother employer, "You carry yourself with too much regal bearing, being that you are a pauper's daughter from the Midwest." So we people of the working classes, according to the rich, are not even allowed to carry ourselves with confidence. We are to be meek and mild shells of what we could be. We of the working classes MUST unite and stop allowing the rich to divide us along race, religious, political, and sex differences. There are more of us....a LOT more, than there are of them. We must demand an end to this rich man rule (oligarchy) right now.
I was not a Biden /Harris supporter, but it astounds me how poor white & Blacks are cheering for this incoming administration who only care abt the rich. The more we keep scowling at each other, the more the rich like ppl because we won't come together.
'When has the NEWS ever said LIGHT-SKINNED??" - just give Josh all the awards right now. He's on stage, so Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. Just go. Right now.
No really. I guess if you're Black, you are stunned on a whole nuther level. This wasnt new or news: We ALL looked at the TV and said Light skinned?????? WTH?
I am sorry, but a boy from a private school whose family owns multiple golf clubs is one of *THEM*. If he wanted to change something, he should've done something different. He never experienced what y'all talking about, nor did his relatives. There are many things you can do if you are that rich
Totally agree... Love his style... Cant get enough... I think most Comedians have above average intelligence... Somehow Josh seems head and shoulders above them all... His stories speak volumes too❤❤❤
"For the CEOs it was the first time that they saw, that we see them the way they see us". That is a CRAZY sentence. For clarity sake, I am referencing how profound it is of a statement. My mind was blown. Also shout to to ya'll for the likes, sheesh.
Seriously. They treat us like we're expendable. People get shot everyday and they thought they could trick us into mourning an insurance CEOs death as if his life meant more than everyone else just because he's a CEO. But don't we all know someone who died because they didn't have adequate healthcare coverage? It wasn't on the news though. Our loved ones apparently don't matter.
I saw a FB post about how someone people didn’t know was shot by someone else that people didn’t know. When the victim’s company name and job title were revealed, with no additional information, everyone in America immediately and ACCURATELY deduced the motive for the killing. If your job is motive for murder, something is seriously wrong.
@@mli6976 What?? What about that caused you to have a stroke? The post is super easy to read and digest, not to mention that it makes a very good point.
I love the away he approached the case. You can notice he clearly supports Luigi. "I feel sorry for the BT's kids cause you can"t choose who you father is". This is brilliant. This says a lot without saying it.
I respect how much he doesn't dumb things down or avoid topics-- he's always mentioning history, and it's cool to see a comedian push his audience to learn about where our world has been and how we got to the mess we are in now
This video is the first time I've seen this comedian and my opinion of comedians in general went through the roof when he brought up the French Revolution. (Now, I'm off to find more!)
My sister had a mental breakdown and she had to be hospitalized. The medications she was prescribed after she was discharged were over$2500. She had no health insurance and no money. I had to use one of my credit cards to pay for her medications. I am not even going to talk about the fact her credit is ruined due to medical debts! The fact is that it's not just the health insurance industry that is killing us, it's also the pharmaceutical companies!
After 10 years in France, I got my nationality. I had to explain the French values why I believed in them. The one that stood out was fraternité/solidarité. We can't have a sister, neighbor, parent, coworker, etc experience a mental breakdown and not get free care and paid medical leave. We can't function as a society if we leave someone behind, especially when that can be any of us.
I was in a similar situation (I was able to do an intensive outpatient program through a hospital but came close to hospitalization). The anxiety that I felt about how I would pay for it, how I could afford the time off work, it all made it so much worse. Stress kills people, literally. I got lucky and was awarded financial aid by the hospital, but many aren't. I'm glad your sister had you as support, but I'm so sorry you both had to go through that. I guess the point of my comment is to wonder how many people are no longer with us because they were in a dark place and the thought of the debt they would incur to get better was too much to handle?
@@aaronburkeen6409 if it’s been sent to collections and the agency chooses to report it, is over $500 and over a year delinquent it does, in the recent few years credit score companies have voluntarily lessened its impact on your overall score but it still has an impact and will show up on your report
Why so little empathy for United Healthcare's CEO? Well, here's a couple statistics from 2022: 1 - 17% of adults with health care debt declared bankruptcy or lost their home because of it. 2 - 66.5% of bankruptcies are caused directly by medical expenses, making it the leading cause for bankruptcy. Honestly, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. Kudos to Josh for taking a very serious subject and getting both laughs and serious insight out of it.
I’m a Business English ESL teacher abroad and I’ve had the “consumer/client/customer” conversation hundreds of times. To most business people, we are only consumers and that’s only a number.
Josh Johnson the type of dude to publish a thoughtful & compassionate 1-hour set funnier than every special on Netflix, and then give it out for free. Not on my watch.
@@Lex-wx3ib running an app.. is there one that works through the app? I know there used to be, but Google is a monopoly, so I think they took them off the play store.
What's even crazier is that if everything that was talked about was true, then not only was the shooter a rich white man who was an Ivy League grad (aka smarty smart pants) who's incredibly handsome... He was a young rich white man who had CHRONIC BACK PAIN since childhood. If it turns out he -- a very rich white guy who could live comfortably in the nice parts of Waikiki -- couldn't afford care for his own back, then I gotta wonder how *anyone* would ever be able to afford care for themselves.
@@clicheguevara5282 yahh but that's mainly because of lack of funding for the programs that folks try to set up + the same issues the rest of the US faces + distance. There might be good laws in place, sure, but not enough people or funding to let it reach full potential.
Wow - watching Josh Johnson's career - the breadth of intelligence from the beginning (when he looks like he's 17) - how much of the master storyteller he has become - a true court jester who reveals the truth in a wonderful way!
I went to the Vatican just once and felt anger and disgust not only at how much luxury and opulence is displayed, but how much is so blatantly stolen. They will tell you as part of the tour that they have more porphry than egypt does despite the fact that it belongs to egypt. All this in the home of a religion that preaches humility and minimalism, that you should live humbly and possessions cannot be taken with you. So with their riches sourced from average and poor people, they don't give back, they collect and hoard. Make it make sense.
Went there this year and had the same exact experience and feelings as you. The stolen Egyptian artifacts were the worst. But honestly, the overwhelming amount of just STUFF everywhere was too. It's like seeing a hoarder's house, but gentrified. All the beauty and art started to look ugly after awhile because it was all but piled on top of each other. Looked like an extravagant display of wealth more than a "museum". @lexilion16
@@lexilion16same & saw a crippled young female on a square board with wheels pushing herself with her hands (2019 just before the Pandemic)!😳😭👀 not even a wheelchair ♿️
True. And he got off easy, too, because he got to die, rather than watch as his wife or child died, slowly, while he, exhausted from caring for someone he loves, was trying, trying, trying to get a yes from an insurance co. for their life-saving procedure/treatment.
"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law." MLK JR
I recently had 14 tumors removed from my body. I have 4th stage cancer. The surgeon had to get permission from United Healthcare for followup appointments. They gave him permission to see me 6 more times. This is not insurance.
I just had my chemo treatments denied. They said I could have it done locally! I didn't need a cancer specialty center? REALLY? It took me,my oncologist and Stanford medical center to appeal it. So now I'm here finally getting ready for the treatments this morning. It's an intense 8 Day infusion. I'm hooked up to IVs, heart monitor and a constant pain management.
You're right. This is not insurance. This is the mafia. Thugs run UnitedHealth Care. The most violent and dangerous crimes in America are committed by thugs wearing white collar shirts and ties. Go to your six appointments. By the 4th one, get approval for 6 more. And keep doing this. It sounds like they are going to dole them out 6 at a time. If things get too bad, and they start denying claims they should pay, call investigative reporters for your local news. Tell them everything. Same thing if they only pay for those initial 6 appointments. Also keel in mind they are not denying treatment or care. They are denying payment of it. I wish I could sit down and talk with you. My husband died of stage 4 cancer. When he was diagnosed, it was already terminal. He didn't even know he was sick. FYI, make sure if you have a spouse that he or she understands that not one more payment on any medical bills needs to be paid as of the time of your death. Creditors can't come after your spouse for your unpaid medical bills.
@monaestrada6256 Happy for you that an appeal worked in your favor this time. It's disgustingly depressing how common this mistreatment is, and utterly unfortunate that without consistent enforcement of accountability nothing will change. The high-ups might be scared for a day or a week, but they'll move on with only one man down...and likely be even stricter in retaliation.
24:30 "A murder did happen. Someone killed someone in cold blood. They just didn't kill an "innocent" man. " The crowd response to that line... the collective, "oooh"... that was powerful. Josh Johnson has great humor, but his intellect is even more impressive!
@OfTheGaps thats crazy that you made that analogy about actual citizens in Lebanon who are actively having their land stolen by isreal. A military which is actively committing genocide. In this case isreal is united healthcare. What's wrong with you.
Imagine going into surgery and having to say "hey, if this goes over 2 hours, wake me up because my insurance doesn't cover past that. I can't afford a bill. Just finish while I'm awake"
My sister is a surgical nurse. Her and the surgeon and surgical team were appalled. You can't stop mid-surgery, you just can't. The doctors, nurses, and medical staff have to waste so much time fighting for their patients to get the care they need. They just want to treat their patients. They too are disgusted with the health insurance companies and drug companies standing in the way of treating their patients. But AI programs or a supposed doctor who works for the insurance company find ways to deny.
That's exactly why it's so insidious, because they know they're gonna get paid. So many people find out the limits of their coverage after the coverage only goes so far... Can you can't simply just wake a person up and tell them times up. They've put people in a situation where they can't just opt out, or maybe would have opted out if they knew the cost. Instead, they set it up so that you're halfway into things, and have no choice to pay to complete the other half. It should not be understated how utterly inhumane some of these policy makers must be, to come up with the stuff that they do.
@Forev3rYoung. You really said it!!! I feel like that was literally me. Just waking up from major surgery with the doc there telling me I have to leave the next day and he's retiring and how am I? I said, man I just woke up. He said ok, maybe tomorrow. I never saw him again and I still have issues from this botched surgery.
I'm sure all comedians want to stand apart from others, and not be compared...but (and this is a PURE COMPLIMENT) his flow, delivery,punchlines , and how he articulates news into jokes,reminds me of Dave Chapelle.
It's a TED talk on moral bankruptcy, pathological entitlement, lack of empathy for others, and holding those accountable who sincerely believe they are above they law and don't have to abide by the rules and laws of society and the social contract. It's wrong to kill, but it's much, much more wrong to kill hundreds or even thousands, and to coldly allow hundreds, if not thousands, more to be financially destroyed while you blow your exorbitant year end bonus on a 2nd or 3rd vacation home and probably a mistress or two, with the money they paid you for health care coverage. This is a tale about the spectrum of pathological individuals, and how the vengefulness of one delivered a karmic debt to another.
Same. As someone with 3 years in standup & another 10 years writing jokes for friends that are still in the industry, Josh is the ONLY comedian I know of that can watch the 5 o'clock news, drive to a club & do an hour long set on one story he saw at 7 o'clock.
What surprise me a bit, is he went the whole 9 yards, all the way to the inevitability of revolution. I'm not a writer, but let me put it this way: for rich people in the US, I kind of imagine, the killing of the CEO was kind of like the 9/11 first plane and the peoples reaction most have felt a bit like the second plane.
Damn, that ending.🔥 "If you get on TV and say this was wrong, this is absolutely wrong. Ok then what are you gonna do?.... Politicians cannot afford to do nothing. CEOs cannot afford to do nothing. The PEOPLE cannot afford to do nothing. And if that last one scares you, you might be on the wrong side of history."
Unfortunately, as things stand. Politicians can't afford to do anything. If they start campaigning for the poor and get too popular, they'll be brought down, we've seen it again and again. In order to affect change you have to fight big money. I mean BIG. And one way to effectively fight back, is with money. Our political currency, is actually just currency. I don't know how this can be fixed, but I know it's not going to happen with the current system and political apathy :/
@@VikingTeddy If you are a politician and are scared of campaigning for the poor, then you aren't there for the right reasons and you're on the wrong side of history.
Practically our whole system is like this. Slavery never stopped, it just changed form. Now the slaves are given money so they can pay for their own housing and there aren't outright whippings but it's still acceptable to abuse your employees. Everything for the money even if what you're doing makes no sense.
@Ottts22 Josef Rudolf Mengele was a German physician. I can only shake my head and feel ever so sorry for the narcissist german people that can scold others while standing atop their own pile of shiet. "First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
Reagan had the most to do with it. Privatizing insurance. The fact we are so skeptical of the government, who we can vote against, and protest against…. But we just think corporations we literally can’t control because of their money… money is power coupons. If we don’t have it why would we put people who do in more control than our own government?
He has some really good takes on public issues honestly. Very balanced with a dash of humor to make the perspectives digestible and not depressing or malicious.
Have you ever noticed that he doesn't include the massive applause at the end of his sets? He closes it in editing on his last outstanding line that he wants us to hear. This man has integrity, humility, sensitivity, brilliance, and an abundance of talent that he conveys with warmth and humanity. You are the voice of a generation Josh Johnson, the way Jon Stewart was. Keep going, please stay safe and in good health.
I don't know if I have to applaud this, yeah, John seems like a good guy, but nitpicking something like this sounds like the bar for some decency and humility from comedians is in the deepest pit of hell
He is top. Miles, miles better than anyone we got in UK at mo. The weaving of heavy topics with quality points AND big laughs..... hes really, really bloody good and then some.
My take is this. "If a man killed your child, you would consider his life forfeit. Now imagine that man was the leader of that insurance company that killed them, and thousands others."
Yes!!! Also, we still have the death penalty for murderers in multiple states....... if the government had actually stepped in from the beginning of the insurance gangs, the result could have been the same with one fewer kid in prison.
I saw one comment online that said “when you kill one person, you are a murderer. But when you kill thousands you are doing it for your shareholders.” That really made me pause. 🤔😳
Watching from Germany and I think American Healthcare System is cruel. Here is also not all perfect, but when my mum had a stoke 3 years ago, I thought no second about calling an ambulance. She was 4 weeks in hospital and afterwards 6 weeks in rehabilitation. Bill 0,00 €. My dad had a heart attack 6 years ago. He was operated and treated in hospital. Bill 0,00 €. Both are 70 years old and healthy today. Please wake up, America ❤️ Many thanks for your work, Josh! I love your kind of humor😊
When I was 18, doctors found a tumour in my body, that looked like it could be cancer. I was put on medication and scheduled for surgery right away. It turned out to be benign, but it's terrifying to think that if I had been in the US, that very necessary procedure would've potentially put me into thousands of dollars of debt straight out of high school. Potentially hundreds of thousands if it had been cancerous. I didn't pay a cent out of pocket.
I know you say the bill was zero but what did you pay in taxes over the years to cover it? Probably many times more the cost of the health services. Also if they had not had those problems and never went to the hospital, you still paid for it through health care taxes. Also, if you are poor in America you still get Healthcare and can go to the hospital at very little to free cost fyi
@@mikeyoung490 "The average national monthly health insurance cost for one person on an Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan without premium tax credits in 2024 is $477." If I lost my job tomorrow and didn't sign up for any benefits, I'd pay 65€/month in universal healthcare tax in my country. If I signed up for unemployment, it would be 0€.
@@mikeyoung490you pay in taxes as well. Except your Healthcare system is bloated, inefficient and no ceiling limits on drug and procedure costs. There are multiple research papers on this. Also availing Medicare & Medicaid is only for Below Poverty Line and Over 65s, and is still a laborious procedure. I work in Healthcare. Seen it first hand, experienced it first hand when I lived in Iowa.
I’m a pharmacy technician and I completely understand why people are angry, I have to tell people everyday their insurance doesn’t cover something. It’s heartbreaking, if it wasn’t for the discount program our hospital has so many people would go home without psychiatric meds, diabetes medication, cancer medication, dialysis medication etc… I consider quitting everyday.
I feel for Pharmacists and Pharm Techs! Less pharmacists are graduating now, and the job is 100% thankless. I always treat my pharmacy staff with kindness because I see how they are treated when the queues are long, meds aren’t ready and health insurance doesn’t cover it. People haven’t realised it’s NOT the staff’s fault. It’s only going to get worse.
@@acovenofmany333 people know it’s not the staff’s fault. But they need someone to take out their anger on. Unfortunately, anyone who has to deal with customer service or has to be face-to-face with customers every single day is going to get the short end of the stick every single time. It’s not their fault . They didn’t do anything wrong *most* of the time. But they suffer the consequences for the failures of the higher-ups. The higher-ups could make things run more efficiently if they wanted to … but more importantly, until we deal with this patchwork health insurance fiasco, things are not going to get better. My personal opinion below. I think we need to get rid of “state rights” because quality of care and healthcare services should not be available or unavailable depending on what state you live in. If you are me -a cancer patient in Maryland- and the only doctor that treats your cancer is in Florida or California, you’re sht out of luck. Your insurance isn’t gonna cover your out of state care, your transportation, your meals or your living arrangements while you’re in treatment. If you are a pregnant woman in Alabama and your pregnancy is ectopic or a result of rape, and you need an abortion, you have to go to another state to get treatment because your state doesn’t believe in abortion. Your state doesn’t believe in treating pregnant women for their medical conditions. They don’t see women as human beings… as patients in need of treatment. They see them as murderers because they’ve been conned by right wing media and propaganda. There is no way in hell that it is acceptable to deny care based on the state you are in or to not have access to care based on the state you are in. The fact that states can decide what care is available to their residents and can criminalized medical providers who provide life-saving care to their patients is outrageous. It should be criminal. Not just part of American life. The fact that states can decide whether or not they’re going to participate in different insurance programs and different social programs affects patients care, quality, and outcomes. It means people are dying for nothing. People are dying preventable deaths. If we can care about a United HealthCare CEO getting killed, can we care about all of the people who are dying because of lack of access or inadequate care, coverage, or insurance denial? Who’s suffering the consequences of those untimely preventable deaths? Are those murderers suffering consequences? Make no mistake, denying access to care is criminal and it is murder because people die when you ban Care options and don’t have adequate coverage. Our patchwork system literally makes it impossible for people to get the care they need when they need it… wait times are far too long, people are being forced to the streets for their healthcare and medicines, and people are dying for nothing. But no matter what I know you are correct … it is definitely not the fault of staff that people are being denied coverage care treatment, and medication… they’re just the only ones that are there to take the fall
@@acovenofmany333 people know it’s not the staff’s fault. But they need someone to take out their anger on. Unfortunately, anyone who has to deal with customer service or has to be face-to-face with customers every single day is going to get the short end of the stick every single time. It’s not their fault . They didn’t do anything wrong *most* of the time. But they suffer the consequences for the failures of the higher-ups. The higher-ups could make things run more efficiently if they wanted to … but more importantly, until we deal with this patchwork health insurance fiasco, things are not going to get better. My personal opinion below. I think we need to get rid of “state rights” because quality of care and healthcare services should not be available or unavailable depending on what state you live in. If you are me -a cancer patient in Maryland- and the only doctor that treats your cancer is in Florida or California, you’re sht out of luck. Your insurance isn’t gonna cover your out of state care, your transportation, your meals or your living arrangements while you’re in treatment. If you are a pregnant woman in Alabama and your pregnancy is ectopic or a result of rape, and you need an abortion, you have to go to another state to get treatment because your state doesn’t believe in abortion. Your state doesn’t believe in treating pregnant women for their medical conditions. They don’t see women as human beings… as patients in need of treatment. They see them as murderers because they’ve been conned by right wing media and propaganda. There is no way in hell that it is acceptable to deny care based on the state you are in or to not have access to care based on the state you are in. The fact that states can decide what care is available to their residents and can criminalized medical providers who provide life-saving care to their patients is outrageous. It should be criminal. Not just part of American life. The fact that states can decide whether or not they’re going to participate in different insurance programs and different social programs affects patients care, quality, and outcomes. It means people are dying for nothing. People are dying preventable deaths. If we can care about a United HealthCare CEO getting killed, can we care about all of the people who are dying because of lack of access or inadequate care, coverage, or insurance denial? Who’s suffering the consequences of those untimely preventable deaths? Are those murderers suffering consequences? Make no mistake, denying access to care is criminal and it is murder because people die when you ban Care options and don’t have adequate coverage. Our patchwork system literally makes it impossible for people to get the care they need when they need it… wait times are far too long, people are being forced to the streets for their healthcare and medicines, and people are dying for nothing
I know it’s rough but your patients need you no matter what and you quitting doesn’t do anything to help them. It certainly doesn’t help them get their meds. Please don’t quit.❤
" History is a playbook for some people, a cautionary tale for other people.." Josh Johnson is a spokesman for our time, an amazing man who uses Humor to illuminate and does it spectacularly!
We are in for a horrible at-least-4 years, with billionaires having taken over our country. At least we’ll have Johnson channeling our rage and sadness while making us laugh.
One of my first experiences with an ortho surgeon was when United didn't cover a surgery for this woman's foot and the doctor did the surgery for free. The whole team came in the middle of the night, scooted her off to the OR, and fixed her for free.
And to think that that is what happens in every other country with Universal Healthcare, is infuriating. And it sends me to know that our tax dollars go to some of those countries SO THEY CAN HAVE IT 😡
@@nicoleruffin9419 if you try to ask for the same thing in USA, the politician will call you a commie. Then the same politician will turn around and vote to send billions to Israel every years because they receive kickback money from AIPAC. They say "Israel is our greatest ally", repeating it over and over like they are trying to brainwash someone in some dystopian movie. If you asking for free healthcare makes you a commie, then USA greatest ally is a communist because Israel got free health AND education.
@@nicoleruffin9419why you all upset at other countries? Your politicians send your tax money to only one country with carte Blanche and that countries lobby along with big corporations take your money to give back in bribes to your politicians . The fact you all vote in the same two parties who have absolutely no encouragement to change the way things are because their turn will come again soon enough… is your own fault. Clean house of your two party monopoly and maybe your government will change for the better. Other countries with universal health care have their own tax systems that their citizens pay into with their tax dollars to pay for it! They don’t take your tax dollars for it! Your tax dollars are usually used to ensure American corporations get preferential treatment in those countries and it doesn’t benefit your citizens or theirs…. The buck stops with your voting public and you all have to take the blame for what you vote for rather than passing blame for how your government spends your money!
I live in Australia where healthcare is universally available. Private health insurance is an option for specialty care or to jump the wait list for some procedures but taxes cover EVERYONES health care. It boggles the mind how America has turned the wellbeing of its citizens into a business. 😵💫
Does concern me that people can pay to jump the line... That definitely feels like something that would get abused pretty quickly here but still far better than what we've currently got.
@@chelseasmith4753 Those who choose to have private health insurance MAY be put ahead in the queue but only for non essential surgery and other medical needs. A millionaire and a single mother who each have a brain aneurysm for example will get exactly the same treatment and whoever is deemed worse will be in surgery first. In the state of Queensland, every household’s electricity bill has a small annual ambulance charge too. That way nobody is ever hit with an ambulance bill. So everyone chipping in a little helps keep the entire country healthy. ☺️ In Aussie slang we call that a “fair go”. 👍
Well to be fair, during covid, no teens in the US arrested for hanging out on a beach. And no tribal people were hauled off in trailers against their will for “their own good.” But yeah, America could be better. And so could Australia. If it’s between access to healthcare and ability to protect ourselves against tyranny, I would choose the latter. And I’m sure you would choose the former. As humans, we are more disposed to suffer evils while evils are sufferable, than to throw off the forms of government to which we are accustomed (paraphrased from the American Declaration of Independence)… I just think that in America, we are better positioned to throw off those forms of government if those evils mount to a breaking point, when the “long train of abuses and usurpations ” all pursuing the same objective of prove it over people, and control over freedom, proves to the people that their government (which today very much includes the corporations) cannot provide for their future security, the people are obligated to reform or abolish that system and put up new guards. But often, it isn’t until someone makes the first blow in such a way that those evils come into focus, that people get galvanized into action. It wasn’t until the Boston Massacre that people started organizing, and it wasn’t until 3 years after that, that the Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of the committed push to form a new government. I think everyone now is sort of waiting to see: was this the first blow? Our wheels turn slowly here. But I do think you will see more direct petitioning for reform, with focused pressure campaigns that makes those reforms happen more quickly… kinda like how Anthem BlueCross dropped their reduced anesthesia policy real quick. But hopefully it won’t take an assassination every time the people want a reform. That would be a weird game for the overlords to play.
I’m 54. I think that I’m old enough to call him a young man. He’s part of the next generation. He tells deep stories. He kicks the truth. Watch over him. He’s special.
All the way from Greece, I applaud you in standing ovation. You are intelligent, truthful, you have your mind and your heart in the right place and use them perfectly. I applaud you. I send you my most heartfelt wishes for Happiness and Prosperity!
Serial killers and terrorist are also fathers and husbands that doesn’t mean they aren’t evil or killers. So saying that the C.E.O was a father or a husband doesn’t mean that he was a good man or a good human being.
This is one thing I've come to realize very few get. I'm on the Lawtube side and any time an accused actually shows emotion or cries or someone that there is concrete evidence showing they are guilty, the comment section is filled with "they don't fell anything! They don't care about anyone!" Hate to tell you that many monsters feel remorse enough to cry and get depressed over it but they still go out and do it. If you can stomach listening to a pedophile, they ALWAYS justify it. Why? It's uncomfortable but monsters can have families and people who love them
This is when comedians have a social role of breaking things down and explaining the mad contradictions we are living. When art cares about the fabric of the society.
"It was the first time they saw that we see them how they see us" THANK YOU for putting this into words. I've been trying since it happened. They view us as so disposable. I laughed when i heard. They can pay me 10 mil directly if they want me to feel bad for a health insurance ceo. Or shut the **** up.
yes but it also made me think of the submarine incident and the memes about that, if anything that was when they saw we didn't see them as people, and now was when we saw we were willing to treat them how they treat us
@katierasburn9571 the difference, i think, is the responsibility part of it. The submarine was their own stupidity. They are DIRECTLY responsible for everyday non-billionaires losing their lives. EVERY second of the day. Well, someone pops off at them? We celebrate. The way they casually hand wave "it's just business. It's not EVIL to make money." when we get upset about how they treat us. Oh but when that money comes straight from denying health "care"? They can eat ****. Wanting us to feel bad he had a family. Everyone has a family. Us lower classes have families too, but they don't think about it that way. So why should we in regards to them? Hypocrites As far as im concerned, luigi should have gotten paid. That's what happens when us "normal folk" get treated like "Brian Thompson" was that morning.
CEOs: So far self-removed (by their inequality) from my life, that I find it impossible to attribute any emotion to their hardship. Just numbers, really.
I'm not from the US so I didn't know much about the healthcare insurance system there, but the stories I've seen in the wake of this have been enough to radicalize me further
No matter how bad universal healthcare may get in your country, and no matter how much the media or influencers or politicians try to convince you otherwise Understand it's deathly better than the alternative.
Decades ago I was an American fellowship student in London, had a serious medical crisis. The Brits took care of me, doctors, medications, no "co-pays," no deductibles, no financial questions. I lived, went on to be a fairly productive U.S. citizen and taxpayer. I Here America, I might have died. Thanks, decent UK!
Which is why every time I see anything about the NHS being sold off or privatized, I scream at the Brits to fight against it as hard as they can. Whatever horror stories they have heard about the US, there's always worse waiting.
@@SinHurr it's ridiculous the way they let the NHS be ripped apart by powerful people with vested interests in eliminating the competition to for-profit health services.
I was in the audience of this show and the crowd was glued to the story. Josh is an amazing story teller and the way he connects all the dots at the end is masterful to the likes of Chappell!
My Marty was Paul, who survived while he had Romneycare in Massachusetts, but because work took him to another state where he could not afford basic care. He died needlessly at age 37 and I miss him every day. Thanks for your take, Josh. You really spoke to my soul on this complex issue.
So very sorry. Really, it's so strange that this one thing is what we are ALL experiencing. They got WAY too greedy! Take care of yourself and know there are people out here who feel exactly like you.
I'm sorry for your loss, and his loss too because that's so young. Thank you for sharing with us. Please tell everyone about Paul and what made his short time here so important to you and others. ❤
@@maryjack08 Because they write the laws, what they do isn't illegal. All part of the plan of our corporatocracy. Politicians need their money, so they don't cross them. And now the SC is filled with federalist society ideologues who will keep it this way (at best).
I’m so grateful I stumbled onto your presence and what you’re up to. It happened in the most unthinkably round about way. And here you are, doing stand up comedy in a way that is so meaningful, that deeply meaningful way stand up comedy is done at times.. I’m speechless. I feel like the depth of the meaningfulness of what you’re doing hasn’t come around in stand up comedy in decades. Thank you. Deep gratitude for what you’re doing and saying. My words fail me when attempting to express how deeply meaningful this is to me. Thank you.
Canadian here . Close friend had hip surgery. In The USA it would cost minimum 200k . And they are on fixed income . They didn’t pay a dime . Taxes suck but free healthcare is so worth it.
In my 42 years of life I've had 2 major surgeries (one with two operating fields and spinal cord involvement) and 2 minor, about ten 2 weeks to 4 months hospital stays and as much doctor's visits as a tetraplegic MUST have to live 20 years past injury. In the US I would've bankrupted my whole family and be probably long gone from the lack of treatment that I couldn't afford. But I live in a country with universal healthcare. It's not perfect and there ARE countries that have it better, but still... I haven't paid a cent for a helicopter ride to the best hospital in the country for an emergency surgery, months of rehab, medical transport for doctor appointements (since I'm bed-bound now and can't sit up), lots of labs every year etc. I do have to co-pay for some of my meds, but it never stopped me from taking them, 'cause it was never too much so I can afford it. I really feel for American sick and disabled. Coincidentally my Mom also had hip surgery and didn't pay a dime. AND doing it private would cost max 5% of the 200k you quoted. More like a 10 years old car and NOT 3 or 4 brand new ones. Europe, "socialist hell" ;).
All my hospital visits have been free in canada, but I still need private insurance to cover necessary medical treatments and medication. Our own insurance CEOs should be paying attention.
Yeah it might be free in Canada but what no one tells you is you could wait up to 6 months for an mri. Up to 2 years for surgery. So it's free as long as you don't die before they can get you in there. America is not the greatest as far as caring for its citizens but there is a huge difference. Socialized medicine isn't the best either.
@@cfox9876 It’s offensive to our American friends to imply that socialized medicine in Canada is comparable to what they go through 🙄 I’ve waited the better part of a year for an MRI on my abdomen for a non-life threatening condition, but I will tell you: When I had a brain injury and was brought in in an ambulance, I had every nurse and doctor in that department treating and checking in on me. Around the clock. They were AMAZING. In the following 24 hours I had every test imaginable because that WAS a life threatening injury. I had a CT scan, an ECG, an MRI, many blood tests that were processed immediately. I honestly may be forgetting some because I had literal brain damage. I hate waiting and we should still do something about that, but you are pushed to the front of the line in Canada based on the severity of the injury. The system is built on triage. And I will tell you, I will never complain about waiting in emerge again because if they’re letting you sit there and wait, they’re not worried about you 😂 it’s MUCH scarier when they are.
I’m not an American citizen and I have just found out how much you all have to pay for an AMBULANCE RIDE, can’t help but be amazed by how patient you all have been!
Well we are being poisoned by our water supply with flouride which has been found to reduce IQ in children and cause behavior problems, our food is poisoned left and right down to the seeds available to plant, our medicine poisons us, I wouldn't be surprised if it's true that they posion the air.
Have you ever met a sick American in your country about to freak out when someone suggests that an ambulance be called? If so, then you know why. If not then just watch us. We're terrified when calling for one!
@@MakeWay4CJ Yes, I have a person in my life that happened to need an operation while being there and it was just insane, like, our healthcare is not perfect and should be changed, but I had no idea that the USA's system was THAT expensive, my God.
There are people who would rather take an Uber/Lyft and pay the cleaning fee than take an ambulance, saving thousands without insurance. Drivers are now instructed to deny riders and call an ambulance for you, if you're bleeding, heart attack, etc.
And the mainstream news said those empathy-for-poor statements like it was a philosophical debate, but we're the ones living the reality their "sponsors" don't
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As a nurse, we literally say under our breath, “oh crap, they have United.” I had one family, the wife came to pick up her husband’s belongings and she was in tears. The insurance completely abandoned them. I had one patient forced to go to a different, cheaper facility for rehab, despite living next to the in house rehab. United is something else.
I work in a snf and most of our discharges that actually needed to still be in-house had united
Who would be a better choice? If you don't mind me asking.
@@AshleyWilliams-xh7fd I think you meant which insurance provider? My average intelligence ahh is wondering what who was
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I’ll advocate to no longer say things like that under your breath, but directly to the patient. Granted they can’t do anything about it at that time, but if a particular provider is noticeably worse than others, the people should be aware so they can hopefully get something else during next open enrollment and drive away business from poor providers. Knowledge is power I say.
"This man was a father, he was a husband - okay, so was Marty" - get 'em man
And the CEO was estranged from his wife. They'd been living separately for 2 years
So was my buddy Ernesto Kong who left behind a wife and an 8 yr. old daughter and a 6 yr. old son. R.I.P.
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The 32% claims DENIED by the UHC serial killer that ended in death HAD families & loved ones too!
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I heard one RUclipsr said, his cousin was killed by a mugger with a gun just for $20 and the cops simply didn't bother to track down the mugger, but this CEO, the whole NYPD was all over it.... that was another thing that pissed off people.
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Say this louder...
Amen. People get killed every day for penny ante stuff ... and no one cares unless it is "interesting" enough to be made into a True Crime podcast or show of some kind.
Once you are a newsstory, and the attention is on you, they are gonna do their job, they can only slack off when nobody cares
If you don't generate money for greedy corporations, you don't fucking matter as a human being.
Welcome to your new reality. Practically, America just admitted to being a monarchic fucking shit-show. An Oligarchy, straight up. The thing they shat on Russia for for decades.
As a Korean, It was a very shocking news. The more sick we are, the more guaranteed we are. That's how the country protects the people to the minimum. But America is driving the people to a corner by saying, "The poor should die." The country should protect the people. Starting from this incident, it is time for the United States to need medical reform.
As an American, here are some stories that are pretty common here. I knew someone who didn’t have dental care until they were in their 20s due to their parents not wanting to pay for it. I’ve nearly cried when my dentist gave a free filling because I was in pain and couldn’t afford it. Medication is a nightmare because the company can all of the sudden decide not to cover or that you should switch to something else at the drop of a hat. My mom, who has autoimmune diseases (many different ones and over a dozen prescriptions plus insulin, has to hold her breath every time she orders refills hoping insurance didn’t do something. My grandma had a colostomy bag for a time and it was a fight to get them to pay for materials even after she developed a skin infection around the site due to excrement that landed her in the hospital for a few days. When we offered to donate the items, the mother of a 12 year old contacted me because her child was on their last colostomy bag and was fighting with insurance because they were denying.
Even after all these things, I don’t think anything will change. Money talks more.
we even have healthcare coverage in Poland, literally what is their excuse
@@krv-t6kThe United States doesn't have universal health care because some guy (that worked for an insurance company) published a report in the late 1800s. His concern was that if black people had proper medical care, they would have more babies than white people.. so he determined that black people were 'uninsurable'. That idea stuck unfortunately. Our lack of universal health care is rooted in systemic racism, much like most of our politics. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1497788/
@@krv-t6kgreed. Every single issue in America goes back to greed and every aspect of life has been soiled by the almost cartoonist greed of others.
As the years go by in America, our unchecked greed has become less of a Democracy and more like an Oligarchy.
“Don’t mistake their self-preservation for empathy.”
That's what empathy is
You feel yourself and see others feeling so you can connect the feeling
@@cXms-k8y 2 me, empathy is the ability to understand & share another's feelings. The old saying of "putting yourself in their shoes" says it perfectly
@OldMotherLogo Exactly! He hit the nail on the head 100%, evil ppl like that CEO have NO clue what empathy means.
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Your comment is confusing bc I don't think that's empathy. Ppl sharing feelings w others isn't empathy 2 me-that's sympathy.
Exactly 💯 and it's sickening to hear politicians saying to calm down
"Yeah, I know he was a person. So was my cousin....I know about avoidable deaths. I'm a customer." Whew. That line is strong.
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Josh is exactly right and he’s saying the shit we all recognize and realize. Luigi was also correct. They have to be incentivized to curb their behavior. Maybe it’ll take one. Maybe it’ll take two.
But unless we can coerce people that are making policy decisions that govern our lives and care happening in corporate board meetings, nothing will change. These meetings are unavailable to the public that they are affecting, resulting in policy changes that cause deaths. Deaths that were not nearly on the immediate horizon are suddenly occurring and done because money needs to be made.
Just sitting at a table or pretending like we actually have a real seat at that kind of table, has done nothing except to get us where we are today.
@@blondcub82 There are four groups complicit in this situation: corporations/their lobbyists/legalized bribers, politicians, Wall Street financiers/banks, and doctors.
I include doctors because they as a group operate within and cooperate with this system. Without their cooperation as a group, none of it would be possible.
He’s not actually talking about the healthcare system. If you weren’t white, you’d realize that.
Yes it is. It was probably the most devastatingly impactful line of the hour and delivered with such simplicity.
I feel like Josh's comedy is half comedy, half essay, and it's such a unique vibe. I'm obsessed. I'd listen to this man talk about anything.
He's SO good at this. I really enjoy comedy with a direct point beyond just "let me make you laugh"
@@alexdodge8186 you are absolutely right! Coming from a young person who’s actually telling what he feels along with adding the humor is refreshing. He is really speaking his thoughts in the form of comedy. Like the ghetto rappers speak their’s in their nasty music.!
Genius awareness
Not a lot of comedians have that kind of depth and some that do are scared to go that deep on a topic. Josh's coverage is always current but when other comedians start covering this topic most will only talk about Luigi's looks and the people hoping he got away. I also thought about the French Revolution with the way things played out.
Yes, has a George Carlin style. A little less of the cursy words but intelligent, funny as hell. Holly weird needs to put him to serious work. If they miss talent. I hope he can have Denzel Washington courage. I avoid K Hart stuff. Reminds me of Scrappy Doo. Never playing a good character. Josh is a rare breed of good comedy. This too is what made Eddie Murphy so good. His family stories were so funny. He is so aware. I am always looking for the why? He talks about it and often can explain it better to us.
One of my old professors always told us that the difference between the robber barons or the pre-industrial slave owners and the ultra-rich of today is that "sooner or later old money always bankrupted itself with conspicuous displays of wealth. Today's billionaires couldn't spend themselves broke even if they tried." And this has always stuck with me.
Amen, the storm is coming, some people think the new administration is the answer, things are going to change for the working man, but it's going to be clear soon, that more of the same is just the same thing more, then you're going to have anger, anger coming from all sides, and the top is going to be the man in the middle, there's nothing to hide behind in the middle. Just so they know, we told you so.
I don’t have a lot of respect in my current state for professors and that’s because I’m certain that the public perception of me has not been becoming any bit fairer.
It’s not that complicated. They did it to more than just me…start reaching out.
That's a sobering point. I guess there's no such thing as a utopia.
Oppositional Defiance Disorder? Yeah I’m in opposition to those that sneered at the pain they inflicted. Gaslighting me all the while with their sickness. I was a child.
United Healthcare's denial rate increased 3 times soon after Thompson became CEO and has the highest denial rate in the country. While Thompson made $10 million a year. Ain't nothin' innocent about that. He wasn't just one of the dudes, but probably the worst dude.
The weird thing is if what I saw is right, he wasn't paid as much as other ceo's insurance companies. Most of them average 20 million a year.
That increase in the price of anesthesia would have brought him to 20 million
@@ivanafloyde2948so sad he got to miss that….. I will say some thoughts and prayers for his soul after murdering all those people…
I have an online friend who worked with Brian Thompson. She claimed he was trying to change the system from within, but then I heard Thompson was the one who implemented the new algorithm that automatically rejected insurance claims. I guess she's upset that someone she knew personally was murdered.
@@ivanafloyde2948it was BCBS that tried the anesthesia thing, not UHC. Not that UHC wouldn't have followed suit if BCBS had gotten away with it.
"The backpack the shooter was wearing, sold out. Because, in America everything is an ad. Including murder. "
Mr. Johnson, you are a genius ❤❤❤
Welcome to capitalism!! Josh is undefeated 💯💯
I guess if TFG can make bank on bad situations, “we have learned well” 😢
but peak design is snitching out here
@@lowspeeddataUnfortunately we are just finding that out. I'm willing to bet there will be a lot of returns and cancellations of those recent purchases.
It was the CEO of the backpack company, that told the FBI via the serial number who bought the backpack. And he wasn't even yet asked or forced to do so... He gave the data out illegally.
"Some jobs make you a monster, and some jobs require you to be a monster to do". That's an amazing quote
Everything he says is just genius, funny and deep
Yes it is
Yezzir
Amazing intro for certain
I would note that others were CEO before him, and he took it to a new level that the job didn’t require
...had a friend with multiple holes in his heart and his bones were calcifying...and he was turned down four times for disability and insurance before he died on his way to the hospital with Covid. He was a friend, a brother, and a husband. Thank you for saying the words.
I sold health insurance for a little while, back when Obamacare was still being rolled out gradually. A woman came in asking for a policy, but she’d missed the enrollment period and the extension deadline (insane that that’s a thing). She needed a kidney transplant - pre-existing condition. Couldn’t get a policy outside open enrollment. Literally not possible. She cried her eyes out at my desk. I literally handed her a box of tissues like Mr Incredible in that fucking meme. So a few weeks later she died. That’s it - she just died. I didn’t find out she was dead until a long time later. And I don’t think my brain could really handle that reality. I can’t remember her name anymore or what her face looked like. It feels dreamlike. I think it’s a partially repressed episode. Amazing what our system encourages us to do to one another.
I'm so sorry that you have had to hold that. Thank you for your courage in sharing what your mind had to do to help you handle the horror of it.
I pray u heal and understand that you had no part in her los😮s of life..... But please never forget what her life lesson taught you because maybe one day an opportunity will arise for you to stand in your truth and help bring about change. That's the best we can do with our pain is too ensure that if we can make a difference next time we are presented with a horrible truth of life .... That you act in what moved your soul. Bless you for your empathy.🪬🪷
My roommate needed a kidney transplant, but he had a tooth encroaching on his sinus causing a perpetual infection. He couldn’t get the transplant without having tens of thousands of dollars of dental work done to address the infection, because you can’t go through an organ transplant when you have active infection anywhere in your body. The dental work was medically necessary for the kidney transplant. His kidney function was down to single digit percentage. The insurance denied covering the dental work as being unrelated to the kidney transplant, so he had to pay for it out of pocket and on credit. Thankfully, resolving the infection helped his kidneys recover somewhat, but he’s not quite out of the woods yet.
So heartbreaking. This conversation about healthcare is long overdue.
@@lillyenovis15 That is so goddamn ridiculous and heartbreaking. Glad he's been able to get some help. But just reading that made my stomach do a flip, can't imagine how he feels :(
The fact United Healthcare used AI to automatically deny the elderly is sickening. I'm tired of us not seeing older people as PEOPLE. I'm tired of hearing about how they should be denied care because they're "near the end" anyway. It's disgusting.
My parents recently passsd within 6 months of one another and I cared for them. I can’t imagine them or anyone else their age attempting to navigate through this healthcare system without anyone advocating on their behalf AND there with them. My dad couldn’t even do phone prompts from home by himself. There’s no live person to speak to half of the time and he would have just stopped. And in the covid era and with all of that extra stuff as obstacles, that really must have taken its toll on the elderly trying to just get the basics to live. We’ll never know how many of them perished simply because they didn’t have any help.
Thank you for informing us!
I will not feel sorry for the boomers that ruined (and continue to ruin) this country and any chances of a future the young have. Screw the healthcare system, I agree. But boomers have had every advantage handed to them their entire lives and no pity shall be had for them.
AI IS CAUSING ☠ already. People just don't realize...
@@noble604I’m sorry for your loss
I’ve been going through some ptsd since he’s been shot.
This CEO delayed my mom’s treatment until she died. There are millions of people just like me wrestling with very complex grown up feelings right now.
Murder is wrong and all but CEO was a mass murderer. This murder has given many of us a sense of closure that we’re having difficulty reconciling themselves to.
I’m so sorry you and your mum had to go through that ❤️🩹 that should never happen to anyone
I'm so sorry for your loss!
I'm sorry for your loss and pray for strength for you to go through the grief process. I'm also glad you and many others finally got closure.
you have my love as someone who lost her only and most loved family member to cancer because of greedy healthcare CEOs during COVID. it's okay to feel anything you're feeling -- there's no handbook for this. I felt a sense of vindication. I don't feel that bad for his family while also having sympathy for their uncomfortable situation. they'll be fine and given the profession he chose, he was probably a piece of sh*t. either way they'll rest easy with the money they got from milking us dry (not their fault, but why I am not concerned -- at worst they will be normal members of society, and at best they will grow up to learn something from all of this and be part of a better system.)
@@Onora619 My sister and Aunt died way too young as a result of irreconcilable cruelty for profit. *Hugs* from afar 🫶
This really could’ve been a Netflix special, Josh knocked it out of the park on this one, looking forward to more of these, it’s great that there are still comedians out there who can run a set without swearing for an whole hour or just turning everything into a sex joke
Haha like netflix would allow something like this on their platforms. The rich own everything.
Amen.
My Marty was Justin, my 44 year old husband who died of cancer this past April, while I was screaming at people on the phone for months instead of being a partner. Josh's take spoke way closer to how I've felt about this.
We became fans back when the catfisheing the kkk bit came out, and over the last year, Justin looked forward to the weekly YT drops, which coincided with chemo. It brought him some joy, thank you for that.
My first time going out since he passed is this Sunday's show, I'm bringing my employees... cause I hate being a boss, but try to be a good one. Here's to Marty and Justin
My condolences. 🙏 For what it's worth coming from a stranger, you did your best as his partner to fight those demons on the phone so he didn't have to use all his energy doing so, which is commendable effort.
I am so sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences go out to you and your family.
So sorry for your loss and the battle you were forced to fight
🍻 To Marty and Justin! And my many hugs to you.
Hugs from Australia.
"Some jobs make you a monster, and some jobs you have to be a monster to do." Powerful
Extremely powerful
Luigi wasnot the killer. His eyebrows thicker closer tigether etc than photos of shooter, unless they touched them up. Find originial photos
Say what you want but the bullet casings having “deny, delay, depose” written on them goes hard af, some Guy Fawkes level antics
people forget this was a young person who's been memeing his whole life lmao
That's what I was saying!
Remember the 4 of December?
@@TitanQueen How does having the correct tool to do this take away from any of it? I think I can read a little deeper and say you don't have respect for his actions. May you never have to know what it's like to watch someone unable to afford the prescription that fixes their problems and have to explain it isn't affordable to cover their meds out of pocket this month. That the job they grind 50+ hrs a week at, where they break their body to need these meds, will not pay for any insurance, and the 50+ hrs disqualify them from benefits at a state level. Hope your health and the health of those around you never fails for a moment.
@@TitanQueenbrother you are trying way too hard right now
Bless this young ole soul! My son didn't take out his insurance and needed a heart transplant at 21 yo. He died in 2012! The richest country yet the worst health-care.
Anesthesia not being entirely covered is so diabolically hypocritical from people who cannot even handle the discomfort of knowing most people don't like them.
So well said!
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾 Awesome.
My daughter paid $222 for an inhaler for my 4 year old granddaughter yesterday. Something she has to have. She called me in frustration and almost in tears. Something has to change.
Come to Canada, it's way cheaper, even with the exchange
@WaitAMinute1989 At this rate, we may! It's getting quite expensive and reckless to live here.
@@WaitAMinute1989insurance companies in west coast of America actually PAY customers to go get medicine and treatment in mexico. they pay THEM money and pay for their transportation if they are willing to go to mexico and get healthcare. the customer doesnt usually pay for the treatment or medicine either. how dystopian is that shit
@@davechonglewhere in the west coast does that happen?
I grew up in SoCal and knew a lot of people that would go to Mexico for surgeries, mainly dental, but never heard anyone that got paid to do so.
@ sorry i meant western us,
but ive seen it here in Utah and Arizona, maybe New Mexico too. its usually done for prohibitively expensive special (in America) treatments and medication. getting insulin is one of the things if i remember correctly. it is cheaper to pay the customer and pay for their transport to get a years worth of insulin in mexico than it is for them to pay for a years worth of insulin in America.
So good. What everyone misses: Even being rich didn’t save Luigi from suffering horribly under the health insurance system in this country. He is all of us. Thanks Josh
He ain’t me. He was used by cia mk ultra. He went away for 3 months and turned into a killer.
Yes. I wish this was pointed out more. Even rich af, he couldn't get what he needed. If even they can't, its not a matter of us "poors" just not working hard enough.
It just shows how broken healthcare is in the US. Everyone's giving a lot of credit to the CEO as if he's responsible for all of it.
@ChiliJ hes definitely not responsible for all of it, but they all *keep choosing* to lobby, to keep the system profit over patient, they could be making changes if they chose to. He is one of many who continually fight to remain as we are, along with many other corporations of different industries.
There’s a quote I like that I’ll paraphrase- “Even the rich are worthy of our prayers; for they cannot take refuge in the ultimate human illusion that money is the answer to all life’s problems.”
"It was an avoidable death of a father.... Yeah, so was Marty". That hit me right in my heart.
Man Josh is WORKING. A solid hour on a current topic this fast is crazy
Also this was one of his best sets. He is the top comedian of his generation.
Honestly my third thought after hearing about the shooting was "I can't wait to hear what Josh got to say about this"
@@meggston6901LMAO, I had the exact same thought not long after
Super quick 🔥🔥🔥
Truth. And knocked it out of the park. Handed us Carlin-level social commentary in a velvet glove.
"I know he was a person... so was my cousin..." That silences that sits there for a brief moment is golden. Josh's ability to tap into the public consciousness around an issue is amazing.
EDIT: to add timestamp 22:49
When he reached that level of evil, he ceased to be a person.
I remember other heroes Like Luigi. I remember Stephen Biko. I remember far too many. And even then, Aung San Sui Kyi, a heroine for decades, presides now over genocide. And how many Indigenous stand to defend and fall - WORLDWIDE - you, Josh, you mention AI whistleblower assaßinated today: battle of the AIs will crush us. All. Of. Us.
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@@theresesilvawalker8407Don’t forget Killdozer lol
For real. He's a comedic genius.
“They were shocked to see that we see them the way they see us…” another powerful line. Beautiful.
And they can't point the finger at any "crackpot" minority, because it's everyone.
Elites: you are mortals
Hobo with a gun: yeah, but so are you
It’s doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor we all die sooner or later 🤷🏽♂️
@@midnightwanderer1734ummmm duhhhh.
Agreed heard that line across the room and came here to agree. Beautiful and true.
Josh Johnson is now what Dave Chappelle was back in the '90s and the 2000s. A comedic genius, well spoken and educated, and is a staple for getting a message across in a humorous way. Kudos to you brother, keep doing what you're doing 💯💯💯
luigi's wealth speaks to the severity of the issue... if it's bad for somebody with that much privilege, it's bad for everyone.
It also shows equality in its disfunction. You are truly just an account number regardless of your afluence.
It sucks in this day and age, but I think he was the "perfect" person to do it. Young, privileged, good looking, white male.
Ditto
Most people expect the system is out to fuck them over, but based on his background, his "lived experience", he expected the system to help him.
These past 2 elections were rigged for America to fail.
"I think that for CEOs that was a terrifying moment because it was the first time that they saw that we see them the way they see us." -brilliant. You are such an important voice today!
...and we outnumber them - by a LOT
*evil laugh*
I also applaud that he went straight to the policy maker and skipped all the entry level and middle management people.
He said not the innocents
He found the plug
I would hope to think that's the difference separating a revolutionary and a terrorist
Honestly, after going through training and testing to become a life insurance agent I can tell you that if they're management of any kind, they've realized they're running a scam and hurting more people than they're helping. Only innocents are entry level people that literally don't know what they're getting into, especially if they've never worked sales before. I literally couldn't listen to their sales tactics.
Our boy said "trickle down economics"
This might be the most glazer (glazist? glazingest? idk) thing I'll ever say to you, Josh, but: no one can touch you when it comes to weaving a single, golden thread through a set that, in itself, is a complex tapestry. The way you spoke about Marty, how you knew him without ever knowing him, bringing that back in later ... You didn't wag your finger and rant about having empathy for people even if you don't know them. You illustrated a living breathing experience of that empathy - with Marty. I'm a writer, and I live in seething envy of your command of language.
Man fuck that glazing shit. You a fan. A passionate fan be passionate and don’t let people take that from you.
😂 Brava, to you, well said! You turn a pretty mean phrase, YOURSELF. 🙏🏾 Have a good one!
As a dude $130k in medical debt specifically because of UHC, and having similar back problems to Mangione, I get it. Imagine experiencing some of the most mind shattering pain, not being able to get proper meds for it because UHC doesn't support pain management, and on top of that they tank your credit score and ensure you're never given proper consideration in a medical facility, because your policy covers less than pet insurance. On top of that, appealing those claims in court buries you in paperwork and fees, and once it gets to that point, their lawyers abuse scorched earth policies. Something had to be done, I just hate that the guy had to throw his life away for it. I have no sympathy for UHC or their CEO's family, when you get paid in blood money, it's only right that you have to pay your pound of flesh eventually. A claim denial rate of 35% is actually criminal and downright evil. And for anyone wondering, you can use the wayback machine to pull up all of those CEO's information, nothing is ever really deleted. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they can force change in one way or another.
He is so on the money. I feel your pain. I'm 76 with a bad back that didn't improve with surgery. I have so much sympathy for you young people. At least I had 70 normal years. Have hope and faith that it'll get better.
Murder is wrong but I have so much sympathy for Luigi. I don't for Thompson.
This🔝"When you get paid in blood money, it's only right that you have to pay your pound of flesh eventually." YES.
Thank you for explaining it so well. As a european, I had a hard time understanding how a young man with rich parents could suffer that much, but it all makes sense now.
Wow well said
If I and millions of others are dead or enduring unbearable pain for the sole purpose of making already wealthy shareholders even more wealthy, then those shareholders are evil, the industry is evil, and the inevitable response from the people being harmed to tear down that industry by any means they have available is justified.
Profit is not more valuable than human life.
I'm just glad that we're all talking about health insurance.
Luigi accomplished his goal. I don’t think for one second he thought he would get away with it. He also knows how horrible it is. I’m not condoning murder. But I don’t condone it with a vigilante or via
health insurance.
Same! I just wish we weren’t also talking about someone crazy committing murder💔
Not crazy
Right!!
Lol yeah everything is gonna change now 😂
"But lemme tell you, we....as Black People, have never seen the suspect on the news, then said. Lemme go outside, DRESSED AS THE SUSPECT."
WE NEVER HAD TO ACTUALLY DRESS LIKE OR RESEMBLE THE SUSPECT.
“Fits the description”
💯
We get harassed for "fitting the description", even when we don't, while white folks get wind of an incident and go out to have a Fit The Description contest. Two different worlds.
It is a way for those of us who cannot bring ourselves to act at this time to loudly demonstrate our support. It is a sort of modern sympathetic magic. Like dressing up as Iron Man; a way for the powerless to practice something different. V is for ...
Hard to pick a highlight from this incredible set, but that piece devastatingly defines privilege. JJ is a genius.
We have United. My daughter was denied a CT scan. My daughter has a VA SHUNT!!!!
She had to reschedule her appointment for three months into 2025. Her head is POUNDING!!!
God the way this broke my heart. I’m so sorry.
@kathrynmuhammad442 - Please do everything you can to go with another health insurance.
I've been saying this. "A killer killed a serial killer". Thank you Josh.
A guy murdered a MASS murderer.
@vascofernandes295 THIS!
This is why the TV show "Dexter" was so popular. Most people cannot commit a murder. But, it's hard not to idealise a person who takes out a mass murderer. "If you could travel back in time, would you kill Hitler" is a common ethical question because it does beg the question if killing one person to save millions is more humane.
He's like Dexter, killing killers, and everybody loves Dexter
LUIGI MAGDALENE HAS CHRONIC LYME DISEASE 💚
BARTON BRAIN 🧠🦠
IT'S A BIOWEAPON BACTERIA EATS AWAY AT THE BRAIN AND SPINE.
As a nanny in NY, and being a near 6' blonde, I was told by the mother employer, "You carry yourself with too much regal bearing, being that you are a pauper's daughter from the Midwest." So we people of the working classes, according to the rich, are not even allowed to carry ourselves with confidence. We are to be meek and mild shells of what we could be. We of the working classes MUST unite and stop allowing the rich to divide us along race, religious, political, and sex differences. There are more of us....a LOT more, than there are of them. We must demand an end to this rich man rule (oligarchy) right now.
About time more people realised this. Well said.
Wtf. Rich people have an unhealthy amount of audacity.
How did you respond to that statement of sheer ignorance and arrogance?
I was not a Biden /Harris supporter, but it astounds me how poor white & Blacks are cheering for this incoming administration who only care abt the rich.
The more we keep scowling at each other, the more the rich like ppl because we won't come together.
You will enjoy watching Toni Colette in “Madame”
'When has the NEWS ever said LIGHT-SKINNED??" - just give Josh all the awards right now. He's on stage, so Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. Just go. Right now.
100% he was absolutely brilliant
Never ever ever !!! Total manipulation !
100000000 % ❤❤❤
No really. I guess if you're Black, you are stunned on a whole nuther level. This wasnt new or news: We ALL looked at the TV and said Light skinned?????? WTH?
I saw so many people say he was middle eastern based on the pictures that were revealed...it's like they were hoping for it
It's us vs them. Luigi made it clear. Politics just divides us to keep us in pain.
I am sorry, but a boy from a private school whose family owns multiple golf clubs is one of *THEM*. If he wanted to change something, he should've done something different. He never experienced what y'all talking about, nor did his relatives. There are many things you can do if you are that rich
@ShimonDanilov wrong. They dropped their plan to charge us while in surgery
@@ShimonDanilovLuigi suffers from severe chronic back pain
I dont really see Josh as a comedian. I see him as a master story teller, who has funny rhetoric. Its great to watch
def, he is so much more than a comedian
Is not a comedian a rhetorician who makes others laugh?
A Bard❤
Totally agree... Love his style... Cant get enough... I think most Comedians have above average intelligence... Somehow Josh seems head and shoulders above them all... His stories speak volumes too❤❤❤
Great Orator of our generation!! He reminds me of Dave Chappell actually
"For the CEOs it was the first time that they saw, that we see them the way they see us". That is a CRAZY sentence.
For clarity sake, I am referencing how profound it is of a statement. My mind was blown. Also shout to to ya'll for the likes, sheesh.
Seriously. They treat us like we're expendable. People get shot everyday and they thought they could trick us into mourning an insurance CEOs death as if his life meant more than everyone else just because he's a CEO.
But don't we all know someone who died because they didn't have adequate healthcare coverage? It wasn't on the news though. Our loved ones apparently don't matter.
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Truth. Josh knows how to turn a phrase.
@@erinmac4750 Not as good as the politicians do. But, he good.
Not gonna lie that's a banging line.
I saw a FB post about how someone people didn’t know was shot by someone else that people didn’t know. When the victim’s company name and job title were revealed, with no additional information, everyone in America immediately and ACCURATELY deduced the motive for the killing. If your job is motive for murder, something is seriously wrong.
I get the point you're trying to make, but your first sentence gave me a stroke.
@@mli6976yes. Commas and grammar. I find some comments so confusing!
@@mli6976how? Read it like dialogue
@@mli6976 I was basically restating the post as close to verbatim as my memory allowed.
@@mli6976 What?? What about that caused you to have a stroke? The post is super easy to read and digest, not to mention that it makes a very good point.
I love the away he approached the case. You can notice he clearly supports Luigi. "I feel sorry for the BT's kids cause you can"t choose who you father is". This is brilliant. This says a lot without saying it.
I respect how much he doesn't dumb things down or avoid topics-- he's always mentioning history, and it's cool to see a comedian push his audience to learn about where our world has been and how we got to the mess we are in now
I also love how you see him hesitate at times to say the quite part out loud, then does it anyway because it has to be said.
Same
This video is the first time I've seen this comedian and my opinion of comedians in general went through the roof when he brought up the French Revolution. (Now, I'm off to find more!)
If you would like to find out how we got here, I suggest reading The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. That is, if you like to read.
@susanmercurio1060 Thank you. I was glad to find it free to download &/or read online.
My sister had a mental breakdown and she had to be hospitalized. The medications she was prescribed after she was discharged were over$2500. She had no health insurance and no money. I had to use one of my credit cards to pay for her medications. I am not even going to talk about the fact her credit is ruined due to medical debts! The fact is that it's not just the health insurance industry that is killing us, it's also the pharmaceutical companies!
After 10 years in France, I got my nationality. I had to explain the French values why I believed in them. The one that stood out was fraternité/solidarité. We can't have a sister, neighbor, parent, coworker, etc experience a mental breakdown and not get free care and paid medical leave. We can't function as a society if we leave someone behind, especially when that can be any of us.
It's the same gaggle of scammers. Many execs work BOTH sides...
I was in a similar situation (I was able to do an intensive outpatient program through a hospital but came close to hospitalization). The anxiety that I felt about how I would pay for it, how I could afford the time off work, it all made it so much worse. Stress kills people, literally. I got lucky and was awarded financial aid by the hospital, but many aren't. I'm glad your sister had you as support, but I'm so sorry you both had to go through that. I guess the point of my comment is to wonder how many people are no longer with us because they were in a dark place and the thought of the debt they would incur to get better was too much to handle?
Medical debt does not count towards credit.
@@aaronburkeen6409 if it’s been sent to collections and the agency chooses to report it, is over $500 and over a year delinquent it does, in the recent few years credit score companies have voluntarily lessened its impact on your overall score but it still has an impact and will show up on your report
Why so little empathy for United Healthcare's CEO? Well, here's a couple statistics from 2022:
1 - 17% of adults with health care debt declared bankruptcy or lost their home because of it.
2 - 66.5% of bankruptcies are caused directly by medical expenses, making it the leading cause for bankruptcy.
Honestly, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. Kudos to Josh for taking a very serious subject and getting both laughs and serious insight out of it.
I work in long term care. SHOCKED it didn't happen sooner.
I am so surprised it didn’t happen sooner, in insurance or in politics, tbh.
THIS!👏🏾
Fr tho @@Miss_Camel
The real surprising part about all this is that some people actually think we should have empathy for the CEO.
I’m a Business English ESL teacher abroad and I’ve had the “consumer/client/customer” conversation hundreds of times. To most business people, we are only consumers and that’s only a number.
Josh Johnson the type of dude to publish a thoughtful & compassionate 1-hour set funnier than every special on Netflix, and then give it out for free.
Not on my watch.
I mean, free with ads. Not complaining, just saying. This is America. Gotta make that $$$
@@danielboone8435 you ain't running ad blocker? can't remember the last ad i saw on youtube.
@Lex-wx3ib I'm using an app. Last time I used an ad blocker on my PC though...like a hundred years ago... it detected the ad blocker.
@@Lex-wx3ib running an app.. is there one that works through the app? I know there used to be, but Google is a monopoly, so I think they took them off the play store.
@@Lex-wx3ib So I’ve been paying for RUclips premium for nothing- when I could just use an ad-blocker?
I'm so glad you brought up the news saying LIGHT SKINNED, that was wild
That was wild . I thought i misheard the news
@@bridgev6652: zues, I couldn't believe I heard the assailant described as "light skinned!"
Italians losing their white cards is insane to me.
@@rudyviray8931right and they really only just got it the past 75 years
@@rudyviray8931 We have only had the card for one generation tbh.
What's even crazier is that if everything that was talked about was true, then not only was the shooter a rich white man who was an Ivy League grad (aka smarty smart pants) who's incredibly handsome... He was a young rich white man who had CHRONIC BACK PAIN since childhood. If it turns out he -- a very rich white guy who could live comfortably in the nice parts of Waikiki -- couldn't afford care for his own back, then I gotta wonder how *anyone* would ever be able to afford care for themselves.
And he'll probably get better care in prison...
We actually have universal healthcare in Hawaii but it’s pretty awful.
Woah I didn't know that that's pretty cool, even if it's not the best at least it's a step in the right direction
@@clicheguevara5282 yahh but that's mainly because of lack of funding for the programs that folks try to set up + the same issues the rest of the US faces + distance. There might be good laws in place, sure, but not enough people or funding to let it reach full potential.
It wasn't that he couldn't afford care. It was that the insurance company wouldn't approve the medical care he needed.
Wow - watching Josh Johnson's career - the breadth of intelligence from the beginning (when he looks like he's 17) - how much of the master storyteller he has become - a true court jester who reveals the truth in a wonderful way!
I went to Versailles and immediately understood how angry a starving person would be having to walk past that wealth every day. It's ALL gold.
I went to the Vatican just once and felt anger and disgust not only at how much luxury and opulence is displayed, but how much is so blatantly stolen. They will tell you as part of the tour that they have more porphry than egypt does despite the fact that it belongs to egypt. All this in the home of a religion that preaches humility and minimalism, that you should live humbly and possessions cannot be taken with you. So with their riches sourced from average and poor people, they don't give back, they collect and hoard. Make it make sense.
Also the Russian palace. That was worse.
Went there this year and had the same exact experience and feelings as you. The stolen Egyptian artifacts were the worst. But honestly, the overwhelming amount of just STUFF everywhere was too. It's like seeing a hoarder's house, but gentrified. All the beauty and art started to look ugly after awhile because it was all but piled on top of each other. Looked like an extravagant display of wealth more than a "museum". @lexilion16
@@Liztastaney7true.
@@lexilion16same & saw a crippled young female on a square board with wheels pushing herself with her hands (2019 just before the Pandemic)!😳😭👀 not even a wheelchair ♿️
That CEO got off easy. No suffering
And his family won't be bankrupt
True statement! 😢
But he is suffering on judgment day in hell
True.
And he got off easy, too, because he got to die, rather than watch as his wife or child died, slowly, while he, exhausted from caring for someone he loves, was trying, trying, trying to get a yes from an insurance co. for their life-saving procedure/treatment.
@@ceejay8718his wife lived in a separate home with the kids!
"I know about avoidable deaths. I'm a customer"
that hit deep
"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law." MLK JR
I recently had 14 tumors removed from my body. I have 4th stage cancer. The surgeon had to get permission from United Healthcare for followup appointments. They gave him permission to see me 6 more times. This is not insurance.
I just had my chemo treatments denied. They said I could have it done locally! I didn't need a cancer specialty center? REALLY? It took me,my oncologist and Stanford medical center to appeal it. So now I'm here finally getting ready for the treatments this morning. It's an intense 8 Day infusion. I'm hooked up to IVs, heart monitor and a
constant pain management.
You're right. This is not insurance. This is the mafia. Thugs run UnitedHealth Care. The most violent and dangerous crimes in America are committed by thugs wearing white collar shirts and ties.
Go to your six appointments. By the 4th one, get approval for 6 more. And keep doing this. It sounds like they are going to dole them out 6 at a time. If things get too bad, and they start denying claims they should pay, call investigative reporters for your local news. Tell them everything. Same thing if they only pay for those initial 6 appointments. Also keel in mind they are not denying treatment or care. They are denying payment of it. I wish I could sit down and talk with you. My husband died of stage 4 cancer. When he was diagnosed, it was already terminal. He didn't even know he was sick. FYI, make sure if you have a spouse that he or she understands that not one more payment on any medical bills needs to be paid as of the time of your death. Creditors can't come after your spouse for your unpaid medical bills.
@@monaestrada6256Good luck and take care! We're rooting for you! Get better to spite the insurance!!
@monaestrada6256 Happy for you that an appeal worked in your favor this time. It's disgustingly depressing how common this mistreatment is, and utterly unfortunate that without consistent enforcement of accountability nothing will change. The high-ups might be scared for a day or a week, but they'll move on with only one man down...and likely be even stricter in retaliation.
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24:30
"A murder did happen. Someone killed someone in cold blood. They just didn't kill an "innocent" man. "
The crowd response to that line... the collective, "oooh"... that was powerful.
Josh Johnson has great humor, but his intellect is even more impressive!
White people are still amazed by our intelligence
Thousands of innocent lives loss daily from a evil healthcare system
Great line. Of course the same could be said about "when those pagers were going off on those people in the middle east" @19:03.
@OfTheGaps thats crazy that you made that analogy about actual citizens in Lebanon who are actively having their land stolen by isreal. A military which is actively committing genocide. In this case isreal is united healthcare. What's wrong with you.
@@OfTheGapsIsrael is United Health Care in the analogy.
Imagine going into surgery and having to say "hey, if this goes over 2 hours, wake me up because my insurance doesn't cover past that. I can't afford a bill. Just finish while I'm awake"
Try signing a check while you’re cut open
My sister is a surgical nurse. Her and the surgeon and surgical team were appalled. You can't stop mid-surgery, you just can't. The doctors, nurses, and medical staff have to waste so much time fighting for their patients to get the care they need. They just want to treat their patients. They too are disgusted with the health insurance companies and drug companies standing in the way of treating their patients. But AI programs or a supposed doctor who works for the insurance company find ways to deny.
That's exactly why it's so insidious, because they know they're gonna get paid.
So many people find out the limits of their coverage after the coverage only goes so far... Can you can't simply just wake a person up and tell them times up.
They've put people in a situation where they can't just opt out, or maybe would have opted out if they knew the cost. Instead, they set it up so that you're halfway into things, and have no choice to pay to complete the other half.
It should not be understated how utterly inhumane some of these policy makers must be, to come up with the stuff that they do.
Just like, “Don’t worry ima thug it out. Just give me a belt to bite on.”
@Forev3rYoung. You really said it!!! I feel like that was literally me. Just waking up from major surgery with the doc there telling me I have to leave the next day and he's retiring and how am I? I said, man I just woke up. He said ok, maybe tomorrow. I never saw him again and I still have issues from this botched surgery.
I'm sure all comedians want to stand apart from others, and not be compared...but (and this is a PURE COMPLIMENT) his flow, delivery,punchlines , and how he articulates news into jokes,reminds me of Dave Chapelle.
"Some jobs make you a monster, and there are some jobs you have to be a monster to do." Damn, Josh.
This is a TED talk on humanity, conscience and karma. Thank you, Josh.
It’s longer than 18 min
It's a TED talk on moral bankruptcy, pathological entitlement, lack of empathy for others, and holding those accountable who sincerely believe they are above they law and don't have to abide by the rules and laws of society and the social contract.
It's wrong to kill, but it's much, much more wrong to kill hundreds or even thousands, and to coldly allow hundreds, if not thousands, more to be financially destroyed while you blow your exorbitant year end bonus on a 2nd or 3rd vacation home and probably a mistress or two, with the money they paid you for health care coverage.
This is a tale about the spectrum of pathological individuals, and how the vengefulness of one delivered a karmic debt to another.
Let me tell you, as a fellow comedian, that this dude wrote a very solid hour in like 2 weeks on one subject is AMAZING. Kudos, dude.
Same. As someone with 3 years in standup & another 10 years writing jokes for friends that are still in the industry, Josh is the ONLY comedian I know of that can watch the 5 o'clock news, drive to a club & do an hour long set on one story he saw at 7 o'clock.
What surprise me a bit, is he went the whole 9 yards, all the way to the inevitability of revolution.
I'm not a writer, but let me put it this way: for rich people in the US, I kind of imagine, the killing of the CEO was kind of like the 9/11 first plane and the peoples reaction most have felt a bit like the second plane.
If you check out his other videos he does this on a regular basis. It's nuts how natural it is for him
I've dabbled in stand up and have worked as a crew member on numerous comedy shows. I thought the same thing. Brilliant, relevant set!
Yes, it's impressive but it seems only about a third of it was written for laughs. Less than most comics' sets, right?
Josh, you’re the calming voice of reason we need in these fraught times. Thank you for keeping us entertained and being so prolific and timely.
Damn, that ending.🔥 "If you get on TV and say this was wrong, this is absolutely wrong. Ok then what are you gonna do?.... Politicians cannot afford to do nothing. CEOs cannot afford to do nothing. The PEOPLE cannot afford to do nothing. And if that last one scares you, you might be on the wrong side of history."
❤
Unfortunately, as things stand. Politicians can't afford to do anything. If they start campaigning for the poor and get too popular, they'll be brought down, we've seen it again and again.
In order to affect change you have to fight big money. I mean BIG. And one way to effectively fight back, is with money. Our political currency, is actually just currency.
I don't know how this can be fixed, but I know it's not going to happen with the current system and political apathy :/
This. Write it on the walls.
@@RCake ...and the tenament halls?
@@VikingTeddy If you are a politician and are scared of campaigning for the poor, then you aren't there for the right reasons and you're on the wrong side of history.
As a German doctor I can only shake my head and feel ever so sorry for the american people. This is a cruel and insane business
Practically our whole system is like this. Slavery never stopped, it just changed form. Now the slaves are given money so they can pay for their own housing and there aren't outright whippings but it's still acceptable to abuse your employees. Everything for the money even if what you're doing makes no sense.
Yep. I don’t feel superior. I feel sorry.
@Ottts22 Josef Rudolf Mengele was a German physician.
I can only shake my head and feel ever so sorry for the narcissist german people that can scold others while standing atop their own pile of shiet.
"First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
Reagan had the most to do with it. Privatizing insurance. The fact we are so skeptical of the government, who we can vote against, and protest against…. But we just think corporations we literally can’t control because of their money… money is power coupons. If we don’t have it why would we put people who do in more control than our own government?
Thank you.
Man has over 500 people sitting here just waiting for it to drop. Love to see it.
17k currently watching
@@buc2024 23k now!!!
@@buc2024 25K watched
236k currently already seen it! insane!
Why do I feel like every time I listen to Josh, not only am I laughing through out, but I always learn something as well
He has some really good takes on public issues honestly. Very balanced with a dash of humor to make the perspectives digestible and not depressing or malicious.
A lot of humor
This
comedians that intertwine their comedy with social commentary have always been legends in the industry. A la George Carlin, Bill Burr, Bill Hicks
well said
He also does it VERY quickly. His ability to keep up with current events and turn it into these long and entertaining sets is fantastic!
Have you ever noticed that he doesn't include the massive applause at the end of his sets? He closes it in editing on his last outstanding line that he wants us to hear. This man has integrity, humility, sensitivity, brilliance, and an abundance of talent that he conveys with warmth and humanity. You are the voice of a generation Josh Johnson, the way Jon Stewart was. Keep going, please stay safe and in good health.
He is AWESOME
THIS.
I don't know if I have to applaud this, yeah, John seems like a good guy, but nitpicking something like this sounds like the bar for some decency and humility from comedians is in the deepest pit of hell
He is top. Miles, miles better than anyone we got in UK at mo. The weaving of heavy topics with quality points AND big laughs.....
hes really, really bloody good and then some.
Very well said. He’s incredible!
My take is this. "If a man killed your child, you would consider his life forfeit. Now imagine that man was the leader of that insurance company that killed them, and thousands others."
Exactly I don’t feel sympathy for this man like he didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy for all the people he rejected
Wow, I had not thought about this perspective.
Yes!!! Also, we still have the death penalty for murderers in multiple states....... if the government had actually stepped in from the beginning of the insurance gangs, the result could have been the same with one fewer kid in prison.
I saw one comment online that said “when you kill one person, you are a murderer. But when you kill thousands you are doing it for your shareholders.” That really made me pause. 🤔😳
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I love Josh!
He is eloquent and intelligent. I hope everyone watches this.
Watching from Germany and I think American Healthcare System is cruel. Here is also not all perfect, but when my mum had a stoke 3 years ago, I thought no second about calling an ambulance. She was 4 weeks in hospital and afterwards 6 weeks in rehabilitation. Bill 0,00 €. My dad had a heart attack 6 years ago. He was operated and treated in hospital. Bill 0,00 €. Both are 70 years old and healthy today. Please wake up, America ❤️ Many thanks for your work, Josh! I love your kind of humor😊
When I was 18, doctors found a tumour in my body, that looked like it could be cancer. I was put on medication and scheduled for surgery right away. It turned out to be benign, but it's terrifying to think that if I had been in the US, that very necessary procedure would've potentially put me into thousands of dollars of debt straight out of high school. Potentially hundreds of thousands if it had been cancerous. I didn't pay a cent out of pocket.
I know you say the bill was zero but what did you pay in taxes over the years to cover it? Probably many times more the cost of the health services. Also if they had not had those problems and never went to the hospital, you still paid for it through health care taxes. Also, if you are poor in America you still get Healthcare and can go to the hospital at very little to free cost fyi
@@mikeyoung490 that isn’t true. The emergency room will give you Advil and send you on your way. That myth needs to die. There is no primary care.
@@mikeyoung490 "The average national monthly health insurance cost for one person on an Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan without premium tax credits in 2024 is $477."
If I lost my job tomorrow and didn't sign up for any benefits, I'd pay 65€/month in universal healthcare tax in my country. If I signed up for unemployment, it would be 0€.
@@mikeyoung490you pay in taxes as well. Except your Healthcare system is bloated, inefficient and no ceiling limits on drug and procedure costs. There are multiple research papers on this.
Also availing Medicare & Medicaid is only for Below Poverty Line and Over 65s, and is still a laborious procedure. I work in Healthcare. Seen it first hand, experienced it first hand when I lived in Iowa.
I’m a pharmacy technician and I completely understand why people are angry, I have to tell people everyday their insurance doesn’t cover something. It’s heartbreaking, if it wasn’t for the discount program our hospital has so many people would go home without psychiatric meds, diabetes medication, cancer medication, dialysis medication etc… I consider quitting everyday.
That's awful, as an HCA I also see how the wealth care system creates so much misery. Stay strong.
I feel for Pharmacists and Pharm Techs!
Less pharmacists are graduating now, and the job is 100% thankless. I always treat my pharmacy staff with kindness because I see how they are treated when the queues are long, meds aren’t ready and health insurance doesn’t cover it.
People haven’t realised it’s NOT the staff’s fault.
It’s only going to get worse.
@@acovenofmany333 people know it’s not the staff’s fault. But they need someone to take out their anger on. Unfortunately, anyone who has to deal with customer service or has to be face-to-face with customers every single day is going to get the short end of the stick every single time.
It’s not their fault . They didn’t do anything wrong *most* of the time. But they suffer the consequences for the failures of the higher-ups.
The higher-ups could make things run more efficiently if they wanted to … but more importantly, until we deal with this patchwork health insurance fiasco, things are not going to get better.
My personal opinion below.
I think we need to get rid of “state rights” because quality of care and healthcare services should not be available or unavailable depending on what state you live in.
If you are me -a cancer patient in Maryland- and the only doctor that treats your cancer is in Florida or California, you’re sht out of luck. Your insurance isn’t gonna cover your out of state care, your transportation, your meals or your living arrangements while you’re in treatment. If you are a pregnant woman in Alabama and your pregnancy is ectopic or a result of rape, and you need an abortion, you have to go to another state to get treatment because your state doesn’t believe in abortion. Your state doesn’t believe in treating pregnant women for their medical conditions. They don’t see women as human beings… as patients in need of treatment. They see them as murderers because they’ve been conned by right wing media and propaganda.
There is no way in hell that it is acceptable to deny care based on the state you are in or to not have access to care based on the state you are in.
The fact that states can decide what care is available to their residents and can criminalized medical providers who provide life-saving care to their patients is outrageous. It should be criminal. Not just part of American life.
The fact that states can decide whether or not they’re going to participate in different insurance programs and different social programs affects patients care, quality, and outcomes. It means people are dying for nothing. People are dying preventable deaths. If we can care about a United HealthCare CEO getting killed, can we care about all of the people who are dying because of lack of access or inadequate care, coverage, or insurance denial? Who’s suffering the consequences of those untimely preventable deaths? Are those murderers suffering consequences?
Make no mistake, denying access to care is criminal and it is murder because people die when you ban Care options and don’t have adequate coverage. Our patchwork system literally makes it impossible for people to get the care they need when they need it… wait times are far too long, people are being forced to the streets for their healthcare and medicines, and people are dying for nothing.
But no matter what I know you are correct … it is definitely not the fault of staff that people are being denied coverage care treatment, and medication… they’re just the only ones that are there to take the fall
@@acovenofmany333 people know it’s not the staff’s fault. But they need someone to take out their anger on. Unfortunately, anyone who has to deal with customer service or has to be face-to-face with customers every single day is going to get the short end of the stick every single time.
It’s not their fault . They didn’t do anything wrong *most* of the time. But they suffer the consequences for the failures of the higher-ups.
The higher-ups could make things run more efficiently if they wanted to … but more importantly, until we deal with this patchwork health insurance fiasco, things are not going to get better.
My personal opinion below.
I think we need to get rid of “state rights” because quality of care and healthcare services should not be available or unavailable depending on what state you live in.
If you are me -a cancer patient in Maryland- and the only doctor that treats your cancer is in Florida or California, you’re sht out of luck. Your insurance isn’t gonna cover your out of state care, your transportation, your meals or your living arrangements while you’re in treatment. If you are a pregnant woman in Alabama and your pregnancy is ectopic or a result of rape, and you need an abortion, you have to go to another state to get treatment because your state doesn’t believe in abortion. Your state doesn’t believe in treating pregnant women for their medical conditions. They don’t see women as human beings… as patients in need of treatment. They see them as murderers because they’ve been conned by right wing media and propaganda.
There is no way in hell that it is acceptable to deny care based on the state you are in or to not have access to care based on the state you are in.
The fact that states can decide what care is available to their residents and can criminalized medical providers who provide life-saving care to their patients is outrageous. It should be criminal. Not just part of American life.
The fact that states can decide whether or not they’re going to participate in different insurance programs and different social programs affects patients care, quality, and outcomes. It means people are dying for nothing. People are dying preventable deaths. If we can care about a United HealthCare CEO getting killed, can we care about all of the people who are dying because of lack of access or inadequate care, coverage, or insurance denial? Who’s suffering the consequences of those untimely preventable deaths? Are those murderers suffering consequences?
Make no mistake, denying access to care is criminal and it is murder because people die when you ban Care options and don’t have adequate coverage. Our patchwork system literally makes it impossible for people to get the care they need when they need it… wait times are far too long, people are being forced to the streets for their healthcare and medicines, and people are dying for nothing
I know it’s rough but your patients need you no matter what and you quitting doesn’t do anything to help them. It certainly doesn’t help them get their meds. Please don’t quit.❤
" History is a playbook for some people, a cautionary tale for other people.." Josh Johnson is a spokesman for our time, an amazing man who uses Humor to illuminate and does it spectacularly!
We are in for a horrible at-least-4 years, with billionaires having taken over our country. At least we’ll have Johnson channeling our rage and sadness while making us laugh.
I agree. Like Dick Gregory and James Balwin, Johnson is able to reach into the heart of the matter and pull out the most important truths.
@@凯思 i think you might fall inbto the 'playbook' part of that quote.
solidarity. & good hunting.
Perfect! 👌 Thanks for participating in this conversation at a crucial time.
One of my first experiences with an ortho surgeon was when United didn't cover a surgery for this woman's foot and the doctor did the surgery for free.
The whole team came in the middle of the night, scooted her off to the OR, and fixed her for free.
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And to think that that is what happens in every other country with Universal Healthcare, is infuriating. And it sends me to know that our tax dollars go to some of those countries SO THEY CAN HAVE IT 😡
@@nicoleruffin9419 if you try to ask for the same thing in USA, the politician will call you a commie. Then the same politician will turn around and vote to send billions to Israel every years because they receive kickback money from AIPAC. They say "Israel is our greatest ally", repeating it over and over like they are trying to brainwash someone in some dystopian movie. If you asking for free healthcare makes you a commie, then USA greatest ally is a communist because Israel got free health AND education.
@@nicoleruffin9419why you all upset at other countries? Your politicians send your tax money to only one country with carte Blanche and that countries lobby along with big corporations take your money to give back in bribes to your politicians . The fact you all vote in the same two parties who have absolutely no encouragement to change the way things are because their turn will come again soon enough… is your own fault. Clean house of your two party monopoly and maybe your government will change for the better.
Other countries with universal health care have their own tax systems that their citizens pay into with their tax dollars to pay for it! They don’t take your tax dollars for it! Your tax dollars are usually used to ensure American corporations get preferential treatment in those countries and it doesn’t benefit your citizens or theirs…. The buck stops with your voting public and you all have to take the blame for what you vote for rather than passing blame for how your government spends your money!
What a great, sympathetic, empathetic, caring, compassionate, dedicated team.
I live in Australia where healthcare is universally available. Private health insurance is an option for specialty care or to jump the wait list for some procedures but taxes cover EVERYONES health care.
It boggles the mind how America has turned the wellbeing of its citizens into a business. 😵💫
Australian here too. Medicare is fabulous, flawed but fabulous. Both my parents, multiple times of serious health issues - $0.00.
Does concern me that people can pay to jump the line... That definitely feels like something that would get abused pretty quickly here but still far better than what we've currently got.
@@chelseasmith4753 Those who choose to have private health insurance MAY be put ahead in the queue but only for non essential surgery and other medical needs. A millionaire and a single mother who each have a brain aneurysm for example will get exactly the same treatment and whoever is deemed worse will be in surgery first.
In the state of Queensland, every household’s electricity bill has a small annual ambulance charge too. That way nobody is ever hit with an ambulance bill.
So everyone chipping in a little helps keep the entire country healthy. ☺️ In Aussie slang we call that a “fair go”. 👍
Well to be fair, during covid, no teens in the US arrested for hanging out on a beach. And no tribal people were hauled off in trailers against their will for “their own good.”
But yeah, America could be better.
And so could Australia.
If it’s between access to healthcare and ability to protect ourselves against tyranny, I would choose the latter. And I’m sure you would choose the former. As humans, we are more disposed to suffer evils while evils are sufferable, than to throw off the forms of government to which we are accustomed (paraphrased from the American Declaration of Independence)… I just think that in America, we are better positioned to throw off those forms of government if those evils mount to a breaking point, when the “long train of abuses and usurpations ” all pursuing the same objective of prove it over people, and control over freedom, proves to the people that their government (which today very much includes the corporations) cannot provide for their future security, the people are obligated to reform or abolish that system and put up new guards. But often, it isn’t until someone makes the first blow in such a way that those evils come into focus, that people get galvanized into action. It wasn’t until the Boston Massacre that people started organizing, and it wasn’t until 3 years after that, that the Boston Tea Party marked the beginning of the committed push to form a new government. I think everyone now is sort of waiting to see: was this the first blow? Our wheels turn slowly here. But I do think you will see more direct petitioning for reform, with focused pressure campaigns that makes those reforms happen more quickly… kinda like how Anthem BlueCross dropped their reduced anesthesia policy real quick. But hopefully it won’t take an assassination every time the people want a reform. That would be a weird game for the overlords to play.
@@Me-hf4iidid you just say we never hauled off first nations people "for their own good"? Cause...........
I’m 54. I think that I’m old enough to call him a young man. He’s part of the next generation. He tells deep stories. He kicks the truth. Watch over him. He’s special.
What's your meaning???
@@PP7Silencedcomplimenting him as the best of his generation.
George Carlin vibes.. new-Chappelle vibes
I'm 62 and I think he's marvelous, incredibly wise and insightful. I could listen to him all day. ❤
@@indianapaullyj I definitely feel those vibes as well!
All the way from Greece, I applaud you in standing ovation. You are intelligent, truthful, you have your mind and your heart in the right place and use them perfectly. I applaud you. I send you my most heartfelt wishes for Happiness and Prosperity!
"when I saw those Lily white hands...". Wow Josh! LMAO
I hollered 😂😂
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bc he ate that 😭😭😭. lightskinned????!!! Luigi was NEVER that!!!!
Lilly
@@Nyeb2002the way I was appalled when I heard them say “light skinned” on the news!!
"Don't mistake their self-preservation for empathy." Dropping a one-liner so powerful, man.
Serial killers and terrorist are also fathers and husbands that doesn’t mean they aren’t evil or killers. So saying that the C.E.O was a father or a husband doesn’t mean that he was a good man or a good human being.
Hitler loved children......?...well, certain types of children.....
@HarryDirtayI LOVE that 😂😂😂😂😂😂
And the meeting he was walking to went on without him.
People loathed this guy.
@HarryDirtayHitler had a dog
This is one thing I've come to realize very few get. I'm on the Lawtube side and any time an accused actually shows emotion or cries or someone that there is concrete evidence showing they are guilty, the comment section is filled with "they don't fell anything! They don't care about anyone!" Hate to tell you that many monsters feel remorse enough to cry and get depressed over it but they still go out and do it. If you can stomach listening to a pedophile, they ALWAYS justify it. Why? It's uncomfortable but monsters can have families and people who love them
Brian’s body count was MUCH higher than Osama’s.
I really dont follow Comedians, but this is BY FAR the most hilarious stand up I have ever witnessed!!!!!!
BRO - AMAZING!!!!
"In America, everything is an ad - including murder." No truer words were ever spoken!
In 1995, Ford Bronco sales went up.
@@WaitAMinute1989 What happened in 1995 pertaining to Ford Broncos?
@@jakob3044 the OJ chase on the news
@@Iroxinping Huh. I would blame my youth, but maybe most americans know this, I wouldn't know. I'll keep it in mind, though.
@@jakob3044 rotflmbao
This is when comedians have a social role of breaking things down and explaining the mad contradictions we are living. When art cares about the fabric of the society.
Very few comedians can do it like Josh does, he's a gem.
That's always been the role of the jester, speaking truth to power.
Few do it as well as Josh.
He was a person. So was Marty.
RIP to all the Marties that were taken from us.
YES those Marties unalived by the insurance serial killers (BT being the worst) from claims DENIED!
The souls of our best and dearest late comedians have jumped into Josh Johnson.
"It was the first time they saw that we see them how they see us"
THANK YOU for putting this into words. I've been trying since it happened. They view us as so disposable.
I laughed when i heard.
They can pay me 10 mil directly if they want me to feel bad for a health insurance ceo. Or shut the **** up.
yes but it also made me think of the submarine incident and the memes about that, if anything that was when they saw we didn't see them as people, and now was when we saw we were willing to treat them how they treat us
We are just an account number.
@katierasburn9571 the difference, i think, is the responsibility part of it.
The submarine was their own stupidity.
They are DIRECTLY responsible for everyday non-billionaires losing their lives. EVERY second of the day.
Well, someone pops off at them?
We celebrate. The way they casually hand wave "it's just business. It's not EVIL to make money." when we get upset about how they treat us.
Oh but when that money comes straight from denying health "care"? They can eat ****. Wanting us to feel bad he had a family. Everyone has a family. Us lower classes have families too, but they don't think about it that way. So why should we in regards to them? Hypocrites
As far as im concerned, luigi should have gotten paid. That's what happens when us "normal folk" get treated like "Brian Thompson" was that morning.
CEOs: So far self-removed (by their inequality) from my life, that I find it impossible to attribute any emotion to their hardship. Just numbers, really.
I'm not from the US so I didn't know much about the healthcare insurance system there, but the stories I've seen in the wake of this have been enough to radicalize me further
Please learn everything you can from us so this does not become your system, where ever you are. ❤❤❤
@@toxicmegasemicolon I live in NZ and I don't foresee our system changing any time soon, but if it does I'm sure we'll get some Luigis
No matter how bad universal healthcare may get in your country, and no matter how much the media or influencers or politicians try to convince you otherwise
Understand it's deathly better than the alternative.
I don’t think it’s possible to be TOO angry about this disastrous situation we live with here.
I’m surprised Americans just take the bs they receive instead of doing something about it
Decades ago I was an American fellowship student in London, had a serious medical crisis. The Brits took care of me, doctors, medications, no "co-pays," no deductibles, no financial questions. I lived, went on to be a fairly productive U.S. citizen and taxpayer. I Here America, I might have died. Thanks, decent UK!
Which is why every time I see anything about the NHS being sold off or privatized, I scream at the Brits to fight against it as hard as they can. Whatever horror stories they have heard about the US, there's always worse waiting.
In europe. We dont even know what the word co-pay means. Like what is that?
@@SinHurr it's ridiculous the way they let the NHS be ripped apart by powerful people with vested interests in eliminating the competition to for-profit health services.
He absolutely hit the nail on the head, well done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I was in the audience of this show and the crowd was glued to the story. Josh is an amazing story teller and the way he connects all the dots at the end is masterful to the likes of Chappell!
Ooohhh that's awesome. ❤
Not as sexist as Chapelle
indeed. josh is the pastor - the good kind- of our time. these aren’t bits, these aren’t sets, they’re sermons
Or our next George Carlin
Masterful 👍🤘
He kind of reminds me of 1980's Eddie Murphy...
Skinny Chappelle was funny, Jacked Chappelle just needs therapy!
I'm 51 years old. Listening to you...I know the future is going to be okay. I hope you never lose your voice.
Dont hope fight
Future gonna b ok for u maybe... 51...
33 year old here..the future's gonna be good by the time you're old. I'm seeing it to it myself, for all. We're gonna change it from the inside
Josh is great but he couldn't save Marty
We're screwed
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My Marty was Paul, who survived while he had Romneycare in Massachusetts, but because work took him to another state where he could not afford basic care. He died needlessly at age 37 and I miss him every day. Thanks for your take, Josh. You really spoke to my soul on this complex issue.
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So very sorry. Really, it's so strange that this one thing is what we are ALL experiencing. They got WAY too greedy! Take care of yourself and know there are people out here who feel exactly like you.
I'm sorry for your loss, and his loss too because that's so young. Thank you for sharing with us. Please tell everyone about Paul and what made his short time here so important to you and others. ❤
I don't understand how healthcare companies and CEOs can get away with mss murder without being held accountable for wrongful death
@@maryjack08 Because they write the laws, what they do isn't illegal. All part of the plan of our corporatocracy. Politicians need their money, so they don't cross them. And now the SC is filled with federalist society ideologues who will keep it this way (at best).
I’m so grateful I stumbled onto your presence and what you’re up to. It happened in the most unthinkably round about way. And here you are, doing stand up comedy in a way that is so meaningful, that deeply meaningful way stand up comedy is done at times.. I’m speechless. I feel like the depth of the meaningfulness of what you’re doing hasn’t come around in stand up comedy in decades. Thank you. Deep gratitude for what you’re doing and saying. My words fail me when attempting to express how deeply meaningful this is to me. Thank you.
Canadian here . Close friend had hip surgery. In The USA it would cost minimum 200k . And they are on fixed income . They didn’t pay a dime . Taxes suck but free healthcare is so worth it.
Oh our taxes are high, if you're a working person rather than rich.
We just don't get the value for our taxes that you do.
In my 42 years of life I've had 2 major surgeries (one with two operating fields and spinal cord involvement) and 2 minor, about ten 2 weeks to 4 months hospital stays and as much doctor's visits as a tetraplegic MUST have to live 20 years past injury. In the US I would've bankrupted my whole family and be probably long gone from the lack of treatment that I couldn't afford. But I live in a country with universal healthcare. It's not perfect and there ARE countries that have it better, but still... I haven't paid a cent for a helicopter ride to the best hospital in the country for an emergency surgery, months of rehab, medical transport for doctor appointements (since I'm bed-bound now and can't sit up), lots of labs every year etc. I do have to co-pay for some of my meds, but it never stopped me from taking them, 'cause it was never too much so I can afford it. I really feel for American sick and disabled.
Coincidentally my Mom also had hip surgery and didn't pay a dime. AND doing it private would cost max 5% of the 200k you quoted. More like a 10 years old car and NOT 3 or 4 brand new ones. Europe, "socialist hell" ;).
All my hospital visits have been free in canada, but I still need private insurance to cover necessary medical treatments and medication. Our own insurance CEOs should be paying attention.
Yeah it might be free in Canada but what no one tells you is you could wait up to 6 months for an mri. Up to 2 years for surgery. So it's free as long as you don't die before they can get you in there. America is not the greatest as far as caring for its citizens but there is a huge difference. Socialized medicine isn't the best either.
@@cfox9876 It’s offensive to our American friends to imply that socialized medicine in Canada is comparable to what they go through 🙄
I’ve waited the better part of a year for an MRI on my abdomen for a non-life threatening condition, but I will tell you:
When I had a brain injury and was brought in in an ambulance, I had every nurse and doctor in that department treating and checking in on me. Around the clock. They were AMAZING.
In the following 24 hours I had every test imaginable because that WAS a life threatening injury. I had a CT scan, an ECG, an MRI, many blood tests that were processed immediately. I honestly may be forgetting some because I had literal brain damage.
I hate waiting and we should still do something about that, but you are pushed to the front of the line in Canada based on the severity of the injury. The system is built on triage.
And I will tell you, I will never complain about waiting in emerge again because if they’re letting you sit there and wait, they’re not worried about you 😂 it’s MUCH scarier when they are.
I’m not an American citizen and I have just found out how much you all have to pay for an AMBULANCE RIDE, can’t help but be amazed by how patient you all have been!
Well we are being poisoned by our water supply with flouride which has been found to reduce IQ in children and cause behavior problems, our food is poisoned left and right down to the seeds available to plant, our medicine poisons us, I wouldn't be surprised if it's true that they posion the air.
Have you ever met a sick American in your country about to freak out when someone suggests that an ambulance be called? If so, then you know why. If not then just watch us. We're terrified when calling for one!
Yeah I'm Aussie and it's wild lol.
Time for some changes.... not left vs right but working class vs elites.
@@MakeWay4CJ Yes, I have a person in my life that happened to need an operation while being there and it was just insane, like, our healthcare is not perfect and should be changed, but I had no idea that the USA's system was THAT expensive, my God.
There are people who would rather take an Uber/Lyft and pay the cleaning fee than take an ambulance, saving thousands without insurance. Drivers are now instructed to deny riders and call an ambulance for you, if you're bleeding, heart attack, etc.
"Don't mistake CEO's self preservation with empathy." Greatly put!
And the mainstream news said those empathy-for-poor statements like it was a philosophical debate, but we're the ones living the reality their "sponsors" don't