British People SHOCKED By American Healthcare Prices
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Can we stop pretending America is the best country now?
America is #1. In prison population.
America's the best... Among countries without the metric system
Who in this day and age thinks America is the best country.
@@mrgreen027 A certain political party and their hive mind.
@@mrgreen027 Go and read the comments of this video from PragerU and see yourself🤣:
ruclips.net/video/M7VdUzf4mI0/видео.html
It's mind boggling how brainwashed some people are.
The one lady nails it... "So if you're poor, you're dead." Yes. Yes, that's exactly right. Unbelievable. #M4A
Got it in one.
The rich don't care about the poor
The scumbag politicians who are paid by our tax dollars have the best health insurance and benefits our tax paying dollars can buy. They still go to bat for the big money donors and screw the taxpayers. Charge the people who live in the country outrageous prices for healthcare. Life saving medicine they decide to die or buy and live in endless debt because of the rich getting richer off the sick and homeless. These low life politicians and departments like the Food and Drug Administration, insurance companies and the pharmaceutical supply chain need to all go away. So much waste can be cut out alone by eliminating just the administration costs.
I have been stung by bees many times in my life. Each time a person gets stung the reaction gets worse. Last time my hand was swelled for 2 weeks, but more importantly within seconds of being stung I had brief trouble breathing and was close to passing out. Next time might be anaphylactic shock and death. I can't afford EpiPens, as they are currently priced, and I am not poor.
Well if you're really poor health care is free lol at least in Cali
$2500 for an ambulance is inSANE. I'm Canadian and those prices are basically crimes against humanity far as I'm concerned.
in Ontario, $45 if you have OHIP.
@@natesmodelsdoodles5403 And there are so many exceptions. It's like they don't want you to pay, but want to discourage abuse. I like our province. :)
@@natesmodelsdoodles5403 in the uk you pay 0 so I think I'll stick with the NHS.
Plz help
The worst part is if you don't have health insurance and if you don't have a job they usually won't make you pay for it but they will put the cost on the people you actually can.
"So, if you're poor you're dead." - The American Dream
Do you think healthcare is a right?
@@chrisallison9151 the fuck is that question, of course being alive is a fucking right lmao
@@chrisallison9151 Wow! Of course it is. 'Life' is the most basic of human rights. That's why we have Universal Healthcare. That's why we don't allow guns. That's why we don't elect idiots to run our countries.
@@CrashMaster Well in this country you have a right to an attorney and a lot of times you don't get a quality attorney. Because there is no incentive to be a public defender
@@keithandersonbrady5026 So if you believe healthcare is a right does the government then have the right to regulate what doctors charge for their services?
On behalf of the rest of the world, we aren't laughing at the American system, we're horrified by it.
Exactly. To me, the entire system seems inhumane.
Go fu k yourself , we are fine with the highest survival rates and best outcomes .
@@Heracles_FE Good point. I am from the "world" and I am stunned why people cant even look at outcomes and survival rates. United states is first when it comes to 99 % of outcomes and surival rates.
but what people see is just that "you have to pay"...
Well no shit, you have to pay for best treatments, best doctors, best services and its more expensive than worse doctors, treatments and services.
@@Heracles_FE LMFAO. Maybe in whatever candy cane fantasy world you live in, but here in the real world...
@@stonedaurelius6496LMFAO. It's cute when the sockpuppet trolls agree with each other. Too bad your talking points can easily be debunked by those of us who know what the fuck we're talking about.
*Cost 10 grand to give birth*
"WhY ArEn'T MiLlEnIaLs HaViNg ChIlDrEn?"
Remember what Shapiro always says: “We need more workers!”
Tbf it's free in europe and the birth rate is even lower
@@slywata7780 yeah because our system is not perfect people in the UK where I live a strangled with student debt, im 18 I dont see myself having my own home until i am in mid 30s at the earliest, wages are not great, and this is a trend across Europe, which is most likely the reason for the birth rate being low, yes it is free to give birth to the baby but it costs a bomb to keep that you and that baby alive and make sure you and that baby are able to have a roof over your head
This. The right always say that and cannot put two and two together. No hindsight in them whatsoever.
We also have better birth control. My grandmother is 89. She had 5 kids. She said she only wanted 3. She tells all her grandchildren not to have more than 2 kids. Because she knows how expensive even back then to have a ton of kids.
As a non-American, I genuinely didn’t know that paying for an ambulance was a thing. The corporatocracy at work again...
I am not from USA but i know they will come and get you but you get the bill after. If you do not have the money to pay that bill than the insurance companies will go after you. This is for average people. I do not know how it works for poor people that have almost nothing.
I did not know amaricans paid for childbirth. That is disqusting.
@Matthew Jamison some people with health issues like epilepsy wear a wristband that says "do not call an ambulance" in America, real shit
@Matthew Jamison Your reply made me sad.
I wouldn't hesitate to call an ambulance for someone, I can't even imagine living in a world where that'd cost them a mortgage payment.
An ambulance in my city costs $45, and there are so many exceptions.
In my country, we do pay (or atleast the non-government hospital) around 10 us dollar for the ambulance. But of course, it wasn't as shocking as in the us.
Blows my mind that ambulances charge in America, appauling
My man, I've heard people tell me not to call one because they can't afford it, even if they have a damn broken leg crawling in pain on the floor. It's tough
@@user-hj9xz5gr3f utterly surreal
@BTS R KINGS that's soo sad. I can't imagine being in a life or death situation and worrying about if I can afford to save my own life.
I got into a car accident in America once, and they charged me 90$ FOR AN ICE PACK FOR MY HEAD!! I didn't even ride in the damn ambulance!
as if the rest of the video isnt shocking enough,THAT little hand grenade had my jaw on the floor.
how the fuckety FUCK,can you charge people for using an ambulance?
absolutely astonishing AND shameful.
Our NHS doesnt look half bad now.
As a German, I'm just as shocked as they are!
Bismarck introduced a healthcare system here in 1883...
Bismark was ahead of his time
@@maxcarrasco260 and america has been behind since ww2. That is the cost of blowing all the tax money on military bullshit over the people.
In *1883!!!*
@Victor Bernie Sanders is humankinds -biggest- greatest hope right know.
It's also important to note that Bismarck was incredibly conservative and did it only to prevent the actual socialists from taking over. Yet today, American conservatives think that somehow universal healthcare will turn the US into the USSR, when in reality it's doing nothing and forcing the people to take action themselves that will do that.
The USA: where there is gun care and health control for all
Lol sell waid.
😂
False dichotomy. We can be armed and have affordable healthcare. I urge liberals to stop using guns as an argument. It’s an Imamate object, focus on the socioeconomic factors that cause shootings instead. Bernie will drastically help with this.
Tip of the hat to you, good sir
Random dude No need to preach, I’ve heard the idiotic liberal anti-gun bullchit over and over. It’s not well thought out, pushed down your throats by corporate media, and only repeated by those who cannot think for themselves. You liberals always make it seem like you just want common sense reform, but even you failed to mention that Bernie wants to ban assault rifles. Disingenuous indeed to not incorporate the actual legislation. There are many objects that can cause death to humans.. for liberals to focus on on this one item, when there are 300,000,000 million of them already in circulation that aren’t causing problems, really goes to show how brainwashed many of you act. I highly suggest you start reading Marx.. because you’re gonna need those guns soon, and letting the notoriously right-wing FBI decide who’s gets them, not the best idea.
Paying for childbirth, is insane. You pay, for giving them, another future victim of the insurance companies . I’m happy that I live in Denmark.
Just a tip for you when writing in English: You don't need a " , " anywhere you had them in this post. It's mostly used to add a new segment into a sentence.
Ex:
My friend has a dog, a big brown dog, who is very playful.
But you don't need to say:
My friend has a dog, that is very playful.
It's just:
My friend has a dog that is very playful.
Or more correctly:
My friend's dog is very playful (or) My friend has a very playful dog.
And then they never stop whining about how millenials won't have kids
Europe gang
"What, you pay for your child?"
-My Spanish mother's reaction
Sean Cone that's not only in english. I think he just doesn't understand, commas.
See what I did, there
I'm embarrassed as an American watching this video. Honestly
Your telling me.
Alex Raskalove you don't have to feel embarrassed, we already know its a joke country (;
I'm sure even commie China has a better healthcare system!
As am I.
Don't be embarrassed. Be angry and demand change. Aggressively!!! This particular issue is NOT a spending problem. The US well outspends any OECD country when it comes to health care. Your gov spends apx 3 times more per capita on health care compared to the UK and double any Scandinavian country. Yet, you get sh** for it. Where is all that money going? It's you money! You deserve to get your moneys worth. NOW! I'm totally on your side ❤❤❤Here's some data for you if you feel like diving in data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
They should be 10 times as shocked when they hear our average life expectancy is getting shorter too. Paying more for worse care and dying younger.
TBH when they factor in the BS prices we have, it won't surprise them. "So if you're poor you're dead" indeed.
That is a bad argument. Many nations see a drop in life expectancy. For example, from 2012 to 2013 Iceland had a drop in their life expectancy.
@@whyamimrpink78
Hey! Haven't seen you in the comments for a while, I was worried you vanished. Is Ricky Spanish still haunting these vids too?
Life expectancy is dropping because the suicide rate is increasing. Suicides are increasing because poverty is increasing.
We have free healthcare in Poland and life expectancy dropped for the first time. probably because our government prioritized othe things like f-35, funding Catholic Church and monthly payments for parents. The fight on healthcare never ends, unfortunately.
"We have wait-lines, too. And our wait-lines are littered with the dead bodies who never even got to see the doctor."
We are going to wait until we are the LAST country on Earth to do this?
*33 out of 34 developed countries have universal health care!*
www.nasdaq.com/article/all-the-countries-that-have-universal-healthcare-cm757323
Even many "3rd-World" countries, like *THAILAND,* have Universal Health Care.
www.theguardian.com/health-revolution/2016/may/24/thailand-universal-healthcare-ucs-patients-government-political
Moreover, according to the US National Library of Medicine, Thailand is the #1 destination for medical tourists.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883860
Marc Kemper - Wtf I have WONDERFUL PRIVATE INSURANCE that I pay 20% of my income for (between premiums and max out-of-pocket expenses) and I STILL HAD TO WAIT 4 MONTHS FOR A SURGERY THIS YEAR!! Was supposed to have it on April 26... had to wait until Aug 30th bc it wasn’t “urgent.” Fuckin’ LOL.
@@LadyHawke78 First world problems!~ It obviously wasn't life-threatening. On the other hand in Britain you can wait months even if it IS life-threatening.
It’s like that here in Canada you die waiting for care
@@LadyHawke78 yes. The idea that health care shouldn't be "rationed" and that "others" shouldn't decide when, where, and how you get treatment ignores the *fact* that *it already happens* ! Only difference is that unelected insurance company bureaucrats who wouldn't know a stethoscope if one were shoved up their ass are making the decisions.
I’m from Ireland. Hearing those figures is insanity. Along with college fees you’re being screwed so badly.
You are "So brave and so Proud", to show off our Irish government run healthcare system to Americans..
www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/hse-admits-failings-at-centre-of-cervical-cancer-scandal-37310581.html
The latest of ever ongoing run of healthcare scandals, never mind the waiting list that ends up using death to rid you of suffering from cancer than curing you. Hold up the HSE to the Americans and tell them how you love our government run Healthcare system. How about showing the prime example how Irish Government favorite public healthcare project. Scandals such as the massive cost overrun of the National Children’s Hospital.
www.irishtimes.com/news/health/over-556-000-on-waiting-lists-as-hospital-delays-hit-new-record-1.3926056
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/number-of-people-on-hospital-waiting-lists-jumps-by-800-926009.html
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/one-million-people-waiting-list-20138756
There is 556,000 on waiting lists as hospital delays hit new record. Now tell the Americans how many people are in Ireland!! Go on!!!
In the US, Most of that costs is government regulations and limits on cross state competition in both collage and Healthcare costs. Obamacare really caused a spiral cost rises, and older GP's whom are badly needed in rural areas to retire early as Obamacare would put them under otherwise.
That among huge amount of expensive regulations to be complied with and lies by Obama, claiming his plan would be cheaper and you can keep your doctor.
Hey, sure have we got the ever scandalous of ever ongoing long waiting lists Irish government run (HSE) healthcare system to look forward to. Especially when the Minister of health tells flu suffers to stay at home and not go to your doctor, I bet he loves to see far worst health treatments, and no pay for employees, because they are not allowed to get sick certificates to stay at home sick. Wonderful that our minister is solving the ever ongoing health crises by creating a list of new problems, buy Hey, what government is going to do, they they do not have a never ending supply of new problems to deal with to pile on more TAXES, insurances and other costs to us..
www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/stay-home-unless-its-an-emergency-says-health-minister-as-flu-surges-38817503.html
www.herald.ie/news/it-could-be-sepsis-dad-of-lil-red-hits-out-as-flu-victims-told-to-avoid-gps-38839739.html
@Matthew Jamison Let me see, I have zero enforced patients rights, because hospital budgets calls the shots, oh yea, it is bursting at the seams.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-50269917
No Thanks.
Hey we don't give a fuck what you think
Limerickman dude nobody asked you to write a thesis
@@ubc1454 nobody ask you to respond.
I may start saying "Shut the fridge!" She seems like she'd be a fun neighbour.
#shutthefridge
EdDueim I don’t think she done it to be funny... it was on the fly censorship lol
The disbelief on her face followed by the "whyyy?" and the "mind blown" gesture though, lol.
EdDueim UK for ya this is everyday life my friend🤟🏼 actually feel for you Americans now man shits bad
She wanted to say, "Shut the fuck up".
I love that girls reaction😂😂😂 "10 grand for a baby?"
Just saw meme earlier today about why millennials aren't having enough children... This should have been one 😂
“If you charge me for holding my baby, imma punch you” is also a good one
Even if it dies you still have to pay..
awesometjgreen and if the mother dies you still have to pay for her medical bills and then her funeral costs.
@@awesometjgreen positive outcomes are never guaranteed in medicine. Your paying for the effort of the nurses and doctors, supplies, facilities, tests ect. But we still grossly overpay.
American tourists have often told me (here in Ireland) that they love the Irish and our positivity. I said it's easy when we the people, live in a country with strong social welfare systems and access to healthcare as a right.
Irish don't have free healthcare for all. We have free healthcare for those earning less than 188 a week, those on benefits, children and disabled. Everybody else pays and similarly pays for.ambulances too, but vastly less because we lack the corruption in the medical sector.
Ireland may have high welfare but when cost of living is taken into account, the purchasing power in terms of welfare is nothing compared to other European countries. There are over 10 thousand homeless in Ireland , a third of these are children, and considering our population that is insane! And it's because of a lack of facilities, social housing, along with exponential private rent spikes. It's become a Landlord state. In 10 years the number of people in social housing has halved, and no more large social housing project has been developed in nearly 15 years. Ireland a strong social welfare state? Think you're a bit out of tune with people's struggles around you mate.
Corruption galore, poverty stricken, child homelessness, mass gentrification, post liberalist demands from the IMF and EU, state privatisation, Denis o Briens contracts, rogue police force, highest suicide rates in Europe in our working class areas like epidemic ballyfermot, on and on mate, and the middle class are only concerned about climate change. We are fucked mate, open your eyes
Same with Canada everyone is super nice and happy, because they at least have a few things they don't have to worry about as much as we do here in the United corperations of america
Plus a nation of less than 5 million people and less diversity. That plays a huge role.
@@whyamimrpink78 Yes, yes racist.
@@AbstractTraitorHero , how is that racist? You do know you can have two different cultures of the same race?
Let me tell you my recent experience of the NHS. I was out walking in the country and slipped and fell.
I badly injured my leg and because I was in an inaccessible location, I was taken to hospital by an air Ambulance helicopter, which arrived in 15 minutes.
I had surgery to repair the Quadriceps tendon in my leg and spent 5 days in hospital. When I was sent home in an ambulance, I had home visits by the community nursing team, I was supplied with equipment to make living by myself easier during my recovery and once the repair was properly healed, I had physiotherapy until I regained full use of my leg.
During this period I was supplied with all the necessary pain and anti blood clotting medication I needed.
How much did I have to pay ?, nothing.
If you were in (God forbid) America for this incidence, you and your next 3 generation would be in medical debt.
I think that would land you in millions of debt in America
Imagine not having the NHS :) also its probaly free because we spend out taxses on the NHS instead of the miltarly, *this post was made by the british gang*
@@noorm1896 We didn't have the NHS before WW2 Shophia.
My parents remembered it
Perhaps because of the horror stories they told me people of my baby boomer generation are some of the most pro NHS people.
@@noorm1896 the uk spends plenty on the military.
I work in the U.K Ambulance service, If i was told too charge some one $2500 to collect them then i would QUIT! when will America realise your people are Your most important resource so protect them!
To think I was pissed in Canada when I had to pay $50 for an ambulance service.
Lol. I remember seeing a bill of $800 before.
That's lower than my 100 copay for a ambulance, and I have pretty good insurance through my employer
In the US obviously
$100 in New Zealand or ~$60USD
Ya I was in ICU, here in Canada , for 3weeks, and my bill ???? ZERO DOLLARS
We can afford multi - trillion dollar Israel endless wars but not healthcare ?
Israel has free healthcare too!
@@hendrikvanleeuwen9110 That OUR freaking tax dollar are paying for too and they say we can't have it here in America.
@@GrAdeAjAmAicAn From the outside looking in the whole situation is beyond belief. It seems you have a once in a life time opportunity to fix it. I wish you all 'all the best'. Regards from New Zealand.
Amir Fahmi I.S.I.S. get free healthcare too! Funded by United States taxpayers, delivered through Apartheid Israel.
Stop pretending Israel is in any regards worse than your standard European country. They are the ones that are being attacked by Hamas
America 101: “If you’re poor you’re dead”
I love how you get "you're" right and wrong in the same sentence.
The Lightning Hunter wasn’t really outing much effort into the grammar lol
You're*
@@Jackass_Gamer I can't see anything wrong except that there should be a comma after ' poor ' .
Jacob its “putting”
The NHS has saved my life twice - total cost nil. Also three heart procedures - ditto. Thank god for the NHS !
Do you know most doctors in the UK say they're underpaid, but most of them say they wouldn't choose another profession. Nevertheless are you comfortable with the idea that physicians feel underpaid? I'm glad NHS helped you. If we're going to use anecdotes. Then you have to account for alfie Evans too
@@AKBANGTAN7 Exactly. The doctors work for the government meaning the doctors can't determine determine his salary therefore he doesn't have market value. He has to rely on the generosity of the government
@@AKBANGTAN7 Can you please tell me why Medicare in our country underpays hospitals 10s of billions of dollars a year. Which is what the democrats what the democrats want, "Medicare for all".
@Dex don't you? Americans pay taxes too but they don't get any healthcare from it
Dex I would so much rather pay more in tax and not have to worry about paying for anything medical related(Scotland) than paying a little bit less in tax and paying a whole lot more in insurance. And then still having to make copays
Before I started following US politics I didn't know how good my Healthcare is here in Sweden
same. american politics are such a shit show.
my house mate just flat out dismisses how important it is to know this shit, especially when the orange fascist wants to take our nhs and give it to the private insurance companies.
American politics is like the weekdays sitcom version of European politics
That's what always got me about how people would come to U.S. and tell me, "oh, yeah but America's the richest nation in the world. You guys must have it great." Then a few months later they realize that the only thing America was ever good at was advertising. Our government and corporations sell advertised propaganda really well to the rest of the world... but once you see it on the inside it's horrifying.
@@desmondbrown5508 i find it odd how 1984 always tops the sales charts in times of crisis when in actuality Brave New World is much closer to what we perceive in everyday life. Not hard-hitting Big Brother but rather subtle step by step manipulation, yet equally dystopian
How are those taxes??
Several of them asked “Why?” That’s the correct question to the most obvious answer ever.
Also the waiting line talking point is literally insane. Who gives a shit if there is a waiting line if it´s free. Who gives a shit if you have to wait a little for an operation that will not bankrupt you.
well the obvious answer is amerika is an exceptional nation
just not in any actually good ways
Kyle Kulinski is Wrong About the NHS
ruclips.net/video/t_rHOYyUdCQ/видео.html
@@urduib "Who gives a shit if there is a waiting line if it´s free" If you need to wait for MRI or some sort of SCAN for few months - thats the problem. And thats whats happening.
Its not "wait a little" like few hours, more like weeks or months in some cases.
@@freezatron Fuck off with that bullshit. lmao
Live in Norway. Had to remove my appendix. Paid a total of $ 20. The pay was for the doctors office to get the
diagnosis.
Zero $ in Russia
@@MarshallJukov In Norway you pay max $200 a year for everything - then free - also medizin. But the hospitals here its much more modern than in Russia.
@@lpdude2005 That is why it has 9 times more cases per capita and 25 times more deaths per capita too.
@@MarshallJukov Hehe. Thats funny. I think you have a "kaput" kalculator. Have a nice day.
here in the grand old evil empire USA, that would be, the copay plus the office pay, then several hundred to thousands of dollars
I agree with all your points, we should forget about the government and its officials, nobody knows where Bitcoin will go, surely I wouldn't invest in it as a retirement asset
It's strange how people talk about all the profits, they've been making through trading of Bitcoin, while am here not making any profit at all. Please can Someone put me through on the right path.
@Chris Davis Most time having knowledge or insight about a particular activity can as well be a pleasing exercise. I can boldly say that forex and crypto trading is one of the profitable money exchange services that elevates investors and their financial status.
@@smithwillison6345 That's true most people today have been having a lot of failures in forex and crypto sector because of poor orientation and bad experts.
I have been seeing so many recommendations about expert Bella on Instagram and telegram trending I think she must be good for people to talk about her.
@@ericrobert4651 I did invest with her and I made huge profits.
"So if you're poor, you're dead."
DING DING DING. We got a winner!
The awkward moment when the United States shares similarities with North Korea in that they are more willing to spend tax money on wars and the military than they would for economic policies which better the lives of their own citizens fucking lol, good thing I don’t live in a third-world shit hole country like the US.
At this point, Skynet gaining self awareness and turning the entire US nuclear arsenal on its own country would be considered an act of mercy killing, the entire country are too far gone to be saved.
Lol!!!!!!!!! .......aaaaaand who are the poorest demographic?? Hmmmm?
@@KASLtja Is that supposed to be bait?
@@InfiniteDeckhand Nope
Fun fact, the poor gets free health Care called Medicaid.
Like god damn! I nearly choked on my chips when I heard those prices.
I'm from Belgium btw.
Lol
triple hernia operation and 24hrs in the hospital ---almost $29K!!!If I wasn't insured I would be living on the street now.
By chips do you mean like chips or French fries.
@@theart-theist6049 chips, just chips.
Also they don't let up. I got Bill collectors hounding me for the majority of my 20s. I was legally required to go to the hospital in an ambulance at age 17. After a car accident as my parents were not with me. I didn't want to go to the hospital because of how much I knew it would cost.
I'm from the UK. Since 2013, I've had three surgeries (one major), over three years of orthodontics, several X-rays, four blood tests, various drug prescriptions, about a dozen dental hospital visits, two A&E visits and one ambulance callout.
In that time, the highest healthcare cost I've ever had to pay is £10 ($13) for tooth polishing.
NOTHING ON EARTH would make us want to change to the US system. We actually feel sorry for you guys, and bewilderment as to why you put up with it.
we dont want to, the problem has become, it makes so much money, that politicians are lobbied to not make any changes to it. obamacare was the closet to reform we got, but the politicians wrote that bill to advantage big corporations instead of patients, and healthcare skyrocketed even more.
The NHS is the single greatest thing the uk has ever done, without a shadow of a doubt. And the Tories are going to sell it off. Do not let the uk become usa lite on healthcare.
Hi Chris, I voted Labour and I totally agree the Tories are not the best in regard to healthcare. However, to say they will actually sell it off to become almost a mirror image of the United States is just plain wrong. If Boris did that the Tories would be out of power for 50 years. Even if Boris hated the nature of the NHS he wouldn't sell it off due to his desire for power more than anything else, including money and ideology. :)
Have you observed us Brits? We will tear BJ from limb to limb. He’s actually announced that his putting billions into the NHS. Politicians say one thing but when it comes to doing things, it’s a different story. He wouldn’t dare. No British politician wants privatising of the NHS on their tombstone. It called knowing your audience.
@Chris S
The riots this would spawn would be epic.
They would make the Poll tax riots look like a football derby match.
There were riots about the Poll tax in places that had never had a riot or civil disobedience.
They would be beyond French student riots.
NHS is a bloated entity and very costly. Planned spending for the Department of Health and Social Care in England is £147.5 billion in 2019/20.
£2,234 per person. Most of that is paid for by the middle class, so Higher ~£3000+ by the middle class.
news.sky.com/nhs-in-numbers
With Thanks to Obamacare (government program) . health expenditures per-person went dramatically up to nearly $10,000 on average. Also you leave out how much government regulation sis put on US Healthcare that adds costs of treatments. Government efforts to reform health care and cut costs raised them instead.
Chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and heart disease, have increased. They are responsible for 85% of health care costs. Almost half of all Americans have at least one of them. That pushes up risks of healthcare costs.
Between 1997 and 2007, drug prices tripled and despite the new drugs not been much better, the consumer demands the new drugs, which pushes up the price of healthcare. U.S. private doctors' offices need 7 people to do billing for every 10 physicians and that includes government regulations. A big reason is that there are so many types of payers. In addition to Medicare and Medicaid, there are thousands of different private insurers. Each has its own requirements, forms, and procedures. Hospitals and doctors must also chase down people who don't pay their portion of the bill which increases costs of healthcare.
Also US Treatments are in the pioneering of new treatments which are costly, before been rolled out to other nations. This is not factored in to costs.
The second cause of rising health care costs is an epidemic of preventable diseases. The four leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, and stroke. Chronic health conditions cause most of them. They can either be prevented or would cost less to treat if caught in time. Risk factors for heart disease and strokes are poor nutrition and obesity. Smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer (the most common type) and COPD. Obesity is also a risk factor for the other common forms of cancer.
These diseases cost an extra $7,900 per person. That’s five times more than the health care costs for a healthy person. The average cost of treating diabetes, for example, is $26,971 per family. These diseases are difficult to manage because patients get tired of taking the various medications. Those who cut back find themselves in the emergency room with heart attacks, strokes, and other complications.
Like the US government run VA right upto and including Obama. VA had waiting list for waiting list with outdated equipment. They patients would be cured by Death on the varied waiting lists, rather than VA health treatments.
On simple things the government run healthcare systems do great, but anything out of the ordinary, they are a horror show, where you are long waiting lists for anything else. Also you have very little say in your healthcare or of those of your child. If they decide to withhold further treatment and put you or your child in palative care, then you hare done for. If it is cheaper to put you on pain killers for the remainder of your life, than treat you for your illness, then pain killers you get.
In UK and in Ireland Brest checks run by the government healthcare was a disaster and very costly for women.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/02/breaking-jeremy-hunt-announce-inquiry-breast-cancer-screening/
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/jeremy-hunt-breast-cancer-screening-inquiry-nhs-women-invitations-missing-a8332446.html
Ireland's government run healthcare is one ot the worst in the developed world.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-ireland-has-the-worst-managed-healthcare-system-in-the-developed-world-810328-Feb2013/
www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/hse-admits-failings-at-centre-of-cervical-cancer-scandal-37310581.html
The health scandals with one after another is ongoing. Government Bureaucrats which currently govern this country healthcare system, are not interested in patient outcomes, but in controlling admin budgets that they always fails to do. They do not care if money can be better spent, instead they choose instead to manage the risks they know about, rather than risk devils we don’t know.
The constant overruns for a dedicated Children Hospital that they have been trying to build overruns have been going on 10 years now. www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-the-national-childrens-hospital-is-a-case-in-point-but-why-is-public-healthcare-in-ireland-such-a-mess-4487876-Feb2019/
Staff moral is very low and turn over of staff high.
www.thejournal.ie/hse-epilepsy-funding-grainne-oconnor-809197-Feb2013/
What worse is that the socialists wants the inefficient and ever ongoing scandal ridden Public sector healthcare, rather than private healthcare which is far more efficient and it has it hands tied by government bureaucracy which adds to healthcare costs.
@@walchy07 ruclips.net/video/t_rHOYyUdCQ/видео.html
I am French and I had to google search these prices.
I just couldn't believe that it could be true, it's ridiculous.
My sister had to be airlifted by helicopter. It cost her $45,000. Her insurance refused to pay a single bit of it. She almost died, and then while trying to recover they had to deal with a $60,000 medical bill. Never let your country even attempt to have a healthcare system like ours. It’s awful.
@@mahal3680 So a lot of people did a lot of work to save your sisters life, and you still think that someone else had to pay for it? Someone else HAS to pay for helicopter ride, fuel and pilote time that is used to save your sister? Thats your idea of justice?
@@stonedaurelius6496 her "insurance" refused to pay for it. The same insurance she was paying premiums and deductible just so it pays for emergency situations like those but ended up denying the payment cuz it's a fraud system. Its getting a bit scary that ppl like u are still around and I don't even know how ur type of mentality still exist after showing u all the exploitation our system has.
StonedAurelius your lost my friend......... your going about this life all wrong......... smh
StonedAurelius of course someone has to pay for it. In most wealthy countries it's the government that pays the bill. Imagine this: if his sister lives to be 80, she will have paid well over the cost of that operation back to the government. Simply put: she's more valuable alive, and most countries have already understood this.
I thought I had really internalized just how screwed we were, but these reactions were still a surprise. I guess that propaganda is harder to get out than I thought.
"So if you're poor, you're dead" is such a perfect summation.
@fluoxy L. I mean had I not been on disability, the last med my doctor prescribed was, I believe $1200 for 30 pills. And I have (had? I'm not sure if they went away or not tbh) a shitload of bills from before from an ambulance ride and an unfortunate extended stay at a hospital. I knew how insane it all is in theory, but seeing reactions to it and people guessing what they think is expensive that isn't even close to there yet just really drove it home.
@fluoxy L. yeah.
@@justsomeinternetchick9741 Several years ago, I suffered a serious accident and ended-up spending over a year in Scottish (British) NHS hospitals - the treatment I received was absolutely brilliant, and it didn't cost me a penny in insurance contributions and Co-pays.
Just saying...
@@richardsmart5532 they should do a mirror of asking Americans what they think other people pay. Although they'd probably get a lot of fist shaking and "damned socialists" responses.
I truly don't understand why people *want* to be stuck with this system. It's like we're raised that if we don't display a large amount of masochism, we're somehow flawed. Very weird thing to be against, but people get hung up on the wording instead of the premise. To me, what you just said makes sense, but it's also shocking to think that it works that way in other places.
American: I want the freedom to chose my damn private insurance!!!.
European: Can you afford private insurance??
American: ummmm no. 😒
Most of the americans can thou.
@@stonedaurelius6496 Bull-fucking-shit.
@@mathunit1 That dude/chick is a troll. I'm pretty sure s/he isn't an American but probably IS a teenager-- AKA, a troll. Don't feed the trolls and they'll go away.
StonedAurelius no they can’t
@@stonedaurelius6496 You eating shit or what? May be that's why citiziens are ending up in streets just paying the medical bill!
I live in the UK and i think everyone should have something like the NHS
Aside from the USA, all countries that can afford nationally organized healthcare have it in one manner or another. And why not? It's in everyone's interest, even the government's, to have healthy productive citizens. Except when someone privately owns the healthcare system. Then there is an insensitive to maximize profit and the profit maximizing point is a point where more people have to die then if the system was nonprofit. So only a corrupt government that has officials paid off by businesses will vote against a national healthcare system. Want to know whether you live in an actual democracy? Chech whether you have nationalized healthcare.
They do in the western world literally the only healthcare system that would rather you die than not pay is the USA. Yet they will spend millions defending the right to own a gun
Well hey, at least we have the FREEDOM to go into medical debt, unlike these poor, sad souls who are forced to have good, free healthcare
Yeah it must be a travesty, amirite?
Its so evil to force your citizens to have a decent quality of life. Here, you get to CHOOSE if you wanna die from starvation or lack of medical care.
Ninya / Ninja Brifsanovich the Saiyan don’t forget exposure, have personally seen no less than 5 people dead on the street after a cold night the last few years here
@@jessedaly7847 Ah, that's the freedom to not live in a nice warm home.
I want to give more thumbs up. 👍
"Shut the fridge!"
She meant don't waste money on electricity when you got medical bills to pay.
@@giovannifoulmouth7205 haha
@@giovannifoulmouth7205 lmao
Brasil, a “third world country”, has public healthcare! What you guys doing!?
Isadora Lima giving 1.2 trillion dollars to the top 1%😞
Isa, o que eu acho absolutamente extraordinário é a maneira, regra geral, em como os Brasileiros idolatram os Estados Unidos.
Isso é que eu acho extraordinário...
Sandra Albuquerque concordo plenamente! E a matéria está aí pra provar que não é! Que bom que nós duas somos a exceção!😘
Keeping good health care
@@brandonbrickstudios1654 mmmmmm, uk, norway, sweden, italy, spain, france, etc. All this countries have high quality health care and it's free
So you're wrong. Ya'll just greedy and selfish (:
Moved to Canada in 2002. Will never come back to the US!
You traitor just kidding
Im afraid your 18 years too late
If I can I hope to as well. I have a heart condition that basically means without proper care I probably won't make it to 30. Staying in america is a death sentence. Also being a gay atheist doesn't help my odds of survival here.
The one lady said at one point in the original video"If you charge me to hold my baby I punch you in the face" that should be the normal reaction.
amen
While I agree that healthcare is over priced in the US, you make it seem as if physicians shouldn't be paid for providing services period. Someone has to deliver that baby and they should be paid a reasonable, not outrageous, fee for providing that services. If a patient is going to "punch me" for billing them for a service that I provided, then she can deliver her baby in a field for free.
In the UK doctors work for free apparently....
@@celieboo Who said the doctor should deliver it for free? How would the doctor live? Nobody is saying that. We're saying the method of payment should not be charging the patient at the time of delivery.
@@celieboo Found the most idiotic counter argument of the week .. 10/10
"Wha- Why....?"
Is how the normal reaction should be.
We just acting tough, but in reality we are just hurting inside as a nation
@@iamaloafofbread8926 You know it man, as soon as I got the money I'm outta heeeeeere
When EA runs American health care
I remember an American overseas student from my university being in the ER with me, as she was leaving she took her bank card out and asked where she has to pay, all the staff were so confused. When they told her to just leave, you don't need to pay, I saw the look of realisation on her face, her mind was epically blown
“If you’re poor you’re dead” nice way to sum up America’s healthcare, economic and political systems
Actually the poor get free health Care called Medicaid.
@Alaxanderthefabulous You mean the same NHS that's consistently ranked higher than the American system (even with its problems)?
@Spoon -if you're a rich person.
“For what, why?” lol why indeed.
I work at a pharmacy in Colorado. I've watched people silently tear up as they put groceries back so they can buy medications. It's not ok! I hate it.
In the UK, prescriptions are all £9. Just £9, no matter what you are buying, and if you’re too poor, it’s free
Not in Scotland
In NZ, $5 for 3 months worth
Also free prescriptions if you have diabetes.
Not in Wales.
And this is only in England because the tories fucked it up, it used to be free. In wales and Scotland it's still free
Healthcare is like f2p games.
F2p = p2w
Current healthcare = pay to live
#Bernie2020 or you know nothing about politics
Dan Vercruysse
We can’t afford to compromise.
Bernie’s the only one who won’t make us compromise for the things we desperately need in the U.S.
people from other countries are shocked when i say i filed bankruptcy over medical bills.
People must be shocked when the US has THE BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD. Lol
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Your and other people's bankruptcies are part of why hospitals jack up prices. If hospitals know they are guaranteed to be paid for every patient they can price much more reasonably. That is actually the biggest undiscussed savings in the M4A system.
@internet wonder builder
Hardly, the telegraph had that document for months, but no one said a word.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/07/10/lack-progress-us-uk-trade-talks-laid-bare-cache-leaked-documents/
Now labour got it from them and suddenly it's 'russia'
I smell bullshit, it's probably you.
@@internetwonderbuilder4741 , is someone paying you to put those clickbaits under every comment?
Kyle, I dont laugh at your system. It actually makes me sad.
I live here and b/c I have multiple chronic illnesses, it actually makes me really mad. We should easily be able to afford this with our collective taxes. We could do it except for greed and idiot voters.
When the girl did the mind blown thing with her hand....I felt that.
America, land of the fee.
💯
#fixburgerland
Last time I was this early Kamala was still running.
nick pellechia last time I was this early Beto was still speaking Spanish at a debate.
Last time I was this early bush did 9/11
Peter Castle
Bush killed Epstien
Shut up and take my like.
A top tier comment! Thumbs up
As an Indian living in US, it's cheaper to fly to India, get treatment without insurance at a really good hospital and fly back. Literally. Not an exaggeration at all.
I believe it
When I moved to Hong Kong and saw they only had 7 days paid annual leave and 10 weeks paid maternity leave as the statutory minimum I thought it was positively 3rd world conditions, that's until I heard about the US conditions.
Jeez you guys have it rough.
😭
@@Baxterthewaggster accurate
(Pikachu's face everywhere)
"I absolutely hate my country's single-payer healthcare system and wish we would switch to an American-style, private for profit system."
-said no one living in a country with universal healthcare ever.
Why don't you ask the 30000 that died waiting for care from the NHS in the UK ? OH wait...
Well i know one guy - me.
Actually i know a lot of guys.
Most voters in germany, switzerland for example. Since they arent single payer.
@@Heracles_FE LOL. Your proof?
@@stonedaurelius6496 LOL. Sorry, but anecdotes aren't proof.
@@Heracles_FE You mean the same NHS that your Tory party has been cutting funding to for years?
Hi
I am a Brit, living and working in the UK.
Here is some context for the UK NHS costs.
I earn about £35000 pa before taxes, I pay about £4000 pa (about 350pm) IN TAX for the healthcare that covers my whole family.
There is NO copay after that.
There is a charge for prescription meds, a flat rate of £9 per item.
But again, we can pay £12 pm and that covers ALL prescriptions.
We do have wait times, generally based on medical necessity, which can vary from about a week to about 6 months (these numbers have got much worse over the last 10 years because of massive underfunding from the government).
We also have private medical insurance and private healthcare, these are mainly used to bypass the NHS waiting times, cost about £800-1000 per year per person, and does have a small copay (£100-200 per year) but will have some restrictions and exemptions.
This is why these people are so stunned by US healthcare costs.
I live in Canada and yes, that’s my reaction too. Medicare for all, period... Period!
“Guns are god given right” but “Health care is not right” bahahahahah
God forgot about health care
You obviously don't understand rights .
You can not have a RIGHT that cost money . In order for a government to assure health care as a right they would have to steal money or labor .
You are not given rights by government , they are simply there to ensure your rights aren't infringed by others .
You just pay a tax its not a right, but the govt as one customer can negotiate with the drug manufactures for lower prices which results in a lower cost, and then lower taxes compared to your health insurance premium, but also if of you haven't got a job and don't pay tax you are still able to use the NHS so yeah it's a human right
@@Heracles_FE You're evading the issue. The basic idea that owning guns=a right and funding healthcare=robbery shows a society that has got its values f....d. Statistics show that there IS a cost for owning guns. It's called deaths, frequently multiple at that.
@@tonybennett4159 Have some more soy .
Everyone has a good given right to self defense and Americans have a right to oppose an oppressive government if need be . Other "more civilized " societies can be at the mercy of their governments if they want , we are not so cucked.
@@Heracles_FE Oh, dear, self defence includes rapid fire guns that can kill numbers of people in one go. Why the paranoia about "oppressive governments"? If you think that a real oppressive government wouldn't roll in battalions of armoured vehicles to flatten any rebellion, you know nothing about oppressive governments. Your rifles would not save you. Your use of the word "cucked" tells me plenty about your mindset. If you think I am at the mercy of the big bogeyman out there, think again.
I’m English and over here everyone on the right likes the NHS, it’s not even considered a left vs right issue, it’s just the norm
Aaron Davis except the right wing of the political class that pay it lip service but stealth privatise it over time
@Alex Jones LOL. Then how do you explains all the "Brits" on here claiming how much the NHS sucks?
There is no such thing as a left wing in the United States. The establishment wing of the Democratic Party is currently center-right at most, but continues to drift further into the right wing every day as it attempts (and fails) to sway centrist/moderate (mostly anti-Trump) Republicans to compensate for alienating its progressive base. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has doubled down on its right wing policies without resistance from the establishment Democrats, who tend to favor neoliberal economic policies anyway. Even outlier candidates like Sanders or even Howie Hawkins of the Green Party are just enough to the left of the center to be considered left-leaning centrists in the political paradigm of most other industrialized countries.
@AJ K. Lawson Your comment has not aged well considering recent happenings...
@@mechasartre3694 well that righ there is the usual Leftie lie. The Labour party privatised more of the NHS than the Tories ever have. You forget PFIs? PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVES?
By the way the NHS was created using private enterprise. They are called GPS and are all private partnerships who contract to the NHS. Who set that up? Labour in 1948.
I am from Germany and the first time I told my American friends about how much I paid for a universal healthcare as a student ( 90€ a month ), they called me a liar. 😂
"You're just part of a giant machine that doesn't care about you"
Kyle Kulinski 2019
And this is ONE of the reasons the rest of the modern developed world laughs at us! Bernie Sanders is Fighting for us for this! Bernie 2020!
Bernie 2020!
Fun fact from a pharmacy technician: a great example of this destructive and corrupt system is an injection with many uses (but mostly Chron's Disease) called "Stelara". One syringe runs about $20,000, and is a month supply. And getting insurance to cover it is a huge pain in the butt.
As an American I can confirm that most people don’t realize how shit this country is. If someone is having a heart attack I don’t call an ambulance for them because it could put them in debt. That’s sickening
Funding the NHS is seen as a necessity like the army or police, it's not even questionable.
“The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It’s also the only privatized system.”
-Noam Chomsky
Yeah, some reasearchers say: over 30 000 dead every year because of not having money to pay for it - yes, worst outcomes.
Jake Taliaferro Worley I’m a NewYorker who now lives in the EU, under socialized medicine. Frankly, if I got really ill, I’d go back to NY. Thinking that the health care system in socialized countries is in any way comparable to the US is sheer propaganda and ignorance.
Sorry moron , 30000 dead in England waiting for care , that's the same as the US , but we have more than 5 times the population .
We also lead the world in outcomes , we lead in survival rates of disease and emergency care . We lead with 90 percent of new medical advances.
If we stopped SUBSIDIZING THE WORLD'S DRUGS we could HALVE our costs instantly .
That should be the first step we take in freeing the market .
@Alaxanderthefabulous I'm saying: people die because they can't afford it in the US, that's just not a thing in other western countries.
You are saying that's not true ?
@@Heracles_FE LMFAO. Making shit up and trying to pass it off as facts, I see.
I live in the UK - we love our health system. Literally, love it. We see a doctor on the same day. We call an ambulance, it has to get there as fast as possible generally, 10 mins - it costs nothing. W need a prescription, for most people, it's free, for some it's $10.00 - and that's for everything. We get free operations, free hospital and clinic care, including free meals etc. We get free scans, free blood, and other tests. You do have to wait for less urgent operations but they do get done. If you want to go private you can, but because the NHS is so good and efficient anything complicated the private hospitals go running to the NHS. Oh, by the way, we get 5 weeks paid holidays plus 6 days extra free public holidays. You need to demand a change guys - you pay your taxes - demand free healthcare.
Ngl, I read "free blood" as a single thing on the list, and thought to myself: The UK are full of vampires.
Well they pay less taxes they just get screwed over afterwards
I just can't fathom how they can be against a working health care system but they are
I can't believe how they can be against gun control but they are
They are so used to getting screwed they don't get safe clean tap water
Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard you can also get some money from the hospital if you don't have any to get on the bus to go home afterwards.
@@akmal94ibrahim yes that's actually true, a friend of mine who was admitted to Casualty (ER) had his taxi paid for by the hospital to take him home.
Wait, wait, wait... 5 weeks paid holidays by default? My dad had to work at his job for 10 years to qualify for 2 weeks paid time off.
I live in the UK both my parents have been diagnosed with cancer my mother had surgery scheduled for 3 days after her diagnosis and has recovered from it completely, my dad on Monday (I wrote this on Thursday) was diagnosed with leukaemia and started his chemo
YESTERDAY neither of them were put on a waiting list or told that the cost would bankrupt them or have to navigate the obstacle course of an insurance company #thankyouNHS
jesus the healthcare in the states as a brit is bordering on criminality, i will never take the NHS for granted
I agree, giving my paycheck to paycheck family a 115,000 USD hospital bill for the stroke my beloved father had a few years ago felt normal at the time, just because that's all I knew, I was raised with the price of healthcare being in the thousands to hundred thousands range, praise God our $5 a month insurance somehow covered about $105,000, that doesn't just happen, praise God.
That blond had the best lines. "So if you're poor, you're dead" and "Shut the fridge!"
Along with this, It's amazing how ignorant especially older generations in America are about how much better healthcare is in the rest of the industrialized world.
They are still living in the 1950s.
Not just older generations, but also deluded libertarian morons in the comment section like charmandar and Mr. Pink. And I know they both will be around to spew the same bullshit that have no basis in reality :^)
@@ugeofaltron5003 libertarians in the American sense literally have no compassion or thought for their fellow man.
@@Orinslayer American libertarians read one Ayn Rand novel and think they're intellectuals after the fact lol
What are you talking about
USA is number 1
They're no better countries in terms of health care our life expectancy
As a European, something that always astonishes me is how people get called socialist for asking for basic medical services available for everyone while corporate greed is rampant (not saying in EU isn’t)
This story really hit home right now. I wasnt feeling well last night, went to work. Called non emergency line to talk about what happened the night before. Referred to A&E. Yes, I had to wait but was seen and checked out, blood pressure, temperature, ECG, two blood tests, 2 separate pain killers, a sandwich and a cup of tea as well as a referral to Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. All that for £0.00 just cost me the travel there which was £1.50 there and £1.50 back.
And because healthcare is not dependant on your workplace and is a human right, your health is more important and are given time. I did 45mins of my 8 hour shift yet my boss knew my health was more important. Even if he didn't value my health, I could file a complaint if he didn't. America, please wake up. Some of you are stupid but we don't want you to die, we want you to have healthcare too.
The brilliant Kyle Kulinski strikes again...
Willy Bragg Oh Jeremy Corbyn!
@The Headhunter when did Bernie ever advocate for open borders?
@The Headhunter Cool you dont know what open borders is.
The Headhunter You’re absolutely right. That isn’t open borders and you don’t know what is.
@The Headhunter You are just wrong. Dont know how else to say it. No ones for open borders. No one is saying to let everyone in. Letting more people who want to come in isnt a problem though. Nor is giving healthcare to illegal immigrants because whats the alternative? Let them die? How humane.
This is not the greatest country on Earth! We care more about guns than we do about people, which is utterly shameful and unacceptable!
Because that's obviously a strawman. We care more about our right to self defense than people. The gun just represents it. The way you say it is like someone saying you care more about noise than people when talking about freedom of speech.
America - Land of the Gun.
@@derekrequiem4359 What's your point? My point was that self defense is considered more important than people's safety not guns. How many mass shootings there are isn't a counter to that.
Besides there were probably more murders as a result of people's freedom of speech.
Maybe if you had better health system more people would have better mental health care and then less mass shootings... Maybe.
@@Corey1873 Well with that amount of mass shootings then you're obviously not very good at self defence either.
As an American this is embarrassing
This is just crazy! How does the average American put up with this??? Mindblowing!!!
Like the girl said. If you're poor you're dead.
I’m Australian and that’s all free for us. I hope you guys catch up with the developed world
The most powerful richestnation in the history of humanity catching up to the rest of the world in terms of human rights. Pathetic isnt it?
@@INMATE2468 even that is overblown. Richest nation ever?😂 Give me a break. Only if you don't factor in inflation
@@INMATE2468 richest nation in history is Russia, their fossil fuel reserves alone are worth more than the entire US.
John Green Please send help.
If you dont take into account the galactic national debt
Let me share my experience with you. I live in Finland and once when I was a child I got sick really bad had to go to see a doctor. My dad drove me to the hospital and then we had to wait about 30 minutes for our turn. After that a doctor checked me and gave us the recipe for the medicine. The whole thing cost nothing except for the medicine which was like 20$ max. The whole system is funded with tax money and works like a dream. 10/10 would recommend.
I'm English, live in Edinburgh, Scotland and, several years ago, suffered a serious accident which meant I spent over a year in three different NHS hospitals. The treatment I received was absolutely brilliant, and it didn't cost me a penny in insurance contributions and/or co-pays.
Here, the only thing you have to pay for is prescription medicine, and even that is free if you are unemployed, under eighteen or earning a low wage...
Im Swedish. I didnt know this. I'm completely shocked.
You and me both, and I'm British.
In the full viral video it stated that people had to pay $40 to hold their baby after a c-section, which is diabolical really.
I mean it's all awful, but paying to hold your own child absolutely heart breaking.
Even if Bernie doesnt win his whole movement opened many eyes, FINALLY.
2020
Yeah but the corporate dems don’t care
I needed a life saving surgery that ended up costing over 30,000 dollars. 30,000 dollars i did not have. In the eyes of a republican i am too poor to deserve life. As the one lady in the video said "if your poor your dead". Yup. MAGA.
"We're America" - Joe Biden
Cycillak at least he hasn’t forgotten where he lives yet.
"give me a break"
"They would rub the hair on my legs so they would go down" - Joe Biden
MrAnperm 🤣🤣🤣
"We believe TRUTH over FACTS!" - Joe Biden
And....UK have a conservative government! So don't waffle about ''socialism!''
How in the hell can people be charged for an ambulance service?
It's a feature of the "free-market" system. Unlike you commies we have the freedom to choose how we get fucked over and die /s
Now imagine the cost of a high risk pregnancy which I had with my youngest child. Shes almost a year old. Still paying it off.
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?
@@henrik183614 honestly idk the total I have different payments for different things. I had to see the MFM doctor weekly and have weekly ultrasounds after 17 weeks. Plus normal prenatal appointments. Then 2 medications to keep me pregnant, injection blood thinners so I didn't clot on strict bedrest. 2 hospital stays not including the birth. A "surgery" to sew my cervix closed. Which I had a spinal for to be numbed. An in office procedure at term to take that stitch out. Then normal birth costs. But my baby was born "wet". Too much water still in her lungs. So she had to go to NICU for a few hrs. Then she was jaundice and had to stay 2 extra days in peds. Each thing is charged. the doctors charge separately from the hospital. Im still fighting to have insurance cover their part of the NICU stay. They claim its out of network. But the hospital is in network and it was an emergency. It's a hot mess. Mind you I have Great insurance. My child is obviously worth any price. But if I didn't have insurance Idk if the problem would have been found and her life saved.
@@jessi_bear thank you for the response. Wish the best for you and your child 🙌
"I'm still fighting to have insurance cover their part"
If Americans had gotten M4A, this quote wouldn't have been uttered. There would be no need to get a lawyer and go to court after having a baby or being sick.
@@jessi_bear Good lord, I'm sorry you had to go through all of that. Ugh, that "out of network" BS is the absolute worst and it's sickening that insurance companies can pull it just about anytime they want to weasel their way out of paying something (my boyfriend's insurance did it to him, and also sent him a $400 bill a year after getting something done because they suddenly decided they didn't want to cover it). I'm glad that you and your child are doing well and hope things can eventually be worked out with your insurance.
“People with health emergencies can’t wait for us to have some theoretical debate about some better idea that will never, ever come to pass.”
Hillary Clinton, January 2016
Yeah, except it's already come to pass literally everywhere else in the world.
Then stop debating and just implement Universal Healthcare, Hillary. ;)
for what it's worth, after having been through the Canadian system for cancer, I can say that I feel indebted to society which is not a bad thing for a citizen to feel. I hope to contribute more than what it cost. Nurses are amazing.
$2500 for an ambulance! oooooh! Am speechless
“How am I going to pay for this?” Should be the last question on one’s mind during their time of need
In America it is likely it will be the last thing on your mind. Literally.
In the UK the NHS refuses to pay for certain life-saving treatments, because...
THEY'RE TOO EXPENSIVE!
The NHS isnt much better, seeing as you will likely be waiting quite a while for treatment, no matter how bad it is. Free sounds nice, until you realize that everybody gets that same "free" treatment. And since Doctors can only see to one person at a time, when thousands of people get in line at the same time, nearly everybody will have to wait. Sometimes several hours, days, months...even years.
So, on one hand you have,"How will I pay for this?" while on the other youve got,"Am I going to get to see the Doctor before treatment will be pointless?" Personally, I would rather get help now and worry about paying for it later, than lay there in agony wondering If Im going to get help at all.
@fleetlordavtar At least get seen, not turned away. An problems are due to Tory underfunding.
@fleetlordavtar Try being adult, son.
Very few people in the US saw Michael Moore's film Sicko back in 2007.
We just acting tough, but in reality we are just hurting inside as a nation
I am a pharmacist registered in NY. A health care worker. I do not have health insurance. I broke my hand few years ago and did not go to the hospital because I knew the cost would be too much. What I had learned working as a pharmacist is sometimes having insurance is not even worth it. The premiums, the doughnut holes, co-pays hurt the patient and the health care professionals financially. Most of the medications and doctor visits are underpaid by the insurances for the providers, and doughnut holes make the patient pay the AWP of a drug out of pocket which is 10-20 times higher than the actual cost. Insurances underpay so that patients can overpay. The life saving drugs are priced outrageously which should be classified as crime against humanity.
We need Medicare-For-All/a single payer system in the United States! What is more "Pro-Life" than ensuring that every person in America has guaranteed affordable healthcare? Also, if we all had access to basic healthcare, we would all have the "freedom" to live long lives and rarely have to worry about medical bankruptcies. Furthermore, if some of us need additional healthcare than Medicare, then we have the "choice" to get additional insurance, but for others Medicare would be more than enough. Finally, if every other developed country (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand) can implement this and save money, why can't the United States do the same and help "Make America Great Again" for everyone at least on the issue of healthcare?
Profit is more important than babies. Ask a conservative.
"For What? Why"
Exactly bro... Exactly
Britains healthcare system was private up to 1948 when the NHS was introduced . God bless the NHS . 🇬🇧
As someone who is from and lives in Britain, I'd much rather pay more in taxes, just so I know that if someone is sick anyone can go get the help they need