First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up | Pt. 2 | Kidd and Cee Reacts
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I love it when an American tells me universal healthcare is socialism and communism. I just laugh.
well they are mostly from the Trump cult sheep farm ... not the sharpest tools in the shed...
@@Galantus1964 No they're not I know quite a few Democrats that think the same way ...me I'm independent Our healthcare system is pretty messed up there's ways to fix it only about 12% of the Americans don't have healthcare at all .. Which actually is not as bad as one would think and there's a lot of charities and donation groups that you can get into in certain situation like my mother did...And she had major surgeries and she owned her home and was on Social Security with no pension..This was before she was eligible for Medicare they call it Mercycare.. I believe she was in her 60s when she went out.. And I believe the Qualification was to have your own home.. also in my state they cannot make you sell your home because of medical bills it's a law.. Healthcare is definitely the biggest problem in America right now if they could fix it which will never happen Would be a great accomplishment
Americans are still messed up by the McCarthy trials. They think communism and socialism are the same thing. As Kidd says Americans are selfish and the thought of helping to pay for someone else's healthcare with your taxes appalls a lot of them.
@@Pinkielover read my answer again i said MOSTLY and yes thers also dems, that think that way,but my argument still stands.... imagine if some of them actually sad down and used google, and they found out that socialism and communism are not the same ....their worldview would be shattered and ohh im from Denmark btw 🙂
Idk,public education is communist too?so is it better to come back to live in caves and bushes and be illiterate?What the hell,the american propaganda goes THAT deep?😒
Canadian here, we’ve been trying to tell y’all this for years. We get accused of some sort of “superiority complex” when we talk about universal healthcare, but really it comes down to being completely mortified and saddened when we read health horror stories from south of the border.
Here, healthcare is a right. We pay for it with taxes, but those taxes are much cheaper than the premiums you pay for private insurance, AND you get full coverage at ANY hospital.
Cut out the middle man, the public becomes its own insurance. You pay for the cost of care, not for some rich dude’s private yacht or to increase some corporation’s profits.
A healthy citizen is a citizen able to contribute to his community. A society is only as strong as its most vulnerable members.
Canadian here to
I love what you said about paying for cost of care and not for profiting a rich person!
I am Canadian too. I was flabbergasted that my traveller’s insurance paid 2850-ish CAD for a visit at the hospital. I had an infection and it was so itchy that I couldn’t sleep or even sit without discomfort. Between checking in the hospital emergency room and leaving with a medication prescribed, it took an hour and half. I had a private room to wait to see the doctor, the room had a giant flat screen tv with cable and free wifi. Why tf would I need that? I need healthcare. They are a business and charge for every little things. I prefer hospital in Canada where your taxes pays for your care and if you want tv or wifi, you pay for it but it’s never included at first and then charged on the bill.
Hello from Czechia. Exactly - also just healthy people pay taxes so it´s a win-win situation.
As our hosts mentioned, one of the biggest detriments to privatized healthcare is the huge disincentive it produces in people, especially poorer people, to promptly seek medical care in the case of illness, let alone seeking preventative care at all. And what's the first instruction in terms of virtually any illness? Be on the lookout for it, and catch it early. Early interventions (and, again and to an even greater degree, preventative care) are several orders of magnitude cheaper than emergency care for catastrophic conditions, but when people can't pay directly, the US system essentially requires both doctors and patients to wait until the condition becomes immediately life-threatening in order to provide treatment. This is like waiting until your entire house is engulfed in flame to consider fetching the extinguisher.
Our entire system of measuring economic activity is afflicted by similar bizarre choices - eg a dentist pulling a rotten tooth is an addition to the GDP, but the consideration that a citizen is losing a resource in losing that tooth (a loss that might have been prevented or ameliorated with a more-supportive care structure) isn't measured at all, in the same way that, in paving a wetland to make a parking lot, we measure the economic gain of the lot but ignore what was lost with the wetland entirely - but that's another discussion. The US healthcare system has by-far the worst outcomes for by-far the highest costs in the developed world, and this is just one reason why. There are many others.
You probably would believe in the myths the americans believe in as well, if you would have been brainwashed all of your life. As a german I sadly know all to well that brainwashing of a whole country is possible.
As an Australian, the thought of my kids having to do active shooter drills at school blows my mind.
The thought of having to ever pay anything for life saving surgery (of which I've had a few) blows my mind.
The thought of not being able to afford necessary medications blows my mind.
The thought of not being supported by my workplace after having a baby blows my mind.
America is f*cked up, no matter how anyone tries to spin it.
You're right.... My kids used to run around the neighborhood or play in the woods and by the creek. Happy, dirty kids after adventurous hours in nature.
It would be a horror for me to know my kids in an environment where I have to worry about shootings, kids in handcuffs and in jail because of overreacting school cops. Just the thought of having to think about bullet proof school bags for my child would cause me to leave the country.
Aus a German, the notion of gun detectors and hall passes already blows my mind...our school yards might not even have a fence, and if you need to go to the toilet, you go to the toilet, no hall pass needed. The notion of having to pay anything for a standart check-up blows my mind, never mind having to be forced to go to a specific doctor or your insurance won't pay. The thought of not having a safety net which will catch you if something goes really wrong and ensures that you have at least housing, food and medical care blows my mind. The idea of not having paid vacations, paid leave if you are ill, never mind the option to actually see your child grow up full time for the first two to three years of its life blows my mind.
Capitalism run amuck.
@@PeTer-xd8nx The rest of the world where the parents are more worried having kids getting into accidents from playing while American parents are worried about kids getting shot really blew the rest of the world's minds.
America breeds narcissism and selfishness. Literally everything is a commodity to exploit. And Americans keep voting for the politicians that exploit them..
So absurd how Americans tell you they have tHe MoSt FrEeDoM yet they can't even take a relaxed walk without fearing they might be bothered or shot. Wtf. That is so sad.
They say they have the most freedumb but have the most incarcerated people PER CAPITA in the developed world.
😂😂😂😂 GEIL 😂😂
Different perspectives, In Europe we believe in "Freedom from" freedom from school shootings, freedom from being bankrupt to cover medical bills, freedom from some nutjob farmer shooting you, freedom from work by being able to take 4,5,6 weeks paid vacation, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, freedom from starving to death because of social safety programs" in America the believe in "Freedom to" Freedom to get guns with little to no regulations, freedom to shoot someone that looks like they're stepping on your farm land 50 yards away, freedom to pay health insurance premiums , freedom to fire you any time they like, freedom to starve to death if you have no money, freedom to cut you off so I'll welfare after a few weeks or months" etc etc
Define freedom. There’s so many “free” places
More freedom then some places in Germany 😭
For the guy from Netherlands that talked about the unlimited sick days: This system is rarely abused by employees for the sole reason that they are treated like decent human beings at their bad times....These policies/laws create a better kind of citizen and worker by extend .
Nah, i worked in retail where you didn't even get paid sick days and even when you had to take them, you could be reprimanded for it. Even the best companies with unions only get like 10 sick days a year
@@NiMissNi Most of us elsewhere in the world don't understand that American businesses in general don't understand that a healthy, rested, properly trained and paid employee is the most essential part of the business. Properly valued and motivated - and not by fear, either - such employees are highly productive, loyal, and interested. People are realising that for too many of them the burdens of costs of education, healthcare, etc are insurmountable, so what's the point of even trying when your employer is a large part of the problem?
And letting a sick employee stay home keeps the other people healthy and on the job. I've known sick people (flu) come to work and infect a whole building, leading to others missing work or doing poor work. It would have been cheaper to send that one person home.
@@jefftitterington7600 But more than that Jeff, it's the whole package which is just - missing. Your remarks about cross infection are absolutely correct, but dial in the fear of losing a job over a few sick days - and not being paid - an almost complete lack of reasonable annual paid leave, unaffordable health care and extortionate healthcare costs, poor support for parents, and the list goes on. American business is long overdue learning the lesson that employees whose general welfare is part of doing business and who become more loyal and productive with a bit of attention, and that a more profitable and productive business is the result.
@@ourfarmhouseinspain I worked in an office with a union contract. I once got an emergency call at work, told my supervisor I had to go now, and was getting someone to drive me home (I don't have a driver's license for health reasons.) He said just go and do the paperwork later.
(One of my kids had a pebble in his mouth, got jolted, and inhaled it into a bronchial tube. Safely extracted, but harrowing.)
What still seems incredible to me is that I live in Argentina (a third world country) and we still have a public health service, it has its flaws but you will not be bankrupt because you are asthmatic. Another thing, it is not free! It is paid by taxes like the police or the roads, and everyone has the right to use it. Even foreigners are covered and I think it's fantastic
I bet hardly anyone complains about having to pay for someone else to get healthcare. People in America are so selfish, it's ridiculous.
Argentina is really considered a 3rd world country?? Really? For some reason I wouldn't categorize you like that. Ok I am from Europe, specifically from Croatia and I wouldn't be surprised if some things are way better in your country than in mine xD 😅 (We are considered to be one of the poorer ones in Europe...it aint necessarily the worst thing but still).
And I agree with public health care. When I talk about with friends about that topic, even though the system has some flaws but still no one would change it to the system the US has. I saw some videos where they asked Americans if they would like to have public health care and what kind of words were throwing around was ridiculous.
And it was interesting to see that mostly the older generation was against it and the younger was more in favour of it.
@@Niki91-HR Pozdrav hrvatski prijatelju!!! I think it is a matter of time, when the generations that grew up on the rubble of a world or cold war are no longer there, the American people will be able to remove the blindfold that does not allow them to see with good eyes that integrating ideas from abroad is not being anti patriotic, fascist or communist. Maybe it's the first step for America to really be injected into the world and happy, I look forward to that day. Another thing, I do not know much about Croatia but if they have public health after going through such a brutal period of contemporary war I do not see any excuse for not having it And the last thing, that 3-0 in Russia still hurts but I hope for a rematch in Qatar. See you there !!!!
Exactly
@@Niki91-HR It's a bit weird, but the definitions of 1st, 2nd and 3rd world countries actually stem from the cold war, and are originally political nominations, not economic ones. the countries with close ties to the US (USA, Canada, NATO, ANZAC.) were called 1st world, Warsaw Pact countries with allies (China, Cuba etc.) was called the 2nd world, and all neutral countries was called the 3rd world. At least according to this original definition, both Argentina and Croatia (then Yugoslavia) was both 3rd world countries.
50% of the stories: healthcare
40% of the stories: guns and violence
10% of the stories: welfare systems
America is so messed up, in these areas especially.
And nobody even mentioned the way employees are treated in the US especially when it come to what they call "benefits".
I'm from New Zealand and every employee (casual, part-time or full-time) are entitled by law to 4 weeks paid vacation, 12 public holidays and 10 sick days. It truly amazes me how much the US government doesn't do for its people....
Agreed! Can we also talk about the prison system. That shits messed up as well!
As a mexican I feel jealous or your gun laws honesty, here we live in fear everyday that the cartels are going to start a shooting in middle of the street and we can't trust on the government and law enforcement to protect us and if you protect yourself or your family you can go to prison if it happens that the criminal gets injured or dies.
@@JavierHernandez-ou1el damn, that's insane! I'm so sorry you have it like this.
@@juliecasson5298 The most crazy part is that is so common that no longer stops normal living. Imagine you are in a barbecue with family or friends and hear shots in the distance and you just say damn let's move everything inside, then it stops and you go outside to resume everything you were doing
I had an American friend come over and stay with us at the beginning and end of a Grand European tour as she flew in and out of Heathrow. The first time she was on edge, checking doors were locked, looking around when walking to the shops, just basically on high alert, expecting an attack. We live in a rural village in an area with the lowest crime rate in England. I might see a police car once a year in the village, they're probably there more often but I don't see them. I never think about personal security as a concern, it's not an issue here generally. So her behaviour struck me as a wee bit paranoid. 3 months later, after traveling all over Europe, she visited us again, for a week this time at the end of summer (September). We chilled on the long evenings and she was more relaxed and voiced the opinion that she hadn't realised that she was living in fear constantly. It took leaving the environment to realise that.
Yep.
Know of a girl that came from the US and basically the longer she lived in Europe(Scotland, Germany, Spain) the less afraid she was.
Americans are seriously paranoid constantly.
Um where did these girls come from in America?
@@wasichu3114 the lady to whom I am referring was from the Chicago area
@@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit so she went from one of the most violent cities in America to a rural area in Europe? An your surprised she was able to relax there? There’s rural towns all over America that are just as safe if not safer than where you live. America doesn’t just consist of Big cities with high crime rates. An I think it’s safe to say that anyone that lives in or comes from a big city has a certain level of paranoia for self preservation. Doesn’t matter what country they’re from.
Yeah same in Ireland, as long as ur not walking alone in the city after 1am on ur own, ur good!
I literally cried when the lady was talking about having a cesarean and they kept her for a week. I was 20 when I had my first child by emergency c-section. I had her on a Thursday and went home on Saturday. I was 500 miles from my mother and my husband worked nights, so I was alone with a new baby after a major surgery. All of my birth experiences were extremely traumatic and I suffered postpartum depression and had trouble bonding with my children. I can’t help but feel if I wasn’t always freaked out about being overwhelmed going home that quick with a new baby, it wouldn’t have been that bad.
That's so fucked up. We all feel really sorry for Americans.
@@quo33 .. mate, the World needs Americans, we all need someone to laugh at. The lack of critical thinking boggles the mind... stick a fork in them America is
done.
@@stephenwalton1234 America will eventually pop like a balloon...
You don't need to be american in this case. I had my cc on wednesday, went home friday. My friend was there for a week after CC, same country, same city, didferent hospital. Long story short, i went back after 10days
Arww hun that’s awful, I live in the uk, my mum had a c section and was in hospital for just over a week as it’s major surgery. Im sorry you had to go through that.
I remember watching House and the new CEO of the hospital saying that the hospital was a business. I am British and I was angry because someone's health should never be a profit making opportunity.
As a Brit, did you notice how similar that CEO's mentality was to a feudal lord or an aristocrat demanding fealty and obedience from his underlings, especially in the last episode where he tried to fire everybody from the board who didn't back his decisions?
Growing up in the UK, you kind of automatically assume everywhere is kind of the same, you get ill, you just go to the doctor or ER, no fuss. So finding out that America, the supposedly greatest nation on earth has people going into to debt or die, because they cannot access affordable healthcare, was a true WTAF moment for me. The fact that it is even a debate, also blows my mind.
One guy who documents everything that is wrong in America, highlighted one guy who had a gash in the top of his thigh from some accident. He filmed the guy stitching himself up. Without any local anaesthetic. And then they discussed health care issues in America, as if watching some guy having to do his own surgery sans pain killers wasn't enough of a message.
Man I didn't even know..Damm nowonder people are homeless
prefer to perfect killing people than looking after their own people. Makes me sad for our American cousins.
@renideo and that's a lie lol... their is a reason great Britain (and most of Europe) has a MASSIVE issue with counterfeit generic medication flooding the market, because instead of giving people the actual medication the give the the generic drugs which are nowhere near as safe and efficient as the real thing in order to keep prices down and on top of that generic drugs are easy af to counterfeit
It works both way on this one. American politics and big business help push the agenda that free healthcare will cost them more in taxes every year and what if you barely ever get sick blah blah blah. And do to this we assume that most countries also worked the same way I know I did as a kid they literally taught about the red scare early on in my childhood and then pushed this idea that free health care was socialism and socialism linked to fascism and communism which they’d link to hitler and all of a sudden my 9 year old brain thinks free health care and freaking Hitler are in the same category. They love to warp or push their own agendas to create this narrative that America is the greatest country to ever exist. Its the greatest country at exploiting its citizens is what it is and yet I still love it the times people come together, the times that the hate subsides, that the fear subsides, and the vastness of the country. It’s basically like traveling through different cultures from the east to the west coast different accents, ways of life, and foods . I love the concept of this country, I love the people of this country, and the goals it strives for but I don’t love the fact that those who sit at the top use fear and deception to keep people in poverty or in a constant state of fear from basically anything or anyone they don’t know.
in what world do you have to be 21 to drink alcohol but can shoot a gun at 16?? As European i think that is pretty nuts...
And get a drivers licence at 16 too.
ikr? here in romania, you can drink at 14(when you also make your ID card),can get a drivers licence at 18 and can own a gun...eerrr ...never! lmao. unless you get to be a cop,or you get a hunting permit but you can only get the hunting type of rifles,which shoot with special bullets that cant really kill somebody,unless you shoot them at point blank or in the head lmfao :)))))
america has a really big problem with the "owning guns" system,WTF!!!
@@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148 yep, 16 for light alcohol, 18 for all the rest and driver licence. For a gun you need the oke from a psychologist, no criminal record and a bunch of other stuff. Let´s just say it costs a lot of money and time...
@@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148 Ehhhh, if they can't kill, how do you hunt with them?
In the UK 14 year olds can get a firearms licence. Legally drink alcohol at home from age Five, in a pub or restaurant with a meal from 16. Purchase alcohol from age 18.
People in America always shout "But they tax half your check in ALL of those countries"...true, but the food is healthier, the cost of living is smaller, and those countries truly seem to put a huge amount of effort into social services (of all varieties).
I love the "But they tax.." thing. When I lived in the US for at year I realised the health insurance, the fee for my kids school and so in reality are the same thing as taxes. The difference is that you're paying to an inefficient system that have no investment of keeping the costs down You end upp paying more to get less. If you count in all those things that are covered here (I'm from Sweden) we pay a lot less than most middle income Americans. Let me repeat that, we in Sweden pay LESS a month for the same, but better, services. I explained this to an American friend who complained about the taxes when she moved here about a year ago. She got the "can not compute" face.
@@nomusician4737 I just know that there's a reason the rest of the 1st World countries looks at the US with contempt and pity. Most people realize that its impossible from the average American's position to enact change in this country. Our lawmakers have divvied up the big political crap & most voters have given up. You know, those that CAN vote; for some unknown reason, I keep registering since I moved home but my state doesn't recognize who I am...also, they've been charging what a "Real" ID is so, the non-driver's license should have worked but is no longer a real ID I need a paper copy of a bill, which are in my husband's name (utility bills only of course). I can always try to get a passport so I can vote but it's going to take at least 6 months to get it. I mean, c'mon. I can bring in all my doctor bills (of which I have an endless amount for the rest of my life) but because its not a utility company, they didn't accept it. Sometimes, I think they creste additional hoops to jump through just so that the DAY you spent waiting in line, just to be told at the last desk that you have the wrong paperwork...so you have to come back another day or get this apparently fake ID issued by my state. I also can't get a flight out of my city with my ID, I require a passport. No other states do that either. Just the inconsistencies.
also get paid more per hour for the most part...
@@7thlittleleopard7 I wasn't going to touch on that since it varies from country to country even from those in like the EU & G.Britain.
Don’t agree, I don’t pay anywhere near half of my monthly pay to tax and national insurance. It’s a way lower percentage than 50%!
When iv spoken to Americans quite often when I tell them about the NHS they reply "why should I pay into something for someone else to use"... My question is "why wouldn't you help out another human being in need?"
What they don't realize is that they are already doing that by paying for Health Insurance !!!
Loved watching your reactions, guys. It honestly made me tear up thinking how many people there live in fear and anxiety, carrying all their health issues, wondering if there will be any gun violence happening near them.. It's surreal. So, I come from Romania, "the butthole of Europe" and usually we are at the bottom of any EU charts regarding quality of life. Still! In Romania I'm SAFE, I know that my kid and are covered by free healthcare, I know that I can go to college for free, and I know that not all the crazy people there can get guns. Phew... This video was a tough one to watch.
If more Americans travelled more they would realise that there are so many things they could improve.
Travel abroad it too expensive for most Americans. Most who can afford it, have to save for years. Plus, it benefits politicians, and the corporations that own them, to ensure people are unable (or too incurious) to see how f'd up the country is.
Something like 78% of Americans don’t even have a passport,and if the US didn’t have military all over the planet,that would probably be closer to 85%.
There in lies the problem.
Americans,get out and travel more,you’ll learn far more than your govt allows you to within your own borders.
Then maybe you can improve conditions.
@@TheCornishCockney Most Americans can't afford to travel, and a passport would also just be an extra, unnecessary expense that, at most, would only be used once, because of said travel expense. It's not just the money, it's also the time. Hardly, anyone can afford to take off enough time to actually enjoy the travel. You might also find your job on the chopping block if you take "too much" time off, especially if a company decides to downsize, eliminate your position, or gets bought out. Plus, at least half of the country are literally two paychecks away from losing their housing (meaning getting behind in bills to an extent that they can't really recover from). A lot of non-Americans have (decent) advice that just isn't useable for Americans (and hasn't been for the last 30 or 40 years), because they have no idea how companies work here, or what they're allowed to get away with, and how that affects employees life planning. Hopefully, these conditions will change in the next 10 or 15 years. People want to travel, but can't even afford to travel within the country, much less outside of it.
The whole reason Americans are not educated on the rest of the world is probably so they are being kept in that slavery state
and it's not the best country!!
My friend was in Japan years ago and when he went to the ER he only waited 11 minutes and once the Dr entered the room he apologized for the delayed.
The only reason that he had to wait so long was because the hospital had to get a Dr that spoke English.
He also told me that in Japan people do not go to the ER for minor reasons. The ER is for actual emergencies, any thing else they have family Dr's.
In Europe it is more or less the same., for Germany and Croatia I know it for a fact though.... the ER is there for real emergencies... some family if not all family doctors dont work on weekends so it can happen that you go even for a minor thing to the Er during the weekend.
@@Niki91-HR It's similar in Norway, but a bit different. Family doctors are still the go to solution for small problems, but we also have what we call "legevakt" (literaly translates to doctor-guard, don't know if it's a concept outside of scandinavia) which handles minor injuries for people who can't see their family doctor (outside closing hours, while traveling, etc.).
its the same in germany..We have family doctors we go to for everything thats not an emergency. In my whole live ( i am 42) i was only one time in the ER and that was in the middle of the night because a fly was trapped in my ear
@@ClaudiaG.1979 now im wondering... HOW did you get a fly stuckin your ear??!
@@martinottesen1053 easy :) it was late night, i went to bed and a fly was buzzing arround my ear.. stupid as i am, i hit myself and the fly was stuck in my ear canal.. i freaked out, screamed, tried to wash it out with water and a siringe.. it wont came out, so i went to the ER and the doc removed it..
I live in the UK and I had cancer in 2016. All treatment, surgery, radiotherapy, etc. was free. My local hospice provided daily transport to the hospital for the radiotherapy for free. A car came to the house and picked me up, waited for me to have treatment and brought me home again. I was off work for 10 months and I was on FULL pay for the first 6 months and half pay for the rest. I still have regular check ups and don't have to worry about the cost.
What a shitty plot for a TV series.
I hope you are doing fine and can keep that illness behind you.
Was it free or, did your fellow tax payer foot the bill. Nothing is free. Canada has " free " health care. They're always down here in NH, Ma, NY, for their health care. Cause the wait times are so long there.
@@geraldgore2247 tax payers, including Chris & myself fund it from the taxes we pay. The service is free to the patient.
@@geraldgore2247 I'd rather my tax money fund healthcare than useless wars, needlessly many weapons, and the pockets of crooked politicians.
Chris Y…..Unfortunately if those in charge decide they don’t want you to get treatment….they won’t allow you to get treatment. If those in charge think you are too old or some other reason they think you shouldn’t have treatment…they won’t allow you to get treatment even if you pay for it yourself. They denied a baby the chance to go to America when doctors said they would help treat the baby for free and fly the family to America and the EU wouldn’t allow them to try to save their baby. Now that Brexit happened….they don’t have to ask the EU permission to get treatment so maybe that wouldn’t happen now….but it happened before….and there’s something seriously wrong with that.
I can’t imagine living with so much fear. It’s so sad what you said about not feeling comfortable to just go for a walk and feeling suspicious of everyone. I’m from the UK and never think about anyone carrying a gun, or weapon.
I've been watching a lot of these videos lately; I'm from the UK, England and it's really lovely seeing Americans realise America, the richest country, could easily afford to make life a lot more manageable and compassionate for its citizens and that they do deserve better from their government and Big Pharma.
Everyone should have free health care, as a society it's the bare minimum we should be providing for each other.
Only rich because no money goes to the citizens
So I have a black friend living in America whom I invited to stay over at my house in August to visit Romania. It is even more rare to see black people around here than in western European countries and she seemed kinda worried that her chances of falling victim to a racist attack would be high. That's how America fucked her up, because besides some curious looks here and there no one bothered her, some people were even nicer to her because she was so obviously a foreigner.
Well good for you Romania,East Europe is worse when a black person visits,they will even shout racists words toward you,i have visited few countries,my brother and mom visited a lot of European countries the story she has will blow your mind,
I would rather deal with racists people of Germany since there a lot laws here that protects against racism due to their history,i don’t know about Romania tho,I have colleague tho am working with from Romania,Poland and other East Europe countries………
which city do live in?my mother was in Buscharest with her husband…..
@@jasoncasey6667 Hello! I live in Constanta, near the sea, so this is where we spent most of her stay. Granted, she mostly was accompanied by me, a white person, but there were times when she went out jogging by herself and one of those times she also went asking young locals for directions to a store (young people are more likely to know English and less likely to be racist). We also visited Brasov - Sibiu - Sighisoara - Cluj by car in one week, in Transylvania people are generally nicer. Did you mom like it in Bucharest? I usually avoid recommending the city because you never know what kind of people you'll stumble over...
Black Americans always have reservations traveling abroad. Thank you for sharing your story 😁
Europe is just as racist, and the facts does was with you maybe saved her life. Stop with the Delusional Europe I'd just as racist and worse in some places, Black person 3 generation who born in Europe Bf travelled in Europe
My biggest shock about America was there was a shooting in a high school, nobody got killed, just an injury to one of the kids in a local school...it didn't even make the local news!!!...I asked my work colleagues why it didn't get mentioned, they just said nobody got killed!! ....wow ....I think Americans are just desensitised to guns and violence now!! ...so sad, you shouldn't have to live that way , it's so oppressive 😔
You are right. I remember my daughter in kindergarten tell me they have active shooter drills. I was so disappointed.
Actual deaths due to 'mass shootings' in High Schools are so rare that more kids get killed per year by lightning strikes. Some years we don't even have any. But it's always good to have ignorant foreigners lecture us on our failures or commiserate about our supposed "School Gun Violence Epidemic"
@@remo27 ..I think you're in denial, there's a shooting at a school on average every week across the US , but no matter, you're probably a Republican NRA gun club member who still doesn't understand the difference between an amendment and a commandment 🤦🤷😔
@@remo27 please name a year we didn’t have any. I noticed you focused on the number deaths. But the point is it’s still a shooting at a school. Which shouldn’t happen.
@@shyguy1630 ...do few Americans have passports and so few understand the world, it's sad, America is a great rich country but loves its military above all...even to the point it starves and bankrupts its own peopie...there's a reason Russia and China don't roam the seas there more concerned with their own borders than anyone elses and they fight the modern ear in cyber space and economic clout rather than ships pottering around the oceans doing sod all...
12 euros is actually 13 dollars and a bit of change, so yeah, I'm thankful for being French. I owe my country my health, happiness, degrees and education.
Also,they're well versed in weapons and can argue the 2nd amendment but can't manage a knife and fork?
La verdadera tierra de la libertad, no te metas con las libertades de los franceses
I'm shocked that an European country would charge for an ambulance. In Denmark you don't get charged for that. Our healthcare isn't free, but it's paid over the taxes.
@@sine-nomine that‘s probably just so you don‘t call it for small stuff or fun 🤷🏻♀️ i‘m from Germany and for example a day in the Hospital is 10€ which is nothing compared to the costs of the treatments you get, but they probably don‘t want you to stay for weeks just for the food
@@saroya In Denmark you can call the emergency service and request an ambulance. But it's the dispatcher that decides if you'll get one. You can't demand anything.
And similar with the hospitals; the doctors decide if you get to stay or not. They don't let you stay, just so you can dine in hospital cuisine.
And with both ambulances and hospital stays, you don't get charged anything. Not even a symbolic amount.
I have MS and I like to watch videos about the topic. One day I came across a video of an american lady who was debastated because her health insurance didn't want to pay for her treatment anymore. I was thinking about how terrible was that when I noticed something that made things even worse. The treatment this lady was basicly begging for was one of crappiest, less effective treatments that you can find for MS. It was one of the first treatments in the market but over the years better, more effective treatments have been aproved. Here I am in Spain, with half the affectation she had getting a treatment twice as effective without having to worry to pay a cent of it ,when she, who should be in a treatment as effective as mine if not more , couldn't even get the most basic one.
As a German I will always be shocked about the fact that school shootings are just... A thing over there. Like that's insane. The worst thing you get to see over here is maybe a knife and then you get expelled immediately.
It's also insane to think about having to pay insane amounts when you're sick or injured. Health care shouldn't be like that at all and no matter how you look at it, it should be a right. I can't imagine living over there and maybe getting into an accident which won't only physically mess you up but monetarily too.
Personally for me, I still find it wild that people outside of the US *don't* have to worry about school shootings. I've lived in pretty safe, mostly middle class areas growing up, and we were still all taught about what to do in case of a school shooting and had drills, and even had to actually use them due to shooters within the vicinity (like at a bank 3 streets away or a nearby restaurant). A year after graduating high school I heard from people back home that there had been an actual school shooter, but had been quickly apprehended so no one had been hurt, and it was barely on the local news.
Like, I literally bond with people sometimes how crazy our schools got. I have a friend whose younger brother's school had a school shooter and obviously she was glad that he came home safe, but at the same time there was resignation about the situation, like of course it happened kind of way. I've always felt incredibly fortunate and privileged that I've never had to deal with an actual school shooter or had to attend schools with metal detectors or need a metal plate in my backpack. It seems crazy for me that people outside of the US never have to experience anything like it.
School shootings started in Germany in 1871 in Saarbrücken.
Hmm in the last years it have become more than like the US here in germany, not that worse of course yet but you must pay a lot of money if you are too long in an Hospital by now. A family member of mine was in an Hospital for 3 weeks and must pay 300 euros for that, like i say not as much as in the US yet but we are begining too go there, and i don't like it.
@@Super-Godzilla99 _Bei stationären Behandlungen beträgt die Zuzahlung 10 Euro je Kalendertag der Inanspruchnahme einer solchen Leistung. Bei Krankenhausbehandlung und bei Anschlussheilbehandlung ist die Zuzahlung auf 28 Tage im Kalenderjahr begrenzt._
280 Euro für einen Monat stationäre Anschlussrehabilitation im Krankenhaus mit Vollverpflegung.
@@jansix4287 naja meine Oma war drin und musste 300 etwa bezahlen weil die Krankenkasse das nicht übernehmen wollte, warum auch immer, ergibt für mich bis heute keinen Sinn. Ich persöhnlich habe die Erfahrung noch nicht gemacht daher kann nur von der Erfahrung mit meiner Oma reden.
Als sie aber dann Jahre später drin war wegen ihrer Demenz musste man gar nix bezahlen war wohl abgedeckt. Da war sie sehrviel länger drin als nur die 3 Wochen letztes Mal.
Ich war selbst vor über 20 Jahren mal im Krankenhaus für 2 Wochen weil man mir nen gutartigen Tumor entfernen musste und da mussten meine Eltern gar nix bezahlen war mitte 90ziger.
Darum sagte ich das es sich langsam in die Richtung der USA entwickelt was ich sehr bedenklich finde.
Selfishness is ingrained in American culture, right from the fundamentals of the so-called American Dream. If you believe that anyone who works hard enough will succeed, then you must also believe the contrapositive; that is, you must believe anyone who doesn't succeed just isn't working hard enough. All victims are to blame for their troubles, and no one needs to worry about helping them. If you want to help, great, but no one should be *expected* to help others in need, either actively or financially.
That's the American culture, and yeah, it's fucked up as all hell.
Ah, the "just world" hypothesis; helping those with unjust privilege see it as a reflection of their inherent unearned superiority, while simultaneously negating their moral and practical responsibilities to their less-fortunate fellow citizens, since, I dunno, forever?
@@michaelccozens Shouldn't that be an aspiration - a just world, where most everyone leads a decent life free from hunger, ignorance and suffering?
@@katyagrad3704 It should be! The problem is privileged people assuming the world is already just when it definitely isn't, and blaming poor people for 'not working hard enough'...
Really well said…, you have put in words my experience of bear 60 years or watching the Americans shit on each other.. and… therefore not value foreign life’s.. unless they want to save em…. Then they throw everything at it while still shitting on their own…
Really fn sad to watch the ignorance in the us population…
😲 wow, best explanation example I've read. So true, especially in the Midwest. I'm so messed up.
I recently listened to an American friend telling me that one day the North Koreans would realise their situation and rise up, etc. He couldn't tell me when the American public would do the same when they realised their situation with the dreadfully inept - and wildly expensive - education system, and the extortionate pricing system for their health care. Anyone ?
maybe another 10 years when we've killed the planet and have reached Soylent Green level dystopia. And don't forget how mush the housing market (built and building on your own land ow buying land) is also very extortionate.
why do you think north koreans dont think they have it bad? or why so many try to or escape and live in foreign countries?
Wow….you are so privileged to think those are problems. The North Koreans die from starvation….that’s a lack of food in case you didn’t know. They die from being beaten and killed by their government if they act out of line. They are now jailed if they are found listening to Kpop music because Kpop has been banned. The men HAVE to serve in the military for 10 years…it’s mandatory….and they don’t get much to eat and are worked so hard some of them die. There are many countries on this planet where people have to live in huts with dirt floors….no running water….no bathrooms….barely any food or clothes….and I’m not just talking about Africa but many Middle Eastern and Asian countries people have to live that way……and you have the gall to blabber about the cost of college and healthcare. These same countries don’t even have much healthcare….they are lucky if they even get to see a doctor….and many times they only see doctors because doctors travel from America and other western countries to do mission work and help those people. Learn something about how people in many countries around the world live before thinking you have it “sooo bad”. Poor you. How sick you are. I bet you get to eat every day….unlike majority of the people on this planet. In India the poor think they are lucky if they have a piece of cardboard box to sleep on because they don’t get beds. The children have to work to earn money for the family. One boy they made a documentary on got severely burned from having to make fireworks to sell….he didn’t have money to go to a doctor so he suffered and kept working so they could eat a tiny bit of food. He has painful scars all over his body. Shame on you…..go get your latte and drive your car and live in a decent house and keep complaining about how bad you and Americans have it.
@@starshine3588 You are absolutely correct on all points. My point really is that most of us in the western community outside of America have a good awareness of the level of deprivation in much of the world - North Korea excepted of course, I don't suppose anyone can begin to imagine how bad that must be. My experience of many Americans is that they are under the impression that global poverty in its various forms - housing, food shortage, etc, - is no different to that experienced by someone living in a trailer park in a poor part of town. This is a direct result of an insular education system which for the most part ignores the world outside it's own jurisdiction. The answer is better education, but what comes first, the chicken or the egg if a worthwhile education is so expensive ?
Y'all should stfu about the dprk unless you're talking about the genocide America waged there killing a qtr of the population and leveling every city. Don't say shit about those ppl when you don't know shit about the crimes of your own nation.
When I was a manager in the probation service in the UK, we advertised for a Community Service Assistant. One of the people we interviewed was an American woman. At the end of the interview, we asked if she had any questions for us. She asked ‘What sidearms do you carry…?’
🤣🤣😆
A left arm and a right arm. ;-)
@Pawel Stuglik 😂😂😂
OMG😂😂😂
She was ready 😂😂
You're absolutely right mate. They always say "its my right to own a gun." Which apparently is far more important than a child's "right" to be and feel safe at school... or anywhere really. As an Aussie who doesn't even feel the need to lock my door when I go out, I feel so sad that this mentality exists in the world.
I(french) went to the US once and 2 things shocked my younger self:
-the level of drug use in SF i was never confronted to so many persons from all social backgrounds taking drugs
-the distrust in the cops, i mean in France i stress a little around cops but I've never fear them.
My father who already went to the states before actually said that "in the US if you have a problem and call the cops you have more risk to get shot than if you deal with it yourself" and it really stuck with me
Hi both. I’m not American but I did work in NY for 6 months. Healthcare here in the UK is covered by my taxes. I don’t pay anything extra when I go to the doctor or the hospital. For example, I’m diabetic and my pills, insulin pens and blood sugar meter are all provided by the NHS. No Charge in Wales. Last Wednesday I just finished a 6 half day course (over 6 Wednesday mornings) on insulin and carbohydrates. A Nurse and Dietician taught us for the course and provided a very good quality book that should cost about $15, the book was free. The course was held in a local hospital meeting room. Everything was free, all I had to do was get there.
It's as if the health system wants to actually keep people alive and heathy in every country except for the US!
/sarcasm off
Yeah. My daughter is a Type I Diabetic. We've had to pay for syringes, insulin and blood test kits all her life. Quite expensive. However, a drug addict can get free syringes and even methodone for free. Aussies don't kick up anywhere near enough fuss about inequities.
back in 2015 my niece was in Florida got sand in here eye a nurse washed her eye and she got charged 800 dollars for purified water solution. got to love us hospitals
i got sand in my eye as a kid i jumped in the salt sea of the beach and it was fine hunky dory.
The land of the lawsuit, means that $700 went to pay for the indemnity insurance.
800!!?? For a water???!! What the actual fuck!? Not even the most expensive water in the world would be worth it
@Michelle yupp.
Yeah fuck that shit.thank god I don't live in America.
Some years ago I was involved in a motorcycle accident . I was taken to the hospital by ambulance , operated on, and spent nearly 5 months off work . I did not pay a penny for the the ambulance or any of my medical treatment ( thank God for the N.H.S. ) and was on full pay with my company the whole time I was off , and I'm just an ordinary worker ( a bus driver ) 🇬🇧
In the US, they call this evil communism ! Crazy Americans!
I just loved the comment you made about Americans being selfish and "having their rights" this is SO true! They dont stop to see the bigger picture and how to make things better. They just dont want anyone to "take" anything away from them. Its very sad.
Oh guys. Aussie checkin in. My heart is breaking watching the realisation breaking across your faces and your hearts breaking not long after. The rest of the world wishes we could fix this for you.
Also in Scotland we have free to roam which means you can go anywhere in the countryside as long as you don't cause damage or leave litter etc.
I'm Scottish also, but one thing we do have here that a lot of people don't realise, is that if you walk your dog and it's off the leash and if the dog goes into a farmer's field with Sheep or cows and it harasses those animals, farmers are legally allowed to shoot and kill your dog. This happens, but the farmers don't shoot people
@@overthewebb Yes, that happened right in front of me when I was a kid :(
@@buidseach Sorry to hear that, I hope it wasn't your dog. I have seen articles in the Record in Scotland with people complaining about this and being shocked, but I'm sure the majority of people in Scotland don't realise this law, the minority who live in the countryside will do though. It is the owners fault for being stupid and allowing the dogs off the leash in these areas though
@@overthewebb No, it wasn't my dog, but I was lucky the farmer didn't hit me as the dog was only a couple of feet away from me.
We also have free prescriptions
I’m Canadian. I’ve NEVER received a bill from a hospital. I’ve had 5 surgeries (health issues) and not once have I ever had to pay.
We do have to pay for prescriptions but they’re significantly lower here. For antibiotics, for example, it’s usually around $20-$70 (roughly) if you don’t have insurance covered by your job. If you do, it’s $0. A lot of jobs here offer insurance. Lower end jobs might have 80% coverage on prescription meds which is still amazing.
We don’t have dental coverage or eye care coverage but our health is pretty well looked after.
I’ll never understand why the USA continues to torture its residents by forcing them to choose between health or bankruptcy. Because that’s what it is… torture.
Girl. I lived in edmonton for 4 yrs. Had to see a lung specialist who made me do a stress test, echocardiogram, ct with contrast, xray, blood work and i paid nothing. Came back to live in Toronto, got prescribed drugs and i was like why does the iron tablets cost $28. That's too expensive.
Patients aren't people in the USA, they're the money factory big corp squeezes it's astronomical profits from. It's all about money 💰, not care.
A testament to how important parenthood is, America the runaway child turns out irresponsible, Canada grew up with its parents and left when it was old enough to stand on its own responsible
Is it hard to get in to see a doctor? Like are wait times crazy long?
I’m literally just asking because I don’t know! I’m in no way attacking anything. Please, this is a curiosity question because it’s something I have wondered about.
@@83gemm no. Not at all if it’s life threatening. If it’s something that isn’t, the wait might be a bit but nothing too major. I had to see an orthopedic surgeon for a bum knee (nothing super serious) and it took about 3 weeks to get in. Elective surgeries can take longer but that’s just because they’re not a priority if it’s not health related. I have no complaints.
I’ve had emergent surgeries performed almost immediately upon going to the hospital (gallbladder, cysts). I’ve had electives that took 3 months (some plastic surgery, don’t judge me). I’ve had non emergents that took a couple weeks or so (tonsils).
Greed is destroying this country, along with our mental state. And I am floored knowing how many people want things to stay the same. Having this delusion that America has the best health system in the world. And it does. For the wealthy! We are being gouged for our money, time, and our very existence! We have to understand that things must change here in order for this place to survive!
There’s a difference between the system and the quality of healthcare you get. The United States has some of the best quality healthcare in the world we also are one of the top countries for medical innovation. that then get spread out to these other countries therefore making their healthcare really good too. And contrary to popular belief most Americans actually do have healthcare. you can also get healthcare for free if you can’t afford it you just have to sign up. Not saying it’s perfect or people don’t slip between the cracks, but it’s not as doom and gloom as you might believe.
@@CynicalGear 'Healthcare for free if you can't afford it?'. You're missing the point here, which is that most modern - and many other - countries in the world provide healthcare that is free at the point of access without having to fork out for wildly excessive premiums, easily $500 per month or more out of the family budget. It's about time you people got on the bus, isn't it ? And the majority of medical innovations and breakthroughs have long come from European institutions and pharmaceutical companies.
@@ourfarmhouseinspain But then you would have to pay it anyway in taxes, which can be misused by the government if it is corrupt.
Brazilian here, we do have free healthcare and pay a shit ton of taxes for it, but don't see much in return.
While in some places people are dying in waiting queues for medical procedures, in other places the system uses a shit ton of resources for absurd pseudomedicine like homeopathy, chromotherapy, reiki, etc, and is often involved in scandals about corruption. Jobs here often include health plans as benefits, because no one can really trust the public health system, so we actually pay twice, one to the government, and other to the private health plan.
The problem with a public healthcare system is not the system itself, but the amount of trust you put on the government. Governments with low corruption rates would do better than government with high corruption rates. Do you trust your government?
@@mechanicallydev4536 Well you are in a much better position than I to comment about healthcare in Brazil, especially under current circumstances and I wish you well with a speedy return to a more normal existence. It is true that corruption can appear anywhere, but since most 'western' healthcare provision - USA excepted, of course - is provided at the point of need without payment being required, the issue tends not to arise. Patients are delivered to the appropriate doctor - or specialist, etc, - by the healthcare authority procedures and referrals, and payment is not required or expected. Requests or demands for an extra cash payment would very quickly cause a riot. Fortunately. As you say, free healthcare isn't free and is paid for by deductions from earnings, but there isn't a fairer or cheaper method of funding, is there ? The best of luck to you, and the people, in Brazil.
@@ourfarmhouseinspain Thanks mate! We can only hope for a speedy recovery for the entire world.
About the corruption, it doesn't happen as needing to pay extra cash, it happens on the administrative side, on all levels. As an example the former Health Minister requested a $1 per shot kickback when negotiating 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Corruption is something that haunts brazilian history, and has always been this bad.
The problem with a free public healthcare system is that it can only be as effective as it's government. Do americans trust their government, independently who is at the seat?
This is the first video I've come across of yours and it made me really sad. Nobody should be raised to live in fear and that is essentially what is happening in America. I know we have our own problems over here in the UK, but I'll forever be grateful for the extremely low number of firearms in our country.
I've also sadly spent the last year in and out of hospital and I would have been bankrupt within the first month or probably even first week of my illness. Health care is a human right and I strongly believe that.
I live in America and work in IT on a small team of 15 to 20. I got Covid in January and missed two weeks, I just knew I would get in trouble but nope my boss is like take all the time you need, take care of yourself and your family your health is first. Y’all I was shocked and let me tell you it motivated me that much more to do a good job. My boss is an excellent people boss and always has our backs.
I'm from France, and for everyone wondering if we take advantage of the system or whatever like using the ambulance all the time or something, we don't. Often if there's a problem we call the firefighters (when someone was injured at school you'd see the firefighters and their ambulance, hospital ambulances are more rare), and if we feel like something's wrong we go see the family doctor, we only go to the ER for emergencies (i.e: my sister cutting her knee open and having to get stitches). When someone goes to the hospital it's concerning, like a big big issue.
The ER is pretty much our only option. Costs are ridiculous for having to wait for hours in a sick crowded room. Most clinics where "your medical personnel is" will still tell you to go to the ER if you can't wait the time to get in *shrugs* I haven't had health for years now. Live in my own shell and hope I don't get sick or hurt 🤕
I love how defensive people can be with regard to any criticism of anything American. Almost disbelieving the information given.
Perhaps humility and understanding of how other countries have worked out a better system for the working people without using politics as in communism, instead of equality and morals.
That's because they are constantly told that they live in the best country of the world. Hence they avoid everything bursting that particular bubble.
As an American it's not our fault, it is something thats all we have ever known, it starts from a very young age that it's almost like something that is so ingrained its like talking for one. So when it comes to understand that it takes a very long time for us to fully process and understand the trauma that we have gotten just from growing up there
@@swanpride there's that and a lot of people including me believe I shouldn't have to pay for someone else to survive. Like free healthcare isn't free. But if the U.S used a fraction of what they got for a military budget for healthcare it could work. I have good insurance, so I don't really care about universal healthcare. Medicaid and Medicare are bs taxes for a lot of Americans anyway. I only pay $80 a month for my insurance, why am I being taxed for something that isn't my issue. I like infostructure, defense, and education. Outside of that to me is up to the person to pick a job that pays well with good benefits. School should be a lot cheaper but as someone who got a job at a college my kids won't have to pay for it like I did. It'll be free for them. The U.S is built on the idea of individualism hence why the middle class and rich really hate the poor because they're the ones asking for all the service the other 2 classes end up paying for.
@@thatguyman553 your reply is messed up in so many ways I don't know where to start...I doubt you would even be able to comprehend either
i mean i feel like anyone is gonna get defensive when someone talks about their country lol, not just americans
I enjoyed your reaction lot. As an European I laughed so hard too. Hugs to all Americans out there. All the EU countries have so called Universal Healthcare and we are so used to it that we forget that it’s not a normal thing for Americans. The same with more than 25 days of holidays a year that are compulsory to take, unlimited sick days, free education for everyone through the university and social support for the homeless. To obtain a gun for „self-protection” which you don’t need because it’s so safe, you have to to go through 9 psychological tests, you have a background check done on you by the police, an interview with a panel of experts. Plus you have to prove that you have a place to store the gun which is safe, unable for children to get into and you go through a special training when you are taught how to use it. Until you can pass and have a clear record, there is no way that someone will give you any permission to obtain a hand gun.
US American living in Italy here. Last year my car broke down in the middle of the road. Someone drove by, told a motorcycle cop who was nearby. He came over, called a tow truck and stayed with me until the tow truck arrived. At first I panicked. Had to remind myself I'm not in the States. We ended up chit chatting the entire time.
In Norway u have 22 days of paid holiday a year, can take up to 24 days of sick leave a year WITHOUT a doctor notice and the a actual documented sick leave can be up to 1 YEAR with 100% pay covered by the government. Oh yeah... and if u get sick during ur holiday time u will be able take those days later on and u will receive paid sick leave.
After I had my baby, had stitches (like a lot of women) my baby wouldn’t latch and so the maternity nurses insisted I stay in hospital until he did, which was 5 days. But let’s be clear our services are free when needed but it is our taxes that pay for this. I would willingly continue to pay these taxes to continue receiving these services
I live in Denmark. We have high taxes yes (low or mid income is 37% and high income is 50%), but education is free, and you can get as many different educations as you want, without paying for anything other than books, healthcare is free, although we pay for the prescriptions we get, but the government also pays 50% of that. And you can get a private health insurance that costs 15 dollars a month, which pays even more of your expenses. You usually have no limit on sick days (and they are with full payment), a mother to a newborn child gets 12 months of maternity leave with over 70% of your full salary, the father gets 2,5 month paternity leave with the same coverage of salary as the mother. And the government is currently discussing the possibility of the father, getting even more paternity leave. Dentist we pay for, but again the government covers 50% of it. If you loose your job, or gets in a situation where you can't work ex due to illness, the government pays you up to 13.000 danish kr. which is 2000 dollars, so you can cover your living expenses. And that goes for people who retire too and homeless people. We are not allowed to own guns (unless for hunting), and a pepperspray is also illegal to own.
It's crazy to think about the differences between countries. But I think that part of the reason, Denmark can function like this, is because we are such a small country with only 5,5 million inhabitants. And also because we have had a whole different system that varies from the system there is in the US in so many years. If the US where to make all those changes to function like Denmark, it would be such an extraordinary and radical change, that it would shock the whole country.
I can't say Denmark is a better country to live in, because I have never lived or been in the US, so I can't tell. But I can say for myself, I wouldn't have it any other way, than what I have now. The level of security is amazing. Currently I am in a situation where I need the system myself. I am on sick leave and got fired for my job because I suffer from chronic headaches, and having to work makes it worse at the moment. And I don't have to worry about paying my bills, mortgage, treatment, medicine or anything. All the doctors and my social worker says, that the only thing I need to do now is rest and just try to get better. I am just so grateful to have been born in this country and I will happily pay my taxes.
In Australia, Dad had a low speed high impact single vehicle motorbike accident which caused traumatic brain injury. So when you have an accident in that state the cost of vehicle registrations is managed in such an efficient way that accident expenses, regardless of fault are incorporated and spread across all vehicle registrations. The program paid for my sister and I to fly there and back home, accom for my mum, transport of vehicles and flights home for both my parents when Dad was finally able to leave the hospital etc. After a few months in one of the best TBI wards in Australia, Dad was allowed to fly home and recieved roughly 12 months of physical and speech therapy. Total cost out of pocket was $1500roughly may have gone as high as $3k.
The state I am in, every house pays for electricty so every house pays an extra $4 or something per qtr and that pays for all ambulance costs.
My friends Aussie Dad died in America because of the bs insurance scam and medical costs. He was too sick to come home and this was before the Rona.
American living in UK. First time going to the doctor in UK was a trip. I went in to the local clinic without an appointment. The lady at the desk said I would have to wait for an opening. I asked about how long. She said maybe a half an hour. She then said sorry. I laughed and told her I had waited longer with an appointment in US. Cost was free and meds cost 8 pounds. My meds are free now because I am over 60.
Not free I work for it
Here, in the Czech republic, it is SO rare to pay anything at the doctor’s. It’s almost impossible unless you have a cosmetic surgery or something.
I had the dengue fever when I was travelling in Central America and the symptoms kicked in during my last week of the trip when I was in Los Angeles. I will never forget the nurse that asked me for 176 dollars (!!!) just to LET THE DOCTOR SEE ME, nothing else. Of course I had travel insurance, so I didn’t pay anything. Next day I flew back to Prague and I was hospitalized for 16 days. I had a private room with a TV and Wi-Fi, meals 5x a day, selection of books and available and of course a great care from the doctors and nurses. I didn’t pay a SINGLE Czech crown.
When I was a kid, I though living in the USA would be a dream come true. Now i’m 25 and I’m the happiest man alive living in Prague, Czech republic. USA is not a stupid country, it’s a sick country that treats its people like shit…I feel sorry for them. (and that’s coming from an “Eastern” European :-) )
As an European i say to all of you, change your country and welcome to the world...we are expecting you.
With all due respect, i always get really surprised when i hear you guys scream "we are the best country in the world"....you are not even in the top 20.
You are so indoctrinated.....
The most insular country in the world.
Land of the gun.
The greatness of a country is not measured by how much money you have or who has the biggest guns,but how they care for the weakest in their society.
The USA is near the bottom.
As an African American, you are absolutely, 100% correct!! Some Americans, and I won't point out a specific group, really believe the hype.
I’m afraid that in order of USA to heal and become a healthy country we’ll have to implode first…. Sigh. As a single parent of special needs kids I have stressed my body to the point where I can no longer hold a job without major panic attacks on a daily basis…. I still can’t get approved for SSI.
This one
Let's face it but have to swear allegiance to a flag every morning does have some serious Cult vibes. Sorry if that offends anyone.
When my friend moved over from the U.S she kept on about the "freedoms" that she had. When I asked what freedoms she had in the U.S that most f the rest of the wrold didn't, there were none. We have freedom of speech, freedom of sexuality, freedom of movement and travl, freedom to defend ourselves too. Most countries do. We get 1 year maternity on 90% pay, and fathers can get up to 4 months too
We get the same and I'm in a so called "third world country". We got unlimited sick leaves with full pay (or 80% depending on the company), very cheap and good health care, we have labor laws that prevent the companies from taking advantage of workers. I'm always baffled when people from the US talk about "their freedom", there's no freedom if a system keeps you poor, sick and overworked.
No, you don't have "Freedom of Speech". You have Hate Speech Laws among others if you are a typical European country. If you are Great Britain you have freaking people going to jail for fucking telling jokes on social media. I don't know who you think you are fooling other than yourself.
@@luisaramos6862 : Only so long as you play nice with your current government. Tell me what you really 'have' or 'own' as a right again? What can you ENFORCE against the State legally, even if they don't like you?
@@remo27 I see you are also free from education.
@@remo27 the thing people from US dont get is that 99% of the world dont live in fear of our goverment, I live in sweden, if the goverments take a action agaist the law i can take them to court free of charge, I nor any body i know feel the need to carry fire arms to defend against the state, and I can get licence for almost any fire arm, its just striced veting and I have to prov a need for that specific firearm, and self defence is not a valied need, I live in one of the 52 areas that the swedish police as pointed out as a high crime area, and I have never feelt the need to leave my house whit a gun or longgun although i one both a hand gun for compition shooting and 2 rifles and a shootgun for hunting.
I'm glad people are waking up to this now with social media. The more younger folk understand this, maybe better politicians will be voted in in the USA.
Talk about 'out of touch'. The Social Media comment here is so ignorant its cute.
Nice idea.
Don't hold your breath tho'
yeah I don't think American's who realize how fd up america is are going back to become a politician 😂
The problems are the politicians are corrupted, surprisingly they don't need to do what voters want
lmao yeah that will happen.
I’m in the U.K. and have diabetes. Because of that I don’t pay for any medical expenses including prescriptions. I had an appointment last week in hospital during which I got a prescription. When I got home I suddenly thought should I have picked up my script in the hospital or could I go to my local chemist/pharmacy. I rang the hospital and yes I should have got it before I left, but because I wasn’t feeling too well, a lady from the hospital brought it to my house.
UK here. 2 years ago a had to have my left kidney removed. I was off work for 4 month and I have been payed my full wages. No financial stress just concentrate to get better
"At a party in England and drank too much water."
Yeah... Water... Right.
It can be dangerous taking E's with too much water.
My thoughts exactly
😆 he lost a lot of electrolytes such as potassium and calcium by drinking to much water 😆
@O. B. True, but usually it's not water people drink too much off at parties ...
maybe he lost a bet were he had to drink a shit load of water lol
I am beginning to think that these videos must be shared over and over again to educate people in the United States of the humane possibilities available around the world. I am an American woman originally from San Diego, California who has been living in Europe for over 30 years - over twenty of them in Sweden with my Swedish husband. Yeah we pay high taxes - 30% for my husband and myself as pensioners. BUT! Two years ago I spent TEN days in the hospital for a serious virus infection, which was treated by SPECIALISTS. I was required to pay the equivalent of $90.00 for my MEALS! NOT for tests, medications or constant contact with nurses and daily contact with doctors. Nor for my meetings with a physical therapist. Plus, in Sweden it is those nurses (NOT every nurse!) who have received extra education who decide which medications a patient needs and when! I was in extreme pain and needed morphine, I got it from the on duty head nurse. I couldn’t sleep because of pain, I got sleeping pills. You can imagine how the stress of my illness was reduced! (Understand, it was doctors who proscribed which medications I required to combat my virus!) The Swedish hospitals serve meals in a dining room. Any patient not completely bedridden or infectious, ate their meals in the dining room with the company of other patients. This encourages a huge reduction of isolation and also a huge reduction of resources, thus saving money. We had a menu for every day where we chose what we wished to eat for lunch and dinner. Breakfasts were a standard buffet. Oh, also we had afternoon and late evening snacks (cookies, cakes, fruit, sandwiches, juice) and the food was great. I GAINED weight in those ten days! Partly because meals were the height of entertainment at this hospital. Absolutely NO internet, no television in the patient rooms and no radio. In addition to the tables for meals, the dining room also included two couches, two comfortable chairs and a television set. With absolute Swedish cultural perspective, it was expected that those wishing to watch television would decide on a program by consensus. In other words, after discussing which programs those interested in TV wished to view, a decision was made according to the wishes of the majority in worst case, but more usually in the mutual agreement of everyone interested. Then there is the luxury and comfort of the hospital clothing which is made of such soft cotton that I was horribly tempted to steal it! It consists of unisex underwear, a tank top, pajama bottoms and a knee length “coat” which buttons top to bottom in the front and, of course, socks. Yeah, they even consider dignity and comfort! Two months ago I fell and shattered my left elbow. I’ve been operated on twice since then, each time spending ONE day at the hospital. These two operations and meetings with anesthesiologists and surgeons have cost me the equivalent of $35.00! There ARE DOWNSIDES to the system! During my tens days in the hospital I shared a room with one other woman and two MEN.
I totally agree...I think. I couldn't read the whole text, because this wall of text is hurting my eyes.
Yeah definitely not cheap like that in Ireland, i mean if u have health insurance which would cost about 150 a month then u are pretty much covered for everything, u would pay a very small amount too which is great but if u didnt which a lot people cant afford as rent, food etc are not cheap here.. if u dont have insurance u can go to hospital for free but could be on a waiting list for up to 3 or more years for hospital operations and stay or obviously pay a couple of thousand in private health care. I mean Europe is so much cheaper then the U.S but U.K, Sweden, Spain are exceptions, we are not all that lucky...i had surgery to remove something that came back, i recently lost my job and let my Insurance lapse so i have been on a waiting list for 2 years to get this thing removed again which i am constantly in pain for. I can't afford to remove privately because i also had to have dental surgery a few months ago that cost me 3,000 euro, my savings basically. I mean we are still incredibly cheaper then the U.S but this video paints a picture that the whole if Europe is free pretty much which is not necessarily true.
What was wrong with the men? Were they snoring or something?
Jerri...I'm a little bit puzzled when you write about paying 30% in taxes as pensioners. Maybe 'pensioner' has a different meaning in Sweden, but here in the UK, once you reach pensionable age (say around 66), all further treatment is free (aside for dentistry - although there may be mitigating circumstances - and eyeglasses, but not the prescription for them) as it is deemed you have paid National Insurance throughout your working life. Robert, 73, UK.
@@garydodd2837 ...I assume you are writing from the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland, as you are referring to euros and health insurance. NI carries out a system of care similar to the NHS. Perhaps you could have made that distinction.
No-one should ever take the view that healthcare in the UK and Europe is free at source. It is largely based on taxation through earnings. I wasn't aware the ROI requires health insurance. Robert, UK.
Six months Full pay followed by six months half pay (sick).I also had 7 weeks paid holiday and 11 public holidays per year.Free Universal Health care as well.U.K is a great place to live plus the cops don't try to kill you.
It's also cause UK cops have to either study a 3 year apprenticeship, hold a degree in any subject or do the 3 year Bsc professional policing program AND they don't carry guns in general. So that's why they don't try to kill you
All that and I still phone the boss and tell him I'm just not feeling it today so I'm just going to take the day 🤷♂️😂😂
See ppl make fun of Americans for not traveling abroad as much; the avg American probably gets 10 days paid holiday; including sick days
@@AllIAm1 I have a practical question, maybe it's different in the US so it's a non question. In the UK the kids get a 6 week summer holiday and we tend to especially when the kids are younger 1 parent takes a couple of weeks then the other too watch the kid's. Do you guys have something similar? Do you just use childcare? Isn't that very expensive?
Nurse says “don’t get out of bed, they’re bringing up your food and beer” is like the most German thing you’ll ever hear 😂😂
This whole video had me in tears. Everything from guns to healthcare to you not feeling comfortable walking down the street without your dog. How does the wealthiest country on the planet treat its people this way. It’s truly heartbreaking.
12€ is actually 13.55$. And yes when you buy meds, go to the hospital or a doctor and even surgeries its all covered by the social security and your insurance. So even if you pay you get a refund. Some meds are free and some of them are "partially"? (Sorry im french) covered. Oh and we also get paid even on sick days
@@tiffanykim2773 yup! Feel free to ask questions😊
Same in Italy. Free health care, unlimited amount of sick days and yes, sick days are paid....
@@tiffanykim2773 Same in Austria...and the rest of the developed world.
It's pretty much the same even in Russia. The US is basically worse than some third world countries in this regard.
Same in the UK.
There are charges for prescriptions but these don't apply for chronic conditions (diabetes, chronic heart conditions etc.) and they are free. Obviously we pay taxes, but that is the measure of a civilised society.
I had to have surgery some years back that was quite complex. My employers gave me 6 months off at full pay and 6 months at 75%. I remember feeling slightly miffed that I was not entitled to 12 months full pay. I`m in the UK but have lived and worked in Fla and Ga. The amount of people that I met with two or even three jobs shocked me at first but eventually I realised that it was perfectly normal in the USA.
"Two or even three jobs" - Did you know, over the age of 50 if you end up unemployed in Australia, it's extremely difficult to find even ONE JOB? (unless you are very skilled in a particular field). I can't even imagine having the energy to do three jobs, on top of managing a family. No wonder they get so unwell...I have a friend in Florida, she's extremely unwell, and works (albeit part time) and can get a job anytime, pretty much anywhere, if she can get there and stay upright with her bad knee, and poor health. She's 56 years old. If she were well, she'd probably have two jobs, which blows my mind. But the simple fact is, she NEEDS two jobs just to stay afloat.
I’m in the uk. I’ve broken my leg in the past, I’ve had 4 pulmonary embolism’s and I’m diabetic. Before I was diabetic I only ever had to pay for prescriptions (approx £8 at the time) and since I became diabetic, I’ve never had to pay for any prescription. Because it’s a life long illness, rather than a one off illness, I no longer have to pay for my meds.
I’ve lived in Scandinavia for the last 50 years and have spent a total of seven weeks in hospital in that time, once for a month. Total cost: Zero, zilch, nada.
Once I had an appointment just to get checked out - an MRI and CT scan on the same day. Cost: $35.
You guys are awesome real American who acknowledge the problems there and realizing their country needs to become better unlike many Americans I've spoken to who are very ignorant about these issues and even don't admit these things when they know it because it doesn't affect them or their community.
back in the day my first visit to USA. The one thing on TV news is how insular the news was. At that time the "international news" section didnt cover the UK election, What was happening in Europe, Fires in Australia, what was happening in Asia.. International news was about a strike in a neighboring state.
My internet friends who live in America didn't know half of what was going on outside their own region, in their own state. They are better educated now lol. However, I do tell them that it is quite expensive to live in Australia, on a day to day basis, and on today's news I noted that the average cost of a house here is now $1,000,000. One of my friends over there having to pay $120 for a single course in antibiotics shocked me. My vet bill for my cat shocked them. (Over $500). Oh yeah, my average modest grocery bill sends them into a shocked silence as food is way cheaper there, by a huge percentage. The amount of food they can buy for $20 shocks me.
@@Kayenne54 remember food safety laws are also worse in the US. So it might be cheap... but do you want to eat it ?
@@Kayenne54 living in Sydney and Melbourne def expensive in relative terms, but other states are still pretty reasonable
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If you are sick and can't work, you still get paid, at least in most countries. In Germany you get full pay for 6 weeks, then 70-90%. (But this requires that you have been employed by the employer for at least one month.)
despite what americans think about drinking, beer is VWERY good for you after an operation it provides fast carbs, that are very quickly and easily absorbed and protein, which helps you heal. they the used to give you guiness after childbirth iin the uk
When I lived in Bavaria (one of the southern German states) my friends and colleagues informed that there, beer is legally considered a foodstuff. And my word, the beer is good there.
Many years ago, New Zealand tried to introduce a very limited user-pays system for hosipital care. Fifty dollars per night for a bed, for a maximum of $500 per year.
I remember going through the hospital and seeing an off duty doctor standing beside the nurse who was handing people their bill asking them not to pay. The system collapsed almost immediately due to no one paying.
Lmao they really tried it
My son had extra red cheeks didn't feel well, I took him to the E.R, they sat him in a chair in the office area spoke to him, took his temp, listen to his heart. They said it's viral, drink water and take tylenol, gave me a paper listing said things. Received a bill for almost 5, 000.00 dollars, my insurance didn't cover it all. SAD
Healthcare is breaking people here.😞
I feel so sorry for Americans being scared to access medical care in fear of having enough to pay for it 😳 😢
waiting to get care actually makes things worse in a lot of cases and thus costs more money
It’s the one thing I hate about the USA…that we don’t have universal healthcare.
Americans are brainwashed by TV. Thanks Rupert Murdoch.
I never talk about my views because no one else agrees. We believe our politicians who have fabulous healthcare for themselves and the insurance companies are lobbyists. They hang on tightly to power.
I got diagnosed with asthma in Australia 20 years ago and have never seen a doctor in the USA for it. The kind Aussie doctor said to see my doctor in the USA and I laughed and said I can pay rent or go to a doctor but not both.
Also, American doctors are arrogant, rushed, robots who have to follow whatever the insurance company says to do. Plus a patient rarely sees a real doctor. It’s a nurse or other medical person.
@@i.m.7710 Honestly, I count 3 issues in your comment already: "It’s the one thing I hate about the USA…that we don’t have universal healthcare."
"Thanks Rupert Murdoch."
"We believe our politicians who have fabulous healthcare for themselves and the insurance companies are lobbyists. They hang on tightly to power." And I think the last one, US ending up with basically bribing legal is the cause of a very large number, if not all, systemic problems in the country. You might want to look into the The Lewis Powell Memo from 1971 and Supreme Court cases, I believe this is the modern origin of those legal bribes.
Not so much the fear of having to pay for it, as having to pay so much for it they face bankruptcy and ruin. Way to go, land of the free. Not so for decades now, I think.
@@i.m.7710 Sorry, but Americans are brainwashed not by TV but by the lack of a quality education which denies them the ability to challenge the status quo and to identify bullshit when it is being heaped on their heads. As you rightly suggest, the health providers have recruited an army of lobbyists.
Btw, we DO pay for ambulances, hospitals, sick leave rights, etc. It's just part of the taxes. Because everyone has to pay it, it never becomes a stupidly high amount, and when/if you need it, it's already taken care of. The last thing you want when you're sick/injured is to be thinking how you'll be able to pay for it. I never had to call an ambulance here in Belgium, but I gladly pay my taxes for it to be available for others and myself if needed.
No one would look at you strange in England just for walking. That blows my mind, it's so sad.
It's totally normal to have rich homes mixed with council housing all together. So we all mix together and it's great.
I live in Romania, Europe. Last year I sprained my ankle at home. I went to a private clinic, had an X-ray and in a course of half an hour I had the results and been examined by a orthopedist, all free of charge for me, paid by the national health insurrance. He sent me to phisical therapy where I paid about 20 dollars for 10 sessions - the rest of the cost paid by the state (I have no idea how much was the total cost)
The trespassing one is the one that really blows my mind for Americans. I'm Canadian. I don't think a lot of people would be crazy happy about you walking through their fields. But assuming you weren't destroying crops, I doubt anyone would do anything. At most maybe ask you why you're there and not to walk that way in the future. There is pretty much no chance you're getting shot. Not at all the case in most places in America.
Im from the UK and watching these types of videos makes me really appreciate what we have here in England. I really do feel sorry for you guy’s. I hope it becomes a better place one day for u all 🇬🇧
After Brexit the quality of the NHS will shrink and maybe vanish completely. UK gets a trade deal with US, US gets NHS.
It means alot
We can’t even agree to wear a mask to protect fellow Americans at this stage socialized health care is a dream.
It's what happens when we don't prioritize education and allow powerful people to get into the classrooms and eliminate science and facts and replace them with muddles anti-intellectualism.
For profit healthcare... Gotta love it. Somethings should not be "for profit".
Living in Canada and watching the US from here, it amazes and saddens me --we are so close, but really worlds apart. You know, solving gun violence and healthcare are not that complicated... if you really want them solved. If you look at your neighbours and allies for help.
The whole Americans shocked by universal healthcare abroad is one thing; but what confuses me in these vids is: how is it Americans moving to Europe or Canada are surprised when they go to the hospital or visit a doctor? Who doesn't do research on a country before they pick up and move there??
Here in the Netherlands we have payed unlimited sick leave, payed vacation days, payed parental leave. Ambulance €0, giving birth €0, surgery €0 etc; all included in the health insurance that costs me about €150 a month (all costs included).
Watching these is always sad and funny. The levels of fucked up America is essentially at this point is almost impossible to undo since most of it has to do with what the country was built off of and the mindset of the majority. We have it better than most of the world true, but we are fucked in so many ways that all the good sometimes doesn't even matter.
the change is possible because of people like you and this lovely couple, because you can actually realise the flaws without feeling attacked, you still can have your American dream with people like you :) and honestly we, European, we're telling you this just for you to get better and for your people to be happier
I'm not sure Americans have it better than the rest of the world in any regard. But I'm open to reading you. What do you think peole from the US have better than the rest of the world?
Better than most of the world?In what way?🤔
better than most of the world he says, lmfao
@@internaut4257 there are less first world countries than 2nd and 3rd world countries so yes i stand by this statement.
I almost passed out when I heard that you have to pay for an ambulance👀. I’m South African and hear the ambulance is absolutely free and so is healthcare
Fellow South African here. So true. Might have problems but atleast we are taken care of in some sort of way
Ek ook :)
@@CrazyHLady At this exact moment ek is dankbaar I'm South African🤣
@@enkosikhohliso3950 Ek ook
In Scotland we don't pay anything for prescriptions either.
i could see your faces at times thinkin "should we move?" xD
I felt incredibly sad at the end when you talked about how uncomfortable you feel just walking outside. That's just... sad to hear. Sometimes I wonder if people are in constant state of fear walking out side there. It's just not a thing I have to worry about in my country. I can walk outside at the middle of the night after going out with friends or taking my dog out and not have to worry. Of course I have to be cautious/ have common sense in some situations but it's just not a thing I think about too much
I did travel, but my eye-opening for changing the healthcare system didn't come from that. I got pretty sick as a kid. Started Thursday, went to the ER Saturday morning. Afterwards, the doctors said I was within 2-3 hours of dying. Got my appendix out, and my parents ended up with a couple thousand dollars they owed the hospital. I was 11. Fast forward to when I joined the marines. I had all the healthcare for anything I needed. But I had been conditioned not to go to the hospital. In boot camp, I didn't go to medical until my fever had already reached 106 degrees Fahrenheit. In A school, I didn't go until the infection in my foot was bad enough I couldn't walk. In the fleet, I got a bad cut. Again, it was three days later when I realized it wasn't closing that I went and got stitches. Now have a bad scar because of it. There were a handful more. I did eventually get over the knee-jerk reaction to try and not treat everything myself...but that's still a handful of times I almost died and a couple permanent marks I now have because just going to a medical professional when something was wrong wasn't my first, but last, reaction.
It absolutely amazes me, I've seen so many reactions to this and similar videos. All the reactors are surprised the ROW treat their people RIGHT. All it takes my friends is to vote for the party that offers to: A, Pass new gun laws and B, Offers free health care to all. But what I hear is, "Well we don't want socialism", Americans think socialism and communism are the same thing, well my American pals, they aint!
The problem for much of the politically entrenched American public is that the various issues - health care and education affordability, gun control, etc -are black or white with no shades of grey in between. Sad indictment of an education system which doesn't challenge students to think for themselves and ask serious questions, starting with WHY ?
Truth! Its progaganda and fear that keep people ignorant, i dont blame the people, i blame the people in charge.
@@garydodd2837 But the people are becoming vaguely aware that the health care situation can't really be right. The problem is that they won't have the opportunity to vote in politicians who promise to change the dynamic - never mind actually achieve it - because the Washington political machine and the vastly wealthy vested interests will combine to deny American citizens the same 'free at the point of access' healthcare enjoyed by most of the rest if the world. Paid for through taxable income, of course. Land of the free? Not if you become I'll !
@@ourfarmhouseinspain I feel for you, you do not have it easy, as someone said in a comment the problem exists with your constitution and laws written so long ago or just a society letting people in power get away with their actions for so long. Its great that the general public are finally realising how different their country is run compared to many others and how unfair you have it for so many. I hope this will bring change for your Country, it can only get better right?
@@garydodd2837 Gary, thank you for your kind reply, but I am English and a regular visitor to the USA. The people are aware that something is seriously amiss with major social systems within their country - health, education, etc - and that a different approach is desperately needed. They just have no idea what that approach should be, or how to even begin to achieve it. From the ROW perspective, a very sad and unnecessary situation.
I was at Orlando once and a girl asked me where i was from.. i said im from Brazil and she said "but you're white" like it was a crime 😂 i mean..how tf am I supposed to look like?? Lmao
Another one asked me how it was to live in Asia..at that moment i could smell my brain melting 😂😂😂
The worst that can happen in Europe if you trespass is someone yelling at you, and you would consider that person crazy and rude.
I had a surgery once, stayed in the hospital for a week. When I left, I paid like 6 dollars for the room and food for whole week.
I think the problem is when people assume that a country is perfect and that's nothing to improve. I live in Brazil and here we a have a complete free health care system, because here we understand health as a right, not as something to be purchased, but in the town I live there is a lot of violence, so I understand that the place I live have positive and negative points and I have to do my best to help improving it and fight for equality and rights for all.
I live in Italy and about every 2 or 3 years I go home to visit. However, the last time I went home, I noticed people wearing guns strapped to them like they were back in the old west. There is nothing like that here and crimes with firearms are really low. In fact most of those that do involve firearms are members of the police forces that go whacko. To buy a firearm here you have to jump through all sorts of red tape which includes a psych eval and this eval has to be updated periodically.
@Melissa Faye See this is how America messed you up. Interesting how much faith you have in people adhering to the law and permits on one hand, and terrified of your own government on the other. When someone goes crazy, they won't care about upholding the law, all that matters if they have an automatic gun to kill or something less lethal. When you can find a gun in most household, guess what will happen very often... they'll use a gun. And only in America and a few other countries do most household have guns. For most of the world that is not true.
Guns saving lives doesn't matter either, a thunder can save a life once in a blue moon if it strikes at the right place at the right time, but how efficient a gun is at saving lives vs taking lives, I hope you can at least tell which one is more likely, for something that was invented to kill. And it is much more likely that a good guy with a gun will accidentally kill an innocent bystander, or get killed by the cops accidentally, or just fail to do anything, than actually help the situation.
Also, would you use a pistol for hunting? Or an automatic- rifle? Because I would think a bolt action rifle would be enough to hunt, at least that is the case for most of the world.
But most of all this whole "people in power having guns". The government has tanks and drones too in America, good luck with your guns against them. And why would your government attack you, especially when they are already getting you right now? You may pay much lower taxes in America, but you go in debt or broke if you go to a hospital, or higher education, or legal troubles, and the police is not protecting you, because they can't protect you against all these guns, and you live in constant fear, so obviously they don't work. And you also work yourself to death compered to other countries. So what do you get for your tax dollars?
To which you might say, "Exactly, why do I have to pay all this money, when the government is out to get me!", well it isn't supposed to, the government is supposed to protect you physically and mentally, and help you treated fairly, and make you prosper. And you might even say that you need the gun to protect you from the police, since they have a long history of killing people. But picture this situation: You go in a room with a gun, with a bunch of people with swimsuits on and no guns, OR you go into a room with everyone wearing trench coats with the occasional guns poking out. Obviously you feel safer when noone has guns, and you might feel a bit trigger happy when anyone could shoot you at any time. And the police feels the same way. And if you don't get what I say with this, this is why you should go travel to other countries, to experience losing your fear.
Now, I'm not saying that the guns should be taken from every American. Every country is different, and something that would work in another country, probably won't work in America with its complicated history with guns. A solution could be stricter gun laws, or maybe advocating for healthy gun culture (think both could solve it). But a solution can be only found if you acknowledge the problem. If I get anything out this comment, is that I hope you and others who think like you and read this maybe, and will get at least a faint thought that there might be a problem, that you become more open minded, and maybe even look up gun problems in America.
And please don't make this a political issue, of dems. vs republicans, and don't dismiss fake news media and such, because you should hear arguments from all sides, and care more about the content of the argument, rather then who said it.
Even if you are heavily subscribed to a certain party, you should think about what could be done better by your party, or how it could change for the better.
@@tamasdukan1495 Amen brother, tell me more.
@Melissa Faye please live in another country. I beg you. The American mindset has enslaved you,and it’s sick.
Yes there really is it having them gets people killed
@Melissa Faye lol
Welcome to the European way of life. I can only speak for the UK but it is the obvious - no guns, policemen do not carry guns, free health care, an open multi-cultural society. The only time I have ever been threatened by a gun was... you guessed. A bar in Key West.
Yeah in Ireland we definitely dont have free health care or free education but the rest is the same..
@@garydodd2837 The EU working for you then.
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Similar story but for me it was a bar in Greenville SC.
@@TheCornishCockney That's nothing to do with the EU. It's Ireland's own choice. Health and education are sovereign matters in all EU member states. Remember that the UK introduced university tuition fees and student loans while it was in the EU.
@@TheCornishCockney I guess you don't understand how the EU works. But for your information: The EU is indeed working for Ireland, because it helped Ireland to be less depended on and less in the mercy of the UK.
My brother had a stroke while visiting me in South Africa, which does not have universal health care. I ended up paying thousands of Rands to the private clinic where he was well taken care of. He went back to Portugal and 3 months down the line he had a seizure. My sister phoned fir an ambulance which took him to hospital, where he stayed for 2 days gor observation and did a series of tests, including an MRI and x-rays. When he left he was asked to pay 8 euros forr the MRI. Everything else was completely free.
I am in Canada, and I had a serious issue, ended up in ER with CT scan, then surgery. I was in ICU for a week and 5 weeks in a hospital, and then 3 casts, and physical therapy for 8 months.....I paid ZERO.
you should look at the video of british people guessing what things cost in the UK. We love the NHS and we have no idea why you do not have universal healthcare
It is because they are institutionally conditioned to be terrified of the phrase 'socialised healthcare', and are taught that it means communism and very poor treatment.
The USA is a wonderful country been several times.
The average American is warm and generous but as with any country not perfect it has huge wealth but that is gained on the backs of its hard working citizens .
Big business,pharma and the government have a poor moral compass .
Ps happy Christmas guys
Lee & Christine
One day whilst living in UK, I realised I run out my high blood pressure medicine, so I went to the pharmacy (at the supermarket). The pharmacy department was already closed as it was about 10 p.m. So I called 112 (emergency number) and asked them what should I do. They asked me where I was. I told them I was at such and such supermarket. I was asked to wait there for about 10 minutes. Within the 10 minutes the ambulance arrived and brought me my prescription medicine! I only had to pay twice the price for the tablets (£14)! And that was all I paid for the service!?! (Btw. Normal charge for the prescription medicine in the UK at that time was a fixed price for any medicine: £7. Even if private price was £1000, you'd pay only £7 if it was a doctor prescribed medicine!).
I got an MRI in Norway when I first moved here got it done in a different building but same day got my results next day. I had my Norweigan healthcare card so I didnt have to pay but if I had to pay my cost would have been $75.00 My mind was beyond blown. Never moving back to the US.