As a Portuguese citizen, watching these videos makes me extremely sad. It's almost like "the best country in the world" doesn't have some basic human rights.
Glad I've found a Portuguese person here. I was told that Portugal decriminalised all drugs and it's been a hugely positive thing, removing loads of the problems associated with drugs. Is that true? Hi from the UK :o)
@@tristandunn4628 Since 2001, only the aquisition, possession and consumption of drugs is not penalized. Drug trafic is still, OFC, illegal. So if you're the buyer, you're good! If you sell it, STRAIGHT TO JAIL! Lol but now for real, I can't remember a time when Portugal ever had a problem with drugs, If anything people tend to abuse alcohol or tobacco which are both legal at the age of 18, and even those aren't worse than any other country in the EU. IDK if it was a positive thing but it wasn't harmful in any way from what I can see. Drug addicts do have quite a bit of support to get clean through many institutions, so I guess that is a very positive thing.
We Europeans treat car insurance different indeed. The insurance itself definitely is cheaper over here, but getting a driver's licence is more expensive, harder and way more time-consuming. My daughter discussed with an American friend that she didn't have the money to get her driver's licence, and her friend responded: "Yeah, $300 is quite a bit." Well, here in the Netherlands, you need to add a zero if you want a more accurate estimate. Our kids are only allowed to get behind the wheel of a killing machine if they really have proven their ability to operate it. Our car insurance is cheaper because the insurance companies don't need to pay for that many accidents.
True. I knew an Australian fellow who's wife had family in Germany. One of her cousins worked out it was cheaper to fly to Australia and, whilst having a month long holiday, pass the local driving test and obtain a licence than to simply obtain a German drivers licence. Upon his return to Germany he could exchange it without further testing.
Infrastructure in the Netherlands is also safer in general. Our roads are designed to discourage speeding and to keep people focussed. Trees are a natural barrier, but if you're driving close to them, you also don't want to drive to fast, as you wouldn't want to crash into them. Those annoying bents in the road that seem to make no sense? They'll make sure you have to pay attention. We often separate cars from cyclists and pedestrians, but if an accident happens on a shared road, the car driver is more likely to be considered at fault. Roundabouts help keep traffic moving. Our traffic lights are "smart." They have sensors that can tell if a vehicle or pedestrian is waiting, decreasing wait time, while at the same time making sure to let through anything that doesn't cross paths with each other (thought there are still some traffic lights that would let you through while you can't turn yet, but those are still pretty easy to navigate) And city centres discourage car driving, so people are more likely to walk, cycle, or use public transport, which are all convenient ways of getting around here, as cars don't dominate the streets.
What ppl don't understand is that free educations isn't about socalism, neither is free healthcare. Keeping your citizens highly educated and health is just a massive competitive advantage!! It pays for itself!!
I think americans just need to let go of this weird idea they have of socialism. The stuff you guys get taught, whether left or right, you seem to be encouraged to the extreme, the vitriolic, and sometimes downright propaganda. I'm never going claim socialism doesn't have issues, but it's also got loads of great things. The fact that more americans are bothered about gun rights than healthcare absolutely blows the minds of the entire world. The only people who don't think that's crazy are usually thick and uneducated themselves.
@@venenareligioest410 the worst thing the US government did for its people was demonizing anything socialist. It is holding the country back big time now.
Health care in the US is mind blowing for me as an Australian. I've had a brain tumour removed. That's an ambulance ride to a major hospital, 3.5 weeks in hospital, CT & MRI scans, brain surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, all follow up treatment for the grand total of $0.
@@tanjak72 this all happened in 2007 & I was told buy one neuro surgeon that I would be lucky to be alive in 5 years. I am still walking & talking almost 15 years later. I still have some long term problems because of it but life is good & it definitely better than the alternative 🤠
I had the same experience! But in Sweden. I was on vacation on the west coast (I live on the east coast) so first I got to ride an ambulance to their hospital, then ambulance plane to my city where I was picked up by a helicopter on the airport. Shame they'd drugged me up to stop the siezures so I barely remember all this globetrotting I got for free haha
@@TomJones-be5ny I'll take our "communist" health care system any day. I got an invitation to move to the US to be with my ex-boyfriend (who refused my invitation to move here because "freedom"), no thanks, I'm better off here. Good health to you from a fellow Aussie.
As a European person, I am totally amazed that the U.S. public isn’t rising up against the three plagues of health care, education and indiscriminate weapon ownership. State and federal government is obviously not going to fix this unless US citizens start demanding change vocally and in droves.
Now they legalize weed, and have also other big drugs problems- in combination with the 3 things you mention, living there must be hell. Drugged people with guns...
to quote Dave Chappelle: In an election year it is very important that every afro american must register... for a legal firearm..... that's the only way they are gonna change the law...
Didn't Obama introduce the Affordable Care Act? Modelled on the Australian Medicare model. Trump did his best to get rid of it, but isn't it still there?
This happened to a friend of mine from Wisconsin. He and his then-girlfriend came to England on a visit. Whilst sightseeing in London the girlfriend twisted her ankle pretty badly on a kerb. She could barely walk but they didn't want to go to the ER. But a passerby had called an ambulance so they went in the ambulance to St Thomas hospital. She was triaged, had X-rays and they put on a splint and gave her crutches and pain meds and advice on rehabilitation and physiotherapy. My friend after it was all done, five or six hours later, asked where he went to deal with the money side of things, someone says oh there's a window over there that deals with that stuff. He goes to the window with his credit card thinking to himself oh well this holiday is cut short I guess. When he asks how to pay the lady behind the window looks at him confused and says 'oh no honey, you misunderstood. This is where we reimburse you for any parking charges you may have incurred.' That was when he realised that it was all free.
@cgkennedy 300? Not bad. In Italy my friend (brazilian) had a car accident when she was 6 month pregnant. She was taken with an ambulance to one of the best hospitals in Milan. She had every type of exams and instrumental tests, and was recovered in intensive care room in the obstetrician floor. Her husband googled the doctors and was impressed, her doctors were world wide famous and professors of medicine with many studies and books written by them. They kept my friend in the hospital for 2 months, because she was not OK. And at the end of 8th month decided to do a cesarean. The baby was ok but underweight and she had some issues so they stayed in the hospital for other 3 weeks after the child was born. After that, the baby was ok, the mother was ok and everything was perfectly done. She will never thank enough her doctors and nurses for the care she received and she missed even the hospital meals! 😂 Guess how much the payed for everything? Zero euros. Zero!
I'm begining to realize that when US citizens say they love their country, they actually mean they love the idealized picture they've been fed since the craddle, not the reality of it, especialy the poorest ones, which are less likely to be able to ever experience life elsewhere. Blind patriotism is like religion: you're a certain faith because you grew up in it, being told it's the absolute truth and never bothering to compare or question the truth of it. Real patriotism is aknowledging your country is not perfect and ways in which it can be improved... for everybody.
@@nagranoth_ Thing is the religion is patriotism and not Christianity, most people in the US that identify as Christian couldn't tell you the first thing about Christianity but for those who it serves have successfully managed to persuade millions of Americans to conflate Patriotism and Christianity as one in the same and managed to persuade people that blind patriotism is a good thing both ideologies are indoctrinated into millions of Americans from birth but if you can conflate them both into one then you only need your subject to accept one to accept both.
@@motelghost477 You do know the difference between generalizations and exceptions right? In general, most people follow or at least culturally profess the religion of their parents but there are exceptions, for example I was brought up a devout Christian, but I am now an atheist. Please though define "true faith" and explain how one goes about finding such. Based on observation of how Christians apply faith it is nothing more than a synonym for gullibility faith as applied by Christians is believing something without good evidence,but I have no idea what true faith is, is that just basically a synonym for you really believe something without good evidence.
As a French citizen, my first reactions were laughter but the more I heard those testimonies laughter turned into genuine sadness, like "damn that sucks"
The really annoying thing about living in the UK at the moment is that people have become too complacent about the NHS, and slowly but surely it is being underfunded and secretly privatised. We need to fight more to keep the NHS free as I don't think we realise just how lucky we are.
every time we go to a doctor or hospital, they should send an itemised 'bill' with a 'paid in full' / zero balance on it. Maybe then people would realise the benefit
Trespassing in general is crazy to me, here in Scotland we have a law called right to roam which essentially means that someone walking can go anywhere they please, regardless of whether it's privately or publicly owned land. As long as you respect the country code you're good. The only places right to roam doesn't exist is in gardens infront of houses.
I'm european an honestly I don't think is crazy at all. Private property is private property, and i have a right to say who can and cannot step into what is mine. I gues that if I lived in Scotland, I would have to lift a big a*s wall around my entire estate to keep bums out.
@@SomeGuy699 There's a difference between "hey this is my garden don't come here, there's a fence" and "you can't walk on the path between fields because it's private property"
@@SomeGuy699 Police Scotland can't even ban the public from walking through the grounds of their headquarters and college. Couldn't do it even when it was the emergency alternative to Gleneagles at the G8.
I was born in Texas but moved to the UK at 21. I never wanted to go back after only a few months. It's so much calmer, There are no nut jobs running around with guns scaring or shooting people. I have been here for over 30 years now and the only time I have seen guns is when I had to go to the US embassy to renew my passport. The NHS is amazing. The coolest thing of all. Nobody cares what I do it don't do, I am free to be me. The town I live in has 1 homeless man. but they have tried and tried to help him he just doesn't want to live in a bounding. They check on him daily and make sure he's ok.
From Singapore here. I'm a woman and I used to work late nights during my early career. Would come home at like 3-4am all alone. Even when I came across random men on the way back home, I didn't experience any fear because crimes are very low. One of the main reasons why I feel scared to visit US. I think this also led me to have pretty positive views on men as well instead of fearing them.
Maybe you should stop watching all the bs news about America. All they do is try to portray us as evil people that just rape and kill each other all day long. It's total bullshit. Yes certain cities have much higher rates than others but 99% of the US is safe to travel. But hey I don't really think you will stop thinking that way since news is so good at brainwashing people.
Dude, seriously. Indian girl here. I go for runs on road at 4 am. A lot of guys go too (people preparing to try to enter the Indian Army). I feel so safe here. I never want to leave my country. God, I don't even want to know how dangerous other countries are. They always keep telling my country isn't safe, but their rape rates per 100,000 is so high, it scares me to even think of considering going to countries outside Asia. With the way they portray us, you'd think there are no women in India.
I'm Polish, I live in Cracow. In front of almost every zebra crossing we have little bumps for blind people to know they are close to the road. Once I walking through the crossing with a suitcase and because of the bumps I made a noise similar to shoots. There was a group from I believe US nearby and all of them crouched at the same time. I didn't even know that it can cause fear...
As a Belgian, I had a stroke 7 years ago, completely lost all movement in my left arm and leg for about 3 years, been hospitalized for a year and a half, went to a recovery clinic for 8 months, and gradually got most of my movement back, learned a new skill and got a new job in the process. Since then i'm registered as someone who's in danger of suffering from a stroke again and the consequence of that is, that every doctor visit i have from now on will cost me 1€, for life.
@@666Nicolai666 thats defeat the point of having insurance in the first place. I thought u guys loves to protest, why is health < lgbt/feminist bullshit?
An issue like that in the US will most likely bankrupt you and leave you without income .. it is Darwinian there.. as long as you are healthy and have a job or better run your own business you are fine..
I'm Canadian but grew up in the UK, so I've always lived with universal health care. I can't imagine not getting health care because I couldn't afford it. The sad part about the US university education system is that the person who could find a cure for cancer or some other discovery will not get the chance because they can't afford university. You're educating the wealthiest not necessarily your brightest.
You reminded of one of my favourite quotes from Winston Churchill. Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other options.
I was station in Okinawa Japan late 90's and I met a Japanese girl there, on our first date we went out into the city and ended up watching a movie and by the time it ended it was pretty late, around 1100-1130PM so we decide to go for a walk and I noticed all this little kids walking around so I asked her why these kids were walking around without parents, she looks at me and laughed and replied why not, at this point it hit me that this people felt so safe and secure in their community they weren't worried about being out and about even late at night, I felt a little sad and embarressed, I grew up in California in my younger pre teens years and in Texas in my teen years up to graduation and in both this states we lived in pretty nice neighborhoods but once the sun went down we were in doors no ifs or buts about it. quick side note, I later found out Okinawa has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and so its considered one of the safest places to live.
Okinawa is far off the beaten track for Japan, an island far off the coast that was once part of an entirely separate kingdom called Ryukyu. It's probably that safe because it's far less populated that the big cities on the mainland. Don't go thinking you would be anywhere near as safe in Tokyo that late at night in the sketchier districts, especially for a woman.
@@mnomadvfx Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world as well. It doesn’t compare to the US or Argentina for example (that’s where I’m from). It’s bag snatching vs being raped and killed 😂
I (American) was working with some Canadians on a job site. They asked me if healthcare was really as expensive in the US as they had heard. I told them about having to go to the hospital for heat stroke. The treatment I received was 2 bags of intravenous saline solution and 1 abdominal x-ray. I couldn't find my insurance card when I went into the emergency room, so I got a bill for $3,000. When I sent a copy of my insurance card, the bill was reduced to $500. The Canadians were shocked that it cost so much. But one of them asked me "If you had a Health Card, why did you still have to pay $500? Didn't your country's health services cover something so basic?" It took all of us doing some googling to figure out the massive differences in healthcare, health insurance, and healthcare costs between Canada and the USA.
TL;DR American Insurance can be super helpful or an inconvenience or essentially useless. Depending on your plan and if you stay on top of it/know how to navigate it. Most unfortunately do not due to our education system being shitte and school not teaching basic things like how credit works or how insurance works in the states. I worked at a pharmacy for 5 years 4 as customer service and 1 as a pharmacy tech. I dealt mostly with the insurance side of things on behalf of the patient. What people don't realize is that the price (bill/total) for "out of pocket" (no insurance) and the price (bill/total) through insurance is huge. For example without insurance a bottle of pills may be $150 through insurance that same bottle is $1500 and you pay lets say $10 copay but now you have $1,490 that went towards your max benefit for the year which is usually a cap of lets say 10k. I worked in specialty meds. So these poor people realistically for their 1 month worth of meds through INSURANCE was $8-9k, without insurance it was $3-4k on average. Typically meds and doc visit was under that same 10k benefit. so just by ordering their meds they can now no longer afford their procedures. So now they had to make the decision of either paying out of pocket (no insurance) or go through insurance and essentially use up almost all of their benefits in 1 go. Not to mention these procedures they are supposed to do for more than just 1 month. These were mostly women trying to get pregnant, cancer patients trying to save their eggs before doing chemo/meds part of their treatment or other specialty procedures/conditions that needed to be done/worked for their special needs. Most of these meds were time sensitive/life saving medications. Sometime these poor patients had such high Deductibles lets say 5k and would also need to meet an out of pocket max lets say 3k with a max benefit of 10k. Which made their total so much higher than it would have been to just pay out of pocket all together. The reason for such a huge discrepancy is. All insurance carriers have contracts. That's right contracts with every manufacturer. That price is what they HAVE to pay. Same goes with hospitals and those bills. Because these manufacturers/hospitals feel that an insurance company can pay these crazy amounts they bill them at a higher inflated rate. Basically the price they decided to set out. Insurance companies try to negotiate lower prices but for the most part most pay almost the same. That's why some insurances don't cover certain brands of meds or only cover generic or why that doc you love so much isn't covered under your insurance. Now as for why a self paying patient pays less is because these same manufacturers know the average person can't just shell out 3k for that 1 med. So they "lower" it even though it probably only cost them $10 to make. They will still inflate it but not as much as they do with insurance companies and its not like the average person is going to call the manufacturer and try to renegotiate the price with the board of the company. (Many of the patients i've had tried to negotiate pricing with the manufacturers/insurance and they always called back defeated) Our pharmacy compounded some of the medications (Compound means we had a clean room and our specially trained pharmacists made certain medications in the building). With the compounded medications we were able to greatly reduce the price of certain meds for some patients as long as their doc wasn't stuck wanting name brand meds that were essentially exactly the same. Unfortunately again due to contracts they were only able to compound a very small amount of meds. Side Note: For the love of your sanity. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Call your insurance FIRST before any procedure and please get a CALL LOG# or REFERENCE # to that call saying that yes you are covered. Etc etc etc. Because if you do have that procedure and that operator told you its covered and you did not get that reference # and it turns out it is in fact not covered (can't tell you how many times they misinform patients or give incorrect info because the operator didn't do their due diligence and didn't read the fine print) With that reference # your insurance has to now HONOR that first call and cover your procedure/med/doc visit etc. for at least that one time.
As a Swedish person, there's no way in hell I'm ever setting foot on American soil... The risk for me doing that is just too damn high! 🙄 I still can't get over just how fucked up the American health care system really is... I mean, I'm not saying our system is perfect, no system is ever perfect but what it means is that no person goes without the health care they need, period! There might be waiting periods for specialist care if it's not an emergency, like you get cancer or whatever but everyone gets the care they need to live a healthy life! Seeing a doctor here in Sweden cost us about $25 per visit, and if you need to see a lot of doctors throughout a full calendar year, and you pay more than $250 the government picks up the the rest of the bill! The same goes for medicine, if your expenses goes over about $220 the rest is picked up by the government, which will say the tax payers. So, by paying my taxes I not only pay for my own health care, I make sure that my family, my neighbors and my fellow countrymen get the help they need when they need it! If that is socialist health care and 'evil' then call my an evil person... 🙄
USA överlag är något av ett skräckexempel på vad som händer när varje dålig idé som vi haft i väst (och kastat bort) görs till rådande lag och dagordning. Ingen slump direkt att nästan all galenskap vi sett i modern tid kommer därifrån.
Even here in Ireland it's scaled according to your income, but no one has to miss treatment because of cost. Nordic countries are always held up as the poster-child for socialism, but IMO they're every bit as capitalist as the US or even more so! They just have social programs in place that look after their citizens, like most of Europe. America is the only nation in the solar system with For-Profit health care. So ask yourself, who actually loses and who actually benefits from universal US HC?
As a swedish person, setting soil on american (or other foreign soil) is hopefully be done with travel insurance., that would cover any medical expenses.
I'm not an American, I'm British but I'm currently in the process of getting a K-1 visa to move to America. I've actually had the pleasure of the US healthcare system quite in depth because I had a heart attack while over there 3 years ago. It was really weird for me, as somone who is fairly accident prone and spent a fair bit of time in hospital in the UK, to see how your system works. I was seen, diagnosed, transferred to another hospital and in surgery for stents within 16 hours. I was pretty amazed by that, it was incredibly efficient and good care. I was equally amazed by the fact I was discharged from hospital less than a day later (my surgery was at like 4pm in the afternoon, I was discharged at 12pm the next day). I spent less than 48 hours in hospital after not only having a heart attack but having stent surgery and still having a wound on my leg artery that could have re-opened just by stretching wrong. The payment system was bonkers; I had a bill given to me really quickly, on the same day as the surgery. The cost for me, if I was paying it, would have been in the range of about 15-20,000 dollars. The bill my insurance had to pay was almost 100,000 (I think it worked out at 89,000 for the hospital plus some extras and follow up appointment). I had to have it explained to me that they bump up the price for insurance because insurance will refuse to pay more than a certain percentage of the cost. Which then propagates out to more insurance costs because the hospitals are raising their prices when they deal with insurance. The whole thing is bass-ackwards from a UK perspective; We pay our national insurance taxes. That pays for the healthcare system. Everyone pays between 11-14% of their wages on NI, those on lower income get NI exemptions or refunds. No one is left out, no one is left in debt. It's just insane compared to how we operate in the UK. Another crazy thing was that the doctor who treated me, who did an amazing job, also tried to prescribe me a drug that he had an active stake in. When I went to my doctors in the UK with the information he gave me, she looked at it and said she'd never even heard of that class of drugs and it wasn't on our approved list. It actually wasn't approved in the US yet either. I studied biochemistry, and I thought it was really suspect myself, but she actually said to me, "You sure he doesn't have shares in the company?". Needless to say, I didn't take that one. But the fact that this was okay to do... that just aint right. That's a conflict of interest if I've ever seen it, but apparently it's okay. It's just this weird mesh of really good treatment with terrible aftercare and insurance, with some hints of things that would be considered criminal here. It's so weird to me.
America is a business fuck you pay me. That is one of our ways of life just like guns and right to say what we want. Id you don't like it fine but dint tell us how to live
Right now my wife and I pay more for our health insurance than our mortgage... My wife had a procedure a few years ago called an ablation for a condition called Wolf-Parkinson-White. Not long afterwards I saw the detailed cost breakdown from my insurance company. The hospital billed $45000 for the procedure which was cut in half by the insurance company, as you said. The breakdown of the remaining costs, and ultimately the bill to us - about $900... And as Americans we see $900 out of $45000 we would be billed without insurance and think - wow, what a bargain... I have heard it said we have the best system money can buy.
@@s.anderson1581 Price aside. 16 hours for stent because of heart attack? Thats life saving surgery. We count the time from you call the emergency line to moment you are lay on table in minutes. over 90 percent of cases you get surgery in less than 45 minutes from moment you call. And we thry our best to make those figures better. because otherwise your heart can be severally damaged. That pretty terrible
@@lukasvrabec5783 I think the specifics of my situation didn't help with the speed of me getting into surgery. I had an NSTEMI, so they had to first check that I was actually having a heart attack, including a CT scan. I was also in the middle of nowhere; Although there is a hospital with an ER in the same town as where my fiancé is, the closest place for surgery was an hours drive away by ambulance. I started having the pains at about 11pm in the evening, I got thrown in the manbulance (that's when your partner says that if you don't go to hospital with her she'll knock you out and throw you in the car herself) at about 12am because for a while it felt like I'd pulled my shoulder. I was in surgery at about 4pm the next day, but honestly it was all a blur for me at that point so it could have only been 12 hours and I'm mis-remembering, or could have been the full 16. I was in there for quite a long time (I ended up having 3 stents because the entire right artery was very bad). I'm not a medical professional, but compared to other medical emergencies I've had it did feel like very good treatment speed. I didn't know that was the sort of time scale you should be expecting lol.
Wow that is like robbing and drugging you at the same time, brutal capitalism!!! We in Europe are lucky that communists' and socialist fought for a better system after the 2.Ww, and got it.
When I lived in the US, a friend invited me to his home in the country where we went riding our bikes. At night, I had to go back home and, when he explained me the way back in details, I told him not to worry, as I would simply ring some house to ask for directions and he jumped: "Don't do that! You would be shot..." 😲
I am a Brazilian but I was mostly raised in the US. Here is what I learned about US policies: 1) If it doesn’t make the government money, it doesn’t matter 2) If it doesn’t give the government more power, it doesn’t matter 3) If it doesn’t help put/keep someone in government, it doesn’t matter
As much as you learn about the rest of the world through watching these videos, I learn about America through your reactions. All I can say is rampant unchecked capitalism without basic social care is obviously something that the rest of us should avoid, and I can’t imagine it’s easy to go back once it’s gained control neither, because money is power.
Sad but true. The UK is a case in point. Every asset has been sold off to private enterprise & much of the infrastructure is now owned by other governments. Parliamentary Democracy, Workers Rights & Human Rights are now but fond memory for those that can remember. Brexit was the final nail in the proverbial coffin. UK RIP. S.O.S.
Unfortunately to most Americans your comment makes you a Communist. Very few if any understand the difference between Communism and Socialism. Therefore very little social care.
@@nobody6465 I think I'm not alone in that capitalism is not a bad thing in itself but unfettered capitalism ultimately turns the "great unwashed" into serfs.
I live in the UK. I have a beautiful cousin that lives in Washington state. When we do managed to have a conversation on messenger or when I visit. She is amazed at the differences between the UK and the USA, basic things like free healthcare, the reduced cost of insurance. Whether that is car, house or life insurance. The cost of food even, I love America I love how vast it is and it’s immense beauty. But I do scratch my head at times with some of the things my cousin says.
I visited the USA from Canada, and I could not believe how angry and paranoid everyone was. When I got home, I heaved a huge sigh of relief. You guys must have heart attacks and strokes from all that stress, your blood pressure must be through the roof.
I lived in the US for a long time and then moved to Canada 3 years ago. When I got here, I was confused why the cashier at the drug stores and supermarket are NOT always pissed off at me for no reason. I thought that's just the norm. I was brainwashed by the US.
@Hypothalapotamus whatever danger there could be or not being on the defensive 24/7 is gonna cost you heavily in the form of decaying mental health, and physical health too even
As a British person I always thought the USA was similar to here, but having been there twice it really isn't. The people are so different to us as well.
I live in Denmark, and I got to admit buddy. The woman who had major surgery was so recognisable. I just got out of the hospital on this very day, due to problems caused by my diabetes. Physically I was doing fine after 1 day there, but they kept me there from Wednesday to Monday, because they wanted to make sure that I was well taken care of.
I had a similar moment to the thailand guy's balloon pop. I taught in America for 5 five years before moving to Korea. Almost every day in America I had thoughts like, "what would I do if a shooter came in the exterior door by my classroom" "where's the best place to put the kids with the furniture like this" "how can I pop out these windows quickly if we need to get out" etc, etc. By contrast, I moved to Korea and started teaching in rural schools. Students walk to school, there's really no strict observation rules (kids cannot be unsupervised for a second in the US), etc because it's just very safe here. So a few months into the new job I'm alone in my classroom and I hear this super loud BANG through the school. And like that guy's story, I immediately dropped low in my chair and started panicking about what to do on the second floor of the building. It took me only 2 seconds to realize wait, it can't be a shooter or a bomb that doesn't happen here, it must be from the big construction machines I saw across the street this morning. But I had to sit there for a minute, reeling my adrenaline back in, and think how totally messed up it is that my conditioned response to a loud noise at school was "shooter". It also made me realize how much time I spent(wasted) thinking about and making action plans in my head for scenarios like that for the whole 5 years I taught in the US.
2:30 So I know a guy who slipped into a coma for 3 months, when he woke up and left the hospital he had a bill for just over a million dollars. He didn't put himself in the hospital, somebody else admitted him but he got stuck with a million dollar bill. That is absolutely crazy to me that that can happen. Now luckily for him an anonymous benefactor paid off his bill, but if they hadn't this poor man would have been stuck with just over a million dollars in debt for passing out and not waking up for 3 months and being put in the hospital against his will. You guys down there are something else. 👀
- It seems to me that the US *as a society* confuses "social" with "socialism" and "freedom" with "free from". - I actually used to be addicted to prescription opi's (I have a painful progressive illness) but when the negative effects they have on people became clear our health care system implemented very strict guidelines for prescribing them AND for weaning people off of them (two years in my case as an example) so as a society we never experienced the crisis but as an individual I absolutely get the desperation of those suddenly cut off. Also, because it's a publicly funded system, our doctors don't have the same financial interest in choosing certain types of medication over others that US doctors often do. (Oh, and here in Denmark the stop for sale of combustion cars is 2030.)
i see it more as them putting "socialism" with "communism" and seeing them as the same thing which since ww2 communism in america has always been pushed as the big bad.
I was also surprised by that when I heard my US favorite singer's saying "Communism, socialism call it what you want" (ain't that right, Marty Robbins). I said to myself "What??????!! Did he really.... Nooooo"
One thing I never understood watching US made media (movies, series, videos...) as a kid was why you'd have things like drive-in cinemas, fast food drive-throughs, and in general why people just drove everywhere. It was only when I discovered the youtube channel Not Just Bikes last year that I realized how poorly and car dependent most cities in the US and Canada are designed, and how what I define as walkable in my own city could be much better still
I'm on a lot of medication. I mean A LOT. And it's chronic. If I was born in America, it's terrifying to think i might not be here. The NHS really has saved my lif as well as many other people. I'm so glad I did work experience at the Primary Care Trust. Even as a kid I saw how under pressure they were. Also I have one of the best GPs in the country, he's even been on This Morning. I'll be devastated when he retires. He's been our family doctor all my life.
I have anxiety and my medication costs me about 3$ for 90 days (not UK/US, so depending on excange rate). AND I could get 90% off if I took my time to go the psychiatry to get my papers for another 3 years. (p.s.: Hungary)
Same, been on medication since childhood & not from a rich family. I'd be at best in far worse health and huge debt, and might well not be here at all.
I saw some comments from Americans about the new rules to wipe out some of the student debt and gave up after about 10 of them. Most of it boiled down to 'why shouldn't they get into debt when I had to go into debt' the selfishness is unbelievable. We're supposed to want things to be BETTER for our children and grandchildren. Not for things to stay bad forever out of jealousy. So sad. Especially when idiots think because THEY could afford to put themselves through college on wages from a job in the 1970s that people can do that now. They seem to have no idea how the cost of education, rent, food, and everything else has skyrocketed since they went to college. They're on another planet.
I believe they call that line of thinking "crab mentality". Apparently crabs do the same. If they're in a bucket, they'll pull other crabs back in so that they can't get out and they do this until they all die.
Why someone who earns $40.000 a year should be forced to pay money towards the education of a student who's family income is $100.000 a year plus is beyond me. Indeed even more so should that person have no children of their own.Myself i'm all for helping those students who deserve our help I.E those student's who are doing degrees in stem. Yes by all means freeze their student loan debt but certainly not for those students doing degrees in a plethora of subjects such as gender studies that benefit no one. Indeed the way things are going especially in Californian universities (the home of the stupid) it wont be long before their places of lower learning are giving away degrees in LGBTQ flower arranging lol
I'm not from the US and I never been to the US. But my sister and I did try to use an American recipe to bake a cake (forgot which). The amount of sugar stated in the recipe could have send both of our pancreas into shock right then and there.
I do that with the salt a lot as well and I’m from the US. My father was very conservative with salt and sugar and I was raised on natural foods. Our foods here can be such junk it’s so embarrassing what we feed our children.
it always surprises me that the americans have always gone on about how badly countries like china and russia used to treat there people in the old days, but america treats its people just as bad if not worse, amazing.
@@Ben-Rogue They have become even worse. In the Soviet era you had authoritarian socialism. An authoritarian goverment and not much democratic freedom. But you were guaranteed free healthcare, any education for free, a roof over your head, food on the table and a job. In the USA you now have authoritarian capitalism. Not much democratic freedom and no guaranteed free healthcare, education or a roof over your head, food on the table and a job.
When I was in America, a car back-fired, loads of people ran, initially I was confused as to why there was so much panic around, but because I'm British I don't associate a loud bang with gun fire.
The fact I can go out with my dog at 1am and walk in the bark so mind-boggling sometimes. I got nervous doing that in my own backyard in America. The sad thing is how anxious I get if I notice a man walking anywhere near me when I do then they turn to a different area and I feel like an idiot.
A guy did a video about an experience he had in Singapore. He lost his wallet with nearly 400 dollars in cash in his wallet. A few days later, he got a call from the local police department saying they had some of his property. When he arrived, they handed him his wallet with ALL his cash still in the wallet.
I was very proud of the United States when I was a kid. As I've grown up and traveled the country and the world, I am painfully aware of how hard we are fighting to go backwards while everyone else is moving forward. Socialized healthcare is significantly less expensive because everyone shares the costs and fair prices for drugs and treatment are regulated. Free public education leads to a more educated, more skilled workforce that nurtures innovation and advancement. Simple things like paid time off lead to better productivity and happier employees. Prison systems that focus on drug treatment, education and mental health care to rehabilitate people and help give them the tools to become responsible, productive members of society instead of closing them out and leaving them very limited choices other than criminality reduce crime and recidivism. When I was in High School, a teacher rushed into the classroom and turned on the TV. We watched kids jumping out of windows and running for safety at Columbine. Everyone vowed to never let something like that happen again, but we have failed to uphold that promise. Now there are so many Columbines, Sandy Hooks and Uvaldes that I can't even count or name them anymore. The saddest part is that we can do so much better than we are.
It's weird - American people as individuals and families tend to be really nice. But as a society Americans are cruel, violent, sadisiti,aggresssive, greedy. It's a really weird dichotomy. It comes from envy and the competition of a hyper-capitalist system where every goal is to get more than the other guy and pay less for everything,
It is horrifying on what one sees in the news .. black and minority being choked to death by cops leading to riots, which country has the news of someone trying to kill young children and still the government tries to uphold some badly interpreted right to bear arms and have AK 47s (vs a pistol as self defense) , not to mention the pure terror of falling sick and God forbid you don't work long hours for a big corporation ... the country focuses on creating and rewarding the ultra rich , the middle and lower middle class bear the brunt .. it is extremely Darwinian.. once you make your first million this country helps you multiply that but if you don't have a fair shot at it, you are a slave to capitalism for life.
This is what I find so incredibly strange when I discuss the current state of the US and how it compares to other western countries with Americans. You almost always get either the very "left" leaning American that thinks that everything about your country shoud drastically change in all aspects, but seem to want a 1970's South American or Asian communist authoritarian nation model for how things should be done. Or you get the "right" leaning American that cannot believe how other countries would "lie" about the US, ignores any and all metrics and statistics, and dont want anything to change at all. So to see someone give a perspective that actually focuses on the concrete things that should be better is a breath of fresh air. Thing is, it seems these pretty straightforward issues have become so incredibly dividing and tribalistic in your nation, that very few try to take an objective view of things. But here is hoping for a return to more moderate politics for the US, were discussing and working towards attainable solutions becomes the norm, instead of endless tribalistic propaganda from both sides. You guys are not just better than this, but you deserve so much more! Unfortunatly I think you guys have a long uphill battle infront of you to achieve it. As those in power in your nation seem very satisifed with the way things currently are, and are in no hurry to actaully make their nation better for the average citizen....
im from scotland and through no fault of my own i was made homeless (through seperation) the local council paid for a hotel (who treated me the same as any paying guest) . i was there for 3 months then given a house and they even helped by funding all furniture, carpets etc everything i needed from ironing board to teaspoons and kitchen applances.
Hey Barry. I’m a Londoner living in Wales. Sorry your circumstances went awry but so Glad you had the help you needed. Reading stories like yours makes me proud to be British. I’m dealing with terminal prognosis and though I have no family, so many people are fighting with me to make sure I live my life the best I can. Good luck with your future mate.
Meanwhile in the US, I was left to starve in a motel because there were no more government hotel vouchers left when I became homeless, and I went without food so my child could eat because the motel was almost my entire income.
I remember an occasion when my wife and I were travelling in the far west of Iceland and she came down with severe stomach pain. We got to the nearest town and went to the local hospital; they treated her and gave her a prescription to deal with her condition and it cost us next to nothing (and remember - Iceland is expensive!). But, like Australia where I live, Iceland has a socialised public health system - that means anyone can access reasonable health care at relatively low cost. Which is why, despite wanting to do so, I cannot see myself travelling to the US any time soon - because the economic consequences of getting ill or having an accident in the US terrify me....
@B B. Me neither. Last time I traveled to Europe, when arranging my travel insurance, I had a "play around" with the travel insurance calculator and to include even just a flight connection via the US tripled the travel insurance cost, let alone actually visit there, and I'm thinking it is mostly to do with the ridiculously expensive health care cost there (and maybe a higher safety risk). Cheers!
As a UK citizen, the idea of having to pay ANYTHING for an ambulance is horrible to me. 7 Euros is 7 Euros too much. Emergency healthcare is a basic human right. The UK isn't perfect, but the NHS is something that we Brits should be very, VERY proud of. I think people take it massively for granted.
I remember to the german 'Praxisgebühr' 10-15 yrs before. A fee we've had to pay just 1 time within a quarter but only if you visit a doc. The fee was €10! But even this 10€ could and has prevented maybe some poorer ppl to visit a doctor. That didn't fits into our 'Grundgesetz' (law by ground/grounded law maybe 🤔?? Idk) The fee was destroyed by judges/courts after a year. And everybody was happy again. Also we don't see/offer that as medical services at all. It is beginning by wording! In Germany you and your doc are in a trustful relationship. Even not the highest court here could force my doc to tell the judge something about me. Some years there are cases where medicals get in moral or ethical issues. Also a big topic is the medical 'suizide help', which is allowed to our neighbors from the Netherlands
Unfortunately there are too many who want to see an end to that as they want to make money out of health care. A lot of pressure from US health and insurance companies to take things over.
I believe it's because the service is not funded by government, but locally, so unit cost is higher to local population. They only get money if they bring a patient to hospital.
calling it a "basic human right" doesn't mean that you get to have it, or force others to provide it. I assume you also think food is a bsaic human right, yet ppl in the world are starving. calling it a "basic human right" simply isn't a good argument.
Man I'm a full grown man and the balloon in Thailand story just brought tears to my eyes! It's just horrible what parents and kids have to think about just by the child going off to school for the day. Just insane!
Canadian here. I had an insurance sales job here once and I mentioned that I was a dual citizen to my boss. She said something along the lines of "oh! That means you could move down to the US if you wanted to" I was legitimately confused and asked her why I would even want to do that. She said "you pay less taxes there, which means more money" I told her I'd prefer paying more taxes and having free health care and not have to worry about getting shot. The reality about the US is that its a government built around greed and exploitation. The only people that actually want to live there are sharks, people from -really- bad countries, or just dumb people.
I had this American girl "inviting" me there when I told about my health problems. I just told I would be too afraid to come there (bc of violence, cops etc) and I could not afford the treatment anyway bc here it's free.
Yeap, the stupidity and ignorance is overwhelming among US public. Times i cannot even imagine how they have been brainwashed for so long, or choose to be ignorant.
@@Todd.T You listen to too many republican lawmakers. I've never waited more than a few hours for emergency care (broken foot), and no more than a few minutes for urgent care (breathing trouble from a reaction to medication). Chemo etc is immediate, immunotherapy is free and quick. Stop believing bullshit and do your homework.
@@10bighikes58 Well let me see. A week exactly before last Christmas my GF’s father was in the hospital for 7 hours waiting to see if he will get in for emergency care, he died that night. I sat in the car for the entire time because of COVID restrictions and you couldn’t sit in a restaurant or anything. Last week my co workers father was in the hallway for 12 hours to see if he would be accepted into emergency and they wouldn’t let him wait at home, which is visibly directly across the street to wait, got accepted into emergency. They told him to leave because they don’t think they can do anything for him. Monday my co worker’s mother was misdiagnosed on a visit to the wonderful hospital and died and I am now covering his shifts because he won’t be at work for a bit. Two weeks ago, one of my best friend was in the USA and sent me a long goodbye text due to his kidneys operating at 15 percent and a huge amount of multiple operations he was going to have to undergo to save his life. I now have all the details because he is back in Canada and alive. His story consists of returning to be put in a hallway and then having the woman beside him die. They then replaced the body with a girl who was in a car accident with metal protruding from some part of her body. I didn’t get the full story yet. I am being very polite and can guarantee that if I directed any of them to your post, they would want to haul off and sock you in the mouth. It hasn’t been a year yet since my GFs father died and all that has happened.
I used to want to go to the US at some point, just as a holiday. But the more I learn about the USA, the more i'm thinking: nevermind...I'll just stay in Europe and maybe visit Japan or Australia someday.
As an American, you are better off visiting elsewhere like Canada, Romania, Greenland, Iceland, and New Zealand, as well as Japan and Australia. It's very dangerous & unsafe here, and please don't let those brainwashed, patriotic Americans tell you that the USA is "the safest place in the world."
I have lived in America for 2 years and then went home to England but my husband wanted to stay in America, a couple of months later I had a phone call to say he passed away in hospital and the bill for his 1 month stay was $44.000.
I'm Canadian. I have a lot of family in the U.S. I haven't gone to the U.S in 12 years. It's horrifying and scary and full of guns and racists. I'd rather spend triple the money and go to Vietnam. It's safer there. Sad thing is America's landscape is stunning. Grand Canyon, Zion etc. But Americans are dangerous.
I can seriously relate to the pregnancy incidence but in a whole different and negative way. When I had my son I had a really hard time walking. Taking anything more than 3 steps led me to be in tears. I couldn't walk to the toilet in the hospital room without being brought to tears. I complained to my nurses several times. They eventually offered to have someone to check to see if I had gotten an injury from labor. They never sent anyone and I asked again and they said they would send someone and they sent no body. After being there one extra day they said I was well enough to go home and needed to go home and do things and get back into the world. They refused me a forth day and discharged me even though I asked to stay longer and said I needed to because I still struggled to walk to the bathroom without being in severe pain. I had to be wheeled out of the hospital in a wheel chair because I culdn't walk. I couldn't walk without being in tears until my son was 11 days old. I had to crawl around my house to get anything done and I still had to clean and make sure my son's diaper got changed. My husband's brother was there to help but still there were things I had to do because my definition of clean is far greater than my husband and his brothers definition.
That is just horrible. Tbh I have no words. Birth of a child should be one of the best periods in ones life and what they did… just no words. Messed up system is one thing, but at the end of the day we are all human beings and they, as human beings failed, failed at their job, failed at so mamy levels that it actually makes me sick. Well I hope it’s all better now.
One of the things I find ironic is that in Hollywood movies and on US TV, when there is a hospital stay or doctor visit, there is rarely any mention of bills.
UK ambulance doesn't cost anything, all NHS emergency treatment is free at the point of care. I'm an ex nurse and couldn't be more proud of our health service and the people who work in it. Is it perfect? No, of course not. Is it better than the alternative described by Mr Beard, here? I would have to say "Hell yes". I have a regular prescription of pain meds antideressants and H2 antagonists for which I pre-pay about £30 every 3 months. Whereas the US has people dying because they can't afford their insulin, well done America.
With the rise of living costs in the us, there will probably a dying streak of diabetics. But hey, land of the "free", more like work to death, but die sooner if you get sick
And chronic condition meds are free. And lots of people qualify for free prescriptions. I’ve never paid one penny in my 43 years for any health (and I have a lottttt of health issues) costs whatsoever. If only the disgusting tories weren’t destroying and selling off the nhs. Vote labour everyone. 🌹🌹🌹Save the nhs. 👏👍💪
@@ryfr6711 The Tories are NOT selling off the NHS. Please don't spread those lies. I'm sure they have plenty of policies to disagree with without making up ones that do not exist.
I really like when I travelled to the United States, but there was a couple of things that struck me. It seemed like the necessities of life weren’t easy to get or were expensive, or were behind some amount of bureaucracy or credit score. But the things that you don’t need a lot of or that are accessories to life were incredibly cheap and easily available. It was also the only country of all the countries I’ve ever travelled in or through where I was terrified of not having insurance, because everywhere else I had been, wouldn’t have potentially put me in such a precarious position If God forbid something happened to me. Overall I just felt sorry for a lot of the people that I met. The United States is the most powerful and wealthiest nation in the history of the world, and yet its population suffers and has a harder life than less wealthy countries. That was my takeaway, even though I had a lovely time. Americans suffer much more than they need to give in their position and privilege in the world. And it’s by design, not by accident.
imagine if tax was used for the people rather than the diamond class getting things "free" imagine if corporations paid proper tax. we'll have to imagine.
All you have to do is go to the military, then you get some of the taxes back. Also after that you can maybe become a killer for the mafia, what also is a very honorable good paid job. I mean after all shooting with guns is way more socially accepted than doing for example sex-work because sex kills people, not guns .. right ? 🤨🤨😄😄
I always wonder about people who constantly complain about their 'tax dollars' being used for various social programs. But that is the entire point of taxes right? Without the social programs the only thing taxes would be used for would be military contractors and politicians wages.
@@Subjagator The overarching feeling Americans seem to have about that is "I'm not working hard just to pay for some junkie/alcy/burnout/lazy/stupid/unfortunate/poor person to get cheaper/free/more generous medical care/education/maternity pay/sick pay/public transport/medications/dentistry/energy/transport/public service" etc. etc. But EVERYONE benefits from those things, including the people payin the most "tax dollars". They need to ask themselves what they are actually getting for the tax they pay - because it's not a lot. Not when compared to most European countries, where medical insurance isn't a thing, being fired for no reason isn't a thing, having paid holidays, having money when sick, having public transport, not getting sued for nothing, having very reasonable insurance costs etc. etc. All these things Europeans have.
I'm glad you did this reaction. It's great to finally see an American realise that no one outside the US wants to live the "American Dream", and if we do visit, it is just a visit and not an intention to move to the US.
I live in New Zealand and once my cousins from the US came over to visit. So us kids said we were going to walk to the dairy down the road. And their Parents were like WTF no you're not. You'll get kidnapped. So my parents are trying to explain to them that its safe for Kids (13-16) to walk a couple hundred meters down the road without fear of being kidnapped.
I was in a beer garden in Australia when suddenly there was a loud bang that made everyone jump. The group of 5 Americans at the bar hit the floor and began screaming and yelling at everyone to get down. Two of them pulled a couple of girls off their stools. They broke one girl's collar bone. The other girl banged her knee really badly. The Americans kept shouting 'Where's the shooter? Where's the shooter? Call 911! Call 911!' It was a car back firing. And Australia's emergency number is 000.
We used to have 000 for emergencies too in finland, but they changed it to 112 in the 90's. I don't understand why they chose 000 bc with those old rotating phones it was the slowest numer to call, when I was a kid I thought about this "a lot". Iirc you will still be directed to the correct number even if you choose the old number,or for example 911
@@qine6559 you have 113? Oh no the fking confusion.. Ithought 112 is an european thing, here in spain it is also 112. Or thanks to the smartphones, youjust have to click "emergency call". Even if it's written in different language, it propably is the first and only text ppl see when grab a phone thet don't know how to use.
If you love your country eclectic beard it's ok to criticize if you don't criticize you don't make things better loving your country is wanting the best for everyone in the country 😎👍🇮🇪
A friend of mine here in Austria gets infusions every couple of months, each costing about 35.000 (!) Euros. - his co-pay is about 7 Euros per dose/prescription unit (packet), like with every prescription. when an American friend was here on student exchange, we used to walk all parts of my town by day and night, and on one of these walks, late in the evening, we crossed the poorest part of the town. when I mentioned this to him, he nervously asked: "isn´t it dangerous?" - no it isn´t. in my country, poor means less money, not that these people are criminals!
I've lived in this country my entire life...and I've always recognized the fact that it's a complete clown show. I guess the school didn't do a good enough job brainwashing me into believing the lies.
Heck, school was the first place I saw the illness in our system. We can do so much better as a people. All around me, I see people helping other people. We can make a better world.
About 4 years ago, I was in hospital. 2 weeks semi paralised from the shoulders down, having tests done, ambulance trips to other hospitals for external consultations, private room with great food and very friendly staff. After 2 weeks I got the final diagnosis of MS, which was hard to figure out because of other medical issues making it harder to figure out. Another week of treatment plus the weekend of rest before being discharged to go home. Now, every 2 months a. Quick drive to the hospital to pick up my treatment with is valued at €950 a month. With those 3 weeks in hospital, the treatment and checkups since, plus the doctors for my other medical issues, I have so far spent €15 on a walking cane, and the fuel to the hospital when I have to go... And that's it.
The biggest advantage of free education is that the nation gets the opportunity to utilize the best brains that the country can provide. If there are any who doubt this, I would like to point out that poor people can also produce intelligent children and that rich people also sometimes produce stupid children. Education should be free and should be considered a human right.
Ah yes, but then the already powerful might lose their power, and the ones in charge of the education system will lose a lot of money. I'm pretty sure that in America, the people in power care more about keeping that power than improving the country/world
I grew up in rural western NY and what she said is true. If you trespass you risk getting shot or worse. I live in MA and I'm seriously considering moving abroad just to get some kind of better quality of life.
If you do want to move abroad and you like the rural life go to the UK and to THE COTSWOLDS look it up on RUclips you'll absolutely love it there's virtually no crime plus (FREE HEALH CARE)
Love your videos mate. Dane here, living in Philippines for 12+ years. Watching all the weird stuff going on in the US I often question what actually defines a 3rd world country, because misery seems to come in all sizes and shapes. Peace out :) 🤟
I live in Italy, father passed away because of a brain cancer last February, he lived with it 2 years, did numerous radiation treatments, two major surgeries and bought an obscene amount of medicines. I had to pay only the car gas, because everything is covered by our national health system, btw I'm the oldest of three age 22, 19, and 17, our mother passed away 10 years ago and still we are not in a bad financial situation because we get money from the government if we continue to study, even for higher education. I can't imagine if we lived in America how we would have survived...
As a Portuguese citizen, it's quite interesting to watch the health insurance ones, because here in Portugal if you call an ambulance (for an emergency of course) it is 100% free. Ambulances are only paid when its for non-urgent transportation. Also, prescriptions are not paid, and only exams like x-ray, EMR and all that are paid as well as external medical appointments (what means they are non urgent, only to solve non life threatening conditions).
Allen a hard working family man like yourself would be welcomed wit open arms in any European country. You have an open mind to learn about how the rest of the word works and while a patriotic American. You can see its flaws. No country in Europe is perfect and wee have our shit too. But on the whole we value basic human rights and are ready to take Governments to task if they try to mess with them.
I absolutely loved seeing French firefighters fighting the police on the side of the people. In the US we have a bunch of gun nuts with thin blue line stickers ( fealty to police) on theirs trucks shouting about the government taking their guns away, when it's the police who would take their guns away. I am glad that I can own a firearm legally because we have so many people who believe I should not exist as a transgender human being. I guess I take the good with the bad, but of would be nice to go to the doctor if I needed to without becoming homeless. We have some very interesting times ahead of us, here and all over the world.
A couple of weeks ago, my elderly mum was sent in an ambulance to the ER. I got the bill this week. 1 ambulance ride, 2 days at the ER including a lot of X-rays and MRIs, scheduled ambulance transport to another hospital where she stayed for 6 days and transport home was USD 82. Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪
Leaving has nothing to do with loving your country or not, it has everything to do with wanting to make a better life for yourself and your family. I am from Iceland but I currently live in England. I still love Iceland to bits and will always be proud of being an Icelander but there is stuff here that makes it much more worth it for me to live here in England than in Iceland.
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 cause as great as Iceland looks and sounds to foreigners, it's not all that it's cracked up to be to locals. Iceland has a lot of social issues that a beautiful landscape won't fix. One example is how crazy expensive it is. I had to pay nearly 17 pounds for a slice of cake and a cup of hot chocolate at a cafe once.
When I first moved to the UK aged 12 and entering school i was shocked that the states are the only place who worships the flag every morning. Also unless its a government building or royal residence flags are hardly unseen except in international sport. Most countries see their flag as for international use only.
@@ritoplsfixclient1667 it is not that. Other country have patriotism too. It is just that we are not brain washed to scream that we are the best country of the world, and see the need to overflow all part of rock with a flag in reassurance of that vision. We do not have the need to inflate our balls to prove that we have ones. We do not need to compensate. ^^'
The pledge of allegiance was started during the Cold War probably to remind ourselves what our government at the time wanted us to stand for. It reminds us that we're a republic democracy ("...and to the Republic..."), which a lot of countries are. It encourages unity as a nation (one nation. "Under God" was added because many communist countries were known to be non-religious. Which is funny because at least half our country isn't Christian anymore. And I always interpreted the "indivisible" in marriage to the "under God" part; that so long as we remained subordiante to God he would keep us undivided and united. Which really sounds like they just want sense of stability and harmony and not haughty because it requires humility to be subject to a God and for a countries fate t be conditional. But I've never met anyone who says it with absolute pride. It's routine at school from K-12. And there are plenty of Americans who can recite it and aren't crazy about the country. The most proud and arrogantly pompous Americans tend to be concentrated in the South. As in middle-south and south-east or from military families, but not necessarily.
It’s mind blowing for me as a Dutchman to hear the stories of all those people, and your reaction on the stories. I see America. I see the shit what’s going on. I think I did. But when I hear all those stories. And your pure and straight reactions on them. I’m thinking, damn it’s more fucked up as I thought. Respect man.
After watching several of your reactions I decided to subscribe. You are definitely a sound man, mature, experienced in life, from which I can actually learn some things.
Hi Beard, I'm from New Zealand. I had a bleeding stomach ulcer & was taken by ambulance unconscious to the hospital (due to blood loss). I was operated on to stop the bleeding & then had a blood transfusion. I spent 5 days & nights in the hospital & later had 3 hospital visits where a camera was put into my stomach to ensure all was clear. Total cost- $0.00. A month later I received a request to donate $100 to the ambulance as they are a charitable service. So I happily donated $100. All prescriptions after I left the hospital were $3 each. It is a crime that the US Gvnt do not have tax-dollar-funded medical care for all. No excuses.
Really enjoy your content, you have a healthy outlook!! I'm sure you didn't mean it this way but, the issue wasn't "running in a zig-zag" it was simply that no-one finds themselves in that position in most other countries.
I had an emergency c-section here in the US after being in labor all day. It was late evening after my c-section and I got to my room about 11pm. I was in hospital the next day and discharged the following day!! After major surgery with a newborn, who had lost 1lb in weight already. I had no family in the US. So no help, newborn, major surgery. I lost 30 lbs the 1st week postpartum, looked like a ghost, ringing in my ears. My mother came over from UK to save me! TG!!
Germany values mothers and infants, US not so much. Some US work managers begrudge mothers the legal minimum maternity leave, [if there isn't some exception for that job position in that State]. The mother from UK above didn't include what that hospital stay cost.
My heavily pregnant friend went to usa with her husband on a mini break. From the uk. She went into early Labour. Was rushed to hospital. Gave birth and stayed in 3 days . They had a Bill of 32.000 dollars to pay as faffed up on insurance. In england the whole thing costs 0. You just pay a small amount of tax towards health care out of your wages .I'm Very Proud of our NHS . It's also free to penioners. Unemployed. Homeless.
This week, I had to go to a hospital because I had some health issues. I went to a doctor in Tokyo (with no appointment); had a consultation; scheduled a few tests (e.g. ultra sound, etc). Two days later, I returned to the hospital, had the tests, then had another doctors consult. Total Waiting TIme: 20 minutes. Total Charge: $25. And everybody was supper considerate and polite.
I live in New Zealand. 2 years ago I had back surgery, when I met my medical team there was an American in the team. it was explained to me she was doing a Fellowship at this Hospital and would be assisting my Neuro Surgeon. Later I find out from a nurse apparently American Training Surgeons go to NZ & Australia to learn, because if they stuff up here they don't get Sued. That blew my mind.
I am from Mexico, our system is very similar to the US and for the average Mexican it is all super expensive. However our public health system (really really bad) is free and they give you the meds for free. Watching all this I understand why there is some sort of medical tourism in Mexico from the US. Like so many Americans travel for dentist appointments, hospital stuff, doctors omg.
Not to mention there are generical medicines available for people can't afford the famous brands, something you can't watch and have in US!!!! And unlike there we have maternity leave and paid vacations depending the work you are, even my sister as recepcionist had her daughter by her work!!!!
Running in a zigzag makes it a LITTLE more dificult to aim a gun (if they know how to aim.) It also makes it easier to catch up to you, so...running away is a lot more dificult. As for the sickdays, in Belgium you also have unlimited days off. You need to send in a doctor's note (it's being changed so that you only need to send it after you've been absent two or more days) but you take them as often as you need. The only check&ballance to it is that if it looks like you're abusing it (week after week, just sending a new note, or very regularly like a week each month for a long time) they send a check-up doctor. That's a doctor hired by your job from an independent organisation to check up on you if you are really sick and not faking it. Personally, I think that's fair. I've never had one sent, even the one time I had to stay home for 3 weeks.
I'm a native 50 year old English person living in England. I have just paid my yearly car insurance premium and it was just under £400 ($460) fully comprehensive! The car is a Yaris hybrid worth around £8000 ($9200). Also I love our NHS. Our prescription charge is a bit higher these days at around £9.35 ($10.76). The costs of the medicines on that prescription we don't have to pay. Also all life long medicines and cancer treatments are completely free. All testing and treatment for covid was free also. I spent a week on cpap with that btw!
Your rant on public university education being not free hit a chord in me. I have the same issues. When I became a school administrator in a high school, I learned that, by law, 80% of collected tuition fees should go to salaries. There's a separate source of funding for laboratories, etc. Then, where does the collected college tuition go when the public school staff salaries are covered by the national budget?! 😱😠😡🤬
Nothing major, but I went to the doctor with an infection in my finger. It had swollen and would barely bend. Consultation was free because it happened in the workplace and they charged me ~$7 for the antibiotics cure. I'm not insured.
@@Philemaphobia medical insurance from your job is very rare in the UK. It's not really needed given our care is 'free at point of service'. Prescriptions in England are about £10, but free in Wales. I think Scotland is free too. If you are in hospital all drugs are free while your staying, even in England.
I've been to the hospital after some work accidents but nothing major. A piece of glass (I was working in a glass factory) hit me under the eye and cut my check to the bone, and I had several stitches to fix it with injections behind my eye for them to do it. I also broke bones at work and needed hospital work. I've had four children with them needing hospitals sometimes, and my wife was in the hospital for a week before she died. I have never paid a hospital bill, and it's something I've never even thought of being a barrier to the care (I'm in the UK). I have always worked though, and so it is something I've contributed to by paying taxes for the NHS. If I'd been unemployed all my life, I would still get the same care.
I do like your sense of compassion. I have visited America a few times for business and leisure. It is a beautiful country but I have decided I don't want to return for now even though I have a visa. I have many American friends and they share your frustrations. I wish you well.
A little while back, my wife had some really distressing symptoms. Head pressure, her face drained of color, dizziness, spots in her vision. When she fell over trying to stand up, I took her to the hospital. After getting to the hospital and checking in, pain started to hit and we realized it was the weirdest most intense migraine ever. They gave her a pain med through an IV and discharged her in less than an hour (aside from the 2 hours in the waiting room). That cost us thousands, even after insurance "helped". That was my first adult medical experience, and you better believe it shifted my views on medical care in this country.
My youngest did born premature so we spent couple weeks at hospital, baby got treatment etc. My bill for all (care, meds, food...) was bout 200€. I gladly pay my taxes. Greetings from Finland.
I noticed a similar financial shift in costs just after I moved from New York to North Carolina. It's not as radical as moving to Europe but you learn a big lesson about culture being affected by government/business balance.
True, i live in the philipines and the tuition in public and private schools are night and day! Public schools are practically free until highschool and cities literally provide everything from notebooks to boxes of pens to uniforms! Im not surprised at the amount of foreign students we have from africa to indonesia to korea and heck many from the US come here to study nursing too. Edit: fyi public colleges tend to be half or even less(depending on the course since equipment can bring up costs too) but in general thets how big of a difference it is.
in poland you pay a fine for that but i would make prank calls to emergency numer a criminal offense because somebody else could die because the ambulance waasnt avilable
@@finish_my_projects in poland we have lower taxes than u have in usa, also im at the university so i pay only vat when im buying something, we just spend less on military because we have yours payed by ur taxes
I would really love to see Presidential candidates or any Politicians react to these videos it would be fascinating to see their responses but of course they will never put themselves in that situation.
Can you imagine if Joe Biden or Trump started doing reaction vids. I think it should be mandatory for every president from now on. The fact that I have never seen George W Bush watching the dead parrot sketch is nothing short of an injustice.
@@monkeytrumpet11 Totally agree and it should be mandatory to have watched "The parrot sketch", "Four Yorkshiremen" and Life of Brian, and then they could come to an debate.
The problem is not the president. As he said in an earlier video, all of the US politics is just a show under the big corporations. That's what you get when everything is about the money. Sure, the US is the richest country, but not its people
Couple of stories: My dad, who is in his 80s needed a hip replacement and the NHS didn't have the capacity at the time. Instead of waiting he was passed to a Private hospital who did the procedure, all paid for by the NHS. He had a private room with satellite TV, a fridge, an en suite bathroom and a beautiful view of the extensive gardens. When I first went to see him, he was sat in bed with the football on the TV, reading the paper that had been delivered to his room with breakfast. When I had an operation to remove an abscess at the base of my spine, I was unable to sit or lay on my back for 7 weeks. Every single day a district Nurse visited me at home to change my dressing and check and clean the wound. They even snuck me bandages and dressings out of the supply closet so I wouldn't have to get charged for them on prescription. Without these wonderful women I would have been in hopsital that whole time, going slowly insane with boredom. Whilst I am no fan of socialism on the whole, I have to admit socialised healthcare and welfare are excellent ideas. I am happy to pay a little more tax if it means those most in need can always access quality healthcare and assistance. If we are not going to help each other out when it's needed, what's the point of having a society?
You pay a little more tax (about £750 a year, on average) to pay for the NHS. But Americans pay many more times that in insurance for much less complete cover. And because we have a progressive tax system, you only pay if you can afford it. It's the bargain of the century...
Socialised healthcare has nothing to do with socialism. If so, more or less the entire Europe are socialists. If Americans hadn't been told so through generations, you would have it as well. I have socialized healthcare, don't have or need health insurance yet pay less in taxes than the average American, who also need insurance on top.
That last sentence of yours - surely that is the very essence of socialism isn't it? Too often these days people seem to think that socialism is another word for communism...
Im a Brit living in Bulgaria - In the middle of the pandemic i slopped down a flight of concrete steps and had a massive hematoma on my but - basically a foot ball sized blood blister. They did not want to operate if at all possible, so I had 8 visits total to the hospital for checkups and injections of blood clot removers - they succeeded, I did not need an operation- the total cost to me was €20. I arrives here in Bulgaria as a raging capitalist - but I did believe in the NHS - but after 14 years in a socialist country I am basically a communist now. Its too long to go into here, but the whole ida of putting the people before profit is a REALLY great idea and the whole society, even the infrastructure here is designed FOR THE PEOPLE. And that makes a hell of a difference.
In the UK you can get on an NHS waiting list for most operations /procedures, but you have to wait a long time. If you have private health care (which costs a lot more), you can get them done quicker.
Not so much 'the land of the free' as 'the land of the very expensive'? 😉 These sequences you’ve been showing seem to break down into 3 main groupings. For example, fear of healthcare costs, fear for personal safety, holidays & sick days. Certainly employers in the UK don’t want you working when you’re sick - both because you’re not effective and because they don’t want you giving it to anyone else in the office.
I used to go bonkers if someone on my team came in sick. Get out of here and get better, I don't want to be sick too! Partly selfish but also, working when you're ill is awful. Xx
What’s free in America? The people are brainwashed by American government propaganda to believe they’re living the dream. They’re not. There are third world countries that care about their people more. You guys are living the nightmare. The lucky bit I guess. You’re all too brainwashed to know it. The government will be banning these types of videos before long and accuse the people of inciting discord.
It was truly sad to see your reactions, I know other parts of the world aren't 100% perfect, but the USA has some serious issues. It's annoying that they're the first country to kick off about communism, yet their own traits towards themselves is comparable and in some cases significantly worse.
If you watch animals as well, particularly social species, they look out for each other. Social health care, free education is all about looking after our fellow humans. If that is what some describe as socialist then being humanitarian is being socialist.
Watching this I feel a sense of gratitude for the NHS. Admittedly it's overstretched and far from perfect. But I am glad to live here in the UK where I will never be landed with a medical bill.
@@ianmason2964 Yes! People don't realise, but the US health insurance companies, and pharma are itching to get into the UK. They bribe the Tories, and 2 things are happening: 1) Privatisation bit by bit - Did you know that over 97 English GP surgeries are now owned by US healthcare providers? 2) Tarnish their image - just like with the railways and others, massively underfund them, and when they are running really bad, tell the people that privatisation will be the solution. By that time, people are so pissed off at the service, they forget who to blame, and are more easily convinced.
@@ianmason2964 No we aren't. The NHS will not disappear, there are no plans for privatisation, but it DOES need serious reform because it absolutely spunks money up the wall and is one of, if not the worst health system in Europe. Why wouldn't you want a health system like Germany? Part state, part private but you don't pay any more for it? It works better than the NHS and they have FEWER employees, but better results and higher doctors to patient ratio? There is no argument for keeping the NHS as it is
As a Portuguese citizen, watching these videos makes me extremely sad. It's almost like "the best country in the world" doesn't have some basic human rights.
Glad I've found a Portuguese person here. I was told that Portugal decriminalised all drugs and it's been a hugely positive thing, removing loads of the problems associated with drugs. Is that true? Hi from the UK :o)
@@tristandunn4628 Since 2001, only the aquisition, possession and consumption of drugs is not penalized. Drug trafic is still, OFC, illegal. So if you're the buyer, you're good! If you sell it, STRAIGHT TO JAIL! Lol but now for real, I can't remember a time when Portugal ever had a problem with drugs, If anything people tend to abuse alcohol or tobacco which are both legal at the age of 18, and even those aren't worse than any other country in the EU. IDK if it was a positive thing but it wasn't harmful in any way from what I can see. Drug addicts do have quite a bit of support to get clean through many institutions, so I guess that is a very positive thing.
Interesting reading. We should all take a leaf out of your book. Obrigado :o)
Healthcare is a basic human right (kind of, you have the right to live healthy), owning a gun isn't.
@@Inferiis This is exactly what I meant
We Europeans treat car insurance different indeed. The insurance itself definitely is cheaper over here, but getting a driver's licence is more expensive, harder and way more time-consuming. My daughter discussed with an American friend that she didn't have the money to get her driver's licence, and her friend responded: "Yeah, $300 is quite a bit." Well, here in the Netherlands, you need to add a zero if you want a more accurate estimate. Our kids are only allowed to get behind the wheel of a killing machine if they really have proven their ability to operate it. Our car insurance is cheaper because the insurance companies don't need to pay for that many accidents.
True. I knew an Australian fellow who's wife had family in Germany. One of her cousins worked out it was cheaper to fly to Australia and, whilst having a month long holiday, pass the local driving test and obtain a licence than to simply obtain a German drivers licence. Upon his return to Germany he could exchange it without further testing.
@@michaelmclachlan1650
As a fellow german, who already has encountered enough idiots on the streets, i‘d really like that loophole closed. 😐
That makes so. Much. Sense.
Infrastructure in the Netherlands is also safer in general.
Our roads are designed to discourage speeding and to keep people focussed.
Trees are a natural barrier, but if you're driving close to them, you also don't want to drive to fast, as you wouldn't want to crash into them.
Those annoying bents in the road that seem to make no sense?
They'll make sure you have to pay attention.
We often separate cars from cyclists and pedestrians, but if an accident happens on a shared road, the car driver is more likely to be considered at fault.
Roundabouts help keep traffic moving.
Our traffic lights are "smart."
They have sensors that can tell if a vehicle or pedestrian is waiting, decreasing wait time, while at the same time making sure to let through anything that doesn't cross paths with each other (thought there are still some traffic lights that would let you through while you can't turn yet, but those are still pretty easy to navigate)
And city centres discourage car driving, so people are more likely to walk, cycle, or use public transport, which are all convenient ways of getting around here, as cars don't dominate the streets.
@@nonexistingvoid I agree. You sound like someone who also watches "Not Just Bikes". Highly recommended!
What ppl don't understand is that free educations isn't about socalism, neither is free healthcare. Keeping your citizens highly educated and health is just a massive competitive advantage!! It pays for itself!!
You are correct, but it takes socialist sensitivities to create anything that benefits the people!!
I think americans just need to let go of this weird idea they have of socialism. The stuff you guys get taught, whether left or right, you seem to be encouraged to the extreme, the vitriolic, and sometimes downright propaganda. I'm never going claim socialism doesn't have issues, but it's also got loads of great things. The fact that more americans are bothered about gun rights than healthcare absolutely blows the minds of the entire world. The only people who don't think that's crazy are usually thick and uneducated themselves.
@@venenareligioest410 the worst thing the US government did for its people was demonizing anything socialist.
It is holding the country back big time now.
Health care in the US is mind blowing for me as an Australian.
I've had a brain tumour removed. That's an ambulance ride to a major hospital, 3.5 weeks in hospital, CT & MRI scans, brain surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, all follow up treatment for the grand total of $0.
I hope you are sucessfully back to health! Greetings from Germany👍👍
@@tanjak72 this all happened in 2007 & I was told buy one neuro surgeon that I would be lucky to be alive in 5 years. I am still walking & talking almost 15 years later. I still have some long term problems because of it but life is good & it definitely better than the alternative 🤠
I had the same experience! But in Sweden. I was on vacation on the west coast (I live on the east coast) so first I got to ride an ambulance to their hospital, then ambulance plane to my city where I was picked up by a helicopter on the airport. Shame they'd drugged me up to stop the siezures so I barely remember all this globetrotting I got for free haha
@@smalm86 I know isn't just horrible having our "communist" health care 😂🤣
@@TomJones-be5ny I'll take our "communist" health care system any day. I got an invitation to move to the US to be with my ex-boyfriend (who refused my invitation to move here because "freedom"), no thanks, I'm better off here. Good health to you from a fellow Aussie.
As a European person, I am totally amazed that the U.S. public isn’t rising up against the three plagues of health care, education and indiscriminate weapon ownership. State and federal government is obviously not going to fix this unless US citizens start demanding change vocally and in droves.
Now they legalize weed, and have also other big drugs problems- in combination with the 3 things you mention, living there must be hell. Drugged people with guns...
to quote Dave Chappelle: In an election year it is very important that every afro american must register... for a legal firearm..... that's the only way they are gonna change the law...
Didn't Obama introduce the Affordable Care Act? Modelled on the Australian Medicare model. Trump did his best to get rid of it, but isn't it still there?
@@cgkennedy Obama and his ilk were exempt from Socialized Medicine, what does that tell you.
We do not have "Indiscriminate Weapon Ownership, in the highest crime areas its not possible to legally own a Firearm.
This happened to a friend of mine from Wisconsin. He and his then-girlfriend came to England on a visit. Whilst sightseeing in London the girlfriend twisted her ankle pretty badly on a kerb. She could barely walk but they didn't want to go to the ER. But a passerby had called an ambulance so they went in the ambulance to St Thomas hospital. She was triaged, had X-rays and they put on a splint and gave her crutches and pain meds and advice on rehabilitation and physiotherapy. My friend after it was all done, five or six hours later, asked where he went to deal with the money side of things, someone says oh there's a window over there that deals with that stuff. He goes to the window with his credit card thinking to himself oh well this holiday is cut short I guess. When he asks how to pay the lady behind the window looks at him confused and says 'oh no honey, you misunderstood. This is where we reimburse you for any parking charges you may have incurred.' That was when he realised that it was all free.
When I had my first caesarean I remained in hospital for 8 days. Australia, private health cover, paid $300.
ER?
@@Bear_the_shepherdemergency room it’s American for A&E
One American asked an English tourist why do you in the UK keep copying all our town and state names ?
@cgkennedy 300? Not bad. In Italy my friend (brazilian) had a car accident when she was 6 month pregnant. She was taken with an ambulance to one of the best hospitals in Milan. She had every type of exams and instrumental tests, and was recovered in intensive care room in the obstetrician floor. Her husband googled the doctors and was impressed, her doctors were world wide famous and professors of medicine with many studies and books written by them.
They kept my friend in the hospital for 2 months, because she was not OK. And at the end of 8th month decided to do a cesarean. The baby was ok but underweight and she had some issues so they stayed in the hospital for other 3 weeks after the child was born.
After that, the baby was ok, the mother was ok and everything was perfectly done. She will never thank enough her doctors and nurses for the care she received and she missed even the hospital meals! 😂
Guess how much the payed for everything?
Zero euros. Zero!
The worst part is knowing there are regular Americans who fight tooth and nail against any improvement to their systems.
I'm begining to realize that when US citizens say they love their country, they actually mean they love the idealized picture they've been fed since the craddle, not the reality of it, especialy the poorest ones, which are less likely to be able to ever experience life elsewhere.
Blind patriotism is like religion: you're a certain faith because you grew up in it, being told it's the absolute truth and never bothering to compare or question the truth of it. Real patriotism is aknowledging your country is not perfect and ways in which it can be improved... for everybody.
Well said!
Thing is... the USA IS extremely religious, that's what most of this crap stems from...
@@nagranoth_ I know, which is why I'm so glad to live in a secular state where our freedom of speech stops at racial hatred's apology and promotion.
@@nagranoth_ Thing is the religion is patriotism and not Christianity, most people in the US that identify as Christian couldn't tell you the first thing about Christianity but for those who it serves have successfully managed to persuade millions of Americans to conflate Patriotism and Christianity as one in the same and managed to persuade people that blind patriotism is a good thing both ideologies are indoctrinated into millions of Americans from birth but if you can conflate them both into one then you only need your subject to accept one to accept both.
@@motelghost477 You do know the difference between generalizations and exceptions right?
In general, most people follow or at least culturally profess the religion of their parents but there are exceptions, for example I was brought up a devout Christian, but I am now an atheist.
Please though define "true faith" and explain how one goes about finding such.
Based on observation of how Christians apply faith it is nothing more than a synonym for gullibility faith as applied by Christians is believing something without good evidence,but I have no idea what true faith is, is that just basically a synonym for you really believe something without good evidence.
As a French citizen, my first reactions were laughter but the more I heard those testimonies laughter turned into genuine sadness, like "damn that sucks"
Et ca se dit le plus grand pays du monde
En vrai ça me rend triste il y a pleins de choses que je ne prendrais plus pour acquis.
The really annoying thing about living in the UK at the moment is that people have become too complacent about the NHS, and slowly but surely it is being underfunded and secretly privatised.
We need to fight more to keep the NHS free as I don't think we realise just how lucky we are.
Agree hun.
every time we go to a doctor or hospital, they should send an itemised 'bill' with a 'paid in full' / zero balance on it.
Maybe then people would realise the benefit
ho i know that and this is the same in my country (France).
Government back handers and foreign freeloaders (ALL Middle East Asians)
Absolutely people must stop voting Tory.
Trespassing in general is crazy to me, here in Scotland we have a law called right to roam which essentially means that someone walking can go anywhere they please, regardless of whether it's privately or publicly owned land. As long as you respect the country code you're good. The only places right to roam doesn't exist is in gardens infront of houses.
The same here in Finland.
I'm european an honestly I don't think is crazy at all. Private property is private property, and i have a right to say who can and cannot step into what is mine. I gues that if I lived in Scotland, I would have to lift a big a*s wall around my entire estate to keep bums out.
@@SomeGuy699 There's a difference between "hey this is my garden don't come here, there's a fence" and "you can't walk on the path between fields because it's private property"
Same in Romania.
@@SomeGuy699 Police Scotland can't even ban the public from walking through the grounds of their headquarters and college. Couldn't do it even when it was the emergency alternative to Gleneagles at the G8.
As a Canadian I feel so bad for the American people that have their eyes opened. The ones that run around saying how free America is are truly lost.
I was born in Texas but moved to the UK at 21. I never wanted to go back after only a few months.
It's so much calmer, There are no nut jobs running around with guns scaring or shooting people.
I have been here for over 30 years now and the only time I have seen guns is when I had to go to the US embassy to renew my passport. The NHS is amazing. The coolest thing of all. Nobody cares what I do it don't do, I am free to be me. The town I live in has 1 homeless man. but they have tried and tried to help him he just doesn't want to live in a bounding. They check on him daily and make sure he's ok.
My late partner was from Chicago, and she was pretty much of the same opinion as you. Nice to have you here cousin.
Still need a US passport? Sounds like an immigrant who refuses to integrate.
From Singapore here. I'm a woman and I used to work late nights during my early career. Would come home at like 3-4am all alone. Even when I came across random men on the way back home, I didn't experience any fear because crimes are very low. One of the main reasons why I feel scared to visit US. I think this also led me to have pretty positive views on men as well instead of fearing them.
Need to have different mindset about personal safety when us as SGreans travel abroad, especially on pickpockets n snatch thief.
Maybe you should stop watching all the bs news about America. All they do is try to portray us as evil people that just rape and kill each other all day long. It's total bullshit. Yes certain cities have much higher rates than others but 99% of the US is safe to travel. But hey I don't really think you will stop thinking that way since news is so good at brainwashing people.
Dude, seriously. Indian girl here. I go for runs on road at 4 am. A lot of guys go too (people preparing to try to enter the Indian Army). I feel so safe here. I never want to leave my country. God, I don't even want to know how dangerous other countries are. They always keep telling my country isn't safe, but their rape rates per 100,000 is so high, it scares me to even think of considering going to countries outside Asia. With the way they portray us, you'd think there are no women in India.
@@catcat63527 jogging karne nikle the kya. Mere se toe bed hi utha nihi jata 😂
I loved Singapore every single time I went. Great place and people. Such a lovely place to be.
I'm Polish, I live in Cracow. In front of almost every zebra crossing we have little bumps for blind people to know they are close to the road.
Once I walking through the crossing with a suitcase and because of the bumps I made a noise similar to shoots. There was a group from I believe US nearby and all of them crouched at the same time. I didn't even know that it can cause fear...
As a Belgian, I had a stroke 7 years ago, completely lost all movement in my left arm and leg for about 3 years, been hospitalized for a year and a half,
went to a recovery clinic for 8 months, and gradually got most of my movement back, learned a new skill and got a new job in the process.
Since then i'm registered as someone who's in danger of suffering from a stroke again and the consequence of that is, that every doctor visit i have from now on
will cost me 1€, for life.
well in the US the same medical history would have meant that the insurance premiums have gone 5 times up
@@pasmas3217 dont forget the grand-grand children who will still have to pay the bills from that.
@@666Nicolai666 ?..what r u on about?...its already paid....
@@666Nicolai666 thats defeat the point of having insurance in the first place. I thought u guys loves to protest, why is health < lgbt/feminist bullshit?
An issue like that in the US will most likely bankrupt you and leave you without income .. it is Darwinian there.. as long as you are healthy and have a job or better run your own business you are fine..
If you have to pay 3 to 5 thousand dollars for an ambulance ride, presumably you get to keep the ambulance afterwards.
😁 you get a little card on the 6th stamp you get to keep it.
Good one😂
That just earned a big belly-laugh from me, so, thanks! 😂😂
You would think so 😅
🤣🤣🤣
I'm Canadian but grew up in the UK, so I've always lived with universal health care. I can't imagine not getting health care because I couldn't afford it. The sad part about the US university education system is that the person who could find a cure for cancer or some other discovery will not get the chance because they can't afford university. You're educating the wealthiest not necessarily your brightest.
You reminded of one of my favourite quotes from Winston Churchill. Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other options.
I was station in Okinawa Japan late 90's and I met a Japanese girl there, on our first date we went out into the city and ended up watching a movie and by the time it ended it was pretty late, around 1100-1130PM so we decide to go for a walk and I noticed all this little kids walking around so I asked her why these kids were walking around without parents, she looks at me and laughed and replied why not, at this point it hit me that this people felt so safe and secure in their community they weren't worried about being out and about even late at night, I felt a little sad and embarressed, I grew up in California in my younger pre teens years and in Texas in my teen years up to graduation and in both this states we lived in pretty nice neighborhoods but once the sun went down we were in doors no ifs or buts about it. quick side note, I later found out Okinawa has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and so its considered one of the safest places to live.
Okinawa is far off the beaten track for Japan, an island far off the coast that was once part of an entirely separate kingdom called Ryukyu.
It's probably that safe because it's far less populated that the big cities on the mainland.
Don't go thinking you would be anywhere near as safe in Tokyo that late at night in the sketchier districts, especially for a woman.
@@mnomadvfx Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world as well.
It doesn’t compare to the US or Argentina for example (that’s where I’m from).
It’s bag snatching vs being raped and killed 😂
I (American) was working with some Canadians on a job site. They asked me if healthcare was really as expensive in the US as they had heard. I told them about having to go to the hospital for heat stroke. The treatment I received was 2 bags of intravenous saline solution and 1 abdominal x-ray. I couldn't find my insurance card when I went into the emergency room, so I got a bill for $3,000. When I sent a copy of my insurance card, the bill was reduced to $500.
The Canadians were shocked that it cost so much. But one of them asked me "If you had a Health Card, why did you still have to pay $500? Didn't your country's health services cover something so basic?" It took all of us doing some googling to figure out the massive differences in healthcare, health insurance, and healthcare costs between Canada and the USA.
TL;DR American Insurance can be super helpful or an inconvenience or essentially useless. Depending on your plan and if you stay on top of it/know how to navigate it. Most unfortunately do not due to our education system being shitte and school not teaching basic things like how credit works or how insurance works in the states.
I worked at a pharmacy for 5 years 4 as customer service and 1 as a pharmacy tech. I dealt mostly with the insurance side of things on behalf of the patient. What people don't realize is that the price (bill/total) for "out of pocket" (no insurance) and the price (bill/total) through insurance is huge. For example without insurance a bottle of pills may be $150 through insurance that same bottle is $1500 and you pay lets say $10 copay but now you have $1,490 that went towards your max benefit for the year which is usually a cap of lets say 10k. I worked in specialty meds. So these poor people realistically for their 1 month worth of meds through INSURANCE was $8-9k, without insurance it was $3-4k on average. Typically meds and doc visit was under that same 10k benefit. so just by ordering their meds they can now no longer afford their procedures. So now they had to make the decision of either paying out of pocket (no insurance) or go through insurance and essentially use up almost all of their benefits in 1 go. Not to mention these procedures they are supposed to do for more than just 1 month. These were mostly women trying to get pregnant, cancer patients trying to save their eggs before doing chemo/meds part of their treatment or other specialty procedures/conditions that needed to be done/worked for their special needs. Most of these meds were time sensitive/life saving medications. Sometime these poor patients had such high Deductibles lets say 5k and would also need to meet an out of pocket max lets say 3k with a max benefit of 10k. Which made their total so much higher than it would have been to just pay out of pocket all together.
The reason for such a huge discrepancy is. All insurance carriers have contracts. That's right contracts with every manufacturer. That price is what they HAVE to pay. Same goes with hospitals and those bills. Because these manufacturers/hospitals feel that an insurance company can pay these crazy amounts they bill them at a higher inflated rate. Basically the price they decided to set out. Insurance companies try to negotiate lower prices but for the most part most pay almost the same. That's why some insurances don't cover certain brands of meds or only cover generic or why that doc you love so much isn't covered under your insurance. Now as for why a self paying patient pays less is because these same manufacturers know the average person can't just shell out 3k for that 1 med. So they "lower" it even though it probably only cost them $10 to make. They will still inflate it but not as much as they do with insurance companies and its not like the average person is going to call the manufacturer and try to renegotiate the price with the board of the company. (Many of the patients i've had tried to negotiate pricing with the manufacturers/insurance and they always called back defeated) Our pharmacy compounded some of the medications (Compound means we had a clean room and our specially trained pharmacists made certain medications in the building). With the compounded medications we were able to greatly reduce the price of certain meds for some patients as long as their doc wasn't stuck wanting name brand meds that were essentially exactly the same. Unfortunately again due to contracts they were only able to compound a very small amount of meds.
Side Note: For the love of your sanity. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Call your insurance FIRST before any procedure and please get a CALL LOG# or REFERENCE # to that call saying that yes you are covered. Etc etc etc. Because if you do have that procedure and that operator told you its covered and you did not get that reference # and it turns out it is in fact not covered (can't tell you how many times they misinform patients or give incorrect info because the operator didn't do their due diligence and didn't read the fine print) With that reference # your insurance has to now HONOR that first call and cover your procedure/med/doc visit etc. for at least that one time.
As a Swedish person, there's no way in hell I'm ever setting foot on American soil... The risk for me doing that is just too damn high! 🙄 I still can't get over just how fucked up the American health care system really is... I mean, I'm not saying our system is perfect, no system is ever perfect but what it means is that no person goes without the health care they need, period! There might be waiting periods for specialist care if it's not an emergency, like you get cancer or whatever but everyone gets the care they need to live a healthy life! Seeing a doctor here in Sweden cost us about $25 per visit, and if you need to see a lot of doctors throughout a full calendar year, and you pay more than $250 the government picks up the the rest of the bill! The same goes for medicine, if your expenses goes over about $220 the rest is picked up by the government, which will say the tax payers. So, by paying my taxes I not only pay for my own health care, I make sure that my family, my neighbors and my fellow countrymen get the help they need when they need it! If that is socialist health care and 'evil' then call my an evil person... 🙄
USA överlag är något av ett skräckexempel på vad som händer när varje dålig idé som vi haft i väst (och kastat bort) görs till rådande lag och dagordning.
Ingen slump direkt att nästan all galenskap vi sett i modern tid kommer därifrån.
Even here in Ireland it's scaled according to your income, but no one has to miss treatment because of cost.
Nordic countries are always held up as the poster-child for socialism, but IMO they're every bit as capitalist as the US or even more so! They just have social programs in place that look after their citizens, like most of Europe.
America is the only nation in the solar system with For-Profit health care.
So ask yourself, who actually loses and who actually benefits from universal US HC?
I'm actually wondering when hospital shootings will start happening, and when they'll suggest all doctors and nurses should be armed...
As a swedish person, setting soil on american (or other foreign soil) is hopefully be done with travel insurance., that would cover any medical expenses.
@@TheOystei i mean it sounds great getting insurance and anyone traveling really should but america is a different beast mate
I'm not an American, I'm British but I'm currently in the process of getting a K-1 visa to move to America. I've actually had the pleasure of the US healthcare system quite in depth because I had a heart attack while over there 3 years ago. It was really weird for me, as somone who is fairly accident prone and spent a fair bit of time in hospital in the UK, to see how your system works.
I was seen, diagnosed, transferred to another hospital and in surgery for stents within 16 hours. I was pretty amazed by that, it was incredibly efficient and good care.
I was equally amazed by the fact I was discharged from hospital less than a day later (my surgery was at like 4pm in the afternoon, I was discharged at 12pm the next day). I spent less than 48 hours in hospital after not only having a heart attack but having stent surgery and still having a wound on my leg artery that could have re-opened just by stretching wrong.
The payment system was bonkers; I had a bill given to me really quickly, on the same day as the surgery. The cost for me, if I was paying it, would have been in the range of about 15-20,000 dollars. The bill my insurance had to pay was almost 100,000 (I think it worked out at 89,000 for the hospital plus some extras and follow up appointment). I had to have it explained to me that they bump up the price for insurance because insurance will refuse to pay more than a certain percentage of the cost. Which then propagates out to more insurance costs because the hospitals are raising their prices when they deal with insurance. The whole thing is bass-ackwards from a UK perspective; We pay our national insurance taxes. That pays for the healthcare system. Everyone pays between 11-14% of their wages on NI, those on lower income get NI exemptions or refunds. No one is left out, no one is left in debt. It's just insane compared to how we operate in the UK.
Another crazy thing was that the doctor who treated me, who did an amazing job, also tried to prescribe me a drug that he had an active stake in. When I went to my doctors in the UK with the information he gave me, she looked at it and said she'd never even heard of that class of drugs and it wasn't on our approved list. It actually wasn't approved in the US yet either. I studied biochemistry, and I thought it was really suspect myself, but she actually said to me, "You sure he doesn't have shares in the company?". Needless to say, I didn't take that one. But the fact that this was okay to do... that just aint right. That's a conflict of interest if I've ever seen it, but apparently it's okay.
It's just this weird mesh of really good treatment with terrible aftercare and insurance, with some hints of things that would be considered criminal here. It's so weird to me.
America is a business fuck you pay me. That is one of our ways of life just like guns and right to say what we want. Id you don't like it fine but dint tell us how to live
Right now my wife and I pay more for our health insurance than our mortgage... My wife had a procedure a few years ago called an ablation for a condition called Wolf-Parkinson-White. Not long afterwards I saw the detailed cost breakdown from my insurance company. The hospital billed $45000 for the procedure which was cut in half by the insurance company, as you said. The breakdown of the remaining costs, and ultimately the bill to us - about $900... And as Americans we see $900 out of $45000 we would be billed without insurance and think - wow, what a bargain... I have heard it said we have the best system money can buy.
@@s.anderson1581 Price aside. 16 hours for stent because of heart attack? Thats life saving surgery. We count the time from you call the emergency line to moment you are lay on table in minutes. over 90 percent of cases you get surgery in less than 45 minutes from moment you call. And we thry our best to make those figures better. because otherwise your heart can be severally damaged. That pretty terrible
@@lukasvrabec5783 I think the specifics of my situation didn't help with the speed of me getting into surgery. I had an NSTEMI, so they had to first check that I was actually having a heart attack, including a CT scan. I was also in the middle of nowhere; Although there is a hospital with an ER in the same town as where my fiancé is, the closest place for surgery was an hours drive away by ambulance. I started having the pains at about 11pm in the evening, I got thrown in the manbulance (that's when your partner says that if you don't go to hospital with her she'll knock you out and throw you in the car herself) at about 12am because for a while it felt like I'd pulled my shoulder. I was in surgery at about 4pm the next day, but honestly it was all a blur for me at that point so it could have only been 12 hours and I'm mis-remembering, or could have been the full 16. I was in there for quite a long time (I ended up having 3 stents because the entire right artery was very bad).
I'm not a medical professional, but compared to other medical emergencies I've had it did feel like very good treatment speed. I didn't know that was the sort of time scale you should be expecting lol.
Wow that is like robbing and drugging you at the same time, brutal capitalism!!! We in Europe are lucky that communists' and socialist fought for a better system after the 2.Ww, and got it.
When I lived in the US, a friend invited me to his home in the country where we went riding our bikes. At night, I had to go back home and, when he explained me the way back in details, I told him not to worry, as I would simply ring some house to ask for directions and he jumped: "Don't do that! You would be shot..." 😲
Whaaat? Shot???
I am a Brazilian but I was mostly raised in the US. Here is what I learned about US policies:
1) If it doesn’t make the government money, it doesn’t matter
2) If it doesn’t give the government more power, it doesn’t matter
3) If it doesn’t help put/keep someone in government, it doesn’t matter
You could almost change the word government to "mega corporations" and it'd still be correct
@@michael_177 What's the difference?
@@aaronmicalowe Exactly. USA the one 'democracy' where bribery not only is condoned but actual legal.
@@michael_177 mega corporations are the government
You know ? I think your mindset is very accurate because its similar to China.. USA is basically the China of occident
As much as you learn about the rest of the world through watching these videos, I learn about America through your reactions. All I can say is rampant unchecked capitalism without basic social care is obviously something that the rest of us should avoid, and I can’t imagine it’s easy to go back once it’s gained control neither, because money is power.
I feel the same way. I'm much more knowledgeable about America after watching these reactions.
Sad but true. The UK is a case in point. Every asset has been sold off to private enterprise & much of the infrastructure is now owned by other governments. Parliamentary Democracy, Workers Rights & Human Rights are now but fond memory for those that can remember. Brexit was the final nail in the proverbial coffin. UK RIP. S.O.S.
Unfortunately to most Americans your comment makes you a Communist. Very few if any understand the difference between Communism and Socialism. Therefore very little social care.
I always say capitalism and communism are very similar in this, their pure form sounds great in theorie but in reality it is a sh*tty idea.
@@nobody6465 I think I'm not alone in that capitalism is not a bad thing in itself but unfettered capitalism ultimately turns the "great unwashed" into serfs.
I live in the UK. I have a beautiful cousin that lives in Washington state. When we do managed to have a conversation on messenger or when I visit. She is amazed at the differences between the UK and the USA, basic things like free healthcare, the reduced cost of insurance. Whether that is car, house or life insurance. The cost of food even, I love America I love how vast it is and it’s immense beauty. But I do scratch my head at times with some of the things my cousin says.
I visited the USA from Canada, and I could not believe how angry and paranoid everyone was. When I got home, I heaved a huge sigh of relief. You guys must have heart attacks and strokes from all that stress, your blood pressure must be through the roof.
That and the obesity
I lived in the US for a long time and then moved to Canada 3 years ago. When I got here, I was confused why the cashier at the drug stores and supermarket are NOT always pissed off at me for no reason. I thought that's just the norm. I was brainwashed by the US.
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
@Hypothalapotamus whatever danger there could be or not being on the defensive 24/7 is gonna cost you heavily in the form of decaying mental health, and physical health too even
As a British person I always thought the USA was similar to here, but having been there twice it really isn't. The people are so different to us as well.
I live in Denmark, and I got to admit buddy. The woman who had major surgery was so recognisable. I just got out of the hospital on this very day, due to problems caused by my diabetes. Physically I was doing fine after 1 day there, but they kept me there from Wednesday to Monday, because they wanted to make sure that I was well taken care of.
I had a similar moment to the thailand guy's balloon pop. I taught in America for 5 five years before moving to Korea. Almost every day in America I had thoughts like, "what would I do if a shooter came in the exterior door by my classroom" "where's the best place to put the kids with the furniture like this" "how can I pop out these windows quickly if we need to get out" etc, etc.
By contrast, I moved to Korea and started teaching in rural schools. Students walk to school, there's really no strict observation rules (kids cannot be unsupervised for a second in the US), etc because it's just very safe here. So a few months into the new job I'm alone in my classroom and I hear this super loud BANG through the school. And like that guy's story, I immediately dropped low in my chair and started panicking about what to do on the second floor of the building. It took me only 2 seconds to realize wait, it can't be a shooter or a bomb that doesn't happen here, it must be from the big construction machines I saw across the street this morning. But I had to sit there for a minute, reeling my adrenaline back in, and think how totally messed up it is that my conditioned response to a loud noise at school was "shooter". It also made me realize how much time I spent(wasted) thinking about and making action plans in my head for scenarios like that for the whole 5 years I taught in the US.
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So I know a guy who slipped into a coma for 3 months, when he woke up and left the hospital he had a bill for just over a million dollars. He didn't put himself in the hospital, somebody else admitted him but he got stuck with a million dollar bill. That is absolutely crazy to me that that can happen. Now luckily for him an anonymous benefactor paid off his bill, but if they hadn't this poor man would have been stuck with just over a million dollars in debt for passing out and not waking up for 3 months and being put in the hospital against his will. You guys down there are something else. 👀
@Infinity Gauntlet I do. His name is Chris and this happened in California a handful of years back. 👀
- It seems to me that the US *as a society* confuses "social" with "socialism" and "freedom" with "free from".
- I actually used to be addicted to prescription opi's (I have a painful progressive illness) but when the negative effects they have on people became clear our health care system implemented very strict guidelines for prescribing them AND for weaning people off of them (two years in my case as an example) so as a society we never experienced the crisis but as an individual I absolutely get the desperation of those suddenly cut off. Also, because it's a publicly funded system, our doctors don't have the same financial interest in choosing certain types of medication over others that US doctors often do.
(Oh, and here in Denmark the stop for sale of combustion cars is 2030.)
i see it more as them putting "socialism" with "communism" and seeing them as the same thing which since ww2 communism in america has always been pushed as the big bad.
I was also surprised by that when I heard my US favorite singer's saying "Communism, socialism call it what you want" (ain't that right, Marty Robbins). I said to myself "What??????!! Did he really.... Nooooo"
I'm from the Netherlands. if I ever move to another country it's gonna be Denmark.
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Right back atcha. I love the Netherlands.
@@S.a.m.p.i
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Just 🤦♀️!
One thing I never understood watching US made media (movies, series, videos...) as a kid was why you'd have things like drive-in cinemas, fast food drive-throughs, and in general why people just drove everywhere. It was only when I discovered the youtube channel Not Just Bikes last year that I realized how poorly and car dependent most cities in the US and Canada are designed, and how what I define as walkable in my own city could be much better still
I'm on a lot of medication. I mean A LOT. And it's chronic. If I was born in America, it's terrifying to think i might not be here. The NHS really has saved my lif as well as many other people.
I'm so glad I did work experience at the Primary Care Trust. Even as a kid I saw how under pressure they were. Also I have one of the best GPs in the country, he's even been on This Morning. I'll be devastated when he retires. He's been our family doctor all my life.
I have anxiety and my medication costs me about 3$ for 90 days (not UK/US, so depending on excange rate). AND I could get 90% off if I took my time to go the psychiatry to get my papers for another 3 years. (p.s.: Hungary)
Dude the rise of costs for living will probably kill some diabetics over the next months in the us. Look up how expensiv insulin is
@@MrDoreius It's a diabolical situation.
Same, been on medication since childhood & not from a rich family. I'd be at best in far worse health and huge debt, and might well not be here at all.
@@Amberle38 We are very fortunate. Btw, that is a gorgeous cat!
I saw some comments from Americans about the new rules to wipe out some of the student debt and gave up after about 10 of them. Most of it boiled down to 'why shouldn't they get into debt when I had to go into debt' the selfishness is unbelievable. We're supposed to want things to be BETTER for our children and grandchildren. Not for things to stay bad forever out of jealousy. So sad. Especially when idiots think because THEY could afford to put themselves through college on wages from a job in the 1970s that people can do that now. They seem to have no idea how the cost of education, rent, food, and everything else has skyrocketed since they went to college. They're on another planet.
I believe they call that line of thinking "crab mentality". Apparently crabs do the same. If they're in a bucket, they'll pull other crabs back in so that they can't get out and they do this until they all die.
When I see these kinda posts you mention, all I hear is “ mew mew mew mew mew mew mew mew whine slobber me me me!”
No, they are permanently stuck on their mobile phones or on game Pad things that they find are far more important to them than anything else.
Screw you. You pay for the pocking college debt if you are so pocking good.
Why someone who earns $40.000 a year should be forced to pay money towards the education of a student who's family income is $100.000 a year plus is beyond me. Indeed even more so should that person have no children of their own.Myself i'm all for helping those students who deserve our help I.E those student's who are doing degrees in stem. Yes by all means freeze their student loan debt but certainly not for those students doing degrees in a plethora of subjects such as gender studies that benefit no one. Indeed the way things are going especially in Californian universities (the home of the stupid) it wont be long before their places of lower learning are giving away degrees in LGBTQ flower arranging lol
I'm not from the US and I never been to the US. But my sister and I did try to use an American recipe to bake a cake (forgot which). The amount of sugar stated in the recipe could have send both of our pancreas into shock right then and there.
Understandable. When I use a recipe from an American website, I always reduce the amount of sugar by half.
I do that with the salt a lot as well and I’m from the US. My father was very conservative with salt and sugar and I was raised on natural foods. Our foods here can be such junk it’s so embarrassing what we feed our children.
You also need to convert US pints to Imperial pints. They are significantly different.
1 US pint = ⅘ Imperial
1 Imperial pint = 1¼ US
(approximately)
it always surprises me that the americans have always gone on about how badly countries like china and russia used to treat there people in the old days, but america treats its people just as bad if not worse, amazing.
It's kinda crazy how much America has become like Soviet era Russia
@@Ben-Rogue They have become even worse. In the Soviet era you had authoritarian socialism. An authoritarian goverment and not much democratic freedom. But you were guaranteed free healthcare, any education for free, a roof over your head, food on the table and a job.
In the USA you now have authoritarian capitalism. Not much democratic freedom and no guaranteed free healthcare, education or a roof over your head, food on the table and a job.
When I was in America, a car back-fired, loads of people ran, initially I was confused as to why there was so much panic around, but because I'm British I don't associate a loud bang with gun fire.
The fact I can go out with my dog at 1am and walk in the bark so mind-boggling sometimes. I got nervous doing that in my own backyard in America. The sad thing is how anxious I get if I notice a man walking anywhere near me when I do then they turn to a different area and I feel like an idiot.
A guy did a video about an experience he had in Singapore. He lost his wallet with nearly 400 dollars in cash in his wallet. A few days later, he got a call from the local police department saying they had some of his property. When he arrived, they handed him his wallet with ALL his cash still in the wallet.
I was very proud of the United States when I was a kid. As I've grown up and traveled the country and the world, I am painfully aware of how hard we are fighting to go backwards while everyone else is moving forward. Socialized healthcare is significantly less expensive because everyone shares the costs and fair prices for drugs and treatment are regulated. Free public education leads to a more educated, more skilled workforce that nurtures innovation and advancement. Simple things like paid time off lead to better productivity and happier employees. Prison systems that focus on drug treatment, education and mental health care to rehabilitate people and help give them the tools to become responsible, productive members of society instead of closing them out and leaving them very limited choices other than criminality reduce crime and recidivism. When I was in High School, a teacher rushed into the classroom and turned on the TV. We watched kids jumping out of windows and running for safety at Columbine. Everyone vowed to never let something like that happen again, but we have failed to uphold that promise. Now there are so many Columbines, Sandy Hooks and Uvaldes that I can't even count or name them anymore. The saddest part is that we can do so much better than we are.
It's weird - American people as individuals and families tend to be really nice. But as a society Americans are cruel, violent, sadisiti,aggresssive, greedy. It's a really weird dichotomy.
It comes from envy and the competition of a hyper-capitalist system where every goal is to get more than the other guy and pay less for everything,
My money is not your money get off your ass and earn it
It is horrifying on what one sees in the news .. black and minority being choked to death by cops leading to riots, which country has the news of someone trying to kill young children and still the government tries to uphold some badly interpreted right to bear arms and have AK 47s (vs a pistol as self defense) , not to mention the pure terror of falling sick and God forbid you don't work long hours for a big corporation ... the country focuses on creating and rewarding the ultra rich , the middle and lower middle class bear the brunt .. it is extremely Darwinian.. once you make your first million this country helps you multiply that but if you don't have a fair shot at it, you are a slave to capitalism for life.
This is what I find so incredibly strange when I discuss the current state of the US and how it compares to other western countries with Americans.
You almost always get either the very "left" leaning American that thinks that everything about your country shoud drastically change in all aspects, but seem to want a 1970's South American or Asian communist authoritarian nation model for how things should be done.
Or you get the "right" leaning American that cannot believe how other countries would "lie" about the US, ignores any and all metrics and statistics, and dont want anything to change at all. So to see someone give a perspective that actually focuses on the concrete things that should be better is a breath of fresh air.
Thing is, it seems these pretty straightforward issues have become so incredibly dividing and tribalistic in your nation, that very few try to take an objective view of things. But here is hoping for a return to more moderate politics for the US, were discussing and working towards attainable solutions becomes the norm, instead of endless tribalistic propaganda from both sides.
You guys are not just better than this, but you deserve so much more! Unfortunatly I think you guys have a long uphill battle infront of you to achieve it. As those in power in your nation seem very satisifed with the way things currently are, and are in no hurry to actaully make their nation better for the average citizen....
im from scotland and through no fault of my own i was made homeless (through seperation) the local council paid for a hotel (who treated me the same as any paying guest) . i was there for 3 months then given a house and they even helped by funding all furniture, carpets etc everything i needed from ironing board to teaspoons and kitchen applances.
wow! great, hope you're ok now
Hey Barry. I’m a Londoner living in Wales. Sorry your circumstances went awry but so Glad you had the help you needed. Reading stories like yours makes me proud to be British. I’m dealing with terminal prognosis and though I have no family, so many people are fighting with me to make sure I live my life the best I can. Good luck with your future mate.
Meanwhile in the US, I was left to starve in a motel because there were no more government hotel vouchers left when I became homeless, and I went without food so my child could eat because the motel was almost my entire income.
I remember an occasion when my wife and I were travelling in the far west of Iceland and she came down with severe stomach pain. We got to the nearest town and went to the local hospital; they treated her and gave her a prescription to deal with her condition and it cost us next to nothing (and remember - Iceland is expensive!). But, like Australia where I live, Iceland has a socialised public health system - that means anyone can access reasonable health care at relatively low cost. Which is why, despite wanting to do so, I cannot see myself travelling to the US any time soon - because the economic consequences of getting ill or having an accident in the US terrify me....
@B B. Me neither. Last time I traveled to Europe, when arranging my travel insurance, I had a "play around" with the travel insurance calculator and to include even just a flight connection via the US tripled the travel insurance cost, let alone actually visit there, and I'm thinking it is mostly to do with the ridiculously expensive health care cost there (and maybe a higher safety risk). Cheers!
You would probably face a lot of questions,at customs,as to whether you could afford the treatment,if you became ill there.
@@phillipevans9414 this is what I wanted to know, how much a travel insurance would be while visiting usa.
Not to mention the chances of getting caught up in a random gun shooting or harassed by the police.
As a UK citizen, the idea of having to pay ANYTHING for an ambulance is horrible to me. 7 Euros is 7 Euros too much. Emergency healthcare is a basic human right. The UK isn't perfect, but the NHS is something that we Brits should be very, VERY proud of. I think people take it massively for granted.
I remember to the german 'Praxisgebühr' 10-15 yrs before. A fee we've had to pay just 1 time within a quarter but only if you visit a doc. The fee was €10!
But even this 10€ could and has prevented maybe some poorer ppl to visit a doctor.
That didn't fits into our 'Grundgesetz' (law by ground/grounded law maybe 🤔?? Idk)
The fee was destroyed by judges/courts after a year.
And everybody was happy again. Also we don't see/offer that as medical services at all. It is beginning by wording! In Germany you and your doc are in a trustful relationship. Even not the highest court here could force my doc to tell the judge something about me. Some years there are cases where medicals get in moral or ethical issues. Also a big topic is the medical 'suizide help', which is allowed to our neighbors from the Netherlands
Unfortunately there are too many who want to see an end to that as they want to make money out of health care. A lot of pressure from US health and insurance companies to take things over.
I believe it's because the service is not funded by government, but locally, so unit cost is higher to local population. They only get money if they bring a patient to hospital.
You pay. But it's included in your taxes
calling it a "basic human right" doesn't mean that you get to have it, or force others to provide it. I assume you also think food is a bsaic human right, yet ppl in the world are starving. calling it a "basic human right" simply isn't a good argument.
Man I'm a full grown man and the balloon in Thailand story just brought tears to my eyes! It's just horrible what parents and kids have to think about just by the child going off to school for the day. Just insane!
Canadian here. I had an insurance sales job here once and I mentioned that I was a dual citizen to my boss. She said something along the lines of "oh! That means you could move down to the US if you wanted to" I was legitimately confused and asked her why I would even want to do that. She said "you pay less taxes there, which means more money" I told her I'd prefer paying more taxes and having free health care and not have to worry about getting shot.
The reality about the US is that its a government built around greed and exploitation. The only people that actually want to live there are sharks, people from -really- bad countries, or just dumb people.
I had this American girl "inviting" me there when I told about my health problems. I just told I would be too afraid to come there (bc of violence, cops etc) and I could not afford the treatment anyway bc here it's free.
Yeap, the stupidity and ignorance is overwhelming among US public. Times i cannot even imagine how they have been brainwashed for so long, or choose to be ignorant.
Free healthcare in Canada? Yes, people are dying to get it...literally.
@@Todd.T You listen to too many republican lawmakers. I've never waited more than a few hours for emergency care (broken foot), and no more than a few minutes for urgent care (breathing trouble from a reaction to medication). Chemo etc is immediate, immunotherapy is free and quick. Stop believing bullshit and do your homework.
@@10bighikes58 Well let me see. A week exactly before last Christmas my GF’s father was in the hospital for 7 hours waiting to see if he will get in for emergency care, he died that night. I sat in the car for the entire time because of COVID restrictions and you couldn’t sit in a restaurant or anything.
Last week my co workers father was in the hallway for 12 hours to see if he would be accepted into emergency and they wouldn’t let him wait at home, which is visibly directly across the street to wait, got accepted into emergency. They told him to leave because they don’t think they can do anything for him.
Monday my co worker’s mother was misdiagnosed on a visit to the wonderful hospital and died and I am now covering his shifts because he won’t be at work for a bit.
Two weeks ago, one of my best friend was in the USA and sent me a long goodbye text due to his kidneys operating at 15 percent and a huge amount of multiple operations he was going to have to undergo to save his life. I now have all the details because he is back in Canada and alive. His story consists of returning to be put in a hallway and then having the woman beside him die. They then replaced the body with a girl who was in a car accident with metal protruding from some part of her body. I didn’t get the full story yet.
I am being very polite and can guarantee that if I directed any of them to your post, they would want to haul off and sock you in the mouth. It hasn’t been a year yet since my GFs father died and all that has happened.
I used to want to go to the US at some point, just as a holiday. But the more I learn about the USA, the more i'm thinking: nevermind...I'll just stay in Europe and maybe visit Japan or Australia someday.
As an American, you are better off visiting elsewhere like Canada, Romania, Greenland, Iceland, and New Zealand, as well as Japan and Australia. It's very dangerous & unsafe here, and please don't let those brainwashed, patriotic Americans tell you that the USA is "the safest place in the world."
I have lived in America for 2 years and then went home to England but my husband wanted to stay in America, a couple of months later I had a phone call to say he passed away in hospital and the bill for his 1 month stay was $44.000.
I'm the same. I like Americans, I just don't want to go to their country.
I'm Canadian. I have a lot of family in the U.S.
I haven't gone to the U.S in 12 years. It's horrifying and scary and full of guns and racists.
I'd rather spend triple the money and go to Vietnam. It's safer there.
Sad thing is America's landscape is stunning. Grand Canyon, Zion etc. But Americans are dangerous.
Come to new zealand!
I can seriously relate to the pregnancy incidence but in a whole different and negative way. When I had my son I had a really hard time walking. Taking anything more than 3 steps led me to be in tears. I couldn't walk to the toilet in the hospital room without being brought to tears. I complained to my nurses several times. They eventually offered to have someone to check to see if I had gotten an injury from labor. They never sent anyone and I asked again and they said they would send someone and they sent no body. After being there one extra day they said I was well enough to go home and needed to go home and do things and get back into the world. They refused me a forth day and discharged me even though I asked to stay longer and said I needed to because I still struggled to walk to the bathroom without being in severe pain. I had to be wheeled out of the hospital in a wheel chair because I culdn't walk. I couldn't walk without being in tears until my son was 11 days old. I had to crawl around my house to get anything done and I still had to clean and make sure my son's diaper got changed. My husband's brother was there to help but still there were things I had to do because my definition of clean is far greater than my husband and his brothers definition.
That is just horrible. Tbh I have no words. Birth of a child should be one of the best periods in ones life and what they did… just no words. Messed up system is one thing, but at the end of the day we are all human beings and they, as human beings failed, failed at their job, failed at so mamy levels that it actually makes me sick.
Well I hope it’s all better now.
One of the things I find ironic is that in Hollywood movies and on US TV, when there is a hospital stay or doctor visit, there is rarely any mention of bills.
Well in real life they never mention the costs while you are in the hospital. You just get a bill in the mail.
UK ambulance doesn't cost anything, all NHS emergency treatment is free at the point of care. I'm an ex nurse and couldn't be more proud of our health service and the people who work in it. Is it perfect? No, of course not. Is it better than the alternative described by Mr Beard, here? I would have to say "Hell yes". I have a regular prescription of pain meds antideressants and H2 antagonists for which I pre-pay about £30 every 3 months. Whereas the US has people dying because they can't afford their insulin, well done America.
With the rise of living costs in the us, there will probably a dying streak of diabetics. But hey, land of the "free", more like work to death, but die sooner if you get sick
And chronic condition meds are free. And lots of people qualify for free prescriptions. I’ve never paid one penny in my 43 years for any health (and I have a lottttt of health issues) costs whatsoever. If only the disgusting tories weren’t destroying and selling off the nhs. Vote labour everyone. 🌹🌹🌹Save the nhs. 👏👍💪
Everything costs. Nothing is free. One way or another you pay
@@liftme225 we pay for it with national insurance which is literally a fraction of what the US pays.
@@ryfr6711 The Tories are NOT selling off the NHS. Please don't spread those lies. I'm sure they have plenty of policies to disagree with without making up ones that do not exist.
I really like when I travelled to the United States, but there was a couple of things that struck me. It seemed like the necessities of life weren’t easy to get or were expensive, or were behind some amount of bureaucracy or credit score. But the things that you don’t need a lot of or that are accessories to life were incredibly cheap and easily available. It was also the only country of all the countries I’ve ever travelled in or through where I was terrified of not having insurance, because everywhere else I had been, wouldn’t have potentially put me in such a precarious position If God forbid something happened to me. Overall I just felt sorry for a lot of the people that I met. The United States is the most powerful and wealthiest nation in the history of the world, and yet its population suffers and has a harder life than less wealthy countries. That was my takeaway, even though I had a lovely time. Americans suffer much more than they need to give in their position and privilege in the world. And it’s by design, not by accident.
imagine if tax was used for the people rather than the diamond class getting things "free" imagine if corporations paid proper tax. we'll have to imagine.
Corporations pay most of the tax revenues to the government.. That's why Democrats love Big businesses and big government.. Money laundering scheme.
All you have to do is go to the military, then you get some of the taxes back. Also after that you can maybe become a killer for the mafia, what also is a very honorable good paid job. I mean after all shooting with guns is way more socially accepted than doing for example sex-work because sex kills people, not guns .. right ? 🤨🤨😄😄
I always wonder about people who constantly complain about their 'tax dollars' being used for various social programs. But that is the entire point of taxes right? Without the social programs the only thing taxes would be used for would be military contractors and politicians wages.
@@Subjagator The overarching feeling Americans seem to have about that is "I'm not working hard just to pay for some junkie/alcy/burnout/lazy/stupid/unfortunate/poor person to get cheaper/free/more generous medical care/education/maternity pay/sick pay/public transport/medications/dentistry/energy/transport/public service" etc. etc. But EVERYONE benefits from those things, including the people payin the most "tax dollars". They need to ask themselves what they are actually getting for the tax they pay - because it's not a lot. Not when compared to most European countries, where medical insurance isn't a thing, being fired for no reason isn't a thing, having paid holidays, having money when sick, having public transport, not getting sued for nothing, having very reasonable insurance costs etc. etc. All these things Europeans have.
I'm glad you did this reaction. It's great to finally see an American realise that no one outside the US wants to live the "American Dream", and if we do visit, it is just a visit and not an intention to move to the US.
Big time. Go and see the nice stuff, then get the f**k out of there, asap!!
At least no one from a developed country.
@@alexandrelarsac9115 define "developed country" when half of the third world countries have better policies for citizens than the US ;)
@@thorstenkaatz3272 this is so true 🤣
330 million in the USA that think it's the greatest country in the world, 7.5 Billion who know it isn't....
I live in New Zealand and once my cousins from the US came over to visit. So us kids said we were going to walk to the dairy down the road. And their Parents were like WTF no you're not. You'll get kidnapped. So my parents are trying to explain to them that its safe for Kids (13-16) to walk a couple hundred meters down the road without fear of being kidnapped.
I was in a beer garden in Australia when suddenly there was a loud bang that made everyone jump. The group of 5 Americans at the bar hit the floor and began screaming and yelling at everyone to get down. Two of them pulled a couple of girls off their stools. They broke one girl's collar bone. The other girl banged her knee really badly. The Americans kept shouting 'Where's the shooter? Where's the shooter? Call 911! Call 911!' It was a car back firing. And Australia's emergency number is 000.
The entire US population is living with untreated PTSD.
We used to have 000 for emergencies too in finland, but they changed it to 112 in the 90's. I don't understand why they chose 000 bc with those old rotating phones it was the slowest numer to call, when I was a kid I thought about this "a lot". Iirc you will still be directed to the correct number even if you choose the old number,or for example 911
In Norway the gov has approved (in silence) 911 to actually work despite the number being 113, because of American influence and all that
@@qine6559 you have 113? Oh no the fking confusion.. Ithought 112 is an european thing, here in spain it is also 112. Or thanks to the smartphones, youjust have to click "emergency call". Even if it's written in different language, it propably is the first and only text ppl see when grab a phone thet don't know how to use.
@@itkenverta oh, sorry you are right: 112 is police and I was thinking about ambulance for the gurl with broken collarbone and knee. But yes 112
If you love your country eclectic beard it's ok to criticize if you don't criticize you don't make things better loving your country is wanting the best for everyone in the country 😎👍🇮🇪
A friend of mine here in Austria gets infusions every couple of months, each costing about 35.000 (!) Euros. - his co-pay is about 7 Euros per dose/prescription unit (packet), like with every prescription.
when an American friend was here on student exchange, we used to walk all parts of my town by day and night, and on one of these walks, late in the evening, we crossed the poorest part of the town. when I mentioned this to him, he nervously asked: "isn´t it dangerous?" - no it isn´t. in my country, poor means less money, not that these people are criminals!
I enjoy watching these reactions. I'm so surrounded by hard-headed, myopic, nationalistic American "patriots", you're a breath of fresh air.
What state are you in? Theirs a lot of cool groups you can join to find cool folks to work/hang out with.
I've lived in this country my entire life...and I've always recognized the fact that it's a complete clown show. I guess the school didn't do a good enough job brainwashing me into believing the lies.
Heck, school was the first place I saw the illness in our system. We can do so much better as a people. All around me, I see people helping other people. We can make a better world.
I'm from Brazil and I can totally understand being frustrated by your own country's ineptitude
Love your content, man. Keep it up!
About 4 years ago, I was in hospital. 2 weeks semi paralised from the shoulders down, having tests done, ambulance trips to other hospitals for external consultations, private room with great food and very friendly staff. After 2 weeks I got the final diagnosis of MS, which was hard to figure out because of other medical issues making it harder to figure out. Another week of treatment plus the weekend of rest before being discharged to go home. Now, every 2 months a. Quick drive to the hospital to pick up my treatment with is valued at €950 a month. With those 3 weeks in hospital, the treatment and checkups since, plus the doctors for my other medical issues, I have so far spent €15 on a walking cane, and the fuel to the hospital when I have to go... And that's it.
The biggest advantage of free education is that the nation gets the opportunity to utilize the best brains that the country can provide. If there are any who doubt this, I would like to point out that poor people can also produce intelligent children and that rich people also sometimes produce stupid children.
Education should be free and should be considered a human right.
Ah yes, but then the already powerful might lose their power, and the ones in charge of the education system will lose a lot of money.
I'm pretty sure that in America, the people in power care more about keeping that power than improving the country/world
I grew up in rural western NY and what she said is true. If you trespass you risk getting shot or worse. I live in MA and I'm seriously considering moving abroad just to get some kind of better quality of life.
If you do want to move abroad and you like the rural life go to the UK and to THE COTSWOLDS look it up on RUclips you'll absolutely love it there's virtually no crime plus (FREE HEALH CARE)
Love your videos mate. Dane here, living in Philippines for 12+ years. Watching all the weird stuff going on in the US I often question what actually defines a 3rd world country, because misery seems to come in all sizes and shapes.
Peace out :) 🤟
Yeh I've also heard the US being described as the richest 3rd world country.
I live in Italy, father passed away because of a brain cancer last February, he lived with it 2 years, did numerous radiation treatments, two major surgeries and bought an obscene amount of medicines.
I had to pay only the car gas, because everything is covered by our national health system, btw I'm the oldest of three age 22, 19, and 17, our mother passed away 10 years ago and still we are not in a bad financial situation because we get money from the government if we continue to study, even for higher education.
I can't imagine if we lived in America how we would have survived...
simple...you wouldn't
As a Portuguese citizen, it's quite interesting to watch the health insurance ones, because here in Portugal if you call an ambulance (for an emergency of course) it is 100% free. Ambulances are only paid when its for non-urgent transportation. Also, prescriptions are not paid, and only exams like x-ray, EMR and all that are paid as well as external medical appointments (what means they are non urgent, only to solve non life threatening conditions).
Allen a hard working family man like yourself would be welcomed wit open arms in any European country. You have an open mind to learn about how the rest of the word works and while a patriotic American. You can see its flaws. No country in Europe is perfect and wee have our shit too. But on the whole we value basic human rights and are ready to take Governments to task if they try to mess with them.
I absolutely loved seeing French firefighters fighting the police on the side of the people. In the US we have a bunch of gun nuts with thin blue line stickers ( fealty to police) on theirs trucks shouting about the government taking their guns away, when it's the police who would take their guns away. I am glad that I can own a firearm legally because we have so many people who believe I should not exist as a transgender human being. I guess I take the good with the bad, but of would be nice to go to the doctor if I needed to without becoming homeless. We have some very interesting times ahead of us, here and all over the world.
A couple of weeks ago, my elderly mum was sent in an ambulance to the ER. I got the bill this week. 1 ambulance ride, 2 days at the ER including a lot of X-rays and MRIs, scheduled ambulance transport to another hospital where she stayed for 6 days and transport home was USD 82. Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪
Leaving has nothing to do with loving your country or not, it has everything to do with wanting to make a better life for yourself and your family. I am from Iceland but I currently live in England. I still love Iceland to bits and will always be proud of being an Icelander but there is stuff here that makes it much more worth it for me to live here in England than in Iceland.
Would left ICELAND to come here to ENGLAND?? Why??
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 cause as great as Iceland looks and sounds to foreigners, it's not all that it's cracked up to be to locals. Iceland has a lot of social issues that a beautiful landscape won't fix. One example is how crazy expensive it is. I had to pay nearly 17 pounds for a slice of cake and a cup of hot chocolate at a cafe once.
When I first moved to the UK aged 12 and entering school i was shocked that the states are the only place who worships the flag every morning. Also unless its a government building or royal residence flags are hardly unseen except in international sport. Most countries see their flag as for international use only.
That's quite common in communist regimes, funny enough.
@@ritoplsfixclient1667 it is not that. Other country have patriotism too. It is just that we are not brain washed to scream that we are the best country of the world, and see the need to overflow all part of rock with a flag in reassurance of that vision. We do not have the need to inflate our balls to prove that we have ones. We do not need to compensate. ^^'
The pledge of allegiance was started during the Cold War probably to remind ourselves what our government at the time wanted us to stand for.
It reminds us that we're a republic democracy ("...and to the Republic..."), which a lot of countries are. It encourages unity as a nation (one nation. "Under God" was added because many communist countries were known to be non-religious. Which is funny because at least half our country isn't Christian anymore. And I always interpreted the "indivisible" in marriage to the "under God" part; that so long as we remained subordiante to God he would keep us undivided and united. Which really sounds like they just want sense of stability and harmony and not haughty because it requires humility to be subject to a God and for a countries fate t be conditional.
But I've never met anyone who says it with absolute pride. It's routine at school from K-12. And there are plenty of Americans who can recite it and aren't crazy about the country.
The most proud and arrogantly pompous Americans tend to be concentrated in the South. As in middle-south and south-east or from military families, but not necessarily.
@@ivetterodriguez1994 Yet half of the states fly the southern cross.?
It’s mind blowing for me as a Dutchman to hear the stories of all those people, and your reaction on the stories. I see America. I see the shit what’s going on. I think I did. But when I hear all those stories. And your pure and straight reactions on them. I’m thinking, damn it’s more fucked up as I thought.
Respect man.
After watching several of your reactions I decided to subscribe. You are definitely a sound man, mature, experienced in life, from which I can actually learn some things.
Hi Beard, I'm from New Zealand. I had a bleeding stomach ulcer & was taken by ambulance unconscious to the hospital (due to blood loss). I was operated on to stop the bleeding & then had a blood transfusion. I spent 5 days & nights in the hospital & later had 3 hospital visits where a camera was put into my stomach to ensure all was clear. Total cost- $0.00. A month later I received a request to donate $100 to the ambulance as they are a charitable service. So I happily donated $100. All prescriptions after I left the hospital were $3 each. It is a crime that the US Gvnt do not have tax-dollar-funded medical care for all. No excuses.
yes and they dont even pay less taxes in usa
The opportunity was there in the 60s but it was viewed as a socialist action and was turned down. People are stupid.
Really enjoy your content, you have a healthy outlook!! I'm sure you didn't mean it this way but, the issue wasn't "running in a zig-zag" it was simply that no-one finds themselves in that position in most other countries.
Imagine paying 400+ bucks a month for health insurance and you still have to pay thousands for an ambulance
I had an emergency c-section here in the US after being in labor all day. It was late evening after my c-section and I got to my room about 11pm. I was in hospital the next day and discharged the following day!! After major surgery with a newborn, who had lost 1lb in weight already. I had no family in the US. So no help, newborn, major surgery. I lost 30 lbs the 1st week postpartum, looked like a ghost, ringing in my ears. My mother came over from UK to save me! TG!!
Germany values mothers and infants, US not so much. Some US work managers begrudge mothers the legal minimum maternity leave, [if there isn't some exception for that job position in that State].
The mother from UK above didn't include what that hospital stay cost.
My heavily pregnant friend went to usa with her husband on a mini break. From the uk. She went into early Labour. Was rushed to hospital. Gave birth and stayed in 3 days . They had a Bill of 32.000 dollars to pay as faffed up on insurance. In england the whole thing costs 0. You just pay a small amount of tax towards health care out of your wages .I'm Very Proud of our NHS . It's also free to penioners. Unemployed. Homeless.
This week, I had to go to a hospital because I had some health issues. I went to a doctor in Tokyo (with no appointment); had a consultation; scheduled a few tests (e.g. ultra sound, etc). Two days later, I returned to the hospital, had the tests, then had another doctors consult. Total Waiting TIme: 20 minutes. Total Charge: $25. And everybody was supper considerate and polite.
I live in New Zealand. 2 years ago I had back surgery, when I met my medical team there was an American in the team. it was explained to me she was doing a Fellowship at this Hospital and would be assisting my Neuro Surgeon. Later I find out from a nurse apparently American Training Surgeons go to NZ & Australia to learn, because if they stuff up here they don't get Sued. That blew my mind.
I am from Mexico, our system is very similar to the US and for the average Mexican it is all super expensive. However our public health system (really really bad) is free and they give you the meds for free. Watching all this I understand why there is some sort of medical tourism in Mexico from the US. Like so many Americans travel for dentist appointments, hospital stuff, doctors omg.
Not to mention there are generical medicines available for people can't afford the famous brands, something you can't watch and have in US!!!! And unlike there we have maternity leave and paid vacations depending the work you are, even my sister as recepcionist had her daughter by her work!!!!
Running in a zigzag makes it a LITTLE more dificult to aim a gun (if they know how to aim.) It also makes it easier to catch up to you, so...running away is a lot more dificult.
As for the sickdays, in Belgium you also have unlimited days off. You need to send in a doctor's note (it's being changed so that you only need to send it after you've been absent two or more days) but you take them as often as you need. The only check&ballance to it is that if it looks like you're abusing it (week after week, just sending a new note, or very regularly like a week each month for a long time) they send a check-up doctor. That's a doctor hired by your job from an independent organisation to check up on you if you are really sick and not faking it. Personally, I think that's fair. I've never had one sent, even the one time I had to stay home for 3 weeks.
I'm a native 50 year old English person living in England. I have just paid my yearly car insurance premium and it was just under £400 ($460) fully comprehensive! The car is a Yaris hybrid worth around £8000 ($9200).
Also I love our NHS. Our prescription charge is a bit higher these days at around £9.35 ($10.76). The costs of the medicines on that prescription we don't have to pay. Also all life long medicines and cancer treatments are completely free.
All testing and treatment for covid was free also. I spent a week on cpap with that btw!
Your rant on public university education being not free hit a chord in me. I have the same issues.
When I became a school administrator in a high school, I learned that, by law, 80% of collected tuition fees should go to salaries. There's a separate source of funding for laboratories, etc.
Then, where does the collected college tuition go when the public school staff salaries are covered by the national budget?! 😱😠😡🤬
Nothing major, but I went to the doctor with an infection in my finger. It had swollen and would barely bend. Consultation was free because it happened in the workplace and they charged me ~$7 for the antibiotics cure. I'm not insured.
You have a job but no insurance? That’s illegal in my country for example.
@@Philemaphobia medical insurance from your job is very rare in the UK. It's not really needed given our care is 'free at point of service'. Prescriptions in England are about £10, but free in Wales. I think Scotland is free too.
If you are in hospital all drugs are free while your staying, even in England.
I've been to the hospital after some work accidents but nothing major. A piece of glass (I was working in a glass factory) hit me under the eye and cut my check to the bone, and I had several stitches to fix it with injections behind my eye for them to do it. I also broke bones at work and needed hospital work. I've had four children with them needing hospitals sometimes, and my wife was in the hospital for a week before she died. I have never paid a hospital bill, and it's something I've never even thought of being a barrier to the care (I'm in the UK). I have always worked though, and so it is something I've contributed to by paying taxes for the NHS. If I'd been unemployed all my life, I would still get the same care.
@@Philemaphobia i actually don't know if I have it. I never applied for one so I don't think so.
I do like your sense of compassion. I have visited America a few times for business and leisure. It is a beautiful country but I have decided I don't want to return for now even though I have a visa. I have many American friends and they share your frustrations. I wish you well.
A little while back, my wife had some really distressing symptoms. Head pressure, her face drained of color, dizziness, spots in her vision. When she fell over trying to stand up, I took her to the hospital. After getting to the hospital and checking in, pain started to hit and we realized it was the weirdest most intense migraine ever. They gave her a pain med through an IV and discharged her in less than an hour (aside from the 2 hours in the waiting room). That cost us thousands, even after insurance "helped". That was my first adult medical experience, and you better believe it shifted my views on medical care in this country.
My youngest did born premature so we spent couple weeks at hospital, baby got treatment etc. My bill for all (care, meds, food...) was bout 200€. I gladly pay my taxes. Greetings from Finland.
I noticed a similar financial shift in costs just after I moved from New York to North Carolina. It's not as radical as moving to Europe but you learn a big lesson about culture being affected by government/business balance.
True, i live in the philipines and the tuition in public and private schools are night and day! Public schools are practically free until highschool and cities literally provide everything from notebooks to boxes of pens to uniforms!
Im not surprised at the amount of foreign students we have from africa to indonesia to korea and heck many from the US come here to study nursing too.
Edit: fyi public colleges tend to be half or even less(depending on the course since equipment can bring up costs too) but in general thets how big of a difference it is.
In Germany you just have to pay the ambulance, when you call them as a prank and they come out for no reason.
in poland you pay a fine for that but i would make prank calls to emergency numer a criminal offense because somebody else could die because the ambulance waasnt avilable
You pay for every ambulance ride, it's in the massive taxes you pay 😄
@@finish_my_projects they aren't as massiv as to pay the ambulance yourself
@@merle3359 Everyone in America is individualistic. They only think about the benefits to themselves and not society as a whole.
@@finish_my_projects in poland we have lower taxes than u have in usa, also im at the university so i pay only vat when im buying something, we just spend less on military because we have yours payed by ur taxes
I would really love to see Presidential candidates or any Politicians react to these videos it would be fascinating to see their responses but of course they will never put themselves in that situation.
Please make this comment viral. That’s the presidential debate the whole world wants to see.
Can you imagine if Joe Biden or Trump started doing reaction vids. I think it should be mandatory for every president from now on. The fact that I have never seen George W Bush watching the dead parrot sketch is nothing short of an injustice.
To start with, they would not understand anything because they are fucking old.
@@monkeytrumpet11 Totally agree and it should be mandatory to have watched "The parrot sketch", "Four Yorkshiremen" and Life of Brian, and then they could come to an debate.
The problem is not the president. As he said in an earlier video, all of the US politics is just a show under the big corporations. That's what you get when everything is about the money. Sure, the US is the richest country, but not its people
My American friend lost a baby, she had to pay hospital bills for years afterwards. So cruel to get a monthly reminder.
I guess when they refer to America as “the land of the free” they’re not talking about healthcare! 😂
nah, they only meassure "freedom" in how many guns you are alowed to own
Couple of stories:
My dad, who is in his 80s needed a hip replacement and the NHS didn't have the capacity at the time. Instead of waiting he was passed to a Private hospital who did the procedure, all paid for by the NHS. He had a private room with satellite TV, a fridge, an en suite bathroom and a beautiful view of the extensive gardens. When I first went to see him, he was sat in bed with the football on the TV, reading the paper that had been delivered to his room with breakfast.
When I had an operation to remove an abscess at the base of my spine, I was unable to sit or lay on my back for 7 weeks. Every single day a district Nurse visited me at home to change my dressing and check and clean the wound. They even snuck me bandages and dressings out of the supply closet so I wouldn't have to get charged for them on prescription. Without these wonderful women I would have been in hopsital that whole time, going slowly insane with boredom.
Whilst I am no fan of socialism on the whole, I have to admit socialised healthcare and welfare are excellent ideas. I am happy to pay a little more tax if it means those most in need can always access quality healthcare and assistance. If we are not going to help each other out when it's needed, what's the point of having a society?
You pay a little more tax (about £750 a year, on average) to pay for the NHS. But Americans pay many more times that in insurance for much less complete cover. And because we have a progressive tax system, you only pay if you can afford it. It's the bargain of the century...
Socialised healthcare has nothing to do with socialism. If so, more or less the entire Europe are socialists.
If Americans hadn't been told so through generations, you would have it as well.
I have socialized healthcare, don't have or need health insurance yet pay less in taxes than the average American, who also need insurance on top.
That last sentence of yours - surely that is the very essence of socialism isn't it? Too often these days people seem to think that socialism is another word for communism...
Im a Brit living in Bulgaria - In the middle of the pandemic i slopped down a flight of concrete steps and had a massive hematoma on my but - basically a foot ball sized blood blister.
They did not want to operate if at all possible, so I had 8 visits total to the hospital for checkups and injections of blood clot removers - they succeeded, I did not need an operation- the total cost to me was €20.
I arrives here in Bulgaria as a raging capitalist - but I did believe in the NHS - but after 14 years in a socialist country I am basically a communist now. Its too long to go into here, but the whole ida of putting the people before profit is a REALLY great idea and the whole society, even the infrastructure here is designed FOR THE PEOPLE. And that makes a hell of a difference.
@gigi v need to remove and replace it, it is terrible value for money
In the UK you can get on an NHS waiting list for most operations /procedures, but you have to wait a long time. If you have private health care (which costs a lot more), you can get them done quicker.
Not so much 'the land of the free' as 'the land of the very expensive'? 😉
These sequences you’ve been showing seem to break down into 3 main groupings. For example, fear of healthcare costs, fear for personal safety, holidays & sick days. Certainly employers in the UK don’t want you working when you’re sick - both because you’re not effective and because they don’t want you giving it to anyone else in the office.
I used to go bonkers if someone on my team came in sick. Get out of here and get better, I don't want to be sick too! Partly selfish but also, working when you're ill is awful. Xx
What’s free in America? The people are brainwashed by American government propaganda to believe they’re living the dream. They’re not. There are third world countries that care about their people more.
You guys are living the nightmare. The lucky bit I guess. You’re all too brainwashed to know it.
The government will be banning these types of videos before long and accuse the people of inciting discord.
Or possibly -- and this may sound strange if you're an American -- some employers actually care about their employees' well-being.
It was truly sad to see your reactions, I know other parts of the world aren't 100% perfect, but the USA has some serious issues. It's annoying that they're the first country to kick off about communism, yet their own traits towards themselves is comparable and in some cases significantly worse.
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Kinda sad how his face expression says everything how speechless he feels when thinking about: "How did it get here like this?"
If you watch animals as well, particularly social species, they look out for each other. Social health care, free education is all about looking after our fellow humans. If that is what some describe as socialist then being humanitarian is being socialist.
Exactly 👍
Watching this I feel a sense of gratitude for the NHS. Admittedly it's overstretched and far from perfect. But I am glad to live here in the UK where I will never be landed with a medical bill.
The NHS is only better than the US system, on virtually every other measure it ranks below every other developed country.
If we are not careful, and don’t stand up for it, we risk losing it.
@@ianmason2964 Yes! People don't realise, but the US health insurance companies, and pharma are itching to get into the UK. They bribe the Tories, and 2 things are happening:
1) Privatisation bit by bit - Did you know that over 97 English GP surgeries are now owned by US healthcare providers?
2) Tarnish their image - just like with the railways and others, massively underfund them, and when they are running really bad, tell the people that privatisation will be the solution. By that time, people are so pissed off at the service, they forget who to blame, and are more easily convinced.
@@ianmason2964 No we aren't. The NHS will not disappear, there are no plans for privatisation, but it DOES need serious reform because it absolutely spunks money up the wall and is one of, if not the worst health system in Europe.
Why wouldn't you want a health system like Germany? Part state, part private but you don't pay any more for it? It works better than the NHS and they have FEWER employees, but better results and higher doctors to patient ratio?
There is no argument for keeping the NHS as it is