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  • Опубликовано: 21 июл 2022
  • After seeing a rise in diabetic patients getting seriously ill due to rising prices of insulin, Dr. Goodwin fights for a more affordable option!
    From New Amsterdam Season 2 Episode 1 'Your Turn' - Max works to find a new normal, three months after the accident and the birth of his daughter; Kapoor grapples with the stigma of aging; Iggy has a successful day that inspires a life-changing idea; Reynolds deals with an unreliable new intern.
    New Amsterdam (2018) After becoming the medical director of one of the United States's oldest public hospitals, Dr Max Goodwin sets out to reform the institution's neglected and outdated facilities to treat the patients.
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  • @anat01
    @anat01 Год назад +637

    wasn't the first patent of insuline sold for 1 dollar? because the creator wanted it to be affordable for everyone?

    • @davidnewton2518
      @davidnewton2518 Год назад +124

      Yup, and the guys who thought themselves as "geniuses" decided that it will be better financially to extort patients for money than to save lives as intended

    • @alexbrown7708
      @alexbrown7708 Год назад +36

      Yup but insulin was made by multiple people and they all agreed to sell the patent for 1 dollar.

    • @randymarshislorde
      @randymarshislorde Год назад +1

      America, land of the "pay or die" medical system

    • @firstnext5482
      @firstnext5482 Год назад +11

      @@alexbrown7708 Not quite? One clave of them wanted it to be affordable to patients but another clave wanted, y'know, money. That other clave, since the patent of insulin wasn't theirs, instead patented a specific method to create insulin and then for companies to create insulin via that method cost them many a dollar which the companies then charged their customers many a dollar to buy that insulin.
      Or something like that. The team who came up with the solution were not all sitting on the same side of the moral paradigm.

    • @Lori235
      @Lori235 Год назад +4

      You are correct. It was. But we're talking corporate greed rulling the world.

  • @coffeeaddictexpress5038
    @coffeeaddictexpress5038 Год назад +245

    They did the same crap with the Epi pen for immediate allergic reactions. Oldest cheapest drug there is and they make it $1,000. It’s so horrible.

    • @Tyler_Mills26
      @Tyler_Mills26 Год назад +24

      I'm sorry how much for one epi pen?! That's extortionate! Would they rather people die from allergic reactions because they can't afford the medicine needed to save their life? Christ the government over there is pathetic!

    • @coffeeaddictexpress5038
      @coffeeaddictexpress5038 Год назад +19

      @@Tyler_Mills26 EXACTLY! Thankat least some doctors came out and said that they are still good years after expiration date on them. It’s just ridiculous, the greed of this world is absolutely terrifying.

    • @hardwirecars
      @hardwirecars Год назад +4

      @@coffeeaddictexpress5038 the love of money is the root of all evil.

    • @vanetiawellington1302
      @vanetiawellington1302 Год назад +1

      Yeah. I have been wanting to buy Epipen for sometime now because of my bad allergies but I just have to find other ways around it. Crazy.

    • @skatersurfersnowboarder3545
      @skatersurfersnowboarder3545 Год назад +2

      Facts. I have food allergies, Medicine allergies, and bee stings. At least one of my allergens is by smell and I cant control bees so I cant fully prevent allergic reactions.
      I cant afford a 500$ epipen even with discounts. (1000 out of pocket) Not to mention you must buy one each year as they expire quickly.
      I walk around with a few Benadryl in my wallet and hope for the best

  • @roxyroxy6824
    @roxyroxy6824 2 года назад +485

    Doctors like these is what the world needs, who fight for their patients and not for status...

    • @MilesEdgeworth129
      @MilesEdgeworth129 Год назад +6

      Many have tried, but they have found themselves at the mercy of rich people with friends in high places to... *remove* them, so to speak.

    • @SilverRose45
      @SilverRose45 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@MilesEdgeworth129 the we need friends who can "remove" those in high places who are assholes

    • @MilesEdgeworth129
      @MilesEdgeworth129 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@SilverRose45 Really makes you wish the ICA (from the Hitman series) was a real agency, doesn't it?

  • @7419911
    @7419911 Год назад +244

    I like how the patient is thinking of other people and not stopping at knowing she will survive

  • @Sund3v3
    @Sund3v3 Год назад +366

    This is why medicine prices in Europe are government regulated.

    • @Yessimuts
      @Yessimuts Год назад +14

      No. Here in Holland it's so expensive that people don't dare to go to the dentists and doctors. And that group is growing rapidly. I am included

    • @Sapphiresenthiss
      @Sapphiresenthiss Год назад +6

      @@Yessimuts Same here, in Poland.

    • @kmetzz1
      @kmetzz1 Год назад +8

      The issue doesn’t get solved with government. Government shouldn’t decide who lives or dies. That is worse than not being able to afford. I can’t afford my medicine. But I also do not want government deciding my fate.

    • @emikookime1849
      @emikookime1849 Год назад +22

      @@kmetzz1 Government doesn’t decide who lives or dies. Government tells drug companies they can charge up to $XXX amount for each type of drug. So for example, drug companies can’t charge $1000 per epi pen just because they want more money.

    • @kmetzz1
      @kmetzz1 Год назад +1

      @@emikookime1849 Give it more time. The government should not be involved.

  • @victoriabardsley8097
    @victoriabardsley8097 Год назад +436

    I’m Canadian. The meds I take daily are covered so I don’t pay a penny for them. Healthcare is a human right and people shouldn’t have to decide between medical care and other basic needs!

    • @raellskys4083
      @raellskys4083 Год назад +13

      I can't AFFORD to get my hernia fixed, I've been shoving my actual intestines back inside my stomach cavity daily for over 10yrs now and no desperately needed surgery to fix it in sight

    • @downhomesunset
      @downhomesunset Год назад +11

      @@raellskys4083 I’m so sorry to hear that. It must be frightening as well as painful! I hate seeing people in the 250K-500K complaining that it’s not their duty to pay for other people’s health care. There are people in Canada 🇨🇦 like that too. You don’t need to bitch about helping others; you live in a society……..I hope you get that surgery soon!

    • @Kristalya
      @Kristalya Год назад +5

      This is so correct! Greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮

    • @tenshi.kurama
      @tenshi.kurama Год назад +2

      I mean I understand the need for profit but not to this extent

    • @m_d1905
      @m_d1905 Год назад +3

      @@raellskys4083 Ask at the hospitals near you and see what programs they have to help. Often there are programs for people with no or poor insurance. My ex husband got his hip replacement that way.

  • @AbiCadabbi
    @AbiCadabbi Год назад +120

    This hits home. I learned how to start rashining insulin when I was 9 years old, because my family could barely afford it. That was 15 years ago. It's only gone up in price from then.

    • @vampiredesh2730
      @vampiredesh2730 Год назад +9

      @Adam Efimoff I am against companies making profit. If they are making more money it should be because there is a reason that humans need for the company to expand. Not for some rich asshole to buy his 5th cruise ship.

    • @teneesh3376
      @teneesh3376 Год назад +4

      ​@@vampiredesh2730profit is how you fund things and live. That's fair. What isn't is how much profit they are making at the expense of having people live.
      I mean the mind set of many rich investors is insane. Apparently it doesn't matter if you do make a profit. As long as it's not more of a profit than before, then it's a failure? I'm sorry, but that mentality is insane. Not targeted at you, just pointing out how insane rich people are

  • @Kristalya
    @Kristalya Год назад +77

    Food, shelter, medicine and health care belong to everyone! No questions asked! Greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮

    • @ajc-ff5cm
      @ajc-ff5cm 8 месяцев назад

      And who's paying for it?

    • @meggrotte4760
      @meggrotte4760 5 месяцев назад

      That would be a wonderful thing but unfortunately everything cost money
      It's very difficult to solve these kinds of problems if there's not enough financial resources
      You can only work with whoever God brings into your life
      I am not really
      I was a self supported christian missionary for twenty years
      I lost track of how many people got buying product into my life each time to help
      Some people needed help for ten years
      I still have this way of thinking because the love of jesus lives in my heart
      The truth does though we can't help everyone I wish we could
      We can only do what we're called to do with those who come
      We actually can't force society to do what's right
      Nowhere on the Earth. Do we hunger for truth and the ability to do what's right
      Apart from jesus were pretty hopeless individuals
      We don't have to strength or the ability to change much

  • @greatwizqrd421
    @greatwizqrd421 Год назад +14

    New Amsterdam is the Pixar of medical dramas. The tears always start flowing with this one.

    • @actuary33
      @actuary33 Год назад +2

      I'm making a tshirt thats says: America: Just don't get sick. Whod buy one?

  • @amandafitzwater242
    @amandafitzwater242 Год назад +49

    I’d love to see actual doctors like this.

    • @JackieMReacts
      @JackieMReacts Год назад

      there are a few i've met and seen for my health

  • @lynnecrisp
    @lynnecrisp Год назад +76

    I luv this doctor he has a heart of gold & he's extremely smart

  • @saraparrott3681
    @saraparrott3681 Год назад +156

    Sadly, not being afford to live is the norm in our medical, big pharma, and the insurance industry in America!

    • @Touriquette
      @Touriquette Год назад +2

      Personally I prefer how the US does it in many cases over Canada. It's an unfair comparison but my point still stands.
      I like having the option of being able to fight for my own life over having the government poke me into choosing to die to save tax dollars.
      If their was a perfect system I'd prefer it, but as things are? A case by case basis will do when it comes to medical care.

    • @tairidance1590
      @tairidance1590 Год назад +1

      Love you guys today

    • @swakage13x
      @swakage13x Год назад +1

      Sadly

    • @cloudstone123
      @cloudstone123 Год назад +3

      @@Touriquette I don't even know what you are saying here. What point? Do you think if government has the power to regulate life saving medications that it then means government gets to decide what medications you take? How do you think it works in countries where these very common medications are so much cheaper that insurance companies in the US are willing to fly people there to them to get them?
      Maybe if you are thinking about new drugs that are experimental and not on the market but you'd face that regardless in the US. No insurance in the US would cover those anyway.
      You imply it as not being given a choice. But as it is the only choice you are given is to die. That's it. There is actually no other option. We are talking about how many simply can't afford the medication they require to live because the companies have priced it so high too many people can't afford it.

  • @thebigmystery7841
    @thebigmystery7841 Год назад +18

    Just looking at the title made me cry...I dont know many times Ive sat in a doctors office afraid to do anything because I cant afford it. It sucks and I can feel that pain... "I cant afford to live"

  • @kms7527
    @kms7527 Год назад +169

    When I was little all I wanted was to live in America it seemed magical..as an adult im so glad that I dont..I live in a country that has free healthcare, no gun violence, believes women are allowed to decide what they do with their bodies..being too poor to live is disgraceful America.

    • @ILoveRomances
      @ILoveRomances Год назад +1

      What seemed magical about it?

    • @kms7527
      @kms7527 Год назад +21

      @@ILoveRomances all the movie stars lived there. All the musicians i loved lived there..it just seemed like this magical fairytale land to me as a kid..as an adult it seems that its only that way if you are rich. Being poor in America would be horrific. The gang and gun violence..People dying or being left bankrupt because of medical bills . Im so glad that my country has zero gun violence..the only thing I ever worry about with my girls and going to school is if they have done their homework and have their lunch boxes with them. I've had multiple surgeries..I was in hospital for 3 weeks with sepsis. It didn't cost me a cent. In the usa a million dollars right?

    • @ILoveRomances
      @ILoveRomances Год назад +7

      @@kms7527 Thanks. A lot of times when you grow up someplace that's popular, you don't recognize what makes it popular. I had that experience when I went to New York City and people would ask why I moved there. I said because it's New York! I came to regret it, though. I couldn't move out fast enough because of being poor and the crime and the rude people.
      I don't know how much a 3-week hospital stay would cost here but the very poor can get Medicaid and the rich and upper middle class can get insurance. It's the people that are in between that are struggling for healthcare.
      My main worry living here is student loan debt. It's 6 figures! I want to move to another country but there are so many options and it's such a big decision, I want to take my time choosing. Plus, due to covid and now monkeypox, being able to do that is going to be so much harder.

    • @carolotto3072
      @carolotto3072 Год назад +4

      In which country do you live that sounds so stable?

    • @crucisnh
      @crucisnh Год назад

      There's no such thing as "free healthcare". "Free" implies that there's no cost associated with the healthcare. But anyone with a functioning brain knows that so-called "free healthcare" isn't truly free. To call it "free" is nothing more than a lie. It's subsidized by the government, i.e. the taxpayers.

  • @kiara198923
    @kiara198923 Год назад +10

    It's so rare to get caring physicians but when you get one you never forget them!

  • @Comicsluvr
    @Comicsluvr Год назад +12

    The idea that so many Americans think that it's okay for people to die for lack of funds makes me ill.

    • @woefulmelancholy
      @woefulmelancholy Год назад +5

      I doubt most Americans feel that way, we just feel powerless to change the situation

  • @dragonman910
    @dragonman910 Год назад +20

    It's so disgusting that businesses can do that. Up the price of insulin so much that people can't afford it. Or being forced to ration insulin, nearly being fatal.

  • @tattooedwhitetrash
    @tattooedwhitetrash 2 года назад +71

    This happened to me IRL - keto acidosis. The US healthcare system is bullshit.

    • @mishyxD863
      @mishyxD863 Год назад

      Yep. My mom has breathing meds that are in the hundreds... without them, she's dead. And they're talking about getting rid of our benefits in a few years. In essence, to quote you, 'The US healthcare system is UTTER bullshit.'

    • @mcnoneya
      @mcnoneya Год назад +2

      I’m so sorry

    • @mishyxD863
      @mishyxD863 Год назад

      @@mcnoneya It's alright, we'll figure something out. Someone has always come through for us :)

    • @ButtonsCasey
      @ButtonsCasey Год назад

      Unless you had no inuslin, DKA is not a healthcare issue.

    • @tattooedwhitetrash
      @tattooedwhitetrash Год назад +2

      @@ButtonsCasey I don’t know where you got your information, but yes it is. It can literally kill someone. I didn’t have insulin and spent time in the hospital.

  • @Olga-jm5xf
    @Olga-jm5xf Год назад +3

    Very real issue with insulin. Many, many people from the US crossing over to Mexico to buy it. Thank goodness that possibility is available!

  • @ilovefabricandflowers8543
    @ilovefabricandflowers8543 Год назад +70

    I thank every day that I live in Australia where the government negotiates a price from the manufacturers. Also part of my tax dollars to share with people's needs. It's not a perfect situation but I can get 36 pens of insulin for around $21.00 total. It's possible America your government needs to have the will to make change.

    • @marianna12377
      @marianna12377 Год назад +1

      Omg. 36 for 21.00

    • @ilovefabricandflowers8543
      @ilovefabricandflowers8543 Год назад +3

      @@marianna12377 As of last week I no longer have to pay for my prescriptions, they are totally free because I have reached a threshold, this will be until the last day of the year. Australia struggles to provide some health services but the prescription bit they have got it right.

    • @crucisnh
      @crucisnh Год назад +1

      Governments don't negotiate prices with drug companies. What they do is blackmail the drug companies, telling them that they can either take the price the government says they'll pay, or the government will just take their patents and make the drugs themselves. Note that I'm not saying that the drug companies are perfect little angels, but neither are these governments.

    • @Jitterbuck
      @Jitterbuck Год назад +3

      @@crucisnh That is absolutely a good thing though, why should anyone have the right to outprice the poor out of medical care?

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 Год назад +1

      @@crucisnh why you are against it? Brazil's government did exactly that (ripped off the patents and begun to make the medicine by itself) and we are fine!

  • @giftynuamah8119
    @giftynuamah8119 Год назад +6

    I love the doctor he had a big heart he is so fine and he literally looks like somebody in my life like exactly

  • @Sarge92
    @Sarge92 Год назад +9

    no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means - Aneurin Bevan
    the founding principle that the nhs was founded on and runs on to this day

  • @davidyasss3484
    @davidyasss3484 Год назад +20

    It's scary to live in the US. So glad in Ireland type 1 diabetics don't have to pay for insulin. My sister is type 1.

  • @katiedeity4399
    @katiedeity4399 Год назад +9

    I have type 1 diabetes as well and my mother and I are so incredibly thankful that our current insurance covers insulin 100%, otherwise we couldn't afford it if they change the price cap law in Illinois. we're kinda hoarding our massive insulin stock in case something changes, but im so glad that currently don't have to ration out my supplies. we are also willing to give some away for other diabetics who cant afford it themselves.

  • @personneici2595
    @personneici2595 2 года назад +55

    Feel good story about one patient winning the medicine lottery is so bleak. Wow.

  • @jenniferdegrote3298
    @jenniferdegrote3298 Год назад +13

    Life saving medication should never be out of reach because of a patient's inability to pay. NEVER

  • @chryscork2244
    @chryscork2244 2 года назад +32

    21 $ too 250 thats insane

    • @stephenwillis6937
      @stephenwillis6937 2 года назад +4

      People wanna live in a Capitalist country but don't wanna pay Capitalist prices

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 2 года назад +6

      @@stephenwillis6937 oligarchy prices

    • @maxmustermann-zx9yq
      @maxmustermann-zx9yq 2 года назад +1

      it's probably incorrect though, more accurately would be that the health insurance company gets charged 250 dollars
      so more a problem of not having an insurance

    • @difakusumadewi
      @difakusumadewi Год назад +7

      @@stephenwillis6937 I live in a 3rd world capitalist country and the insulin price is about 17$ - 70$. This high price range is caused by pharmaceutical companies being free to set prices and diabetic patients can choose the desired product according to their needs and financial capabilities.
      I think 250$ is not capitalist price, but the result of oligarchy. I'm sure you know it's totally against capitalism, right?

    • @ButtonsCasey
      @ButtonsCasey Год назад +1

      My husband is a type 1 diabetic. Without insurance the price for his monthly Novalog is over 400 bucks. Two boxes of 5 pens each. With insurance its 35 a month. However, at Walmart if you do not have insurance a month supply of Novalog is 70 bucks. I also live in California and they just passed something where the state is making insulin and making it where more people have access to it.

  • @bluehbear1304
    @bluehbear1304 Год назад +3

    I'm so glad I live in NZ where a prescription is for insulin and most Meds actually (3 months worth) is $5

  • @fortenocito1244
    @fortenocito1244 Год назад +1

    this is so heartwarming 🙂😌

  • @lilman0820
    @lilman0820 11 месяцев назад

    this was such a great show

  • @prissylovejoy702
    @prissylovejoy702 Год назад +2

    Love this doctor. Wish he was real!!!

  • @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266
    @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266 Год назад +3

    He knows what he wants, that's for sure! And he wants to go the extra length to help his patient!

  • @sweet.jaelynn
    @sweet.jaelynn Год назад +11

    Ok completely unrelated but can we just talk about her hair 😍😍😍 I love Afro’s they’re so adorable

  • @Bubbl3sCupcake
    @Bubbl3sCupcake Год назад +3

    One of my heart meds is close to $900. My job fired me but I thank God for the free samples they give me until my benefits kicked in

  • @donnielindon1015
    @donnielindon1015 2 года назад +5

    Be safe out there

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 Год назад

    I like this guy. We need more doctors like him. Doctors like this?

  • @kiara198923
    @kiara198923 Год назад +4

    I'm in the hospital watching this. I'm in a sickle cell crisis. In a lot of pain & waiting on a blood transfusion.

    • @laurie113
      @laurie113 Год назад

      I’m so sorry 🇨🇦

  • @JSmusiqalthinka
    @JSmusiqalthinka Год назад +21

    I love this show for actually speaking to the real issues of our healthcare system under capitalism.

    • @divebombexpert2619
      @divebombexpert2619 Год назад

      Not really capitalism

    • @chandelier6811
      @chandelier6811 6 месяцев назад

      @@divebombexpert2619it is capitalism

    • @grizzly6018
      @grizzly6018 5 месяцев назад

      Right, because soviet citizens were the picture of perfect health 😂😂. So much so, they had to flee their own homes on rafts to come show us themselves!😂😂😂

    • @JSmusiqalthinka
      @JSmusiqalthinka 5 месяцев назад

      @@grizzly6018 bold of you to assume I stan the Soviet Union

  • @Kez_abi
    @Kez_abi Год назад +4

    This is happening accros England right now. Yes we don't pay for hospital admisions or care directly, but most of us do have to pay for perscriptions. It costs around £10 for each perscription that can be enough medication for a month or for a few days. For us who need multiple medications to survive that can tot up to a lot of money each month. We were already struggling but now were struggling to make ends meet just to buy food never mind medication.

    • @sarahlh5309
      @sarahlh5309 Год назад

      The NHS Prepayment certificate costs about £12 a month and covers all prescriptions. It's really helpful if you have multiple prescriptions.

  • @AndrewBarsky
    @AndrewBarsky Год назад +67

    “I can’t afford to live.” Jesus Christ how depressing. America is a dumpster fire.

  • @hunnybunnyLP
    @hunnybunnyLP Год назад +1

    I'm rationing insulin right now. I have to take it before every meal sand before bed. So now I don't eat some days just to stretch it out as much as possible. I wish I lived in a decent country.

    • @missl1775
      @missl1775 Год назад

      I'm so sorry. I hope you're doing better now - and praying, because I know America isn't doing much change for the better

  • @joeymorton4878
    @joeymorton4878 8 месяцев назад

    The funniest quote in here my body is producing insulin for me bc it is free 😂😂😂😂

  • @godzillarolls1613
    @godzillarolls1613 Год назад +2

    There's a huge market for "Non-Patented" medications, medical devices, and prosthetics out there. Its shocking how cheap it all is to manufacture.

  • @kykycupcake1
    @kykycupcake1 Год назад +6

    Related vent**
    This clip hit too close to home right now
    My pain management clinic that I've been going to for over 5+ years just kicked me out because they're no longer taking State insurance
    I can die without the medication they provide and I can only get that medication through their clinic (or other pain management clinics)
    There are no other pain management clinics in my area taking patients right now
    They know this is a potential (and very likely) death sentence for me.
    When I begged them to work something out until I could figure something out,
    They told me it wasn't their problem
    These are people I've come to know as family
    I see them multiple times a month
    We know each other by name
    I've seen them grow their own families
    And now they're fully comfortable sitting back and letting me die
    The only way I can keep going to them is if I pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket for private insurance
    Which if I do that, I will no longer be able to afford to go to the neurologist or OBGYN because co-pays will be too high on top of the monthly payments for insurance
    And considering my last MRI found "concerning abnormalities"
    No matter what I choose
    I can't afford to live either...

  • @jjs1300000
    @jjs1300000 Год назад

    This is why I’m thankful for the NHS.

  • @Oddball80
    @Oddball80 Год назад +1

    Its disgusting that big companies are like this. How much is a life worth? It shouldn't be a question of weather you pay the bills or live for another couple months.

  • @allenroth351
    @allenroth351 Год назад

    I feel this.. as a type 1 diabetic

  • @AngelMendoza-um8pm
    @AngelMendoza-um8pm 5 месяцев назад

    I see these videos and even true stories from people and I'm grateful thst I don't pay much for my insulin because I work in Healthcare and my insurance plus my employee discount reduce my cost of insulin down to about $8 for my box of insulin pens. But it still breaks my heart knowing there's others that can't afford it

  • @user-jo7kf2bj9s
    @user-jo7kf2bj9s 4 месяца назад

    I have a friend who's type 1 diabetic.... she's also got kidney didease......she works in the medical field, but her insulin is still outrageous. I feel so bad for her. She works at a hospital, and still, the cost of her of the meds that save her life are ridiculous. Its so sad.

  • @Andy1010xxx
    @Andy1010xxx Год назад +2

    I had to ration medicine too. I’ve been dealing with financial issues and I don’t qualify for Medicare. I couldn’t pick up my medicine at the pharmacy due to its price. First time I ever cried at the pharmacy. It sucks that my medicine is so expensive and the company who makes it has the sole right to produce it for twenty years. After twenty years is over generics can be made. (I looked up this info) I think in the next five years this company will have reached its twentieth year.

  • @MissTirsty
    @MissTirsty Год назад +2

    'MERICA!
    I'm glad and lucky I live in a country where I don't have to worry about how I'm going to pay for healthcare this seems insane to me

  • @Amollion
    @Amollion Год назад +1

    Ah money, far more valuable than any life

  • @captainpoppleton
    @captainpoppleton 13 дней назад

    The internet tells me -
    insulin prices in 2020 -
    australia $7
    uk $7
    canada $12
    USA $98

  • @liz7064
    @liz7064 2 года назад +28

    Sorry if this is rude, I’m not American and am genuinely curious: if someone can’t afford insulin ($200), then why are they in the ER (which to my knowledge $10k) that doesn’t make much sense. How would they be able to afford that?

    • @tattooedwhitetrash
      @tattooedwhitetrash 2 года назад +32

      The bill us and we ignore the bills.

    • @soyesayucateca9557
      @soyesayucateca9557 2 года назад +28

      So, they're in the ER because they were taken there. (Perhaps they passed.) If they have insurance, in theory, the insurance will pay for it. Hospitals can't refuse service. So, if the patient can't pay, the patient in likely to go into debt unless the hospitable has a benevolent fund. It's pretty common for patients to end up in the ER because they can't afford preventative care. The concept of preventative care is pretty recent, but there is no universal care system to guarantee it.

    • @coffeeaddictexpress5038
      @coffeeaddictexpress5038 Год назад +15

      They’re in a free clinic. There is a lot of greed in my beautiful country, but we have places to go in an emergency. No one should go broke trying to stay alive. Hope you are having a beautiful day my friend.

    • @zarasamuels9377
      @zarasamuels9377 Год назад +2

      I was wondering the same thing. Thank you to the other comments for giving your insights.

    • @mongoose1628
      @mongoose1628 Год назад +6

      They have to treat you if you show up to the ER. You technically have to pay, but you could skip out on that if you don't give them that much information (insurance, payment info, idk address maybe)

  • @coreywarrington7035
    @coreywarrington7035 Год назад +4

    Can someone tell me if pharmaceutical companies even know what 'morals' or 'ethics' are?

    • @--julian_
      @--julian_ Год назад

      they don't. they only care about filing their pockets

  • @andressaloiola8669
    @andressaloiola8669 Год назад +2

    The US “healthcare” makes me sick, not being able to afford to live? That country is sick, quite literally, because people can’t afford to be healthy

  • @chrissycopeland8064
    @chrissycopeland8064 Год назад +1

    Not just insulin, anything medical is too expensive in the USA

  • @geor4569
    @geor4569 Год назад

    ♥️

  • @manuma4446
    @manuma4446 Год назад

    Great America!!!!!!!!

  • @sapphirewingthefurrycritic985
    @sapphirewingthefurrycritic985 Год назад +1

    My dad's ex is a nurse practioner but still had trouble with buying it.

  • @jeanhunter2163
    @jeanhunter2163 2 дня назад +1

    order the city okay new amsterdam

  • @sandgroper1970
    @sandgroper1970 9 месяцев назад +1

    The current US Administration negotiated insulin to $35 . But that was a battle, with the pharmaceutical companies and the party that follows Trump, not liking it one bit. All because of the idea that the market should decide Health Care costs. The other one that hurts health consumers in the USA, is that they very rarely allow generics into the market.

  • @OttawaAnon1001
    @OttawaAnon1001 2 года назад +24

    They should have used the name of a real pharma company.

    • @veg2489
      @veg2489 Год назад

      It’s a real pharma company. Look it up.

  • @dragonman910
    @dragonman910 Год назад +2

    Life is more valuable than money. People are dying because they can't afford a life saving treatment in the form of insulin.

  • @HeronCoyote1234
    @HeronCoyote1234 Год назад +3

    This is why we need Medicare for All.

  • @sumedhdeshpande3420
    @sumedhdeshpande3420 Год назад

    OMG ! I just purchased insulin bottle at approx 2 USD without any insurance or govt place in India

  • @QueenShireen
    @QueenShireen 7 месяцев назад

    Things like that are starting to be a problem even in my country with "free" health care, it's so sad.
    Still cheaper then in the USA though.

  • @kookycoolauntkaryn5884
    @kookycoolauntkaryn5884 Год назад

    💔💔💔💔

  • @andyt2k
    @andyt2k Год назад

    MRKA!

  • @craftsandstuff3349
    @craftsandstuff3349 Год назад

    I am terrified of getting diabetes. Second to cancer.

  • @FredoGaming
    @FredoGaming 4 месяца назад

    As a European, I will never understand how the current state of the American healthcare system is not a crime against humanity. "I can't afford to live" hit really hard...

  • @officialmackenziegracemars147
    @officialmackenziegracemars147 Год назад

    Diabetic in Texas here my friends just drive to Mexico

  • @bellaklassen7u
    @bellaklassen7u 2 года назад

    Hi

  • @ssansu
    @ssansu Год назад

    Life in "America the great".

  • @MuffenCat100
    @MuffenCat100 Год назад

    What is this show called

  • @o.m9514
    @o.m9514 3 месяца назад

    So they will take them to court for not buying their insulin?!

  • @toniisaacson6282
    @toniisaacson6282 Год назад

    And this is the world's superpower???

    • @ccggenius
      @ccggenius Год назад

      I mean, we HAVE to be super powerful, if we're able to convince so many people this is good enough.

    • @defunctdefunctdefunct
      @defunctdefunctdefunct Год назад

      Being on top comes at several prices.

  • @jownajowana
    @jownajowana 6 месяцев назад

    I´m so thankful for not living in the US. In Europe we have problems too, but it´s so much better than the US ... Some relatives of my mother moved to the US decades ago and I´m so grateful for my mother that she didn´t move to the US with us ....

  • @elizabethhurtado2829
    @elizabethhurtado2829 2 года назад

    Medical

  • @noneyabusiness9441
    @noneyabusiness9441 Год назад +1

    No kidding drugs are expensive to save your life. I take NPlate and that’s over 2,000 a shot if you don’t have insurance. I get it every Thursday. Without insurance I wouldn’t be able to afford it.

  • @sanaaharris3128
    @sanaaharris3128 Год назад +1

    is it just me, or does he kind look like Dr. Mike?

  • @ChezMymy
    @ChezMymy Год назад +3

    I m surprised, this episode implies there's only one lab selling insulin in the US ... This monopoly position isn't illegal?

    • @kykycupcake1
      @kykycupcake1 Год назад +6

      I've been saying this for years.
      It's supposed to be but a lot of companies get away with it because
      ✨ capitalism ✨

    • @thewhalebear7073
      @thewhalebear7073 Год назад

      @@kykycupcake1 More like government interference protecting corporations, but sure.

    • @thewhalebear7073
      @thewhalebear7073 Год назад

      There's only a handful of companies due to egregious patent laws and government agencies that protect them under thinly veiled excuses. Big Pharma pays the politicians, the politicians protect Big Pharma, the government's a bunch of mobsters.

    • @Kahli21
      @Kahli21 Год назад +2

      No, there are a lot of companies making insulin. They're just changing how they make it every few years so that they can hold a patent on that method, which prohibits competition for newer, better forms of insulin (there are a ton). The fictional hospital in the show has an agreement with one manufacturer rather than multiple. I'm sure it's for simplicity's sake, to show the issue more clearly.

    • @ChezMymy
      @ChezMymy Год назад +1

      @@Kahli21 I see, thank you for your explainations. It reminds me an episode of House M.D. where it's about that too. Dr. House is cornered by Vogler to give a speech in favor of one new medication (produced by Vogler's pharmaceutical company). And during the speech, Dr. House reveals the truth: the new medication is the same as the old one, but a lot more expansive. They just changed the old a bit to have a new patent to be able to increase the price.

  • @downhomesunset
    @downhomesunset Год назад +23

    But you are putting Canadians at risk by coming here and buying our meds. Not that we want you all to be hurt. But US citizens have to demand the prices go down AND stop the insurance companies from denying people coverage.
    BTW-my Epipen is free in Canada 🇨🇦 because I’m poor, but I know people pay around $25 for two.

    • @marianeedscoffee
      @marianeedscoffee Год назад

      More demand more product will be made, no? I don’t think you are left empty handed. Or are you? I am curious.

    • @defunctdefunctdefunct
      @defunctdefunctdefunct Год назад +2

      @@marianeedscoffee more demand usually drives prices up.

  • @lynndiehl8126
    @lynndiehl8126 Год назад

    We have free interprize but they could still refuse to allow them to over charge.

  • @theautobrat
    @theautobrat Год назад

    How much of this is true?

  • @lonemarksman1999
    @lonemarksman1999 Год назад +1

    America ☕️

  • @TheDumbassSoldier
    @TheDumbassSoldier Год назад

    If a was medic i wut help life no matter what , i dont need their money i want them to be happy

  • @saraortegonrodriguez5862
    @saraortegonrodriguez5862 Год назад

    My country's medical system is flawed, very, but at least we can get our medicines, all of them, whenever we need them. The people that pays the most high, it costs them like 5 USD per prescription.
    I really can't understand why the US keeps putting money over people.

  • @ukaszwalczak1154
    @ukaszwalczak1154 Год назад +2

    "EhhHhHhH I'M nOt GuNNa PaY fOr SoMeOnE ElSe'S hEaLtHcArE!!!" You wouldn't have to, what people want, is not your money, what they want, is affordable medicine :)

    • @Akimbo411
      @Akimbo411 Год назад

      That ship has pretty much sailed. It’s practically impossible to get rid of Medicaid and Medicare at this point. Neither party would survive attempting to do that. The politicians are just holding back the tide towards fully socialized medicine at this point.

  • @elizabethhurtado2829
    @elizabethhurtado2829 2 года назад +1

    ⚕⚕⚕⚕⚕🧘‍♀️🧘‍♀️🧘‍♀️🏥🏥🏥🏥

  • @wennamacormac781
    @wennamacormac781 Год назад

    Two reasons I'd never live in America - number 1 reason? horrific health care.

  • @sneakykidd6848
    @sneakykidd6848 Год назад +1

    Imagine if north american governments actually provided stuff like this free of charge. You know something that you need to live that is out of your control.

  • @joshuahudson2170
    @joshuahudson2170 Год назад

    Break the back of big pharma already!

  • @Sniperboy5551
    @Sniperboy5551 3 месяца назад

    This would never happen in real life. Doctors don’t care enough to put their careers and jobs on the line on your behalf.

  • @kmetzz1
    @kmetzz1 Год назад

    Sigh 🙁

  • @twonyx213
    @twonyx213 Год назад

    Anyone else know she's in orange is the new black or just me?

    • @yippehanako
      @yippehanako Год назад

      she does look like Jenae. I can't tell if it's her though

  • @Somerandomdude-ev2uh
    @Somerandomdude-ev2uh Год назад +2

    USA USA
    WE THE BEST
    FREEDOM FTEEDOM GUNS

  • @hiddenagenda4910
    @hiddenagenda4910 2 года назад +6

    "Thank you Mr White Savior, but what about everybody else?"

  • @tiffanytoorie2937
    @tiffanytoorie2937 Год назад

    Honestly how does everyone else have free health care but now.....America......aren't they suppose to be great or something..

  • @hivemistressherguineapigfa8563

    Ah, the American 'Health' system, everyone!🙄