Two things Britain does better than USA: We live longer. Britain is ranked 20th in the world for life expectancy (71.4 years). USA lags eleven places lower in 31st place (69.1). Probably due to the millions who have no medical insurance and can't afford treatment. The British are very good at NOT getting shot dead. In 2011 only 146 died due to firearms, a rate of 0.23 per 100,000 population. The figure for the USA in 2014 was 32,351, a rate of 10.54. If the USA had the same rate as the UK that would total 706! The difference being 31,645 just for that one year.
You also fail to mention that 80% of all those who are shot in the US belong in a gang. And are also of African American descent. The US murder rate at the end of 2015 was about 4.9 out of every 100,000 here. However 80% are gang on gang related. So for those of us not in a gang, that means in the US you have about a 1 in 100,000 chance of being murdered. Also many of those gun related deaths are of shots fired from police who kill gang members each year. Moral of the story, don't be in a gang and you won't ever have to worry. I'm often in one of the most dangerous American cities by murder rate vs population ratio in the US. Yet I have never been shot. And i'm there 2 days out of every week. And somehow we have massive music festivals and gorgeous museums and parks with children playing and couples walking up and down the streets. Also the official life expectancy here in the US is 78.74 years at the end of 2015. (Not 69.1 years.) In the US you are entitled to emergency care even if you can't pay in the event of an immediate emergency such has having a heart attack or other life threatening situation. And it is law to have health insurance, otherwise face a fine. So most have some type of coverage. Only the poorest of the poor don't.
Yankee Patriot74 haha except in America criminals and terrorists can access firearms with relative ease, judging by your gangs comment. So a bomber could defend himself with a gun until he reached his target. A rapist can force a woman to stop from a distance by pointing a gun at her and the knife attacker is now wielding a gun, much better. You can't refute statistics.
I'd like to try an explain the NHS in a bit more detail. The NHS is not free, we pay for it with taxes. In essence, it is an insurance scheme whereby our Government provide that service and not-for-profit. This makes it very cheap as it also means medical suppliers have to compete for the huge contracts available. To give you an idea of the cost, we actually pay LESS in taxes per person for healthcare than working-age Americans do, yet we are able to get healthcare for the entire population as a result whereas in the USA one must additionally use an insurance company. Something I find Americans often fail to understand is that it's SO cheap, that anyone who earns well can very easily add extra, private health insurance here if they so wish in order to get faster, better service. The best way to think of it, is the NHS is like a super-amazing much, much, much better medicaid/care which is available to everyone at any time and is so good that most people just don't bother with anything else. But private health insurance is still a thing, for those that want and is ALSO cheaper and better here because it has to compete with the NHS.
Think about it - you're speaking English. Medical bankruptcies in the UK = 0. USA = 600,000+ per year. UK population not covered for health = 0. USA population not covered = 27 million. % of GDP spent on health (2016): UK = 4.2. USA = 9.9 An underfunded NHS is still better than profit before people. Health is a right - not just a for privileged Sunny Staff!
Something you don’t know, in the US we don’t have to wait in line for weeks to see a doctor. I’m sick today in the US I can walk into any hospital or clinic or call my doctor to get in same day or next day. In the IS, no one is turned away if you are sick, we have Medicaid and Medicare or some state health insurance, this is for people who are usually unemployed or elderly. The reason people lost their healthcare is because jobs went away bc it is employers who offer health packages. I have excellent healthcare, it’s a myth people don’t receive care, that’s a lie. Free healthcare doesn’t mean better and in the US you are more likely to survive aggressive cancers and if you have strep throat or in pain we don’t have to wait weeks to see a doctor. Advances in medicine happened because of how much money the US puts into health care, why we have mri machines, sonograms, xrays, heart monitors, anesthesia , chemo etc, it’s all because we pay for it. If the US had socialized medicine , there wouldn’t be any money in all the things I mentioned and the world benefits. Also, all of our pharmaceuticals moved to Ireland, Sweden, and other parts of the world, it’s all ours too.
I think you should change your title to "England v USA" or "London v USA" as you say,your basing your opinions on London and not the rest of England or the Scottish or Welsh which come under the "UK" banner that you use. Also the NHS is not free,we pay for it from our wages at source. Lots of people all over the UK get a bit annoyed that the UK government, news & media in general seem at times to be London-centric,its like everything revolves around London and as long as London is ok,the rest of Britain does not matter!
+sooperhooper thanks for the great feedback! Your absolutely right about the title. However, I have this one because it's common for people to search. I do try to say it in each video so people know early on that I am talking about my London experience. Thank you for watching, even with the slightly 'false advertising.' :-)
it took me to the end of of your comment to realise you didn't mean sink or bath plugs. At "safer and sturdier" i was really wondering how bad a sink plug in the USA could be
@@stephengibson4823 Well you may not know this but you can buy special plugs which actually DO have switches on them. I got one once. And I do mean the plug. Example : www.amazon.co.uk/Electronics%C2%AE-Switched-Mains-White-Indicator/dp/B07Y23VB21/ref=asc_df_B07Y23VB21
@@cliffhulcoopofficial8075 This is a relatively new innovation? and certainly not the norm. When you add up the cost compared to a switched socket and a standard plug I will be surprised if they are romping out of the warehouse. Most things now have an integral pug that if removed negates most warranties on an appliance so what is the point? Not bought a socket or plug recently but can you imagine the cost if you converted to these plugs. Plus my comment was a year ago. How long have these been up and running. I probably didn't know they existed when I wrote it.
NHS takes a long time coz it has to take care of 60m+ people and it has to prioritise. But I know if I ever needed a major operation - like heart/lung/kidney transplants, NHS would pay hundreds of thousands of $$ for it and I wouldn’t have to lose my house over it.
also I think the NHS in London where they have large clinics dealing with thousands of patients etc is quite different to rural Britain where we have a village practice and 2 or 3 gps and a district nurse and a physical therapist, a midwife and several practice nurses per 2 or 3 thousand patients meaning an emergency appointment is almost always same day and a check up or discussion type appointment available within 2 or three days usually with less than 15 minute wait time depending on how well managed the surgery is.
For most people afternoon tea is something that you might do for your Grandmothers birthday or as an occasional treat. We're mostly at work so the only cakes we see are when Dave from accounts has a birthday
It puzzles me how much Americans seem to love the British royals. Their own revolution and national ideology was based on rebellion against the British monarchy and traditional aristocracy in general.
+Craig great point! Thank you for watching and leaving feedback. Perhaps centuries ago we weren't as fascinated? :-) Can't say I have any reasons to account for the change but your observation is appreciated.
Mat Lemons it's MASSIVE at the moment, it's everywhere and increasingly popular. Particularly experience driven afternoon teas in skyscrapers or posh hotels etc
Afternoon tea at The Ritz, in Westminster, currently is from £54 per adult and from £30 per child, and so that guarantees to exclude the labouring classes. The Savoy (also in Westminster) at £52 per person might be two quid cheaper but that still guarantees the peasantry are kept at bay. Personally, I prefer some good, old-fashioned pub-grub, along with a pint or two of best bitter. Feels as if you've had something - and still have change from a ten bob note.
anghinetti right, okay. So afternoon teas don't exist on Wowcher, they don't exist at cafes and health spas? Nope, they don't exist in cocktail bars etc. Some afternoon teas can be found for about £15 pp. Reasonable, considering costs. It costs more in time and effort than frying some chicken nuggets and some fries hun
harry potter, lord of the rings, the hobbit, Dickens novels, Jane Austin, Shakespeare, : just a few British gifts to the silver screen- much of star wars, game of thrones, Jurassic world, many marvel films have filmed within the united kingdom too
Sherlock Holmes in literature TV and movies and other mediums since 1887, Dr Who (let's not get into an argument about how he'll do as a woman) Judge Dredd (2000 A.D the comic not the movies) The British redefined comics as a medium and the superhero genre thanks to Alan Moore-Neil Gaiman and other British writers. Plus Monty Python, The Prisoner, Michael Moorcock's Elric stories, Sid and Nancy, The Beatles, and Benny Hill and Andy Capp. ;-)
Are you serious?!? In this list of great literary works, you leave out Douglas Adams? It may have been one f the worst movies of all time but Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was not only an incredible series of books, but also the basis of one of the first PC adventure games. Also, on a cheeky side note,Tolkien was born in South Africa. Admittedly, to an English family and he moved back here when he was three. I guess we can claim him, but I wonder how Nigel Farage feels about this hahahahaha
We British also invented the computer ie- Babbinger, I believe invented some form of calculating machine, but only as a party/talking point. I may be wrong. please correct me on that, if so. We had the first programmable computer at Bletchley Park. This was to solve German secret code and it helped to crack the enigma coding m/c,
Babbage did make a proto-type mechanical computer to be used on ships for navigation called the difference engine. Alas, it weighed tons, took so long and cost so much to develop the government killed the program. And yes, Ada Lovelace was his collaborator and is credited with inventing the first computer language.
Charles Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. He made plans for a mechanical computer which he called his Analytical Machine but he kept fiddling with his designs trying to make it better but died before it could be made. Years later the Science Museum copied his plans and made Babbage's mechanical computer and it worked perfectly. The computer made to break WW2 enemy codes was invented and made by a telephone engineer called Tommy Flowers and it was called Colossus, it was the world's first electric programmable computer and was so good they used it until the 1970's but because it was all so top secret and used to break Soviet codes during the Cold War Flowers got little recognition til decades later and many benefited financially from computer breakthroughs that Flowers had actually already done but who kept his silence because he had signed the Official Secrets Act during WW2.
I think we do holidays better, 28 days paid holiday. Usually taken two weeks at a time, I have friends who travel from Atlanta to other countries for a weeks holiday. Come on, by the time you get there its time to start back.
Most places I have worked in the U.S. have 21 days "PTO" or "paid time off." I have to take PTO for anything. Mom having a heart attack? PTO. Feeling ill yourself? PTO. Office closed for Monday after Easter? PTO. Need to visit your doctor for any reason? PTO. By the time you get around to an actual vacation it is 3 years later and you have to have major surgery to do it. My husband, on the other hand, still works for a union shop. He has 5 weeks vacation and separate sick time. Hmm, must be why the U.S. is trying so desperately to get rid of union shops!
Afternoon Tea is a novelty thing to do if you're visiting expensive restaurants or hotels. It's just not something we Brits do. It's more common amongst the super rich and royalty.
This is so not true. I am English and not rich but on holiday you do have afternoon tea, especially in Cornwall and Devon. I also go to hotels for afternoon tea for birthdays. I do my own afternoon tea to celebrate other special days or just because I want to. Lots of people I know do the same. It is a nice tradition.
The National Health system is not free , we pay national insurance which is compulsory taken out of your wages. This covers you for sickness / unemployment and old age pension. It is worth every penny. The more you earn the more you pay.
The NHS is only free at the point of use, anyone earning a wage in the UK pays for it through our taxes, however it is nice not to have to worry about paying for a major operation etc. As for it being slow, that's because you live in London, my Doctor's usually apologise if they can't see me within 2 days, but there's not so many folks to see up here. You forgot to mention that we make better chocolate (I realise that is my personal opinion) the American chocolate I've tasted is awful! Lol
Now that Cadbury's is owned by an American company the quality of their chocolate is definitely inferior to what it was. Personally I won't buy it. They also renaged on a promise when buying it that they would not close factories, they put a few hundred out if work and switched production to Poland.
Americans are way more hospitable than us Brits. Brits are way funnier than Americans, or rather, humour is more important and commonly used amongst Brits.
The best place in my opinion for afternoon tea has to be Bettys Tea Rooms in Harrogate Yorkshire. It really is a real British tea room and you can book a table for the upstairs room or just turn up for the downstairs one. Also it has it's own shop. It really is worth a visit.
In the movie A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1976) based on the WW II Battle of Arnhem in the fall of 1944, British actors played key roles in portraying British figures in the battle. SEAN CONNERY as Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart - Commanding General 1st British Airborne Div., Dirk Bogarde as LT GEN Robert "Boyd" Browning, Michael Caine at Lt Col Giles J.O.E. Vandeleur, Commander of the Irish Guards tank Battalion that led the ground invasion, Laurence Olivier as the Dutch Doctor who brokered a ceasefire between the German Army and the British to take care of severely wounded on both sides, Anthony Hopkins as LT COL John Frost, commander of a British Airborne battalion attempting to hold the bridge at Arnhem (the Bridge Too Far of the movie's title). Richard Attenborough directed. Great movie and I am an American, who saw it when first released and a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, US Army.
Four years and thats all you can come up with, please try and look past the superficial? I think the NHS is second to none and until you have used other Countries services it is hard to see how good it can be. Afternoon tea? We do tend to apply a good level of logic to our driving habits and road system... sometimes get it wrong with oneway systems! I don't think you can or should compare Nations, culture and history impacts greatly on modern life and explains attitudes and practises plus we have fundamental differences. I think the US is a stand alone Country a very young Country which has made its own rules up as it went a long and probably has more in common with Australia than the UK if you needed to make comparisons. I never really thought about differences when I lived in the US and it was only when I returned to the UK that I noticed how much more freedom we have than the US. Proud to be British and very grateful.
Hi sunny, been watching your vids for a little while now and am glad you are having a good time living here, you said you can't really comment on the NHS as you have not used it much, well that’s a good thing as that means your quite healthy, if you do have to use it you will find it is fine, but maybe a bit slower in the big city’s as there is so many people, where i live in the south west i can normally get referred in a few days to a local hospital if i needed to (lucky for me not for a long time, but sneeky wife has a few problems and help is almost instant here) we do moan about it, but as you have been living here a while you know we like to moan about everything...!!!!lol..nuff said.
The NHS is not free. You pay for it in National Insurance contributions in the form of a percentage of your weekly or monthly salary. Non domiciles in the U.K. Must pay for their NHS health care. In no way whatsoever is it free.
I paid £500 on top of my last visa application fee (my 4th one now) just for NHS. Even though, I already make contributions from my full time employment salary just like every other honest working person in the country.
H Basing Exactly! Where else do people think governments get their money from? That is as it should be. All public services are paid for with public money but when the money is pooled in this way it works out cheaper for the individual than if they had to pay direct from their pocket.
Hello Sunny, I have come to enjoy your videos. Your tone of voice is very easy to listen to and your comments are invariably considered and the result of your experiences here. Hope you're not put off by the occasional unkind post.
Incredible to realise the NHS was started in 1948. We were bankrupt and our towns and cities were in rubble after fighting a grueling six year war. Rationing was still going on and yet we pulled together to make a free universal health care for all citizens. Very grateful to be British
Sunny! Where have you BEEN? I'm guessing back in America for a while. Seeing you again was like a breath of fresh air. (Gush, gush, gush) Ok, I HAVE to plump for our (British) healthcare system, simply because, apart from the National Insurance contributions taken from wages, I don't know the cost!!! This is going to be A TAD long, now and I'm still leaving lots out - but YOU started it! LOL. What does it cost to get taken to hospital by ambulance? - NO IDEA, it just takes me. The cost of 2 heart attacks, hospital stays running into a week or two, keyhole surgery? - HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE! The true costs of my drug regime, apart from prescription charges if you're working? - NOPE, SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU. And so it goes on. Name any medical procedure you like, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COSTS. My late father, on the other hand, living in the USA for 25 years and dying as an American Citizen, had Health Insurance somewhat, but still had to find an extra $6,000 when he broke his arm one winter. Serious illness got him in the end and that's when I saw the bills for things like being charged $800 per night (pretty sure, I'm not getting his paperwork out just now) for a hospital bed - and that's just for the bed, NOTHING ELSE. Everything else is on top, of course, laundry, drugs, tests, bloods, ECGs (connected to a machine for 30 seconds that gives a paper strip heart readout - 50 bucks a pop), plastic pill cups and plastic straws - 50 cents each and every one, surgery, aftercare, etc., etc.. And don't get me started on the funeral!!! Oh, by the way, the hospital, when he died, wanted $500 a day morgue storage fees until he was picked-up by the Undertakers. Ok, I'll stop now (still haven't learnt how to create a separate paragraph on here and KEEP it as a separate paragraph!), having put the cat among the pigeons with my off the cuff reaction/comment. Soooo LONG! Sorry. BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK SUNNY - AND THE SUN'S COME OUT, ACTUALLY. 'Bye for now.
+Andy U hello my RUclips friend! I started a new job and have been engulfed in that for a few weeks. Should be back to weekly videos now though. Thanks for all the ideas on health care. I was hoping the topic would trigger a 'healthy' debate in the comments :-) Pun intended!
I'v never been to the states , but as I understand it the USA does not have a health system !! . In the sence that if you can't afford health insurance , you'v pretty much had it for health care . Like every thing else in states everything is done for profit including health care . The bigger part of the world looks at this with a frown and do not understand why it is not considered a fundamental human right . The world and the American people are all talking about it
Loved your video. Although may I say British invented the internet which therefore gave way to Americans creating social media platforms. That aside, do love America and have always enjoyed my visits
We stopped for tea in a London shop around 4 one afternoon. We sat at a table w two school girls and they offered us some of their cake as we had bought no pastries. So sweet of them to offer. I'm all in for the afternoon tea. (We are in too mad of a rush in the U.S. To stop and savor anything much less tea)
It isn't that we demand food that has less preservatives in it, it is the law. Many of the preservatives and food processing methods ie irradiated food, chlorinated chicken and cattle injected with hormones to increase growth as practised in the USA are banned within the EU. If Americans knew how their chicken portions were prepared their heads would be turned, along with their stomachs.
I am a Brit and a while ago I presented at A + E (ER) with chest pains. I was seen within about ten minutes of arriving -- sure enough I was having a heart attack. Obviously I was triaged, because of the nature of what was making me feel unwell, whereas when I had previously limped into casualty with a busted or sprained ankle, I had to wait for a couple of hours to be seen, since i was unlikely to expire from such an injury. My visit for heart troubles triggered a fortnight's stay in hosp and fitting of a stent. For all of this and the tests that the cardiologist called for, I paid nothing at the point of delivery. I cannot imagine -- frankly do not want to imagine -- what I would have paid for this in the US.
Totally disagree, first of all it depends what State you drive in the US for polite drivers and aggressive drivers, remember the US is a lot bigger than the England and UK. Talk about cuisine in the England, heard everything is all mushy, in the US there’s a big menu of diversity. The UK wasn’t first for singing competitions on tv like Got Talent because prior to that the US had a show called the Gong show back in the 60s and 70s, so no the UK wasn’t first. Also, before singing competitions such as Xfactor or American idol, the US had a singing show called Stars, which started in the 80s , this is where Justin Timberlake appeared on as a child. Maybe that’s how Simon Cowell got inspired. Also, all the movies you mentioned, yeah produced by American movie producers, you have to admit it is America who makes it more interesting, the sound, the music, the set, very hard to do and it’s American producers that bring it to life, something you don’t appreciate. America also has the music industry because we also started that, you realize Elvis was around 9 years before the Beatles, the Beatles learned from American music and culture. It was the Americans who brought Pop music to the Uk, during WW1 and 2, the US soldiers would bring records to Europe and that’s how pop music was introduced to the UK which the Queen banned for a while, so yeah the US does music and movies way better then the UK and US movie producers are good at bringing characters a live with US music composers for sound tracks, you take that away and none of the Brithish characters such as Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh wouldn’t be as big as they are without US talent of putting it all together. The US had STAR WARS! Also, the US is Christian while the UK is becoming less Christian, the US loves Jesus Better!
If it was not for the British and the Australians and Canadians you Americans would be speaking Japanese today . America were gutless during WW1 and WW2 . Whilst England went and fought the Hun you Americans sat back for 3 years and let countries like Australia , NZ , Canada , India , French and other countries do the work of the courageous . You wimps sat back and did nothing until the Japanese kick your buts at PH at the end of 1941 .
With the NFS, the time taken to see say a specialist or have a operation depends how urgent it is . If you are very ill , then you will be treated very quickly .
I don't like how you have to pay 5 or 10p to use a public restroom although I do understand it. I think if we here in the US had to pay 50 cents to use the restroom at a gas station, maybe it would be much cleaner
evancortez2 You only have to pay in the city centres, I think because of the sheer quantity of people using them as: 1) It means the local council can afford to pay attendants to keep them clean throughout the day and 2) The turnstiles where you insert the coins act as barriers to deter drug addicts or homeless people from going in and locking themselves inside the cubicles for hours on end (as does the presence of the attendants) So there are multiple reasons for the menial charge. Other than this, it is not at all standard to pay to use public toilets in the UK.
Have just discovered you for myself, and have to say, I'm delighted. You videos are well made, and you come across as a really nice lady. Bravo bonny lass
The NHS is NOT free: We pay National Insurance (about 9%) of our earnings into a pool, which goes to fund the NHS. So, somebody earning about £30,000. per year will pay in about £2700. per year, whether they use the NHS or not.
+sts899 thank you for adding this. I also had to pay an additional £500 for an NHS fee when applying for my spouse visa renewal. That's in addition to the deductions taken from my salary each month!
I'm not sure how tipping is awkward for and American. If you didnt grow up with it as custom, I can see it being awkward, but to an American tipping should be a pretty simple task. If you don't like to tip then don't eat out in the US it's as simple as that. When I go to the UK, I respect the culture and the way of life. British people who like to rant about American tipping need to suck it up. It's our way of life. That is the beauty of visiting another culture.
What you Americans must also realise is that if you live in Manchester , England, as I do , London is as foreign to me as it is to you, and ,Also think ! Before the high speed train , I could get to Atlanta GA with our 11am Delta flight quicker and cheaper than schlepping to London. I bet you never knew that !
SO That was your choice The fact that London is the Capital should have driven you to at least visit once and that was your choice, It is a 4 hour train journey and the tickets are cheap People like you make me cringe as they love to stay at home and criticise from their cosy slippers and armchairs.Smfh
I had a blackout when i lived in Las Vegas, I woke up in Hospital which was a 10 min walk away from where i blacked out. I got a bill for $300 for the Ambulance.
We're all part of the same family: UK, Republic of Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent countries where the English language is widely spoken as a second language, such as India, South Africa, and a few others in the Commonwealth of Nations. Then there are our cousins in the extended family, the rest of humanity with all its little quirks. Love then all..
Sunny thank you very much for embracing the British way of life culture values and standards . It is all because of the love you have for your husband that is your driving force. Other videos that I have seen by younger females say things like " the British drive on the wrong side of the road", Not good as she does not know the history of our beloved country. Keep up the good work and remember Great Britain and America will always love each other from here to eternity. Cheers.
British contributions like Frankenstein, Dracula, Shakespeare, Stan Laurel, Charlie Chaplin. Not forgetting the inspiration for "The Star Spangles Banner" The Royal Navy cannons blowing the crap out of the White House in 1812. All world wars 1& 2 films as we declared war on Germany twice. Films in general as the first film was shot on Leeds bridge in the late 1800's. This is all beginning to remind me of the Monty Python "What have the Romans ever done for us?" sketch.
Sunny, somewhere I heard you say you were from Daytona Beach, that to me is astounding. Why? Because my brother moved there from near London and then you came here. That is a big coincidence, perhaps you have seen him (or me when I visited). Who knows. Daytona is pretty nice, but the sea is a bit cool for Florida. Although not as cold as here. I found your channel through sandymakessense as she is subscribed to you. Thanks for some great content.
Cheers! Thank you for taking time to watch and write a comment. Sandy is awesome! I've met her a few times and hope to do a collab video with her sometime. When did your brother move to Daytona?
@@Sunny_in_London I think about 2002, now down the road in Port Orange. He married an American and used to live in a rental complex a mile or so from a golf course. I remember it well, his local Walmart was Ormond beach. I have been out there several times. I take my Bike always as don't drive. And need to get about on my own.
The nhs works better as since it's free they work to get you better first time and keep you well because it costs them money whereas if you pay private healthcare will often draw out treatments for extra money. And the nhs can offord higher quality machines and other top stuff Also we invented the Internet
Its a shame americans dont see the uk just london. Your missing a treat for live music liverpool and manchester the edinburgh festival full of comedians, the welsh moutains forest of dean the high lands of scotland you miss so much when you come here london is just the start. The country is small so getting arounf aint a problem it just takes a littel bit of heart and the history is every where from kings queens battles religiuse sites historical sites musiums air feilds wild life your missing so much. If you do get a chance take a real look at the uk and not just london.
The NHS although free at the point of contact, definitely isn’t free, we pay a lot of tax to support it, saying that I’ve been a registered nurse in the NHS for 30 years and am really proud to say that.
You don't have to wait long for doctors if you live outside of big cities, I live in a town in the north east and i can get an appointment the same day or the next day at most. Also in my opinion, for those who do have to wait a long time, who cares? you are getting a free service, better than paying thousands in medical expenses for a doctor to tell you that you have a cold like Americans.
I imagine as far as the NHS vs US healthcare goes, it's about cost. US salaries/wages are higher on average, but if you have to buy your own healthcare (non employer provided) - you could be facing 1000's of dollars of out of pocket costs, copays, deductibles. The NHS offers a degree of peace of mind - something that's hard to put a value on. The NHS is great, but it's under strain - and if you want really expensive innovative care - you're better off in the US.
The NHS is not free believe it or not...when it was first started, we were charged Income Tax. This tax was to be used to fund the NHS and emergency services and services to keep the streets maintained. Unfortunately, the government's here have not only let people that not only don't live here, or haven't lived here to make enough contributions to the services...they are also known for lying and saying things like "Rhe NHS is a free service".
Our tax also goes towards roads, schools, police force, military - to name a few. Saying the NHS is not free is like saying that you pay if you need to call the police. I know what you are saying, but having lived 40 odd years in a country where my monthly health insurance cost me approximately 270 quid, and every penny I claimed was haggled over, trust me, the NHS is free, except for a small contribution for medication and dental. If you are British you will know how much 270 quid is, if not, consider it approximately half the cost of the rent of a three bedroom house in an average town (not city) suburb.
Karma I've lived here 53 years...you are right...it does go toward paying for all the things mentioned...but it isn't free...7 million people using the service...vast majority paying income tax, each person paying...not everyone using the NHS until absolutely necessary in my case... Military...to fight other people's wars and not to protect us. The government have bled the country dry and I take my hat off to each member of the NHS staff that do a sterling job. Just a shame the politicians are to busy giving their already massive wage a huge pay hike each year, yet they have only just agreed to the nurses getting a 1% pay increase over the past several years.
Sad though it is, I can only agree with you. I was merely pointing out that private medical is exorbitant by comparison. Even sadder is the fact that two of the worst paid jobs in the Western world are teachers and nurses, the backbone of our existence and survival. The problem with politics of course, is that there are too many politicians. Even following the recent attacks in London / Manchester and the Grenfell Tower fire, the parties were more concerned with using it to further their own agendas than dealing with the problem at hand. Downright typical! Well I suppose it could have been worse, we could have been stuck with Trump... Have a good 'un mate!
you are dead right there buddy...on all counts. Too many chiefs...and policing themselves too. We need a big change. And it sure could be worse lol ;) Best wishes
social media may be done better by the USA than the UK. But Tim Berners Lee, a Brit, created the HTTP protocol and effectively created the internet without which there wouldn't be any facebook, amazon, google...etc....etc.
As a UK pedestrian I've almost been killed twice by UK drivers - being polite - and" giving way" to another driver and in doing so, sending the driver in a direct collision course with me! Of course, pedestrians tend to be invisible to most drivers!
is the tipping in the USA just another form of tax? asif im in a restaurant in scotland and the waiter/waitress is happy and does a really good job as in personal skills too then i dont have to be obliged to pay anymore than whatthe food cost but because the service is great then i will give example bill is 67.80 i give 80 and tell em to keep the change is that fair thats about 20% but its not about the 5 its about the person who gave such great service or am i blethering lol.good video nice and direct no skipping roond the garden ty
Americans have led the World for two centuries for volunteering activities. A fact discussed by Alexis de Touqueville, Democracy in America circa 1840s, Francis Fukuyama, Trust (1996) and a great many others, Robert Putnam for one. I'm not American but I think that that is an amazing side of American society and history.
The President of the United States has his finger on the button of one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals - that concerns EVERYONE!! Secondly, we do not moan about him, we just don't want him to visit. Again, not specifically a British thing.
Not so much characters but it wasn't so long ago that iconic American superheroes Batman, Superman and Spider-man were all played by UK actors in the form of Christian Bale, Henry Cavill and Andrew Garfield. Cavill still has his role and Spidey has changed to Tom Holland, another UK actor. Let's not forget Doctor Who either, the longest running sci-fi show ever.
I think the USA does fun and enjoyment much better, probably because free time is not so available And from experience small town USA tends to be hugely friendly towards both myself and the wife even though they think we're Australian to begin with. I think it's because we're from Essex and don't talk posh , I've not said ok chaps in my entire life.
Good stuff - thanks for this! IMHO the NHS is better, while it can take time I've not had much trouble with that. I have used the system some, not loads, over the 15 years I've lived here. Not having to worry about coverage, losing coverage if you lose you job, cost, non-coverage of pre-existing conditions, wrestling with insurance companies and crushing paperwork..... I had a good bit of experience with the US system before I came here and my opinion gives it to the NHS. :-D Sue from Indiana
I pretty much agree with all of your points, except one.......... There is no such thing as the British Royal Family, they're German. It all dates back to a couple of hundred years ago, but comes to a head during WW1, The Kaiser (Wilhelm) was a grandson of Queen Victoria, cousin of George V, and the ruler at outbreak of WW1. The royal family actually changed their name from Saxe- Coburg- Gotha to Windsor after the great war because (and this is official) "because it sounds too much Germanic". So we don't have a royal family. They still celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, that's German It may seem petty to you, but as a Brit, I object to having foreigners on the throne
gggggggg Aw come on, I think it's fair to say they qualify as British now? What about if you go back even further, back to William the first (aka William the Conqueror) who was Norman French? I think someone who is born and bred in England and can trace their family tree back two hundred years before it leaves the island would very much consider themselves to be English/British? We're an island nation - we've all come from elsewhere originally, even the Celts settled here from mainland Europe, many moons ago.
The Roundabout system is excellent in the UK, it gives everyone an equal chance of getting out rather than relying on lights. You forgot Robin Hood for literary characters on the silver screen....even if the most famous one did have an American accent haha. I've heard that tipping everywhere in the world is less awkward than in America, apparently it is compulsory to tip there. In Japan they find it insulting for tips and I've even seen staff run after western customers to return a tip. One thing I think the UK do better than the US is the election system. The US system seems overly complicated and open to abuse whilst at the same time possibly ignoring the views of the majority.
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Two things Britain does better than USA:
We live longer. Britain is ranked 20th in the world for life expectancy (71.4 years). USA lags eleven places lower in 31st place (69.1). Probably due to the millions who have no medical insurance and can't afford treatment.
The British are very good at NOT getting shot dead. In 2011 only 146 died due to firearms, a rate of 0.23 per 100,000 population. The figure for the USA in 2014 was 32,351, a rate of 10.54. If the USA had the same rate as the UK that would total 706! The difference being 31,645 just for that one year.
You also fail to mention that 80% of all those who are shot in the US belong in a gang. And are also of African American descent. The US murder rate at the end of 2015 was about 4.9 out of every 100,000 here. However 80% are gang on gang related. So for those of us not in a gang, that means in the US you have about a 1 in 100,000 chance of being murdered. Also many of those gun related deaths are of shots fired from police who kill gang members each year. Moral of the story, don't be in a gang and you won't ever have to worry.
I'm often in one of the most dangerous American cities by murder rate vs population ratio in the US. Yet I have never been shot. And i'm there 2 days out of every week. And somehow we have massive music festivals and gorgeous museums and parks with children playing and couples walking up and down the streets.
Also the official life expectancy here in the US is 78.74 years at the end of 2015. (Not 69.1 years.) In the US you are entitled to emergency care even if you can't pay in the event of an immediate emergency such has having a heart attack or other life threatening situation. And it is law to have health insurance, otherwise face a fine. So most have some type of coverage. Only the poorest of the poor don't.
Yankee Patriot74 haha except in America criminals and terrorists can access firearms with relative ease, judging by your gangs comment. So a bomber could defend himself with a gun until he reached his target. A rapist can force a woman to stop from a distance by pointing a gun at her and the knife attacker is now wielding a gun, much better. You can't refute statistics.
Your figure of 80% is nonsense.
@@metalmatt402 We do not have a problem with firearms, I (legally) own 5.
@@biscuitoliva7159 Why ?
I'd like to try an explain the NHS in a bit more detail. The NHS is not free, we pay for it with taxes. In essence, it is an insurance scheme whereby our Government provide that service and not-for-profit. This makes it very cheap as it also means medical suppliers have to compete for the huge contracts available. To give you an idea of the cost, we actually pay LESS in taxes per person for healthcare than working-age Americans do, yet we are able to get healthcare for the entire population as a result whereas in the USA one must additionally use an insurance company. Something I find Americans often fail to understand is that it's SO cheap, that anyone who earns well can very easily add extra, private health insurance here if they so wish in order to get faster, better service. The best way to think of it, is the NHS is like a super-amazing much, much, much better medicaid/care which is available to everyone at any time and is so good that most people just don't bother with anything else. But private health insurance is still a thing, for those that want and is ALSO cheaper and better here because it has to compete with the NHS.
Think about it - you're speaking English.
Medical bankruptcies in the UK = 0. USA = 600,000+ per year.
UK population not covered for health = 0. USA population not covered = 27 million.
% of GDP spent on health (2016): UK = 4.2. USA = 9.9
An underfunded NHS is still better than profit before people. Health is a right - not just a for privileged Sunny Staff!
Something you don’t know, in the US we don’t have to wait in line for weeks to see a doctor. I’m sick today in the US I can walk into any hospital or clinic or call my doctor to get in same day or next day. In the IS, no one is turned away if you are sick, we have Medicaid and Medicare or some state health insurance, this is for people who are usually unemployed or elderly. The reason people lost their healthcare is because jobs went away bc it is employers who offer health packages. I have excellent healthcare, it’s a myth people don’t receive care, that’s a lie. Free healthcare doesn’t mean better and in the US you are more likely to survive aggressive cancers and if you have strep throat or in pain we don’t have to wait weeks to see a doctor. Advances in medicine happened because of how much money the US puts into health care, why we have mri machines, sonograms, xrays, heart monitors, anesthesia , chemo etc, it’s all because we pay for it. If the US had socialized medicine , there wouldn’t be any money in all the things I mentioned and the world benefits. Also, all of our pharmaceuticals moved to Ireland, Sweden, and other parts of the world, it’s all ours too.
Piss off TJ the American health care system is shite . You are 500 times more likely to die in the states than the us or AUSTRALIA. America is shite .
I think you should change your title to "England v USA" or "London v USA" as you say,your basing your opinions on London and not the rest of England or the Scottish or Welsh which come under the "UK" banner that you use.
Also the NHS is not free,we pay for it from our wages at source.
Lots of people all over the UK get a bit annoyed that the UK government, news & media in general seem at times to be London-centric,its like everything revolves around London and as long as London is ok,the rest of Britain does not matter!
+sooperhooper thanks for the great feedback! Your absolutely right about the title. However, I have this one because it's common for people to search. I do try to say it in each video so people know early on that I am talking about my London experience. Thank you for watching, even with the slightly 'false advertising.' :-)
Hi sunny, I agree what you say re the social apps, but remember the british invented the internet as we know it today.
Sooperhopper Just remember Northern Ireland is part of the UK. We are always forgotten about
My apologies!I know,I just didnt want to confuse the matter any further!
What about the millions of dumb Americans without health care ?
British plugs are much better not only are
they safer & sturdier they also have switches
on them so you dont have to keep plugging &
unplugging
it took me to the end of of your comment to realise you didn't mean sink or bath plugs. At "safer and sturdier" i was really wondering how bad a sink plug in the USA could be
I think you mean sockets. Brit plugs don't have switches
@@stephengibson4823 Well you may not know this but you can buy special plugs which actually DO have switches on them. I got one once. And I do mean the plug. Example : www.amazon.co.uk/Electronics%C2%AE-Switched-Mains-White-Indicator/dp/B07Y23VB21/ref=asc_df_B07Y23VB21
@@cliffhulcoopofficial8075 This is a relatively new innovation? and certainly not the norm. When you add up the cost compared to a switched socket and a standard plug I will be surprised if they are romping out of the warehouse. Most things now have an integral pug that if removed negates most warranties on an appliance so what is the point? Not bought a socket or plug recently but can you imagine the cost if you converted to these plugs. Plus my comment was a year ago. How long have these been up and running. I probably didn't know they existed when I wrote it.
All fine and dandy, until you step on one with a bare foot. Worse than legos.
Both great nations with there own ways of doing things 🇬🇧🇺🇸
+Toon Nufc thank you! I completely agree. :-)
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Yes the only difference is that in UK they drink alot of tea and the US eat to much Burgers
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NHS takes a long time coz it has to take care of 60m+ people and it has to prioritise. But I know if I ever needed a major operation - like heart/lung/kidney transplants, NHS would pay hundreds of thousands of $$ for it and I wouldn’t have to lose my house over it.
It's called Triage.😊
also I think the NHS in London where they have large clinics dealing with thousands of patients etc is quite different to rural Britain where we have a village practice and 2 or 3 gps and a district nurse and a physical therapist, a midwife and several practice nurses per 2 or 3 thousand patients meaning an emergency appointment is almost always same day and a check up or discussion type appointment available within 2 or three days usually with less than 15 minute wait time depending on how well managed the surgery is.
For most people afternoon tea is something that you might do for your Grandmothers birthday or as an occasional treat. We're mostly at work so the only cakes we see are when Dave from accounts has a birthday
It puzzles me how much Americans seem to love the British royals. Their own revolution and national ideology was based on rebellion against the British monarchy and traditional aristocracy in general.
+Craig great point! Thank you for watching and leaving feedback. Perhaps centuries ago we weren't as fascinated? :-) Can't say I have any reasons to account for the change but your observation is appreciated.
Craig
Every country that has got rid of its monarchy seems to look upon ours with a tinge of envy.
No, it was based on Tax and big business. Nothing to do with the monarchy.
sgtspite the monarchy are the head of the country that where benefiting from the taxes. I'd say it has everything to do with them.
Ryan Mcguinness sorry pal, we are a parliamentary democracy. The monarchy has very limited powers.
you do realise without us it wouldn't matter how much social media you invented we invented the world wide web.
+Hugh Franklin interesting point, Hugh! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. :-)
we invented the world wide web (www) protocol, but USA invented the internet long before.
++ for knowing the difference!
WWW was invented in CERN Switserland , just the internet is american
UK made Friends Reunited in 2000 it helped an the tide of social media
Social Media invented by Americans but they needed a British invention for them to get off the ground. It’s called the internet.
literally never had afternoon tea and I'm British
Mat Lemons it's MASSIVE at the moment, it's everywhere and increasingly popular. Particularly experience driven afternoon teas in skyscrapers or posh hotels etc
Me neither
Afternoon tea at The Ritz, in Westminster, currently is from £54 per adult and from £30 per child, and so that guarantees to exclude the labouring classes. The Savoy (also in Westminster) at £52 per person might be two quid cheaper but that still guarantees the peasantry are kept at bay. Personally, I prefer some good, old-fashioned pub-grub, along with a pint or two of best bitter. Feels as if you've had something - and still have change from a ten bob note.
anghinetti right, okay. So afternoon teas don't exist on Wowcher, they don't exist at cafes and health spas? Nope, they don't exist in cocktail bars etc. Some afternoon teas can be found for about £15 pp. Reasonable, considering costs. It costs more in time and effort than frying some chicken nuggets and some fries hun
Chicken nuggets and fries?? - YUCK!
harry potter, lord of the rings, the hobbit, Dickens novels, Jane Austin, Shakespeare, : just a few British gifts to the silver screen- much of star wars, game of thrones, Jurassic world, many marvel films have filmed within the united kingdom too
Sherlock Holmes in literature TV and movies and other mediums since 1887,
Dr Who (let's not get into an argument about how he'll do as a woman)
Judge Dredd
(2000 A.D the comic not the movies)
The British redefined comics as a medium and the superhero genre
thanks to Alan Moore-Neil Gaiman and other British writers.
Plus Monty Python, The Prisoner, Michael Moorcock's Elric stories,
Sid and Nancy, The Beatles, and Benny Hill and Andy Capp. ;-)
Are you serious?!? In this list of great literary works, you leave out Douglas Adams? It may have been one f the worst movies of all time but Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was not only an incredible series of books, but also the basis of one of the first PC adventure games.
Also, on a cheeky side note,Tolkien was born in South Africa. Admittedly, to an English family and he moved back here when he was three. I guess we can claim him, but I wonder how Nigel Farage feels about this hahahahaha
And you can add Jane Austen to that list.
Nigel Farage would have sent Tolkein back to Bongo-Bongo land ... [or maybe not - you need a brown face for that to happen in Farage's world]
@ Karma you left out the other Douglas who wrote in the same way only slightly better Terry Pratchett
we also don't do religious fundamentlaism like the usa does.
no mega churches, and far fewer faith healers.
We British also invented the computer ie- Babbinger, I believe invented some form of calculating machine, but only as a party/talking point. I may be wrong. please correct me on that, if so. We had the first programmable computer at Bletchley Park. This was to solve German secret code and it helped to crack the enigma coding m/c,
Charles Babbage an a local woman was his programmer - Ada lovelace.
Babbage did make a proto-type mechanical computer to be used on ships for navigation called the difference engine. Alas, it weighed tons, took so long and cost so much to develop the government killed the program. And yes, Ada Lovelace was his collaborator and is credited with inventing the first computer language.
Charles Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. He made plans for a mechanical computer which he called his Analytical Machine but he kept fiddling with his designs trying to make it better but died before it could be made. Years later the Science Museum copied his plans and made Babbage's mechanical computer and it worked perfectly. The computer made to break WW2 enemy codes was invented and made by a telephone engineer called Tommy Flowers and it was called Colossus, it was the world's first electric programmable computer and was so good they used it until the 1970's but because it was all so top secret and used to break Soviet codes during the Cold War Flowers got little recognition til decades later and many benefited financially from computer breakthroughs that Flowers had actually already done but who kept his silence because he had signed the Official Secrets Act during WW2.
I thought it was Charles Babbage.
I think we do holidays better, 28 days paid holiday. Usually taken two weeks at a time, I have friends who travel from Atlanta to other countries for a weeks holiday. Come on, by the time you get there its time to start back.
windshear33 Who's 'we'? The U.K or U.S?
Most places I have worked in the U.S. have 21 days "PTO" or "paid time off." I have to take PTO for anything. Mom having a heart attack? PTO. Feeling ill yourself? PTO. Office closed for Monday after Easter? PTO. Need to visit your doctor for any reason? PTO. By the time you get around to an actual vacation it is 3 years later and you have to have major surgery to do it. My husband, on the other hand, still works for a union shop. He has 5 weeks vacation and separate sick time. Hmm, must be why the U.S. is trying so desperately to get rid of union shops!
Afternoon Tea is a novelty thing to do if you're visiting expensive restaurants or hotels. It's just not something we Brits do. It's more common amongst the super rich and royalty.
This is so not true. I am English and not rich but on holiday you do have afternoon tea, especially in Cornwall and Devon. I also go to hotels for afternoon tea for birthdays. I do my own afternoon tea to celebrate other special days or just because I want to. Lots of people I know do the same. It is a nice tradition.
The National Health system is not free , we pay national insurance which is compulsory taken out of your wages. This covers you for sickness / unemployment and old age pension. It is worth every penny. The more you earn the more you pay.
The NHS is only free at the point of use, anyone earning a wage in the UK pays for it through our taxes, however it is nice not to have to worry about paying for a major operation etc. As for it being slow, that's because you live in London, my Doctor's usually apologise if they can't see me within 2 days, but there's not so many folks to see up here.
You forgot to mention that we make better chocolate (I realise that is my personal opinion) the American chocolate I've tasted is awful! Lol
+olly5764 Hi Olly. Have to agree with you on the chocolate! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :-)
This yank is agreeing with you on the chocolate. The stuff from the UK is way better than our domestic.
Now that Cadbury's is owned by an American company the quality of their chocolate is definitely inferior to what it was. Personally I won't buy it. They also renaged on a promise when buying it that they would not close factories, they put a few hundred out if work and switched production to Poland.
Everyone pays tax in the UK, not just workers, vat 20% on everything you buy except food, kids clothes and educational books.
Britain is best in the whole world. I stand by this.
Fiona Gregory Britain For Life.
I can definitely agree with this
It’s very kind of you to find nice things to say about us - I’m sure there is plenty to criticise. Thank you.
Americans are way more hospitable than us Brits.
Brits are way funnier than Americans, or rather, humour is more important and commonly used amongst Brits.
That's brilliant. Well done sir, sublime ironic humour.
The best place in my opinion for afternoon tea has to be Bettys Tea Rooms in Harrogate Yorkshire. It really is a real British tea room and you can book a table for the upstairs room or just turn up for the downstairs one. Also it has it's own shop. It really is worth a visit.
+underwaterbubbles thank you for the great suggestion. I will have to try it when I am in that area some day.
It creates a nice atmosphere and with finger sandwiches and yummy cakes to eat as well and getting served by a waitress.
In the movie A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1976) based on the WW II Battle of Arnhem in the fall of 1944, British actors played key roles in portraying British figures in the battle. SEAN CONNERY as Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart - Commanding General 1st British Airborne Div., Dirk Bogarde as LT GEN Robert "Boyd" Browning, Michael Caine at Lt Col Giles J.O.E. Vandeleur, Commander of the Irish Guards tank Battalion that led the ground invasion, Laurence Olivier as the Dutch Doctor who brokered a ceasefire between the German Army and the British to take care of severely wounded on both sides, Anthony Hopkins as LT COL John Frost, commander of a British Airborne battalion attempting to hold the bridge at Arnhem (the Bridge Too Far of the movie's title). Richard Attenborough directed. Great movie and I am an American, who saw it when first released and a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, US Army.
Four years and thats all you can come up with, please try and look past the superficial? I think the NHS is second to none and until you have used other Countries services it is hard to see how good it can be. Afternoon tea? We do tend to apply a good level of logic to our driving habits and road system... sometimes get it wrong with oneway systems! I don't think you can or should compare Nations, culture and history impacts greatly on modern life and explains attitudes and practises plus we have fundamental differences. I think the US is a stand alone Country a very young Country which has made its own rules up as it went a long and probably has more in common with Australia than the UK if you needed to make comparisons. I never really thought about differences when I lived in the US and it was only when I returned to the UK that I noticed how much more freedom we have than the US. Proud to be British and very grateful.
Hi sunny, been watching your vids for a little while now and am glad you are having a good time living here, you said you can't really comment on the NHS as you have not used it much, well that’s a good thing as that means your quite healthy, if you do have to use it you will find it is fine, but maybe a bit slower in the big city’s as there is so many people, where i live in the south west i can normally get referred in a few days to a local hospital if i needed to (lucky for me not for a long time, but sneeky wife has a few problems and help is almost instant here) we do moan about it, but as you have been living here a while you know we like to moan about everything...!!!!lol..nuff said.
A number of countries have reciprocal agreements with the NHS so their ctizens are treated free in the UK and vice versa.
Afternoon Tea is simply Devine and a must do while visiting London.
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The NHS is not free. You pay for it in National Insurance contributions in the form of a percentage of your weekly or monthly salary. Non domiciles in the U.K. Must pay for their NHS health care. In no way whatsoever is it free.
ABS_123: The majority of the funding for the NHS comes from income tax rather than National Insurance contributions.
It’s free at the point of care,Americans have to pay about $3000 for an ambulance where the British pay nothing(at that point,they pay through taxes)
I paid £500 on top of my last visa application fee (my 4th one now) just for NHS. Even though, I already make contributions from my full time employment salary just like every other honest working person in the country.
Of course it is paid for by taxation, as are the police, army, roads, sewers, lighting and the majority of schools.
H Basing Exactly! Where else do people think governments get their money from? That is as it should be. All public services are paid for with public money but when the money is pooled in this way it works out cheaper for the individual than if they had to pay direct from their pocket.
Hello Sunny, I have come to enjoy your videos. Your tone of voice is very easy to listen to and your comments are invariably considered and the result of your experiences here.
Hope you're not put off by the occasional unkind post.
Incredible to realise the NHS was started in 1948. We were bankrupt and our towns and cities were in rubble after fighting a grueling six year war. Rationing was still going on and yet we pulled together to make a free universal health care for all citizens. Very grateful to be British
Sunny! Where have you BEEN? I'm guessing back in America for a while. Seeing you again was like a breath of fresh air. (Gush, gush, gush) Ok, I HAVE to plump for our (British) healthcare system, simply because, apart from the National Insurance contributions taken from wages, I don't know the cost!!! This is going to be A TAD long, now and I'm still leaving lots out - but YOU started it! LOL. What does it cost to get taken to hospital by ambulance? - NO IDEA, it just takes me. The cost of 2 heart attacks, hospital stays running into a week or two, keyhole surgery? - HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE! The true costs of my drug regime, apart from prescription charges if you're working? - NOPE, SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU. And so it goes on. Name any medical procedure you like, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COSTS. My late father, on the other hand, living in the USA for 25 years and dying as an American Citizen, had Health Insurance somewhat, but still had to find an extra $6,000 when he broke his arm one winter. Serious illness got him in the end and that's when I saw the bills for things like being charged $800 per night (pretty sure, I'm not getting his paperwork out just now) for a hospital bed - and that's just for the bed, NOTHING ELSE. Everything else is on top, of course, laundry, drugs, tests, bloods, ECGs (connected to a machine for 30 seconds that gives a paper strip heart readout - 50 bucks a pop), plastic pill cups and plastic straws - 50 cents each and every one, surgery, aftercare, etc., etc.. And don't get me started on the funeral!!! Oh, by the way, the hospital, when he died, wanted $500 a day morgue storage fees until he was picked-up by the Undertakers. Ok, I'll stop now (still haven't learnt how to create a separate paragraph on here and KEEP it as a separate paragraph!), having put the cat among the pigeons with my off the cuff reaction/comment. Soooo LONG! Sorry. BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK SUNNY - AND THE SUN'S COME OUT, ACTUALLY. 'Bye for now.
+Andy U hello my RUclips friend! I started a new job and have been engulfed in that for a few weeks. Should be back to weekly videos now though. Thanks for all the ideas on health care. I was hoping the topic would trigger a 'healthy' debate in the comments :-) Pun intended!
I'v never been to the states , but as I understand it the USA does not have a health system !! . In the sence that if you can't afford health insurance , you'v pretty much had it for health care . Like every thing else in states everything is done for profit including health care . The bigger part of the world looks at this with a frown and do not understand why it is not considered a fundamental human right . The world and the American people are all talking about it
Ignorance is bliss.
Loved your video. Although may I say British invented the internet which therefore gave way to Americans creating social media platforms. That aside, do love America and have always enjoyed my visits
Goat grazing in Rajasthan india is something else
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IMDb was started by a British film enthusiast, dial up Prestel was developed in the 70s, and teletext/ceefax was on my 1980 TV set.
We stopped for tea in a London shop around 4 one afternoon. We sat at a table w two school girls and they offered us some of their cake as we had bought no pastries. So sweet of them to offer. I'm all in for the afternoon tea. (We are in too mad of a rush in the U.S. To stop and savor anything much less tea)
It isn't that we demand food that has less preservatives in it, it is the law. Many of the preservatives and food processing methods ie irradiated food, chlorinated chicken and cattle injected with hormones to increase growth as practised in the USA are banned within the EU. If Americans knew how their chicken portions were prepared their heads would be turned, along with their stomachs.
But British people invented the computer, email and the webcam... social media would be harder without some of them.
+Sapier UK great points! Thank you for watching :-)
I am a Brit and a while ago I presented at A + E (ER) with chest pains. I was seen within about ten minutes of arriving -- sure enough I was having a heart attack. Obviously I was triaged, because of the nature of what was making me feel unwell, whereas when I had previously limped into casualty with a busted or sprained ankle, I had to wait for a couple of hours to be seen, since i was unlikely to expire from such an injury. My visit for heart troubles triggered a fortnight's stay in hosp and fitting of a stent. For all of this and the tests that the cardiologist called for, I paid nothing at the point of delivery. I cannot imagine -- frankly do not want to imagine -- what I would have paid for this in the US.
What British do better? Everything!!!!!!!!
Totally disagree, first of all it depends what State you drive in the US for polite drivers and aggressive drivers, remember the US is a lot bigger than the England and UK. Talk about cuisine in the England, heard everything is all mushy, in the US there’s a big menu of diversity. The UK wasn’t first for singing competitions on tv like Got Talent because prior to that the US had a show called the Gong show back in the 60s and 70s, so no the UK wasn’t first. Also, before singing competitions such as Xfactor or American idol, the US had a singing show called Stars, which started in the 80s , this is where Justin Timberlake appeared on as a child. Maybe that’s how Simon Cowell got inspired. Also, all the movies you mentioned, yeah produced by American movie producers, you have to admit it is America who makes it more interesting, the sound, the music, the set, very hard to do and it’s American producers that bring it to life, something you don’t appreciate. America also has the music industry because we also started that, you realize Elvis was around 9 years before the Beatles, the Beatles learned from American music and culture. It was the Americans who brought Pop music to the Uk, during WW1 and 2, the US soldiers would bring records to Europe and that’s how pop music was introduced to the UK which the Queen banned for a while, so yeah the US does music and movies way better then the UK and US movie producers are good at bringing characters a live with US music composers for sound tracks, you take that away and none of the Brithish characters such as Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh wouldn’t be as big as they are without US talent of putting it all together. The US had STAR WARS!
Also, the US is Christian while the UK is becoming less Christian, the US loves Jesus Better!
If it was not for the British and the Australians and Canadians you Americans would be speaking Japanese today . America were gutless during WW1 and WW2 . Whilst England went and fought the Hun you Americans sat back for 3 years and let countries like Australia , NZ , Canada , India , French and other countries do the work of the courageous . You wimps sat back and did nothing until the Japanese kick your buts at PH at the end of 1941 .
With the NFS, the time taken to see say a specialist or have a operation depends how urgent it is . If you are very ill , then you will be treated very quickly .
The Brits make great lovers too, but guess you know that already :))
+MrDirtytricksss hahaha! Thanks for watching!
Comparison of sexual performance is usually omitted from these international comparisons.
Yes we do , but then I'm being modest !
I don't like how you have to pay 5 or 10p to use a public restroom although I do understand it. I think if we here in the US had to pay 50 cents to use the restroom at a gas station, maybe it would be much cleaner
Call it a toilet
evancortez2 You only have to pay in the city centres, I think because of the sheer quantity of people using them as:
1) It means the local council can afford to pay attendants to keep them clean throughout the day and
2) The turnstiles where you insert the coins act as barriers to deter drug addicts or homeless people from going in and locking themselves inside the cubicles for hours on end (as does the presence of the attendants)
So there are multiple reasons for the menial charge. Other than this, it is not at all standard to pay to use public toilets in the UK.
@@stephenmcabe9137 Don't you have some bad teeth to fix at your nhs dentist?
Have just discovered you for myself, and have to say, I'm delighted.
You videos are well made, and you come across as a really nice lady.
Bravo bonny lass
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The NHS is NOT free: We pay National Insurance (about 9%) of our earnings into a pool, which goes to fund the NHS.
So, somebody earning about £30,000. per year will pay in about £2700. per year, whether they use the NHS or not.
I think it should never be UK vs US but the UK and US - we achieve so much more when we work together.
Yes but the USA is always late to where the action is and getting the job done . 3 years late in both World Wars .
The NHS is not free, British taxpayers pay a lot of money for it, however it is free at point of use.
+sts899 thank you for adding this. I also had to pay an additional £500 for an NHS fee when applying for my spouse visa renewal. That's in addition to the deductions taken from my salary each month!
Yes but in America you pay taxes then have to pay extra on top
I'm not sure how tipping is awkward for and American. If you didnt grow up with it as custom, I can see it being awkward, but to an American tipping should be a pretty simple task. If you don't like to tip then don't eat out in the US it's as simple as that. When I go to the UK, I respect the culture and the way of life. British people who like to rant about American tipping need to suck it up. It's our way of life. That is the beauty of visiting another culture.
What you Americans must also realise is that if you live in Manchester , England, as I do , London is as foreign to me as it is to you, and ,Also think ! Before the high speed train , I could get to Atlanta GA with our 11am Delta flight quicker and cheaper than schlepping to London. I bet you never knew that !
SO That was your choice The fact that London is the Capital should have driven you to at least visit once and that was your choice, It is a 4 hour train journey and the tickets are cheap People like you make me cringe as they love to stay at home and criticise from their cosy slippers and armchairs.Smfh
I had a blackout when i lived in Las Vegas, I woke up in Hospital which was a 10 min walk away from where i blacked out. I got a bill for $300 for the Ambulance.
So...were you cared for or not?
We're all part of the same family: UK, Republic of Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent countries where the English language is widely spoken as a second language, such as India, South Africa, and a few others in the Commonwealth of Nations. Then there are our cousins in the extended family, the rest of humanity with all its little quirks. Love then all..
worldwide web invented by the British
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Image: © CERN. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist. He was born in London, and his parents were early computer scientists, working on one of the earliest computers.
you're welcome.
Sunny thank you very much for embracing the British way of life culture values and standards . It is all because of the love you have for your husband that is your driving force. Other videos that I have seen by younger females say things like " the British drive on the wrong side of the road", Not good as she does not know the history of our beloved country. Keep up the good work and remember Great Britain and America will always love each other from here to eternity. Cheers.
The UK has also been pretty good at setting up new countries. ;-)
British contributions like Frankenstein, Dracula, Shakespeare, Stan Laurel, Charlie Chaplin. Not forgetting the inspiration for "The Star Spangles Banner" The Royal Navy cannons blowing the crap out of the White House in 1812.
All world wars 1& 2 films as we declared war on Germany twice.
Films in general as the first film was shot on Leeds bridge in the late 1800's.
This is all beginning to remind me of the Monty Python "What have the Romans ever done for us?" sketch.
I am British and tip taxi drivers and hairdressers.
Yes I often forget how great London is as a Brit....
Sunny, somewhere I heard you say you were from Daytona Beach, that to me is astounding. Why? Because my brother moved there from near London and then you came here. That is a big coincidence, perhaps you have seen him (or me when I visited). Who knows. Daytona is pretty nice, but the sea is a bit cool for Florida. Although not as cold as here. I found your channel through sandymakessense as she is subscribed to you. Thanks for some great content.
Cheers! Thank you for taking time to watch and write a comment. Sandy is awesome! I've met her a few times and hope to do a collab video with her sometime. When did your brother move to Daytona?
@@Sunny_in_London I think about 2002, now down the road in Port Orange. He married an American and used to live in a rental complex a mile or so from a golf course. I remember it well, his local Walmart was Ormond beach. I have been out there several times. I take my Bike always as don't drive. And need to get about on my own.
Afternoon tea is very posh and upper class .
2:30: James Bond is not a historic figure. He is fictional, found in the books of Ian Flemming.
The NHS is not free - you pay monthly national Insurance contributions
I first found Joolz & free walls... And learned much. However finding your very practical videos...A JOY,! 👍
Cheers! I’ve been very active on TikTok lately but more RUclips videos in the way soon.
you forget that we invented the internet that's all them medias platforms are on
The nhs works better as since it's free they work to get you better first time and keep you well because it costs them money whereas if you pay private healthcare will often draw out treatments for extra money. And the nhs can offord higher quality machines and other top stuff
Also we invented the Internet
NHS is brilliant and free. You do often have to wait for elective (ie non emergency) surgery.
Robin Hood would probably be the other character to have repeatedly made it onto the big screen.
+TychoCelchu Great addition to the list! Thank you for watching and adding an idea :-)
Also - Poirot, Miss Marple, Simon Templar, Harry Potter no to mention Black Beauty, Lassie and all those Dalmatians.
Excellent additions! Thank you for watching and adding more characters to the list!
Tho he isn't literary, but legendary.
Paddington Bear, Winnie the Pooh (if we're including children's literature in this)
Its a shame americans dont see the uk just london. Your missing a treat for live music liverpool and manchester the edinburgh festival full of comedians, the welsh moutains forest of dean the high lands of scotland you miss so much when you come here london is just the start. The country is small so getting arounf aint a problem it just takes a littel bit of heart and the history is every where from kings queens battles religiuse sites historical sites musiums air feilds wild life your missing so much. If you do get a chance take a real look at the uk and not just london.
The NHS although free at the point of contact, definitely isn’t free, we pay a lot of tax to support it, saying that I’ve been a registered nurse in the NHS for 30 years and am really proud to say that.
Afternoon tea with sandwich.s and cakes is called HIGH TEA
If the NHS takes too long you can airways go private...NHS isn't the only option for everyone, just the best option for most
Agreed!
The NHS is not free! we pay an extra 9% of our income into the National Insurance scheme to pay for it
The answer is everything
Really? How's the Brexit deal going, 'Theresa May'?
What a lovely lady you are! Glad you are enjoying Britain (London).
+Sarah Gardiner cheers! I love both sides of the pond. And yes, they each have plusses and minuses ;-) Have you been to the US?
Afternoon tea like that is quite a rare thing.
Some people might say that America inventing 'social media' is not something to be too proud about, as it seems to cause more problems for society.
You don't have to wait long for doctors if you live outside of big cities, I live in a town in the north east and i can get an appointment the same day or the next day at most. Also in my opinion, for those who do have to wait a long time, who cares? you are getting a free service, better than paying thousands in medical expenses for a doctor to tell you that you have a cold like Americans.
Thank you for watching and adding the perspective of life outside of London.
Afternoon tea? What century did you actually live in London?
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I imagine as far as the NHS vs US healthcare goes, it's about cost. US salaries/wages are higher on average, but if you have to buy your own healthcare (non employer provided) - you could be facing 1000's of dollars of out of pocket costs, copays, deductibles. The NHS offers a degree of peace of mind - something that's hard to put a value on. The NHS is great, but it's under strain - and if you want really expensive innovative care - you're better off in the US.
+tfever great points! Thank you for watching and taking the time to add valuable feedback!
The NHS has collective bargaining power so can negotiate prices down,similar treatment cost two thirds less in the U.K.
so many negative comments on here,why cant people just thanks for the compliments Sunny really like your blogs.
+Mark Atkinson Thanks Mark. I appreciate the positive feedback. :-)
The NHS is not free believe it or not...when it was first started, we were charged Income Tax. This tax was to be used to fund the NHS and emergency services and services to keep the streets maintained. Unfortunately, the government's here have not only let people that not only don't live here, or haven't lived here to make enough contributions to the services...they are also known for lying and saying things like "Rhe NHS is a free service".
Our tax also goes towards roads, schools, police force, military - to name a few. Saying the NHS is not free is like saying that you pay if you need to call the police. I know what you are saying, but having lived 40 odd years in a country where my monthly health insurance cost me approximately 270 quid, and every penny I claimed was haggled over, trust me, the NHS is free, except for a small contribution for medication and dental.
If you are British you will know how much 270 quid is, if not, consider it approximately half the cost of the rent of a three bedroom house in an average town (not city) suburb.
Karma I've lived here 53 years...you are right...it does go toward paying for all the things mentioned...but it isn't free...7 million people using the service...vast majority paying income tax, each person paying...not everyone using the NHS until absolutely necessary in my case... Military...to fight other people's wars and not to protect us. The government have bled the country dry and I take my hat off to each member of the NHS staff that do a sterling job. Just a shame the politicians are to busy giving their already massive wage a huge pay hike each year, yet they have only just agreed to the nurses getting a 1% pay increase over the past several years.
Sad though it is, I can only agree with you. I was merely pointing out that private medical is exorbitant by comparison.
Even sadder is the fact that two of the worst paid jobs in the Western world are teachers and nurses, the backbone of our existence and survival. The problem with politics of course, is that there are too many politicians. Even following the recent attacks in London / Manchester and the Grenfell Tower fire, the parties were more concerned with using it to further their own agendas than dealing with the problem at hand. Downright typical!
Well I suppose it could have been worse, we could have been stuck with Trump...
Have a good 'un mate!
you are dead right there buddy...on all counts. Too many chiefs...and policing themselves too. We need a big change. And it sure could be worse lol ;) Best wishes
Actually we started paying income tax to pay for the Napoleonic wars and have never stopped paying since.
social media may be done better by the USA than the UK. But Tim Berners Lee, a Brit, created the HTTP protocol and effectively created the internet without which there wouldn't be any facebook, amazon, google...etc....etc.
Im British and i have a massive amount of respect for Americans you guys are awesome
She's not American.
As a UK pedestrian I've almost been killed twice by UK drivers - being polite - and" giving way" to another driver and in doing so, sending the driver in a direct collision course with me! Of course, pedestrians tend to be invisible to most drivers!
no one in the Uk accept old people eat scones and tiny bites of cake and afternoon tea wtf?
I'm nearly 80 and I do !
is the tipping in the USA just another form of tax? asif im in a restaurant in scotland and the waiter/waitress is happy and does a really good job as in personal skills too then i dont have to be obliged to pay anymore than whatthe food cost but because the service is great then i will give example bill is 67.80 i give 80 and tell em to keep the change is that fair thats about 20% but its not about the 5 its about the person who gave such great service or am i blethering lol.good video nice and direct no skipping roond the garden ty
Americans have led the World for two centuries for volunteering activities. A fact discussed by Alexis de Touqueville, Democracy in America circa 1840s, Francis Fukuyama, Trust (1996) and a great many others, Robert Putnam for one. I'm not American but I think that that is an amazing side of American society and history.
copy and pasted straight fae a book lol
Harry Potter is another character that made a great transfer from book to films
+Henry Smith yes! Thank you for adding one of the popular characters of this century!
was just looking down the comments to see if anybody had sais that.
What the British Do Better!. Moan about absolutly everything. :D
judging by how the anti-Trump / pro- Trump Americans go at it on RUclips, I reckon that our moaning has rubbed off on our 'American cousins' :D
They have the worst President in the history of the USA - they are entitled to moan as much as they like.
Karma the British have also been moaning about that even though it doesn't concern them in the least.
The President of the United States has his finger on the button of one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals - that concerns EVERYONE!! Secondly, we do not moan about him, we just don't want him to visit. Again, not specifically a British thing.
Concerning any visit, who is this 'we' to whom you refer?
Transcribing literary to screen? What about the entire list of characters from the Narnia books?
Great suggestion! Thank you for watching and adding it! Do you enjoy the films? Which is the best?
Not so much characters but it wasn't so long ago that iconic American superheroes Batman, Superman and Spider-man were all played by UK actors in the form of Christian Bale, Henry Cavill and Andrew Garfield. Cavill still has his role and Spidey has changed to Tom Holland, another UK actor.
Let's not forget Doctor Who either, the longest running sci-fi show ever.
+lwaves cheers! Thank you for the great feedback and adding more ideas.
+Sunny London You're welcome.
The NHS is not free. We all pay in via national insurance.
I think the USA does fun and enjoyment much better, probably because free time is not so available
And from experience small town USA tends to be hugely friendly towards both myself and the wife even though they think we're Australian to begin with.
I think it's because we're from Essex and don't talk posh ,
I've not said ok chaps in my entire life.
Good stuff - thanks for this! IMHO the NHS is better, while it can take time I've not had much trouble with that. I have used the system some, not loads, over the 15 years I've lived here. Not having to worry about coverage, losing coverage if you lose you job, cost, non-coverage of pre-existing conditions, wrestling with insurance companies and crushing paperwork..... I had a good bit of experience with the US system before I came here and my opinion gives it to the NHS. :-D Sue from Indiana
I pretty much agree with all of your points, except one.......... There is no such thing as the British Royal Family, they're German.
It all dates back to a couple of hundred years ago, but comes to a head during WW1, The Kaiser (Wilhelm) was a grandson of Queen Victoria, cousin of George V, and the ruler at outbreak of WW1. The royal family actually changed their name from Saxe- Coburg- Gotha to Windsor after the great war because (and this is official) "because it sounds too much Germanic". So we don't have a royal family.
They still celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, that's German
It may seem petty to you, but as a Brit, I object to having foreigners on the throne
gggggggg Aw come on, I think it's fair to say they qualify as British now? What about if you go back even further, back to William the first (aka William the Conqueror) who was Norman French? I think someone who is born and bred in England and can trace their family tree back two hundred years before it leaves the island would very much consider themselves to be English/British? We're an island nation - we've all come from elsewhere originally, even the Celts settled here from mainland Europe, many moons ago.
US health care spends nearly 3x what the UK spends, but sids is nearly twice what it is in the UK (Per 1000 head of population).
We do things best because we apply British values.
Down in rainy Plymouth; finished for the night.
What about shopping??? I have met so many brits come to America to do shopping!! We have the best prices for the same stuff...
The Roundabout system is excellent in the UK, it gives everyone an equal chance of getting out rather than relying on lights. You forgot Robin Hood for literary characters on the silver screen....even if the most famous one did have an American accent haha.
I've heard that tipping everywhere in the world is less awkward than in America, apparently it is compulsory to tip there. In Japan they find it insulting for tips and I've even seen staff run after western customers to return a tip.
One thing I think the UK do better than the US is the election system. The US system seems overly complicated and open to abuse whilst at the same time possibly ignoring the views of the majority.