+Herby Benavent Curious. Living in the UK myself the last time I had to go in for surgery (long time ago fortunately) A slip of paper had to be signed by my parents agreeing not to sue the doctors if something went wrong. I wonder which is the best of these two evils?

That's what Singapore's late Prime Minister said if the US; quality of healthcare is the best around, but costly and unnecessary tests ruin the whole thing.

+Herby Benavent Not to mention the risk and cost of false positives from over testing. Money aside, it isn't always better to take every test, as no test is perfect and if you get tested for enough stuff you'll get a false positive eventually, which leads to more unnecessary tests and treatments.

Okay. Thanks for clarifying. Guess I should take more prerogative with researching these things first in future.

+Herby Benavent It's not a culture thing, its a law thing. Countries with a sane law system make whoever loses the civil trial pay for the trial and there are additional fines for filing fraudulent lawsuits. The US doesn't have this, and so there is a big incentive for consumers to sue hospitals so they will settle to avoid legal fees. It's basically legalized extortion. tl;dr The iron triangle leaves the US laws all messed up.

+SMARTART Eactly! I'm not taking economics advice or analysis from someone with an ACDC belt buckle.

+CaliforniaArchitect you won't have too starting next week

I only noticed it at the end did he wear it the whole time oo

exactly, the video lost all credibility with my class

can't stand it, makes my eyes go funny =(

I wonder why they do it

It's supposed to be reminiscent of an old film projector but it doesn't really work.

agreed thats gonna give me sezers

You need bigger problems to deal with.

muffled screams.

good luck. If you actually do it, it'll likely be the last nickle you pinch since immediacy of treatment is the DOMINANT factor in heart attacks. As they say, shop 'TIL YOU DROP. Dead that is.

+GLT Music It looks like its an issue with the vignette they are using on all of the stills. The error is only happening on a few luckily.

+GLT Music thank you for pointing that out.. it was driving nuts... hopefully they fix it for next time.

+GLT Music My personal conspiracy theory is that these educators have determined that this facilitates attention-keeping, while heightening aggravation (promoting the release of adrenaline), to reinforce the point being made and transferring it into long-term memory. This has occurred since the beginning of CrashCourse.

+Vincent Von Dudler This makes me both amazed and scared... yet my brain is being hacked for my own betterment... and holy crap my brain is being hacked!

GLT Music good grief the picture bouncing off a satellite or travel like lightening through tiny wires ...still ungrateful good god only been 2 generations since we had color tv jeez

+ProfessorBorax I think it is a way of keeping people from zoning out. It can be good to have a wtf break in a video when there is a lot of information.

Adam Rasmussen Yea I thought about that, but it just made me lose my concentration. Maybe it works for others.

@@ProfessorBorax "I get my triangles confused"

Exactly it didn't even make sense "sorry I'm terrible at triangles" what does that even mean. I did not know triangles was a thing one could be bad at

+Connor Mowry ALERT VERY ANGRY PEOPLE COMING IN SOON

+Connor Mowry I'm too dumb to listen to that.

+BRVvideos Yep, Trump will bring his business expertise to the US healthcare system. Plus wall building should be good exercise.

+drz (from my post further up, talking about Trump policies) I can beat his ridiculous $12billion (+upkeep and staffing costs) wall with a few spades, a few pickaxes, some friends/lackeys and a bit of time. El Chapo was dug out of a prison for goodness sake, the criminals can dig into a maximum security prison, they can dig under one wall (these tunnels already exist due to the US' border fence, which does bugger all). Even if they can't dig under the wall, a thirty foot (which was the last number I heard for it) wall would create a market for a thirty one foot tall ladder. Or let's use that other famous wall, the one in China, they will just bribe the border guards, as it will be impossible to hire enough guards that will not take a bribe. Or they will take the drugs around the wall on a boat, the wall is fucking useless and if anything will inhibit the US because it will be so expensive (Mexico would not pay for the wall, there is no way in hell he could make them pay). The illegal immigrants (because let's use the correct term rather than the offensive one) pay taxes, but cannot use welfare programs, like medicare, medicaid or social security. They also have a hard time getting jobs due to them usually lacking documentation and the systematic racism against foreigners that exists in border states that the immigrants are likely to try and settle in (especially as the Republicans have done their best to bankrupt some of the border states out of ideology, looking at you Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and the rest). Trump's tax cuts will cost $12 trillion (Time) in ten years (using today's economy as a basis, growth would make it cost even more). Far more than he could cut out the government budget without eliminating either the military or social security, or halving either, which would see riots and mass protest either way His 'business expertise' has seen him be bankrupted three times, have multiple failed product (Trump airline anyone? How about Trump steaks? Or Trump magazine?), he would be wealthier if he had invested his inheritance into the stock market, he is worth less now than when he inherited his father's fortune (when adjusted for inflation). He is a failure of a businessman and an utterly unlikeable man (which would make him awful at treaty negotiation). Let's not forget that Trump has called for war crimes to be committed by carpet bombing Iraq and Syria and "going after their [terrorists'] families" who are civilians.

+drz Best joke I have heard all day, thanks

Jack Lovejoy He is a billionaire so he is successful in business. Only healthy Mexicans could climb the wall so sick Mexicans will stay a burden on the Mexican healthcare system only. Plus his lovely wife Melania will be a great role model for female fitness.

+drz You can't judge success by money. His father was already rich, investors calculated if trump simply put money inherited from his parents in savings, today he would have the same amount of money that he has.

Mounted Czarina Fake news

That’d be nice

You have to swipe your credit card first. The cost is itemized though so you know you aren't getting ripped off. The buns are $1,383.65 Meat Patty 16, 472.14 Cheese 2.392.45 You get one free pack of ketchup though Murica

+Jochem Broodhuys Don't worry there should be at least 11 more episodes

+Michael Trudell (-MikeT) and yet I've never had my blood taken by an MD in Europe, always a nurse...

+Phoenix Thanks you rock!

+ACDCLeadership You too! I can't wait to take Economics next year. I feel so prepared and the series isn't even over yet! Is Adrienne going to be focusing more on the real-world applications now?

Yes, things that are super important, but not really in a textbook

+HazaQuiroz Thanks

Jacob Clifford Yo why you not verified?

+Ian Buck nice catch!

nice one;)))

most of those countries had or have free university too maybe charging your best and brightest $600,000 to become a doctor is a stupid idea.

You clearly missed the part where a MRI costs $200 elsewhere, and $1500 here. That has NOTHING to do with the number of doctor's per capita.

@@brianmi40 Some of that could be attributed to higher regulation and overhead costs here in the US.

@@erth2man It's precisely the strong regulation of countries with universal healthcare, what makes MRI's, drugs and other equipment, affordable in the first. With the help of monopsony .

@@granudisimo Regulation can reduce and increase cost as well. When bureaucrats make more requirements and demands on health providers, that really has little to do with being universal or not. With our medicare and medicaid programs combined, we already are the largest single payer (universal) healthcare provider in the world. As you can clearly see, universality has little to do with reducing the cost for those services. Probably the biggest factor that I've witnessed is doctors over testing to cover their malpractice liability exposure and to make up for lower price per visit requirements dictated by medicare and medicaid. How much do you suppose European doctors pay for malpractice insurance? That is most likely a big factor why it costs more here in the US as well and will universal healthcare reduce that cost? That is yet to be proven and comparing what goes on in other nations might not translate here at all.

+Agati They do mention it, at 5:05 and 6:23. Did you watch the video, or just guess what the content was gonna be? :)

They didnt talk about it, they just gave us bullshit reasons why it might be higher. The people who made this video knows that the US heathcare service sucks, but tries there best to make it look like the superior system.

+Agati well they covered the main points- they even alluded to the lack of free market competition between hospitals.

screw u

Oh no. They're in on the triangle.

BaDum Boosh

+David Hu Heyyyy!! you're not a Hu you sound like a good guy

+Isaac Liu Nice picture.

EatShitCh Because I am a nice guy

+mojonacho Thanks!

It's not weird. If she said the sky was green and the world was flat, I would be convinced.

I too was lulled into believing for a nanosecond, then my brain kicked in and I was questioning????, switch it up again & Oh now that makes sense! Adrienne don't play with my mind, I believe everything you say!!!

+Nagar Akshay Thanks. I'm glad I was able to help you learn econ

so true

I would add two more reasons: 1) lack of discussion of costs at time of MD -patient decision making and 2) lack of transparency of costs per item at provider level. The later is improving.

+Chad Leach The difference is that you pretty much know how much food you demand. With healthcare, you have no idea what you need until you go to the doctor.

+Chad Leach Haha I see your point but alot of what your saying are supply side factors. The point I was trying to make is that it's very hard which health services I need before I go to the doctor. Do I need an MRI? Medication? Surgery? The doctor has a lot of power over patients because they basically dictate my 'demand' by ordering tests and prescribing drugs for me. Not to mention that I'm still paying them (or my insurance) in the end. Doctors both supply and demand. No other market that I can think of has that. At least I know when I'm hungry or that I want to buy a house and don't need a specialist (well except a real estate broker or a nutritionist but they are not strictly necessary for me to make decisions) but obviously it's alot more complex than that. "Specialist opinions can help but that is no justification to force others to pay for your expenses, whether it be food, shelter or medical care." Not sure what you're getting at here.

+Chad Leach In same ways yes. I'm sure most doctors only want what's best for the patient but that shouldn't discount the fact that they can be motivated by financial incentives. There are studies out there that show that doctors change their behavior under different financial incentives. Regarding searching for an second opinion, in an ideal world I would agree. But in reality you have things like in-network and out-of-network doctors that complicates things. Interestingly, I read an article about how consumers view healthcare prices. It's pretty interesting khn.org/news/prices-and-health-care-quality-many-consumers-dont-see-a-link/

In the US system basically, you get hit hard with high medical bills if you don't have great insurance so some people decided not get treated and die than put their family in terrible debt so a five-year waiting list doesn't seem that bad for something not urgent. Also, like you said you do have a choose to pay for private insurance.

Your expectations for adequate, timely care are quite low.

Eitan, I think you have a salient point. Thank you for sharing this!

@@SammiScoop_1 but you pay for gov healthcare because it's included in the taxes you pay

+ImNotPotus Could you give me some sources to read up on that? I'd really appreciate it!

The quickest thing would be to read the entries at market-ticker.org/ about Healthcare. I recall a specific entry about MRI's there. The author has good articles about Healthcare. He gets a bit touchy about other issues but for a good explanation on US healthcare policy it is a credible place for facts.

+Chris K www.economist.com/news/leaders/21692881-argument-legalisation-cannabis-has-been-won-now-difficult-bit-right this article talks about that.

+Chris K Product is legal, therefore taxable and controllable, therefore the money is recycled into the community rather than going into a crime syndicate, therefore more money for government to spend and growth increased due to emergence of a new sector

unematrix Your article talks about the legalization of pot. Two big differences here. Legalization means commercialization and that will lead to increased use. Sure you get to tax it and regulate it but you get more users. Portugal decriminalized all drugs. As long as you're caught with ten days worth or less you don't get put through the legal system, you get encouraged to get treatment (and fined if you refuse). This has lead to a decrease in use of all recreational drugs except booze and cigarettes and that's because those two are fully legal and sold commercially. Now booze nets the US over 9 billion a year in tax revenue but costs a butt load more in crime, accidents, lost time and health damage. Legalizing pot is just going to make a few people very rich while the majority pay for the damage.

+Jack Lovejoy Sorry I answered Unematrix in a reduced window and missed your comment. I think my reply there works equally well for your comment. Legalization of drugs is a false economy. You make money in taxes but the increase in consumption that commercialization brings costs the economy more than its worth. Pot may be an exception but I think the long term effects of THC rich varieties is going to be a lot higher than most think. More THC, less natural anti psychotic. Psychosis, not good, very expensive.

+Chris K if it's commercialized it's automatically decriminalized. legalizing weed doesn't make a few people rich and most people don't have to pay for the damage. in the netherlands it's legal, there are no legal-drug barrons, and people don't have to pay for damages because there are no damages.

Jeremiah B True

But that would eliminate or reduce the profitability the private firms by competition, and thus saves too much money that deserves to be in pockets of billionaire insurance CEOs rather than "lazy" poor Americans!

Jeremiah B I just read into it it might be a good Idea I changed my mind I like the idea.

***** Obama put more regulations. If we could make a deal of repealing Obamacare and all of the other regulations, and at the same time replace medicaid and medicare with a public option...I think it would be possible to make that deal.

I don't think anyone wants to get rid of all regulations in health care. You need those to protect people from abusive practices.

JayZhang516 3 years later, are you okay?

+L Galicki You are welcome

But the Tories wants to privatized it.

+scorpioninpink partially, I don't think they have enough time now in this term because of their plans to essential privatised the education system but I HOPE TO FRICKING SANTA that education and health care is never privatised

+Jerome Hart Well, what they are doing to the teachers and the junior doctors is an indication that they are planning on it. Remember that they did that to the public railways and privatized it. We can only hope that before the election in 2020 that the damage done could be reversable.

+scorpioninpink yes definitely, I just wish that Milliband was in power rather than Cameron :(

lol so true Britain ftw

+Sam eldridge (Darkfox) until Osbourne privatises it

+Chad Leach ummm how is that even a problem. you would just have more people paying for it. duhh

It's hardly going well though is it

+avoqado89 agreed, that is a really weird thing to put in the video

+D Gary Grady Agreed.

+blurglide We're actually second fattest. Mexico has a slightly higher percentage than us.

malpractice is a relatively small factor in the cost problem of US healthcare

In general our regulatory system contributes by allowing more pollution, less healthy food and older infrastructure than many developed countries. So we end up getting poisoned a little more than most europeans by just eating, drinking, and breathing. Car culture also hurts this. Many other high-tech urban cultures usually don't feel the need to drive as often. So while they're walking, biking, or taking a train, we're sitting on our asses in a car.

Jacob Collier Damn- we'll have to step up our game; We can't let Mexico beat us! It's anecdotal, but an OB-GYN I used to date had about 1/4 to 1/3 of her income tied up in malpractice insurance, and her income was pretty big.

She should consider working on her bedside manner, I've read several statistics that suggest that friendliness has more to do with malpractice suits than quality. If your OB-GYN is great, but unpleasant, and a radiologist they send you to makes a mistake. You don't track down the problem. You lump it on the doctor that you already don't like. Side note....I have two uncles, each doctors. both about the same quality of doctor. but with very different bedside manners. The amount they seem to deal with malpractice suits and insurance, matches the statistics I've read. (which is to say that the less pleasant is the one who is much more likely to get sued.)

+Political Joe Me thinks you're a MSM brainwashed fool! 43% for private admin cost vs 4% for medicare admin costs. We have already gone through the non regulation healthcare that led us to "pre-existing" conditions being denied or unreasonable deductibles. Even children born with a birth defect would be denied as it was a 'pre-existing' condition. Ones health and well being should NEVER be subject to some corps need to maximize profit for the sake of profit.

+TrCic you mistake greed for profit as some bad force. alone in a monopolistic sense it is a bad thing but so long as there is ample competition that greed results in competition and lowering of prices.

it's not just you. there is something wrong with the bill.

Duvee Hie the government isn't necessarily for profit,a corporation almost has to be.this will likely lead to higher prices

@@mansamusa1743 you are completely wrong privatization cheapens almost anything it touches the government is involved in healthcare this is why is is so expensive

Demetrious Johnson a nonprofit hospital is generally cheaper and higher quality than for profit hospitals,since government is usually a non profit we'd expect that,assuming they are capable of running the system(which they are)

It’s because they price fix.

NHS is in huge debt though. Provinces in Canada are in huge debt because of healthcare as well.

+Louis Andrews Smith Germany has that. The German system isn't perfect but access is good, costs are low (though they still could and should be a lot lower) and as the video said we even get more tests and preventative care out of it.