Any Conservative congress member will get massively aroused at the thought of that

Polls show that the majority of Americans support single payer, including about 80 percent of Democrats, a majority of independents, and, in a recent Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Republican voters now, as well. So I think many people do understand the issues - the problem is our political system which has just been infested with these corrupt interests. We need to get these politicians and their dirty money OUT - and we need to vote in real ordinary Americans who will represent OUR interests in Congress and pass universal health care like every other 21st century developed nation.

+disinfect777 It also saves a tremendous amount of money, because if it's prevented the patient doesn't clog up the local hospital which costs more than preventative care.

+RokeorDie is English not your first language? I only ask because I had no problem understanding BillyBowlster's comment, and I genuinely thought you might need assistance.

You guys are exactly right about the preventative (lower cost) focus vs profit based system. When making profit, and protecting the profit is your goal...look at C-sections as an example. Doctors do them at an alarming rate, it's not to make more profit, but to protect the hospital from liability. It's far more costly, and not in the best interest of the patient.

What rottenmonkey seems to miss is that universal health works preventatively and would save lots of people from having to go through expensive treatments. Universal health requires eating health, exercise, no smoking, no GMO foods, and to stop eating around the clock. So called health insurance will not prevent people from screwing themselves.

We would've gotten it as early as Teddy Roosevelt if he hadn't lost to Wilson

Not sure about that. His successor Truman also wanted universal health care, but it was shot down as "socialized medicibe". Hell even Eisenhower and Nixon wanted universal health care. In fact. go back to the 1910s, when European countries first began setting up social insurance systems for their workers, there were proposals for that in the United States. The private insurance industry and unions that offered health benefits to their members shot it down.

+J.P. FDR created the Great Depression! He fucked our economy with Social Security, price controls, and useless make work projects. He made the depression last a decade when it should only have lasted a few years.

Des Troya The new deal was created as a way out of the depression.

Cuba has it, Canada has it, Russia has it, China has it, North Korea has it, Poland has it, When you immigrating ?

+Artharas There isn't even 150 million voters, let alone 300 million.

+Artharas And about a third of the population is under 18

+Artharas and those same people won't blink an eye when we spend trillions on a war based on lies. Yet they're ready to jump and say "NO WE CAN'T AFFORD PROVIDING HEALTH FOR EVERYONE!" It still hurts my head thinking such people exist.

+Tim Menke My roommate just got his hospital bill for 148,000. I would have to file bankruptcy.

+Tim Menke I am currently trying to get licensed as a doctor in US, the money you pay in your bills has only like 10-20% going to the doctors. The rest of the money flows to the insurance companies

beidoll they should never starve because they go to school for 10+ years, incur half a mil in debt, and have to worry about getting sued every day because people like you are under the impression that they have things handed to them.

I was actually pretty lucky. I was in because of an allergic reaction to an immune suppressant that was prescribed to me to help with my Crohn's disease (which it now turns out I may not have) but once they got me stabilized, I was fine, just had to stay in the hospital for 3 days for tests. my bill was around 20 grand without insurance, it was about 3 grand with insurance. In the grand scheme of things, I know it's chump change compared to what others have had to deal with, but still...never want to do that again.

+1stfloorguy Greed.

+1stfloorguy It is currently 37th in the world. It is that way because insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry don't give a shit about you, just your money.

+André Strassburger That isn't the whole picture, either. In most countries with socialized medicine, the hospitals are run by the state. That means they never have to run at a profit. They just get the money they need to keep up with the workload. There's no board of directors and circle of stock owners and investors who expect to make a killing off of the business. Consequently, they cost a hell of a lot less.

+Autodidactus Communitati Funny I thought space X and Virgin Galcatic do the same thing NASA does but at a fraction of the cost.

Autodidactus Communitati They can build though. National socialist healthcare not commie healthcare. Why the heck should we pay for illegals to get free health? And why tax the rich so much when they create the jobs?

+Asher8328 I couldn't help but picture that Ed Edd n' Eddy episode.

Remember Healthcare is the top human right of mankind - We American people are human - Tell Un-American lawmakers, on this earth, there have been about 110 Universal healthcare nations - UHN - providing its citizens with different healthcare coverage’s policies. There have been some light coverage policies in many UHN’s. Because of what, because more than half of those UHN’s (about 60 under -developing countries) are so- called developing countries and those are poorer than America (No 1 economy of the World). We wondered how their (honest & patriotic) leaders could work that way. Do not forget one thing; American people are human like those people in 110 Universal healthcare nations in the world …

The saddest part of this is that the far right has successfully demonized the word "taxes" in people's minds to the point that, even something within reason (like single-payer), is met with utter contempt and cognitive dissonance. When the rich can successfully brainwash regular people, the Tea Party is born.

So because they have it we should have it? What kind of argument is that? If all the other countries decided to start mass genocide we should do the same?

+Chodester Point being we have empirical evidence of how this system can work and reap better results, not that we should do it simply because the other kids are doing it. But mama, France and Denmark are doing it too!! lol typical childish right-winger thought-process.

Remember Healthcare is the top human right of mankind - We American people are human - Tell Un-American lawmakers, on this earth, there have been about 110 Universal healthcare nations - UHN - providing its citizens with different healthcare coverage’s policies. There have been some light coverage policies in many UHN’s. Because of what, because more than half of those UHN’s (about 60 under -developing countries) are so- called developing countries and those are poorer than America (No 1 economy of the World). We wondered how their (honest & patriotic) leaders could work that way. Do not forget one thing; American people are human like those people in 110 Universal healthcare nations in the world …

We are extremely culturally diverse, we just would rather pay tax and get benefits like this. I've never heard anyone say that they would rather have the American system.

+Zac W But NZ is an expensive place to live.

Lol, the diversity talking point = "but you don't have brown people there to ruin things!"

+safe space no he is exposing yours because you are soo easy to read. admit it thats what you ment right?

+safe space Lol what does that have to do with anything

Don't you usually have long wait times should you need medical attention?

+Jacob Adkins For emergency reasons, it's on average longer, but not by much, maybe an hour on average? to see a specialist, one would have to wait long anyways since there are not alot of them either way.

+Jacob Adkins yes but thats because everyone else is getting medical assistance as well. i would rather have a extra 30 minute wait when knowing that everyone can get medical care.

+Kongou dess my manager had to go to the ER for a massive blister on his foot that go infected he waited 5 hours and keep in mind this was at 6 in the morning when there barely anybody waiting to be seen at the ER so Obamacare is a failure because its only made the medical situation here in the united states worse.

+KILLKING110 Take into account that Obamacare isn't exactly getting the funding they actually need since there is no single payer system at the federal level so paying doctors is in some ways hard for them financially. What I'm talking about is the wait time of Canadian healthcare, which is not even that great compared to the efficiency of some of the European countries. TL;DR can't compare Obamacare with an actual single payer system since the budget is vastly different.

+KZfaqExplorer What do you mean "one of"? Edit Sure I know about the edit function why would I need it?

+Corey Micallef you know that youtube has an edit function now, right?

next to mandatory car insurance. If i don't hit someone why doesn't my insurance carry over to the next year? i just give them X- $ every year and start over the next year? what if i don't hit anything in 10 years you just keep my money? Now that is some BS. were is my refund? legal robbery.

+reNNDinclusus I'm Canadian and I approve of Trump.

hey is healthcare similar in Canada to Bernie's plan

+Mr. X I'm human and I disapprove of Trump.

+Mr. X I'm American and you must want to build a wall to keep *us* out.

+reNNDinclusus I am an Australian, and I approve this message.

As if the Government can't or doesn't do it already. Medicare does not guarantee reimbursement. Admin cost WOULD NOT be reduced, healthcare costs overall WOULD NOT shrink. Doctors would revolt against it, and you'd have the same situation you do with Medicaid, except it would DESTROY MEDICARE! Bernie thinks he can force doctors onto the plan by pairing it with Medicare, let me tell you doctors WILL NOT PUT UP WITH IT! Only reason doctors put up with Medicare now is because it's paired with private plans and only covers over 65s, they then recoup the loss from Medicare with higher costs pushed onto private insurers. I honestly don't care if my taxes go up to pay for single payer, I'm not a greedy person. However, publicly provided healthcare as a single means for doctors to earn income is not going to fly and is 100% dead on arrival.

+Jared Johnson You've noticed something that a lot of people miss. When Canada went to a single payer system in the 1950s the Doctors were massively opposed. The government eventually managed to persuade them, but you could not do it today. The reason is that not only the Doctors will be opposed. The big savings in single payer come by eliminating a massive number of jobs. The billing department in a Canadian hospital is only about 10% the size of the billing department in a comparable American hospital and there are also all of the lost jobs in the health insurance industry. With Doctors opposed and so many jobs on the line there is no way the US can go to single payer now.

hekkesen manahan An insurance company doesn't necessarily employ medical doctors to tell them what IS necessary. So they can BS about what's necessary and what isn't. That's not an informed decision lol

hekkesen manahan It's one thing for a general practitioner to turn someone away and another for a hospital to do it. A hospital turning away someone with a serious problem that needs urgent care is incredibly irresponsible. o.O

+Sim Lash you mean yuuuggge

+Sim Lash Remember to take out standard deductions. A family of 4 (2 Parents, 2 Kids), after standard tax deductions (roughly $28,000), leaves you with $22,000 of taxable income, and roughly $40/mo in insurance for all 4.

+Dennis Wicker We will end up doing both..... Congressional and Constitutional gridlock will meet Bernie at the White House lawn on this topic. You don't ever "Save money" by paying more taxes....

+Gunner6000WarZ That is factually false.

Cissi No... it's actually not..... How much do you pay for health insurance now?

+Gunner6000WarZ my current health insurance cost (my employer + my contribution) is $524/month. an 8.4% tax of my gross income would be $538/month. So I guess my cost would go up? oh well, I already voted for bernie.. hopefully there is something I'm missing

CowsAreVeryCool That's my point. The cost for everyone will go up. People that say "more taxes will save you money" are retarded. Being taxed more never "saves money"...... Why did you vote to take money out of your families coffers?

+Kenneth Attaway Because it's Mangina

Remember Healthcare is the top human right of mankind - We American people are human - Tell Un-American lawmakers, on this earth, there have been about 110 Universal healthcare nations - UHN - providing its citizens with different healthcare coverage’s policies. There have been some light coverage policies in many UHN’s. Because of what, because more than half of those UHN’s (about 60 under -developing countries) are so- called developing countries and those are poorer than America (No 1 economy of the World). We wondered how their (honest & patriotic) leaders could work that way. Do not forget one thing; American people are human like those people in 110 Universal healthcare nations in the world …

+Marq Mac It's not just the money - it's the piece of mind. Knowing that you're covered no matter what.

+Marq Mac Because insurance companies don't want that, so they bought politicians who deny you decent health care and use fear mongering to play with stupid people's heads.

+Marq Mac because the government will raise that tax every year until full communism has taken over. See, we need smaller government. You do like your freedom ? A government that can provide everything for you, is big enough to take everything you have.

+John Sullivan Very amusing. But if you turn your brain on, for just a split second, and look at the world outside of your inane, childish bubble... Look at Europe. Every country here, with few exceptions, has publicly funded healthcare. It's more effective, both in terms of costs and numbers of cured patients. How many communist countries do we have, exactly? None, that's how many. And most of these countries have been stable democracies for over 100 years.

+John Sullivan your one of those people that should never speak. The government wouldn't take shit over for long. A revolution would happen just like they always do. Oh and please tell me how multiple countries have single payer insurance and do way better than the US does in health. Canada being one of the best.

The tories are like Democrats, labour are like Democrats. We don't have a viable right wing in the uk

+bilalha123 bullshit we don't have right wing! the tories are right wing af and so was labour until Corbyn became leader

+bilalha123 how are the Tories like democrats? if anything, we don't have a viable left wing in the uk

+bilalha123 The tories are very right wing, way more than the democrats.

+Pixiekiller Ein hear hear

and how the oil companies are great for the environment.

+S.M Seely To be fair, shiny new military weapons often get used for things people use as well. Tires, radar, etc.

+S.M Seely Interstate high way, internet .

New bombers missiles are just lying their gathering dust. Costing millions of dollars and utterly useless unless a major war breaks out.

Both are bad

+Rena Herbert It's a no-brainer.

The only downside to that is how long you'd have to wait if you were to go to the ER, for instance. Take a look at our neighbors to the north, Canada. I've heard rumors that sometimes people are waiting upwards of six hours to be seen by a doctor as they have to go through eeeeeeeeeeverybody.

+Rena Herbert 8.4%, but out of pocket costs are gone? I'm down. I could finally afford to get medical care.

+Jacob Adkins they're called rumors for a reason, lol.

+Amanda R Cenk is confused on the numbers. The 6.2 percent income-based health care premium will be paid by employers. Revenue raised: $630 billion per year. A 2.2 percent income-based premium paid by households (working people) Revenue raised: $210 billion per year.This year, a family of four taking the standard deduction can have income up to $28,800 and not pay this tax under this plan.The rest of it comes from tax hikes on the rich. So yea theres only a 2.2% payroll tax on working people. berniesanders.com/issues/medicare-for-all/

+Nathan Jones thank you, this is something ive been arguing throughout my school days for a decade every time we can debate a topic of choice lol, it's frustrating when people dont get this really simple math

cloud configuration you commented...

+Michael Robertson Of course, a trump person says "in competition with each other" news flash, Trump is a false prophet who has no idea of anything he's saying. Multinational corps dont compete with each other, they collude with each other to screw you over.

+Nathan Jones That's 20 trillion dollars over 10 years, not one

+Lennie Godber The UK population is 64.1 million, times 161b that by 5 to get 320.5 million of the USA (it is actually 318.9 million) and you get 805 billion. That means 8 trillion over10 years.

+Carlos Danger No. Because 'Murice. Anyone who agues, consider this: 'Murica. If that's not enough: 'Murica. Also, 'Murica.

+Carlos Danger You would think right?

+BJ Kensworth But the free market screws over everyone. Should basic human rights be given by the market or the government? Should people profit off "treatments" instead of striving to find cures?

+Carlos Danger No. You don't have a right to other people's services.

+Carlos Danger well... when you put it like that... No.

+scoofs Vallaria LOL BERNIE IS DYING. NO AMOUNT OF VIDEOS CAN HELP HIM

I think it is under dog but I learn so much from tyt

+The Atheist Socialist Vegan Sanders/Warren! lol

+Shadownian Political tradition says that Sanders' VP would have to be a moderate in order to make his leftism more palatable to people like middle-right voters. The VP has practically no power anyway, they are honestly just a political prop in a lot of cases

samiamrg7 Still...its just a youtube comment and personally...i would love to see a Sanders/Warren duo...but that might just be me. lol

+The Atheist Socialist Vegan Sanders for USSR 1966

She's only 34

***** You have a great country - but your health care system seems a little harsh and unfair to a lot of your citizens.

***** From what you've told me - I could not afford to live in the USA if I ever got sick.

+KlllrJay The USA needs to 'get over' the idea that they are the 'best' at everything. This is simply not true - no matter how many times you have heard it said. I understand the desire to think that the culture one was raised in is the ideal standard by which to judge all other cultures but this is self-deceptive. Instead of waving a patriotic flag, all of us (me included) need to look to other countries and cultures to discern what is really the best; what is closest to ideal. Canada's health care (and health care insurance systems) are not the best in the world (Northern European and Scandinavian countries are objectively better), but it IS better (because it covers everyone and the insurance premiums are affordable - often on a sliding-scale w/income), and more economical (it objectively costs less), than the USA. Finally, doctors in universal, single pay systems, are often NOT motivated solely by money. This is true for nursing staff, etc., as well. Although doctors and nurses choose to leave Canada because they can earn more in the USA (or Saudi Arabia), most choose to stay in Canada :D

That Drunk Vegan Gal Thank You - I couldn't have said it better myself! Health Care Systems are NOT a popularity contest !!

***** I don't know which way Americans are going to vote this November - but if I were allowed to vote - I would vote for Bernie Sanders and his single payer medicare for all plan.To me - that plan alone is worth the price of admission.

+ShadowT0nberry yep

+ShadowT0nberry his number are wrong

Tyler Yarbrough his numbers are right, you dont have any evidence to the contrary

+Andre B (Update) 207 Hilary supporters: "LALALALALA BERNIE IS A COMMUNIST LALALALALALA!!!!"

+rythmjc3 You spelled Hillary wrong... Here's how you spell it... "Hitlery". Bernie has never been a communist. Stop being ridiculous. His public record is WELL defined... Look him up. It's all there. None of it says communism... All of it says "fighting for the people"... Look at his record and try to prove me wrong.... LOL. Go ahead. I'll wait.........

+Who Is Sincere? lol exactly, hence I said Hillary supporters, not me xD

+Diego Torres Perez unfortunately there are idiots that if you literally beat them over the head with the truth they will still stick their head in the sand and say nope.

Sandra Snow-Balvert True, but he should still try to emphasize the savings his plan would provide us with, especially when the media keeps attacking him with the false accusations of it costing us so much money, to at least try to pull in those that are on the fence about which candidate to support.

+Sandra Snow-Balvert the idiots will be convinced that if it were ACTUALLY true then u wouldn't be beating them over the head with it. They don't use facts and reason, they do not conclude anything. They are handed a bunch of ideas and pick at them like it's a buffet. If the person giving it to them is not like them then they treat it like it's poison. If it's given by a friend then it's great.

this is Bernies biggest flaw in my opinion. he doesnt just lay shit flat out on the table and break it down for folks. me and you know the issues. but people are morons and they need that extra assurance cause they wont look for it themselves

Great comment. Same here in Canada, although we don't have any private coverage and drug cost is probably higher than yours. We have a quite a bit of doctor shortage here as they get paid more in the US, even though they already get paid excessively compared to some other developed countries..

Being a Canadian diagnosed with stage 3 cancer close to a year ago, I can think of nothing worse than having to worry about the cost of it all at such a horrible time. I'm extremely thankful for our healthcare system, and for the excellent care I'm receiving.

Pedro Caseiro I hope for the best result for you. 1 of my friends daughter had lukemia at age 4. Nearly 1 year in hospital and lots o

Profit = Incentive to provide healthcare

Thats not the reason, scandinavian countries are doing better (even tho declining in a lot of ways). The reason is the economic freedom they had.

It looks like Denmark and Sweden's healthcare is free at the point of use for everyone but I don't think Norway or Finland's is (though in Norway it looks like there's a cap of about 262.71 U.S dollars a year and after that people can get a card that allows them to get further healthcare free for the rest of the year, which could be a lot worse I suppose, and it's free for those under the age of 16). In the U.K it's free at the point of use for everyone and at the moment in the U.K the highest income tax rate is 45% on earnings above £150,000 a year. The basic income tax rate is 20% on earnings between £11,501 and £45,000 (£43,000 in Scotland) a year and the middle income tax rate is 40% on earnings between £45,001 (£43,001 in Scotland) and £150,000 a year and there's a tax free allowance for those earning under £100,000 a year on the first £11,500 a year earned and for those earning £100,000 a year to £123,000 a year this tax free allowance decreases from £11,500 by £1 for every £2 earned until it reaches 0% tax free allowance, so those earning over £123,000 a year get 0% tax free allowance. But the NHS is mainly paid through national insurance (which also goes toward things like the state pension etc) which usually gets deducted from your wages along with income tax unless you're self employed and at the moment national insurance is 0% on earnings between £490 and £680 a month, 12% on earnings between £680.01 and £3,750 a month and it goes down to 2% on earnings above £3,750 a month. You have to pay £6 towards a prescription in England but prescriptions are free in Scotland (which I don't think accounts for all the £2,000 lower middle tax rate threshold as there are other things like not having to pay tuition fees etc in Scotland as well)...

It's useless discussing heathcare with the yanks from another country's perception. There for profit multi billion dollar health insurance industry and politicians have them brainwashed.

Heh yeah I noticed that, too. Math nerds unite!

Well, Cenk was making it easy with a worst case scenario type thing. But, this is a great footnote.

+Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson or canadians

+Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson or Australia

+Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson or Japan

+George Gillespie As long as Liberals are the only ones who get the benefits of those taxes, then it's fair. If you want to have your cake and make the Liberals foot the bill, then you're just a hypocrite.

+George Gillespie If I had to pay 90% and never have to worry about a single thing I need to live or work, that would be just fine.

Dick Johnson You mean like parents do in some cultures?

+bootleg42 Trump supporters?

Bernie's Sanders Record for Veterans is stronger then anyone in Washington. See for yourself vetsforbernie.org/bernies-veterans-bills/

In the Canadian military healthcare is free. Argue that one. I would go to war to keep our Canadian healthcare system.

The military is a better termed a single provider with a different economic impact.

+Chris “Canatheist” Ragona I'm getting a small surgery tomorrow. Also paying Zip... :)

+Chris “Canatheist” Ragona gl with the long wait time. ;)

Which generics have side effects that branded drugs don't have? I'm totally happy with generic drugs - they seem to have the same chemistry, without the marketing. Yes, we know how it's paid for. We don't need to pay insurers, the taxman offers a much better deal.

Jeremy Elliot The newest medications that have just come on the market.

My experience with MRI was just the same. It cost me nothing. Some insurance plans would exclude cover for pre-existing conditions, our government does not. Please google "compare global healthcare outcomes".

+uzi justice The US Gov would be the largest buyer in the world, imagine the savings discount, for the life of me I can't understand why Americans are afraid of Universal Health Care, a Healthy population is a strong population

+50 Ducks In A Hot Tub And Co-pays probably wouldn't go away. In the UK we pay between $10 - $200 for most medical services.

uzi justice Yesterday I went to the ER, x-rays, blood tests, urine samples, ECG, spent time with the Doc, got my perscription, Zero Cost to me I love Canada...

VA will pick the best bargains and buy it by the ton.

+frogstamper If theirs is so much better, why has the Canadian prime minister goes to Miami to get health care or Princes of the British Empire come to Boston for health care ? This makes no sense if your statement is true ! !

+frogstamper because the politicians are wedded to those insurance companies who line their pockets obviously

+John Sullivan thats your fuckin argument. fuckin ant brain. damm dude you walk around thinking like this. hope no more of u are around to get together and start a war or somthing

cloud configuration Oh look, the simple minded uneducated government school boy can't answer the question, so all his little mind can do is call me the names his pathetic mother calls him everyday. Poor little boy.

@Glen Aitken Why should rich pay for your healthcare? You don't have the right to their wallet.

definitely

+casey czarnomski The greed of capitalism

+casey czarnomski that was happening at my dad's job he and his union sued.

+casey czarnomski The price of not just freedom, but any kind of decent pay and benefits, is eternal vigilance.

how would that happen if you get a pay stub that clearly lays out what you pay in taxes? that would be so stupidly illegal lol

+John Smith Your point? I want universal healthcare as much as anyone else. I'm simply pointing out that a better system would be direct pay.

No. Direct pay would be provided through a universal fund, with no carrier (insurance) at all.

+Jonathan Weber Obama didnt try to do anything. He pushed for Mitt Romney's plan which is "just give private insurance more customers and slap some bandaids on it by saying they cant drop people's coverage just because they were previously sick(even though they will just maneuver around it anyway) And then mandate that everyone get private insurance or else you get fined

+Larry Phischman And what do you have against them?

+Celso Junior The price-gouging and profiting on illness, mostly..

+Jacquelyn French And do you hate the pharmaceutical companies?

+TheBaconWizard You hit the nail on this one.👏

+TheBaconWizard and also if you cant afford our non existent care we'll give you a tax penalty at the end of the year👍

Why should rich pay so much taxes for some alcoholic with failed liver, or a stunt artist with broken shoulder?

@@harshitmadan6449 Because they abuse loopholes to pay taxes and some exploit their own workers. It isn't always a person with alcohol issues or stuntmen, some people are just unfortunate and put into situations they can't avoid. Stop bootlicking these people, they ain't gonna give a pat on the back for riding their dicks so hard.

+Anthony F and if you listen to the conservatives they are the greatest and richest nation in the universe but somehow can't afford to give their own citizens a reasonable life.

+proud american Perhaps you should. You'll undoubtedly learn something.

+Anonymous PRECISELY! here in aus the idea is to get diagnosed, treated and back to work. an individuals well being is the entire point. "insurance" doesnt even come into it. why does everything in america have to be a commodity?

+Jeminai Waters Because capitalism is the true religion of America. And don't you dare introduce a socialist element that every other modern nation has into it. That is considered blasphemy.

Anonymous heh its not socialism, its common sense and normality here.

+Jeremy Elliot It's illegal in Europe but you can do price fixing where people secretly meet and agree prices. Removing actively competing, which is why its illegal. I think this would be a possibility.

+Ryan M That's possible. Drug companies have not done that against Pharmac, New Zealand's drug-buying agency. That's why our government pays less than half what USA does for pharmaceuticals. I personally pay $3 per prescription and I've never had health insurance (although I could get it, if I wanted) :)

+Singularity Bound You can thank big pharma lobbyists for that. Sigh.

Yes !!!

Remember Healthcare is the top human right of mankind - We American people are human - Tell Un-American lawmakers, on this earth, there have been about 110 Universal healthcare nations - UHN - providing its citizens with different healthcare coverage’s policies. There have been some light coverage policies in many UHN’s. Because of what, because more than half of those UHN’s (about 60 under -developing countries) are so- called developing countries and those are poorer than America (No 1 economy of the World). We wondered how their (honest & patriotic) leaders could work that way. Do not forget one thing; American people are human like those people in 110 Universal healthcare nations in the world …

+xizar my place of work gave me the option for 10% extra salary or health benefits

+xizar Perhaps, but at worst, you'd still just get paid the same and instead of it going to some shithead insurance agent with pedantic questions about your height, weight, blood-type and favorite goddam animal, it would go to system that trickles down to ensure _everyone's_ health is taken care for and not just people who can afford it.

+Sultans Of Zing I don't think so. A government worker like me (teacher) would likely get a raise if only to continue meeting cost of living and to be comparable to nearby institutions (it happens now). But even in private business, wages have to be competitive if businesses want to hire the best. If they can afford to pay more, they will. If that weren't true, we'd all be making minimum wage and barely getting by.

+Bridget Whelan Some of the time. The pressure to produce strong quarterly profits for shareholders works in the opposite direction. They only have to pay more to get the best if there is a shortage of labour, which rightwing poiticians always seek to avoid by shaping policies to cause a permanent rate of unemployment between 5 and 10% (so when they blame the unemployed for being unemployed, they are deliberately blaming their victims, to shirk their responsibility). Pay does tend to rise over time, with productivity and the total quantity of capital invested in the whole economy, but for people to get anything more than basic subsistence is a never-ending struggle, and one which workers have been losing consistently since the late 1970s.

Some Stupid and political Puppets tried to mislead the American people - Medicare for All Plan is not for free - Medicare for all is also called Single Payer System - We American people don’t have to fatten them up - Healthcare is human right of mankind - We could not sell this Human right for profit … Tell those evil guys (in Insurance Industries) to change their career …

+Emmanuel Morrell Did you not watch the live show?

+inademv no, i didnt

+inademv How did they respond? I didn't see it.

+Emmanuel Morrell Imaging had this been done to a Bernie Sanders rally and the protesters were conservatives. Genk would have gone apoplectic "OF COURSE". Feel the Burn and who needs free speech when the left has all the right answers already. TYT is a pathetic joke. No better than Fox, just on the pother side of the fence. At least Fox has their own reporters.

+123gwf i doubt that lol

+TheSestren they resist this because the idea of Govts running anything is considered socialist and thats basically considered communist - the citizens of USA would rather have billions spent on blowing foreigners homes and people to pieces

+Mahamoud Ali Check what they asked trump.

Well yeah, he uha

+Ōkami-san No incentives for Doctors to price at market rates, and the AMA control the supply of doctors dangerpus combination.

+zach roberts correction, he meant over a 10 year period as I understand it.

More innovative in ripping you off, yes

The government rather than making a profit off of you being sick, would actually put the administrative costs into making the health service more efficient, we do it in the UK, oh and also the government would supply more preventative drugs that are more generic, new drugs would only come into effect after years of research and testing to ensure first that it is needed, second if another drug can already do the required job, and third if the drug actually works, coz right now in the US insurance companies like to say that they innovate to create more effective drugs, trust me it is bullshit all they do is take the chemical structure of a drug and slightly alter it just enough to not be infringing on copyright of another drug and that the new drug still does its job

+zach roberts Isn't most of the current insurance administration geared toward maximizing profit through various means? This task would not be necessary with government-run insurance.

+Bat Guano He said that in the video

+Bilal A ...twice

Speed Demon Yeah, but not until the middle of the piece. Unless I missed something.

Bat Guano Did him not clarifying that it's over a 10 year period distract you from the content up until the point of clarification? Unless that's the case I see little reason to object to when he said it as long as he said it.

+dodopoopinpoop don't call it free, call it universal.

+Uno G "come on, *shrugs*, gimme a break"

+ioan pena In the US without health insurance, just an ambulance ride TO the hospital costs over $3000 (My brother was rushed to the hospital 1 1/2 years ago with no insurance). So I will let you guess how much a 4 day treatment would cost.

+Punchy Scrotums How can a basic right like an ambulance cost money ? So it is cheaper to get a crazy taxi driver who works for tips to rush you to the hospital ? In Romania we have the fastest first response ambulance in the entire European Union ...it called SMURD and it is run by a Palestinian doctor and it is free including HELICOPTER rides for the real emergencies . I live in the suburbs of Bucharest and my Father is a cardiac ... SMURD came in 5 to 10 minutes in the suburbs and rushed him to the hospital . Everything was free including heart surgery and 2 stands to replace the arteries from the heart. He was insured but even if you are homeless you still do not pay since you are broke and they will not bill you .

+Punchy Scrotums Check SMURD on internet...i am not bullshiting you !!!

ioan pena The only thing they see as a "Basic right" is stabilizing you so that you won't die immediately. I just won't go to the hospital anymore unless I am dying, even though I have health insurance. Little story about the last time I went to the hospital, nothing important really. Last time I went to the hospital, I had an Ear infection + Swimmers Ear, so the whole side of my head was swollen and my ear itself felt like there was a golf ball trying to force it's way out. I sat in the ER for 14 hours before I was even seen, then had to sit there for another 4 hours in the room, because they expected the swelling to magically go down on it's own. After being there for 18 hours, the doctors forced something in my ear, dripped some antibiotic drops on it, handed me the rest of the antibiotic drop bottle, and told me they were done. I spent the next week in agony, unable to get out of bed it hurt so bad. The only way I was able to deal with the pain, was because my mom had half a bottle of pain killers from an operation about 6 months before. Shit like that is why I have no love for doctors, or the medical corporations. Oh, and I had to pay $150 for that ER visit WITH health insurance.

+Punchy Scrotums I got in a fight and the other guy pulled a Mike Tyson move on me ripping of my wright lobe of my ear. i went to the hospital and immediately i had a reconstructive plastic surgery ( for free of course )...did i mentioned that i had a free college education after high school and free skiing lessons for 2 seasons since it was a sports college ? There is a down side since Romania is not that rich as USA . We do not have the best medical technology like in the US , but doctors work with what they have but still all ambulances are new Mercedes Vito and you still ride in style !

+pezzamange But...the NHS is under siege by neoliberal puppets to dismantle that system. Just cause you have coverage now dont mean you dont have to fight to keep it

yep.....although the sneaky bastards do try to bring in some below the Radar privatisation 😠. .....I Remember the 2012 Olympics Danny Boyle was asked to produce it and was told under NO circumstances should he make ANY political statements in the show.......then he put in a HUUUGE NHS segment 😀......and in the Audience was George Osborne who was trying to part privatise it....the crowd booed the shit out of him lol. Danny boyle later said he based it on British values rather then political pressure. 😆

like defining government

Or hiring more Doctors and Building More Hospitals to Truly make the USA Healthcare System the Envy of the world. Not the Horror Story.

+DootDoot We have one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world. The reason it's so expensive is because of government involvement.

Chodester The USA Spends 2x more Per Capita then the Canadians, We spend 4x more then the United Kingdom on healthcare. To get the Ranked 37th in the world Healthcare. Over 30 million Americans don't have Healthcare, Over 100 Million Americans are Under insured. The Private Health Insurance Industry in the USA Currently Operates at a 25-30% Overhead. Medicare in the USA... A Socialized Single Payer Healthcare system currently active in the USA operates on a 3% Overhead with all Property and asset maintenance costs included. Your insinuation is just factually and statistically false. This is before we even get to the %228,000 markup on Drugs like Prozac compared to the UK.

+DootDoot You can thank a majority of those statistics to the wonderful fda. The great organization that makes it extremely expensive and much more inefficient to produce, create and organize hospitals, doctors, and medication. A lot countries make it much easier to contribute to the healthcare system. When you Criticize American healthcare, you are actually criticizing the large government control over over it.

Canadian?

Nova Scotia, Canada

+Luis Valdez other Americans would save you mean.

Hes going to impose a tax on wall street speculation, corporations and the rich, since they pay less taxes than the rest of us.

+Sandra Snow-Balvert Not to mention the lack of stress associated with life in general.

Yes

+RNB even then, you save far more not having to pay insurance out of pocket, and even then, they could force employers pass the savings through provisions in any law. If they are already forcing corps to get out of people's healthcare, of course its possible to force jobs to split the difference. And they already do if you pay out of pocket

+RNB This would likely only happen among employers who pay minimum wage (everyone else is concerned about competition and hiring the best); that's why Bernie Sanders campaigns on raising the minimum wage to 15 dollars/hr.

+Svek B. We aren't paying for the wall, Mexico is paying for the wall. Git outta here or you'll meet the Trump Brown Shirts.