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!

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.

Both great nations with there own ways of doing things 🇬🇧🇺🇸

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.

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

literally never had afternoon tea and I'm British

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.

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

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!

you do realise without us it wouldn't matter how much social media you invented we invented the world wide web.

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

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.

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

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.

Social Media invented by Americans but they needed a British invention for them to get off the ground. It’s called the internet.

Britain is best in the whole world. I stand by this.

we also don't do religious fundamentlaism like the usa does. no mega churches, and far fewer faith healers.

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 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.

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.

The NHS is not free, British taxpayers pay a lot of money for it, however it is free at point of use.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

Afternoon Tea is simply Devine and a must do while visiting London.

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.

Never had afternoon tea and don't know anyone who does

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.

But British people invented the computer, email and the webcam... social media would be harder without some of them.

What the British Do Better!. Moan about absolutly everything. :D

The Brits make great lovers too, but guess you know that already :))

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.

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.

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 !

Afternoon tea is very posh and upper class .

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.

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.

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

It’s very kind of you to find nice things to say about us - I’m sure there is plenty to criticise. Thank you.

The UK has also been pretty good at setting up new countries. ;-)

The NHS is not free. We all pay in via national insurance.

Yes I often forget how great London is as a Brit....

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: 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.

Afternoon tea with sandwich.s and cakes is called HIGH TEA

I think it should never be UK vs US but the UK and US - we achieve so much more when we work together.

What British do better? Everything!!!!!!!!

You wanna see British tradition and it finest just watch the changing of the guard or the Remembrance Day ceremony and health care no argument in Britain you won’t lose your home when you stub your toe

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)

Afternoon tea? What century did you actually live in London?

Hi Sunny ( Love your name - you shine ) The N.H.S. is free at the point of use and, yes, waiting times can be outrageous but, its not free as such. We pay for it in other ways ie, through high taxes. Keep shining !

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

2:30: James Bond is not a historic figure. He is fictional, found in the books of Ian Flemming.

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.

Listen up I am a true Brit and let me tell you Sunny the N H S is not free we pay a national insurance out of our wage slip every month then we pay for our prescription drugs when after a G P visit . We Brits are proud of the N H S as doctors surgeons dentist s and nurses from around the world want to work in the N H S why because money is not mentioned and should not be reason why these noble people are called to this profession helping the sick is truly a humble experience . Cheers .

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.

The NHS is not free! we pay an extra 9% of our income into the National Insurance scheme to pay for it

The NHS is not free - you pay monthly national Insurance contributions

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!

Robin Hood would probably be the other character to have repeatedly made it onto the big screen.

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.

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.

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..

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.

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

Afternoon tea like that is quite a rare thing.

no one in the Uk accept old people eat scones and tiny bites of cake and afternoon tea wtf?

1. Make a mug of tea. 2. Baked beans on toast. 3 Driving. 4. Invading countries to make an Empire. 5. Fish 'n' Chips. 6. History. 7. Football ⚽️ 8. English language, spelling. 9. Sense of humour. 10 And finally Irony My top 10 .

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).

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

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 way she says we don't get angry she's funny she hasn't been in this country for long

I am British and tip taxi drivers and hairdressers.

Im British and i have a massive amount of respect for Americans you guys are awesome

What a lovely lady you are! Glad you are enjoying Britain (London).

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.

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.

NHS is far netter than the american system. Healthcare is a human right, same as education. To be a wealthy country and not have national healthcare is just plain selfish. Guns are allowed to just about anyone in the US and are still defended after mass shootings of innocent children. Thats fucked up. Americans, however, do entertainment far better than anyone. Their sports can be really boring but the razmataz thats put into them is second to none. Hollywood makes all the best films. HBO make most of the best shows. And this thing about brits inventing everything; well of course, compared to america, cos the US is a baby in terms of age. And lets not forget, the US itself is a british creation, "londons' proudest achievement". The great experiment. Its gone a bit to pot over the last 60 years or so what with the christian right trying to drag it back into the dark ages but for the most part its a country that should be admired for, if nothing else, its positive spirit and outlook. In the US kids are told they can be president. In the UK we are told thats aiming too high and we should aim lower. Swings and roundabouts i suppose... Oh, and they may be lesser performance and build quality wise but, american cars are the best looking motors. And nirvana were american, i love them just for that alone.

I would like to say to any potential visitors from the USA , or indeed anywhere, that the best way to see England and the rest of the UK is to hire a car and drive around to visit the ancient, historical treasures found tucked away in the countryside and around the coast . I`m afraid that London is no longer a true representation of England, i moved out 1n 2012 after 28 years because it is no longer English. All the traditional local people have moved away. My home city of Birmingham went that way long ago, it now more resembles downtown Kabul than the once proud seat of the Industrial revolution it was. Hire a car, get out and about and see the real Britain.

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.

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.

NHS is not free, paid for in taxes

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.

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 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 do things best because we apply British values.

Harry Potter is another character that made a great transfer from book to films

American Healthcare is amazing . If you can afford it . That’s the difference . Beyond that , they’re broadly comparable , clinically .

Want to see a roundabout? Check out Magic roundabout, Swindon.

NHS is not free! We pay for it through taxation £1bn every three days.

in a nut shell, in America you take a heart attack, sell your house. In the UK take a heart attack, you are took in and given the best of care for free. no comparison.

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

The NHS is FREE for visitors to the UK, It costs the uk tax payer a fortune to provide a health care system to the world, hence it`s the best health service in the world, because it offers health care to anyone who can get here, make the most of it as it is going to end when it is privatised in the next few years

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!

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.

we also invented tv railways the jet engine the world's first police force the world's first air force, and many, many more

Down in rainy Plymouth; finished for the night.