I need thyroid hormones to survive and regular tests to make sure I'm at right dosage. Lost mycoverage and an office visit to pcp is $100, then labs are $40, then my medication is between $35-$60. Rinse and repeat every 6weeks. And weight gain plus other health issues it's miserable

Can you link the video that you showed them?

Really cool video! I’m writing a 20 page essay on Medical Debt and U.S healthcare for a college course, and I am also amazed about how little I knew and how complicated the system has become. Thanks again!

Lack information and knowledge. NYT say that about themselves just ask James O'Keefe.

You should do a even longer video about the absolute insane issues (for me as a German) like that it cost money for Ambulance to collect you and that people who are dying would rather have a taxi.

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And unlike Switzerland they even PAY for a gun

It should be other way around. Healthcare, affordable education. That is this day. Right to bear arms? Way outdated thing to have.

Pretty stupid anolgy, They'll still save you, but you have to pay

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 Stupid analogy, how could they pay in the first place if it costs $100,000?

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 SAD BUT TRUE

First they need to fix the Healthcare systems price gouging, then implement universal healthcare.

this is classic for corporate media - they publish all sorts of pieces about a problem, but never how to fix it. and when a politician or activist comes along with a solution, which necessarily disrupts business as usual, the smear and distortion campaign is cranked to the max. Every problem that Bernie had a plan to fix, guaranteed Vox has a smart little video explaining it and how bad it is. if you actually care about these problems like liberals claim to do, they wouldn't be liberals. they would be socialists.

@@Miabalzitch I was wondering since a long time. There are reports about the bad infrastructure, public transport, urban planning, the prison system, the education system, and yes, the health care system ... but nobody is changing anything.

@@krollpeter The ones that are profiting from it all are the ones bankrolling the politicians save but a few. Do you expect any real change any time soon?

@@Acadia26 Looking at how Mr. Bidens initiatives to improve infrastructure are shaved off, no. 2024 America will be deciding, and I fear it will be a very bad decision many people will take.

You was realest into the wild, probably forest , where you did clime a tree.IN America , you would " surely died " and that is for SURE . Please , stay in Denmark and do not forget to claim your 2 month paid vacation .

@@martinko4086 It's only 6 weeks paid vacation, so nothing crazy :)

No... because you would have paid for health insurance , like many other Americans.

@@markanthony3275 In Denmark medical treatment is free. Free in the sense that we pay by tax. We pay a lot in tax, but most people can easily afford that. In Denmark it is very difficult to buy a gun. Most people dont really need a gun, because most people solve conficts by discussion, or going to court. In Denmark when you vote, the votes are not wasted if your party gets less votes than the party that gets the most. Why is it Americans fight one another? "It is not what America can do for you!,,". Why did you stop listening to JFK?

@@pumpdumpster Well for starters...Denmark is a tiny little country. So it's very easier to address social problems. America has a vast area and a vast population , so it's difficult to address social problems. Also, like most Scandinavian countries, Denmark never really had the diversity that America had...Denmark has a uniformity of culture, although maybe not as much as Sweden for example. America does not have a uniformity of culture in the sense that people from Alabama are not like people from Alaska, and neither of them are like people from New York. One more important distinction...Americans are free ...to disagree with each other...the Scandinavian countries, as it was explained to me...never experienced feudalism. This has had the effect, historians have argued, of producing a culture that places NO value on civic freedoms...and in effect ...produces a phenomenon called "group think". That can be good or bad , it depends what swings their opinion. In Sweden, and I know Sweden is not Denmark, Olaf Palme wanted to get Swedes to agree to switch from burning lignite coal, to nuclear power...so he and some scientists, fabricated the Acid Rain scare...and that's a documentable FACT that you can find in Rupert Darwall's book "Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex" (2019). Palme told the Swedes "100,000 lakes are dying right now" ...and to a person, the Swedes fell for it ...and they all uniformly agreed to what Palme wanted because there is no culture of questioning and scepticism...and that's also a documented fact. That is the key difference between Scandinavia and America...Americans do NOT have "group mind" so they have scepticism about many things, and that also can be good and bad...but mostly, it has preserved them. I look at the undeniable evidence that any man on the street can see for himself...If people say America is such a terrible place, then why are other people constantly doing everything possible to get into America. Why are they not fighting and doing everything possible to get into Denmark??? A friend of mine married a Norwegian woman...and has been in Norway for twenty plus years. he describes Norway, with it's neatly planned out society and social programs...everything working smoothly and to a "T," as "pleasant incarceration". He has wanted to leave for a long time but Hilldy can't leave mommy.

US does not have universal healthcare, bullet trains, and free WiFi everywhere. It is a reflection of how decent we are as a society.

Even some third world countries have universal healthcare and paid maternity leave.

@@reevomd8056 me being from a country that "lost a cold war" I was surprised when my friend from the US couldn't go to the hospital because she said she can't afford it and she was surprised when I said we have free wifi coverage literally everywhere outside and people in reality pay like less than 10$ a month for a 100MB/s internet at home and 20-30$ for up to 1TB/s.

Actually The US has the Acela Express and we have Free Public Wifi In many Public Places Canada or Australia doesn’t have a bullet train at least.

Yeah and it’s strange that so many People Immigrate to this Country every Year America is the Immigrant Capital of the World mostly be developing third world countries

Lol what a dummy, he could have made billions!

@@Skibbityboo0580 but he didn't want to profit at the expense of human lives. He had morals and values and was one of the greatest people in history.

@@Skibbityboo0580 attitudes like this are exactly why the US has the healthcare system it does today.

@@alsinakiria My thing is saying the quiet part out loud in conservative speak to make them look like idiots.

@@Skibbityboo0580 so basically, you just do a sarcasm...

I know right? Like I complain about this country every day, but after seeing US deeper, I am definitely thankful of our universal healthcare (#BPJS), automatic voter registration, and affordable public university, with all it flaws, which all of it are major problem in US, a first-world country

@@sriwidiani4370 bersyukur di atas penderitaan orang lain?

Bener banget. Kita mungkin bukan negara terbaik dan masih punya banyak kekurangan. Setidaknya kita harus mendoakan memiliki pemimpin yang ingin membangun negeri ini lebih baik lagi. Karena mau lihat ke negara manapun, tidak ada negara yang sempurna.

@@sriwidiani4370 US was 1st world country. US Is Now Considered a ‘Second Tier’ Country

But what Indonesia needs is to train many of its medical staff better and start letting foreign specialists visit for training. Too many GPs here are too inexperienced, over prescribe and misdiagnose. it is probably better in Jakarta, but not in many other areas.

Yeah I mean your student debts are way too high too. I studied for 4 years here in switzerland and all it took me to finance it is a summer job of 4 weeks every summer. sure if you want to study somewhere away from your parents house, the cost of living would be a lot more but even then we have a lot of financial aids if you really can't cover it

That’s because big pharma owns it all. The med schools the insurance companies the drugs everything goes to them

@@Jana-kl3dpAmerica has been taken over by the elites and the government is no longer a republic. The Elites now in control of the people because love of the money and failure to remember Gods law. The children were forgotten like the warning said

Student debt is another very American thing

@@AndresSalazarAutos another thing to destroy your country with

Or "wElL, ThEy ShOuLd HaVe JuSt BeEn BoRn In A wEaLtHiEr FaMiLy!"

ThEY ShOuLD haVE Just BeEN BorN wITHoUT TeRMiNAL illnESSEs

God I hate that argument so much. I just met someone recently that said: "America, where welfare is distributed to the wrong people, lazy people." Like jesus christ how can the concept of being born into poverty be so alien to these idiots

Should have bought and gun and gone and taken it...my right. Facepalm

@@ideeyes4054 theY sHouLD HaVe jUSt BEen boRN In gErmAnY

Isn't that classed as ransom? "You can't have this person, unless you pay me money".

Yeah, skin to skin contact directly after birth is really important for the attachment to kickstart. This is insane.

Why do they even charge for that? I'm so shocked to hear this. What a messed up system to even charge something like this.

Maybe that's why many women want to give birth at home? And also you have to pay 15k dollars to even give birth. As if your child is worth 15k!! Don't put prices on people.

Eeeeeeeeeeviiiiiiiiilllllll

I mean, even with the healthcare prices, going to America for a few years is still an easy way for anyone to get rich. Americans are much richer than all Europeans even after healthcare no matter which way you measure it. Just look at average wage salaries for STEM jobs. CS majors make an average of over 150k in America. What’s the better alternative? Go to London or something and make 50k a year while paying the same rent as NYC?

More like you arrive at home and get the bill.

@@imme6954 so extra step slavery. Because your going into debt for basically giving birth and wanting to hold your baby. You don’t even get to enjoy your little angel until you pay the check.

Or in some cases insuring employees in the hospital gets to enjoy the local ICU as they get their heads bashed in by irate family members to the baby.

"Budget or straight?", baby crying in the background

I believe NO COUNTRY except US hold baby as ransom when they were born.

capitalist realism. extremely real, but also extremely saddening.

Oh we believe these stories, because we LIVE them.

@@soyesayucateca9557 OP meant Republican supporters.

You’re describing Republicans, they no longer qualify as Americans. They’re some sort of neo confederate insane deathcult at this point.

True! Americans are brainwashed and they don‘t know the difference between capitalism, communism, socialism and social democracy. I live in Germany and I have a lot of Americans co-workers and friends who live in Germany. They literally don’t know what Social Democracy is. The always thought that Germany is a socialist country. So whenever they figure it out and start to realize that they believed the lies of their politicians, all of them decide to stay in Europe for good. They don’t want to go back to the US. Yes, the US is by far the richest country in the world but the average citizens are not the richest. Only the elite get all their money. Everyone else is actually living their worst lifes possible.

Tragic

Wait what? Aren't there ways to default or something? I find this hard to believe.

​@@meijiishin5650My father had medical bills over $1 million, and my mother didn't pay them. In a few months they were written off. The US is a hellhole.

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Ernsthaft die lassen die Eltern von Kindern zu viel für ungesundes Essen in der schule zahlen. Klein timm darf nichts bekommen er kann sich kein essen leisten.

Truth! I'm thinking maybe to have healthy and well educated citizens isn't in their interest, ignorant masses are more easily manipulated and used... it can't be otherwise, it is too strange not to have access to free education and health care like the rest of the world... These are basic necessities...

It is not essential...for short term productivity and profit. EVERYTHING in the US is about short term....profit.

@KLGoodman yeah and that is the same thing that is happening in Canada Australia and New Zealand

I like your argument, I use a similar idea too. If half of healthcare is tied to your employment, then the result is restricting labour flexibility. If you charge so much for education, you don't get the knowledge and expertise needed for modern day work. How much does poor infrastructure cost the economy. If your roads and rail are too bad, then companies will set up elsewhere.

They don't understand the difference between Communism and Socialism because they have been brainwashed.

They are selfish. They also forget that they’re one sickness or catastrophe away from poverty. I do not mind working for someone who isn’t able to, to get free healthcare they deserve. Even if some people misuse it, so long one person is getting the help they need I do not care I’ll continue to work and pay my taxes here in the UK.

they (the usa) would rather call it communism or socialism to avoid saying what it is.. Universal healthcare for everyone through taxes. Because everyone would understand right away what it means.. That the rich pay a bit more so the poor still get treatment.

Some Americans don’t even know the difference between communism and the metric system ;)

McCarthyism (a.k.a Red Scare) swept through the United States during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and it was like a witch hunt trying to black list and imprison as many “communists” as we could. Communism/socialism is a buzzword for something bad in the U.S. because of that past

Typical ignorant filth from the EU who are so uneducated that they don’t know the basics. You have a higher average household debt than the US, nothing that you mentioned is free (learn simple math), you have higher homelessness rate than the US, you have much higher taxes, much lower average net salaries, and you live in a literal war zone. You can’t even protect your own home land. You’re a joke. Rooting for Putin.

Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll. He's a butt hurt American who can't stand that other countries have it better than the US.

I think someone misheard "weakest" as "richest"...

How can America the greatest nation In the world Not insure the entire citizenry when she has money to go to war overseas. America must use her intelligence to ensure the health of the entire nation. A nation needs healthy population so that they can be productive for today and posterity.

@@jamesbedukodjograham5508 not greatest

​@Haku Yuki Shouldn't have weakened them.

Yeah I like supporting drug users, some people should move out. This video is a liberal joke. You think doctors and nurses work for $15 an hour. Their medical insurance is free. The cost of college is $2500 a quarter. Keep drinking the liberal free koolaid

After listening to this video i was ashamed for my last ranting at the hospital here in Canada... My rant was about the 25$ parking fee (a sign mention parking is free if the visit is under 15 minutes but i was there for 20... i know, i know, i'm an entitled Karen /s)

That man paid less money for his heart surgery than that woman for holding the baby that was just literally inside her.

I'm a slightly above minimum wage worker and I pay £110 a month on national insurance and that pays for healthcare, state pension, paternity leave, unemployment benefits plus a few more. It's a deduction on my wage, as is tax

@@null010010 I'm still ranting about the fact that some ambulance costs aren't free here in Aus (mostly airlifts but wtf mate)

@@pianoonparade An ambulance ride in the US is typically $1500-$3000, god forbid you need a airlift. Those start at $25,000. People have refused ambulances and hired ubers to take them to the hospital in an attempt to manage costs over getting healthcare.

3rd world countries. What you gonna do? That's how it is. For me, US is somewhere between Somalia and Kongo.

@@bifrostbeberast3246 I live in Argentina, a third world country and we have universal free healthcare, u can even get full cancer treatment for free.

Especially because the guy who invented it did not want people to make a profit off of human lives. He sold it for $1. Sure, that was worth more a century ago but that's like selling it for $20 today. These companies are leaches on society.

@@fedeph665 Is Argentina even a 3rd world country? I'm pretty much as far as it gets (middle EU) but from what I've seen it's not as bad as some African or Asian countries

@@Inferiis Argentina is totally not a third world country in the economic sense. It is way poorer than the EU but I think it might be on the same level as Russia (talking about per capita gdp here)

"Half of the country" Please look up facts before you comment

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 when our politicians act en masse as a party, it becomes half the country

@@randomgaming8616 Yeah exactly, "start a business" as I said. And yes, America is a great place to be an established millionaire. Lot of potential for growth once you got a foot in the door.

More than half. Both the Republicans and Democrats are in on it.

well, feel free to move to Europe, as long as it's possible before we build a border to keep out US refugeees :| But srsly, feel free to come over, you will get the help you need to get on your feed

As Maui says, or rather, sings, “You’re welcome!”

rest of the world? this phrase is not very well accepted... we are the World! america is the "rest"

I swear America is just three companies in a trench coat pretending to be a country.

I KNOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN! 😡 WE’RE TRYING, OKAY, WE’RE TRYING. WE’RE TRYING TO BE BETTER.

If you can't be a role model, you can at least be a warning!

Its called corruption

@@chafiqbantla1816 it's not corruption. It's like Chinese people don't say anything to the communist authoritarian government cause they don't know what freedom means. Same with a majority of Americans, they just don't Realise what universal healthcare can do for them or even the fact that it is pretty easy for the largest economy in the world to enforce it.

@@suvansh29 It is both. I live in the United States, and yes, corruption is a HUGE reason why our healthcare system is so terrible.

@@chafiqbantla1816 not corruption in this case but this is pure capitalism. So lucky i don't live in the us because I'm 100% sure i couldn't afford it. Would rather pay higher taxes than to live like this. My thoughts go to you americans here that lives like this. This is not normal in the rest of the world. How you're so far behind on stuff like this is unimaginable

@@suvansh29 you are wrong about the Chinese. They know what freedom is but they choose to give some away for the betterment of the society at whole.

That's the thing. People in high positions, who are more concerned about maintaining their own paycheck. And a lot of smart people, who have to deal with immature ones. (You can see the difference with America's customer service lines, compared to Canada's. Big difference in quality.) It's not so much about being smart in this country. But more about being "entertaining." Or who is friends with who. TL;DR America hates smart people.

after watching this, im really starting to question which system I am living in

@@Aaron-bn4wi I think its more the case he couldn't afford the medication

@@Aaron-bn4wi lol

I made a comment outlining how I don't have to pay for my medication or consults. I have drug resistant epilepsy which puts me at risk of dying. I also said I feel sorry for the states [due to their healthcare]. He replied by telling me I deserve to be sick as I was ignorant and believed "that rubbish" It was clear where he's from due the use of "we".

That's so f**cked up.

Honestly I'd deduct it from payments and be willing to see them in court over it. How a bill to hold your own newborn can be enforced is beyond me, I'd challenge it at every chance.

@@sophiemoore507 The point is that you shouldn't have to challenge it in the first place!

Once a society manages to moralize profit there's little that can't be justified in persuit of profit. The ends justifies the means

I'm not sure, but isn't it a kidnapping?

I am sorry you gone through this.

I'm so sad that happened to you. Only a psychopath would defend a system that allows this kind of things.

That's terrible. You have to organize and ask as many times as necessary a Universal Health System.That would give you a lot of peace of mind and nobody would be in danger of dying or in the "best" of cases, bankruptcy

And yet it’s happening under everyone’s noses. And Brexit makes it less likely that we can adopt something like the German system which is a pretty decent compromise.

Ultimately the right would privatise everything in the world and whilst they have privatised the NHS from within they will never stop it from being free to use, paid for by taxes. It is the one thing they know they cannot get away with. Regardless of your feelings about the legal outcomes of Brexit, the political reality remains unchanged

It was the left wing Labour Party that started privatisation with Blair and Browns plans for private companies to build hospitals and saddle the NHS with expensive rents.

@@squeaksvids5886 let's be fair, there was nothing left wing about New Labour. Thatcher called Tony Blair her greatest achievement. They were war hawks and market fundamentalists, so just right wingers with a different brand (there are couple of left wing MPs in the party, but as we've seen recently, not enough to actually make it left wing).

Unfortunately you will lose the NHS I promise you. You are already losing it it’s being sold to private’s! That’s what Johnson and the brexitiers are doing believe me! Wait and see!

USA has healthcare system. It is called Go Fund Me

In the US, if it doesn't make money it goes.

germany does have a market system and still universal healthcare ----- i think that is way better then any singlepayer system

That's rather sad. I had asthma as a kid, I have anxiety now, so I'm a fairly regular visitor at the doctor's office, but my biggest (and only) expense is my prescripted medication (which costs about 50 cents a month converted to USD)

Unbelievable. When it comes to health care no one here in Germany is concert about money. You get it free (in a sense of it is and always will be a small part of your earnings) even if it would cost 100.000$+. America is a bad place to live.

@@OliverUlpts well, it works like that everywhere else, but hey, americans think it's socialism. Let them do as they please...

statunitian. america is a continent.

@@nekochan8399 America is a country, North America is a continent, which includes Canada and Mexico and 20 other countries and territories😊

NHS logic: we can’t save you but we know you’ll praise us anyway

Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll.

@@brozius - So it would seem... :)

Well so is a dead one, but they don't seem to care about that either...

Which rule of acquisition was that again? 😂

It’s absolutely hilarious how gullible people from the EU are. You have amongst the lowest care qualities in the world, and as always, instead of worrying about your own country, you are crying about the US. Homelessness is out of control in your country, and you are worrying about the healthcare system in a country thousands of miles away. Your insecurity is pathetic. This is why we don’t allow you to exist as a sovereign nation any longer. Never forget that for the past 75 years, we control you.

@@fatherson5907 I really like the spin in the end, didn’t see that coming. But you gave me a big laugh, so thank you very much!

@@Khal_Maharani thay're a troll ignore them Viva la Unión Europea!

Please, 3rd world have universal health care!!

@@nurlindafsihotang49 True!

The doctors never have the $$ talks with the patient. I think much of the high cost is the clerical staff they have to employ to have those discussions with patients and to manage insurance billing and disputes. I spoke with my surgeon today to prepare for an upcoming procedure. He absolutely never has mentioned payment. The hospital staff did demand a payment before I could go get my labs and ekg. You must have steady hands and nerves. Good for you! 👏 👏

@@andromedaspark2241 I think they called it "administrative fees" in america. AF in US is around 20%, in other countries they capped it around 5% max.

I take my grandparents to the doctor regularly and the only money related question they get is if they want the cheapest drug prescribed or the one our doctor thinks will work best (and only becuase this area isn't the wealthiest, so most doctors ask this for the patient to be able to take the meds needed)

Super ist des! Mindestens sterbern wearn ma ned

As someone, who does the same job as you at Great Ormond Street, the only people who asked about cost, were Americans, when they were referred !!! It is actually ' paediatric ', but I will let you off !

Institutionalized murder is what the rest of the world would call it.

It is the same in France (taxes+monthly insurance+hospital bills+medication), by the way, except we are not charged between 70% and 100% of the cost, depending of our medical situation and of our insurance

Unlike many europeans, as an American you can choose whatever coverage and quality you want and can afford. European 'free healthcare ' is not free, its covered by healthcare tax. But you can't choose coverage or quality. You get what you get, no matter how much healthcare tax you pay. So European healthcare is great if you are poor, not so great if you earn a lot.

@@_Viking in France and many european countries, we have a general basic insurance, which is compulsory and is funded by contributions and taxes. It ensures a satisfactory level of coverage for all, poor or rich. But you have a complementary insurance scheme (also compulsory) linked to your work with different formulas for coverage of dental or eyes care, or specific care (podology for ex), or if you want to have an individual room with TV in a clinic, things like that. So the richer you are, the best complementary insurance you can buy. Or if you have a good syndicate in some sectors, because your employer pays a good part. The big difference is that (normally)

@@_Viking that's not even remotely true... people in Europe, the UK, Australia and NZ can get free healthcare or have medical insurance to get private healthcare...

there is a consensus that the totally loaded costs of the US healthcare system are between 1.5 and 2x the fully loaded cost of most major universal healthcare systems

They're not alright with it, but it's their last choice, and more often than not, the people asking for help online are the ones trying to push for change. They're the ones who want universal healthcare. The ones who don't ask for help online usually have loads of money and berate anyone for not "working hard enough to afford Health Care." It's sickening the way people get treated over there.

Begging for help... Oh.. You mean gofundme... Well. That is suppose to be help while people against medical for all think it is a government plot to take citizens rights away and pay for lazy fat people..

Some of us know better. We aren't enough to bring change though.

What they are practising is one way capitalism. "Our" money.

The U.S. is perfectly fine with socialism. After all, having a standing military funded by society is ...socialism. It's not whether it's socialism is a benefit to the people in power. If you ever talk to an American, you'll quickly realize that they have been fed a narrative for generations to the point the propaganda has now become their fabric of society, even if society is being completely repressed by it. When you offer them something that benefits everyone v.s. something at will take from people and give it to the filthy rich, they'll choose to feed the rich over themselves every time.

I hope your mum rest in peace. Could not agree more than when you get sick we should all protect that person. Because you can make a pile of money and that pile of paper will never smile or talk. People over money.

I am from Germany too. I just want to make one thing clear before anyone mistakenly thinks we live here in the land of milk and honey (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch): The government does NOT pay this, but either the taxpayers, i.e. all of us, or it is paid by the contributions to our obligatory health insurance. It is a principle of solidarity, into which we all pay, but also benefit from when we need it.

@@NeinDochOhh yes but that’s the entire point of our system. My mom also payed the same taxes her entire working life here, and if the worst of the worst does happen, you realize why it’s so incredibly important to have this system and that it always has your back.

@@NeinDochOhh And for any Americans reading this - in comparison to mine (Czech Republic), Germany is a much richer country. Yet our system here is exactly the same. You pay about 100 USD a month to the system and everything else is free. It's a tax, it's a small tax, and it's a tax that saves lives. Think about that next time you call yourself the greatest country in the world - former communist eastern Europe is way ahead of you, America.

@@NeinDochOhh Yes, but the fact that it is a system based on solidarity makes it cheaper for all of us. Paying for insurance that covers something like a sever and long lasting disease is just not possible for most people. Even if you are able to pay for health insurance in a privatized system you will usually lose it, when illness causes you to lose your job. And of course not everything is perfect about the German health care system, but it is pretty good.

Living in complacency isn’t freedom. Standing on your own feet without having your hand held by the government is. You’re lazy and scared.

@@fatherson5907 So I guess begging strangers on the internet for money because of circumstances outside of your control is "standing on your own feet" then? It's always funny how delusional some people get over the institutionalised murder machine that is the US healthcare.

@@nanaya7e433 no, it’s called being irresponsible. It’s always funny seeing people from countries where the average salary is $20000 cry about the internal affairs of the US, somewhere they could never afford to even visit 😂😂😂

This cruelty towards your own countrymen only adds to the sadness this video gave me.

Funny how much more they can get out of their money. How little regulation they need to abide by to do most things. What brainwashed putz. Keep getting extorted for your alleged freedom. While the rest of humanity laughs.

Yeah, it is not often mentioned in the US when discussing this topic that it's not only the wealthy nations that provide universal healthcare. Many non-wealthy countries do as well. I wish people would mention that more, because there are lots of white supremacists in the US who oppose universal healthcare because they don't want any care going to non-whites and they'll say that the reason universal healthcare works in the Scandinavian countries (their perennial example) and wouldn't work in the US is because northern Europe has "a homogeneous (read, white) population." People ought to counter that argument by pointing to the many non-white and multi-racial countries that successfully provide universal healthcare.

Dang, only $80/month would be a dream!

@@colibri1 In the United States a heart surgery like his would cost close to a half a million dollars whether you're white or not. And like the man in the video who, very sadly, died from his diabetes - his treament would still cost $1300 a month for his diabetes medication alone. Regardless if he's white or not. The problem with universal healthcare in America is not a white supremacy thing, it's a there's not enough money in America to pay those high prices -thing. Even if the top 1% of earners paid all their money to taxes (literally taking every dollar from the 1%) it would only be enough to pay for Universal Healthcare for 3 years at those prices. . If America could get the cost of medications down to what they pay in Canada ( Such as $10 for insulin instead of $98. And $60,000 for a major surgery instead of $500,000) then Univeral Heathcare could be done here. . But at the prices are now, no country in the world could afford to give their citizens Universal Heathcare, regardless if the people are white or not.

@@romaskincare9138 this explanation is flat out wrong and the numbers show that. Costs are astronomical in the US because of non regulation and because everything is handled by private insurance companies whose purpose is not health of pepole but profit of the companies. Switch to a single payer system and all the administrative costs go to 0, drug costs will plunge as the single payer has huge bargaining power against pharmaceutical companies. The problem is that you have to raze to the ground an entire insurance industry and complicit doctors and there's far too much interest involved both by republicans and democrats it will never be done. The excuse that works for gullible Americans? - no freedom of choice - increased costs - long waitlists - socialist country All of the above proven wrong by a gazillion of single payer healthcare countries. But Americans don't like to take a peak abroad, they're always better than anybody else.

@@golwenraw How does that make what I said flat out wrong? My ultimate point was that the prices in the US are extremely high. They're extremely high because prices aren't regulated. Regardless if healthcare becomes public or stays private the prices are high and unaffordable at these rates. We keep hearing that there's universal healthcare in other crountries, but as mentioned in my comments the price difference in other countries. The costs of meds and procedures over there are regulated and that's why it's more affordable over there. How does that make my reply flat out wrong?

Dad got a lung transplant. Paid nothing.

In all EU is more or less the same. Thank god

LMAO,i mean,come on,they dont even know what socialist is, but hey! They are the leader of the free world right?

I had a complicated pregnancy, in and out of hospital the whole time until I delivered my lil bundle. The cost? 0. I even got free lucozade and snacks every time I was admitted. Our "Socialist" NHS is pretty sick😉

@@whocares269 for them, socialist = communist.

It is the best country in the world...but only if you are already rich!

@@jamesavery3727 Why is it only great for the rich? Is it because they pay less taxes?

@@sweetra07 they don't pay taxes.

@@sweetra07 Rich people don't care that much if they pay 1000$/month for HC so they have a peace of mind others don't (Poor and middle class have to compromise and have, no HC or blonze/silver HC)

@@null010010 Poor always end up sacrificing essentials. I had to go without car insurance for years because I couldn’t afford it.

Thank you for sharing your experience! I don't live in the US and this was really, really eye-opening.

You believe propaganda because you’re ignorant and uneducated.

It’s because Americans make way more money than Europeans so expensive health care isn’t a concern for the majority

​@@HoweFareNot true anymore, most of the United States population is one to two paychecks away from being homeless now.

​@@HoweFareNot true anymore, most of the United States population is one to two paychecks away from being homeless now.

Toch wel fijn dat we zo'n systeem hebben, dat je je niet zorgen hoeft te maken of het wel kunt betalen. Groeten uit Nederland.

So the healthcare system at NL Antilles still runs as before its dissolution? Bonaire and Curacao have already become different political entities since 2010.

​@@ThatSilentGuy As far as I know Bonaire belongs to the BES, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Islands and are a special municipality of the Netherlands and Are called Netherlands Caribbean. There is no more NL Antilles! Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten are on there own now. With somewhat support from the Netherlands. And all I know our health care just rules. It`s awesome. We even work together with Columbia for very special surgeries or complicated cases. Planes are ready to fly us there.

Yes, and now you can hopefully work, earn money and pay tax. Health care is an investment into citizens.

@@yottaforce thats what americans dont seem to get, it is an investment and act of solidarity into its citizen, just as education is - if your whole family and friends get bankcrupt or have to care for you and you are never able to do anything in your life again because of some health issues, that brings a whole lot of people down with it economically - and getting sick is almost never someones own fault

That's because the politicians talk the talk but they dont walk the talk

wow really?? i had no idea; im starting to think america is an oligarchy and not a democracy; the masses are controlled by the wealthy elite; even the poor will scream communism when you try to talk to them about public health care; so sad how brainwashed they are ; what is even sadder the poor and middle class will vote in these wealthy elite and they do not care one bit about them; they just keep amassing wealth for their class at the expense of everyone else

a baby is about $40,000 without complications and you can only stay in the hospital for 2 days. a baby with complications can be up to $300,000

@@sherrymac1336 Republicans would actually explain to you that America isnt a democracy. Its a constitutional republic they say very PROUDLY! And im like... wut?? why you happy on being a 3rd world banana republic?? wtf

And theyre wondering why the birth rate is going down. Im truly amazed anyone can afford to have a baby at all in the states

My parents too. When I was a baby, they emigrated to the USA. That lasted exactly four months and they returned to my birth country. Eleven years later, we emigrated to Canada and that's the best decision my parents could have made for me.

How the American government treats its citizens "the less they know the more we can get away with"

@@timhamock2996 ... and then they constantly perpetuate the myth that you are "FREE"

If you can't be a role model, the least you can do is be a warning....

@@timhamock2996 This. 100% this. Our citizens are totally brainwashed and the government loves it. They can do literally anything and get away with it.

At that point Health became a lucrative buisness in America

@@GQ2593 My mother has 90 grand put away for retirement. If we ever got $600,000 medical bill, we'd be ruined.

@@GQ2593 You not personally responsible for not being able to pay an over $200,000 medical bill. No one chooses to get sick or injured. The average middle-class worker would never be able to pay that off with a single-income job. Don't be ridiculous.

@@GQ2593 Personal responsibility. You mean like the boy who was BORN with diabetes and died because he couldn't pay for insuline? Yoz mean that kind of "personal responsibility" ?

@@GQ2593 what is the personal responsibility for child cancer?

@@GQ2593 Or do you mean like the fact that a medical mistake meant I was born two months premature and have had lifelong health problems from that that I never asked for? That kind of personal responsibility?

Good comparison😀

@@paivyt. Unfortunately for U.S. citizens, this will never change. As long as it's acceptable for a hospital to charge $56 for a pair of 10 cent disposable gloves, there's no way that these monsters will give up this kind of profit, why would they?

@@IanDarley You may be right... I really wish it could.

I once had a discussion with someone about that here on KZfaq. He stated that those things are needed for the protection of its citizens, but he wouldn’t want to pay for my healthcare. It is not his responsibility. These people are so brainwashed.

The US Postal and school service is also socialised. They have been brainwashed into thinking a socialised healthcare model is less effective.

I had a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago, snapped ACL, torn MCL and meniscus. Hospital visit was free, surgical consult was free, Xrays had a huge cost of maybe $40.. MRI was free, surgery was free, my hospital room was free, flat rate of $15 a month for all medication, rehab was subsidized and I even received 80% of my regular salary for the time I couldn't go yo work... your story is just so alien to the rest of us it boggles my mind.

Time to move to a different country. Even if not for oneself, you still might have children...

@@mijp Luckily for me, I moved back to my country, Colombia, where in my opinion I do have more freedom and a much better healthcare than living in the U.S

@@maigepresents5840 thats insane that your job pays you when you're sick or injured! im American and if i called my job and said i was injured and would not be able to work for weeks, they would fire me immediately!

@@karlee462 the government pays me 80% if I get injured and need more than a few days off work. Most companies will use your sick leave (minimum 5 days a year) to top up the other 20% of you need to.

Healthcare rips people off, stocks goes up, a handful of rich investors are happy.

Heartbreaking how literal foreigners such as myself that never lived and won't live in the US care about this more than American conservatives. Not even the most conservatives of conservatives I've met in my lifetime ever thought universal Healthcare is bad.

@@unixtreme that’s because they have been brainwashed by the ultra rich to think that universal healthcare is bad when in actuality it’s really good for us. I’m a US citizen and A lot of it is the miss information shown by main stream media (that’s owned by the super wealthy) or the lies they say.

@@cupcakelove29 , True. Also there is way too much division within the American people to get up and protest against the ultra rich and the corrupt politicians. From gaslighters to liars, from weirdos to crazy people, people hate each other, fight each other, don't care about one another and don't wanna have anything to do with one another. Americans in all 50 states are way too detracted from their smartphones and social media. They are numb to the bad healthcare system here in America and act like it is normal. Unlike the people in other countries in this video, Americans, not all, don't wanna learn about other countries and their healthcare systems. Some of them will put down other countries and say America is the greatest country in the world with freedom and full freedom. And the people from other countries in this video, they will never survive or live long in the United States because of how heartless, cruel, silly, crazy and stupid the healthcare system is.

Unfortunately that’s how America has always been like, it was “free” land where anybody could come and claim with blood and sweat. You’re free to become capitalist on the back of slaves and fellow Americans or you can die penniless.

Exactly same in Serbia. You dont pay anything that doctors consider necessary, if you want additional care just “to be sure” you have to pay some additional costs which is not more then 100 euros.. Its not perfect at all, we all consider our healthcare system to be bad, but yet you dont go bancrupt from some procedures your life depends on. If you dont get along with your doctor you can go to another one, ask for a different opinion

Exactly, it's not like people go to the hospital for fun once it's free, I live in Italy and you only have to wait if what you have isn't urgent (cronic pain).

100% true. I'm Bulgarian as well, living in the UK. I've used the UK public health system numerous times and I have not paid more than £50 in total for 2 years. In Bulgaria is the same. Some elderly people say medicines are too expensive , but honestly, compared to the other countries , I find it reasonably priced. Many things can be Improved but no doctor will let you die if you don't have money to pay him.

Хей! Аз също съм от България! Привет!:D So glad I live here. My grandma's not in very good health, had hear issues, vein enlargement and her blood pressure sometimes jumps up and more than a kid playing hopscotch. We once had to call an ambulance 3 times in a single month and am so glad it is free. Supporting a family of 5 with 2 small pensions and 1 salary doesn't leave much extra money, especially if said salary gets delayed for 2 months at a time.

Oh trust me the US healthcare system takes the most effort and perseverance to use, and that is assuming you have health insurance (after making those confusing decisions illustrated in the beginning). You first need to find a doctor in your network. A hospital or office might be in network but specific doctors might not be so you need to figure out who you will be seeing and confirm that doctor is in network. Don’t know what’s wrong with you and therefore have no clue what kind of specialist you need? Tough luck, take your best guess and hope for the best. Once you think you have a doctor you can go see based on scouring pages of confusing provider lists, you need to double or triple check with your insurer and the doctor. Calling the insurer might mean you get to stay on hold for inordinate amounts of time, yay! And then once you get whatever treatment and it’s time to pay, you hold your breath and hope the insurance actually covered it. I’d give it a 50-50 chance. They may not cover it which then is the start of year long battles with insurers and hospital accounting departments who are fully lawyered up so best lawyer up as well. But while you try to get your justice, your credit ratings take a nose dive which means you may be alive but everything is now a lot more difficult and expensive to do, potentially permanently. So yeah, it takes tons of brains, time, patience and money to be sick in the US - and that is if you have insurance. If you don’t, you beg for money to pay for stuff, you sell all of your possessions and go bankrupt to pay for it, or you just die. Land of the free it is not, but it is brave to a foolhardy level to live in America. I am born and raised American but I don’t live there anymore. Once they figure out health care and gun control, I would love to go back, since I do love my people and my country. But I am not risking getting shot only to live but then become bankrupt from the medical bill.

Because we have far higher salaries and standard of living than the worthless peasants in the EU/commonwealth sewer.

healhcare, gunlaws, voter suppression, filibuster etc etc etc

@@pietsnotty8283 facts

@@pietsnotty8283 Well, when it comes to gun laws, it's a bit different. There is a constitutional amendment that make all gun restriction laws illegal. So if you want to legally have gun control laws, you first need to remove that constitutional amendment.

@@Tjalve70 I thought most Americans are against guns, but the lobby is big. It's frightning how much gun violence and mass shootings there are. I like it in the movies, but i prefer my country where hardly anything happens (Netherlands). The Swiss basically all have a weapon, but only 0,1% of deaths are by gun violence. They're being properly taught I guess... Anyways, like i said, its good here ;)

It is not up to the president. The whole system works around it, you will need to make a lot of changes to regulations, and so on. People get into the medical field to make big bucks, and take on huge loans for their studies in expectation thereof. Education plays into this, and so do the banks and feds. Same thing with minimum wage in the USA, infrastructure (suburbia vs. European towns) etc.

Agree!

They dare, because they know nothing about other countries and are being lied to all their life.

Am American. It sucks here. Please get me out. I'll make you hamburgers!!

@@SuperSillyKitten Move to the welcoming Germany...or Denmark. You could try and get a job in the military and ask for working in Germany e.g. By that I mean not joining the army, but getting a normal job there. Like accountant or something...you get the picture.

@@SuperSillyKitten what’s stopping you? Just leave. But you’re aren’t American. If you were American, you wouldn’t type “Am American” - you’re probably Indian. You also wouldn’t write “hamburgers” - we just call them burgers. But keep on pretending you’re from the US if that makes you feel better about your poverty.

Look all west Europe not just northern. The south has great health systems.

well, all of europe actually. even the "not so good, populist" countrys are treating their people better.

The U.S.A. is just a horrible place to live anyway...

@@biacampbell676 When I took a look at this I realised that even developing Balkan countries are not that bad in terms of health care

Seeing this make you know that USA it's not perfect like in the past everyone always says,for me I am going to UK to study and live there mostly because i love UK every vacation I go there or Texas if my vacation are aline with my best friend vacation

Those of us stuck here at the mercy of the medical system know this. It sucks.

China and Russia think they are the strongest bullies but the rest of the class knew that too.

@@bradley8575 its funny that you write under so much comments, but you actually never bring any other arguments than pointing the finger to russia/china and more while trying to tell us "theyre not better". i mean, you sound like my 5yr old nephew who just got caught stealing sweeties and who then tries to blame others. get over it, youre living in a huge capitalistic lie.

Yeah and your also saying that US is capitalistic when you are literally living in capitalist country yourself living a privileged life.

@@bradley8575 youre still doing it. the fun part is you dont even realize it. self-reflection can be a hard task, i know it. but the average american (= you) never has been known for such skills...

He would have had far better care in the Us with better doctors and hospitals. Canada has 75% higher average household debt. You’re ignorant and uneducated.

That is what legalizing bribes does to you.

I live in the UK, fractured my elbow and had 6 weeks off, Payed nothing for getting my arm fixed though the NHS and because the UK has 28 days paid leave and I work 4 days a week I got paid my normal wage for my time off and I still have 4 days left for a week off at Christmas. Completely different world, to think I used to want to move to the USA when I was a kid.

we have short-term disability coverage over here in Canada. But then again, socialist policies are frowned upon over there in the US.

this is madness... hard working citizen who are the foundation of this country should deserve the medical care at fair price...

@@Aron-ru5zk Hollywood does give a false impression of USA eh

Secretly Communist America, control by Financial Abuse. Next year in america: Breath tax, you wanna breathe? You gotta pay for it. Nobody's saying you HAVE to breathe, that's your decision, your right as an american to choose.

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Yes yes yes!!!! The lack of unions is shocking!!!!

@@wishiwaslizbennet924 theres no need for unions if you have decent labour laws. The USA has neither

What laws? Your employers can do pretty much what they want...

@@rtsharlotte Why exactly are you showing me all this? I don't live in this dystopian nightmare called USA. I live where the government cares about their citizens.

No such thing as free healthcare. Only complete idiots believe that nonsense. Life expectancy isn’t driven by healthcare. You’re extremely uneducated.

Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll. He's a butt hurt American who cannot stand that other countries have it better than the US.

Its not perfect mind you. But between British and American healthcare. I'm going with the NHS 10 times out of 10

@M&M people have been trying for 80 odd years to get rid of the NHS and its still here

Amen

@@sheldon-cooper they're slowly turning the NHS from a public system into a private one though bit by bit, and refusing to fund it properly (while pretending they are because they can't admit that openly). Starving the beast takes time, and people shouldn't be complacent about it

Tony H Yes being Welsh and British I am very proud of the NHS.

Not entirely true, mate. As an American who moved from the US to the U.K. I have a keen understanding of both systems. While the U.K. system is significantly cheaper for some, you definitely pay for it via NI deductions on income. Of course how much you pay is dependant on your income level but I’ll tell you I pay more in NI deductions than I paid for my insurance in the US. That doesn’t mean it is cheaper in the US for everyone as there are additional costs of co-pays and deductibles. However, if you have a good job in the US the chance is the overall cost is less than what you pay here in an equivalent job through NI deductions. Also, the costs shown aren’t direct to patient unless the patient doesn’t have insurance. Generally speaking, you’d never see any bills like that in the US. Your insurance would take care of it and you’d have a much smaller amount in co-pays and deductibles. For instance, I paid around $120 a month in the US for my insurance. This insurance had a $0 co-pay at normal GP visits and a $50 co-pay for specialists or hospital visits. There was also an annual $2500 deductible that I had to meet before the insurance would pay for anything. So, if I had a good year with minimal health issues my total cost would be $120 a month. If I had a bad year, it could be as high as $375 a month all in. Now, I am at a similar salary level here in the U.K. as I was in the US and my NI deductions are £445 a month ($619). So, for me, the U.K. system actually costs me a lot more than the US one did. The main difference is that NI is taken and there are never any additional costs. Whereas the US system less is taken up front and there are additional costs. However, still in my case the US system was better. It was not only cheaper but the level of care was better and faster. Now someone who doesn’t have insurance - that’s a different story.

@@johnmoore8918 unfortunately though you are equating NI contributions to the NHS. Although this was how it was originally proposed, successive governments have used increases in NI as a means to raise money whilst still being able to claim they haven't raised Income tax. Only about two thirds of money raised by NI contributions goes to the NHS

@@capitanosteve6142 even if we take 2/3rd of my NI the U.K. is still more expensive than my US care. The point is, these videos are not actually comparing apples to apples. Many instances exist where the U.K. system is more expensive.

@@johnmoore8918 well, the average cost of health insurance in the US is £400 per month at the moment . Should you be unlucky enough to need treatment, this would not cover co-pays, upper limits of payouts for many treatments or ongoing (extortionate in the US) drug costs. If , as you say, you paid less than 2/3 of your NI contributions that means you must be earning more than £175k per annum.

@@capitanosteve6142 the average cost of health insurance per month is absolutely not £400 a month in the US mate. To say so would clearly show a lack of understanding of the US health system. In the US very very few people actually pay 100% of their insurance costs. It’s almost always part of your employment package. 3 years ago when I was working and living in the US I paid $120, not £, per month. My employer payed 2/3 of the cost, or $240 per month, for a total of $360 per month for full coverage of myself and my wife. However, you can’t claim that our cost was $360 because it wasn’t as it was only $120 monthly. Matter of fact, I don’t know anyone who ever paid more than $300-400 a month while working for health care. After retirement you might see your costs rise slightly but you also have supplements from government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Couple that with the fact that social security for most in the US pays well over 2x the maximum government pension here in the U.K. and again the US comes out on top monetarily speaking. You can’t compare apples to oranges and then be outraged about the disparity - it’s easy to spot someone who doesn’t understand the US system because they claim things like “they pay $1000s for a ride in an ambulance”. No, they don’t. Insurance might but the individual themselves definitely do not in 99% of cases. Also, I pay, as I said earlier, well over £400 a month in NI right now. Even if we claim only 2/3 of that is going to cover the NHS, I’m paying around $400 a month then for health coverage which is absolutely more than my cost in the US was and it’s for subpar coverage. I spent over 30 years in the US and am intimately familiar with the costs as I’ve had serious medical issues that saw me in hospital a few times. The cost was still less than I’ve paid here in the U.K.

Sounds like your cousin is a terrible parent. She should have her kids taken away. The nonsense about travel insurance is a total lie. Your family is a joke 🤣

Good, we don’t want cowards here.

@@fatherson5907 So why are you living in the US then?

@@fatherson5907 Good, stay there. We don't want DNA infested with ignorance spread across the globe.

@@brozius He's delusional and brainwashed. It's sad to see.

@@gabago0l I'm over the sad part, he's just pathetic.

well the thing about corruption in the US is, that these politicians don't count as corrupt but get payed by companies anyway. And those companies support those most, that are most likely to do, what they want. Over here in Europe we call it corruption (sueing those politicians is a different problem..)

@@daDUSTad LOBBYISTS BABY, the only place you can legally bribe

@@daDUSTad I just wanted to write the same. Here it is a crime, and you go to jail for that. Everything that it is presented to American citizens as a freedom is totally opposite. If you have system which allows someone to pay to congressman (legally) to vote for or against some law according to his interest, that is not freedom for all, that is thirany of oligarchs. I have nothing against reach people, or against ambition to be reach, I have same ambition for myself, but let's "compete" under equal conditions...I went too far from the subject, sorry...

I am from Georgia and our healthcare system is quite bad, but still not as horrifying as the American one.

my cousin had a pretty bad motorbike accident a couple years back. had to have reconstructive surgery for his left foot bcs the skin was scraped on asphalt (had to get a skin graft from his thigh as well as get metal pins to correct the bones). hospital informed us that part of the surgery cost will be covered by Traffic Accident compensation provided by Jasa Raharja. it ended up covering the whole surgery cost (got maximum amount we could get due to how severe his condition was) and we only had to pay for recovery cost post surgery and his physical therapy. can't imagine what would happen if we were living in US.....

ya well you had Obama calling up the others running getting them to drop out at the same time & support Biden while telling Warren to stay in since god forbid if the people have a politician that isn't 100% owned by the rich in this country. I would never vote for the republican or democrat parties as they are from my view human trash.

Only if the NYT endorsed that person... except they didn't. They supported the neoliberal candidate & now want to act like it's a problem that couldn't have been fixed

@@tofupowda Pretty hilarious how the NYT is posting this while having a hand in making sure Bernie didn't win... except not so much funny as infuriating.

And where will that "free" healthcare come from?

@@TruthIsTheNewHate84 Same place our “free” military protection comes from, princess

omg found a fellow indonesian here, my mom got sick since 2020 and had medical surgery twice and has been going to medical check up every month and got her monthly drug prescription too all for free! even the public health insurance (BPJS) we use is the free one because we are considered as poor, the only thing i gotta pay is just parking bills and some amenities if my mom were to be hospitalized but that’s it, the rest is free, if this happened in america my mom wouldn’t probably survived till this day 😭 and since knowing how bad is america with its healthcare, i gave up my american dream fr, nowadays i just wanna work and move abroad to places like australia or maybe european countries like germany and france, bye usa 🥲

And I saw a family of 4 from USA crying when told they could get type 1 insulin for 6$ per vial, but because their son is a minor, for free because the father's employer enroled them in BPJS for foreigner worker. He huged those dozen vials like a treasure while crying snot and all and swear up and down the US TSA would have to pry it from his cold dead hands if they return to USA. I am grateful for my country. Warts and all. At least our corrupt hyenas of politician and government got standard.