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American health care is working perfectly as it was designed to. Line people’s pockets
And the Republicans have somehow convinced people that they should accept it. 🤦
The American Health system is designed for the majority of people to go bankrupt and live a shorter life !!
My wife went to the doctors last week, complaining about a constant headache. The doctor suggested a head CT scan. The appointment for the scan came through the post yesterday. Her appointment is next week, in a private hospital, not an NHS one. She will have to pay..................... £0.00p because the NHS is sending her there. The original doctors appointment, also cost £0.00p. Wake up, citizens of the USA!
I had a seizure about a year a go at work, fully collapsed to the ground and had spasms.
My head cleared in A&E and since i'd already waited like 4 hours and it was a two hour walk home I left without being seen so I could get to work the next day.
Phoned the GP 3 times since then and am apparently had an urgent referral for a CT scan, still waiting.
I would point out that the reason your wife is going to a private hospital is because the NHS can’t cope because she will likely see the same doctor as she would in the NHS hospital but the NHS are paying them private rates. It’s not a good thing. The money being pumped in to the NHS is for third party, mostly US, companies to provide healthcare and it’s still a bad outcome because they have to make profit. If they just paid staff well they wouldn’t go elsewhere.
They're awake, it's just that it's such a dog-eat-dog country that individuals would rather pay higher prices than stomach the idea of some of their money going to help other people that they don't know.
@@richardedgar9670 Yes, I know that. It was not the point I was making. In the US you have no choice but to put your hand in your pocket! Which is what I was trying to get across.
I wonder where they think their insurance payments are going
I watched an Undercover Boss USA on here, where the boss paid for the cancer treatment for the child of one of his workers. Comments - from Americans I assume - were about how wonderful the boss was to do this. In any civilised country, such treatment would be free.
The NHS saved my sons life twice I'm eternally greatful we have our NHS ( and it's docs and nurses all fabulous ) for all its flaws etc I still think it's marvellous 😊
Breaking Bad UK version:- Teacher is diagnosed with cancer. He goes to the NHS for medicine. The end.
More like breaking bad anywhere but America edition.
My son is type 1 diabetic. His insulin, Libra system(sugar monitor), all prescriptions for anything as his immune system is suppressed, regular diabetic checks with a nurse who specialises in diabetes, regular eye scans at the local hospital, podiatrist visits are free and by employment laws, he must be allowed any necessary doctor and hospital visits with out loss of pay or holiday entitlement.
My husband had a heart attack 15 years ago. Rushed into A&E (accident and emergency) on a Sunday evening, stent fitted Tuesday and home on the Friday. Our taxes well spent in my opinion. The treatment is the same if you are unemployed or don’t earn enough to pay tax or national insurance.
Thank you NHS❤
How I agree .I am type one diabetic with a freestyle libre 2 set up.
@@janewalker3921 The Libra made such a difference to how my son coped with his diabetes.. The care and support for diabetics from the NHS is amazing. I am now even more appreciative seeing how diabetics in the US have to try and cope with a chronic health issue. Keep well❤️
Also type 1 diabetic in the UK. The NHS is about to roll out closed loop blood glucose/insulin pump systems to over 50% of diabetics, for free.
Minor quibble: type 1 diabetics don’t have suppressed immune systems, but rather hyperactive ones. Which is just as bad.
I live in Britain and have been to the hospital once and the doctor 0 times in the last 20 years. This idea that everyone is just going to take advantage of it is false.
So just to give you a hint. I been through cancer. I had to go to another part of Sweden for 42 days for radiation and chemo. I lived on something called patient hotell which is like a real hotell just it is a few min from the hospital and you have nurses 24/7 on call if you need and all meals included. The room is like any hotelroom with nice bed, tv, wifi, own toilet, shower and so on.
My bill for the room and care was 410 dollars for 42 days. I nearly fainted when i saw the numbers in this video for room and care because there is a long way between 410 dollar and 428,733 dollars. It is crazy numbers.
Good to see you starting to understand why your system is so hard for us to understand, and why we love our NHS......
It looks completely insane. Not only because of it's cost, but also because it's scores the lowest in quality amongst developed nations. The US also has the lowest life expectancy of any developed nation.
But the richest doctors!
@@digidol52 Doctors who happily made a lot of money out of creating the Opioid 'Crisis' which doesn't exist outside the US.
@@digidol52 Don't forget the health insurance companies rolling in money
PAYING TAXES IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN ANY PRIVATE HEALTHCARE, I DOUBT WHETHER AMERICANS WILL EVER WAKE UP
In the US you pay tax and then healthcare on top of that, which means that in the UK we pay less.
I'm beginning to think they were looking way into the future, you know when illegal immigrants come to the UK they get all the medical care for free but the tax payers end up paying, insurance sounds kind of genius to stop health care migrants bleeding your country dry.
In the early 90s I visit the US during the time the Clinton was trying to introduce healthcare coverage. I was shocked at the time about how little Americans knew about healthcare around the world and how easily they believed the lies they were told. But as bad as the was, the idea that the US has made no progress at all in this matter in the last 30 years is just beyond belief.
It's unbelievable that in the US even after paying your extortionate private healthcare insurance premium each month that then there's a deductible of $2850 which alone is more than what I pay a year in national insurance payments towards the NHS which covers me for 100% of all treatment costs, doctor appointments, ambulance journeys etc.
There's no wonder despite my friend in the US working full time and paying his healthcare insurance premiums since leaving the armed services that since he has had a stroke and now can't work he is in massive medical debt and can't afford the hundreds of dollars a month for the prescription drugs his doctor says he needs. So he just goes without them because his health insurance company wouldn't pay out for the drugs.
The National Insurance Contribution pays for the current State Pensions and all the various handouts. The NHS is funded by general taxation of about 200 thousand million pounds, with sometimes a small amount about 20 thousand million pounds (out of about 200 thousand million pounds) syphoned off from the NIC. All explained on the UK government website.
To get universal health are in the US:
1. Elect politicians willing to fight for it.
2. Set low limits on the amount of liability courts can impose on doctors. Use other ways to help patients who are badly treated. Politicians, who are often lawyers, will likely oppose this.
3. Have authorities that set limits on drug prices. Ignore pharmaceutical companies who threaten not to develop new drugs. If they want to go out of business it is their choice. Give those who need it grants.
4. Accept having to pay for it through taxes. (The sum total for you per year will still be lower than the insurance you pay for.)
Skip any of those points and it can't be done.
That's the problem, it costs to run for office, and I'm guessing they are mostly on the payroll to start with, what a system!!!
Had to take a close family member for emergency treatment a week ago, cost for an X-ray, anaesthetic,antibiotics and 30 mins emergency surgery was £625, luckily they’re insured so we’ve only got to pay the first £115 and we’ve got a very reasonably priced veterinarian- others charge £2500. This is the reality of private medicine- whether it’s a person or a pet.
I hope your beloved close family member survived their illness/ injury and is back enjoying the best love and company possible by its other family members...gentle exercise, warm bed, understanding toileting needs, a nice brushing to help ease fur balls and the best types of meals suited and enjoyed, including, maybe, occasional treats.❤🐇🐕🦺🦜🐈🐎❤️🏴🙂🇬🇧 🖖
It looks horrifying. How the hell Americans accept this is baffling.
I have a friend in Oklahoma and thankfully he is of native American lineage so gets healthcare through the Casino industry! Takes the gamble out of healthcare!
For the last two decades, polls have shown that a majority of Americans want a not-for-profit healthcare system. (This is in spite of the non-stop propaganda from capitalist media that such a system is evil communism that would allow the government to kill your grandparents.). We would need approximately 220 members of congress to support universal healthcare just to get the ball rolling. We have ZERO. This is because we have two right-wing capitalist political parties who accept campaign contributions (bribes) from insurance company lobbyists. These bribes have been defined by our Supreme Court as free speech, and are therefore legal. There's no avenue to implement a public healthcare system in the US through the current political system. It will require a revolution.
Suffered concussion as a kid after going over the handlebar of my bike into concrete bollard. Emergency Appendectomy in my teens. There's no chance in hell I could have afforded my week in a medically induced coma after an epileptic seizure that would not stop if I were in the US. I'm forever grateful to the NHS and it's on going support.
I was raging about the "laboratory and pharmacy" bill until I read the "room and care" aka bed and breakfast and you'd expect that to be less than $100 I should imagine .raspatory therapy $70k, someone put an oxygen mask on you and the oxygen tank cost around $30
Australian. My wife had ovarian cysts and needed a double hysterectomy. It cost us $300
I had a partial knee replacement a couple of months ago, and I'm looking forward to getting the other one done next year. I had it done in a private hospital paid for by the NHS. I had my own room with a tv, and was woken up with a cup of coffee & a lovely ham salad sandwich to tide me over until my 3 course meal. The surgeon did a fantastic job, and I was back cycling in 6 weeks.
What is unreal, considering the U.S. pours way more money into it’s healthcare system and yet the U.S. makes more medical errors than any other industrialized country . The U.S. also has one of the highest infant and mortality rates as well. The latter I believe is probably lack of good prenatal care that most U.S. moms cannot afford. In Canada we take our health care for granted……..no picking plans or having to pick insurance companies etc. We are all issued a Provincial Health Card with our registration on it. If you go to a doctor, clinic, lab, hospital wherever, they just take down that number and that’s it…….no bill, nothing……showing your card is the only transaction that occurs. If I want to switch doctors, no problem. There are no special areas of coverage like the US. Where your insurance coverage dictates what ER, doctor or hospital that you have to use to be covered by them.
It's by design, health care is run like a business and is aimed at getting as much money out of its consumers as it can.
It's remarkable that most Americans don't see they are being scammed and that the American government does nothing about it.
Connor, you are a young man and most likely will not need healthcare for a long time. I went about 40 years and only saw a doctor two or three times and was never in hospital. When I reached 65 I saw a doctor every couple of years. Now I am over 75 and I have more things that need attention, however I no longer pay National Insurance contributions. Heath care is essentially free for me and the cost is met by younger, working people who are paying. I can see this being a hurdle for Americans who may think that they are paying for someone else's medical care and would object to that.
You paid all those years for other people as well. This is how all insurances work, but I agree that this seems to be a problem for a large part of the US citizenry. How stupid can people be?
NIC is used to pay out State Pension and other handouts, not the NHS which is funded by income tax and other taxes.
When a poor country starts to develop, two of the very first things they invest in are education and healthcare. As they have the largest net benefit to a country's economy. There countries where people have no electricity or running water, but they will have access to free education and healthcare.
The deductible is how much you pay *until the policy kicks in.* The OOP (out of pocket) is the max you'll have to pay during the course of one year. Remember, even after a policy kicks in, it still only pays 70-80%. Therefore, if you have a $10,000 medical bill you'll still end up paying $2,000 to $3,000 out of pocket (until you hit your OOP max).
The NHS has saved my life at least twice, the life of my baby in an emergency c-section, I've had 7 general anaesthetics, dozens of out patient procedures, hospital appointments probably in three figures by now, I am under the ongoing care of a cardiologist and a nephrologist and take 7 separate life-long prescription drugs daily. I must have cost the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds, and it has cost me maybe £1-£2k over my 35 years of paying national insurance. In the US, I would have just died.
NIC is used to pay out State Pension and other handouts, not the NHS.
As I always say: Breaking Bad would be a very short series in any other country than the US. I would be 1 episode, fullstop.
You get cancer, you go to the doctor, you get your treatment. All would be almost free. No story.
A point of clarification, in the UK a deductable is called an 'excess'. Looking at a possible motorcycle tour in South America, where, in English the companies refer to deductables for vehicle insurance, I was initially confused about what it meant!
*Insuin is free to the user here. Diabetics are exempt from prescription fees. The cost is the cost to the NHS.
Also kind of scary that the only people here who'll get the co-pay / deductable thing is people who have pet insurance for an older pet. The US treats people like people treat animals here.
When I was a kid, I was taken to hospital by ambulance three times, and stayed in hopital getting reams of tests each time. How much it would cost never came into it. Because it didn't. And yes, everybody pays through taxes, and it's not really free, etc, etc. BUT how much you've paid into the system is not a factor in the care you get.
So sorry Connor. America is truly messed up. Our good health is a blessing.
I’ve noticed many younger Americans are beginning to realise they’re being dumped on by pharma. It needs people like yourself to come together; I’m sure there are more of you than pharma. Health needs to be one of the biggest requirements that govt supply.
Why is America acting like a third world country, they’re certainly rich enough. It would seem the whole health system needs overhauling (much like ours do).
The US is a 3rd world country. Have you seen what their infrastructure actually looks like? It's falling apart. Their water supply/quality is shaky. Their food supply/quality is shaky. Their social programs are shaky. They are one of 3 countries that have the right to bear arms. The other 2 are Mexico and Guatemala. Their police kill more citizens than anywhere else in the world including war zones.
I could make a list a mile long.
Too Many Meds? America's Love Affair With Prescription Medication:
The amount of harm stemming from inappropriate prescription medication is staggering. Almost 1.3 million people went to U.S. emergency rooms due to adverse drug effects in 2014, and about 124,000 died from those events. That's according to estimates based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. Other research suggests that up to half of those events were preventable.
All of that bad medicine is costly, too. An estimated $200 billion per year is spent in the U.S. on the unnecessary and improper use of medication, for the drugs themselves and related medical costs, according to the market research firm IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
And that's not only the drugs.
Psychotherapy is sold in the USA, it is a product designed for consumption.
A very short answer is that in the United States a huge industry has sprung up around mental deviations from the norm, and since the norm does not exist, that means everyone is sick. One of five male children in the US has been diagnosed with ADHD by the age of 17. And even larger percentage of us have been diagnosed with something like depression or anxiety. The pharmaceutical industry in the US is now larger than the oil industry--can you imagine that?--and one of the main sources of the growth is treatments for maladies of the mind.
I have a feeling if you think you or your kids are healthy...then something is wrong.
I have multiple sclerosis and definitely couldn't afford to live in the USA. The NHS gets a bad rep but I've had nothing but great care from them. I try to live my life as normal as I can, but they're there whenever I've needed them. It's helped to keep my full time job and contribute to society.
Just remember, Connor, that everything over there in the US is paid for through your taxes (except for your usual utilities and such bills) - Until it comes to the general Healthcare of your nation! Schools, Police, Fire, Libraries, Roads, Repairs, the Military - which is near to 1 Trillion per year right now, I think?) . . . The only ones winning still are those to do with medical things. Hospitals, Ambulance, and drug companies run by big businesses just pile the pressure on the people. No US Government or any "supposed" Agency ran via the Gov has done anything to curtail these issues due to business/political meddling - (the same applies with your minimum wage allowed, decent paid maternity leave, more - and actually paid time-off for holidays, paid sick leave, etc) - or for what's been going into most of only your foods, and likely drinks, too - to cause people to feel ill more often either, so they may need medical help more often. So, for your Healthcare industry there, it's all just a Win-Win situation every day profit wise . . . So, they can care just as much as they want - but they can also charge anything they want for what they offer, too . . .
Seeing the costs at 9:18 and knowing that if you were to say you were uninsured that they would reduce it substantially (it'd still be crazy high), I would say that pricing is nothing more than insurance fraud.
It's like if your house was robbed/burgled, and you claimed the 40" TV that got stolen from your house was actually a 90" TV when making the insurance claim.
The point, without gloating, is that no one in this video would ever think twice about getting treatment be it an emergency or longer term. It just doesn’t occur to us because it’s paid for through tax (UK).
The American healthcare system works exactly as designed, perfect care for the rich.
Even though I live in the UK, I understand how insurance works as we have to have car insurance, house insurance and, in our case, insurance for our dog’s medical needs. (Cheshire, UK 🇬🇧)
I'm a type 2 diabetic who is currently on both tablets and insulin and I'll break down the cost for me here in Australia: monthly supply of tablets is $8 a month. 5 boxes of insulin (5 pens in each box) costs me $43 ($1.70 per pen) and lasts me about 6 months. My diagnosis wasn't because of my lifestyle it just happened because its in my family and I am thankful every day my parents chose to migrate here. Our medicare system isn't the best but for someone who has a chronic illness I don't have to worry about not being able to afford my medication.
So glad I live in UK. My artery stopped approx 1 inch from heart I have had at least 10 angiograms , 5 angioplasty, 3 MRI, at least 10 CT scans, 5 stents and suffer from stage 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, COPD, postural hypertension, high blood pressure and had numerous minor operations and it all cost PRECISELY NOTHING. Thank god for socialist medical cover!!!!!!!!!
Both my wife and daughter had cancer, they are clear now and all done for free on the NHS. Dad had three heart attacks and a triple by pass and all this on the NHS, we will never let it be privatised. The NHS rules.
Do you mean to line the pockets of the rich and greedy? All those that have got far too much money than they know what to do with, yet they still want more. And they don't care who dies to get it.
Luckily, in the uk, its free and the prescriptions are totally free. When someone never worked in their life before but you are a British citizen, then you are still covered free of charge.
Do you see what kind of problems that causes? If you've never lived here and come here uninvited and get free healthcare, who do you think pays for that? I know you know and probably don't care but this is the reality of the UK today, won't be long before we are a third world country and you'll get "nothing for free"
@@sashacoe25blame the Tories
Not free in England if you have finished education and are under 65. You pay about £12. It's different in Scotland.
@@frankmitchell3594 still cheap £12 but its normally free for everyone and I haven't paid a penny on my prescription in my life. Maybe certain special prescriptions require a small fee to pay but it's still cheap and better than most other countries.
Most health services are free in UK.
Dentists and Hearing Aids are often not free.
I'm pretty sure all emergency treatment is free.
In England most people pay for prescription drugs (£12ish per item), I think some long term treatments are free or discounted.
As @frankmitchell3594 states if not in education & are under 65 prescripts are paid for in England (there will be other exceptions), note I think stats show only about 30% of are paid for, don't know how that works.
Ambulances are not normally charged, except for Road Traffic Accidents, where it is charged to the Driver, all (motor) Insurance policies cover this, patience never really see this, last time I saw it, it was about £60, but that was a while ago.
a good in-depth look on US healthcare is by a Utuber 'Knowing Better'
Makes you apprecaite the NHS in the UK.....its not free...we pay for it through tax and NI...but there is never a bill and all treatment is available to all people. What an institution...if we can afford it...surely America can.
If you wanna experience the UK healthcare system. When you come over here. Piss someone off. They will punch you in the face and you get a free trip to the hospital 😂. All for free.
In the USA, health care is considered a BUSINESS; in the rest of the world, it's considered a HUMAN RIGHT!
Take a look at how it works in France, for example: (on YT) "How French Health Care Compares To The US System" - CNBC
Such a cruel and callous system.
oop zero , co pay zero, deductibles zero, premiums covered by taxes
I had to rush my daughter to a hospital on a doctors advice, made the hour journey in forty minutes. After confirming she required life saving surgery, she was operated on, spent a week partially recovering until returning home. Apart from a small parking charge, no outlay necessary.
The NHS provided her with world class care, it’s far from perfect but I think 99% of Brits would die before changing our healthcare system. I truly feel sorry for Americans, you are scared of changing to a better system just by the media yelling Socialism and Communist systems at you. Ever asked how your armed forces are funded? By a Socialist system. Wake up guys, you deserve better.
Great video 👍I think you haven't realised the fact you as an American discussed your pay options you are not thinking why do Americans pay for health care😢
That massive hospital bill, if that person died? Would the next of kin or family have to pay it?
Check out Evan Edinger with NHS doctor on US healthcare costs
The three biggest problems with the USA?
1. The healthcare system.
2. The lack of effective gun safety legislation.
3. I am sure that you can guess who HE is! 🤣
I compare the US healthcare system, or rather lack thereof, to war.
✌❤🏴🇬🇧🏳️🌈 xxx
go fund me or tipping should not be main way to survive
Connor, I can't believe the US treats its citizens ao badly. No wonder they're stressed out 😶
I actually feel quite sorry for them
@@kevintwine2315not exactly land of the free is it ? 🙁
I can believe the US treats it's citizens this badly.
You know, regardless of if I use the health care system a lot or rarely ever use it, I would rather live in a country that I don't have to worry about that, after all, anything can happen to any one of us, none of us want to be lumbered with a massive bill that could bankrupt you.
On top of that, the idea that health insurance is tied to your jobs is a really bad idea, it puts a lot more pressure on the worker to stick with a job they might not like just to keep the insurance, it also likely puts downwards pressure on working conditions, after all, you're more likely to do whatever it takes to keep your jobs because you can't afford to lose your health insurance and to me, it sounds like a scam to pressure Americans to stick with a job, regardless of the conditions and I suspect that's being taken advantage off to get more out of Americans at their jobs.
Like someone pointed out in that video, when you are unemployed is likely when you need help the most, but you get a sense that in the US, you get thrown under a bus, very handle for keeping fear in American minds by tieing in the job with health insurance, but not very freedom like.
the only times i had to pay for healthcare out of pocket was like few euros for something i don't remember.
and some less than one euro "co-pay" for drugs that normal price is 300+ euros (since i had prescription), and that if i buy them in random farmacy while in certain chain of farmacies i didn't even had to pay that "co-pay".
had axe injury to arm (axe head slipped of the handle and landed with sharp part on same hand near thumb, i saw a bone for a moment before bleeding begun, took ambulance , had x-ray, stiches - total cost = none.
had intestinal infection (not sure how to translate) took ambulance , spent maybe several weeks in hospital , expenses = none.
had colapsed due to a lot of time not slept, ambulance trip , like several weeks in neurological, with various dignostics - expenses = none.
had slipped while carying stuff and fell on knee on hard ice , took ambulance, had x-ray - cost = none
where do i live?
in most happy nation (acording to worldwide suicide statistics)
and most wealthy (acording to none)
and most safe (acording to our eastern and western neibor rusia that always wants to visit us)
here you are more likely to drown while swiming or in car crash than to hear a gunshot (outside of gun ranges)
Lithuania. pray for us cause we are doomed
Thank goodness we have the NHS. How much do old people have to pay still?
I know I paid a National Insurance when I was working, but that was based on a percentange of the salary. Older people do not pay that insurance, but still pay tax on pensions and other incomes.
I would imagine most US citizens opt for the cheapest.
Totally crazy that people's health is treated in this way. We created the NHS to combat systems like this.
Only the rich survive in the US; that is truly sad.
Round three (I left this comment under two other videos on other channels)
Time for anecdotal evidence.
In August my appendix/caecum/Blinddarm, whatever you call this little bastard, tried to kill me. I went to my family doctor, he did his thing, then ordered a bloodtest and showed me the results the next day with the words "Either I call an ambulance or you organize someone, who take you to the hospital". At the hospital another bloodtest were made, a CT-scan and the same day I lied on the surgery table and the surgeon slit me like a pig, because there was not just the appendix that made problems, there were abscesses and an unholy amount of pus. End of September/early October a letter from my insurance company came in that said "Mr. Meirose, you owe us 60 euros".
SIXTY BUGS! for a bloodtest, a CT-scan, the surgery, medication, physical therapy, food and a stay of 5 days at the hospital (+about 60 more for bandages and meds I had to buy after hospital at the local pharmacy).
And THIS is how it should be. If someone is sick, people should care the least about what did/does it cost.
In New Zealand we have a hybrid Universal Healthcare + Private Insurance if you want faster treatment and better hospital rooms etc The US healthcare system is a US Healthy Profit System that is based on profit vs patient health outcomes. Universal Healthcare is not perfect around the world but overall it is cheaper and provides a safety net for everyone. Tourists visiting NZ are also covered mostly for accidents etc
I am very rarely ill but I can use NHS in England if I am ever ill at no cost.
the whole thing that waitresses need 25-30 percent just to cover minimum wages tip outs and income taxes
I'd be one of those "I'm not having a doctor then" if I lived in the USA ... the NHS has spoilt me (even now it's broken) ;)
American healthcare???😂 Its business like education. In Sweden you pay ca 200 dollar as most and 180 dollars for medicin for a year 😊 And ambulance cost 0 if you need ❤
Why do US citizens put up with it? I don't understand.
I wouldn't even be able to get insurance in America, or it would be prohibitively expensive due to a preexisting condition. My medication would bankrupt me alone forget my hospital stays.
I live in the poorest EU country. The "premium" in these plan C and D is about half of what half of the average pay per month is. For some pople it's more than their entire earnings.
The "universal healthcare" where "everything's free" is kind of not true. We pay 8% of the income(capped at $1870 per month, not a lot of people earn that as I mentioned) which is then divided by employer 4,2% and employee 3,2%. If you are self-employed you have to pay the total 8% yourself. So the maximum somebody can pay is about $150 if they declare the maximum income cap. Then a visit to the doc is definitely not free and the more complex the treatment, the more expensive it gets, I guess still laughable in US terms, but consider the mentioned lower income. There is an entire section of the government defining what can be covered by the budget and these taxes and what cannot be. Not to mention the perceived lower quality of the system as a whole and the need to go beyond the "national health system" in private clinics for more complex cases, where you have to go full on "gofundme" campaign to get proper cancer treatment or some other nasty condition. A lot of employers adertise as a benefit a separate private health insurance, dealing with it is a whole other thing. The insurance companies only work with specific clinics and have their own pricing caps etc. It's cheaper than the US, but not free and not as simple to deal with in case you have a more serious problem.
Something is extremely off if you have to ask someone, that just had a heavy accident, if you are allowed to call the ambulance, to make sure they can afford it. You can't focus on your health, like it should be. NO you need to check your bank accounts first.
What will you do Conner when you hit 40 and your knees pack in, your hips ankles and your arse? Seems a bit steep to me
Move to UK, everyone is taken care of, for free.
@@foodsfromaroundtheworld I'm not sure how to take that.
I agree. I'm 58 in a little under two weeks but, in my head I'm still 18 to 21ish! It's only when I try to do stuff that wasn't a problem back then that my body says "Errr, you want to run? Why? You have a car so lets WALK to the car, fook this running malarky, act your age!" Getting old sucks!
@@baylessnow bet you was 18 like 3 years ago too ? lol time flies and it isn't fun
@@sashacoe25 Yes and the older you get, the shorter a year becomes! When I was a little kid, a week took for ever to pass. Now it's gone before I know it!
when i worked i think i paid thru my pay at work about 40 pound a week
As I mentioned before, Connor, insurance companies have vested interests and of-course have to make a profit.
If the insurance system could be curtailed, the all important medical personnel themselves would have more money and be able to offer affordable prices.
Friends of mine that has lived in the US were chocked over how many fees there was on everything, not only healthcare - even though that was the biggest cost. (Fortunately they did not get sick while they were there so they "only" had to pay for the insurance and not all the other costs that comes with getting surgery/treatment/medication. They're insuramce wouldnt have covered more than 50-60% of the Medical costs and none of the costs for medication).
We bave National Insurance, (note the word Insurance, Americans can relate to that), it is charged at about 11% of wages after free (of taxes) pay, which is about £12,500, and NII pays for healthcare and state pension, so perhaps about half of that covers for the NHS, not too sure of the split amounts Work out what your annual cost would be, against getting a total coverage plan in the US where you pay nothing, if it exusts! You also get everything covered even if you are out of work.
We all pay insurance, around the world it's just that the US version is based on lining the pockets of Big Pharna, the hospital executives, etc , never does help the sick and needy as it should for the amount you pay for insurance and/or treatment. Universal healthcare is a not-for-profit system, and is not what Americans seem to think is socialism in the political sense. It's a service to society, paid into only if you meet the tax paying level. Some low paid workers, ie part-time for eg, don't earn enough, but are still entitled to the full healthcare service.
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Conner I tried to find private message but couldn’t. I have worried a little bit about you lately as I notice you’ve been drinking out of large vessels. My son started to do that I made him have diabetes check as it’s the first signs and he had type 1 diabetes. I maybe fussing but please just get yourself a blood test to check. A concerned subscriber from the UK
I have been thinking the same thing of Connor for some time. I have commented that he perhaps ought to be checked for diabetes..,he drinks a lot of water, saying how important it is to stay hydrated - which, of course it is. However, the bear constant thirst, or idea that he needs to drink so much, so frequently, unless where he makes his videos is so hot that he dehydrated constantly no matter the season, then, surely that issue too, needs to be corrected... Maybe it bothers me dye to having diabetes myself, and in the early days - prior to being checked and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (which developed _16_ years _after_ I had had gestational diabetes when pregnant with my second set of twins) and I was constantly thirsty, constantly drinking water, so yes, I firmly agree. Connor, please do get checked for diabetes. It should only take a few moments to have blood drawn - "just a scratch" ti test your blood sugar levels and relatively easy to treat, maybe jyst one tablet a day like me (I firget its name, but it's pribably got a different name in America anyway - but di try to not take Metformin. As far as I know, it's been withdrawn in America. I was in it for several years but it's caused damage to my kidneys so I must be dialysed in 6 months to 1 year from now and had to have surgery on my right arm only recently (13th April '24) to have a fistula created to accept the larger bore of the dialysis needle to clean the toxins from my blood, as my kidneys ought to do, but are failing at due to the long usage of the Metformin. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, as mt daughter keeps telling me, but foresight is much better. Do please be checked for diabetes. If you are not diabetic, it's just the price of a simple blood test. A pricked finger. If you do prove to be positive for diabetes, and not treated for it, you life expectancy is foreshortened and your life quality soon deteriorates - and your followers and I and your family and friends will continue to wish for a better, healthier life for you, but be concerned if you're ill and we'll want you to recover if you can. Please do it as soon as you can. Take care. 🤔
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You are lucky. Think of all the other US citizens who are not healthy. It’s not their fault but unless they can pay, they remain ill or die. It’s shameful.
If you have say cancer or become disabled how can one afford the Premium in the first place. Can't work? I have recently spent 18 months in hospital. I have had many blue lights, under specialised care on the organ transplant list. Now off because of the best care possible. Cost to self a lot of mental anguish and scary times, Cost to wallet zero. All of the time I had my own room. I was in Denver and had a bump on the ski slope. We went to the emergency room. The Doctor didn't look at me not even my eyes preferring to run every test possible. Racing up his fees. He wanted a MRI. I said can't you diagnose a concussion. Couldn't assess if one pupil was dilated. I looked at my husband and he rolled his eyes. I suggested that he take my blood pressure. Oh the nurse will do that, I am here before you now!!! Walked out but I noticed his gold stethoscope. Insulin in the UK is free.
Your prospective is equally important, especially if you live in fear of a health problem .... even with co pay, or whatever you call it.
It's not wise to rely on lower premiums just because you've always been okay. How about paying a lower premium, via your taxes, and getting everything.. forever. Forget all your current thinking😊
I'm diabetic. Because I need my medication, it's all free in the UK.
You may not have health problems now you could develop something tomorrow not be covered or you could be in a car crash so low premiums are not always a good bet.
That's tough...
I no longer support AMA, CDC or FDA. Cost is secondary to that.
I've actually been resentful to Americans because of the external policies they've fucked so many countries through history and still do today.
But learning about how much the average citizen in the U.S. is horribly treated and exploited in every aspect of their lives by the government and corporations (who actually run the country and makes the law), is just so depressing and horrifying.
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I thought "deductible" meant the amount you can reduce your tax with, or perhaps if the sum goes over the amount stated that's what you may use when doing your taxes?
Get qualifications and get out before you die!
No you can't because they will fleece you for that too!
You pay your car insurance and hope you don't have an accident, in english we pay into the nhs and hope you dont get sick.
I don't think they've reached the point of chucking the kid out of the window just yet!
The US is the best example of what NOT to do, healthcare is just one example. Every other highly developed country has a universal healthcare system incl Australia. It's also your medicine that can bankrupt - no wonder your life expectancy is decreasing.
I guess, I can put it down in one line: "To be poor in the US, kills you..."
Money!
Life-expectancy is calculated by many factors, not just the availability of good healthcare - even if that is one of the central factors. I'd have thought that the very poor provision of paid leave leading to poor work-life balance and high stress levels would also be fairly big factors in the USA, not to mention availability of decent housing that is not overcrowded by overly large families, employment and educational opportunities and external factors such as crime, domestic violence and other forms of peer pressure. It feels less than appropriate to cite lower life-expectancy levels as a direct result of the lack of a universally accessible and affordable health system in that case. It is all inter-related, after all.
I take your point about age, general fitness and existence of any pre-existing conditions having an impact upon your choice of health insurance plan, Connor. But naturally, you're looking pretty shocked by all these revelations and comparisons - and the realisatioin perhaps that some of what you've been taught about that great world of the free you're living within, might not have actually been entirely all that it seemed, in practice. All I can offer you are virtual hugs, my friend - and the reassurance that there is no perfect system, or country in which to establish roots and call home. The grass always looks greener on the far side than it necessarily is, too...!
replace words co pay deductibles premiums out of pocket with tax one word
Connor doesn’t have a dog in this race
non americans, what on earth is electoral college , what is tipped minimum wage?
So glad they don’t charge skin to skin contact right through your own child’s life, like just imagine how much a simple high five would cost after your kid did something amazing in school, or your child is crying and in distress what would a hug cost.
Sad video. Seen other reactors do it too. What can I say, it's just sad sad sad.
In your very first attempt to describe what deductibles are compared to OOP maximums you have perfectly demonstrated the videos claims: the explanations for the hoops Americans have to jump through to get even limited coverage are ridiculously (or should I say, intentionally) complex and misleading. That means the customer who has not studied their insurance contracts to the minutiae of the fine print hidden somewhere among tge legalese of a multipage contract will not be able to understand their rights to what is and isn't covered. In virtually ALL other nations with a comprehensive universal healthcare 100% coverage of all medically necessary treatments isn't a question, it is the basic premise for a health insurance plan. There needs to be no question about it. Only how the costs for said full coverage are covered, no matter which system it is.
us health care is a contradiction in terms
American healthcare???😂 Its business like education. In Sweden you pay ca 200 dollar as most and 180 dollars for medicin 😊
You are planing your health right now and don't get how ridiciolous it is to assume, you won't be Really sick in a week.👀
Don't you ever wonder why prices are so high?? It's because of your "wonderful free market economy" . No regulations! The world sees this as riduciously abusive and your govt. keeps telling you you are the greatest. Great military but suffering citizens.