@N S lol there's something called private health insurance you know? And you get the best healthcare, not some public bs which is slow and unresponsive and outright corrupted
@N S lol salty, healthcare is a monopoly anyways. People died all the time in public healthcare system with medical accidents without any liabilities to surgeons/physicians
@@MasterofPlay7 Actually you don't get the best healthcare, it costs more in the Us for worse service. Which makes sense, since insurance companies make a loss everytime they pay out they have a vested interest not to pay out, and since legally they must pursue profit, they also have a legal obligation to exploit any loop hole. Which means Americans end up paying for the red tape more than the actual service. Added is a thing called economy of scale when a whole nation is paying, through tax it needs pay less than an individual on a insurance scheme. I could go on but to sum up, America's healthcare system is both horrid, and over expensive.
@@delko000 not true. i know a girl from france and she told me that she had to pay for parking spaces as well. so dont say something you cant back up. if you talk about europe to a non european they think every country in europe is the same. which is not. we have still our own laws and rules. so dont say something that you cant back up. it makes you look stupid
@@delko000 maybe not everywhere in france. different restrictions have different rules. also i have been to france tons of times. we even have friends in france. and we had to go once to the hospital long long time ago and we had to pay for parking spaces. so yeah dont know france is big with different rules
In Germany you also pay for the hospital carparks but honestly considering what people in America pay for medical care - I’ll pay all the parking charges much rather haha
It's funnier when you consider that the literal basis for our government was the idea of "no taxation without representation," i.e. the British Empire charging the colonies for things they didn't deserve to be charged for. I guess nothing lasts forever.
America was stolen from the Natives, who were subjected to unspeakably cruel deaths. The thing that is called America bears no resemblance to the original spirit of the place. It was taken with violence, is ruled with violence and contempt for its' people. Fuck America.
@@fadhly5192 What's sick isn't who pays it, it's that the price is so high. It's a matter of choice if you want to pay for yourself or pay taxes. They chose to pay it themself but they still pay taxes for medicare where they force the hospitals and ambulance to take under market value prices. That's why there is no competition and the suing of doctors increase the prices even more because if they make a mistake they are charged with millions of dollars so they have to have expensive insurance so they need to increase the prices.
I once read someone actually bought a ticket to Spain(or was it portugal?), get treatment, having vacation and all, and it still cost less than having same treatment in his own US state
The question is, why does anyone stand for it? There's proof it doesn't have to be that way, and it can be literally hundreds of times better, yet nobody even thinks to see how these healthcare systems function. Not only that, but they make excuses for their own system and argue against those who say this isn't normal.
@GR JM use punctuation ffs. And I 100% prefer health care that is paid by a solidary tax system then pay 100.000+ dollar because I randomly get cancer or break some bone. F*ck the health system of the USA (and sadly a lot of other countries like Chile, Argentina..)
I live in the states. My family was in dire straits after 2008, seeing as they were both in real-estate. I got salmonella as a kid and my parents tried to wait it out and treat it at home bc we couldn't afford medical treatment. It got worse, I got brought to the hospital, we lost our home. I'd rather our medical system be akin to a public school and private school situation where we have access to both options (an affordable tax funded option and a more costly higher standard private medical facility) than have a child with the system we currently have. A lot of Americans will tell you "if you have an issue with the way things are currently run, you can just leave and move to a 'better' country." Imo it's cowardly. We have the right to vote for a reason. If you have a problem with your country, you don't leave, you make an effort to fix the problem.
I have asthma that flares up with allergies, those allergies without the asthma already obstruct my breathing, so its like a double whammy. The Fun part? I'm allergic to grass. And trees. Basically, Im not supposed to be alive right now.
As someone from the US, I have seen many people die, because they are afraid of the huge price tag that may come with going to the doctor, so they often wait until whatever illness they have has progressed to the point it may cause permanent damage or not be able to be fixed, resulting in death. It’s a pathetic disgrace, and I fear its going to take the nation falling to its knees to change anything. Which is sad, because I love many things about my home, but we deserve better than this. It’s pathetic and an embarrassment, and it’s literally killing people.
Some folks need to take their own words to heart when they say "facts > feelings". The USA has more morbidly obese people than the entire population of Australia, the average USA citizen will live three years less than they British counterparts and the USA has a massive jail population with over 1.5 million inmates (most of which have been diagnosed as mentally ill). The current USA health-care system is objectively unsustainable as stated by healthcare professionals from across the world (the reports are all over the internet and news) yet apparently a nation that values freedom above all else is controlled by a certain percentage of folks that value profit and keeping the status quo above human life (I'll never forget those folks at the rallies that cheered at the prospect of their fellow hardworking Americans being left for dead on the transplant list and being refused help all because they were poor).
Live in America and I call bullshit. I have affordable healthcare and have NEVER had to pay a dime for any medical services or fee's. I've had to have all my teeth removed and replaced with dentures $0. Hospitalized twice during Covid, from the Vaccine not catching the disease $0. My eyeglasses for having 20/1000 vision $0. If people are dying from ignorance and incompetance than I say good riddance. Clears out the mentally defective from the gene pool.
and poor people from other countries still want to go to the US, why is that? Must be a very horrible place to live 🙄 Or maybe, people who want to make money in the US are able to, obviously, the ones who are legal immigrants
@Kurogane -sensei Around 3000 dollars per person a year. It's a lot if you don't get sick. Also, the HHS in America costs the taxpayer an average of around 700 dollars a year. The difference American's would pay yearly for free universal healthcare is about 2,300 dollars. That's one ambulance ride.
@Kurogane -sensei the difference is that tax is actually the cost. Private insurance companies can jack up the prices since you literally need it to live. Another difference is that it scales to your income. Poor people can actually afford to get healthcare, whereas in the US they'd simply die
It’s been proven that Medicare for all would save the government and Americans money over the current one, yet they still want to argue this BS “we can’t afford it!” or “but my taxes will be high!” shit
In India to my knowledge there is no extra fee for ambulance service if u call it it is within 1000₹ or so I dunno I never went to hospital in an ambulance (asked my parents bout it k)
I've always found it wierd how the term Third World Country has evolved it was originally use to describe countries that were not apart of NATO and the USSR as all of the NATO aligned countries were the First world and the Soviet Block was the Second world and everyone else was the Third world.
Really dude.. I mean we have universal health coverage, medications are almost free at government hospitals and so are treatments, 10₹ for a prescription paper that you can use multiple times.. we have ASHA and Anganwadi for free meals to children mothers and girls.. subsidies on food for poor.. in my state we have free operations and treatment for everyone even in private hospitals, upto thousands and thousands.. its genuinely very good for a country such as ours..
Had our first born in the US last year... $33,000. After insurance, about $6,000... edit: to the UK dude who said his child birth cost 8 pounds for parking, it reminded me we also paid about $70 for parking (overnight for early morning birth)
Compare both individual and sales tax rates between locales, look into better insurances and realize that the USA is basically subsidizing MANY countries humanitarian, disaster and protection aide (whether it's effective is another topic). I pay 10% individual tax and 9% except on food stuff which is 0%. We are far better off.
High deductible rates are cheap and you can reimburse yourself during retirement for that expense from HSA and employer gives us $1250 a year towards that. If you are an engineer/working couple $6000 for such a life event is chump change and only have so many kids.
My firstborn’s hospital bills was a total of $60,000. She and I had to be transferred to another hospital, the one I gave birth in didn’t have a NICU. Then she stayed in the NICU for about five days.
ok, ok. wait. He said holding your baby delivered by C-section. meaning, post surgery. Isn't the mother sedated for that? I don't... can someone explain this to me, please.
@Merika Ramocan Right.. Medicaid.. Thats why there are tens of millions of Americans who arent insured, and tens of millions more who are underinsured.. And ontop of that, 1 out of 10 Americans cannot handle a 400 dollar emergency and about 40% would have difficulty doing so. He wasnt being misleading at all.
@@danielintq that's actually sad. plus the fact that they create these narratives in their own bubble to justify and make themselves feel good that they are anti-vaxxers
My wife had both our sons in private hospitals here in Australia, our private cover for both my wife and I was $2500 AUD per year for full cover and the excess for each birth was $200 and this gave her a private room each time, meals each day and I think I did pay for parking but that’s fine, significantly cheaper than the US. Problem with the US health care system is the word Care isn’t included, its a business not a care system
the real question is would you want to be treated by staff that would not let you hold kid till you payed up? i can see why so many Americans come to the UK to give birth.
Bruh, ambulance ain't a transporter. It's a mobile mini-hospital designed to keep you alive on your way. Your Uber doesn't have a supply of blood, a trained medical professional and sterile tools to deliver first aid.
What this video doesn't tell you is that no one in the United States actually pays that. Everyone here have insurances which if you do the math actually cost less in taxes even when paying for it. You are being lie to, they will make it sound like healthcare in the UK is just like in the United States but just free. That is wrong, the healthcare in the United States is way better, the service is Superior, the doctors and nurses are way more accommodating because they are paid more and the wait time is lower. There are 3 hospitals in the same small town so if you so if you don't like one you can go to another. Not to mention all the privately owned clinics open by doctors. If you are poor and can't afford insurance they's this thing call Medicaid which provides you with free insurance.
Most of the time you don't have to pay for the ambulance to come out and stabilize you. It depends on where you live. Definitely call an ambulance so they can check you out and stabilize you and then refuse the ride. Then call an Uber!
I went in for a 3 night stay at hospital a few years back for some severe skin issues. The cost? $0 for the stay, $30 for a bag of about 20 of the medicine I'd been prescribed. Australia.
Have to have medication for a disease called "Mybodyfuckinghatesdoingthatbreathingthingitas" since I was a kid. Never paid a penny for it till I was an adult and now there's even a prepayment plan and all hospital trips still cost £0. Hail Britannia.
@Yash Choudhary What in the actual fuck does that mean, out of all the dumb takes about communism this is the dumbest one, I thought you guys were saying that communism is when the state does something so how the fuck can you be "socially communist".
@Yash Choudhary That's because you keep electing the Tories and they've been purposefully destroying the NHS because they wanna turn the UK into a mini america. If you maybe just elected a left wing government once in a while you'd have a functioning country.
Guys, I think I got it! I've been pondering and the $40 charge for letting the mother hold her baby is probably for the strain the doctor/nurse goes through when handing over and taking back the baby.
Lowkey actually, i had my son back in June 2022 and asked the nurse after and she said it was because they have to bring in an extra nurse to suprvise you because you are highly medicated and might accidentally drop/smother/hurt your baby in some way Edit* i had a c-section so i don't know if they do that for natural birth
@@savannahrae9030That's bullshit, it just a way of preying on new mothers who will almost always want to hold their own babies for a bit of extra cash. America is mental, and paying to hold your child is so dehumanizing and insane, that at first I thought these brits where joking, until I found your comment. Truly, be careful out there.
@@savannahrae9030Imagine going through years and years of Nurse training just to do supervision. USA don't understand they can personnel inside the hospital to do menial tasks without went to damn medical school. If I cut my finger here and got to the hospital for them do put in two stitches do you think they will spare a damn nurse to do it? No. That's the equivalent of getting an electric engineer to change a lightbulb.
as an American, hearing the British people's reactions is grounding and truly a reminder on how messed up our system is. sometimes i forget because i'm living in it.
The American system is based upon advancement and personal use. Healthcare that's universal is less effective, and more expensive in the long run due to taxes that are increased. In America in which I live you shouldn't need healthcare to begin with. I wouldn't expect you to be hurt every other week. When you do need care though you will pay more money for better services in which we have. The money goes towards the doctors, upkeep of the medical facility and equipment and advancements in technology. Universal health care does not help a populus.
@@Strider91 So you're just being ignorant and not actually trying to form an argument. Everything I said was true. Everything I said has and does happen.
@@10pistoledturret13 But what if you have a constant illness? For example, mental illnesses. The amount of people being diagnosed is steadily climbing, most of which are life long illnesses. They, or I should say we, are screwed by the system in more ways then one. Not to mention the fact that if we did provide universal healthcare, our economy would most likely become better because there will be more people getting the help they need faster, filling up jobs quicker, and the like. The raise in taxes is something that happens anyway, and I'd much rather take that over having to spend more/work off my daily medication costs.
@@Pbness The thing is with universal health care the economy doesn't spike. People have less money due to raised taxes that have always happened. Neither do people get services quicker. Sure it's "free" It's not. Taxes are raised. But when it's "free" Going off canada here, the wait times increase majorly. Steven Crowder a Canadian did a video on this. He had to wait multiple days to I believe get just a blood test. That's not helpful to anyone. Raised taxes means you have less money to spend on yourself, and your family. Universal things don't help a population. And with this universal care there's no incentive for the government to increase medical quality, medical cost, and so forth. Competition from multiple competing sources do create better medicine, better quality, and cheapen the products being produced.
Nah. Just steal. You have no education. And even if you do, it's the worst education system in the western world, so you know next to nothing. You might get a job if you're either willing to wait on tables or you have rich parents, but even so, because the whole fucking country is owned and run by corporations that belong to the 1%, all it takes is for you to break your leg or have your appendix removed, and both you and your entire family could find yourself spending decades paying back what you owe and most likely get ruined in the process. So you turn to crime to support yourself. And then you get caught and incarcerated. Especially if you're black. The United States is a nation based on greed and corruption, founded by the worst scum ever to walk the planet. It's a country that breeds criminals by doing nothing to promote social reform. Everyone's in it for themselves. The American dream. Fuck yeah...
Dude my coach got hit with a hammer (steel ball on a wire) because they didn't close the cage all the way during warm ups and he just looks at us and was like "which on of you feels comfortable driving the school van, because I cannot afford that ambulance.
I used to live in a horrible neighborhood in New York and when my cousin got hit by a barrage of 7.62 coming from some driveby across the street someone screamed "CALL AN AMBULANCE" and my bleeding cousin said, "wait no we can't afford that". We carried him to a hospital and survived and got out, our family got a bigass hospital bill and he says his main regret from getting hit is the price put on the family. We are glad he is okay tho and we were quick to pay from our impoverished pockets. The Gang Way toned down a bit after the local Crip militia leader got gunned down with an AK. But something similar happened to a relative in Toronto and he was completely fine when he got his non-existent bill. Soon as I'm old enough I'm taking my ass to Toronto and getting my Canadian citizenship.
Sad thing about this is when they said the low prices immediately I thought, “Damn I wish.” But I’m glad he brought up the fact you have to PAY to have skin on skin contact with your baby after you give birth.
The worst part about American ambulance services, is that they might charge over $2000 per patient, but EMTs get paid very little( as little as $12 per hour) which is insane if you ask me.
That's what happens when you mix capitalism with health. The law of supply and demand: when you can't choose (i.e. you take the ambulance or you die) the demand is infinite and the supplier can decide the price. 80% of all health care prices are air, just pure profit. For example the IUD they taljed about in the video? The actual cost of that, buying from the manufacturer, is less than $200, yet the doctor charges $2500 for it, 1250% profit margin
@@exantiuse497 Another huge problem in America is the excessive litigation ( suing at the drop of a hat) , I'm not sure if the price gouging is connected or not, but either way it is a serious problem.
I had some chest palpitations and I didn’t know what was going on, and an ambulance was called. The technician could not get the IV in. They charged me $100 for attempting to put in the IV. My insurance company told them to take a hike. At the end I still was on the hook for $500 out of $3k+
Me: *burns my hand with direct contact of the heat source in the toaster oven* My mom: oH mY gAwD- put neosporin on it Me: *hexcuse me what* ~~Around two months later, my burn has scarred~~ My mom: IT SCARRED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH NEOSPORIN ON IT Me: *IT SCARRED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET ME ANY FUCKING TREATMENT OTHER THAN ONE TUBE OF NEOSPORIN AND IT'S A FUCKING BURN*
My friend cut his finger pretty deep and he had to go to the emergency center. They gave him liquid bandage and splint. That was $2000. It’s pretty ridiculous.
Honestly, that's why I've used youtube videos to do basic surgeries on myself. I've only had to do two (removal of a wart and removal and disinfecting necrotic skin from frost bite on my toe), but it went pretty well.
@@I-Have-The-Cuckoo I think they meant that the topic at hand was how absurdly expensive American healthcare is. Germany and Europe in general have their own problems but shifting the discussion on them is a typical case of "whataboutism", and it merely shows that you don't have any actual arguments to defend the american system.
@@I-Have-The-Cuckoo Yeah, but Germany has a public health system. No one in Germany has to pay for an ambulance or a rescue helicopter (if necessary). BTW: They have free education, too. And if you had understood the conversation, you´d know: It was about the meaning for Joe/Jane Average, if GB changes from the NHS to the american system.
Gratz but which America North or south? 🤦🏻♂️ Americans don’t call the US “America” when referring to home we say “US” America is a continent my friend
Yeah I was in a serious car wreck a couple weeks ago and I was in a total state of shock when the police came. I was shaking and borderline hysterical but I was also trying to do a mental check of if I could move, where the blood was coming from, and if I had broken anything. I decided to not call an ambulance and instead get a ride to the one place in town that does $20 X-rays. My primary concern then should have been my safety NOT BANKRUPTING MY FAMILY
chloe ing Oh of course they should be paid! And well. Unfortunately, the largest part of the money does NOT go to the EMTs who drive the ambulance. They make around $15-20 an hour which is, frankly, not enough. The $1000 for an ambulance ride doesn’t go to them. We’re one of the only countries in the world who don’t have public ambulances. I’m just saying we could use taxpayer money to fund ambulances. Allowing corporations to charge such a high price and then pocket it is absurd. :(
chloe ing mad respect for your dad and your family btw. You don’t need me to tell you that he’s doing a super difficult demanding job that isn’t always fairly compensated. My dad’s a doctor and he relies on people like your dad to save lives as first responders. I hope that some day our country makes the services he provides more accessible and that they give him all the tools he needs to do his job.
Jesus America is fucked up. I wish our healthcare was better in my country too. I lived in London and broke my leg there and all I can say is the nhs is the best thing about the Uk. I got taken care of so so well and didn’t have to pay a penny. Only negative is when I broke my leg they wouldn’t send out an ambulance to me I had to go to the hospital in a taxi.
What's even funnier is that skin to skin contact is part of neonatal care protocol! It's something that generally should be done in every childbirth! And these poor people had PAY for that?
I like how America has no problem starting a huge and expensive war that created a refugee crisis and ruined the lives of millions but when it comes to fixing IT'S OWN HEALTHCARE, that's a big no no.
The dumb thing is that America could clearly afford free healthcare. It has one of the dumbest healthcare systems in the world, they make the medicine and have to pay more for it than any other country. The money spent on the healthcare mainly goes on paperwork and rich billionaires stealing the money...
Because anything that goes against the US establishment is commie. Why do you like free healthcare you dirty commie, how dare you try and implement your communist regime in my country! This is America and we wont stand for socialism, what's next? Stalin?
@@iminyourwalls8309 just lower the tax rate of poor people and higher it of rich people. Like in Finland, you can get $2 000 000 fine just for driving too fast of you're enough rich (already happened)
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 not if you neglect for years prevention care you can't afford, until something comes out and its too late. Nobody would just pile debt up undefinetly. it's unrealistic, and there is more to healthcare than medical emergencies.
It's impossible. Your food alone is laden with so many chemicals and too processed. That's why other countries do not want American foods in their country. It's making their citizens sick.
Why? we give 50% of our pay check every week in Canada for healthcare that becomes less free every year, because I've never needed healthcare until now, I have essentially paid about a million dollars to have 1 baby and they wont even provide me with a popsicle I have to bring my own 🤷♀️
@@JohnDoe-uq9ni only Switzerland does!! Btw thanks for weakening NATO , if Stalin would have been alive today, he would have celebrated the weakening by diving into a pool of Vodka
@@underedenxx what the fuck are you going on about. They still give free popsicles. I got one a couple years ago when I had surgery. And you don't even pay 50 per cent
Meh. I have to work at clinics and I drug test patients due to our state law and almost everyone has medicaid so they pay next to nothing. And they are all taking multiple Rx oxycodone, morphine, etc. Half of them test positive for meth and a very small percentage test positive for heroin. They make less than 20k a year but get like 10k worth of medications a year for a small co pay and still have more than enough money to pay to live eat and get cracked out.
@@cmecoo3109 If your comment was sarcastic, I applaud you! Gee, ya' think?! Well done! There are way too many naive world views on line and sometimes they need to be skewered. In the event, this was not sarcastic, then my congratulations to you for discovering a major truth in human behavior.
I'm on a team (in a company) that helps design medical products. One of the products, which is basically plastic tubes that cost 50-75 cents to manufacture, is sold to hospitals for $200-$300 depending on location. The tubes can save lives, however, always follow the money when you get that healthcare bill... Side Note: A lot of medical product manufacturers have needed a recall in their past history, but avoid or don't do them, even after FDA recommendations/shutdowns. Example: Let's say 7 people in the US die because of a faulty chemo port. A company will do a cost analysis of every factor-lawsuit over time, loss of life, and money, etc. You get the point: If profits come out ahead, they never do recalls. Most have the resources to bury with motions or paperwork, taking years for court productive momentum-same with copyright lawsuits and the such. I've heard our teams of in-house lawyers call it the, "drain and stain," method.
I heard similar stories, like hospitals repackaging a box of bog-standard throat lozenges ($5 for a whole bag), giving them individually to patients who need them, and charging them $50 for it. Not for the bag, but for the one lozenge. Problem in the US is one that (to a lesser degree) we in the Netherlands are suffering from as well: health care providers and insurers have a vested interest in making things expensive. So prices go up every year. You either need REAL competition between insurers (and that means free and informed choice, which is mostly lacking), or make it a national insurance. Because competition between health care providers and hospitals was actually working pretty well here when it started, and when the insurers hadn't consolidated their newfound power yet. Private care was WAY cheaper and better than the state hospitals, and available to all with no waiting lists.
in Canada it costs, only if the ambulance ride isn't necessary. if it's an actual emergency it is free. but heck even if it does cost, it's only like 30 bucks.
@@demonpride1975 i saw a man get beating down by a some stranger. blood everywhere, he passed out. so i called an ambulance. he woke up and he did not want to go to the hospital. so he walked of. i tryed to follow him around for a bit trying to convince him to get it looked at. but he refused. abit later the amubalance called and asked "where are you"?. I explained what happened. no hard feelings. no bill. did not cost me a penny. only wasted my time trying to help someone who didnt want it.
@@Osiris261 yes because it could have been an emergency, they charge you after you get to the hospital when they find out the seriousness of the situation. i got gul bladder surgery about 7 years ago, i was at my mothers recovering, and i was laying on the bed talking to her when she was at her computer, i got up to get a coffee but my legs had fallen asleep, i walked through the door and bam my legs came out from under me and i smashed my head into the door frame. i was out cold for a minute, she called the ambulance, and it was not serious. so i got charged 30 dollars for it. my point is i don't mind paying a 30 dollar fee, because they took care of me when they may not have had to.
My husband was in a motorcycle accident this last summer. On top of the $2,500.00 bill for the ambulance ride, there was an additional $400 he had to pay because he isn't a tax payer in the township where it happened. As if the original charge didn't go to them to begin with.
@@hamnchee I personally don't think so, but that all depends on how that is set up. I could see them requiring you to also carry motorcycle insurance to help lessen the cost to provide riders with health coverage. But, at least where we live, it's a relatively short riding season. So you would probably drop the additional motorcycle coverage for 6-9 months out of the year ( we already do that). It would be silly to penalize someone for an entire year of an additional liability charge that wouldn't be used for most of the year.
The VA is aweful. I have access to that and still choose to pay for the normal healthcare system instead. I know guys who had to wait 2 years for important surgeries.
The VA is garbage. My husband has gotten lied to about having a lesion on his liver, given contrast for a CT scan (he's had kidney cancer... Cancer survivor + radiation drink = bad time) , abnormal blood work, and just the general run around. Nobody ever answers the phone so getting an appointment is impossible. We've given up on the VA for him and just pay out of pocket for functional doctors (much better than regular MDs).
Imagine having to pay for calling an ambulance... that’s why many Americans avoid calling an ambulance. They avoid calling for help when they need it...
Yep. Broke my wrist in college and still drove myself 40 minutes to the hospital because I sure didn't need that bill on top of the student loans and the price just having to get it treated would be.
@@ButterflyParade my friend broke their ankle and wanted to drive to me so I could drive to the hospital. I live only 5 blocks away so I said FUCK THAT and RAN over to her house. This would have been a 5 minute ambulance ride that in actuality was a 2 hour ordeal that left us both traumatized (that ankle was not really attached anymore and it was horrifying)
@@rosathomas1 I mean, people who live in the US know that people who live in the US don't be just calling an ambalambs all willy nilly, that kind of expense can ruin a life.
yeah people prefer to call an Uber if they need to go to the hospital, I've done it. That probably sounds crazy to most non-Americans but it's true. An ambulance is pretty much only if you're incapacitated or need immediate help.
"HELLO, 9-1-1? I'VE BEEN SHOT!" "Please calm down sir and tell me your credit card number." "I'm hit in the stomach... wait, what?" "Also it's $29.99 per minute with any 9-1-1 operator. We are really busy right now so there's also a traffic charge added and..." "Actually fam, nevermind I'll just fucking die."
@@shinski8114 I think it was a video by Vox that pointed out that most of the American Healthcare is Private sector while every other country is through the government. So no, I don't see it changing anytime soon either.
@@rusty3073 you see thats what i hate about the US they are blocked in the past and refuse to test any better system because if they are not in extreme capitalism they feel like they are betraying their country and what there ancestor fight for or some other patriotism shit
I live in Brazil, here they have SUS (NHS), in some states is better than others, my husband had skin cancer, had a consultation, exams, and surgery done in 30 days and stayed in a hospital room overnight by himself, private bathroom and netflix. How much does it cost? Zero dólares, zero reais. We couldn't believe and the doctor and nurses were lovely.
9.99$ if you have really good insurance. Otherwise it's like a few hundred dollars. No way anything you need to live is that cheap. People want to live...so what they need to live is higher priced.
I’m American, and my mom had to pay 6,000 dollars for medical bills this month, and she’s a nurse. You know, honestly I’m not surprised anymore. People literally jump out of ambulances here because they don’t want to pay medical bills.
Hi brother (or sister), My family has never paid for any sort of helthcare... No matter what it was: heart surgery, hospital treatment for weeks. Some (poor) people from far villages were transported with ambulance helicopters, it all was free. I grew up in USSR... And now after 30 years there are still doctors who got higher medical education at that time, and they are usually the best specialists.
Yeah, an ambulance ride alone for my mom, who simply had an allergic reaction to Ibuprofen, costed her $1,100. This country is screwed and it's only getting worse.
I had see a video of a man who jumped with broken leg and he started run away of the ambulance.He hadn't to pay money. This video a greek man was telling for the giant bills of medical centers
I pay about $800 for Health insurance for wife and I. I went to hospital for a broken leg, they x-ray and put splint on my leg which cost me about $2000, insurance paid 1000. Also meds cost more than gold here in USA. I blame lobbyists that fill crooked senators pockets. One day it will change.
I pay nothing for healthcare. Broke my arm riding my motorbike and went to hospital. Got seen to, fixed up and told to bludge off in about 20 minutes. Including getting my cast off and going for muscular therapy, I paid nothing. I'm so glad I wasn't born into the capitalist hellscape that is America.
No, it won't change. Remember that 70 million people voted for Trump last year. Remember that he stacked SCOTUS with conservative leaning judges. Also remember that medical insurance companies have lobbyists working hard in both parties. Basicaly, you're funked.
When I had my hysterectomy back in 2016 (laparoscopic), I received the bill from the hospital because they filed with the wrong insurance company. It came out to $77,000, i was gobsmacked. When I contacted the hospital, they refiled with the correct company, I never received another bill. Healthcare prices are a nightmare, even with insurance, which is not an affordable option for many sadly.
It became an issue where people would get Ubers to go to the hospital. Not sure how big it was, but it showed up on the T.V. Point is, it's cheaper to just go on an uber with all your broken limbs than calling an actual ambulance. Pretty sad.
in my country ambulance are about $50, but if you pay $10 per month to public healthcare, then its free. it covers all from hospital bills, surgery, medicines etc
@@julian-p in Italy we have basic/emergency healthcare for free. Or well, it depends on you total yearly income. You get 50k a year you pay x amount of money for various tickets, not the actual surgery/medication/treatment, just the legal stuff. You get 200k a year you pay x more money. And btw... It's still just pennies compared to the us. Whoever is under (I believe) 10k a year doesn't pay a penny. For the rest (plastic surgery's, non required surgeries etc etc) we pay. But it's still a very reasonable amount.
I have a friend that was that had a small accident with her bike while riding, somebody called 911. An ambulance showed up, they asked her questions and made sure she was ok. 3 weeks later a bill showed up by mail for $1600, it was ridiculous.
@@night6724 it’s not just medicaid. a lot of people have more money than to be able to qualify for medicaid but can’t pay medical bills. also people need food, shelter, etc.
So why don’t you? Then once you move there, you’ll see what a complete sewer it is. You play video games. That is absolutely pathetic. No wonder you fall for ridiculous propaganda. Video games 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
mel Iniguez Wait.... ever heard of private insurance? I’ve never had to pay any of these prices at all. Plus, if you’re Poor you get economical help like welfare and healthcare. So nobody is dying in America because they don’t have enough money for medical stuff. Inform yourself.
Ñuis Laurin most Americans don’t have private insurance, I was charged 1,500$ for walking into an emergency room and was NOT TREATED, stop pretending like the healthcare pricing system here is not the worst for a developed country, ridiculous.
Ñuis Laurin the average cost for insurance is 400$ per person and 1600$ for a family, that’s a lot of money ... if we allocated a small portion of what the US spends on the military(54% of federal budget) and disband private hospitals, the healthcare system could be on par with other developed countries.
10 years ago: kids eat your food there are children starving in Africa Now: kids respect your free healthcare there are people who's too poor to get treatment in America
@@MoneyIVI I mean if rather die then go to a hospital without healthcare. Fuck might rather die then fight the healthcare company to do what they're for.
@@wickedmetalclown Dude, he didnt state his opinion - the US has a HUGE "pro life" movement. Its such a hot topic this comes up in almost every election in many states.
They took 12k(USD) for stomach pain(for my father)...and the catch here is that the stomach pain wasn't cured and later on he traveled to India as a medical tourist and got all his health taken care of under 50k rupees, which is less than 1000 USD...12k went down the drain...
Woman in taxi somewhere at the north of the US: *giving birth* Taxi driver: Be calm miss, soon you'll be in the nearest hospital possible... Woman: *NO TAKE ME TO CANADA!*
@internet person I remember in Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ a lady from his city Flint in Michigan drove across the border with her daughter, said she had just moved to Canada and didn’t have citizenship yet and used her friend’s address. She may as well have just tried to become a resident!
kkmull 94 😂😂 I feel sorry for Americans literally all those politicians need to talk about having a public healthcare system where it’s free and doesn’t cost anything it’s really unfortunate and sad.
Ah no but you forget that most Americans don't want to be saved. They'd rather pay profiteering insurance companies than a little bit of taxes because that's "c0MmuneesM".
Yxllow lol come to the uk!! American the land of the free is more like the land of the greed, so bad politicians should focus more on banning guns and focus on healthcare and providing reasonable plans for those can’t afford it.
A lot of these medications were develop by taxpayers money and still Americans end up pay a lot. Now I don't know if the pharmaceutical companies get all the money or the U.S. gets a cut out of it, but regardless taxpayers should be paying less.
@Hi Emergency care isn't what saves lives. If you end up going to the emergency room and costing the hospital 100's of thousands of dollars because they're trying to save your body that is shutting down and dying from advanced stage cancer the person still died because they couldn't afford the 50k cancer treatment that would have kept them out of there. They still died to the medical system even if their final days were in a hospital.
@Hi No, they do. Often. Don't be in denial, dude, it _does_ happen if you have a bill. In fact our ER just got reprimanded and it was all over our paper a while ago that they denied someone who was in collections and she went home and bled to death.
I was made aware of the “skin on skin” charge before I had my c-section so I told my husband to hand me our son instead of the dr or nurses. I was not paying for that nonsense.
I think I might have exported myself from a nation which allows things like this to actually happen. There's a reason the idea of charging a new mother to have contact seems absurd... it's utterly absurd.
thats so sad , i remember when we were going to see my mom in the hospital that there was a poster saying how skin to skin contact is actually good for the baby
The fact that you have to pay to see your baby Is a type of sadness I can't describe. YOU made it YOU love it YOU decided to have it. It literally can't be more yours and yet you don't get to see it when it's born.
Texas here - my husband had a STEMI heart attack in 2014. Ambulance $1500. HOSPITAL ICU BED ONLY - $640 000. Specialists, meds, all additional services charged over and above. Have lived in the UK and truly appreciate the NHS. Fight to retain UK. DON’T fall for the privatization, you will pay the price and face with extortion by private ownership.
@@MaxPayne-fi1mz We were personally out of pocket for at least $40,000.00 not covered by insurance. I won't tell the many, many hours (days / weeks) I spent trying to get our costs down to what we ended up paying. .
Getting injured is one of the worst case scenarios over here. My mom broke her wrist and my family had to change our entire budgeting plan for the year.
@@frankydooda2051 China covered the entire virus up. The reason the virus spread is because they covered it up. More people die in 2 days than have been reported in 3 months.
When I first came to US, I was surprised by how everyone just stayed home whenever they felt sick. Where I come from, we go visit the doctor whenever we feel sick.
@@Theo-fb7kj Well that just sounds like level 10 sick. I live in third world country, but if I feel anything off after taking a paracetamol, I'm going to a clinic
@@hurricaneb6243 damn. and yeah it's pretty dangerus for me to go outside when I'm sick I once did because I got sick while I was on my way biking to my school, I remember while I was waiting in the courtyard for the daily prays my vision was getting blurry and white and pretty much I almost fainted out, (let along my constant battle to keep my insides in). The fun part is that 5 minutes after that whole episode I was fine.. like legit fine..
You’re a privileged and entitled westerner with an easy life that you still manage to fail miserably at, so you desperately seek out imaginary victimhood to dodge responsibility for your failures. Typing away on your $800 phone about how bad you have it 🤣🤣🤣 Why do you need money to leave? Plenty of people move to the US with no money at all. Why are you pretending you’re a victim (once again) and making up imaginary obstacles? You’re lazy.
The fact that you have to pay so much in America isn't what astounds me. What really boggles my mind is that the yanks think this is a good thing and that free healthcare would never work.
This is a coming from an American; I think it’s just remnants of the Cold War. People will do ANYTHING to not come off as communists, facists, socialists, etc. Also, American culture puts so much emphasis on freedom, independence, and self importance that people become selfish. There are people out there that will put themselves over the community because valuing the community is ToO SiMiLaR tO CoMmUnIsM!
Park ChimMin im a freshman who took global this year, and my class studied the beginning of human civilization. Wasn’t civilization itself started so that people could live in a community that cared for each other? If people wanna live independently, then what’s the point of being civilized??
the average health organzation or whatever you call them makes between 5 billion to 10 billion dollars a year in profit. This is why things arent getting done innovation wise. Cancer might of been cured by now if the big budget countries actually gave a fuck
@@shinski8114 It's not about the innovation : you actually have decent passive innovation just by HAVING to be competitive and being price regulated. USA's Healthcare groups aren't regulated price wise, and co-op on everything so each of them can make more profit instead of fighting their prices out o/
Okay now answer this, what is EA charged you, and every body else a mandatory fee, to pay for things you may never use. And having to pay ever increasing fees for the sake of others that will download every piece of content, regardless if they are ever gonna use it. Would you be happy about that? Probably not. . Now rename EA to nhs fee to tax and content to wasting time of health professionals, just because it is "free" Then you have the uk health service..... Bring on a insurance based system over that any day
Omg glad to be Australian with basically free medical and highly subsidised medicine a inhaler costs about $7,having 2 kids free and one of my kids was premature his medical bill was zero 😊
This video is quite generous to the American health care system in fact, they should mention the fact that a stem cell transplant can cost up to $300,000 in the USA.
Yes i was surprise about that as ive been using the stuff for 33yrs now and all the other crap to go with it as ive been having injection in both my eyes for over a year now
@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 yes of course, but if you come to europe and you feel sick, you don't have to pay (or very little). Me going to the states and start feeling sick: yes it's going to be 15.000$. True story
First off, healthcare in the U.S. is arguably more democratic, since multiple companies can compete with each other, allowing users to "vote" with their money (at least, when there aren't monopolies), and second, no healthcare is free. That is just silly - doctors must get paid, technology must be innovated, all of which is extremely expensive. Countries with public healthcare get away with it by charging higher taxes than the U.S., while at the same time basically creating an artificial monopoly which limits innovation, and also hurting richer people and helping poorer people, might I add without any consent. Yes, very democratic, taking money from rich people just because they aren't the majority and using it to benefit the poor people, who contribute the least to society.
I was talking to an American who was still working quite late in life. I asked why and he told me he was diabetic and could only afford the medicine (to survive) if he worked. The weird thing is they regard the US as a 1st world country but, in reality, it's only if you can afford it.
My daughter scalded herself once while cooking dinner. The Emergency Room told her to keep ice on it, gave her a prescription for Tylenol, and sent us a bill for $2500.00
thats so fucked, im surprised people in the US aren't paranoid of injury with those prices, i'd be wrapped in 100ft of bubble wrap with thos prices, thank god canada isn't like that
I got sick twice when I was in UK and they had to call the ambulance both times. Man, I was so scared of the medical fee cuz I'm a foreign student. But since there's NHS and I'm a student, they didn't charge me both times. That is how great NHS is.
@Dolank lol, yes it is www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2019/06/11/britains-version-of-medicare-is-the-reason-poor-people-dont-die/amp/
@Dolank The NHS is collapsing?!!! Oh no wait, it says that there are waiting times. And its written by someone who is clearly an industry shill. But so what, Im sure all the people who cant afford it, or dont qualify for medicare and are paying up to their eyeballs, or who have been denied for pre existing conditions, or go to an out of coverage doctor by accident, or exceed their allowables or have lost their house to pay for emergency treatment are super pumped that they wont face a little wait when something bad happens to them. MURICA!!
The Mayor of London doesn't like Donald Trump visiting his city. We sat down with him to discuss their beef
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britian needs a strong leader like Trump!
@N S lol there's something called private health insurance you know? And you get the best healthcare, not some public bs which is slow and unresponsive and outright corrupted
@N S lol salty, healthcare is a monopoly anyways. People died all the time in public healthcare system with medical accidents without any liabilities to surgeons/physicians
@N S Surgeons/physicians are accountable and can go to jail under private healthcare, which one do you prefer? lmao
@@MasterofPlay7 Actually you don't get the best healthcare, it costs more in the Us for worse service. Which makes sense, since insurance companies make a loss everytime they pay out they have a vested interest not to pay out, and since legally they must pursue profit, they also have a legal obligation to exploit any loop hole. Which means Americans end up paying for the red tape more than the actual service.
Added is a thing called economy of scale when a whole nation is paying, through tax it needs pay less than an individual on a insurance scheme. I could go on but to sum up, America's healthcare system is both horrid, and over expensive.
I'm in London, and just had a child. We paid a total of £8, and that was the carpark charge.
@@delko000 Not in Austria. They really charge you. Atleast we don't have to pay for calling an ambulance right?
@@delko000 Nope they do it in the Netherlands as well
@@delko000 not true. i know a girl from france and she told me that she had to pay for parking spaces as well. so dont say something you cant back up. if you talk about europe to a non european they think every country in europe is the same. which is not. we have still our own laws and rules. so dont say something that you cant back up. it makes you look stupid
@@delko000 maybe not everywhere in france. different restrictions have different rules. also i have been to france tons of times. we even have friends in france. and we had to go once to the hospital long long time ago and we had to pay for parking spaces. so yeah dont know france is big with different rules
In Germany you also pay for the hospital carparks but honestly considering what people in America pay for medical care - I’ll pay all the parking charges much rather haha
Since when did America go from “Land of the free” to “Land of the fee”?
It's funnier when you consider that the literal basis for our government was the idea of "no taxation without representation," i.e. the British Empire charging the colonies for things they didn't deserve to be charged for. I guess nothing lasts forever.
America was stolen from the Natives, who were subjected to unspeakably cruel deaths. The thing that is called America bears no resemblance to the original spirit of the place. It was taken with violence, is ruled with violence and contempt for its' people. Fuck America.
the Germans and the French do not provenance the 'r'
@@Stanzafly Supporting free healthcare goes against the whole "no taxation" thing.
Since the English Landed
40 bucks to hold your own baby after birth? USA helthcare is sick.
Mustafa Preşeva yeah thats so stupid
it’s ridiculous
Yeah, cross-subsidization and suing of doctors aren't great.
Cause their tax go to military and war instead of healthcare and education
@@fadhly5192 What's sick isn't who pays it, it's that the price is so high. It's a matter of choice if you want to pay for yourself or pay taxes. They chose to pay it themself but they still pay taxes for medicare where they force the hospitals and ambulance to take under market value prices. That's why there is no competition and the suing of doctors increase the prices even more because if they make a mistake they are charged with millions of dollars so they have to have expensive insurance so they need to increase the prices.
As an American… I agree. It’s horrifically expensive. There are people who go to other countries for surgeries it’s so bad.
I once read someone actually bought a ticket to Spain(or was it portugal?), get treatment, having vacation and all, and it still cost less than having same treatment in his own US state
WHY ARE THEY CHARGING YALL TO HOLD YOUR DAMN BABY??? I DONT UNDERSTAND THAT PART
@@bobababy6089 WE DONT EITHER
@@bobababy6089 Because you aren't subscribed to the premium baby battle pass, of course.
The question is, why does anyone stand for it? There's proof it doesn't have to be that way, and it can be literally hundreds of times better, yet nobody even thinks to see how these healthcare systems function. Not only that, but they make excuses for their own system and argue against those who say this isn't normal.
Problem isn't the brits who are surprised. The true problem is the Americans aren't
@GR JM use punctuation ffs.
And I 100% prefer health care that is paid by a solidary tax system then pay 100.000+ dollar because I randomly get cancer or break some bone. F*ck the health system of the USA (and sadly a lot of other countries like Chile, Argentina..)
I live in the states. My family was in dire straits after 2008, seeing as they were both in real-estate. I got salmonella as a kid and my parents tried to wait it out and treat it at home bc we couldn't afford medical treatment. It got worse, I got brought to the hospital, we lost our home. I'd rather our medical system be akin to a public school and private school situation where we have access to both options (an affordable tax funded option and a more costly higher standard private medical facility) than have a child with the system we currently have.
A lot of Americans will tell you "if you have an issue with the way things are currently run, you can just leave and move to a 'better' country." Imo it's cowardly. We have the right to vote for a reason. If you have a problem with your country, you don't leave, you make an effort to fix the problem.
@@Balletified wow! What an insensitive comment. The guy's parents lost their house because of the system and you mock him? What a douche you are
yeah
Americans aren't surprised because they're just used to it.
Over $200 for an inhaler-
I-
Isn't that just paying to be breathe-
Asthmatic person: * breaths*
American healthcare system: *racks shotgun* "that'll be 200 USD bitch"
That's maaaad 😱
In Morocco its 4 dollars
Even with my insurance it is still like 80-90$ for my inhalers and I have chronic severe asthma so I'm getting like one a month
I have asthma that flares up with allergies, those allergies without the asthma already obstruct my breathing, so its like a double whammy. The Fun part? I'm allergic to grass. And trees. Basically, Im not supposed to be alive right now.
@@calmchaos. I live in America and are you fucking serious? 4 FREAKING DOLLARS AND WE ARE OVER HERE PAYING 200 TO BREATHE
kid turns 18
the government: *_your free trial of living has ended_*
17*
LMAO ! :D
LOL 😂
Premium membership costs only $250 (inhaler included)
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As someone from the US, I have seen many people die, because they are afraid of the huge price tag that may come with going to the doctor, so they often wait until whatever illness they have has progressed to the point it may cause permanent damage or not be able to be fixed, resulting in death. It’s a pathetic disgrace, and I fear its going to take the nation falling to its knees to change anything. Which is sad, because I love many things about my home, but we deserve better than this. It’s pathetic and an embarrassment, and it’s literally killing people.
Yes
Not just falling on its knees, it needs one heck of a damn wake-up call by crumbling the very foundation of its corrupt economy
Some folks need to take their own words to heart when they say "facts > feelings". The USA has more morbidly obese people than the entire population of Australia, the average USA citizen will live three years less than they British counterparts and the USA has a massive jail population with over 1.5 million inmates (most of which have been diagnosed as mentally ill).
The current USA health-care system is objectively unsustainable as stated by healthcare professionals from across the world (the reports are all over the internet and news) yet apparently a nation that values freedom above all else is controlled by a certain percentage of folks that value profit and keeping the status quo above human life (I'll never forget those folks at the rallies that cheered at the prospect of their fellow hardworking Americans being left for dead on the transplant list and being refused help all because they were poor).
@@lynxfresh5214china has the largest amount of obese people, not America
Live in America and I call bullshit. I have affordable healthcare and have NEVER had to pay a dime for any medical services or fee's. I've had to have all my teeth removed and replaced with dentures $0. Hospitalized twice during Covid, from the Vaccine not catching the disease $0. My eyeglasses for having 20/1000 vision $0. If people are dying from ignorance and incompetance than I say good riddance. Clears out the mentally defective from the gene pool.
“So if you’re poor you’re dead.” She just summed up the American healthcare system in 6 words.
and poor people from other countries still want to go to the US, why is that? Must be a very horrible place to live 🙄
Or maybe, people who want to make money in the US are able to, obviously, the ones who are legal immigrants
guinter89 what the hell are you on about? The second half of that wasn’t even coherent.
Scratch the "So," and you'll get the summary in 5 words
you are still breathing yes?
@@guinter89 you have triggered the zombies be careful.
The best comment is: " is there a price for that? "
@Kurogane -sensei Around 3000 dollars per person a year. It's a lot if you don't get sick. Also, the HHS in America costs the taxpayer an average of around 700 dollars a year. The difference American's would pay yearly for free universal healthcare is about 2,300 dollars. That's one ambulance ride.
@Kurogane -sensei oversimplified babyyyyyyyyyy
@Kurogane -sensei the difference is that tax is actually the cost. Private insurance companies can jack up the prices since you literally need it to live. Another difference is that it scales to your income. Poor people can actually afford to get healthcare, whereas in the US they'd simply die
It’s been proven that Medicare for all would save the government and Americans money over the current one, yet they still want to argue this BS “we can’t afford it!” or “but my taxes will be high!” shit
In India to my knowledge there is no extra fee for ambulance service if u call it it is within 1000₹ or so I dunno I never went to hospital in an ambulance (asked my parents bout it k)
Even with India being the so called "third world country", ambulance service is free of cost my god america wtf
I've always found it wierd how the term Third World Country has evolved it was originally use to describe countries that were not apart of NATO and the USSR as all of the NATO aligned countries were the First world and the Soviet Block was the Second world and everyone else was the Third world.
"so called"third world country""
Third world= what @ugnutz explained above. India IS a third world country.
Really dude.. I mean we have universal health coverage, medications are almost free at government hospitals and so are treatments, 10₹ for a prescription paper that you can use multiple times.. we have ASHA and Anganwadi for free meals to children mothers and girls.. subsidies on food for poor.. in my state we have free operations and treatment for everyone even in private hospitals, upto thousands and thousands.. its genuinely very good for a country such as ours..
I live in Pakistan and even we don't have to pay for an ambulance and have lots of free hospitals :)
Yea, same with Brazil
Had our first born in the US last year... $33,000. After insurance, about $6,000... edit: to the UK dude who said his child birth cost 8 pounds for parking, it reminded me we also paid about $70 for parking (overnight for early morning birth)
My son cost us $10k but at least we didnt have to pay for parking.
Damnnnnnn, my brother and his wife just had a little girl last week. They got a refund on parking as she was there for 3 days.
Compare both individual and sales tax rates between locales, look into better insurances and realize that the USA is basically subsidizing MANY countries humanitarian, disaster and protection aide (whether it's effective is another topic). I pay 10% individual tax and 9% except on food stuff which is 0%. We are far better off.
High deductible rates are cheap and you can reimburse yourself during retirement for that expense from HSA and employer gives us $1250 a year towards that. If you are an engineer/working couple $6000 for such a life event is chump change and only have so many kids.
My firstborn’s hospital bills was a total of $60,000.
She and I had to be transferred to another hospital, the one I gave birth in didn’t have a NICU. Then she stayed in the NICU for about five days.
Charging someone to hold their own child is called kidnapping
TheBeast798 not in America
@@LadyLyme well yes it is what it is. Only that there its legal because of the system.
I thought it was called ransom. But when I think about it, the money is a ransome and (you're right) the act is kidnapping. 😄
ok, ok. wait. He said holding your baby delivered by C-section. meaning, post surgery. Isn't the mother sedated for that? I don't... can someone explain this to me, please.
@@rehanmemon3969 she will at some point be fully capable of holding the baby. They are talking when that moments come.
“If you’re poor you’re dead.”
Yes.
@Merika Ramocan Right.. Medicaid.. Thats why there are tens of millions of Americans who arent insured, and tens of millions more who are underinsured.. And ontop of that, 1 out of 10 Americans cannot handle a 400 dollar emergency and about 40% would have difficulty doing so. He wasnt being misleading at all.
@@keephuzzlin Now I understand why there are so many anti-vaxxers. It's just they can't afford vaccines.
@@danielintq that's actually sad. plus the fact that they create these narratives in their own bubble to justify and make themselves feel good that they are anti-vaxxers
Daniel Lin the thing with the vaccines is afaik things like flu vaccines are the one thing you actually do get for free in the US lol
@Merika Ramocan sure, like 100% of Americans can get that
world's hospital : you're a patient
America's hospital : you're a customer
And the American model is gaining more popularity
Because of capitalism spreading. The UK health care system is better than America's
In India ; you're a product
America is a continent, not a country
@@nivedprabhu5057 cuz they only look at the stonks
My wife had both our sons in private hospitals here in Australia, our private cover for both my wife and I was $2500 AUD per year for full cover and the excess for each birth was $200 and this gave her a private room each time, meals each day and I think I did pay for parking but that’s fine, significantly cheaper than the US.
Problem with the US health care system is the word Care isn’t included, its a business not a care system
You actually believe this silly propaganda. You’re incredibly gullible. 🤣🤣🤣
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
How much would it cost to have a pack of anti biotic for a water infection? I get them quite a lot. In the U.K. it costs 15 dollars a pack
Water borne infection? Antibiotics vary in price in Australia. $8-25 generally.
My god, PRIVATE Australian healthcare is cheaper than American healthcare! 😢
Whoever came up with the idea of charging $40 for the mother to hold her baby has thoroughly earned an afterlife stuck in a Hieronymus Bosch painting.
I blame the Pink Tax & Patriarchy engrained within American society
Or a Thomas Kinkade painting.
@@j-69 There is making money and then taking the piss. they are taking the piss.
the real question is would you want to be treated by staff that would not let you hold kid till you payed up? i can see why so many Americans come to the UK to give birth.
That fucked up. I'll "finesse" my baby. Not paying those mf. LONG LIVE NHS
I'll put it this way: If I'm severely injured and need to go to the hospital, DON'T call an ambulance. Call Uber.
Bruh, ambulance ain't a transporter. It's a mobile mini-hospital designed to keep you alive on your way. Your Uber doesn't have a supply of blood, a trained medical professional and sterile tools to deliver first aid.
What this video doesn't tell you is that no one in the United States actually pays that. Everyone here have insurances which if you do the math actually cost less in taxes even when paying for it. You are being lie to, they will make it sound like healthcare in the UK is just like in the United States but just free. That is wrong, the healthcare in the United States is way better, the service is Superior, the doctors and nurses are way more accommodating because they are paid more and the wait time is lower. There are 3 hospitals in the same small town so if you so if you don't like one you can go to another. Not to mention all the privately owned clinics open by doctors. If you are poor and can't afford insurance they's this thing call Medicaid which provides you with free insurance.
Most of the time you don't have to pay for the ambulance to come out and stabilize you. It depends on where you live. Definitely call an ambulance so they can check you out and stabilize you and then refuse the ride. Then call an Uber!
Last time I was in an ambulance, the “professional” kept flirting with me even with a ring on my finger
@@Kitticane wow, that's disgusting. I'm assuming you were in some sort of medical distress at the time. That's a whole new level of dickishness.
My son was born 6 weeks early and we spent 6 days in the hospital. Got our own room, food, tea, coffee etc.
Price tag after everything $0.00
Canada
I went in for a 3 night stay at hospital a few years back for some severe skin issues. The cost? $0 for the stay, $30 for a bag of about 20 of the medicine I'd been prescribed.
Australia.
through the grapevine broke my arm and had an x-ray . a transfer to another bigger healthcare hub , temporary cast, meal, full cast , £0.00
UK
I had a stroke in Germany cost me 0€ but the rehabilitation for 4 weeks cost me about 10k half payed by the insurance.
Have to have medication for a disease called "Mybodyfuckinghatesdoingthatbreathingthingitas" since I was a kid. Never paid a penny for it till I was an adult and now there's even a prepayment plan and all hospital trips still cost £0.
Hail Britannia.
Taxes 40% ?
“You have to pay for that?” Yes, we have to pay for bandaids in the hospital
Imagine paying for individual toothpicks in a restaurant
LMAO that's so sad
@@sailor5853paying for the mint in the basket when you leave
The girl just trying her best not to swear:
"Shut the fridge"
"Carried in my ... womb"
"They're fudged"
😂
csicsak.daniel
Then blurred out “FUCK TRUMP”
@@alexhartley9963 wasn't blurred out
What on Earth do you think she was going to say instead of womb?
She is cute.
@@Thehouseoffail I'd guess "vag" or similar.
$40 dolars for post-delivery skin on skin interaction should be considered a violation of human rights
Lucas Cavalcanti Botelho Not here in the good ole USA, because even basic human rights are privatized.
Lucas Cavalcanti Botelho Not here in the good ole USA, because even basic human rights are privatized.
@AwwwhYyyyeah why don't you explain, great wise one
@AwwwhYyyyeah Someone should have the right to hold their newborn baby without being charged for it. Anyone that disagrees is a sociopath.
Is that true? I’ve never heard of anyone being charged for that.
"Is there a Price for That?"
This is a question says that something is wrong in the US.
They keep voting for the same 2 parties and politicians that don’t care about the people as the media tells them too.
@@dazzag371 well the system is set up so that you have to run in those parties or you are at an immense disadvantage.
@Yash Choudhary What in the actual fuck does that mean, out of all the dumb takes about communism this is the dumbest one, I thought you guys were saying that communism is when the state does something so how the fuck can you be "socially communist".
@Yash Choudhary That's because you keep electing the Tories and they've been purposefully destroying the NHS because they wanna turn the UK into a mini america. If you maybe just elected a left wing government once in a while you'd have a functioning country.
Guys, I think I got it! I've been pondering and the $40 charge for letting the mother hold her baby is probably for the strain the doctor/nurse goes through when handing over and taking back the baby.
It could be actually true, you know..
Strain they go though💀
Lowkey actually, i had my son back in June 2022 and asked the nurse after and she said it was because they have to bring in an extra nurse to suprvise you because you are highly medicated and might accidentally drop/smother/hurt your baby in some way
Edit* i had a c-section so i don't know if they do that for natural birth
@@savannahrae9030That's bullshit, it just a way of preying on new mothers who will almost always want to hold their own babies for a bit of extra cash. America is mental, and paying to hold your child is so dehumanizing and insane, that at first I thought these brits where joking, until I found your comment. Truly, be careful out there.
@@savannahrae9030Imagine going through years and years of Nurse training just to do supervision.
USA don't understand they can personnel inside the hospital to do menial tasks without went to damn medical school.
If I cut my finger here and got to the hospital for them do put in two stitches do you think they will spare a damn nurse to do it? No.
That's the equivalent of getting an electric engineer to change a lightbulb.
as an American, hearing the British people's reactions is grounding and truly a reminder on how messed up our system is. sometimes i forget because i'm living in it.
The American system is based upon advancement and personal use. Healthcare that's universal is less effective, and more expensive in the long run due to taxes that are increased. In America in which I live you shouldn't need healthcare to begin with. I wouldn't expect you to be hurt every other week. When you do need care though you will pay more money for better services in which we have. The money goes towards the doctors, upkeep of the medical facility and equipment and advancements in technology. Universal health care does not help a populus.
Ya, there literally nothing about what you just said that true
@@Strider91 So you're just being ignorant and not actually trying to form an argument. Everything I said was true. Everything I said has and does happen.
@@10pistoledturret13
But what if you have a constant illness? For example, mental illnesses. The amount of people being diagnosed is steadily climbing, most of which are life long illnesses. They, or I should say we, are screwed by the system in more ways then one.
Not to mention the fact that if we did provide universal healthcare, our economy would most likely become better because there will be more people getting the help they need faster, filling up jobs quicker, and the like.
The raise in taxes is something that happens anyway, and I'd much rather take that over having to spend more/work off my daily medication costs.
@@Pbness The thing is with universal health care the economy doesn't spike. People have less money due to raised taxes that have always happened. Neither do people get services quicker. Sure it's "free" It's not. Taxes are raised. But when it's "free" Going off canada here, the wait times increase majorly. Steven Crowder a Canadian did a video on this. He had to wait multiple days to I believe get just a blood test. That's not helpful to anyone.
Raised taxes means you have less money to spend on yourself, and your family. Universal things don't help a population. And with this universal care there's no incentive for the government to increase medical quality, medical cost, and so forth. Competition from multiple competing sources do create better medicine, better quality, and cheapen the products being produced.
- "So if you're poor, you're dead?"
- "Don't be ridiculous, you first have to save up for that."
It can cost about 10 grand to die in America
Olivia Weathers ill never own that much at once so i should be fine right?
@@gracefullyinthegrave1964 what ?! To die ! Really ?
@@jbird4478 that's horrible
Nah. Just steal. You have no education. And even if you do, it's the worst education system in the western world, so you know next to nothing.
You might get a job if you're either willing to wait on tables or you have rich parents, but even so, because the whole fucking country is owned
and run by corporations that belong to the 1%, all it takes is for you to break your leg or have your appendix removed, and both you and your
entire family could find yourself spending decades paying back what you owe and most likely get ruined in the process.
So you turn to crime to support yourself. And then you get caught and incarcerated. Especially if you're black.
The United States is a nation based on greed and corruption, founded by the worst scum ever to walk the planet.
It's a country that breeds criminals by doing nothing to promote social reform. Everyone's in it for themselves. The American dream. Fuck yeah...
Everytime someone says you should go to hospital.
Americans: Tis but a scratch
Talha Ansari LMAO
Just a flesh wound
Really tho I get kidney stones and just have to deal with the pain because it cost so much to just go get help
Dude my coach got hit with a hammer (steel ball on a wire) because they didn't close the cage all the way during warm ups and he just looks at us and was like "which on of you feels comfortable driving the school van, because I cannot afford that ambulance.
I used to live in a horrible neighborhood in New York and when my cousin got hit by a barrage of 7.62 coming from some driveby across the street someone screamed "CALL AN AMBULANCE" and my bleeding cousin said, "wait no we can't afford that". We carried him to a hospital and survived and got out, our family got a bigass hospital bill and he says his main regret from getting hit is the price put on the family. We are glad he is okay tho and we were quick to pay from our impoverished pockets. The Gang Way toned down a bit after the local Crip militia leader got gunned down with an AK.
But something similar happened to a relative in Toronto and he was completely fine when he got his non-existent bill. Soon as I'm old enough I'm taking my ass to Toronto and getting my Canadian citizenship.
Sad thing about this is when they said the low prices immediately I thought, “Damn I wish.” But I’m glad he brought up the fact you have to PAY to have skin on skin contact with your baby after you give birth.
The worst part about American ambulance services, is that they might charge over $2000 per patient, but EMTs get paid very little( as little as $12 per hour) which is insane if you ask me.
Thats less than burger King wages where i live
That's what happens when you mix capitalism with health. The law of supply and demand: when you can't choose (i.e. you take the ambulance or you die) the demand is infinite and the supplier can decide the price. 80% of all health care prices are air, just pure profit. For example the IUD they taljed about in the video? The actual cost of that, buying from the manufacturer, is less than $200, yet the doctor charges $2500 for it, 1250% profit margin
@@exantiuse497 You mean 1150% profit margin, which doesnt change a lot.
@@exantiuse497 Another huge problem in America is the excessive litigation ( suing at the drop of a hat) , I'm not sure if the price gouging is connected or not, but either way it is a serious problem.
I had some chest palpitations and I didn’t know what was going on, and an ambulance was called. The technician could not get the IV in. They charged me $100 for attempting to put in the IV. My insurance company told them to take a hike. At the end I still was on the hook for $500 out of $3k+
Me: *cut my finger*
US doctor: *put bandage on*
Also US doctor: "that will be 5k"
Me: *burns my hand with direct contact of the heat source in the toaster oven*
My mom: oH mY gAwD- put neosporin on it
Me: *hexcuse me what*
~~Around two months later, my burn has scarred~~
My mom: IT SCARRED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH NEOSPORIN ON IT
Me: *IT SCARRED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET ME ANY FUCKING TREATMENT OTHER THAN ONE TUBE OF NEOSPORIN AND IT'S A FUCKING BURN*
Sea!
My mom treats me and it always work??? Except that time I got the flue that was not a good experience
It's not the doctors, the people in the insurance companies are taking advantage of these people.
#savage #facts
Elementary Schoolers: "I scraped my knee I need a band aid"
School "Nurse": "Here's a Caprisun walk it off"
America isn't a real country, its just a business
America is a corporation WASTELAND.
Lol we definitely are a real country...
Yeah, welcome to capitalism.
thats true...
Its a brand posing as a country
"10 grand for a baby" this still got me 😂
10 grand, not including 9 months of pregnancy 😂
@@baghira2761 🤣
My friend cut his finger pretty deep and he had to go to the emergency center. They gave him liquid bandage and splint. That was $2000. It’s pretty ridiculous.
WTF
Honestly, that's why I've used youtube videos to do basic surgeries on myself. I've only had to do two (removal of a wart and removal and disinfecting necrotic skin from frost bite on my toe), but it went pretty well.
@@PixieoftheWood whoa there!
PixieoftheWood
WOAH WAIT NO
That’s no good- UA-cam is good and all but not for something like that
@@NameName-yj7lp I mean, it's free. Beats having a lifetime of debt.
“What do you think of the people profiting off these medicines?”
* y a b a s t a r d s *
That girl was refreshing.
@@I-Have-The-Cuckoo so Germany is at fault for Americas shitty health Care. Interesting...
perfect
@@I-Have-The-Cuckoo I think they meant that the topic at hand was how absurdly expensive American healthcare is. Germany and Europe in general have their own problems but shifting the discussion on them is a typical case of "whataboutism", and it merely shows that you don't have any actual arguments to defend the american system.
@@I-Have-The-Cuckoo Yeah, but Germany has a public health system. No one in Germany has to pay for an ambulance or a rescue helicopter (if necessary). BTW: They have free education, too. And if you had understood the conversation, you´d know: It was about the meaning for Joe/Jane Average, if GB changes from the NHS to the american system.
EA: pay to win
American Healthcare System: Pay to live.
hEAlthcare
Hahaha that ain't wrong hahaha we're all going to die and no one fuckn cares so might as well just laugh ourselves into the grave.
Gold
I was shocked about the "Hold your baby"-DLC
Insurance tho
Now we can understand why Louigi Mangioni had such a reaction. This is dystopian
I lived in America all my life, I can tell you right now, it's a company, not a country
EXACTLY, what I See.
That's why in our language we call it Amerika Syarikat, literally translates to America Company
Amerika serikat
Gratz but which America North or south? 🤦🏻♂️ Americans don’t call the US “America” when referring to home we say “US” America is a continent my friend
@@kind-heart6273 In the uk and lots of places in europe we know the US as america
Yeah I was in a serious car wreck a couple weeks ago and I was in a total state of shock when the police came. I was shaking and borderline hysterical but I was also trying to do a mental check of if I could move, where the blood was coming from, and if I had broken anything. I decided to not call an ambulance and instead get a ride to the one place in town that does $20 X-rays. My primary concern then should have been my safety NOT BANKRUPTING MY FAMILY
chloe ing ambulances should be a public service like fire trucks are
chloe ing Oh of course they should be paid! And well. Unfortunately, the largest part of the money does NOT go to the EMTs who drive the ambulance. They make around $15-20 an hour which is, frankly, not enough. The $1000 for an ambulance ride doesn’t go to them. We’re one of the only countries in the world who don’t have public ambulances. I’m just saying we could use taxpayer money to fund ambulances. Allowing corporations to charge such a high price and then pocket it is absurd. :(
chloe ing mad respect for your dad and your family btw. You don’t need me to tell you that he’s doing a super difficult demanding job that isn’t always fairly compensated. My dad’s a doctor and he relies on people like your dad to save lives as first responders. I hope that some day our country makes the services he provides more accessible and that they give him all the tools he needs to do his job.
Jesus America is fucked up. I wish our healthcare was better in my country too. I lived in London and broke my leg there and all I can say is the nhs is the best thing about the Uk. I got taken care of so so well and didn’t have to pay a penny. Only negative is when I broke my leg they wouldn’t send out an ambulance to me I had to go to the hospital in a taxi.
@chloe ing firefighters still get paid! They just get paid through taxes!
$40 to hold your child, in some countries you can buy a whole new one with that money
i bought my first bike for that money lol
What's even funnier is that skin to skin contact is part of neonatal care protocol! It's something that generally should be done in every childbirth! And these poor people had PAY for that?
@SITI NUR AZMINA BINTI MOHD HISHAM - because the corrupt people at the top want to profit off of everything
America: Abortions are bad Also America: Oh your pregnant, give us 2 million dollars
Spent years in America and my epilepsy medication was $900 alone with an ambulance costing $900-1,000 I think. It’s insane
"If your poor... your dead"
What that girl said basically America in whole.
I love who this comment if from 💕
You know it the most lol
@@plantune2003 😂😂😂
John Peric lmao, it’s about the people there. Are you dumb?
@@johnperic6860 it doesn't matter when the top 1% hoard all of that money lol
John Peric i never said you’re poor. But you’re too poor to pay $3000 for an ambulance. Or $30K for an operation
I like how America has no problem starting a huge and expensive war that created a refugee crisis and ruined the lives of millions
but when it comes to fixing IT'S OWN HEALTHCARE, that's a big no no.
Yeah cuz America is a business so they’re goal is to cut costs
As an American, I really really really want to disagree but I just can't
The dumb thing is that America could clearly afford free healthcare. It has one of the dumbest healthcare systems in the world, they make the medicine and have to pay more for it than any other country. The money spent on the healthcare mainly goes on paperwork and rich billionaires stealing the money...
Because anything that goes against the US establishment is commie. Why do you like free healthcare you dirty commie, how dare you try and implement your communist regime in my country! This is America and we wont stand for socialism, what's next? Stalin?
@@iminyourwalls8309 just lower the tax rate of poor people and higher it of rich people. Like in Finland, you can get $2 000 000 fine just for driving too fast of you're enough rich (already happened)
"So if you're poor you're dead"
Close, you're actually poor because you're not dead.
True
Lmao no, They still save you, But you're in debt
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 not if you neglect for years prevention care you can't afford, until something comes out and its too late.
Nobody would just pile debt up undefinetly. it's unrealistic, and there is more to healthcare than medical emergencies.
*Y E T*
No American dies due to poverty. America has a public health insurance system that poor people can use.
The ignorance in the comments is astonishing.
“Is there a price for that?” Is the most accurate response I can imagine
American Health Care Plan:
1. Don't get sick
Marcel Wolke and don’t have babies
@@chocolatedonut6312 buy condoms & stay happy 😂
2: Don't be poor
It's impossible. Your food alone is laden with so many chemicals and too processed. That's why other countries do not want American foods in their country. It's making their citizens sick.
Valid plan
The rest of the world is literally laughing at us.
Why? we give 50% of our pay check every week in Canada for healthcare that becomes less free every year, because I've never needed healthcare until now, I have essentially paid about a million dollars to have 1 baby and they wont even provide me with a popsicle I have to bring my own 🤷♀️
and ever country that laughs needs to pay for there own military instead of relaying on america
was this meant to be a pun like us as in us and us as in united States haha
@@JohnDoe-uq9ni only Switzerland does!! Btw thanks for weakening NATO , if Stalin would have been alive today, he would have celebrated the weakening by diving into a pool of Vodka
@@underedenxx what the fuck are you going on about. They still give free popsicles. I got one a couple years ago when I had surgery. And you don't even pay 50 per cent
“so if you’re poor you’re dead”
essentially, yeah
Meh. I have to work at clinics and I drug test patients due to our state law and almost everyone has medicaid so they pay next to nothing. And they are all taking multiple Rx oxycodone, morphine, etc. Half of them test positive for meth and a very small percentage test positive for heroin. They make less than 20k a year but get like 10k worth of medications a year for a small co pay and still have more than enough money to pay to live eat and get cracked out.
@@meowmixmeowmix it's almost as there's a link between poverty and substance abuse
@@cmecoo3109 If your comment was sarcastic, I applaud you! Gee, ya' think?! Well done! There are way too many naive world views on line and sometimes they need to be skewered. In the event, this was not sarcastic, then my congratulations to you for discovering a major truth in human behavior.
1) I suggest you stop being poor, then. 2) Those must be zombies walking around the inner city and rural America, but they sure seem alive.
You know this isn't true. The poor still go to hospitals and they don't pay their bills.
I'm on a team (in a company) that helps design medical products. One of the products, which is basically plastic tubes that cost 50-75 cents to manufacture, is sold to hospitals for $200-$300 depending on location. The tubes can save lives, however, always follow the money when you get that healthcare bill...
Side Note: A lot of medical product manufacturers have needed a recall in their past history, but avoid or don't do them, even after FDA recommendations/shutdowns. Example: Let's say 7 people in the US die because of a faulty chemo port. A company will do a cost analysis of every factor-lawsuit over time, loss of life, and money, etc. You get the point: If profits come out ahead, they never do recalls. Most have the resources to bury with motions or paperwork, taking years for court productive momentum-same with copyright lawsuits and the such. I've heard our teams of in-house lawyers call it the, "drain and stain," method.
I heard similar stories, like hospitals repackaging a box of bog-standard throat lozenges ($5 for a whole bag), giving them individually to patients who need them, and charging them $50 for it. Not for the bag, but for the one lozenge.
Problem in the US is one that (to a lesser degree) we in the Netherlands are suffering from as well: health care providers and insurers have a vested interest in making things expensive. So prices go up every year. You either need REAL competition between insurers (and that means free and informed choice, which is mostly lacking), or make it a national insurance. Because competition between health care providers and hospitals was actually working pretty well here when it started, and when the insurers hadn't consolidated their newfound power yet. Private care was WAY cheaper and better than the state hospitals, and available to all with no waiting lists.
Interviewer: What does it cost to call an ambulance in the US?
Guy: *confused* Is there a PRICE for that?
in Canada it costs, only if the ambulance ride isn't necessary. if it's an actual emergency it is free. but heck even if it does cost, it's only like 30 bucks.
Tbh Idk where he got the $2.5k estimate, whereas I know someone who needed an ambulance and it cost them $10k for a 15 minute ride to the hospital
@@demonpride1975 i saw a man get beating down by a some stranger. blood everywhere, he passed out. so i called an ambulance. he woke up and he did not want to go to the hospital. so he walked of. i tryed to follow him around for a bit trying to convince him to get it looked at. but he refused.
abit later the amubalance called and asked "where are you"?.
I explained what happened. no hard feelings. no bill.
did not cost me a penny. only wasted my time trying to help someone who didnt want it.
@@Osiris261 yes because it could have been an emergency, they charge you after you get to the hospital when they find out the seriousness of the situation.
i got gul bladder surgery about 7 years ago, i was at my mothers recovering, and i was laying on the bed talking to her when she was at her computer, i got up to get a coffee but my legs had fallen asleep, i walked through the door and bam my legs came out from under me and i smashed my head into the door frame. i was out cold for a minute, she called the ambulance, and it was not serious. so i got charged 30 dollars for it. my point is i don't mind paying a 30 dollar fee, because they took care of me when they may not have had to.
@@Osiris261 he didnt want to go to the hospital because he didnt want to pay stuff lol
American healthcare is like EA.
lmao that's shockingly accurate
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>Yes
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@@NEIL_F [Spend $120 to to pay 9.99]
>Yes
>No but still pay
When he asks how expensive an ambulance is, and the guy says with a shocked tone “there’s a price for that??”
My husband was in a motorcycle accident this last summer. On top of the $2,500.00 bill for the ambulance ride, there was an additional $400 he had to pay because he isn't a tax payer in the township where it happened. As if the original charge didn't go to them to begin with.
@@vickioliver0823 Should people who ride motorcycles pay higher tax rates under a universal health care system?
@@hamnchee I personally don't think so, but that all depends on how that is set up. I could see them requiring you to also carry motorcycle insurance to help lessen the cost to provide riders with health coverage. But, at least where we live, it's a relatively short riding season. So you would probably drop the additional motorcycle coverage for 6-9 months out of the year ( we already do that). It would be silly to penalize someone for an entire year of an additional liability charge that wouldn't be used for most of the year.
@@hamnchee But I also don't have any personal experience with a universal healthcare system, since I live in the states.
In my country with proper insurance you don’t even need to pay for a trauma helicopter
My husband joined the military when he was 17 and has completely free healthcare. He was SHOCKED to see how much I have to pay with regular insurance.
The VA is aweful. I have access to that and still choose to pay for the normal healthcare system instead. I know guys who had to wait 2 years for important surgeries.
The VA is garbage. My husband has gotten lied to about having a lesion on his liver, given contrast for a CT scan (he's had kidney cancer... Cancer survivor + radiation drink = bad time) , abnormal blood work, and just the general run around. Nobody ever answers the phone so getting an appointment is impossible.
We've given up on the VA for him and just pay out of pocket for functional doctors (much better than regular MDs).
Imagine having to pay for calling an ambulance... that’s why many Americans avoid calling an ambulance. They avoid calling for help when they need it...
Yep. Broke my wrist in college and still drove myself 40 minutes to the hospital because I sure didn't need that bill on top of the student loans and the price just having to get it treated would be.
@@ButterflyParade my friend broke their ankle and wanted to drive to me so I could drive to the hospital. I live only 5 blocks away so I said FUCK THAT and RAN over to her house. This would have been a 5 minute ambulance ride that in actuality was a 2 hour ordeal that left us both traumatized (that ankle was not really attached anymore and it was horrifying)
How do you know who calls for an ambulance in the USA...Do you keep records of what goes on..
@@rosathomas1 I mean, people who live in the US know that people who live in the US don't be just calling an ambalambs all willy nilly, that kind of expense can ruin a life.
yeah people prefer to call an Uber if they need to go to the hospital, I've done it. That probably sounds crazy to most non-Americans but it's true. An ambulance is pretty much only if you're incapacitated or need immediate help.
"HELLO, 9-1-1? I'VE BEEN SHOT!"
"Please calm down sir and tell me your credit card number."
"I'm hit in the stomach... wait, what?"
"Also it's $29.99 per minute with any 9-1-1 operator. We are really busy right now so there's also a traffic charge added and..."
"Actually fam, nevermind I'll just fucking die."
true :))
tbh this probably will happen in the future i really wouldnt even be surprised
@@shinski8114 I think it was a video by Vox that pointed out that most of the American Healthcare is Private sector while every other country is through the government. So no, I don't see it changing anytime soon either.
@@radioactiverat8751 im just saying if something similar happened i wouldnt be surprised at this ppoint
9-1-1 is actually a free service. Which is amazing we're so lucky
Education and Health are the 2 things which shouldn't be given to the corporates.
And prisons
@@Te3time But wouldn’t that make the US look a lot like the USSR?
@@rusty3073 no norway
Every country has private education and healthcare. They provide better services.
@@rusty3073 you see thats what i hate about the US they are blocked in the past and refuse to test any better system because if they are not in extreme capitalism they feel like they are betraying their country and what there ancestor fight for or some other patriotism shit
I live in Brazil, here they have SUS (NHS), in some states is better than others, my husband had skin cancer, had a consultation, exams, and surgery done in 30 days and stayed in a hospital room overnight by himself, private bathroom and netflix. How much does it cost? Zero dólares, zero reais. We couldn't believe and the doctor and nurses were lovely.
E infelizmente tem gente que quer o fim do sus 😢
American: *breathes*
US big corporations: that'll be $9.99
They have already discussed air taxes...
9.99$ if you have really good insurance. Otherwise it's like a few hundred dollars. No way anything you need to live is that cheap. People want to live...so what they need to live is higher priced.
Fxck
@@mondoshredder5783 weeeell... Oxygen tanks cost $50 a unit in the US.
Oxygen tanks though!
I’m American, and my mom had to pay 6,000 dollars for medical bills this month, and she’s a nurse.
You know, honestly I’m not surprised anymore. People literally jump out of ambulances here because they don’t want to pay medical bills.
Hi brother (or sister),
My family has never paid for any sort of helthcare...
No matter what it was: heart surgery, hospital treatment for weeks.
Some (poor) people from far villages were transported with ambulance helicopters, it all was free.
I grew up in USSR...
And now after 30 years there are still doctors who got higher medical education at that time, and they are usually the best specialists.
@@choro3d191 And now you have to pay for it.
Sad I know
Yeah, an ambulance ride alone for my mom, who simply had an allergic reaction to Ibuprofen, costed her $1,100. This country is screwed and it's only getting worse.
I had see a video of a man who jumped with broken leg and he started run away of the ambulance.He hadn't to pay money.
This video a greek man was telling for the giant bills of medical centers
@@pawwelmussial2916 how he was running woth broken leg?It was a miracle
I pay about $800 for Health insurance for wife and I. I went to hospital for a broken leg, they x-ray and put splint on my leg which cost me about $2000, insurance paid 1000. Also meds cost more than gold here in USA. I blame lobbyists that fill crooked senators pockets. One day it will change.
You also live in Florida and pay no income taxes.
Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll.
I pay nothing for healthcare. Broke my arm riding my motorbike and went to hospital. Got seen to, fixed up and told to bludge off in about 20 minutes. Including getting my cast off and going for muscular therapy, I paid nothing. I'm so glad I wasn't born into the capitalist hellscape that is America.
No, it won't change. Remember that 70 million people voted for Trump last year. Remember that he stacked SCOTUS with conservative leaning judges. Also remember that medical insurance companies have lobbyists working hard in both parties. Basicaly, you're funked.
@@tempeleng you have the worst healthcare system in the world, the NHS. You are funked.
When I had my hysterectomy back in 2016 (laparoscopic), I received the bill from the hospital because they filed with the wrong insurance company. It came out to $77,000, i was gobsmacked. When I contacted the hospital, they refiled with the correct company, I never received another bill. Healthcare prices are a nightmare, even with insurance, which is not an affordable option for many sadly.
Every employer in the US over a hundred employees has to provide medical insurance by law
40$ for skin on skin contact? This really sounds like a stupid joke....so sad it isn´t...
It was a post that blew up on Reddit after a redditor posted their hospital bill. The poster took it up with the hospital billing dept.
That one was not true
Wife and I have 3 kids, no such charge on either of the bills so not sure where that came from.
@@mylt1z28 you had 3 via c-section?
@@flowerbabyliz no, all natural births.
It became an issue where people would get Ubers to go to the hospital. Not sure how big it was, but it showed up on the T.V.
Point is, it's cheaper to just go on an uber with all your broken limbs than calling an actual ambulance. Pretty sad.
in my country ambulance are about $50, but if you pay $10 per month to public healthcare, then its free. it covers all from hospital bills, surgery, medicines etc
@@julian-p in Italy we have basic/emergency healthcare for free. Or well, it depends on you total yearly income. You get 50k a year you pay x amount of money for various tickets, not the actual surgery/medication/treatment, just the legal stuff.
You get 200k a year you pay x more money. And btw... It's still just pennies compared to the us.
Whoever is under (I believe) 10k a year doesn't pay a penny.
For the rest (plastic surgery's, non required surgeries etc etc) we pay. But it's still a very reasonable amount.
If it cost 2500 dollars i would walk to a hospital on two broken legs.
I have a friend that was that had a small accident with her bike while riding, somebody called 911. An ambulance showed up, they asked her questions and made sure she was ok. 3 weeks later a bill showed up by mail for $1600, it was ridiculous.
serrano 0.l as an emt yes it cost a lot too go in the ambulance you are also charged for any medication used in the truck
Patient : my tummy hurt when im touching it
Doctor : then dont touch
Patient : ....
Doctor : thats 90$, next patient please...
Patient: I wanna hold my baby
Doctor: There's a price for that
90$? why so cheap, we gotta bump those numbers up!
More like $900
I knew someone would use the Lego meme lmao
@@CVdesu Closer to 1k lol *cries in American*
This is especially relevant right now...
Patient: *gave birth to a child*
Doctor: alright that will be 10k
Patient: *card declined*
Doctor: haha kid goes bacc
@M 😳
god the replies-
Patient: gave birth to a child
Doctor: alright that will be 10K
"Card Declined"
Judge: you are guilty, for the murder of a child.
@@anonymousstill9276 the doc Will treat the baby, then your family Will Be financially ruined for the rest of their existence.
putting it back is probably another 10K you have to pay.
“Hey, well done, the baby’s alive and healthy. Now, insert your credit card here and we’ll allow you to keep it!”
E A sports it's in the game
Kidnapping in a few steps.
I love the profile pic 😂 phil jones is a goon
Ah the Phil Jones pfp 😂
Credit card declined
Doctor:well i guess its gonna have to go back in
“So if you’re poor, you’re dead” she’s stating fact
naaaa, you just be in huge dept
they have medicaid.. health insurance for poor people..
old woman falls she brake´s her leg and starts screaming "No ambulance please,! No ambulance!, I cant afford it"
The crazy thing is, the american government spends more money per person on healthcare than the canadian gov does (or atleast before covid)
@@night6724 it’s not just medicaid. a lot of people have more money than to be able to qualify for medicaid but can’t pay medical bills. also people need food, shelter, etc.
I would LOVE to denounce american citizenship and live in the UK
So why don’t you? Then once you move there, you’ll see what a complete sewer it is.
You play video games. That is absolutely pathetic. No wonder you fall for ridiculous propaganda.
Video games 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
in America it’s not us they care about it’s our money.
mel Iniguez Wait.... ever heard of private insurance? I’ve never had to pay any of these prices at all. Plus, if you’re Poor you get economical help like welfare and healthcare. So nobody is dying in America because they don’t have enough money for medical stuff. Inform yourself.
Ñuis Laurin most Americans don’t have private insurance, I was charged 1,500$ for walking into an emergency room and was NOT TREATED, stop pretending like the healthcare pricing system here is not the worst for a developed country, ridiculous.
Dylan Costo you were? Wtf? I was never charged for that.
Dylan Costo and that’s a lie. Most Americans are covered by private insurance. If you aren’t then that’s your choice.
Ñuis Laurin the average cost for insurance is 400$ per person and 1600$ for a family, that’s a lot of money ... if we allocated a small portion of what the US spends on the military(54% of federal budget) and disband private hospitals, the healthcare system could be on par with other developed countries.
10 years ago: kids eat your food there are children starving in Africa
Now: kids respect your free healthcare there are people who's too poor to get treatment in America
Underrated!
Justin Luong you realize that they legally can’t deny you even if you don’t have the money for it.
@@MoneyIVI I mean if rather die then go to a hospital without healthcare. Fuck might rather die then fight the healthcare company to do what they're for.
@@MoneyIVI Sure, but that creates debt that either you or your estate is responsible for.
Anyone who shows up to an American hospital Has to be treated. Even if they do not pay. Happens way too much.
so US be like: ABORTION IS BAD.
Also US: 10GRAND FOR GIVING BIRTH.
Even if you go off the grid,the government will try to tax you.
Why do you think Abortion is bad? Major medical companies don’t own Abortion clinics, so they don’t make money off of them.
@@wickedmetalclown Dude, he didnt state his opinion - the US has a HUGE "pro life" movement. Its such a hot topic this comes up in almost every election in many states.
It's hard when you look at it from that perspective.
I don't support murdering human life either
They took 12k(USD) for stomach pain(for my father)...and the catch here is that the stomach pain wasn't cured and later on he traveled to India as a medical tourist and got all his health taken care of under 50k rupees, which is less than 1000 USD...12k went down the drain...
Why didn’t he have insurance?
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
@@fatherson5907 why pay for insurance when you have Papa John's Supreme pizza xl for only 8.99?
Woman in taxi somewhere at the north of the US: *giving birth*
Taxi driver: Be calm miss, soon you'll be in the nearest hospital possible...
Woman: *NO TAKE ME TO CANADA!*
Lmao
🤣
@internet person I remember in Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ a lady from his city Flint in Michigan drove across the border with her daughter, said she had just moved to Canada and didn’t have citizenship yet and used her friend’s address. She may as well have just tried to become a resident!
Yes take her to Canada! Hell the US would give that driver a large tip!
She should've moved to Canada.
America, putting a price tag on human life for decades.
They would privatise the air if they could
kkmull 94 😂😂 I feel sorry for Americans literally all those politicians need to talk about having a public healthcare system where it’s free and doesn’t cost anything it’s really unfortunate and sad.
Ah no but you forget that most Americans don't want to be saved. They'd rather pay profiteering insurance companies than a little bit of taxes because that's "c0MmuneesM".
Yxllow lol come to the uk!! American the land of the free is more like the land of the greed, so bad politicians should focus more on banning guns and focus on healthcare and providing reasonable plans for those can’t afford it.
kkmull 94 😂😂😂
i love “shut the fridge” girl
me to lol lovely lady
xeasonx ske made me laugh with her reaction and words
i love "10 grand for a baby" girl
Moonday Mood me to she was funny
Does anybody know her name?
A lot of these medications were develop by taxpayers money and still Americans end up pay a lot. Now I don't know if the pharmaceutical companies get all the money or the U.S. gets a cut out of it, but regardless taxpayers should be paying less.
“So if you’re poor, you’re dead”.
Exactly! That’s a horrible reality.
Hi exactly. It’s sucks but it’s not nearly as bad as most countries.
@Hi Emergency care isn't what saves lives. If you end up going to the emergency room and costing the hospital 100's of thousands of dollars because they're trying to save your body that is shutting down and dying from advanced stage cancer the person still died because they couldn't afford the 50k cancer treatment that would have kept them out of there. They still died to the medical system even if their final days were in a hospital.
@Jonathan Fairbank oof
@Hi No, they do. Often. Don't be in denial, dude, it _does_ happen if you have a bill. In fact our ER just got reprimanded and it was all over our paper a while ago that they denied someone who was in collections and she went home and bled to death.
@@BeckyNosferatu
www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/19/woman-dies-after-waiting-on-street-for-six-hours-for-ambulance-wales
My child better be talking when they are born for 10k
They better come out holding a bloody doctorate
hehe
Talking, a job, a successful relationship, a place of its own and be a tax payer
@@foskfismfus fuck the tax part tbh
Just fucking getting a vacation to Iceland is cheaper
I was made aware of the “skin on skin” charge before I had my c-section so I told my husband to hand me our son instead of the dr or nurses. I was not paying for that nonsense.
I think I might have exported myself from a nation which allows things like this to actually happen. There's a reason the idea of charging a new mother to have contact seems absurd... it's utterly absurd.
thats so sad , i remember when we were going to see my mom in the hospital that there was a poster saying how skin to skin contact is actually good for the baby
The fact that you have to pay to see your baby Is a type of sadness I can't describe. YOU made it YOU love it YOU decided to have it. It literally can't be more yours and yet you don't get to see it when it's born.
@@Jan-cz4ez then just have your baby in your house... No one is forcing you to go to the dr
@@Soljarag5 that's true but let's be real. In your house you have no equipment
Texas here - my husband had a STEMI heart attack in 2014. Ambulance $1500. HOSPITAL ICU BED ONLY - $640 000. Specialists, meds, all additional services charged over and above. Have lived in the UK and truly appreciate the NHS. Fight to retain UK. DON’T fall for the privatization, you will pay the price and face with extortion by private ownership.
Why didn’t he have insurance?
The NHS is third world garbage. Stop trying to push that failed junk on us.
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.
How much does health insurance cover??
@@MaxPayne-fi1mz We were personally out of pocket for at least $40,000.00 not covered by insurance. I won't tell the many, many hours (days / weeks) I spent trying to get our costs down to what we ended up paying. .
@@sleuthjill7653Do you think if you had better health insurance you could have had lower costs??
“So if you’re poor you’re dead”
Yes, but actually yes
@basant vimal sharma so you're a fatalist
Yes
@basant vimal sharma I will be happy to pay for your time machine ticket back to the dark ages so you can live out your ideal
basant vimal sharma Except if you live in a developed country where healthcare is a thing. Oh well...
@basant vimal sharma shut up indian
In USA owning a gun is easier than paying your hospital bill.
Definitely is.
Sadly, so true :(
Because muh gunz
As an American, thank you. It's ridiculous.
2 completely unrelated things. Wouldnt expect Brits to understand anything about that.
“I can’t breath 😨”
Doctor: That’ll be 2 thousand dollars thank you very much.
Police or doctor doesn't matter.
That's like 300rs which is 4$ in india, and for poor people its available even cheaper, as cheap as 2$, in government pharmacies and hospitals
@@dhwanitashar1684 but I guess for someone who is poor even 2$ is a lot of money.
Every time you breathe in that will be +100$ sir.
Worst part they didn’t even do anything You just paid for a $2000 gas bill
Getting injured is one of the worst case scenarios over here. My mom broke her wrist and my family had to change our entire budgeting plan for the year.
Why didn’t she have insurance?
Ignore fatherson, He has room temperature iq.
@@Just-Some-Helium you can’t come up with a substantive rebuttal. Keep telling us about the paradise of Bangladesh 🤣🤣🤣
Let's take a moment and actually shut the fridge.
Great that, isn't it! ; ) K
Blessed
thanks. i almost froze my whole apartment
@@burhancityreal Ha ; )
Is that an actual adage in the UK?
Now with corona situation, seems like we found the worst country to live in.
**WHO has entered the channel**: I got free test kits
America: Nah, we can make our own. Give them to someone who needs them more.
ChefBuckeye Deutschland scheint
Nah that's China.
@@slipknotmfkrlocust8843 its finished there
@@frankydooda2051 China covered the entire virus up. The reason the virus spread is because they covered it up. More people die in 2 days than have been reported in 3 months.
When I first came to US, I was surprised by how everyone just stayed home whenever they felt sick. Where I come from, we go visit the doctor whenever we feel sick.
hahaha, If I get sick I won't be able to move a finger off my bed for a whole day or two xD but thank god I haven't got sick in over 2 to 3 years now
Ikr
Where r u from?
@@Theo-fb7kj Well that just sounds like level 10 sick. I live in third world country, but if I feel anything off after taking a paracetamol, I'm going to a clinic
@@hurricaneb6243 damn. and yeah it's pretty dangerus for me to go outside when I'm sick I once did because I got sick while I was on my way biking to my school, I remember while I was waiting in the courtyard for the daily prays my vision was getting blurry and white and pretty much I almost fainted out, (let along my constant battle to keep my insides in). The fun part is that 5 minutes after that whole episode I was fine.. like legit fine..
And the shocking thing is, is that people actually WANT to move here (the US); Deluded! If I had the money, I'd have moved a LONG time ago!
You’re a privileged and entitled westerner with an easy life that you still manage to fail miserably at, so you desperately seek out imaginary victimhood to dodge responsibility for your failures. Typing away on your $800 phone about how bad you have it 🤣🤣🤣
Why do you need money to leave? Plenty of people move to the US with no money at all. Why are you pretending you’re a victim (once again) and making up imaginary obstacles?
You’re lazy.
@fatherson5907 you're a clown.
Exactly
@@shadowsinmymind9 you’re entitled and delusional
The fact that you have to pay so much in America isn't what astounds me. What really boggles my mind is that the yanks think this is a good thing and that free healthcare would never work.
Aussie boi agreed
It's the older generation that refuses to change it. I'd rather not go into debt for fucking existing.
This is a coming from an American; I think it’s just remnants of the Cold War. People will do ANYTHING to not come off as communists, facists, socialists, etc. Also, American culture puts so much emphasis on freedom, independence, and self importance that people become selfish. There are people out there that will put themselves over the community because valuing the community is ToO SiMiLaR tO CoMmUnIsM!
Park ChimMin im a freshman who took global this year, and my class studied the beginning of human civilization. Wasn’t civilization itself started so that people could live in a community that cared for each other? If people wanna live independently, then what’s the point of being civilized??
Azure Siniy coming from a rural community, it’s not just the older generations that are opposed to a more centralized healthcare system
The rest of the world: Healthcare
The US: Wealthcare
the average health organzation or whatever you call them makes between 5 billion to 10 billion dollars a year in profit. This is why things arent getting done innovation wise. Cancer might of been cured by now if the big budget countries actually gave a fuck
@@shinski8114 It's not about the innovation : you actually have decent passive innovation just by HAVING to be competitive and being price regulated. USA's Healthcare groups aren't regulated price wise, and co-op on everything so each of them can make more profit instead of fighting their prices out o/
Everyone:" EA is evil! Why does everyone have to pay to win?"
The US Healthcare system:
Pay 10k or your baby will stay in your womb forever
You gotta pay to live.
@@exicutioner161 More like overpay to live.
what system, is it not it just a bunch of independent companies?
Okay now answer this, what is EA charged you, and every body else a mandatory fee, to pay for things you may never use. And having to pay ever increasing fees for the sake of others that will download every piece of content, regardless if they are ever gonna use it.
Would you be happy about that?
Probably not. . Now rename EA to nhs fee to tax and content to wasting time of health professionals, just because it is "free"
Then you have the uk health service.....
Bring on a insurance based system over that any day
Omg glad to be Australian with basically free medical and highly subsidised medicine a inhaler costs about $7,having 2 kids free and one of my kids was premature his medical bill was zero 😊
And he didn’t even talk about insulin.
This video is quite generous to the American health care system in fact, they should mention the fact that a stem cell transplant can cost up to $300,000 in the USA.
They should talk about insulin, yes. The best example of why a free market in healthcare is simply better.
Or a vile of snake anti venom costing 18k a piece and you normally need 2-4 of them.
ScorpionXII it would literally cost nothing in the U.K, we take our health service for granted so much
Yes i was surprise about that as ive been using the stuff for 33yrs now and all the other crap to go with it as ive been having injection in both my eyes for over a year now
Imagine claiming to be the biggest democracy in the world and then you have to pay for your health
So does the U.K, just through taxation, which has it's benefits and doubts.
@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 yes of course, but if you come to europe and you feel sick, you don't have to pay (or very little). Me going to the states and start feeling sick: yes it's going to be 15.000$. True story
@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 + USA healtcare sistem is totally against the Hippocratic Oath
@@FATHOLLYWOODB123 Consider it your government insurance, so if you get into trouble, government will do stuff to get you back to health.
First off, healthcare in the U.S. is arguably more democratic, since multiple companies can compete with each other, allowing users to "vote" with their money (at least, when there aren't monopolies), and second, no healthcare is free. That is just silly - doctors must get paid, technology must be innovated, all of which is extremely expensive. Countries with public healthcare get away with it by charging higher taxes than the U.S., while at the same time basically creating an artificial monopoly which limits innovation, and also hurting richer people and helping poorer people, might I add without any consent. Yes, very democratic, taking money from rich people just because they aren't the majority and using it to benefit the poor people, who contribute the least to society.
Karen: "Free healthcare is communism!"
Communists: "Am I a joke to you?"
ARE WE a joke to you
Why are they so scared of communism ??
Then most countries are a commie xD
Maybe if free healthcare is Communism maybe Communism IS the bloody answer then... many people don't actually know what entales.
social democracy is the best. Free school, healthcare and all that stuff, while the market is free.
I was talking to an American who was still working quite late in life. I asked why and he told me he was diabetic and could only afford the medicine (to survive) if he worked. The weird thing is they regard the US as a 1st world country but, in reality, it's only if you can afford it.
All Americans over 65 get full medical coverage.
You literally make up silly lies to tell strangers online.
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.
“So if you’re poor you’re dead?” Basically
Nope, if you’re poor you get covered by Medicaid. You’re ignorant and uneducated.
@@fatherson5907 joke
@@jellyfesh7517 lie
@@fatherson5907 m edicaid is not free you’re uneduacated
@@fatherson5907 America is a joke
My daughter scalded herself once while cooking dinner. The Emergency Room told her to keep ice on it, gave her a prescription for Tylenol, and sent us a bill for $2500.00
no way omg this is impossible, i can not imagine living in such place, thank god, i'm traumatized... GOD WHAT IS THIS
@@marrr1018
I’m leaving the USA when I can go. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to fight an insurance company to get my meds.
@@happypiano4810 i'm so sorry, hope it gets better
thats so fucked, im surprised people in the US aren't paranoid of injury with those prices, i'd be wrapped in 100ft of bubble wrap with thos prices, thank god canada isn't like that
How on earth?!😮😮😮😮 I actually don't understand!🤯
I got sick twice when I was in UK and they had to call the ambulance both times. Man, I was so scared of the medical fee cuz I'm a foreign student. But since there's NHS and I'm a student, they didn't charge me both times. That is how great NHS is.
@Dolank lol, yes it is www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2019/06/11/britains-version-of-medicare-is-the-reason-poor-people-dont-die/amp/
Dolank you’re so weird, you’re clearly an embarrassed yank. Stop replying to everyone, lmao just admit ur country is a shit hole and go home
@Dolank At least here, getting an Uber to the hospital would be cost us more than an ambulance would. ;)
Dolank true mate true😂
@Dolank The NHS is collapsing?!!! Oh no wait, it says that there are waiting times. And its written by someone who is clearly an industry shill. But so what, Im sure all the people who cant afford it, or dont qualify for medicare and are paying up to their eyeballs, or who have been denied for pre existing conditions, or go to an out of coverage doctor by accident, or exceed their allowables or have lost their house to pay for emergency treatment are super pumped that they wont face a little wait when something bad happens to them. MURICA!!