What Would Norwegians Change About Norway? | American Reacts
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As Americans we already view Norway as a very successful country. Today I am very curious to hear about what Norwegians think could be improved about Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
We have to pay for dental after we turn 18- and if you have some sickness/diagnosis and take meds that affect your teeth you are covered.
Yes, to an set age isnt it?
No, it's not covered. You get 50% of the treatment that is relevant, not everything else. I have to pay upwards to 300$ every time I set foot in a dentist chair..
@@Helge_Torp Nope, I get extensively dental treatment totally covered because I have to use a medicine that is not so good for my teeth. Never paid a penny.
@@CloudHugger79 good to hear 👍
Um, Tyler, Amazon doesn't just import goods, not is it the only source of imported goods sold to Americans.
When it comes to products imported to Norway it has to do with selection and variety of products. We can get what ever we want at Amazon, but we don’t get the product the day after with free shipping.
It’s not that we doesn’t have agreements with other countries either. It’s because of our tiny market and the wholesalers therefore won’t take too high risks. So, we are in a situation where the wholesalers must choose what products they believe the Norwegian market wants. If it’s a hit, they will stay with the product or producer till the market is fully met.
But if we want to take the risk and even wait for the product, we can get almost anything we want. Even start imports as a reseller if there’s products we believe the market wants and needs. But most of us is satisfied with the income, so why damage our free time with such hassle.
Norwegians also take for granted to order things online, absolutely everyything, from breakfast to clothes and medical, etc. And to have express shipping. Amazon is an American company, and we have other companys in Europe and Scandinavia. 🎉
Importing from other countries have recently been added a tax. We did have free of tax for low priced items, but current politicians have removed that and halved taxfree quota.
Dental is only covered by certain medical conditions. Otherwise you have to pay for it yourself, and it's one of our most expensive services.
i don't mind the dental cost in Norway. To be fair, i get a 75% discount. For example, last time i went to the dentist, i had to drill a couple teeth because of cavities. I booked the appointment just for a check up, but since i also drilled two teeth the price was around 3000kr and i only paid 522kr
I've never heard of a 75% discount, more information please, I end up paying thousands myself, it sucks
@@gamingplays1858Well, the reason i get 75% discount is because i get two discounts. One discount is because i’m between 20 - 24 years old (some campaign. Don’t know if every dentist in Norway does the same campaign). The other discount is because I got 4 teeth pulled, which means i have a shortage of teeth. Shortage of teeth gives you a discount. Atleast for me
How old are you? Or why do you get 75% off? Well its not the realety for most people!
@@monicabredenbekkskaar1612 i’m 21. and yeah i get a discount because there are 4 teeth missing from my mouth. And the campaign i talked about. Don’t fully understand how i get that big of a discount. But i’m for sure very lucky
06:24 VAT is from the total cost of the item plus shipping (plus Tollavgift/Customs Duty), that makes the total cost for Jeffefery: 30kr (Item) + 180kr (Shipping) = 210kr + 25% = 262.5kr
About imports. You will have to pay VAT on the full value of the item, including the cost of shipping. VAT on most things is 25% (e.g. on books it is 0%).
Then there is an "import handling fee" on top of that.
Example: You buy something that costs $100 and you pay $30 for shipping. Total $130,-
VAT on that is: $33,-
And I believe handling fee is around $25,- (varies depending on company handling transport)
Your $100 item total now is $188!
$130 you already paid when you placed the order - then you have to pay an additional $58 on pickup.
I just bought a T-shirt from a UK based online store. 275 NOK for the T-shirt including shipping and tax - not that bad. Then Norwegian VAT came to 57 NOK. Customs fee was 17 NOK. Plus the postal service fee for customs handling, 45 NOK. By the time it got to me, the 275 NOK had become 394 NOK. It's rediculous.
04:47 Norway does, but... For some unexplainable reason, the Norwegian healthcare system does not view Teeth as part of your body, so anything - or most anything - related to teeth is not covered by the healthcare system. Don't ask me why, it boggles my mind, because without teeth you can't eat normally, and tooth or gum infections could even become lethal if not treated fast enough or properly. Still not covered, though...
Pretty simple to order things online abroad tbh. Shipping costs are high and of course the 25% VAT, but this is automatic these days anyway. At least most respectable online shops like Amazon and Ebay will do this for you automatically.
The pricees on food and the bureaucracy. Maybe also that we are a bit spoiled, and don't quite understand how lucky we are. We often take things for granted.
People complain on everything . We have very good helthcare.
If you have problems with your teath like illness ir some reason why its worse then normal the state will cover it, and dental is free until you are 20. and half price till you are 23 or something. So alot of people have covered dental by state for different reasons. Even if you are scared to go too the dentist you can get it covered
We have universal healthcare, but we also have politicians who think teeth are NOT a part of your body or related to health. So you have to pay through your teeth (pun very much intended) to get your teeth fixed. I bought a hoodie online once and it cost 400NOK to just get into the country....that's not including the 500NOK the hoodie cost. It's cheaper if you order from europe and EU countries tho but if you're getting stuff from outside europe it costs an arm and a leg. The last few years the healthcare has recieved a lot budget cuts leading to longer waiting-times and less doctors wanting to work in the public sector so people LOSE their GP to the private market and if you go to a private GP you do not get state help to cover the prices. Instead of using the oil fund to make public healthcare better they are demanding sick people pay more before they get free healthcare. And a lot of people struggle to pay to begin with. In Norway we have something called "OBOS" which is basically a "home-owners association" that people can become members of and get cheaper appartements....only problem is if your parents don't sign you up for OBOS as a teenager, you will be waitlisted and never get the same advantage of the people who are members. Anything that is not alcohol or tobacco is illegal. Because the politicians use alcohol and tobacco so they can't have restrictions on it...but hey, at least 5 major political leaders have admitted to using cannabis so....soon enough they will simply HAVE to listen to us pot-smokers. "Konfliktsky" means "conflict-avoidant". We don't really speak our mind too often because doing so is considered rude. Mørk sjokolade is just...dark chocolate. Chocolate with less sugar and more coca is considered not very tasty by most norweigans...not me tho, I love a 80% pure coca chocolate.
When it comes to corruption and politics it’s mostly not about corruption per se, but it’s not good at all for the confidence and trust. The problem is that too many only wants to punish ‘the other politicians,’ and still supporting politicians who are even worse. The people will never been taken seriously when they show the same double standards. That’s the main reason why the Minister of Foreign Affairs could get the job as Ambassador in the USA after she was permitted from the Minister position.
We vant more home for ordinary people. A Nurse cant afford to live in Oslo they had to live outside and travel a long way to work. And we have a lot of trouble with our trains after they are private and run by large companies who don know how to run a train.
Dental treatment in Norway is expensive and rarely subsidized.
Only a few receive support.
Politicians boast and promise, but after the election they only blame others.
I'm glad I have the money to pay, not everyone does!
The dental thing is a little overblown I feel like. If you take care of your teeth, it's not more than $100 every one or two years, which is a drop in the sea compared to other expenses. Sure, if you have an illness that requires a lot of dental work, it can get expensive, but that can be said about other illnesses as well.
If there is one thing I would like to change about Norway, it is that today it is not possible to call new elections. The politicians in parliament themselves can overthrow the sitting government by asking cabinet questions, but the people have no way to overthrow inept politicians.
The biggest problem is people becoming more stupid. Not uniquely Norwegian, but definitely a big problem. Like people complaining about the cost of dentistry without bothering to check if they're entitled to have it subsidized. Same wrt electricity and other things. No reason to claim your rights if someone on the internet is angry that they don't exist.
Um, inflation is just one PART of a currency's value. Currencies fluctuate in value against each other for multiple reasons, and when they weaken against the USD, it's a big deal for those other people, not for Americans. Imports become CHEAPER for Americans.
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@user-kq5ke5yb6k
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- The same thing holds true for other currencies as well, not just the 'USD'.
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It is Taxes that make it so expensive to import. I cant understand why dental is not a part of your health. Look who is the new Ambassador in Washington, she is a shady politician.
5:15 dental is free for children, but when you turn 18, it can become somewhat pricy..
vi kan forsatt dra til tannlegen sånn 8 ganger for samme pris som det koster for å få en ambulanse til å hente deg i amerika...
@@isakf.s.613 sant
Tyler , We DO have Amazon in Norway, I order books all the time.
But there are discussions about how they treat their employees
The dentist becomes expensive only if you don’t take care of your teeth. If there are some other reasons behind teeth issues, you mostly get it subsided. It’s free until you reach the age of 19 years. But yes, there are still some categories of issues that are left behind.
Most issues are not subsidised unless you're under the age of 25, you're a student, or you have a congenital disease. There's a reason why so many people go to Lithuania or Latvia for dental treatments. A regular checkup can run you just under 1000 kroner as well, which is too expensive for many people, even as an annual expense. Luckily, there are now starting to come more and more private dental insurance schemes that subsidise even regular checkups.
My impression is that dental is a bit cheaper than in the US. Some examples from my own recent experience:
Checkup with cleaning: $90 (equivalent)
Simple extraction of wisdom tooth: $180,-
Complex extraction of wisdom tooth at specialist (dental surgeon): $450,-
From the examples I've seen from the US it is far more expensive. But probably varies a lot from area to area.
@@Henoik
Or could it be that most people don’t know what rights they have? Because it can be other diseases as well. Even psychological. Certain groups are entitled to free dental services, including the elderly, disabled, and individuals with long-term illnesses or disabilities. Also, people who receive a certain number of hours of home care or home nursing services may be entitled to free dental care.
Excuse you? People with low income would argue they can take care of their teeth til the cows come home, the dentist still costs MONEY
@@oh515 I am well aware of what gives the right for Helfo refunds - I have a diagnosis (not related to dental health at all) that grants me 40% refund for any and all dental treatment, elective or not. But most people don't fall within the six categories of patients that can get refunds for their treatments. Of course, after pressure from leftist youth parties it became much better a couple years ago, where people up until 25 years of age would get partial subsidies for all necessary dental treatment, but we still have ways to go before we can say we have a single-payer dental health care in Norway.
The dollar hasn’t suffered per se. Due to the gold standard all valuta has suffered, but the dollar is leading the market. The Norwegian kroner is down more than 30% to the dollar the last years. It depends how far back we are going.
The US inflation, also the world inflation, is due to the American economic protectionism that started with Trump against the whole world and with an escalation by Biden against China with higher taxes on import. So the prices get higher to the end customer.
The whole world is in an inflationary period. It makes the businesses afraid to reduce prices, and others use it as a tool for holding up its profits. That synergy makes the inflation last longer than necessary.
Economic protectionism from the USA will also make the products more expensive in the USA, because lots of the products you import is far more cheaper to produce in other countries. But I’m afraid it will be even worse with Trump’s economic policy, and it will also affect the export prices even further than the strong US Dollar. Something that can also lead to economic inbreeding in most countries, especially in the USA, if other countries continue to cooperate.
In this context, little Norway can wish for whatever it wants, but it will likely become even more dependent on cooperation with 'the big ones.'
Ah. Im having a dental appointment at Thursday, just a routine check. Have gotten that for FREE before. Caries removal/ plugging a karies hole is like 1200 Norwegian kroner/ 120 $ Paying for dental is partly insane. Sure we need to keep em healthy but when theres other issues not quite under a persons control it SHOULD be covered by our welfare health program. Buut you know, theeths are not part of your body you know 🤪
THAT was sarcasm 😂
It is half price until you are 24
Konfliktsky - probably conflict shy
"Non-confrontational" or "conflict averse" are probably better translations.
Well about the weed thing. I Understand the not ubderstand. But at the same time i think if weed gets normalized, the way to the dangerous stuff can be much shorter? and th weed to get the edge of is a bjørnetjeneste as its called.
Try Meditation! :D
There is a lot of individual points of view and interest in this answers though. This is issues some Norwegian people want to be changed from their own ignorant(?) perspective 😅
Teeth arent healtcare in norway. Its madness and sooo expensive!!
norwegians have to pay for health care to but not much its like around a lil over a 100 bucks and u will get a freecard for the year so then its all free from now but u first have to pay up to that to get it free and weed isent like really illegal but its like under the radar kind of have been now a period but its like u can go up to 15grams i think without getting that hard of a punishment here in norway so its almost kind of decriminalized in privat form its still more open also in public so weed and marijuana isent that bad anymore in norway.. not any drugs are actuelly they have even like own hospital places to the real hard druggies in this country that shot heroin and use needles to keep tem free from going to schools and kindergardens to shot their needles beacuse they did before so yeah almost every drug there is have been more welcomed and normalized now also by politicans and the public so we going forward drugs becomes more and more leagal everything from cockain to speed to heroin and weed
"Progressive" doesn't automatically equal good, Tyler.
"Conservative doesn't automatically equal bad.
That is actually the best comment you've ever had here!
Or vice verse 😅
Conservative actually does always mean bad. If you don't think so, something is EXTREMELY wrong with you.
Like. Conserve nature, progress science, understanding
@@odinulveson9101 That's all progressive stances. Conservative does not want technology. They literally want to bring people back into coal mines.
Some disabled people can get dental care covered but I also know someone with a lot of dental issues from their disability who don’t get it covered and that’s something by Norwegian standard you would think the government would help with.
Mørk sjokolade = dark chocolate
Mørk altså... 🤔
😂😂😂. I am waiting for an next Reaktion for Angelina Jordan Asrar born in Norge Oslo 😂😂😂
18:29 Mørk = Dark, Sjokolade = Chocolate, Mørk Sjokolade is a staple chocolate in baking, and doesn't taste nearly as good as a regular candy chocolate bar.
Speak for yourself. Lots of people prefer chocolate that is not 50 % sugar.
"Here in America, here in America, here in America."
Yes, we know what the US is like. Tremendous poverty, that's the USA!
LOL, one comment equated privitizing and outsourcing. The latter doesn't necessarily emerge from the latter, and if it does, it isn't always a bad thing.
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@user-kq5ke5yb6k
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- You are clearly looking at this through 'American-Coloured'-glasses.
Like...
"Great for the rich... Fudge everybody else!"
Basically, a self-centered mindset.
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In an already strained and shrinking housing market, it's bad for the average buyer wanting to own something they could call their home, be it a house or an apartment.
But when the people with over the average cash flow keeps on buying large portions of the housing market to better their already pretty cushy living.
This forces the rest of the people having to rent instead, which in the long-run benefits the rich and weakens the average consumer, having to put aside their dream of owning.
With this dang inflation, renting isn't exactly cheap either...
Basically, money is out of the window and into the pockets of the rich, instead of paying off loans for something that they can call their own.
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Taking care of Norwegian nature.
It means stop destroying it with all the damned windmills. That kills all our Eagles, and other big birds.
Just STOP IT !!!