If You Don't Like American Healthcare, Wait Till You Hear How it Can Get Worse
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It sucks here in Canada, sadly. My GP wanted me to go to Buffalo, NY, for an MRI. She could phone and have me in next day, or wait 6 months for an appointment here in Ontario.
Here in Alberta we can get an MRI through a private clinic and it only costs around 500$
@@alexcorbel6267doesn’t sound free.
@@itsepic100because it’s a scam here. Canada prides itself on its free healthcare. 90% of the tests/exams I’ve done (healthy young adult) I’ve had to pay out of pocket. And it’s not even cheap! Same price if not more then it is in the US. Total bullshit.
@@alexcorbel6267it's funny when they specifically forbid this in Canada
you would have to wait, but for some people don't have access to private or any healthy care resource. should we give up on them? Charlie hasn't answer the questions.Could you answer the question. Charlie said if you are willing to do universal healthcare then u would expect to wait 5 or more hours.
Our healthcare system is AWFUL! Doctors and nurses are so DISMISSIVE!! They don’t pay attention to detail and prescribe meds incorrectly…. My experience anyway!
That's just a bad experience I've had just the opposite
Because they have dummies doen our schools for equity that nurses and doctors are dumb! I am a nurse if 46 years and I am astounded how dumb these nurses snd young docs are and how they lean in us to teach them! What come ready not be trained! Omg!
It really depends on the place you went to and yes I’ve had bad nurses. One time coming out of a coma the nurse seemed to be pissed I woke up. But then the next nurse after shift change was lovely and amazing. I will say having worked in a hospital 90 percent of nurses and doctors get into for loving their job. The other ten percent do it because it’s good money.
Which is "our healthcare system"? You didn't say which country you're in.
My experience too al the good doctors and nurses quit when they forced the shot
As a vet with 80% disability, he is 100% accurate about picking between the VA or local community hospital. I can receive free care through the VA, but I choose not to because I know the care won't be the same.
Sorry to hear they still haven't fixed our VA healthcare system. Until they do, it's an example of what we can look forward to if they force Universal Healthcare!
Funny thing is that Norway spends around $47 BILLION with only 1.5% of the US population! Of course, taxes are WAY higher!
Yes, but if it was free healthcare, it would be distributed much better on all locations, and get rid of bad doctors.
But keep paying for it if you want. You all live in the dark ages.
@@Sparky0627Norway also has a better idea of what type of healthcare they will need to provide and expected costs since their population is so homogenous they can plan better… the US population is so diverse we have every medical issue in the world here to deal with including international genetic issues, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc… each population deals with these issues differently and they cost more to treat lower income populations since the majority of people rely already on social medicine and don’t seek care when they need it/ don’t follow up…the US system is all a scam between the private insurance companies and Medicare that’s keeping it afloat and strangling it to death at the same time these days.
Gotta admit though, that Trump did help mitigate some of that when, after both Bush AND Obama literally spent a combined dozen years ignoring vets dying like flies waiting for VA appts, Trump set it up so that after a limited time waitining on VA appts. vets can cut thru the red tape and get _VA paid for treatment thru private sector healthcare_
Wow, that's awful...
My uncle in Germany died right before his scheduled heart surgery because he had to wait months for it. In the US if you have a heart attack they do bypass surgery immediately. My cousin in Canada died from cancer as she was considered too old for some treatments. She was in her 50s. Socialized healthcare sucks.
I am talking from Brazil, at least 450 people dies everyday because of our socialized healthcare.
This is the worst because they specifically limit the number of doctors that can practice
It depends if we would drive to a different city for the operation. My aunt waits very long for a OP because she didnt wane go to a bigger city. She only wanted to go to the local hospital...in germany its only where you live
The military has socialized healthcare, all the way through the VA. And it sucks ass. My five years in the Navy convinced me never again to go to a gynecologist, and to only go to the ER if I'm dying.
I was Navy in 1977 when my son was born. I almost didn’t make it through but I had a wonderful doctor at Balboa who pulled me through. I don’t remember his name but I will never forget his care that saved my life.**
I know people who benefit well from VA funding so..not awful everywhere.....
@@DarkMustard1337 I too have heard good things - mostly from people so sick and broken they'd be homeless if they tried to receive care from a real hospital. Chronic cases NEED the VA.
The military doesn't use universal Healthcare. It uses segregated care, like the rest of the US.
The government give veterans substandard care because the majority of voters don't care about veterans.
If everyone uses the same system there is equal care for everyone. Wealthy people like Charlie Kirk may feel their standard of care lowered, but the majority would sew an increase in care *and* it would be far less expensive because we would not have to rely on insurance etc
@@peterjermey7235 How did you get from socialized to universal? Did you pull a muscle making that leap?
Working people are paying for the ones that don't pay, that's why you pay more you pay more for insurance and copay we had better insurance before the government got involved
True, but we pay mire because companies are blowing up prices...that's why Charlie said the hospital won't give you a detailed bill. Its called itemized bill and once they send it to you, you see they charge $20 for a $1 bandage. The people who don't pay as much as you still pay their taxes...seldom are there indivudual folks who don't pay taxes... Its most likely corporations and billionaires that find loopholes and ways of avoiding being taxed on everything pretty much. Remember Congresspeople are often rich themselves so they don't care. I hate both parties because both have an agenda. Its our political folk that make our lives a living nightmare. They don't agree or take the middle ground because the lobbyists are in their ears and the corporations in their bank accounts.
Paid 4700$ for 2xrays at America's finest hospital in the United States of America. They give themselves awards attaboys for affordable safe secure experience for 2 xrays.
Well part of the problem is clinics/hospitals buying the latest medical technology/devices which cost thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of $$ when the current or previous machines worked just as good. It's all about being "state of the art" and that cost $. Someone has to pay for it and that someone is the patient.
Also, Radiology, in general, is a very expensive service. You're not only paying for the service, but also the Radiology Tech to perform for the service and the Radiologist to interpret and diagnose. Radiologist one of the highest paid MD/DO. Where I live, they t are making almost $400K a year in base. Even Sonographers, a 2 year degree, can make $100K a year.
Scammation
I payed $20.
Benefits of free healthcare.
@SweboySMM2 why did you pay 20 if it was free?
@@SweboySMM2 20$ is not free.
Speaking as a Canadian, socialized healthcare sucks
Same thing in Brazil, we have socialized healthcare and works very bad.
Works great here in Norway.
I just got a family doctor in Alberta. If I want to book an appointment it will be 3 weeks. Also you are only allowed to go in with 1 issue... If you have more they don't want to hear it. I've always said socialized healthcare is great if you are really hurt right now. But if you have any pain you are waiting a very long time for relief. Which is why, ironically, lots of people go to the states to get things like hip replacements because it will take potentially years in Canada.
Yeah, how’s them 60% taxes??
@Daddelcrusher your teeny tiny population is what makes it possible. Your entire country with fit inside the footprint of several American cities.
The VA care is hit and miss.
You will get the help, it just might be 8 months down the road lol
Canadian here, i get gouged in my taxes by an exorbitant amount to pay for an overwhelmed and failing healthcare system. If you go to a doctor most will run some minor tests, toss some pharma prescription to you and then youre out the door in a hurry. Its garbage. Id rather have those tax dollars and fund my own insurance/health plan
It's the same in the US. People get misdiagnosed all the time, mostly because they don't want to pay for extra testing or their insurance providers don't approve certain testing.
This is the one issue where right and left could find a good middle ground. The Hospital lobby is an issue, but I'd say the insurance lobby is an even worse culprit here. I want my fellow citizens cared for. People shouldn't go bankrupt because of medical issues, they shouldn't be left out because they're poor. I hope we can find the leadership to work something out in good faith that solves this critical problem in our society.
I like that the kid asking questions was truly trying to understand. Charlie does a great job answering all those questions. These situations aren't just tagline fixes..."universal Healthcare now"...they are multifaceted difficult problems to solve.
5.5 hours here in california is a QUICK TRIP! Shit be takin allll goddamnn dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and its because EVERYONE goes to the emergency room for ANYTHING....Runny nose, emergency room. Hair falling out in the shower, emergency room. Kid has the sniffles, emergency room....
Trigger finger release was $19k, for one finger 3 weeks ago. I watched the clock in the OR, literally 4 minutes. Yes I was awake. 14 years ago the same surgery was $6k. Almost triple. There is absolutely no reason for this. Without the surgery, what’s the solution? Don’t work and eat the govt. cheese?
What's trigger finger release?
Have these people ever been outside the U.S.? The wait lines for medical attention is ridiculous in Mexico and Canada and anywhere else where universal care is promoted.
People are choosing suicide to avoid medical costs in the US. We have to choose between bankruptcy or life. 😢 Yes medical staff deserve to be paid for their work but how much of what is paid goes to the staff and how much is "administrative fees"??? We don't get to know before we owe it. 😢😢😢
As an american in korea. South Korean healthcare rocks. Fast, cheap, high quality
i have to wait a month for a doctor appointment in the uk
I’m a retired and disabled Navy vet and I’ve been going to my local V.A. hospital (Milwaukee) for almost 25 years, and I’ve never gotten anything but first rate care there.
I also know that a lot of my fellow vets feel the same way about that particular place.
I agree that the V.A. health system needs an overhaul (especially administratively), but I feel that it’s unfair to paint all V.A. hospitals with the same brush.
I’m going to have to partially disagree with Charlie on this one.
My mom has been a US nurse (RN) for 50nyears. She says she never would have chosen the medical system for work if she had known it would become like this - dollars over lives, poor quality for most people (because doctors don't care, not that they're uneducated), and indulging in endless pill pushing. 😢❤ My mom used to br proud to be a nurse. That was 20 years ago, last I remember.
I'm Canadian and I hear a lot of other Canadians complaining about how bad our healthcare system is because there's any wait times, even though ours' have gotten very short now. They think a 6 hour ER wait means it's broken, as though everyone sees a doctor in 10 minutes in the US. I've also been to countless specialists and only waited a few weeks to a couple months.
What I've heard from my American friends is that health problems financially break them and wait times actually sound moderately worse than ours'. It's the old grass must be greener on the other side delusion.
As someone who lives in the UK, I can tell you universal healthcare is terrible
How so?
Works great here in Scandinavia.
The truth is a bit more complex than that.
In my experience, it's down to location. Where I live in Kent, I've recently had to use the NHS. I got a GP appointment same day and hospital referral appointment a week or so after that. It's been absolutely fantastic here. My partner and toddler have also been seen same day by GP and toddler referral to hospital within a couple of weeks.
I've family in both Manchester and London that have been trying to get an in-person GP appointment for months now and had absolutely no luck, however.
I'd also say that where I live, people look and seem MUCH healthier than in inner cities. I see much less smokers, and I really see anyone who could be classed as obese. That will be part of why there is a huge difference...
@@s12856 I totally agree, thanks.
I think that the NHS itself is not terrible, it's just having to try and operate the best it can at the hands of a terrible government that doesn't actually believe in it. The NHS has a lot of potential, I mean just look at how it was in 2010 before the conservatives took it over, and I think that with good government again it can really improve back to those original service levels making a positive difference for every citizen, as universal healthcare is very important.
@@thunder-hedge This is what people don't underestand. Universal healthcare isn't the problem, it's the fucking Tory party who ran the NHS in to the ground.
They want to privatise the healthcare in the UK so they make more money, so they stop funding the NHS to trick people in to thinking it doesn't work.
Also the king wasn't treated on the NHS, HE WENT TO A PRIVATE HOSPITAL!!!
The only reason healthcare is bad in uk is because all the millions that have gone there. It used to be brilliant but now it's a mess.
same in Italy aging population and spending in Weapons instead of health care and pensions...cut cut cut
I’m a vet and I get excellent care at the va and the hospital. Maybe I’m one of the lucky few that do.
My late husband was a DAV. He lost a kidney because the VA didn't check his blood while on heavy doses of meds. He went under my insurance and did so much better. You're one of the lucky ones.
VA is trash, 3-6 months to see my PCM about any issue, if it's extreme they tell me to go to the ER (wait, THEY advocate for a paid service because it's better?) or wait. The VA literally tells you to go to a paid hospital if you need fast care
Last time I saw my VA doc for non-stop headaches after my SGT committed suicide, the Dr. told me I had "phantom pain" and that her headaches are worse since she has 3 kids. VA healthcare is a joke.
Yes I have heard a lot of the same stories from people around the country’s and the va does suck in most areas. But here in Oregon it’s really good. I use to have insurance wen I work for Costco and it was good but I have to say the va is better.
The kid doesn't get it... Why does he think his collage education went from $60.00 a credit hour. To $1,200.00 a college credit inside 20 years. Because the colleges could charge anything they wanted. As the kids were borrowing other peoples money. The Colleges get paid no matter what. The kids have to pay it back no matter what. So the colleges could turn out a shitty product. As they paid no price for giving them one..
Health Care in Japan is very good AND affordable. How DID that happen? You pay the bill as you leave. The city even offers assistance with an expensive procedure or bill. How can they do that? Why can't the US do that??
The cost of free health care is absurd! I worked in Canada for a year and the income tax was through the roof. Tax on certain foods was higher and stuff they deamed bad for you was worse. Yeah screw social health care.
My husband was a veteran. He rejected VA healthcare institutions in favor of other insurance options. And that was years ago.
Everyone basically has universal healthcare except working men and we pay for it
I am a Veteran - and Charlie is 100% accurate.
The big problem with healthcare in the US is it is controlled by a very few people who are only interested in generating enormous super profits for themselves. Solve that problem and your country will be on its way to developing a better healthcare environment.
That's not something he will ever acknowledge. Part of his job is to distract from that type of stuff. He brought up lobbyists, but for the wrong reason, because the change he suggested wouldn't help anyone. Even if you see the price, you still need the same assistance, otherwise you wouldn't be there.
My question is why do we have a generation of young people that want the gov't to take care of them ? Is this another idea coming out of universities ?
Because our universities are runned by socialist's who hate this country. But can't live without its benefits.
Yes. The VAST majority focus of the "education system" is to condition young people to look to government for everything.
What other industry provides you a service, and then gives you what they say their cost is AFTER…..? What other industry can provide you with literally zero successful outcome and still expect to get paid thousands of dollars..?
“Sorry sir, we couldn’t fix your car, but here’s a bill for $16,000”.
Id rather have mediocre "socialized" healthcare then have the best privatized healthcare which i cant afford.
I am a Retired RN,and am totally against universal health care.It gives too much power to others over your health care. I have studied this for years.I saw many Canadian patients before I retired that came to the USA for care they could not get in Canada.
The problem isn't private vs government healthcare. The issue is the hospital lobby. If a woman wants to get a boob job, she goes to a private clinic, she is told exactly what the prices are to have the surgery, she goes in, get's it done, and is out. If she had to go get her appendix removed, which is a similar surgery as far as complexity, no hospital will tell her how much it will cost, she's billed by 20 different people (of which many will over charge her), and she pays 30X more for the same basic procedure.
I have a 63 year old "friend" who has almost always been able to hide all of his income, paying no taxes and little social security. Because of his "low income", his Obamacare is $100 a month, and he has had his missing teeth fixed at the taxpayers' expense.
the King paid to have his surgery done private not on the NHS. The NHS is infinitely better than privatised health care despite the waiting lists, having to pay for a bed is criminal and means the poorest cannot afford treatment.
Canadian living in Florida for 4 months try to get medical care especially cancer since they have to wait 6 months or longer to see the doctor and 1 year to have surgery. If you are over 60 years you are not seen in ER because younger ones have priority.
Far better care in Malaysia and Mexico. I am an American 80 and live in both places.
I'm sure the king has private health care, based out of nhs hospitals and this is available to anyone who will pay and commonly included in jobs. I'm a carpenter and even I've got it
VA took good care of my grandpa .He was a Korean War vet.
In America the problem is the doctor syndication and the system that the pharmaceutical use with the hospital and clinic
We have decent healthcare in Belgium, we also pay between 40 to 55% taxes for it. It's a complicated issue, I think we won't see a solution in our lifetime.
I'm laughing shit out of me while watching this as an European. Its a comedy at this point.
So you are really an American.
Not true..I had an op in two weeks.the king uses private healthcare in a private hospital.I have no idea what Americans healthcare is like for ALL citizens but it is not what he says in the uk.
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I like these kind of conversations. It's just someone who is curious asking questions and someone else making good points based on their knowledge. No shouting or insulting. We need more of that.
As a Canadian, i absolutely agree with every point Charlie has made. Socialized healthcare is sooooo fucking bad and the care is garbage.
You don't need an ambulance for a broken arm. I drove myself to an URGENT care NOT a hospital (because they are faster and cheaper).
Free healthcare works! If there are long waiting times, that just means there are a shortage of doctors.
I removed 3 moles, not dangerous just ugly ones, was counted as "beauty operation", so had to pay. $30 for 1 doctor and 1 nurse, took 1h, had to wait a couple of weeks for it. A freaking bargain I think!
My boyfriend has Medicaid for his family. Went to the doctor with him and had to wait in the waiting room for over an hour. And he sucked. Charlie is not joking.
Yeah young man, I am a retired disabled veteran woman. My husband is also a retired disabled veteran. The socialized healthcare system that is the VA sucks. It is even worse for we female veterans than the male veterans. You have no argument for universal health care. None. When you live very a day in the lives of veterans and retired Americans who can’t afford healthcare than you can talk, nail then stay in your lane.
Source for UK NHS wait time for prostate cancer surgery?
So, you can find UA-cam and Charlie Kirk without any difficulty, but can’t type what you’re looking for into Google?
wow lol VIPs don't go to the head of the line in the usa? wow such bs
We have mostly free healthcare in Australia but there is a private option. Thats the best way to do it. My medication would be costing me hundreds of dollars of month but I get it for about 1/8 of that because of our system.
Those who are poor pay even less for their meds. We are blessed here.
Our system is still ‘socialised’ by their standards
@@ImperialKnight86 we have social programs but thankfully we don’t have a socialist system.
Fyi... in Canada... an ambulance ride costs over $150... its not covered...
We have a private hospital here in Costa Rica that needs to compete with the public hospitals. There are no Doctor lobbies or insurance companies. Funded by high sales taxes. The hospitals are run by the doctors and nurses. I got great care. The doctors earn less than $200,000 a year on average. Obamacare was the worst of all worlds; total government involvement and then run by the insurance companies.
Socialized policing is terrible
Who cares if the quality is better when you have to go bankrupt to afford it
Waiting 5 and a half hours! Imagine that level of luxury! We waited 13 hours for my pregnant girlfriend when she was coughing so much she was afraid to lose the baby!
Speaking from Canada, where they have the wonderful "free" universal healthcare, where immigrants prefer to go back to their country and pay to have better access. You were modest when you mentioned waiting for 5 hours, in Canada, you're gonna wait 8 hours easily to go back home with a Tylenol prescription. If you need to do any image exam, don't expect to do it in the next 3 months
Fill out a financial hardships write-off form through the hospital. If you qualify, they will write off a good amount.
Die waiting for treatment or get surgery that will bankrupt me and put me in debt for the next 5 years. Death might bankrupt my family but I get to live but will have to sell my house & move to a crappy cramped overpriced apartment. I rather die waiting.
I can confirm from multiple people including myself that here in California there is a waiting line for procedures and office visits. For example from myself. My right eye had a doming cornea which could have wept meaning the cornea broke and is leaking fluid inside the eye. It didn’t but originally I was with blue cross I think might have been blue shield. So after a code violation first meeting with a physician’s assistant I was trying to get a appointment with a specialist for my eye. UC Davis told me sorry we can’t accommodate you. We need to take care of our own people first. So with some help I went to Kaiser and not only saw two specialists but had my cornea transplant within a few months. No waiting period at all aside from test results and availability for the surgery. Universal healthcare doesn’t work. I’m all for everyone having health insurance as long as treatment is equal and effective to everyone not just those who can afford it. Great words Mr.Kirk keep educating the masses with the truth. Oops said a dirty evil word truth.
Literally all of this is spot on
It's all about making money. Not that it can't be changed. This is a very hard issue to solve.
HSA + high cost only insurance. You cover the first 5k of medical expenses out of the HSA and the insurance cover everything else above that.
Read a story about a young British woman "covered" by their socialized healthcare that was denied a PAP because she was "too young" to qualify. They base their care on "tables" and she wasn't on the table that said she was eligible for the test. She died of cervical cancer two years after they denied the test and it spread throughout her lower abdomen.
What you said, Charlie, about the VA is a real misunderstanding. I have a friend who ALWAYS goes to the VA for medical purposes and he gets
wonderful treatment. So Veterans do NOT chose private hospitals over the VA. YOU need to apologize for your condemnation of the VA.
Agreed, he’s way off the mark on this one.
Is in the UK have health care, but we also have the option of paying private
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Having worked in a hospital for many many years some doctors even give tests to get more money. It sucks yes but I would rather get care and live then wait six months for just a mri.
Competition = Better Services
Health care is not about being servicing is about being Human, a doctor should not be a millionaire but a man with a Human Mission, that cares about other people not money as a whole. just my opinion
@@rayofsun64 A doctor must endure years of intense education and residency requirements and some must conduct risky treatments to save a life; if a doctor is forced to take in many patients and receive no just compensation, the quality of healthcare will decline.
Indeed. In the USA, the hospitals, institutions, corporations, purposely under-staff these facilities and make the pay high to generate more profits and have less staff to pay. It also doesn't help that medical school for many is very hard to get inside of and only a limited number of applicants are accepted. This leads to the demand outpacing the supply of which we are constantly seeing today. Despite all of this, you may think that we need educated people to go into medical school, well what if I told you that medical errors are increasing each year and are becoming one the largest factors of death in the USA. Apparently, medical schools trying to accept better applicants aren't working. We need an overhaul in our healthcare system. It is broken no doubt. Medical school should probably accept applicants based on entrance exams rather than a useless 4 year degree. It is a much better solution to getting more people and trying to accept "smarter" students is not working. Someone shouldn't have to take classes unrelated to their profession and degree.
Another sad thing is that more medical professionals are quitting at a higher rate and are also are dying by suicide at higher rates than the general population. Somewhere between 300 to 400 physicians a year in the US take their own lives, the equivalent of one medical school graduating class annually. They apparently don't like the constant stress and workload as a medical professional, and frankly no one can mentally handle the workload without mental health consequences. Even if it means they get paid a lot. Because after all, money doesn't mean jack shit if you cannot have free-time and enjoy your life. It is also quite interesting how UCLA medical school was busted giving a lecture exam of supporting Hamas and praying to baby mama as well as considering medicine a white cow thing. So even medical schools are being stupid and giving lectures unrelated to the field of which they should be learning about. Expect to see less medical professionals, and more of different job being taken than the medical industry until the system gets overhauled and universities are taken down once in for all.
@@TheReticentTheorist Well the quality of healthcare is already on the decline as mentioned from my previous comments. Money is not a good enough compensation. We have record number of burnouts, and suicides from medical professionals. Why are they ending their lives and quitting? Well because the stupid hospital lobbies, institutions, and governmental policies allowing this to happen and supporting it. People are too arrogant to realize this. The whole system is flawed and rigged for profits first.
Emergency surgery is not 1.5 year wait
Hospitals are NOT the issue with the American healthcare system. There are so many unnecessary burdens placed on hospitals by insurance companies - prior authorization rules, denial of claims, etc. Insurance companies are the issue with the American healthcare system. In nearly every case, healthcare is provided before payment, or reimbursement, is requested by the hospital. Insurance companies have rigged the game to make people believe they have coverage for healthcare services, when in reality, they have very little coverage. We pay thousands of dollars to insurance companies each year in premiums, and when we go to request payment for healthcare services, they put up unnecessary barriers and backroom redtape on both patients and hospitals (or other healthcare providers) which cause additional overhead in the system, thus raising prices for care. If we had better regulations on the insurance companies, it would greatly impact healthcare costs.
Already feeling it. Hard to get appointments in a timely manner in California here.
Make the health care system a free market so there is competition. High standards and lower costs. Get rid of the pharmaceutical agenda.
You get treatment right away, later when you are out you get the bill as if with annual taxes, you can divide the bill in installments.
But, honey, you pay
Universal Healthcare is so awesome, people from other countries. fly to the USA, pay an arm, leg and kidney for life-saving treatment.
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I pay $150 per months in the Netherlands and the healthcare is excelent. The longest waiting list was 2 weeks (CT scan).
Yeah, socialized healthcare has its downsides, but at least everyone has a chance to get a proper care. When I was in the states I didn't go to the GP with serious stomach issues cuz i didn't have the money for it and I was just hoping for the bests. So yeah, it sounds nice, that there are no waiting lists, but that also has a price, what you cannot measure in dollars.
Universal health care in Canada: Depending on your location in the country, you line-up outside with all the others waiting for the office to open in the morning, hoping you’ll be seen that day; You go to an ER, and wait 8-12 hours to see a doctor, as there’s no access to doctors otherwise. The standard of care is abysmal, and for this lack of service, we’re taxed to death.
In the UK we have NHS and private. You can skip lines privately if you have money, sure. Emergency procedures are done as exactly that, there and then. Sure the NHS is struggling due to conservative financial cuts to the system but it still does a damn good job
All I can think to Charlie’s comment on increased waiting lines with universal healthcare means if you don’t have waiting lists then it’s easily deductible that there’s a lot of patients not accessing services because they know they can’t afford it. How is that fair?
healthcare comes with hard work
America doesn't owe these young people anything same for black people
My dad got excellent care at Omaha VA
In 2022 i broke both my wrists and went to the hospital. I was in the hospital for 10 hours, they conducted 2 x-rays and 2 CT scans, gave me a bed and wrapped a cast. All that time and testing cost me $0. This is Australia baby!!
Government intervention in health insurance is the main cause for the problems in American health care.
During my hospital stay they piled on procedures and tests that either were not needed or I could have done them for a fraction of the cost as an outpatient. Had I only known at the time. There was no urgency, I let them do all that while I was there.
We also have private healthcare in the UK lol You can pay and get an appointment quicker.
Uk health care for prostate cancer is 2 weeks where on earth you get year and half from .
I was in a car crash 10 years ago, hit head on by an illegal's kid that was high on mary jane. I only had bruises because my seat belt was too loose, got the wind knocked outta me, couldn't breath for more than a minute as I was writhing around.
But had an ambulance ride, emergency room, and scan.
got a bill for 91,000 dollars!
my family just laughed at it!
The system is corrupt!
He is spot on about healthcare on the reservation, when i worked at a county jail and took inmates to the hospital on the rez. We would wait 8 or 9 hrs to see a dr. Than another 5 hrs waiting for a prescription to be filled.
Some of these young people know way more than the used tool they're talking to.
Everythings free sounds really good
When it comes to the UK and the NHS, its actually a victim of how much of a success it was. People got healthier, and the average life expectancy shot through the roof. Great, success!
The problem is that it was taken for granted for decades, and as such it wasn't prioritised for investment. Yet the population grew due to both people living longer and immigration, and as such its largely working on outdated equipment in addition to not having anywhere near the capacity it needs.
When its looked after and invested in properly, its absolutely fantastic. There are examples all over Europe of countries that didnt let their universal healthcare systems rot and as such are thriving present day, especially in the Nordic countries.
Secrecy of pricing is a great argument IN FAVOR of universal healthcare. Showing one example of a poorly run government healthcare program is not a solid argument. That’s like saying we shouldn’t have restaurants because school cafeteria food sucks, it’s just basic misdirection and oversimplification
Not only do they hide pricing. But they don’t guarantee their services.
I mean, if I take a car to a garage to get new brakes and the brakes fail while driving home, I’m going to be pissed.
But if I go to the doctor to have a broken leg set and casted and then that leg ends up being screwed up….i have to spend another couple of thousand dollars to try and get that mitigated. So most ppl let shit like that go.
Why do we care more about our possessions than we do about ourselves?
Why can’t doctors give some sort of guarantee on basic medical services?
Dentists manage to back up their work and so do ophthalmologists.
Doctors have malpractice insurance. They don't need to care if they mess up, it's just more business for them. The Hypocrati Oath has become sheer hypocrisy. 😢
Hah, that’s funny. I just saw your comment and we have a similar analogy. The insurance companies screw it all up as well.
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It’s why they don’t post prices. The charges are exorbitant and borderline criminal.*^ the insurance companies use to keep them in check. Now they can get whatever they want to charge. It’s called balanced billing.
@@user-vy7iw4lf5o it also prevents them from having to worry about having competitive pricing. And…what they charge insurance companies is WAY more than what they charge for cash… how is that even legal?? Car insurance companies wouldn’t put up with that crap.
If they weren’t allowed to do that the pricing wouldn’t have skyrocketed in the first place because they wouldn’t have been able to gauge the insurance companies to begin with and get used to making bank on items that cost pennies on the dollar. And it’s just not hospitals….medical supply companies are the ones that started the entire ball rolling in the first place. They realized they could charge insurance companies whatever they wanted for health sustaining supplies and they would get the money…so in turn they charge hospitals more to get the same supplies and hospitals raise that price to get their cut of the action.
I worked in medical billing and I’ve had to purchase life sustaining medical supplies for over 30 years. Sometimes I’ve had insurance and sometimes I haven’t….same goes for having surgery (over 100 times in hospitals all around the US). So I’ve seen pricing/billing for many different hospitals….same procedures…same meds….same supplies….same times of the year and for insurance pricing and cash pricing. It’s all arbitrary and they just charge whatever they know they can get.
He is wrong. I have had to wait 6 months just to get an appointment for a doctor of any kind here in the US.
The King didn't have prostate cancer but the undisclosed cancer was found when he was treated for an enlarged prostrate. He did get in right away though.
In the VA system if you can't get an appointment for a procedure in 30 days by law you can go to to a private practitioner and they will cover it. If they don't offer the treatment at the VA same thing.