30 Days of US Healthcare: Private Equity Goes Bankrupt

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
  • Day 27
    Based on a true story: www.medpagetoday.com/special-...
    More info about the lawsuit: www.aaem.org/envision-lawsuit/
    30 Days of US Healthcare
    • 30 Days of US Healthcare

Komentáře • 946

  • @Michael-bb1cw
    @Michael-bb1cw Před 10 měsíci +3970

    Most of this series has been a depressing downward spiral into the most twisted depravity that US healthcare system is capable of. But this video… this one brought a smile to my face.

  • @bluedevil0133
    @bluedevil0133 Před 10 měsíci +2201

    As a Radiologist, this skit has changed my perception of Emergency Medicine from those guys who order all those unnecessary scans to the hero we need but didn’t deserve. ❤️

    • @THEMADDMAXX67
      @THEMADDMAXX67 Před 10 měsíci +56

      As an xray tech, half of those scans also feel not needed to us also.

    • @Rolbell
      @Rolbell Před 10 měsíci +61

      As a patient with an x-ray deficiency, I disagree. 😅

    • @Nodelphi
      @Nodelphi Před 10 měsíci +252

      We order those tests because we’re the last safety net left for a very broken system and if I don’t get the images while they are in the ER it’ll be months before they get their test if they get it at all.
      Yes, we’re all acutely aware that we order too many tests but I don’t know if the other doctors that patient saw were careful and thoughtful or if they caved to the admins telling them to minimize testing. Frankly I don’t have the time to piece it all together, you save who you can, help who you can and move on because the whole system is under-resourced and overworked.
      Sorry for contributing to that workload (and I’m totally behind more Radiology/ER collaboration) but you guys help us save lives every day, we couldn’t do it without you. It’s worth ordering 9 negatives studies to catch that one aneurysm that’s been to 10 doctors who blew them off.

    • @aidanwatters5880
      @aidanwatters5880 Před 10 měsíci +78

      EM physician from down Under here. I heard an interesting statistic from a boss of mine the other day. Apparently statistically 6/7 of the scans we order in ED should be negative. If it's less than that we're probably missing things. If it's more we're over ordering. I found it interesting that the number of normal scans needed to be so high.
      Also, would like to reiterate, very much appreciate having you guys doing the job you do. Definitely helps me sleep at night

    • @sc100ott
      @sc100ott Před 10 měsíci +22

      As a fellow Radiologist, I agree. Also wanted to point out that Dr. G failed to mention the Private Equity impact with Radiology (and anesthesia, and Dentistry for that matter).

  • @marjieestivill
    @marjieestivill Před 10 měsíci +823

    Unlawfully practicing medicine is a solid concept based on their denials. Let’s see it happen!

    • @stephenkenworthy428
      @stephenkenworthy428 Před 10 měsíci +53

      Then bring it against the insurance companies that deny coverage on exams and treatments.

    • @purpleXpotion
      @purpleXpotion Před 10 měsíci +6

      They’re already bankrupt.. so that’s a waste of time. Cut your losses with insurance, & start paying out of pocket for healthcare.

    • @cybergothstudios94
      @cybergothstudios94 Před 10 měsíci +71

      ​@purpleXpotion better idea, cut your losses with private insurance and vote for free public Healthcare. The idea that Healthcare needs to be profitable is sheer lunacy.

    • @purpleXpotion
      @purpleXpotion Před 10 měsíci

      @@cybergothstudios94 It’s actually not.. & if you care to hear me out.. here’s why.
      ..Maintaining a ‘Private Healthcare Sector’ (which is also reasonably taxed to help subsidize a smaller ‘Socialized Healthcare Sector’ for the poor/underprivileged) is *”Absolutely Essential”* in order to _‘Preserve Reasonable Access’_ to Quality medical services for the majority of citizens, in a reasonably Timely manner.
      ..Directly BECAUSE, such (by in large) helps to ensure that the majority of doctors will receive fair compensation for their care provided ..& on a more consistently predictable basis.
      Now if this means doctors need to boycott & just stop accepting ANY & ALL forms of insurance for a time, while only accepting self-pay directly from their patients.. then so be it!!
      (Because where things stand now, what do most patients or doctors _really_ stand to loose anyway?)🤷🏻‍♀️
      ..A crippling botch-job surgical procedure that patients are likely Better Off without ..considering there’s a high likelihood the preforming doc is already expecting to get ripped-off while simultaneously being told _‘it’s unethical to deny people access to health services due to inability to pay’..)_ 😬
      Ehh well, if we actually stop to analyze that concept for a moment 🤔..such notion inherently means there IS (in fact) an incredibly ironic argument being made that:
      _“Access to Care from _*_’Enslaved Doctors’_*_ is simply a _*_‘Basic Human Civil Right’_*_ now.”_
      Hmm.. 👌👀 but…
      Good Luck expecting to actually _UTILIZE THAT_ health’care’ plan too often and/or for very long!! 💀
      That WILL result in consolidating whatever ‘greed’ currently exists amongst private insurance, into that of a select few dictators.. and _quality of care_ will inevitably become EVEN FURTHER REDUCED to doctors having to tell ALL patients, 🙌equally:🙌
      _”sorry, no narcotic pain meds are currently available due to government healthcare budget caps, but here’s a ‘generous’ Generic Brand Tylenol you can take 30 minutes prior to your leg amputation surgery.. compliments of our great leader.”_ 💀
      Now if a doctor is already financially blessed & can afford to offer providing charitable healthcare services ON THEIR OWN ACCORD, that’s one thing.
      However, since doctors are human beings & not robots, then the government FORCING them to provide labor intensive healthcare services to the entitled public masses at whatever expense, cost, and/or personal detriment that may cause to a doctors own individual well being, would be nothing short of *‘Government Mandated Slavery.’*

    • @alexjeffrey3981
      @alexjeffrey3981 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@cybergothstudios94you'll never get the opportunity for vote for socialised medicine. Neither party will let you.

  • @AShah1313
    @AShah1313 Před 10 měsíci +866

    As a practicing physician, I thank you for this series. We are here to help with whatever you need to broadcast this message as far as it can go.

  • @jslee9402
    @jslee9402 Před 10 měsíci +718

    Hope to see this actually happening. Private Equity and health care really can not go well. Let alone E.R patients who are the most vulnerable and lack choices.

    • @DGlaucomflecken
      @DGlaucomflecken  Před 10 měsíci +441

      The lawsuit is real. Check the video description for more info

    • @SMJCMKA
      @SMJCMKA Před 10 měsíci +40

      ​@@DGlaucomfleckenglad to hear.. hope something good will come out of it

    • @goodfortunetoyou
      @goodfortunetoyou Před 10 měsíci +25

      We need to make mutual and employee owned and independent provider orgs economically preferential to the megacorps.

    • @whoshotashleybabbitt4924
      @whoshotashleybabbitt4924 Před 10 měsíci +26

      Emergency medicine is one of the few areas Canada’s single payer system does well. Where it all falls apart is that for 95 percent of people its their only access. (Lack of infrastructure and personnel) so it gets plugged up with things that are very much not emergencies.

    • @catalinarondini6235
      @catalinarondini6235 Před 10 měsíci +11

      @@DGlaucomflecken Oh thank the lord, great to see that we are actively fighting back against these soulless greedy slave drivers 😊

  • @Aniram789
    @Aniram789 Před 10 měsíci +561

    Way to go ER doctors! 🎉 I hope your lawsuit kicks private equity in the money maker hard enough for them to leave healthcare altogether!

    • @kvaka009
      @kvaka009 Před 6 měsíci

      Right. Then maybe we can march on wall street next. We've created a financialized hell scape and now we're gonna lay in it.

  • @LoosGuccreen
    @LoosGuccreen Před 10 měsíci +98

    Never though I'd be so happy to read "based on a true story" here

  • @andrewtripoli8843
    @andrewtripoli8843 Před 10 měsíci +414

    I know this is about medicine, but as a teacher and administrator working in private education this is so similar to what we deal with it's scary! Great work as always!

    • @privacyvalued4134
      @privacyvalued4134 Před 10 měsíci +11

      Private equity is purchasing the public education system? Do tell because this is the first I've heard of that.

    • @Nazgul094
      @Nazgul094 Před 10 měsíci +9

      This is capitalism we're talking about after all

    • @endr00t
      @endr00t Před 10 měsíci

      @@privacyvalued4134 in the US at least there is a strong push to privatize education to the point where a lot of places have “school vouchers” that allow people to divert money from the public school funds to private schools. Charitably it makes private schools more affordable, realistically it further starves public schools making them less effective and driving more people to send children to private schools. The end goal is complete capture of education by private equity after which prices start going up.

    • @robertcotrell9810
      @robertcotrell9810 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@privacyvalued4134Ever heard of charter schools? That's the game plan currently.

    • @carolineDMV
      @carolineDMV Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@privacyvalued4134 As may have come to your attention, for PE to be interested, there must be large amounts of free-flowing money. In some communities where vouchers (a portable per student educational appropriation) are readily available, PE has or will set up schools. These schools pocket a portion of that money and spend the remainder on educating young people. Regulation around pocketing/profit/revenue vs spending and educational requirements and standards can vary considerably by jurisdiction. There is a growing push for vouchers in some communities. So far, voucher availability has been rather limited, but if it becomes widely available, expect large-scale PE “investment” in education.

  • @mbkltd1
    @mbkltd1 Před 10 měsíci +920

    I'm loving this series. It should be required watching at all levels of education. An informed voting populace is something we are quite deficient in.

    • @kgreene460
      @kgreene460 Před 10 měsíci +11

      Amen! I loved the mention of the No Surprises Act! Dark Brandon strikes, again....

    • @homerman76
      @homerman76 Před 10 měsíci +14

      Especially with the "us against them" division, this two party system we have going really just destroys most people's ability to think for themselves when it comes to voting, sadly

    • @mbkltd1
      @mbkltd1 Před 10 měsíci +18

      @@homerman76 that and identity politics, first-past-the-post voting, citizens united, gerrymandering, etc.

    • @cousinjake7986
      @cousinjake7986 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Preach!!

    • @fixitright9709
      @fixitright9709 Před 10 měsíci +8

      You can't vote your way out of this problem, both wings of the bird are playing on the same team...

  • @DungeonerHarold
    @DungeonerHarold Před 10 měsíci +167

    Patient centered care may struggle too, but showing that private equity is NOT a superior business model could really make a difference. Thank you no surprises act.

  • @emperor8716
    @emperor8716 Před 10 měsíci +147

    Doc Glauc, when the series is over, can you compile all these shorts into 1 long video so we can share it all around?

  • @Anddroiden
    @Anddroiden Před 10 měsíci +78

    I actually screamed yes when i heard private equity was being sued for unlawfully practicing medicine. Not even American, but you guys deserve better and it has been such a throughline of the story on this channel that it feels like the climax of a story.

  • @driftwolf
    @driftwolf Před 10 měsíci +355

    Please let that lawsuit be true! And please let it succeed! Please let the whole myth of "corporations are people" be skewered by finally making one of those bastards responsible for breaking the law so egregiously, and soundly punished for it. Maybe by putting every single person who made decisions for that organization behind bars for a while. (daydreams continue...).

    • @ACertainGuy0
      @ACertainGuy0 Před 10 měsíci +96

      The lawsuit is real, check the video description. That said, I would LOVE with all my soul to see the "corporations are people" come back to bite them in the ass by the fact they are being sued as a person, not as a corporation. The Judgment was that corporations are people, but they never said people can be a corporation!

    • @jeanjaz
      @jeanjaz Před 10 měsíci +37

      People get convicted of murder, manslaughter, and wrongful endangerment, etc., so, go for the throat!

    • @driftwolf
      @driftwolf Před 10 měsíci +15

      @@ACertainGuy0 missed that 2nd link! Awesome. Hope they not just win, but completely dominate.

    • @taylor3950
      @taylor3950 Před 10 měsíci

      @@ACertainGuy0 that warms my cold dead heart

    • @yossarianmnichols9641
      @yossarianmnichols9641 Před 10 měsíci

      Yes, corporations are groups of people with special needs. They fund elections and pick the Supreme court they want. Well they fund the campaigns which is pretty much the same thing since only certain people get the money and win the primary.

  • @starshinedragonsong3045
    @starshinedragonsong3045 Před 10 měsíci +30

    Wait - what!?! Seriously? Really!? FINALLY 😂 BOTH Private Equity going bankrupt AND the physicians suing them for practicing medicine as corporations.
    I love 💕 it!!! I hope MORE follow their lead.

  • @McGregorJeremy
    @McGregorJeremy Před 10 měsíci +86

    I really look forward to a day that the people of U.S.A. all collectively realise exactly what you're saying, Doctor😁 Business/insurance and medical care of any kind are not just incompatible but diametrically opposed.

    • @ShuRugal
      @ShuRugal Před 10 měsíci +16

      This is true of just about every business model, but it's most obvious with Healthcare.
      the US Ideal of "businesses exist to make money" will ALWAYS result in businesses prioritizing margins over product/service quality, regardless of which sector it is.
      We, as a society, need to put aside the notion of "make mo money" as a goal for businesses. Making money is a result of providing quality goods and services.

  • @exp2745
    @exp2745 Před 10 měsíci +29

    Private Equity has lost $900 Million up to this point, but with your help, we can change that.
    Fight now for proper healthcare legislation and together we can permanently bankrupt Barthelme.

  • @Blunderful19
    @Blunderful19 Před 10 měsíci +46

    As a long term esketamine patient with United Healthcare, I just want to say that doctors and United Healthcare both bring me to tears for very very different reasons. Thank you to all the healthcare professionals out there willing to fight for us when we frequently don't know how to fight for ourselves.

  • @lucaswestcott-baker8075
    @lucaswestcott-baker8075 Před 10 měsíci +81

    “Private equity and healthcare are incompatible.”
    As someone who has spent 20 years working in big pharma, I can confirm this is absolutely true 😢 We still do it, because patients need medicine and with as f***ed as the rest of the system is, pharma is about the only one who can afford to make it, but I’m pushing hard for the day when what I do is publicly funded and no longer for profit ❤

    • @FarmerSchinken
      @FarmerSchinken Před 9 měsíci +1

      "For Profit" is a good motivation, I actually don't think there is anything wrong with it. There should just be strong regulation how big your profit can be if you have a monopoly and customers without choice... No one is going to skip making profit just because it is capped....

    • @5stardave
      @5stardave Před 9 měsíci +1

      I wonder how many doctors will volunteer all their time since they won't be working for profit?

    • @SpicyBoba7431
      @SpicyBoba7431 Před 9 měsíci

      The government is public funded and it’s an atrocity. I don’t think you know what you’re saying

    • @richardshipe4576
      @richardshipe4576 Před 9 měsíci

      How would a public funding mechanism direct resources to illnesses that are rare and expensive to treat? And what makes you think it'd be run efficiently at all, our public spending schemes in healthcare and entitlements already make up most of the unfunded obligations we're facing within the next decade.

    • @lucaswestcott-baker8075
      @lucaswestcott-baker8075 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@FarmerSchinken “For Profit” is a very effective motivation *within a fundamentally capitalist economic system.*
      I find it hard to consider that a point in its *favor*…

  • @deborahs2593
    @deborahs2593 Před 10 měsíci +22

    As a new nurse in the 1970's until now, I've watched our healthcare nightmare with increasing despair. You've done a great thing with this series- brilliant. And infuriating.

    • @ethanspaziani1070
      @ethanspaziani1070 Před 9 měsíci +3

      You would think with all this modern technology people would be suffering less but it's the opposite people are suffering more than ever .... All because of greed people are suffering and dying all for the sake of profit

  • @thatcarlchick7655
    @thatcarlchick7655 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Private equity ruins everything. If you've noticed your vet bills going up a LOT in the past few years, they're behind that too.

  • @Anderson_Roger
    @Anderson_Roger Před 10 měsíci +158

    People in USA need to realize govt intervention is great sometimes.

    • @dr.floridamanphd
      @dr.floridamanphd Před 10 měsíci

      It can be great when our elected officials don’t have their heads up their own asses

    • @Steven-T
      @Steven-T Před 10 měsíci +22

      Nahhhh, we would rather have socialism for the rich and ruthless capitalism for the rest. We can't have regular people taken care of!

    • @rogueviking9268
      @rogueviking9268 Před 10 měsíci +6

      "The scariest 9 words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help'". . .

    • @griffenrizzo7446
      @griffenrizzo7446 Před 10 měsíci

      Yes we do

    • @whoshotashleybabbitt4924
      @whoshotashleybabbitt4924 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@NeuroatypicalKirbymight want to talk to the 50k Indians a month lifted out of poverty thanks to capitalism. So much of what people think is “capitalism” is cronyism. Very different.
      It’s not a perfect system, but the alternatives have a tendency to result in mass graves.

  • @friggasring
    @friggasring Před 10 měsíci +18

    Series like these remind me why I love working for a non-profit safety net hospital that gets public funding.

  • @whysocurious7366
    @whysocurious7366 Před 10 měsíci +145

    I wonder... can all the patients sue insurance corporations for practicing medicine without a license?

    • @LadyAnuB
      @LadyAnuB Před 10 měsíci +33

      I would think so. Even if it doesn't go to trial, just having the discovery phase showing how healthcare/insurance companies conduct business would be extremely enlightening and that would be the best event to happen.

    • @justahugenerd1278
      @justahugenerd1278 Před 10 měsíci +19

      Problem is money - at least physicians make good enough money to get lawyers, but the average people? Less so

    • @LadyAnuB
      @LadyAnuB Před 10 měsíci +23

      @@justahugenerd1278 Not on a class action suit. Lawyers can get up to a third of the settlement so money isn't as much of an issue.

    • @emaayan
      @emaayan Před 10 měsíci +3

      I don't think so, inspite of what he says, if understand correctly pa"s procedures are written by docros from inside the insurance company and the appeals process also includes doctors.

    • @nephron9924
      @nephron9924 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@justahugenerd1278trust me doctors want to sue insurance probably more than patients. Why? Because doctors who are ordering treatments procedures or medicine for their patients are the ones getting the no on the phone by insurance. No doctor wants to look incompetent so they try to do the right thing that gets the best outcome so you like them and leave a good review on your survey or refer your friends

  • @AnthonyTalerico
    @AnthonyTalerico Před 10 měsíci +156

    I’ve been sitting here waiting for this to upload for two hours. No joke. Every video you make is incredible. The health insurance month is your best idea yet. Keep making people laugh and see the Truth!

    • @HisameArtwork
      @HisameArtwork Před 10 měsíci +4

      about time someone sued that piece of hair slime. muahahah

  • @eventidessoul1963
    @eventidessoul1963 Před 10 měsíci +16

    Read the links in the description and its a very welcome sight. Envision trying to dismiss the lawsuit and is being denied, medical associations supporting the on-going lawsuit(I learned a new latin term! Amicus Curiae)
    I can imagine the other specialists sensing Envision's physiological change as the lawsuit continues. Cardio notes the tachycardia, opththa notes mydriasis as fear kicks in, neuro and psych note the panic setting in, family med experiences a sudden urge to create a plan for Envisions end of life care.

  • @kalfried
    @kalfried Před 10 měsíci +22

    Your ability to use comedy to raise awareness and explain important issues is world class. WORLD CLASS!

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher Před 10 měsíci +53

    This is what happens when a Healthcare system tries to turn into a business they care more about money than the actual people

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 Před 10 měsíci

      Turning things into a business is usually fine, though some things like prisons and hospitals you shouldn't try and take away from the government because people will suffer if you try to min max it.

  • @kristytransue8755
    @kristytransue8755 Před 10 měsíci +110

    I love this series! It should be required of all politicians to watch.

    • @LastRookie
      @LastRookie Před 10 měsíci +4

      Just because they watch doesn't mean they'll listen or learn. Big-reputation politicians will only listen if you have a flat-screen on the back of a truck slowly dumping money onto them.

  • @cynthiaschrader7474
    @cynthiaschrader7474 Před 10 měsíci +10

    YES! Been saying insurance companies need to be sued for practicing medicine without a license and well as these crappy law makers and governors.

  • @Ribberflavenous
    @Ribberflavenous Před 10 měsíci +21

    Wait, what? This is real? I am concerned that if I pinch myself hard enough to wake up from this dream I will emerge in a world where I can't afford to go to an ER to have the injury treated. LOVE LOVE LOVE this series!!!

  • @riseredeos
    @riseredeos Před 10 měsíci +16

    This is one of those rare occasions where I would actually donate to an MD for legal fees bc they are up against monsters…..Get em!!!!!!

  • @aganaom1712
    @aganaom1712 Před 10 měsíci +13

    this was the most invigorating verbal uppercut this series has delivered

  • @Steven-T
    @Steven-T Před 10 měsíci +14

    Now do the same for the health insurance corporations.

    • @PhillyDBCoach
      @PhillyDBCoach Před 10 měsíci

      Absolutely feasible, they practice medicine

  • @cbpd89
    @cbpd89 Před 10 měsíci +7

    You manage to take your normal, charming, Dr. G face and turn it into the smarmy, slappable Bartholomew Banks face. I salute your acting and will resist the urge to slap Mr. Private Equity.

  • @billyrodriguez1878
    @billyrodriguez1878 Před 10 měsíci +9

    I always thought that I cannot be prouder than I am for being an emergency medicine physician but This video actually increased that proudness to a whole new level!!!

  • @kens2328
    @kens2328 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Have loved this dude for years. I bet United HC and all other HC insurers absolutely loathe him. Keep up the good work, Dr. G. Roast away! Mockery is hilarious. People respond to being laughed at probably more than by being shamed.

  • @Cristiana-15_09
    @Cristiana-15_09 Před 10 měsíci +19

    This brought tears of joy and pride to my eyes, and I'm not even american! You go and fight for the People... Our life is in your hands ❤

  • @lucasm.3864
    @lucasm.3864 Před 10 měsíci +6

    They’ve lost only 900 million? Those are rookie numbers, we’ve gotta pump those up!

  • @Amigo21189
    @Amigo21189 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Emergency Medicine has found it necessary to treat one of the more pernicious disorders in our society. He was always a superhero, but today I think we owe him a shirt with a shield on it.

  • @FooBRaP
    @FooBRaP Před 10 měsíci +5

    Thia series is all about the fact that the US allows for nearly everything to become merchandise, even people's lives.
    A life and it's quality shouldn't not be some sort of trading good.
    It should not take a whole society in shambles for you guys to notice (and even then some do not notice).

  • @anshumankhetan
    @anshumankhetan Před 10 měsíci +11

    3 I am not even American but I feel so happy for you all.

  • @jacob2359
    @jacob2359 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Wait, you can sue a company for that??? Why havent we done that sooner!

    • @fasdaVT
      @fasdaVT Před 10 měsíci +4

      You can file lawsuits no problem, winning is a different matter

    • @LadyAnuB
      @LadyAnuB Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@fasdaVT You may not win but the concept of companies practicing medicine without a license gets to aired out in public. Also, the discovery phase of the trial should be an eye-opener showing how their business model works.

  • @xjessie_drawsx
    @xjessie_drawsx Před 10 měsíci +7

    I love a happy ending

  • @jimm6810
    @jimm6810 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Is there any hope that insurers can be sued out of existence for practicing medicine without a license when they deny treatment? I would cheer for joy.

    • @PhillyDBCoach
      @PhillyDBCoach Před 10 měsíci

      Absolutely possible. Interestingly United Healthcare does the same thing we are suing Envision for: they are the #1 employer of physicians via Optum.

  • @jbradymd
    @jbradymd Před 10 měsíci +8

    I almost had the Diet Coke spit out my nose at the end! from laughing! Thanks from an ED Director in a small community hospital (not privately owned).

  • @cymtastique
    @cymtastique Před 10 měsíci +6

    Is this actually happening?
    Get 'em, doctors!

  • @_bits_and_bytes
    @_bits_and_bytes Před 10 měsíci +17

    After the depressing videos before it, this one is a breath of fresh air. Seeing private equity suffer is so cathartic

  • @nickgardella5169
    @nickgardella5169 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Physicians and Nurses and PAs and every single member of allied health who got into this to help people (as most of us do) need to shout this from the rooftops, advocate within our systems (even when the higherups want to shut us down) and most importantly take LEGAL action. Its the only language these people understand. What an amazing series from an amazing doctor. Thank you!!!

    • @Cardboardruna
      @Cardboardruna Před 10 měsíci

      This kind of nonsense literally prevented me from joining the medical field. I want to help people. But my desire to help does not outpace my desire to maintain a shred of mental health. I cannot physically work for organizations whose entire existence is founded on turning abject human suffering into personal profit. For organizations that deliberately weaponize our own empathy against us for profit. Pure evil.

  • @rafael-rossi
    @rafael-rossi Před 10 měsíci +40

    A whole series about the crazy world of US Healthcare and not a single appearance of our beloved psychiatrist. =D

    • @ericbrewer30ify
      @ericbrewer30ify Před 10 měsíci +8

      Like Psychiatry tries to find an inpatient bed for a suicidal adolescent. Or Psychiatry vs United Behavioral Health

    • @LeeeHack
      @LeeeHack Před 10 měsíci +1

      Well, if all goes well, maybe one day PE will land at his office? ;)

    • @watchmeimflying
      @watchmeimflying Před 10 měsíci +2

      Most the psychiatrists I know of take cash and let the patience get reimbursed. They can’t even stay in business and actually treat patients if they tried to live off what insurance gives them.

  • @homerman76
    @homerman76 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Proof that there are ways of dealing with the system, especially now that awareness is going up, we just need to know what we're uniting against rather than letting companies manipulate us into being divided

  • @kmdn1
    @kmdn1 Před 9 měsíci +2

    As someone who fell into a deep hole of depression and hopelessness after being denied treatment (and still being denied treatment) over and over and over again for a dibilitating injury your U.S. Healthcare series helped me feel a little less isolated, confused, lost, hopeless and angry about my situation as a result of the greed of U.S. Healthcare "insurance" companies. I feel stronger knowing that there are thousands upon thousands of other people like me who want nothing more than to help the physicians and the policy makers fight the good fight and do something to stop "health insurance" companies from causing direct harm to people in need of medical care on a massive scale.

  • @cherylcarlson3315
    @cherylcarlson3315 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thanks again for putting the source links. My soul dances at the news of the lawsuit

  • @FutureAIDev2015
    @FutureAIDev2015 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Hmmm...suing insurance corporations for practicing without a license...this could come in handy for getting back at the insurance I had as a high schooler for refusing to cover a medication I needed during cancer treatment to keep my immune system from crashing.

  • @Caniewaak
    @Caniewaak Před 10 měsíci +7

    Please tell me the emergency doctors suing is real. I could really use that dose of justice in my life today

    • @Caniewaak
      @Caniewaak Před 10 měsíci

      @@TheRatsintheWalls how did this rat get in my walls and why is it talking to me?

  • @roberthoddinott9160
    @roberthoddinott9160 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thank you. I needed that bit of optimism and reassurance. Things might be okay as long as we all follow along, and its nice to have hope again. Thank you for you service.

  • @Bildo1986
    @Bildo1986 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Seeing the smug look of satisfaction in emergency's face when private equity finally understands that people stand up for themselves. Best facial expression in the entire catalogue thus far.

  • @Steven-T
    @Steven-T Před 10 měsíci +6

    Is emergency medicine about to become our knight in shining spandex track suit? 😂

  • @zyxavier
    @zyxavier Před 10 měsíci +8

    This one actually made me smile. I love all your videos and even though this month has been grueling yet enjoyable, this video was comforting. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one!

  • @EdMuse1122
    @EdMuse1122 Před 10 měsíci +4

    "You can only cut costs so much before you sacrifice patient care...and the people who do the work won't let that happen." That's the problem, here, and it's similar to the one in both of my fields. As a musician and educator (in my case, at two state universities), I'm acutely aware of the concept that the corporate and administrative powers that be will try to cut budgets to the bone and then some, but that we will still strive to do the best work we can because we care. But here’s the problem: they know that. The powers that be know that when they tear everything down, we will pick up the slack. And when we can no longer do that, when we can do nothing else but fail, we'll be the ones to take the blame. Pay me? Don't pay me? I'll still do the best I can. And not only do thise f****rs know that, they absolutely depend on it!

  • @hadleytorres8171
    @hadleytorres8171 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love the way this man covers the sad state of affairs in the American Healthcare system. While at the same time making it entraining and dryly humorous as possible.

  • @karen5670
    @karen5670 Před 10 měsíci +5

    I truly love your channel and love how you are using your platform to raise awareness comedically .

  • @mattwhaley1865
    @mattwhaley1865 Před 10 měsíci +4

    That last line. Just delicious. If corporations are people. Put those corporations in prison.

  • @kmbrown08
    @kmbrown08 Před 10 měsíci

    Proud member of AAEM...we fight against private equity for all EM physicians!

  • @nomorebroscience7755
    @nomorebroscience7755 Před 10 měsíci +1

    It's wonderful to see so many HCA residency programs go unfilled this past cycle. Definitely a step in the right direction.

  • @Thraxismodarodan
    @Thraxismodarodan Před 10 měsíci +8

    Wait, is this GOOD NEWS?!

  • @incineroar9933
    @incineroar9933 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Silly investors. If your customers die young because they can't afford the healthcare you want them to pay for, you're loosing out on decades and decades of money.

  • @katttmandoo
    @katttmandoo Před 10 měsíci +1

    As a person who worked housekeeping, terminally cleaning OR rooms....it's the subtle things, like the Diet Coke at the end that just wrap it up!

  • @julie982
    @julie982 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I love this!!! Private Equity gets his comeuppance and Emergency Medicine strikes back!!!
    I love "Emergency Medicine, Board Certified ", a great introduction.

  • @juliejanesmith57
    @juliejanesmith57 Před 10 měsíci +4

    This was refreshing. We need more doctors like this.

  • @Slowmotion1225
    @Slowmotion1225 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Citizens United did make corporations, "people."
    Sue the feck out of them!

  • @DMTrance87
    @DMTrance87 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You sir, are a boon to this planet.... We need about 1 million more of you.
    ...... Please raise as many children as possible. Adopt, procreate, do what you got to do just raise them with your values 💞

  • @LadyAnuB
    @LadyAnuB Před 10 měsíci +2

    Yes!!!!! ED is still my favorite doc!
    Everyone reading this, please keep track of any United Healthcare commercials you see from this point forward. I am looking to see how they counter this series. I've encountered one so far.but I didn't pay attention to its content to back up my suspicion (as listed in the prevous sentence).

  • @justsomeguy6730
    @justsomeguy6730 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Please do something about how private equity is replacing doctors with nurse practitioners while charging patients the same amount.
    Sure it's unethical, but think of how many yachts admin can buy because your daughter or grandmother didn't get to see a doctor for that sudden headache and vomiting!

  • @youzhou3001
    @youzhou3001 Před 10 měsíci +4

    More good news! There's another one just filed in Texas where FTC is suing Anesthesia Partners, which is owned by WCAS.

  • @Andrea-jx9ob
    @Andrea-jx9ob Před 10 měsíci +1

    I've worked in healthcare for over 20yrs and have learned so much from this series. Most of my career has been in registration so, I know a lot of the depravity that insurances try and pull but never knew to the extent they go. As long as we have private health insurance companies running our healthcare systems, you better understand that they work for the shareholders. Their bottom line is king not your health. I'm reading a great book called The People's Hospital by Ricardo Nuila. I highly recommend people read it if you want to learn how American healthcare really "works". Thanks for making these videos.

  • @sandeepdavid846
    @sandeepdavid846 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Wow, EM standing up!! 🎉

  • @tomasrolter6729
    @tomasrolter6729 Před 10 měsíci +3

    How the turn tables.

  • @ArcaNiraela
    @ArcaNiraela Před 10 měsíci +5

    Well done Emergency Medicine, well done. 😊

  • @silasollegario
    @silasollegario Před 10 měsíci

    I haven’t been so happy watching a video as I have been with this one. Absolutely GOLD!

  • @DaveTexas
    @DaveTexas Před 10 měsíci +1

    Yep. A couple of years ago I got really sick. Norovirus became dehydration became decreased kidney function in a matter of two days. My husband dragged semi-conscious me to the nearest "Emergency Room," which was one of those private-equity places next to our local grocery store.
    They drew some blood and put me on IV fluids. Bloodwork showed decreased kidney function. They told me they’d need to transfer me to an actual hospital because they couldn’t treat me there. I was put in a private ambulance and driven to a real hospital, where I was put in the ICU for three days.
    I got a bill from the private-equity emergency room. AFTER my insurance paid them, I owed them over $12,000. $12,000 for a basic set of lab tests and one bag of IV saline. They billed my insurance company for more than $20,000, and this $12,000 was what wasn’t covered or negotiated by them.
    My total bill for three days in the ICU was less than $6,000, after insurance.
    I told my husband to NEVER take me to a private emergency room again. Either we go to a real hospital or I just die. Those are my only options.
    Having both an autoimmune disease and a neurological disease, I’m sick all the time and can’t work more than about quarter-time most of the year. I have no money. My husband is retired, so we have a pretty fixed income. I decided the private-equity folks weren’t getting a penny from me. That was robbery at gunpoint, as far as I’m concerned. They got enough from my insurance to cover their lab tests and bag of fluids, plus extra for the doctor who spent five minutes with me and the nurse who drew blood and started the IV. I’ve gotten about 500 collection letters, threatening phone calls, and even someone lying over the phone claiming they were a process server from the county trying to serve me with…some sort of papers. When I asked for the county case number on the paperwork so I could look it up, they hung up. Their phone number belonged to a collection agency in another state, too. Idiots. Not getting a cent. They can’t even sue me now because the debt is past the statute of limitations for a debt-collection lawsuit in my state. It pays to know things!
    I didn’t pay the hospital, either, but that’s because I filled out paperwork showing my household income. My outstanding balance was removed after that. Rich people get to pay it instead, since people like me are one of the reasons costs go up for everyone. You rich people don’t want single-payer universal healthcare? Then you can pay my medical bills.

    • @Cardboardruna
      @Cardboardruna Před 10 měsíci +1

      I wish more people understood this! People who have decent income are *already* paying for low-income people to receive healthcare. And they're paying much more for it than they would if we had a healthcare model like Germany or other similarly developed countries.

  • @Pebbles2639
    @Pebbles2639 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I really hope you put all these together into a mega video sometime!

  • @liav4102
    @liav4102 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Go Emergency Medicine Bro!! We are all behind you ❤❤

  • @philipberthiaume2314
    @philipberthiaume2314 Před 10 měsíci +1

    My two cents worth: my cousin is a renowned specialist who worked in NY city for a few years and she came back to Canada with her family. The main reason for this was that while she had the expertise to help patients, she was constantly fighting restrictions imposed by non medical decision makers, ie insurance companies. In Canada, there is no limit. She does what she has to save/improve lives regardless of anything. All of the developed world has universal health care. There is absolutely no reason for the United States to not have it as well.

  • @cindylewis3325
    @cindylewis3325 Před 10 měsíci

    Well Dr. G. Wish you the best for opening the eyes of our US Medical System. I hope it makes a difference

  • @drfman
    @drfman Před 10 měsíci +5

    If those emergency physicians win the lawsuit against private equity, could it be used as precedent to sue insurance companies? Since most have people who are not certified medical professionals making medical decisions for patients on what is "needed".

  • @Crismodin
    @Crismodin Před 10 měsíci +3

    This was perfect. I love it, and I wish you all the best of luck.

  • @mr.truffles9294
    @mr.truffles9294 Před 10 měsíci

    So many successive episodes, I can barely keep up. Thank you!

  • @robertlembo
    @robertlembo Před 10 měsíci +1

    Finally one of these videos doesn't make me want to go to sleep and not wake up...

  • @brennanruiz1803
    @brennanruiz1803 Před 10 měsíci +6

    If corporations are people (Citizens United v FEC, 2010, yes I know that’s about political speech but still), then we should be able to get them all out of healthcare, since I doubt that every single person in a “healthcare” corporation has a medical license.

  • @reverie_song
    @reverie_song Před 10 měsíci +3

    If that wasn't the best Diet Coke commercial I've ever seen, idk what is!

  • @liviaclementoni5192
    @liviaclementoni5192 Před 10 měsíci

    The pure, absolute satisfaction of that last sigh... Bravo!

  • @JHa-se7or
    @JHa-se7or Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you Dr. Glaucomflecken for making this video.

  • @RatKingofWares
    @RatKingofWares Před 10 měsíci +3

    CPOM (Corporate Practice of Medicine) prohibits or otherwise restricts the ownership of medical or medical-adjacent practices or businesses by non-licensed medical professionals. Currently, 33 states have CPOM regulations that are enforced to varying degrees. States that do not have a CPOM Ban include Alabama, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming.
    ^saved you some google searches

  • @archimedesscrew3710
    @archimedesscrew3710 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The swig of coke, pure Emergency Medicine 😂

  • @jimwormmaster
    @jimwormmaster Před 10 měsíci

    Just read the linked article. That warms my heart.

  • @shawnycoffman
    @shawnycoffman Před 10 měsíci +3

    It's about damn time. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @irogt
    @irogt Před 10 měsíci +3

    That was a plot twist I did not see coming. There is still hope.

  • @TuneRx
    @TuneRx Před 10 měsíci

    Watching this video was so satisfying! Finding out it's based on a true story is even better! I hope the lawsuit succeeds.

  • @deeprollingriver52
    @deeprollingriver52 Před 10 měsíci +1

    As an RN who practiced for 46 years, I’ve been a witness to the downfall of healthcare. I’m so afraid of having to go into the hospital.

  • @sevenandthelittlestmew
    @sevenandthelittlestmew Před 10 měsíci +3

    Next do the FTC lawsuit against US Anesthesia Partners, Inc and their private equity backers. They attempted to buy out anesthesiology practices in Texas, monopolizing the market and driving up prices. Article in Medpage Today.