The real reason American health care is so expensive
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Americans don't drive up the price by consuming more health care. They don't visit the doctor more than other developed countries:
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But the price we pay for that visit - for a procedure - it costs way more:
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The price you pay for the same procedure, at the same hospital, may vary enormously depending on what kind of health insurance you have in the US.
That's because of bargaining power. Government programs, like Medicare and Medicaid, can ask for a lower price from health service providers because they have the numbers: the hospital has to comply or else risk losing the business of millions of Americans.
There are dozens of private health insurance providers in the United States and they each need to bargain for prices with hospitals and doctors. The numbers of people private insurances represent are much less than the government programs. That means a higher price when you go to the doctor or fill a prescription.
Uninsured individuals have the least bargaining power. Without any insurance, you will pay the highest price.
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Shattered my knee in an accident, ambulance takes me to hospital then transported to another hospital because that’s where the specialist is, had two surgeries and it didn’t cost me anything, now I receive 80% of my salary until I’m able to return to work. This is right of every New Zealand citizen
Healthcare is not a right
Barack_ Mo Bamba In New Zealand it is
@@barack_mobamba4873 Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
Medical care IS A RIGHT. You have the right to adequate medical care, and denying that is denying a person of their human rights.
@@barack_mobamba4873 Healthcare is a right for every humans.. Unfortunately it is not in US
@@barack_mobamba4873 I feel like wanting to be alive and healthy is a right
USA -- Land of the free(*).
* Terms and conditions apply.
🤣🤣🤣
btw I'm from the US.
@@eklectiktoni no one asked?
@@sxar_0660 Yep, I know. Just wanted to volunteer that info.
@@eklectiktoni aight
Ok
The exorbitant cost of healthcare in America is a result of several complex factors. Firstly, the country's fragmented healthcare system leads to inefficiencies and administrative overheads, with multiple layers of bureaucracy and paperwork increasing expenses. Additionally, the high prices of medical services, pharmaceuticals, and equipment contribute significantly to healthcare costs, fueled by a lack of price transparency and competition. Moreover, the prevalence of costly medical procedures, defensive medicine practices, and a fee-for-service payment model further drive up expenses. Addressing these systemic issues and promoting reforms focused on efficiency, affordability, and accessibility is crucial to mitigate the burden of healthcare costs on individuals and the economy.
I would Support you on this one because I'm a doctor for 10years now Deeply understand. However, To address this issue, policymakers must prioritize reforms aimed at streamlining the healthcare system, increasing price transparency, and promoting value-based care delivery models to ensure affordability and accessibility for all Americans.
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In the US, if someone finds a way to charge people for breathing outside, they will.
Its on the way
😂
They're probably working on it right now.
Then blame people if they can't pay for it smh
in germany we have a tax for co2 lol
I was shocked when I realised that ambulances aren’t for free in the USA .-.
Jose David 1507 Yep. There are tons of stories where someone is having a medical emergency and they don’t want to call an ambulance out of fear that they won’t be able to afford it.
Unbelievable even in my country, which is in third world ambulance is free...
Ikr same here
When I was new to America, I was involved in an accident. My friends called an ambulance and I was taken to hospital. I was discharged a day later and I had to pay $5000.03 ($1000 being ambulance cost). I still don't understand the 3 cents after they ripped me off.
Now I know better, I have saved others from calling for an ambulance. Never go hospital in America unless your condition is critical
$1200 per 10 mile ride.
America is a business, not a country.
Michael McNamara The business of America is business. President Coolidge.
Exactly, just like how our president is a business man 🤦🤦♀️
Kitty Meow Meow “business man”
@@Iamnotabug thats literally what he was before he somehow became president
Kitty Meow Meow Yeah I’m aware. I was being facetious.
What’s worse is people can’t afford doctor visits and hold off going to the doctor until their health is so far gone. At that point your pretty much handed a death sentence.
In India if you are a government employee then you got free medical healthcare for free.
@@adityaraj2001 same in Pakistan
Why does usa healthcare care about money, not lives? Im pretty sure that makes it really bad. They are so rich
Speak for yourself
@@Alex_Aramayo Says the one speaking for himself
I am a US Citizen living in Japan. After seeing how Japanese healthcare works, I am afraid to return to the US and risk ruining my comfortable retirement.
Do not come back lol. Unless you have family in the states I don’t know why anyone would choose to more to America over the EU or Canada.
I really don't understand, almost every developed country have free healthcare, I don't know why the US government doesn't want it to be free
You sound FIRE or at least working towards that goal. Can you tell me more about the healthcare differences in Japan vs the US? I'm researching the topic extensively for a project I'm considering to write about. Thanks
You're very lucky and on top of that the Japanese people are so fortunate to have shops and all kinds of night markets as well as being such a clean and safe country, how I envy them.
Renounce that citizenship, and cross through the border when sick. 🤔
I had my first severe panic attack and thought I was severely sick so I drove myself to the hospital in Miami, I sat on the ER bed for 30 minutes and started to feel better, I left without treatment and was charged 1,200$. Without. Treatment.
Get a humifider and lavender and rub it around your neck take a cold shower and try to calm down with soft music I had my 2 panic attack didn’t even go to the dr cause I knew they weren’t gonna do nothing don’t have insurance either.
Olku ain’t nothing good here unless your poor and have multiple kids and the government takes care of you middle class here is like a sin cause we have it the hardest .
How did you feel after receiving your medical bill?😰🥵🤯🤯
@@olku This is why I'm planning to leave America for good after my retirement!! And. Yes...I am a American!!!😯😯😯
Are you kidding???? in sweden you would have paid at the most 350kronor wich is like 35$ And id you needed a heart surgery 35$ doesnt matter the issue 35$ is the most we pay
Other Countries : Patients
USA : Omg!! A *CUSTOMER*
Private healthcare exists all over Europe, it coexists beside a public healthcare system, but the private system is subsidized by the State
WAIT, what's your rush? What's your hurry?
@@YourMom-jd6jp i understood that reference
@@pedromeneses9617 you have 0 reason to choose the private sector and pay thousand when you can just go to a public hospital.
@@pedromeneses9617 yet private healthcare in Europe is still way cheaper compared to US...
I love the fact that you can pay $200 in the US for a regular check up compared to £0 in most of the EU
Here in Belgium just fo a consult about 5 euros, it depends (sometimes less/sometimes more).
In Ecuador, it's like 20 dollars a check up
In brazil it cost 40 usa dollars to get a doctor check up sometimes they can be free depending on the hospital
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In Argentina we have completely free healthcare system, u can get complete cancer treatment for free.
thank you america, now i appreciate living in southern germany even more than before. ive seen 150k bills for 1 week in an american hospital, thats basically ruining your and your families life in 7 days.
yes, and bills like this are common in America. also they dont tell you how much the treatment cost until after... so you never get to see the price l until you are told you have to pay. alot of times people will just not go to the hospital out of fear of this
In India if you are a government employee then you got free medical healthcare for free.
I dont wanna hear about how germany is better than the usa. You guys started 2 world wars
@@adityaraj2001 so do American government workers. Also every job has insurance. Also america isn't homogeneous like these other countries.the only reason they can have "free" healthcare is because American pays for their military and their country is a tenth the size. 90% of new meds come from the US. Like Norway. Free healthcare but they don't pay for their military, we do, and they are 99% white people and have a 70% tax rate for all.
It's cheaper to go to another country to treat diabetes AND enroll in lifestyle programme to fight diabetes, then travel the world, 6 continents while buying a house with a pool and a car in each continent, eating best delicacies, going to tourist spot, and all that with return flight... than having a diabetes treatment in the US that often only look at symptoms.
Imagine every local grocer refusing to reveal the price of the bread unless you are done eating that bread. Welcome to US healthcare system.
Thank you for proving that health care is a cartel and not free market.
Heath Blasted ~ No, that's an accurate statement.
Most anyone can quickly make a reasonable guess at what a loaf of bread will cost.
Without looking it up, how many do you think can accurately guess what an MRI costs?
A liter of AB Neg blood?
A liver biopsy?
And exactly how do you go about comparison shopping those "consumer items"?
The weekly ads in the paper and monthly mailers? Maybe a Groupon?
I would say that it is your offhand dismissal of Mr Dhar's metaphor that is glib, sir.
Saugat Dhar exactly, only in heathcare are the prices hidden, and not easy to know before the bill comes. So stupid.
Saugat Dhar and if you don't eat the bread you will starve to death.
ITS EXPANSIVE BECAUSE THEY WANT IT FOR FREE.
Imagine paying to give birth
*This comment was made by the European gang*
I'm from London and I can confirm
Oop :c help meeee
I live in America
Ecovita imagine paying taxes for somebody else’s healthcare
This comment was made by American gang
Ecovita in Spain’s it’s 2000 dollars the cost in American just giving birth is like 12,000 and if it’s not a easy birth it’s can go up to 30,000
Wait do you actualy have to pay for that?
A few days ago, I had breakfast at home, went to the hospital, got hand surgery, and was home for dinner the same day. It cost me $10 for the bus fare.
Can you believe that some people in the US still think that it's communism?
Which country are you from
@@sourishsaha8067 Greece
Does the $10 include your taxes?
Someone else paid for it.
As a kid i was like : wow life in America must be cool
Me after developing 2 braincells: NOPE NOPE NOPE...
better than china
@@skywishr1313 eating mud is better than eating poop
So with those brain cells you developed could you please explain how America isn't good? Besides how we have the biggest economy, highest GDP , an opulent welfare safety net, the most powerful military in the world, and civil rights to live your life as you please with out government over reach? Plus a million other things.. I mean we have room to improve but I'm interested to hear how terrible it is.
@@anonymous.1303 pretty sure there are different videos about this. I dont know a lot about this topic, but as a person that lives abroad, I feel like america isnt really the best country. i will try finding a good video because i dont rly know how to explain (sry for bad english, im still trying to learn)
@@groundblock7994 it's far from the best, but it's not like the "third world country with a gucci belt" that people say it is
Breaking bad in England has only 1 episode: walter white gets ill and goes to the doctor and gets his treatment. End of story
Am so Excited about this Dr. Jane got me treated from this virus Pneumonia, influenza A, common cold chlamydia, am really thankful to her.
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Breaking Bad in basically any other country. "You have cancer" - *Walter White looks shocked* - "Treatment begins next tuesday, be at this adress at 8:45 AM on empty stomach, have someone drive for you or get a taxi back"
@@lagg1e America has one of the shortest wait lists for cancer treatment in the world, if you have private healthcare that is...
one of the shortest for public healthcare and the shortest for private healthcare*
@@justinsimons3122 in the UK cancer treatment comes under what's called the "2 week rule" that means your treatment or assessment must happen within 2 weeks of any referral marked as such.
Cancer treatment is very quick over here.
I met an american he told me he had planned to undergo a teeth surgery to take out 2 teeth for about 3500$ but instead he bought a ticket trough a college he knew and came to Turkey to undergo that same surgery + had a vacation in an 5 star hotel for 5 days for less then 1500$
Kaan Erdem *escuse me 3500$?*
@@julien4305 and an implant
@@kaanerdem2822 b-but...
@@kaanerdem2822 whaat
I don't believe it
A single week alone being admitted to the hospital cost my grandma entire life saving and insurance.
You Americans should do protests for it
@@chad807 they only protest for dead blk crims
We love it here!!!!
@@chad807 instead, we protest and storm the capital over supposed election fraud
@@chad807 And that happens because that is considered as communism by politicians
As an old saying "It is cheaper to fly to travel to Spain in bussiness class flight, join equstrian club, ride a horse, break your femur there, getting it replaced, break it again, get it replaced again compared to getting it replace in america"
That's messed up
Break.
@@cakeisyummy5755 yea mistype down there
Femur breaker is extremely painful thou XD
As a Spanish I confirm 🤣 they ll literally perform surgery on you even if you re a tourist and it ll cost 0€
Oh no, I’m having a heart attack. Let me just find the best price for a hospital that’s nearby
And you probably won't be able to find out because they won't tell you.
Not that I would be able to ask since I would have a HEART ATTACK
@@elimartin3982 you can have another heart attack later when you get the bill
And they charge me again for having another heart attack.
This totally is the best healthcare system in the world, and I’m totally not making a sarcastic comment.
I was nearly dying and had to call before to health insurance to try and see which hospitals were within network because if I lived, I would soon be in critical condition again once I saw the hospital fees
*I'd be better off being homeless in my country than being poor in america.*
hahaha even north korea has universal healthcare while the usa does not
Rishi they also have 0 freedom
like my comment gurl I seriously doubt that
@@nothingatall3432 100% serious
@@nothingatall3432 can you imagine spewing out freedom when your country charges you for every little thing you do? like owning a house and owning your own car and having children and having a problem with your health. Yeah freedom!! by the way they also charge you for being a citizen like an ID.
I saw a hospital bill of a person who had broken his neck while rock climbing, it was frikkin $346k for a week of treatment.
Guessing in the Indian doctor and British doctor reacts video??
@@nehadas5150 Yup
Lol it's not actually $346k. Most of tht will be covered. He would have to pay for about $8k of tht bill.
My dad is an American and had an intermittent generalized weakness. He went to his doctor in LA and had him to run some tests, but they couldn't diagnose him. He just kept sending my dad home for observation, gave him vitamins. He even went to ER because things were getting worse. Each visit to the GP cost him 200 USD. 3 weeks went by and the weakness was still there they just kept on running tests, CT scans etc. I'm a doctor from another country and told him to just book a flight to my country and get the right treatment. He did and it turned out it was just a simple case of hypokalemia. He got treated here properly and everything went back to normal.
That is just blatant theft. Good to know you managed to get him to visit your country for a proper healthcare. May God bless y'all with good life.
If we may know, what country are you from?
I’m an American, and I can confirm that our healthcare system is hot steaming garbage. They only care about the sweet sweet green, and that’s all. They don’t care whether or not you have a life threatening wound or disease, they just want money.
Other Countries: *"Patient.."*
US: *"Customer.."*
Both are right.
stolen
@@zCane I am at the peak of mt Everest and I can't see who tf ask
@@ShrodingeRen that's because the clouds are blocking your view, but yeah that @xonic comment was pretty useless
Nope. Now it's 'Client' and they offer 'products and services', not healthcare.
If you get hurt don’t call 911 call an Uber lol
waiting for someone in privatized healthcare industry to lobby the government to pass a bill that ban uber for transporting potential patient to hospital under the name of "safety issue"
@@user-oy2ry9kq6v dont give them ideas
Or call a friend
Sad but true. My mom had to drive my sister to the hospital when she was experiencing anaphylaxis and couldn’t breathe because we couldn’t afford the ambulance. I had to sit in the backseat so she wouldn’t get a ticket.
Totally. Just a ride with the ambulance (with no treatment) can be 400 USD. It happened to me.
I was in India when I fell ill after a long trip, and visited a government clinic in Kerala, India. They charged me 2 rupees ($.025) for doctor's consultation and gave me free antibiotics and electrolytes. Recovered fully on the 3rd day. Never forget that excellent experience.
Average salary in India: $1,800 per year.
@@fatherson59074726$. And india is the fith largest economy
It reminds of that Visa commercial where they bring in the person on the stretcher, and they wait for his/her credit card to approve the transaction before they tend to the emergency.
I've seen Americans come here to India to get Braces. Apparently Braces in India cost as much as an appointment in the US.
Yes that’s true. If we need any major surgery or even to have wisdom teeth removed we go to Thailand. The plane ticket is about 1300$ US the whole procedure with medicine is about 50$. To do that here and pay cash I got quoted anywhere from 7,000-15,000$ we save a fortune by going to Thailand for stuff like that. My family member had to get a liver transplant it cost $10,000 American cash in Thailand here it would have cost $200,000. What’s funny too is the hospitals there are nicer than the ones here I’ve been to. This place is a company not a country
What my braces here in the us were pretty cheap
@@ibrahimatraore061 you got insurance?
@@Jeramithehuman yeah but i paid it out of my on pocket for 3500
@@ibrahimatraore061 what’s your monthly premium? Even if it’s only $20 a month that’s still $240 a year plus you paid $3500 out of pocket. A round trip ticket with hotel food everything is still a fraction of the price going to Thailand you’ll pay maximum 2k for everything the other $500 you can live like a king for a month take an awesome vacation ride elephants take private boat tours and still come home with an extra $500 In your pocket. Now if we had universal healthcare you could just go and get anything done medically at no cost. The problem is with the private healthcare here
Imagine you broke your knees:
In the EU: Just call an ambulance
In the US: Do you wanna keep your house or your kneecaps?
not true
@@rowmin6433 kinda...
@@Blossom_-lp5wm A house costs several hundred thousand dollars. Knee surgery cost about 20k
@@rowmin6433 But still, where I live I would end up paying nothing (or in certain cases 2,79 bucks for a day in a hospital) thanks to our insurance system. If I need to go for a check-up, it's most of the times free. Childbirth? Around 600 bucks. Everything here is much cheaper than in the US.
@@klaranovakova7634
Either way the meme is wrong
Living in the uk and the most you ever pay (unless you are private) is about £9 for a prescription make me realise how lucky we are to have heavily subsidised health care. You get hit by a car, get airlifted put in icu and on a ventilator for 30 days and have 7 different surgeries, in the us that’s probably 1.5 million, in the uk that’s free
NHS are treating me right now, glad to be living in UK
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Absolutely. The intricate web of billing processes, administrative costs, and the pricing structure of pharmaceuticals significantly contributes to the overall cost of healthcare.
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Ever heard about Carl Jason Cohen
*When you realise America revolted from the UK cause of taxes*
The US revolted because of taxation without representation, not just too high taxes
@@duback1209 Uneccessary taxes that they believe to be unfair, HA they doing the exact same thing now
@@duback1209 tell that to american inmates
@@falkyraizu3063 The point is if enough americans thought it was unfair today the taxes would be gone, but back then no matter how many people disliked the taxes it didn't matter.
@@duback1209 The point is that the original post is accurate. America revolted because of taxes, and the fact that many of the taxes were unfair. It is very hypocritical to do the exact thing years later
as a child I dreamed of living in the US, now as an adult I'm really glad I was born in the EU
Same thing here as a Canadian.
@@whatzmyusrname Same. I kinda feel sorry for the people down south.
@@internetperson9813 Same here, I wish our southern neighbours had a good system. :(
@@whatzmyusrname I mean they're having trouble even switching to the popular vote or getting a useful ID card (social security is horrible as a form of identification).
my biggest flex is not being american
I went to the ER last year and got a CT scan for a kidney stone (I went because I I thought it might’ve been appendicitis). No ambulance, no overnight stay, no removal or dissolution of the small stone. Just a few hours at the hospital and the bill to insurance was just shy of $8,500. Luckily my insurance covered all but about $250 of it.
Walter white had to become a drug lord to pay his hospital bills
The American way of life....
Imagine putting a price tag on someone's life.
exactly what happen
Cuz money is the American corrupt dream
America’s been doing it since slavery...
That sounds like the dark web lol
I’d like to have good healthcare
Stop commenting roasting Americans, I'm tired of liking all the comments
just take my like
Not gonna lie , they had us in thé first part
now this is a good one
Best country in the world haters are always going to hate.
@PB Assassinz
You gotta love people being ironic! My best part of the internet.
healthcare is a human right, of course it needs to be payed for, and someone has to foot the bill, but the bill should cost as little as its feasibly possible to cost, not as high as it can cost till people say no. healthcare should not be a business it should be a service. in most countries, education is also a service, even up to higher levels of education. its literally for the benefit of all of society.
I'm from India and my father had to get angioplasty a year ago.
We had 2 choices
1. Get it done for free in a public govt aided hospital
2. Get it done in a private hospital
Since there was a waiting list in the govt hospital we decided to go to private hospital. It was a week long stay. We got the best healthcare facilities and the whole procedure including everything costed us INR 125,000 (around $1700) and every single penny of our bill was paid by the health insurance. We had to pay literally nothing.
I grew up in America and I currently live in West Africa. Just had a tumor removed and it cost me around $500. The same procedure would have cost me at least $15,000 or more in America. Being poor in America is a death sentence.
About 16 months ago my wife had a new cutting edge surge to fix her hart. The surge worked fine. Unfortunately it caused a flare of her two autoimmune disorders. She was in the hospital for almost two months. She got around the clock care with consulting from world-class doctors. We had no insurance at the time. They didn't hesitate to have her the best care available on the planet. We are not rich or famous but we had access to this kind of care because we are in the U.S. Yes it was expensive but you get what you pay for.
The government takes care of the poor families in America. It would have been covered by government insurance if one was actually poor. I'm not saying things are not to expensive here in the medical field, just that If your an actual poor family the government takes care of you. We would know.
@@jamesgray143 I guess you can say I am middle class. Still I don't wanna spend 15K on a medical procedure that actually costs $500.
@@rameses1979 I can understand that. Middle class suffers here of high cost in many areas and medical is one of them. It goes with housing as well. You basically feel poor many times in America as a middle class person because of all the bills and Dept.
@@jamesgray143 I am glad we are seeing eye to eye. As a middle class person you are 1 or 2 paychecks away from being poor or homeless
You know something's wrong with your country when your citizens go to the doctor less than other countries, but then still pay the most out of all of them.
I get what you mean, but it's not like we Americans don't go to the doctor less because we don't get into accidents or injuries less than other countries. We don't go to the doctor BECAUSE the cost is high. Because we have to pay the most, we are hesitant to ever go unless its for an actually serious injury
@@troger6895 Not surprised you are hesitant when an inhaler can cost $200-$300 , outrageous amount . In Europe it would be about $20-$25
Yeah, if only Americans weren't in such poor health and as obese as compared to other first world countries, causing health care costs to go up...apples to oranges comparison for U.S. citizens to Euros.
@@MrTarmonbarry
200 dollars for an inhaler correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t there lots of people in the US with (can’t spell it)
@@user-nb1eo2je3r Is asthma the word you are looking for ??
"Private sector" doesn't mean "free-market" or "free from government intervention." Based on my (limited) research, at least part of the issue seems to be with inefficient legal and bureaucratic requirements imposed on healthcare and the toxic economic environment they create. Letting the government handle it is not by itself a solution to a problem created (at least in part) by the government.
Healthcare is not selling widgets. There are people's lives at stake, being bounced around the market place.. A main reason for government involvement is that that its money is necessary to provide care for the poor, which a market economy can't do, and government will make sure the money is used properly.
@@SandfordSmythe Also, why would we trust the government more than private businesses? Most of the bureaucrats running the show are not elected, and voting with our dollars is meaningless because the government-controlled healthcare system would be a monopoly. Plus, the government would have more of an incentive to cover up its own faults, which could be anything from a misdiagnosis to systemic corruption. Speaking of corruption, if we combine the two following factors -- that (1) government-controlled healthcare system has little incentive (economically) to stay be up-to-date or efficient, and that (2) the government would be in control of a lot of public funds to manage the healthcare system -- it is easier for corruption to take hold and grow. I'm sure there are ways to mitigate these issues, but my point is that the government is not inherently more trustworthy than any private businesses when it comes to providing services, such as healthcare.
@@PraniGopu There are plenty of examples and practices that governments can be hold accountable and have to respond to the people's needs. I totally understand why you don't trust them, but it's something that's possible to fix, while outsourcing the responsibility to the market has no positive examples.
@@dlovas I will learn more about it. Do give me references if you can, I will very much appreciate it.
To clarify, I don’t think either outsourcing responsibility to the market (or more specifically the private sector) or government taking up the responsibility all by itself are sufficient as solutions. The method used as well as the ethical, political and economic framework are what’s crucial to get right. I mean, the US healthcare system does outsource part of the responsibility to the private sector, but the way it is done is disastrous. It can be done to produce positive results too. I’m from India, so I’ll mostly use examples from India. Outsourcing responsibility to the private sector has produced positive outcomes for transport (ex. airlines got a massive boost after the industry was opened to private players), education and healthcare (ex. private education and healthcare is usually of higher quality in India, though at a higher cost (although costs can range from reasonable to exorbitant); affordability is a major concern for the poor and I’m not yet sure what’s the answer to that), telecommunication networks (telephone, radio and television networks used to be owned solely by the government before 1999), banking (private sector banking was not allowed before 1990), etc.
On the other hand, I know that government can also be effective in providing certain services with accountability. The nationalised healthcare and education systems of certain European countries seem to work quite well, and the government-funded public transport in some countries I’ve visited were top-notch and very cheap too. Back in India too, though the government may not do the best job, it does provide options for the poorer people where the private sector falls short (though everyone can and often do use these options too, as with public transport). The digitisation of finance (which made online banking accessible to a vast portion of the population) was also another impressive (and very effective) initiative by the government in collaboration with private players.
My point is that I don’t think government as such is the solution or that the private sector as such is the problem when it comes to providing public services such as healthcare. That said, I am in favour of free-market solutions, because under the right socio-political conditions, I think free-market capitalism is the only system that is compatible in the long-run with individual rights, productivity and human flourishing (for all economic levels of society). My ideas may be wrong, but I’m happy to risk being wrong and learn more. Again, I need to learn more about what are the ways in which affordable public services can be provided effectively either by the free-market or by government in a way that ensures accountability and sustainability; any references you can provide will be much appreciated.
Not "private sector." Free market. A corrupt, captured market doesn't work, whether government or private.
Corruption isn't just growing on the tree. It's a biproduct of poor social safety. The countries that successfully lowered it all archived it by investing in their people.
@@dlovas
No, corruption is a byproduct of centralized authority.
Anyone finds out they have cancer
Normal people
*"ok,treatment starts tomorrow"*
Americans
*Breaking Bad opening*
Passos nobody in single payer programs gets to see a doctor in one day . Thats the problem
Christian Soldier Dude, I don’t even know where you get this from. If I have something I can go to the doctor tomorrow first thing without even calling. They won’t like it because they have a schedule aswell, but they can’t reject me. If I have something more severe I can go to the 24hr ER service by myself and get myself checked in 30 mins. If I have something even more severe I can call an ambulance and get attended immediately. All payed for by my insurance. My fathers Job gives us insurance, if he loses that job the government will IMMEDIATELY take it over, payed for by my fellow Germans in the form of taxes. I will never have to pay by myself for necessary medical help. Is that sort of information that „oh you never get to see a doctor“ made up?? Quit it.
@@7invader Germans dont have single payer health insurance .
@@christiansoldier77 : True, but it doesn't matter. In the UK, where they *_do_* have single payer healthcare (and "worse", the medical treatment is actually provided by government employees!), you do have to wait a bit for elective surgery, but if you have something serious like cancer, *you literally CAN be seen by a doctor the next day.*
@@Milesco Yeah , IF you have something like cancer but for like say a sprained foot you will have to wait
Health care in US:
Trade offer:
I receive: your entire life savings
You recieve: knee caps back
@John Spöner pretty sure people in the Uk aren’t socialist and still have free healthcare
finland: haha best press freedom go BBBBRRRRT
Yeah we have free healthcare, even though we pay it back in taxes. It is very much worth it, since we dont have to worry if we dont have a job or if we break our arm. The govermeant pays for all of it. But that also doesn't mean that we dont have money, we do have money its just that we are wise about how we use it.
@@kenlyck1474 Ehhh not so bad here in Canada we get universal healthcare which is pretty good I guess.
not even close to reality if your work for an employer you probably have a majority of your healthcare payed an covered. When I work in the pvt sector my healthcare is about 50 USD a month with my employer covering a bulk of the cost. Along with that many should have investments that they can pull from. If you have a "life savings" or a savings account beyond 90 days of rationing support, your not using money well. I forgo a traditional savings and have a money market account, that way my money at least stays and makes more than inflation.
@@SimanSlivar Bruh, your taking it too seriously.
0:17 I can't unsee "Protugal" it is Portugal btw for all the ones that don't know about the existance of this Small Country that is Beautiful :)
I did a brain surgery, a foot surgery, broke my arm 3 times, and a lot more emergencies and it's all included in our taxes in my country. That's so bizarre, you have to be em debt to have access to a good heathcare. And I'm from a "third world country". I didn't even have to pay for the medicines later.
Br?
Yes, the majory of people than lives in first world countries too like france, germany, canada, or south korea for example, looks like the united states it's the only exception of this
America = Expensive healthcare, expensive college, expensive car loans, expensive home mortgage, etc...
America is the land of money first. Everything is for profit.
Gov't tends to make things more expensive.
but we are free (as long as you're not born penniless) yaaay
Change expensive to prohibitive cost.
@@victorfernandes4732
Well, not really free.
The General Court is a collective term for rights everyone and all in Norway has to use nature, regardless of who owns the land.
Tours in the woods and in the mountains, on foot and skiing, swimming, camping max 2 days, anchoring of boats, harvesting wild berries and flowers and recreational fishing in the sea are examples of such rights.
The public rights mainly apply to outlying areas.
The General Court has existed in Norway for a long time
America's healthcare genuinely terrifies me.
I live in Europe and I once broke my leg. I was driven into the hospital, and my leg was casted and I was let go for free (it was paid for by the NHS). I can't imagine being on holiday in America and breaking my leg by accident and paying thousands for just that
I do pay £100 a month NI it is worth it though.
It’s embarrassing to me as an American. Backwards uneducated rural country people would say that “it’s not free because you pay so much more taxes” or that government involvement “takes away freedoms”, because apparently being American means not paying taxes LOL. I live in a country of so many ignorant people.
@@3lizabethrose Don't worry. Every country has people that let the nation down.
I broke my leg once as a teen, but I did not go to the doctor because of the cost. My mom created a makeshift cast, fed me lots of calcium, and I took it easy for a few months. I also gave birth to my son at home. When healthcare is so expensive, you really have to become your own doctor.
@@agees924 I once did my kidney transplant on my own.
In Iraq to treat a broken forearm, you only need to pay about less than 5$ 🙂
Nice
It's better.
@Pizzurp subpar healthcare is faaaaaaar better than no healthcare because you can't afford it. If there is private sector along with the public cheap one that's even better
@Pizzurp you're not 'stealing' you're charging them for the services you provide as a government and no it's not for personal gain it's for the poor. The whole world sees the american healthcare system as something out of the ordinary because of how expensive it is. If the rest of the world is content with free/cheaper healthcare, why are you not?
Yeah but I still get the funny feeling that no one actually wants to move to Iraq 😂
It's weird that that we call it health "insurance", when it's really more like a health union, who's primary purpose is collective bargaining.
As I read in a comment from another CZcams video:
"Welcome to America! The richest third world country that ever existed"
It literally is what it is.
That hit me hard
Have you ever had healthcare in a "3rd world country"? Where most nurses couldn't even be candy strippers in American hospitals and most doctors are basically on the level of an American nurse? I have many times.
@@user-zy1oh8jk7j Ye I have, they treated me well and I got it for 'free'.
@@user-zy1oh8jk7j That is the reason is the wealthiest 3rd world country.
GoFundMe is our healthcare lol
Sad but true
Sad??? Its wonderful.
@@coolbeans6148 wonderful that your government doesnt include healthcare under the tax paid services?
@@floriansoos4716 yes
@@coolbeans6148 k then
As a student in Germany you pay around 100€ ($ 122) per month and you get all the essential health care you need. I can't imagine being in a life threatening situation and being afraid of the medical bill afterwards.
same in the UK, and it includes unemployment security and contribution based benefits whenever needed.
Unless you are rich, in the US you are always afraid that any big health emergency will make you go broke.....
My mom just got a bill for $165 originally $245 just to go to the physician and talk about why she was running out of breath quickly then lab fees were another $130 after insurance. I didn’t really see any issue because no one in my family really went to the doctor and now I see why no one goes💀 how does the government not see a problem with this. When I’m paying more for 1 checkup than my whole monthly bills (except rent) something isn’t right
My teacher told me a year ago, that one of her cousins I think had gotten cancer. Now, they live in the US, where Healthcare isn't free unlike where I live. The first time, they had to sell their car and some other things to pay for the hospital bill. Then, the cancer came back and that time, her cousin and her husband had to sell their house and move into an apartment just to pay again! They should really fix their Healthcare system
They? Who? Power belongs to the people. Wake up. Wake up
no
I knew a RICH guy who had an AWESOME speedboat that probably costed hundreds of thousands of $. Despite being rich, he STILL had to sell that boat in order to afford the hospital bill.
@@elephant35e And well he should have.
America is 100% capable of using tax payer money for free health insurance for everyone. I'm sure you can guess why that already isn't a thing.
I️ fell ill around 3 years ago in England, had heart palpitations, a fever of 104 and severe chest pain. As an American, I️ was horrified because I️ didn’t have the money to pay to go to the ER and avoided going for three days until I️ almost passed out after eating some food.
I️ went to the A&E (aka the ER) and they took me in, gave me chest x rays, antibiotics and a room with air conditioning (which apparently what I️ heard from my English friends is a rarity since air conditioners aren’t very common)
When alone with a nurse I️ started crying because I️ literally used up so much of their resources and wondered how much I️ would have to pay.
She calmed me down and told me “this was a serious emergency, you won’t be charged don’t worry”
And at that moment I️ realized the American medical system has conditioned so many people to suffer and live in pain and even perhaps DIE because of the fear of debt.
I’m alive today because of the NHS, a medical system that is not mine, in a country foreign to me.
I was lucky, I️ could only imagine what would have happened to me in the states.
Amanda You are welcome. Glad you had a good experience in my home country.
Amanda
Indeed you are absolutely welcome for receiving what we regard as a basic human right in a developed country.
You should die if you want to steal from others or force others to work for a certain price, both at gunpoint, to keep you alive. If you want better/cheaper healthcare in the US, get the government and its monopolization practices out of the way.
But Amanda was fine... because she happened to be in a country where these 'practices' take place. The US is the broken outlier
In germany you never pay anything for the Hospital..... imagine to pay 1000 of euros for this nonsense is ridiciolous... i never step a food in this weird country usa...
For that reason many Americans travel to Mexico for medical treatment
@@josem588 sounds even worse
@@maze95 in mexico medical treatment is more affordable than in usa
The American dream has become a nightmare
Hello, I’m American. When I was about 4 I was diagnosed with S4 Neuroblastoma. Over the span of about 4-5 years of treatment my medical bills came around to roughly 2.5 million dollars. For a respective middle class family, and for anyone who isn’t in the upper-class, that isn’t pocket change. Fortunately, my family was covered by insurance so we weren’t financially devastated. For millions of people, however, the same can’t be said.
This is the main reason why universal healthcare is extremely important.
@authorityy sorry to hear you had to go through that. I live in the UK and I think our NHS is pretty awesome. I think everyone should have the right to not have to worry about massive bills whenever they need healthcare
Wow, nice that you get rid of cancer and also "lucky" you that you had insurance.
I have several people that had cancer, including my father, and he paid zero € in treatments for almost two years.
He only had to pay a small percentage of the medication he took, like 50€ per year.
I'm Portuguese btw.
In some countries with a universal healthcare system, you would not have a chance to survive, unfortunately... It's a huge price to pay, but I am glad that you are healthy and were covered by insurance.
@@njsfer he pays it with taxes mate, he didnt paid ¨Zero €¨. And more: He has probably paid more that the actual bill.
@@facundoghisio425 but then still better than dead
i love how americans bring the fact that they have a powerful military as an excuse for having a flawed healthcare system
Smh got the wrong priorities
america's paranoid about losing to russia
@@ghyul6263 to be fair I would be too seeing as to how aggresive they've been lately. Its best to be prepared at least. But even then I do agree they should focus on the people then defending an attack that might not happen as soon as we think. Like we have so many great and amazing allies like almost all of Europe, south Korea, Japan, etc. Hope things change soon. That the next president at least can do something about this
Tbh, even America's military is flawed
@Prophet let me guess
school system, the guns thing and racism?
A pregnancy ultrasound out of pocket at some places are $500, but my baby's ultrasound after birth concerning a potential problem was a surprising $2,000 with insurance. We kept getting more bills in the mail for the same ultrasound.
Here in Brazil we have a free access to Health through the SUS. One day I saw a video comparing the prices of healthcare costs between the USA and Brazil, I was shocked. Air pump, insulin, medicines…things that some people need to live , here people can get free. Even with all problems that my country has , im so thankful for SUS
Also Mexico has better health system that usa and also many Americans go to here for medical treatment.
About a year ago I was severely depressed. I walked out of my workplace to my psychologists office and sat with someone for almost 2 hours. They determined that I was a danger to myself and refused to let me leave alone. I had 2 options. 1) call someone to pick me up and take me home or 2) go to hospital. I had nobody that I could contact, so they made me go to hospital. I was taken about 20 minutes in an ambulance, sat in the waiting room for about 30 minutes, then saw a doctor, who spoke to me for a while, gave me medication for my anxiety, and then referred me to another place.
I went home and it never cost me a single cent, here in Australia. Not even the psychologist or the place I was referred to costs me money. Yes, I pay a Medicare levy on my tax return, but it's small, and I still get a hefty tax refund each year regardless, so it feels like nothing. I don't earn a lot, I basically live paycheck to paycheck.
I can't imagine if I lived in America, and after such an ordeal was billed a few thousand dollars that I didn't have. Probably would have actually killed myself.
Some people literally fly to other countries to do surgeries. That’s how bad the US health system is.
a few thousand? oh sweetie. thats sounding about 20 grand. the ambulance alone is a thousand.
knew you weren't from the US the moment you said you sat in the waiting room for only 30 minutes
I love that they call it Lobbying when it’s really Corruption
it's just an inconvenient word to use for a third world country...
Bribery.
We always call it that when it’s another country, but yeah, when it happens in our own then it’s just “lobbying”.
yeah i just don't understand why US citizens allow this to happen, this in my country is a crime, and if a paty does it, the party will lose elections even if they were governing well.
@Bøņę Đąđđý Yes really, corruption is literally putting pressure on a political figure to sway their decisions away from the citizens best interest to your own interests by bribing them.
blessed to have insurance through my employer but at the same time, it kind of makes me upset cuz everytime I see the bills even for just a 15 - 30 minute I’m like there’s no way I can afford the entire bill without insurance. What baffles me is the same prescription medicine here in USA cost 3 or 4 times more compared to when I get the same one in Asia.
I live in the UK and pay health insurance through my employer. this is approximately $12 a month and will cover all the nominal fees that the NHS charges, such as prescriptions, in the UK, prescription medication costs £10 (no matter what the medication is) my insurance will cover this £10 charge... getting glasses in the UK can cost as little as nothing (depending on the glasses) but designer frames can cost a lot more (£75 an upwards) my health insurance will cover most of this cost up to a cap of around £300. Dental work in the UK costs a set amount, depending on what you are having done, (and how much you earn) but for example, having a cavity filled will cost £65, having 10 cavities filled will cost £65... my insurance covers all of this. for all NHS services exemptions are in place for those out of work, disabled, the elderly, etc.
any essential and emergency treatment in the UK, up to and including being resuscitated, ambulance trips, airlifting via helicopter, broken bones, cancer treatments, insulin, radiotherapy, diagnosis, accident and emergency services, hospital stays, etc etc etc, all cost £0, national insurance payments are not even considered by most people since its manditory and is taken out of your pre tax net pay so unless you go looking for the deductions, you will hardly notice them, my NI payments last year came to around 10% of my pre tax income, and provide services such as the NHS, the fire service, education, unemployment security, rent security, etc.
Thank you for talking about this! Another issue is that a company can patent a medication or medical device, and then sell it at absurd prices because not only do they have a monopoly on it from the patent, but the patients don’t have much choice about whether to buy it. The medication/device could be the only know thing to help their suffering, or even save their life. Think about epi pens for an example. There may be a cheaper auto injector form of them but still.
In the netherlands you have insurance and you also pay health taxes. Basically, you pay healthcare for others via taxes but when you need healthcare its free for you too
Same in Lithuania, you get insurance when you are employed and pay taxes, if you are unemployed, you may enter "labour exchange service" in your city and then they pay your tax and you get insurance until you find a job, if for some reason you get kicked out, you are obligated to pay 30+ euros a month (the tax) by yourself, in order to get the insurance and then you get "free healthcare". You can visit anyone you want and get any procedure you want, but the bad thing is, sometimes you have to wait months in line to get to a doctor or to get a surgery, not always, but it happens a lot
+Eonkuja
That is truly dreadful that you have to pay such high taxes in the Netherlands and then have to pay for insurance by force of the law.
Median income in the US is $65,000 which would be taxed at 12% in the Netherlands that same income would be taxed at 38% which is three times higher.
That is just truly terrible and I do feel sorry for you.
@@bighands69 I feel sorry for those thousands of dollars you had to give away for that broken arm.
Eonkuja, so it's really not free. Because you paid for your healthcare by paying for others via taxes. They do the same, pay their healthcare by paying yours cause you paid theirs....you're still paying for healthcare....it's just a way to "make it feel less bad". Essentially it's manipulation.
Here in Italy we pay only taxes, health insurance is optional.
Imagine carrying a child for 9 months and then being told that you have to pay to hold it
Just go abroad to give birth in another country then go back when the baby is born.
@@electroskates2434
"...then go back when the baby is born."
or not...
@@TheCyrix1 yup
@@electroskates2434 you seriously don't see a problem in a system that makes a mother pay money just to hold her newborn baby?
@@unimpressedsquidward3059 To be fair, it's not 'just to make a mother hold her newborn baby'. There are procedures in place to safeguard both the mother's and baby's health. These procedures require equipment and personnel, and thus money. Water is also free if you go drink from the river, but if you want clean drinking water brought right to your tap at home, then you have to pay for the services that made it possible. I think it's cheap considering the convenience society gets out of it.
A lot of European countries have a great healthcare system that subsidizes things like these so that the cost becomes a (partially) shared burden of society. Germany has more than 1 year of parental leave in case of child birth for instance. Obama tried to move in this direction with Obamacare as well, but US citizens hated it so much that they voted for the guy that promised he'd get rid of it.
Hold up. The reason that public/government-run healthcare costs are the lowest is because they split the cost with all of the private healthcare payers. The only reason that the US healthcare system hasn't utterly collapsed, in spite of socialist systems is because of the private healthcare, that most citizens of other fully Socialist systems can afford it after their 66%-75% mandatory healthcare taxes opt to pay for in case something really bad happens.
But the real shocking thing is that private business is allowed to commit geocide ... this says a thing or two about the world we live in !
imagine blaming the private sector when the governmnet controls regulations and thinking giving government MORE power is better
When my family was visiting America, my mom saw this woman that was using Food stamps. When she inquired the woman told her that she had a baby prematurely, and the medical bills were so high. She worked as a nurse and her husband worked as a firefighter. Not the most well paid jobs but none the less you would assume they would have spent a lot of time and effort preparing for their baby. How do you have medical bills that high; over a BABY?
Hate to inform you, but neither firefighters nor nurses rank in the top 10% of earners in the US; in fact, both nurses and firefighters tend to not get paid well at all. On a quick search, firefighters in the city I'm in sit around 35 to 45k a year in income, but this is a state capital and cost of living for a family of 3, without medical bills thrown in, is around 4k to 5k a month for a comfortable lifestyle. Yes, you can do cheaper. But medical bills for a pre-mature baby? Oh yeah that's gonna be brutal. Not to mention she's likely not getting paid leave to take care of her baby, so they're likely down her paycheck.
America, woo.
@@ygensand how bout Palm Springs? How are nurses and firefighters there
@@darkstock5103 wouldn't know; I'm sure a quick glance at indeed or a similar job hunter site could give you some numbers to work with in that regard. From there work out cost of living based on cost of gas, average rent/housing prices, and consider a staple food budget in that area from the price of things like eggs milk, bread, etc.
@@darkstock5103 Nurses and firefighters are never paid well(relatively speaking), regardless of country. In fact they're most likely near the bottom of the moneychain.
@@tappajaav Registered Nurse in NYC makes $100/hr and all benefits , firefighter makes over $100K year plus all benefits. same goes to teachers but in suburbs.
When it comes to the point where you or a loved one tells you even when they’re dying to not call an ambulance for them, you know this is a terrible country.
People have to risk speeding driving their own love ones to the hospital. This is just mad.
@@xenathornburg2416 Cost of an ambulance. Sometimes $2,000. Cost of a speeding ticket, $115 plus a strike on your license record, assuming you don't get it tossed out in court witch for medical emergencies judges often will.
@@terricon4 Really? Do you have to pay 2.000$ for an ambulance in USA? That's f up. We have to pay money worth only 18$
@@esccranberry6625 i get it for free
My buddy had an accident where his leg was between a train and the trainstation. For weeks it was not clear if he could keep his leg or if the doctors had to amputate it. He had more than 15 surgeries for which he did not have to pay. The ambulance was for free and he gets a part of his salary while he is recovering. This is how it works in germany.
A few weeks after it was clear he could keep his leg, I read an article where a woman who had a similar accident did not want an ambulance because she could not afford it. This absolutely terrified me because I know what could have happened if my buddy had not gotten medical treatment as soon as possible.
I really hope you improve your healthcare system because I do not want anybody to suffer from a disease or a injury just because the person can not afford medical treatment.
Hospitals and insurance companies: “….that’s unfortunate. Anyway…”
Not everything is clear cut or black and white. As much as i wish free healthcare can be possible… it seems to me that it’s complicated
So complicated that every other developed country managed to figure it out.
I live in the UK, and when I was a kid, my family lived from paycheck to paycheck. My mother had an excruciating pain in her stomach and was rushed to hospital. The doctors found gallstones and conducted keyhole surgery to alleviate the pain, but found a strange lump on her ovary. Turns out that she was in the early stages of ovarian cancer. The doctors brought her in to remove the lump, and conduct a full hysterectomy just to be safe. She spent months in the hospital, and months after that in physical therapy. We had NO MONEY which we could have spared to even cover the basics of this cost, and yet by the time my mother was recovered, the bill was ZERO. The NHS (our healthcare system), paid for it all. If she hadn't been seen, if they hadn't conducted the surgery, they estimate I would have lost my mother at the age of sixteen, three years after diagnosis. I'm twenty now, still in the UK, and I've been to hospital for a broken arm, I've seen the doctor for excruciating headaches, and every time I walk out of there with no debt and no worries, and to this day, myself and my family are in perfect health. No matter what anyone EVER tells you about the NHS, it saved my mother's life, and it saves the life of someone's mother, father, daughter, son, every minute of every day. I would never trade it for the world.
Talia Jones We have absolute morons in the USA, i would love to have something like The NHS here but Republicans think free market where companies can rip you of is soo much more important than saving peoples lives and giving millions better living standards
Why do Americans take all these comments and views from abroad so personally? Its just thoughts and views from other people and other countries on what we have. And before you say I don't know what Im talking about, I grew up in Michigan alright. Im not American, nor am I European, nor am I a communist for living in Asia. No I do not pay higher taxes then all of you, I still pay $5 for a pack of ciggies, coffee at startbucks is still $3 or so, my free government medical facility is state of the art and not 10 years backwards, with acceptable waiting time. But yet I still have paid medical insuarance if I choose to use it. Im not saying this the the greatest but... you all have to realise or admit the rest of us have a better system than in the states. We're not attacking your medical system or trying to turn it into communism. We just hope you sort it out one day.
Barry Celtic wow....sounds like a dream in scotland :( we pay half a million just to stay in college for 5 years
Scrooge Yeah, I'm pretty sure she knows what taxes are and how they work.
Scrooge McGruel it's the same in Sweden and you know what? Even though we pay pretty high taxes, I do pretty well. I don't care I very rarely go to the hospital, I gladly pay for those who do, through my taxes. 😊
I remember when I broke my leg last year the first thing I did is asking my mom if my insurance was still good, and it was not, it had expired the week before so I made my mom wait to take me to the hospital till we renewed the plan the next day.
I did not want her to add more the outrageous medical bills she already had.
So welcome to America, it's not worth living here
I broke a shoulder, my right hand, tibia and fibula and i never had an insurance, i paid 0 euros. As an italian i can't understand a state without free healtcare
We would appreciate it if you just went somewhere else if this is the deal breaker.
@@jeffcivjeep7 oof the salt
@@jeffcivjeep7 You do realize a lot of us are trying to, it's just that the fact that we're in crippling debt because of a single ambulance ride means we physically can't without getting extradited. I was born here, and now i'm gonna stay here until i pay off 3x my student loans in medical debt because i didn't have insurance, despite wanting to leave. What a fun and functional system we have here.
eu amigo te cambio venite a vivir a Argentina y yo me voy para alla dale es un oferton
From my understanding, health insurance in the United States is typically provided by employers. This creates a motivation for a worker to get and keep a job, since not having a job would mean death or bankruptcy should someone get seriously injured or ill. This amounts to a subtle form of coercion that doesn't exist anywhere else in the developed world and I think it is quite deliberate. A worker leaving a job in Canada is only concerned with whether or not they will have another job in time for the next rent payment, not whether a hospital will give them a $100K medical bill after falling and hitting their head. This represents a power shift away from the worker and towards the employer and a subsequent loss of negotiating power. Possibly one of the reasons why the minimum wage in the United States is one of the lowest in the developed world and lower in inflation adjusted terms than it was a few decades ago.
It’s all about the big companies in amarica, not people
Germany almost not have any type of inflation and they don't have to pay for medical care.
I m starting to think that only thing that america is "great" at, is your ability to get a gun if you want one.
In malaysia we call the U.S “America Syarikat” which literally means “American Company”.
AdmHarrr makes sense
lol, as a Malaysian, I agree
makes sense
XD
You not wrong thro
The American Heath care is like EA
You’re so right, and I’m gonna use this comparison, thank you!
hEAlthcare
E-A hEAlth... IT'S IN THE BILL.
@@quino765 LOL
Want to get life saving surgery? 20k and we’ll give you the ‘Alive’ gamepass
Rember: the US sends $2b to Israel every year...who has single payer healthcare.
I'll just say three little words: Greed, greed and greed. That goes for big pharma, doctors and politicians.
American health care system is cool as long as you're healthy.
True. It's horrible horrible for people born with medical conditions... the pricing can go into hundreds of thousands (or million) over a child's lifetime if they were born with conditions that require specific treatment or lifelong medication
YEEEAH, AMERICA! FREEDOM!
Also there's a theory about America trying to avoid over population or maybe it's just corrupted.
People have to pay thousands of dollars a year, sometimes a month for insurance. With private insurance the copay for a checkup for me (a minor) is $90
That's literally the opposite
My father lives in california and the dentist were charging him 30k to fix his teeth. Instead of doing that he would drive down to Mexico to get his teeth fixed. He went around 6-7 times, on the weekends. He slept at hotels, paid for fuel, food, and the dental bill. At the end, he fixed his teeth and spent a fraction of the price, combined around 6,500.
Should have gone to Canada....
That isn't bad, as long as your father's teeth were fixed. Mexico isn't exactly the best country.
dental care tends to get more and more expensive everywhere, but still, 30 big ones for fixing teeth? Did your father want to get all his teeth replaced with diamonds?
@@matemm52 not going to lie, he didn't take care of himself for quite some time.
Wow
Problem is inflated prices due to medical providers knowing insurance will pay for it. I had $89,000 knee surgery and my insurance "discounted" it by $79,000... meaning thats about how much it actually costs...
There have been numerous reports of people running away from a ambulance because they are afraid of the cost they will be charged with after.
I can vouch for that. I remember begging my manager not to call an ambulance in a delirious state after I passed out due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
US : land of the free
Also US : you need $2000 for an ambulance ride lol
"Land of the Free" Lol you know we still have to pay taxes every year on land that we own right? Also houses we own, that we've paid for in full.
$2000 _per mile_ for ambulance
In America you don't have to wait a year to get a surgery. If you loose the American healthcare system, there ain't no place for Canadians to go.
@@1911dawg wait, you think Canadians want Americans healthcare?? You do realise even in places with public healthcare that the option for paying out of pocket for a private system is still there
@@mspaint93 I know, and the government healthcare is so bad that public clinics suggest private clinics admitting how bad government healthcare is. Though why would you pay the extra taxes if you go to a private clinic?
Searching for Hospitals in Other Countries: Sort usingBest Rating
Searching for Hospitals in US: Sort using price Low to High
Incorrect. Other countries there is no need to search.
Go to the Hospital nearest to you. They all offer quality healthcare. There are constantly monitored to ensure there offer a quality of healthcare.
Sometimes your GP will refer you to a specialist who works in specific hospitals. So you go to the hospital on a day he has allocated time of a surgical unit.
@@davidlean8674 Depends on what treatment you need. But most of the time you can go to the nearest hospital and then will send you to one that specialized in that treatment like for example cancer.
@@davidlean8674 Not quite. Some hospitals are significantly more understaffed or have a higher percentage of trainees. They can also have less beds per person in the area. This means they're less likely to admit you and you're less likely to get treatment. Also, if you're certain your condition requires a specific specialist, it is wise to go to a hospital where that specialist is readily available rather than a different one, from which you will be transferred to the hospital with the specialist present anyway.
Ah. The ratings is a thing I only use for mental hospitals. Really if you are in therapy for 13 years in and out you prefer being treated like a human being.
@@egorsilovs156 It is best to go to nearest hospital in case of emergency. If they are not specialized in the treatment of the injury they will refer you to the right hospital. If you are certain and it is not an emergency you can go directly to the hospital which is specialized in the treatment
Some woman got charged for skin to skin contact with her newborn after birth
This videos are great I just wish they could cite their sources so I can use them for my homework
I broke my hand recently and all i could think of was thank god i dont live in America.
The pain of breaking her hand didn't even enter your head? I wish I was that strong
I am so jealous of other countries and there healthcare system
Fight me . In AMerica you can go in any emergency room and get treatment
I did aswell. Paid 10$ for everything at the emergency Center in Sweden. While i was home 6 weeks im getting paid 80% of the salary from the swedish social insurance.
@@robineliasson8080 Yeah because you take money from the people that earn it and give to other people who didnt earn it
My wife gave birth to my first son in 2016, then she stayed for 3 days for recovery. The cost? it was free. Why? Because here in Indonesia, most of the citizens joined a government insurance program called BPJS. It charges only around 4 USD monthly.
US Health-Care system is a JOKE!!
We are asia we so cheap
What else can you expect from a country that literally spends its entire budget for declaring a war with literally everyone lol. Btw you're Indonesian? We're the same then
@@neutrivictoire.1833 721.5 billion USD for the military and it just keeps on rising I mean really they have better things to do with that money
@@pooppoop6546 sadly, those warmongering tyrants have nothing to do but waging wars with everyone, so they will be called "SaViOur AnD pEAceKEepEr"
@@pooppoop6546 When u are the richest country in the world you have to flex your toys.
1:00 Because we don't have a free market. It can call itself anything it wants but it's definitely not free.
1.) Education for medical professionals is private and for profit.
2.) Pharma is private and for profit.
3.) Clinics and hospitals are private and for profit.
4.) Insurance is private and for profit.
5.) Government is for sale.
USA PROBLEMS NO ONE TALK ABOUT:
*Fast food in public schools
*College/university(80k-100k 4 years)
*Student debt highest than credit card debt or house debt
* healthcare costs
Meat and dairy companies lobbying Congress to keep giving cancer and diabetes so pharmacies and healthcare people keep being rich
Jessi G true
Fast food isn't allowed to be sold in public school anymore...it hasn't been for like 20 years lol. Cant even have junk food of any kind being sold on campus. Other points are on point though.
Fast food in *hospitals*, even! Many American dentists even hand out candies. But this seems to be everywhere. Is there any western nation in which this isn't the case?
@@first782 It's still in the schools.
@@courteneyclark5626 Maybe its just banned in my state, idk the laws for this topic in other states.
When I was a kid, I was really sick and had to be in the hospital for 10 days. The bill my parents received was for over $50,000.
We had insurance. It maxed out the deductible and our maximum out of pocket spend for the year. They still owed $7,500.
The cost of healthcare is truly obscene.
F i hope you are good now
Wow, can’t imagine that in Canada.
@@whatzmyusrname well not ganna defend US's healthcare but you gotta wait for several hours at waiting room for non life threatening injuries...
@@arpansarkar174 I’ll rather wait for an appointment than worry about the costs.
@@arpansarkar174 id much rather wait 4 hours than have my family sell their car to pay for my existence. i’m currently on the waiting list for a scan to see if i have a life threatening condition, have been for about a month, but i am perfectly willing to wait several more months. i’ve had free orthodontics, including full braces, free surgeries and overnight stays in hospital when i was really sick. my friend who oded had 4 days in hospital in intense recovery units, and her parents didn’t have to pay a penny for her full recovery. i don’t come from a high income family, and we wouldn’t of been able to afford the medication i’ve been on since i was 11 to prevent the development of said life threatening condition that i potentially have. free healthcare is incredible
I had a less than 30 minute VIDEO VISIT with my Dr. It cost me $210.00 out of pocket. MediCal only covered $75.00, making the total appointment cost $285.00 for less than 30 minutes…..
Health, security and education (primary and secondary) should all be universal rights that citizens of any decent nation should have free access to.
It's funny that virtually no one seems to have a problem funding the police with their taxes, but it's a service that we might never use (directly) and when we do, we might be on the wrong end of it (paying fines or even going to jail).
Because of that I never understood the resistance that Americans have to public health care.