30 Days of US Healthcare: How Do We Fix Healthcare?

Day 30
30 Days of US Healthcare
• 30 Days of US Healthcare

[@MicroBlogganism]

Personally, I think we should hear Jimothy out

[@ConstantineIII]

Let the man cook God damnit

[@garthenar]

Yeah, I like the cut of his jib.

[@jamesf456]

​@@garthenarI like the jib of his cut. And the potential for fire

[@amylandry4108]

Yes! Jimothy DOES have a point! A nice sharp point! 😅

[@RinkuChan333]

Indeed, he seems to be onto something And honestly? The shit he deals with? I thunk he can have a little violence, as a liddle treat

[@danharding6690]

I’m with Jimothy. Not just with healthcare reform, on everything.

[@feha92]

You can really tell what the real message he tried to give with this vid: "We're all screwed, and our only functional option is illegal to incite ppl to do... but I'm just saying... But without saying, of course, clearly saying the 'opposite' here!"

[@boydstephensmithjr]

Intellectually, I know that the system perpetuates itself, and knifing an individual is little impediment to that, but I'm sure there's someone at UHC / Optima that *deserves* a knifing. I say we let Jimothy find them. (j/k)

[@MyCleverHandle]

The problem with encouraging providers with actual patient care experience to become legislators is that we lose more doctors. Then we, as patients, get newly minted residents, or N.P.s and P.A.s who have all the arrogance of tired old M.D.s but no real experience. That's not a "solution". I think the gas can is a good solution. Thank you for this series - I'll be bingeing on reruns for some time!

[@deathybrs]

Yeah, I think Jimothy is the only one who actually has a realistic approach to what needs to be done to deal with those people. Everything else is just a pipe dream.

[@PatrickKniesler]

The political power that these companies use against us and our personal finances is protected by the legal lethal authority of the state, ultimately. We're all just fighting over knives. However. It is better to fight over knives than with them. Dr. G doesn't seem like a political theorist but reminding these companies that they're playing with fire is always important.

[@JanelChristensen]

I really appreciate Todrick's response, especially since over the past couple months fans of John and Hank Green have been putting pressure on Johnson & Johnson and Danaher to improve access to life-saving tuberculosis medications and diagnostic tools. They've had success too! Imagine what your audience could do if you picked one issue and we all essentially shamed companies or our leaders into doing the right thing.

[@daneelcayce]

I bet there's a sizable overlap around here with nerdfighteria (hellooooo!). we could absolutely do it.

[@Otek_Nr.3]

They would conjure up a left-/right-wing conspiracy and scare people into inaction? Lying is just way easier than telling the truth.

[@wolfiemuse]

We absolutely should. Tackle it one issue at a time as a large body of positive, peer-pressuring-companies-happy people.

[@bgiv2010]

I agree that focus is how one wins at Whack-A-Mole... but do we have time to play Whack-A-Mole?

[@Posiman]

Imagine what would happen if people actually cared about healthcare legislation more than they care about transgender teenagers in sports.

[@robertmohr4859]

I am an emergency physician that is proud to support this message. I am in leadership within the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and I am dedicated to help physicians and residents learn how to regain autonomy in this convoluted system. Private equity over leveraged itself and is proving to be a paper tiger, but the vertical integration of United Healthcare is the next monster that we must fight. We can reclaim autonomy and bring humanity back to medicine without abandoning capitalism. Lets do this!

[@wordzmyth]

Thank you for your s work so far and for the difference you can make in the future. Could john Green's targetted social media spotlight on bedaquiline and TB tests that have been part of J & J and other companies finally dropping their prices and patent extensions a good model to follow? John is very focused on a particular change a particular company can make.

[@DLlama]

It won't make a difference if the elections in 2024 go the wrong way worldwide. UK, India, and the US all have critical elections and right now? The good guys are losing! We ALL have to show up and vote! Especially if you live in: Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. Iowa and New Hampshire are first though, and very few people show up to their caucus or primary. If we can build a ground swell of support in those states, a bunch of young people all in favor of 1 outcome, we can easily overpower the old geezers who have been making our lives suck for the last 30years! But if we don't? However bad you think things are now? It WILL be worse! It can ALWAYS BE WORSE! We MUST protect what we have, and continue the fight our ancestors stood for every generation since our Founding. And if we win? America can finally take pride in being the greatest country in the world. And the "Free World" will survive, instead of losing to the really big countries west of Hawaii 🌏. Which will, functionally, mean the end of the world 🫠 Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 We are all connected 🌎🌍🌏 And We have the numbers! We CAN win! But we MUST show up to fight

[@cmxsprt]

How well has profiteering in healthcare worked for fellow citizens, and children, and the vulnerable? Not!

[@GreenTeaTheTea]

nah fuck that abandon capitalism asap lmao i dont fuck with communism but we need a weird third thing asap bc this shit aint it 🗣

[@hobodarkness7696]

We can do this ✊🏿 also dont forget to perform first amendment audits

[@HikaruKatayamma]

As someone who's been on COBRA coverage since July, and found that their insurance was deactivated because I didn't fill out a F**KING SURVEY, I feel that Jimothy has the right ideal.

[@campingknitter]

whoa i rarely fill out surveys! that is terrible

[@campingknitter]

i couldn't keep up with the month of health care terrors but great series! this is perfect ending. and yes to those who have experienced problems running for office. get the bought out people out!

[@wakelamp]

The US healthcare system sounds like M*A*S*H .... except the service isn't as good

[@neuralnetwork17]

Holy crap, that is comically evil. If this was fiction I'd call it too farfetched and unrealistic.

[@samael335]

@@neuralnetwork17 Truth is often stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to probabilities, and reality isn't.

[@mitsurugi52]

I mean, when we think of how many people corporate healthcare let's suffer and die every year, Jimothy is being pretty reasonable.

[@DaTimmeh]

He's a studious follower of ethics! The greatest overall good is to be pursued. AT ALL COSTS

[@leobastian_]

"what do we do" "murder" i wasnt sure if that was a proposed solution or simply a description of the problem with healthcare

[@Algo1]

It would be self defense at this point. DIsclaimer: Do not take this as legal advice.

[@cwmoo]

the health insurance companies commit violence against innocent Americans every day. They do it from a distance and while wearing suits, but they kill even more people that way than if they personally stabbed them.

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

insurance CEOs have names and addresses~

[@kathrynm5891]

LET JIMOTHY SPEAK Seriously, it's amazing how funny you've made such a serious and horrible topic, and I really appreciate ending with ways that we can help and a glimmer of hope that maybe one day we can fix this system. Incredible series and it's obvious how much care and effort went into it.

[@miral6694]

I'll be honest- "no violence" sounds all well and good until you remember these people are killing people. The only difference is that they do it from behind a desk and have the system behind them. Why are the oceans of blood on their hands not considered "violence," yet smashing a window would be? That's absolutely insane and we need to very publicly talk about how absolutely insane that is.

[@monkeyoperator1360]

@@miral6694 not to mention most of our reforms against corporations have involved a lot of violence

[@calebsulzberger8761]

And as someone born in 1993. Pretty much 60% of what I see wrong is in direct correlation with Reagan and Bush. Bring back unions. Vote left. Single payer healthcare. All my uncles. And grandfather. Had pensions and 100% company provided benefits. While I pay 530$ a month for all mine. With no pension. A 401k that's a 2% match... While the Same General motors job they all worked. Pays 6$ an hour less in 2024 than it did in 2006 before the housing collapse.

[@Jamiedunford74]

This is giving my vibes similar the the Green brothers and how they rallied nerdfighteria to pressure companies to lower prices for tuberculosis tests and treatment. I'm so for people actually getting vocal because of people like you bringing to light different issues

[@katejohnson6756]

Thank you for including a call to action after this long and brutal series. Thank you for talking about how corrupt the healthcare system is!

[@ReallyBadJuJu]

That Jimothy fellow had some good ideas!

[@wordzmyth]

How to have focused goals when fighting against corporations means organising. What is the best way for US citizens to run campaigns to change things Dr Glauc? John Green just had success leveraging the needfighteria community (along with international organisation's and affected governments to lower cost of Tuberculosis drugs and testing. By focusing public opinion on specific acts of greed they got big corporations to change specific policies.

[@DLlama]

He missed one, VOTE! Only 17% of eligible ppl vote and less vote in the primary! The bad guys only win if the rest of us stay home, and they are VERY close to winning! We MUST stand up and fight back! Vote with your ballot, your wallet, and your feet. You can vote every day, and it does matter! We have to get the word out! I won't bore you, but if America knew how close we are to losing absolutely everything, worldwide, forever? Their hair would be on fire (just like mine is every day 😱) Under current trends, we are *expected* to *lose* stuff like: Personal Liberty, human rights, economic mobility, body autonomy, free trade, the entire social safety net, the government's ability to pass regulation, the idea of Constitutional rule of law, democracy: the concept, not dying en mass to climate disasters, and a bunch of other stuff most people take for granted. It can all disappear, and it will if we don't show up to stop it on Nov 5th 2024. It's time to choose: What do you want the future to be? And a LOT of people are gonna show up and vote for a radical religious patriarchy and the end of legal accountability just because they're mad about trans kids, not realizing they've been fed a total lie. We must outnumber them!

[@Msvalexvalex]

This whole series deserves to be submitted (and admitted) to the Library of Congress. BRAVO!

[@Slowmotion1225]

I support this.

[@Brineytoes]

Ok, sure, but it also needs the light of day in the House and Senate, not just buried in a dark basement.

[@nancylindsay4255]

And the Smithsonian.

[@tucktuckbaduckduck]

I'm a nurse and I've learned so much about how screwed up our health care system is from you. We have work to do and I'm here for it! Thank you for making these!

[@heatherwyman7376]

As a fellow Jonathan currently applying to medical school now (fingers crossed 🤞🏻) I hope that myself and my generation of physicians and professionals can make a difference in this dystopian hell scape. Healthcare is a basic human right and not a luxury reserved for the wealthy. We need to do better. Thank you Dr. Glaucomflecken for making such amazing content for everyone. I’ve been a fan for a couple of years and this was amazing!

[@diane9247]

He's a hero, I think! Oh, and best of luck to you. 😊 Just please make sure you LISTEN to elderly patients, specifically women.😀

[@WhiteRoseNeko]

Thank you for saying that, and I do hope that you'll be able to follow through. It's not easy to do what is right, but life wouldn't be worth living if everything was easy.

[@ferd1775]

​@diane9247 no, not specifically women. Why should their voice mean more? Wouldn't that mean the voice of men should go unheard? How about equally. Treat every patient the same. Like a human fucking being...........with a life and soul. I'm so over this radical feminist(female supremacy) movement. It has done far far far more damage than good. It always has.

[@HappyLife693]

Go on and be the best doctor possible. Humanity needs you. Unfortunately, healthcare is not controlled by doctors. It is controlled by administrators: hospitals (boards), Medicare (federal legislators), insurance companies (executive committees who get to use Medicare payment maximums as a template, state legislators), pharmaceutical companies (executive committees who $influence the FDA and US Congress).

[@WhiteRoseNeko]

@@HappyLife693 keep an eye on the work strikes... healthcare doctors can demand better for their patients. And I think we need to do something about insurance. They are doing it for profit and it should be about making sure when a person has to go to the doctor that it isn't stupidly expensive. Time to move away from consumerism and discuss other, altruistic views. It's supposed to be "we the people" supporting each other, but right now we are "me myself and fuck everyone else" and we have to "compete" to get ahead instead of elevating all of us. Oh god... I almost feel like I sound crazy 😂

[@MrZeplon]

United healthcare story, finding out I had diabetes at 26, being recommended an insulin pump and being told it'd be 5 grand when I'm only making 28k a year is one of the most jading experiences I've ever had.

[@a_diamond]

*huge hugs* I am so, so sorry.. there is nothing right about that..

[@Zwei22]

Do you have type one or something. Or are you just so uncontrolled you absolutely need insulin.

[@mikekasich836]

"these corporations can't control social media!" Twitter files: "lol"

[@EternalAmmonite]

​@@Zwei22why is this relevant?

[@Zwei22]

@@EternalAmmonite If you have type 2 diabetes, you generally don't need an insulin pump unless it's horribly uncontrolled. Now I'm not saying the price of the insulin pump is fair, it's bullshit, but I'm just curious about his condition. Type 1 diabetes means he can't make his own insulin, which would require the pump.

[@jeebusthegreat8819]

Thank you for making this series. It's important to have an easily understandable format to understand these abuses. Most people don't know and having easily digestible information is vitally important to reforming healthcare in this country.

[@IsyAweigh]

It's been absolutely brilliant. Validating as heck. I'm an old RN and longtime chronic & complex patient, and every bitter truth was like a bandage on a psychic wound for me. Been through it all, and you put words on it and role-played the worst of it so I could see it *outside* my head. Thank you.

[@celinetorres1]

Went to the doctor today and spent half the consultation talking about you and the great work you do making us aware about what you have to deal with on your side of the system. This September series was amazing. Thank you so much for what your doing. Jonathan President!!!

[@gracen8010]

Jimothy has a point, and I think Jonathan sees it! In all seriousness, I’ve been telling my story for years and keep being accused of whining or being ungrateful for what little help I did end up receiving. It’s good to finally feel heard and understood rather than just being told to suck it up. Thank you.

[@virginiamoss7045]

Any of us could be where you, unfortunately, are. Too many just refuse to think they could be, so it's not important to them, especially young people who generally don't have much need for health care. That's one part of the problem. Go ahead and "whine" to high heaven; demand all the help you need whether anyone heeds your call or not. No more silence!

[@gracen8010]

@@virginiamoss7045 it’s actually *because* I’m so young that most people don’t take me seriously. I can’t tell you how often I hear “but you’re too young to have a chronic illness!” And it makes me want to scream. But I won’t stay quiet about it anymore, especially to the doctors that are supposed to be helping me.

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@gracen8010You can be born with chronic illness. Wtf?

[@ZeraSeraphim]

I've usually found that when someone in authority accuses you of being ungrateful, they know full well they're being as useful as Anne Frank's electric guitar, and dislike you calling them out on it because it means they have to do actual work to justify their increasingly egregious wage.

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@gracen8010 If you are female, there's that, too, you know, the old hysterical female syndrome from a hundred years ago and still around in some places. I wish you success and better health.

[@darandala]

Ah Jimothy, the one voice of reason within US healthcare. #VoteJimothy!

[@Mia24601]

For those in Maryland, please contact your state senators and delegates. There was a bill in both the state house and state senate last session to make it a lot more difficult for insurance companies to pull the prior auth bs. It didn’t make it through either the house or senate but it’s really important we tell our state reps we need this. It’s a start.

[@Maremanare]

Omg Jonathan!! How I missed him!! 🥺😭😭 You saved the best for last!! I loved this series so much! Dr. Glauc!! As depressing as this series was it was worth the watch and we are all Jonathans at heart heart!! 🥺💖♾️🔯♾️

[@noahfeatherstone360]

"That IS the high road." replay all the episodes with Jimothy and think of all the awful drawn out hopeless deaths caused by his employer.

[@cragl3yman343]

What a BRILLIANT way to end it all. Telling everyone "Hey did you like this series and now that you're WAY more informed on these issues you wanna do something? Well here's EXACTLY what you can do!"

[@Redxiii1314]

Pharmacists want to help bridge a lot of these gaps! We’re trained to manage conditions under the supervision of a physician a lot like an NP or PA, but right now insurance companies won’t pay for care we provide in most states. Advocating for pharmacists to be classified as healthcare providers would help teams reach more patients, improve the quality of patient care, and give other providers in-house access to an expert on medication therapies and their management all while adding an additional clinician to the practice. Also I appreciate that you know what’s going on with DIR fees :)

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

Agreed!

[@nicholasgignac7065]

I was thinking about the following a couple week back. This 30 day compilation is the perfect information/educational/entertaining breakdown of what’s wrong with the healthcare system and that change is drastically needed. We should use and leverage our massive fan base to push his videos and message. We can all send these to legislators and other government, friends and family, the media and general public. Maybe something that can be organized further so we all have a plan of action? I don’t think he has a subreddit does he? Anywhere else?

[@dimitri4457]

I like, approve and fully support the energy Jimothy brought to this meeting.

[@ptlacour]

Jimothy is just ready for it.

[@Awsomonium]

I really hope you guys get fixed. It's so sad to see how warped health care has become over there. It's insane that they're able to save the lives and have the tools on hand to do so, but they can't always do it for fear of crippling debt.

[@henryeowens]

Just want to thank you for this series. It’s been a ton of work, but it has been invaluable to help us non-medical folk understand the situation better. Thanks, dude. 👍

[@julie982]

Jimothy works for UHC which has classes for its employees to reduce compassion. So his response is sort of right on point for his job.... Fantastic series with some goals that all of us can implement. You don't have to be a major CEO to work with your state representatives and post on social media. Thank you Dr. G for suggesting ways of getting out of this mess.

[@embee5557]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@marymeloy1804]

So if I understand correctly there are training classes being utilized to teach employees to be sociopathic? With the express goal being to desensitize employees from their own emotions, and they're not only getting away with this kind of reeducation brainwashing but it's most likely catching in the insurance industry and is therefore devaluing the client's ability to negotiate for even handed transparent treatment by a service provider they are paying for, their employer is paying for, or the American taxpayer is paying for? Sounds like adequate grounds to me for a willful damages suit. Possibly even resulting in criminal charges being leveled for accessory to a crime through incitement for desensitizing to dehumanizing. Basically the company could be held liable, if their actions which are blatantly purposeful (as they require staff to engage in these trainings) for the purpose of desensitizing staff from their humanity, with the intent of callous treatment of clients becoming normalized which would obviously have implications on the care available to the client. This could actually be actionable for recovering losses for patients wrongfully denied care because the work culture of the company deliberately trains their employees not to care for the client so something as simple as a code entry error that could easily be corrected by the company's employee through communication with the healthcare representative on behalf of the client has no incentive or inclination to do so, because of the adverse effects of the mental health trauma inflicted by their employer. Arguably the employee may have grounds for recovering damages for counseling costs to undo the mental heath trauma their employer deliberately inflicted for their asset protection purposes. All in all it's not good business to teach desensitization and dehumanization for a multitude of reasons and could become quite costly to their profit margin if continued.

[@notablediscomfort]

​@@marymeloy1804people who can shut out their emotions function better logically. I wish we had those classes for EMS. emotions running hot can skew judgement pretty bad in a hurry.

[@juliabinford6500]

Dr Bill Bill breaks my heart, lol. I couldn’t have gotten through residency without pockets full of patient snacks. Thank you so much for the hours and hours of work you put into this. So often, the government comes up with a solution for show, so voters think they’ve done something, while they’ve left loopholes. Can we just consider a tiny bit of murder 😂😂😂

[@tomroberts1105]

No. Like Fire Lord Ozai, they require a greater punishment than Death for their acts. The removal of their power, and being forced to watch as society improves without their 'Help'.

[@seanbutterfield1]

In nursing school during Covid, I just unashamedly ate directly out of the patient canteen during clinicals and nobody said a thing. Love me some vanilla pudding.

[@finnmcool2]

I love this character too. It just took until to day for me to get the joke in his name. That's why I'm NOT a medical professional.

[@rebecaanderson1935]

Well those snacks are individually wrapped. Is different from getting left over from a plate. I hope you doctors are able to have more scholarships and maybe even a shorter time to graduate like in other countries. Unfortunately medicine became a way for some families to keep status and not really to better society. All those students loans are on purpose so just who can afford become doctors, lawyers, etc. I think people should get in jobs based on their hard work, intelligence and character not because their parent can pay their student loans. For all of you who go to Medical school anyway despite all that corruption and debt, thank you!

[@LydJaGillers]

If you know the right nurses, they will bring you snacks from the potlucks and from patient trays that never get delivered the patient left (i put them in the fridge just in case a patient or coworker needs food).

[@anthonytalerico3485]

I waited a couple days to watch this one since I was busy. The way everything culminates in this series and how this video ends it was some of the greatest content I’ve ever seen. I don’t like putting personal health info out there so I won’t, but I’ve been and still am going through a medication denial. One which was actually addressed in one of these videos. You always shed a lot of light on a very dark place. Not just when it comes to your sense of humor, but revealing what this industry doesn’t want revealed. Hopefully people take this videos as an eye opener rather than just a genius comedy skit.

[@AnnikaAwsome]

Hell yeah!!! I have so much respect for you, Dr. G. Thank you for naming names, outlining things that could actually help, and keeping things fun all at the same time! I felt a real sense of hope rising in my chest from this video. We can do it!

[@MrMighty147]

I'm with Jimothy on this one.

[@patches.742]

Polite discourse has gotten us this far hasnt it?!

[@notme8232]

​@@patches.742Yeah, nowhere!

[@ZeraSeraphim]

@@patches.742That's a good point to make. I call it "the human problem" because this isn't isolated to a race, gender, or culture. In every facet of human society, the more power and authority someone commands, the more chances they have to abuse it and the less likely they are to be competent enough to wield it effectively in a way that benefits anyone but themselves. Basically "once you have enough money, you get to write the laws" I'm sure though, that if we just try polite discourse ONE MORE TIME, the powers that be will investigate themselves thoroughly... and find no evidence of wrong-doing.

[@longforgotten4823]

Riots are the language of a society gone unheard. Martin Luther King Jr.

[@maryel5398]

As someone who had to fight the insurance company for my son to have PET and CT scans while he was actively going through chemotherapy, I approve this message. One of my senators should have the NASCAR jacket showing which health insurance companies own him.

[@KerryLuckett]

Excellent conclusion! Bravo! This whole series was like a well done essay, and I especially appreciate returning to all the previous problems, points, and evidence. Most of all, I like how Jimothy thinks. Now just hear him out for a minute.

[@sf-c1972]

Thank you Dr. G. It’s been a terrifyingly educational month about US healthcare. I hope reform comes sooner than later and that other countries take heed and don’t let this happen in their countries.

[@ItsAsparageese]

*THE DAY HAS COME! SHARE THE PLAYLIST FAR AND WIDE, PEOPLE!* Every state and federal legislator, and every healthcare-related CEO, should get pinged with this link in one medium or another (Tweet! Email! Everything!) *EVERY DAY for AT LEAST A MONTH!* The LEAST we'll accomplish is news coverage, which will cause way more of the public to become educated about this! For all of us with the privilege of time and energy to do so, let's also write our own letters pleading with legislators to make specific changes like those outlined here! The messed-up system is not our fault, but it IS our responsibility to do all we can! TO ARMS-- I mean, TO KEYBOARDS!

[@nicholasgignac7065]

Is there a dr glauglenflecken subreddit, discord or other place that his fans can talk. I really think as fans we can push this far and wide. Can maybe provide templates for emails that people can use? Something to consider.

[@Zunip182]

TO ARMS! I opened up my face book. I havent dont that in years. Unfortunatly its my only social media.

[@ItsAsparageese]

​@@Zunip182 Every bit counts! Don't underestimate the ripple effect you can have by even sharing just a little/in just one place, especially as part of a huge motivated group like this! It's not about the size of any given drop in the bucket, it's about tons of us working together as a giant wave. You deserve to feel proud of taking action, no matter the size of the action. As my dad poetically puts it, "The difference between zero and one is infinitely greater than that between one and two"! :)

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@nicholasgignac7065 I totally agree. If I find some time soon I'll try to put some template/inspiration ideas in these comments, but I'm a homeless student and behind on this semester already and currently managing some minor life crises so I've got to try not to spread myself too thin haha XD I think a TON can happen if we really get the community to mobilize together, though! A little effort here and there from people with different skills can combine into some fantastic ways to make action more efficient for people and maximize our collective impact! I quit reddit after the API stuff earlier this year but IIRC someone did make a Glaucomflecken sub to hold the spot for him and the fans lest any impostor take it over, so that could be a thing, or I imagine there's got to be lots of fans already established on medicine-related subs. If there's a Dr. G Discord I'm not aware of it, but I'd join one! I already have a bad habit of starting servers that I don't steward well and which don't go anywhere, so I'll leave that task to someone better equipped and more responsible haha. I'm not super active on most social media myself, so aside from posting on LinkedIn and a couple other places to spread the word and also telling my classmates (tons of health sciences people), I'm going to focus on sending passionate personal emails gradually to my state legislators, especially those on relevant committees, over the next couplefew weeks. I'm decently vocal/networked in the local public health scene, don't really have clout by any means lol but I have an eensy bit of recognition as the Friendly Neighborhood Homeless Girl who pipes up about issues a lot, so I feel like focusing fewer-but-very-customized-and-targeted messages at my local level is how to maximize my personal impact. If I had more time and a bit more compsci skill, I'd love to set up a website or something where people can easily run through just a few clicks to send emails or tweets etc to a compiled list of legislators and such, but I think it'd be very inefficient for me to attempt to do that and I'm hoping people with more skills/experience in that area can throw in some work to create such tools. (I mean, there has to be a lot of precedent for making sites like that, right? There have to already be well-maintained lists of contact info for legislators, right? I live under a rock when it comes to political action at that scale haha, have to choose my battles/keep my scope pretty narrow unfortunately, otherwise I've learned I quickly slip into being mega passionate about everything all the time and get nothing done.)

[@reality1701]

@@nicholasgignac7065not currently, but if Dr. G wants one I’m more than happy to create one. I have experience moderating and have a small subreddit already.

[@TonyYarusso]

Jimothy’s plan is simple, effective, actionable, and immediate. Might be dismissing him too easily there.

[@Ikajo]

Break everything down and then build anew. Yeah, that might be the only way for Americans to get what they need. In the meanwhile, I will enjoy my universal healthcare.

[@danmayberry6717]

Not 100% behind everything said in this video, but I 100% support the entirety of the subject! Untie doctors and pharmacist hands, put an end to these insurance mega corps, and let physicians make their own decisions on how best they see to care for a patient!

[@3countylaugh]

Add your state insurance commissioners to this list! Good ones are amazing! Bad ones canbe held publicly accountable. Many are elected and can be replaced. (Please see outgoing WA commissioner Mike Kriedler as a decent example!)

[@colorguard1218]

Jimothy woke up today and chose violence, though honestly, can you blame him? But on a more serious note, thank you for this entertaining with a side of horror, yet educational series highlighting the issues of the US Healthcare system, and ending off the series with what people can do to try to help fix it~

[@ProjectExMachina]

The amount of Jimothy supporters should be reason enough for CEOs and like to reevaluate their life choices

[@rufen78]

None of this reach them unfortunately.

[@HisameArtwork]

The knife was to cut the yach loose like Betsy de Voss nothing else 😂

[@tlpineapple1]

Vocal minority. The U.S. has aost a century of propaganda that any class war is unlikely and even if it did, the militarization of the police would quash it quickly.

[@cheetochinpo]

@@rufen78 there are ways they're still people with names, addresses....and loved ones

[@thomasdjonesn]

They, like the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and JFK before them, literally think it can't happen to them. It's like people who think they'll never get cancer, or that they'll never be in an auto accident. If one tempts that fate enough, it becomes inevitable.

[@MushuBear]

All Jonathans unite!! Loved the series, the comments, the jokes and the unfortunate need to spotlight the inefficiencies and corporate greed plaguing the US healthcare system. I'll admit that as a Canadian, we are far from a perfect healthcare system ourselves but we can definitely learn from the obstacles faced by patients and practitioners in the USA as they pursue patient centered care. Keep up the great work Dr. Glaucomflecken! I hope this motivates all who watch to take action to hold the government and associated corporations accountable. We all deserve healthcare!

[@maxineollie]

Liked that he mentioned state medical societies. I've been President of the Medical Society of Delaware for the last year and a half and we're making a real impact on our legislators. We have a primary care and pre-authorization bill in the works and the legislature recently introduced a controversial bill to control hospital costs. And we just passed a resolution supporting physician unions at our interim meeting. Physicians must participate if they want change!

[@nickdude54]

Im with Jimothy

[@Rolbell]

Not gonna lie, I love all the suggestions here and will do and promote every one of them. But, let’s keep Jimothy around in case we have to go to plan B…

[@robertgibbs6154]

Can we start with plan B and use that as part of the messaging that if things don't improve right now there will be more insurance company CEOs, PBM executives, Senators, Representatives and any and all other bureaucrats associated with the evil and greedy intent of the US healthcare system in line for for the gallows?

[@WondrousPurple]

Thank you for this entire series, Doc, this episode especially. Satire can open eyes about problems, but there needs to action too. Also, getting a video out per day for a month had to be taxing -- thank you for your talents and work.

[@Jchmcom]

I'm dealing with colon cancer because United Healthcare didn't want to cover my treatment. Now I'm just waiting for the end. That's my United Healthcare story.

[@deputyrook6232]

Jimothy seems like a calm and reasonable person. Especially if the moment calls for calm.

[@sarahr1269]

"We are all Jonathan, the silent majority. But silent no more." This was so deep. Love this guy.

[@brattCatt_]

Who's actually being silent tho? Everyone's vocal, especially when Bernie was running but the mainstream media shut him and everyone who listened to him out, like "nope, no one cares about what he said, he's not actually popular with anyone, look at Trump and Hillary instead please." We protested Bernie or Bust, they said "nope, that never happened." Look up Bernie or Bust protests, it was huge and still ignored, like it didn't matter, we're screwed.

[@mahdihematyar1028]

Perfect. Useful and entertaining. I live in Iran, but I was terrified and furious while watching these videos. I sincerely hope you be able to change such corrupt and useless system and make it better for the most venerable people, the ill. Hope you the best.

[@user-jo3tg7pt1o]

In nursing school. Never realized how naive I was to the healthcare system. Such a burn out. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

[@sufyanabbasi483]

What a beautiful conclusion to US healthcare dystopia month. You are a gem of a human being and I deeply thank you for elucidating all month how clear, targeted legislation can make good to save lives. I’m sending this video with clear actionable steps to Rho Khanna, my representative in the House and Aishah Wahab, my state legislator. I didn’t check the description yet, is there a summary of your recommendations there?

[@tractorlawnmower]

Let Jimothy do what he must! The catharsis after a month of this depressing (And very funny) series would be very welcome

[@jenisephelps3075]

Dr. Glaucomflecken for President! As a doctor increasingly frustrated with our healthcare system I appreciate this.

[@longforgotten4823]

It’s time we stand up and push back. Let’s reclaim our healthcare for all Americans. Universal healthcare for all American citizens with vision and dental included should be the bare minimum. If our sick care system and insurance racket continues as is, knives out will truly not be that far away.

[@zyxavier]

Jimothy might actually end having had the right idea in hindsight, but until then we can do these other things. I hope they work.

[@Cruznick06]

Calling out health insurance on social media is the only way one of my friends got their meds covered. Its absurd.

[@torchy1245]

How can he possibly top this funny/ informative month?! I wish he was interested in running for office!

[@Changitojuanito]

This one was it….as a 27 y/o admin support coordinator who began working in a hospital 2 months before the COVID lockdowns (still there) - WE are the silent majority.

[@SAmaryllis]

Jimothy 😂😂😂 ty for doing introductions on all these characters, I'd actually been hoping for one. I'll be sending this series to my congressional rep, who was a nurse!

[@queenoflammersland8562]

Scribe Bro will save that day! Thank you, Doctor, for giving a fellow (sister?) MD something to laugh about through my UHC PTSD. In my next peer to peer, I plan to wear tweed and employ a firm, motherly vocal tone. And do a video chat so I can employ my paralyzing Mom Voice. I love Mrs Doc Flannery as the OB-GYN representative. We face different challenges as well. I loved the sketch where she told General Surgery that we are surgeons too. I’ve been in practice 35 years and that attitude was rampant when I started training. Now we have taken over the profession. Kudos to Ma G. For showing trainees how to do a game, set and match against comments like that without yelling and using profanity! Thanks for the whole series , Doctor. We are marginalized by corporate micromanagement and subjected to external restrictions on our autonomy by non-doctors. Patients need to understand that we are on their side, trying to slay those dragons who try to prevent us from providing the excellent care we spent our twenties learning about!

[@shawnycoffman]

Very well said!

[@garyg8875]

I stand with Jonathan. I’ll be more vocal about my resentment toward insurance companies in the form of political contributions at the federal and state level. I’d never heard of ProPublica I’m frankly embarrassed I hadn’t. Thank you Dr Glaucomflecken ❤️

[@The_Arisen]

Woah! The foreshadowing of the jonathan revolution leading up to the twist revelation that *WE* are johnathan, revolting against healthcare systems, has absolutely floored me! Intentional or otherwise, phenomenal work, doc glauc!

[@jimwormmaster]

When he said silenced no more, I thought we were finally going to hear Jonathan speak. And it would be something incredibly profound.

[@virginiamoss7045]

I think Dr. G is saving that for something profoundly profound, like maybe the advent of real universal health care when and if it happens.

[@HiImKangarou]

I like the spirit, Jimothy.

[@JohnDoe-mk5zb]

Jimothy's path may not be the way, but awareness that Jimothy is the default if no resolution can be found has always been a key part of effective social change.

[@michellegross40]

As a patient and a Healthcare worker for the love of god we need to do this! People need to be better informed of the situation. I was just hospitalized for a serious car wreck and it was a horrible experience! Then I get out and need an authorization for every medication I was given by Aetna. Getting in to see a doctor because of issues with my broken back T11 in two places has been impossible! Physicians are overworked! Time for our doctors to take back healthcare and destroy these companies. You should have had a nurse in on the meeting! Strength in numbers!

[@lechatbotte.]

I’m leaning towards Jimothys solution lol

[@ronin1914]

Dr. G has unknowingly directed 'The Big Short'. Instead of Brad Pitt, Steve Carell and Margo Robbie explaining CDOs in a bubble bath, we have the name-othy family (& Bill) calling out the American Healthcare crash, one specialty at a time. Thank you for this.

[@justahugenerd1278]

Oh my god pls I’d watch this as a whole movie

[@paulweber1740]

I love that Jimothy, after being on the inside of United and seeing all its abuses, sees no other recourse than violence. It’s the natural end to seeing the horrors of their practices and being powerless to change things.

[@emilyf3722]

This makes me think of the light reading classic, A Tale of Two Cities, recommended my friend Seanathan. He doesn’t talk much but boy does he love to read. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

[@sierrasky2491]

Thank you for spearheading the lead on this issue. You're able to say the quiet part out loud we need more courageous people like you in the world who are willing to speak out.

[@hanneskannes4666]

You know what also spearheads the issue? A spear. ❤

[@Merumya]

Those all sound like great ideas that could improve the state of healthcare... ....but I kinda like Jimothys *cough* enthusiasm

[@lolzormachine]

Glad you gave Jimothy a voice here. It provides some important contrast of possibilities for how the issue gets handled. Like how Malcom X and MLK Jr. worked in parallel toward the same ends.

[@lumorowenamooncaller9811]

"don't you see? We're all Johnathan" brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[@JBCollins]

The entire video I thought, "Why not let Johnathan take a swing at it?". But really, I think this series was very well done. All of us are stakeholders in the state of the healthcare system, and this cleanly lays out the problems in an approachable way.

[@Ompasikom]

I'm with Jimothy 😀

[@user-wz5gc2td9s]

I've done customer service for a few insurance companies, been a claims processor, and currently work for a brokerage. I personally think standardizing certain process could go a long way to fixing some issues. While not quite as revolutionary as some of the bigger ideas, i cant tell you how much time is wasted processing information. All that time adds up financially and brings added costs to the medical field. Every insurance company seems to operate on its own language. Also, the way medicare and medicaid operates in practice is nothing short of predatory.

[@skybluedrummer]

Best video yet. Worked on healthcare reform with a non profit healthcare system @2008. GOP only reform ideas were HSAs and malpractice insurance. We barely got Obama care which was watered down Mass plan. DME, big pharma and insurers are biggest lobbies in the country. No other major country has this

[@suemilkbone4868]

All excellent suggestions. I have contacted my congressmen and I'll keep at it. I'm telling people in my FB groups and virtually anyone who'll listen to me. I have also left mainstream medicine and am now seeing a Direct Primary Care physician who doesn't take any insurance, therefore cannot to strong armed by insurance companies or Big Pharma. In fact, it was she that told me about Dr. G! 🧡💚

[@jooot_6850]

And if that don’t work? Use more gun.

[@growingcrazy4481]

As someone who lives in a country with universal healthcare it’s really hard to fathom the American healthcare system 😢

[@Zwei22]

No no, Jimothy has a point. A really sharp one this guy is. I'm sure he'd drive it in and pierce through the heart of the problem.

[@Houck54]

Jimmothy, the hero we didn't ask for but didn't know we needed

[@Zoecasady3337]

Now now Jimothy has a good point. I enjoyed this series. It made me laugh and also saddened that I live in America

[@Qsie]

We finally met Bill Bill! This has been the culmination of more than just this month, that's impressive 😮

[@moonlightwite]

I hope everyone takes the advice here and finds local organizations that advocate for healthcare in their states to sign up with. Changing the state of healthcare in this country is going to take millions of us speaking up.

[@benton8762]

Honestly, you need your own show on multiple platforms - cable, streaming, etc. Paired up with a talented staff of writers, you could really entertain and inform a public who has no idea how much their exploited and help catalyze real change in our system.

[@janmazur1674]

It's been such an educational series, and it's so good to have hope at the end of it! Even though these massive corporations use violence every day against us, it's heartening to be affirmed that we don't need to resort to the same tactics to fight for our community. Love you Dr. G

[@floridamaninthewild]

I don't see much hope at the end. Such a large percentage of the population has been brainwashed into thinking these bought off legislators can be changed or that their office can be won by someone without the money they all receive from the medical industry. Jimothy however might be on to something.

[@derekmccloud6333]

NGL Jimothy is making some good points.

[@timmoore9190]

Here is a case in point. I am a specialty optometrist and practice owner. One of our major insurances terminated our contract in May of this year but never told us. Because of how slow billing happens we didn’t notice until August so now we are trying to dig through the mess. This will ultimately cost us and our patients thousands of dollars and when we reach out to ask what happened, they “can’t find our contract”.

[@reginafick6620]

I changed careers after 30 years of healthcare (pre-Covid) because of the broken system, and I just love your videos!!! Nailed it on this one!!!

[@neuralnetwork17]

The fear of Jimothy and people similarly inclined might ultimately be important in making the people in charge listen to the more moderate Jonathan's, Bimothy's and Todrick's. The pain inflicted on people, through deaths and financial ruin, will turn to rage, sooner or later, if they don't. So lets hope they come to their senses before that.

[@Sahdirah]

Agreed. 🔥🥰⚔️🔥

[@longforgotten4823]

Everyone’s a commodity and a throwaway item in this dystopian capitalist nightmare.

[@GENERALTIM21]

Jimothy is giving off neuro level confidence

[@elizabethwang7408]

I think Jimothy has an idea worth listening too. 😂 I like that you make real fact and good ideas into a fun educational video.

[@susanferretti5781]

This was indeed a great series. Also, Jimothy trying to slip Jonathan the knife really had be laughing out loud!

[@jfxl1977]

I loved this infuriating series! It really opened my eyes to the multiple layers of greedy, unethical practices trashing our ability to receive appropriate, quality healthcare in the US.

[@abd-animation-22]

I honestly thought jonathan would speak and say We can't stay silent forever *Looks directly at camera* We have to speak up loudly All of us

[@kdn142]

I was just writing this. You’re brilliant ;) What if Jonathan had spoken at the end? I was so hoping he would.

[@virginiamoss7045]

YES, YES, YES!

[@Skylikesavation]

One thought I had was if laws made health insurance companies liable for any harm that comes from their recommendations. For example a video on this channel was doing trying to get an MRI to check for a brain tumor approved and insurance wanted 6 weeks of PT before approving it. If there was a law that said that said in a situation like that insurance is required to cover 100% of their recommended treatment as well as are liable to fully cover any future additional costs incurred if the patient’s condition worsens in that time, then it would incentive insurance companies to delay less to avoid higher costs in the long run.

[@Kaitybardot]

Yay, when you asked a couple of weeks back what could be done to make us feel better, I said have Jonathan lead a healthcare revolution! It’s the logical conclusion.