A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable | Andrew Bastawrous

In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict funding regulations meant that he could only operate on people with specific diseases, leaving many others without resources for treatment. In this passionate talk, Bastawrous calls for a new health care funding model that's flexible and ambitious -- to deliver better health to everyone, whatever their needs are.
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[@hungrymusicwolf]

That grandma dancing at the end there is such a heartwarming sight.

[@LeiSharks]

God bless this guy........we need more humans like him on earth

[@Aritul]

Yes! He and his wife have done a great service in the places where they have served.

[@mr.richard3109]

Grandma's joy at the end made me smile 😍

[@misakimorita2274]

I want to make a speech for TED TALKS when I was grow up !!

[@katakanadian]

The best message I get from this is that we shouldn't earmark money but allow the experts to spend it where it makes the most difference. That's why I support paying taxes without looking for every loophole (this is aimed at the rich) and donating to broadbased charities over individual GoFundMe pages. Universal healthcare rocks.

[@siraneesihapark6049]

I'm feel happiness, and thanks a lot for your great heart.

[@mystiekmelody8857]

I would need to know more details about how this whole thing would work, to know if it's ultimately a bad idea that sounds good, or if it's actually a good idea through and through. But from this little bit, it seems good.

[@ryanthelion1493]

It's cool being one of the first people to see yet another gem by TED

[@aajam5311]

respect

[@TaufiqueJoarder]

Amazing

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

people just are not important enough,unless they can afford to be,

[@ramshasaeed2122]

Dear bro .... We r with u...keep it up

[@geoffmcclelland2663]

How will the trust be in it by design?

[@proffezur]

*Bourgeoi-see* : Are you rich?! Do you want to feel like you're helping poor people that are visually impaired. Well with boirgeoi-see, instead of giving money as a form of charity to fund healthcare needs, you can now give LOANS! And when the poor folks can't pay you back with interest, default them! Yey!

[@ngoloi3274]

How can I download mp3 from TED?

[@MazelTovCocktail]

Yokil Đỗ You can download/listen to the TED Podcast

[@ahmetcivril]

Please Turkish subtitles!

[@yehboi7101]

where's Ted?

[@ghomeishy]

Can someone please help me here? Is the title misleading? I don't get how "getting partners and sponsors" is a "new way to fund" healthcare in poor countries. Am I missing something? Did I not listen carefully? Has he found a magic money tree?

[@kriskropd]

No - you heard right. Despite the emotionally-charged Like-bar, half the comments down here have called out on the bullshit.

[@ghienphimhan8798]

.....

[@Nyundii]

How long can more than half of a third world country live off the generosity of others? Famine, health conditions and other basic life necessities have been gifted there for years. It's just not sustainable. Too hard to change now for sure, and impossible for those in the countries to change. Who could've foreseen a barren wasteland having a provision shortage, and low income families pushing the high fertility leading to further issues.

[@darkkhof]

Maybe the problem wasn’t your sight but your thoughts that prevented you from adding glasses to your life.

[@proffezur]

The man said he didn't know trees had leaves... at 12 years old. That definitely ain't a glasses issue 😅

[@darkkhof]

Zu Nobi you see what I mean 😅

[@eatthisvr6]

erm nhs, just dont let the fuckers destroy it so they can sell it to their mates

[@danfc3s]

Make health insurance compulsory... There I fixed it and I didn't take 11 minutes... Car insurance is compulsory if you own one, our health is way more important...

[@everettwebster5524]

Canada has that already

[@annagreen6217]

Car insurance is not compulsory. You're very uninformed.

[@fionafiona1146]

In Germany it has been for longer than Canada is a sovereign country. Imagine it kept communist out of Parliament!

[@myeuphoria7624]

The video is about blind people, while the title says it's about the most vulnerable. The most vulnerable people are the ones with schizophrenia.

[@rafaelsandoval2246]

Basically, what poor people need is Capitalism.

[@ahmedeeqnur4047]

Capitalism is the route cause of all the problems that exist in the world,

[@kristinabaker4433]

Innacurate

[@shaun1293]

Oh here we go...

[@kriskropd]

Yeah that's what we need. More debt and taxes.

[@Aritul]

Do you have another idea?

[@kriskropd]

I hesitate to be honest. This is going to sound verbose by comparison, and it's not directly because of your simple response - but rather the influence of many other recent sources. Maybe we need to just destroy all of mankind and get it over with. Doing it this slow and painful way is hilariously absurd and unnecessarily cruel towards those who are unfavored. The bulk of wealth and resources aren't going to be redistributed willfully to those who need it. Old-folk have already proven that by clutching tightly to their money and power even late into their final years instead of helping the very people who may have brought them to such power and comfort. The few altruists you may find generally won't have the psychopathic edge needed to competitively obtain the resources demanded for the good will they propose - the ones that do have yet to prove they can actually make an impact beyond emotionally gullible consumers. Historically speaking, we're told: anarchy doesn't work, socialism doesn't work, capitalism doesn't work, governments don't work, and altruism doesn't work. Even after several millennia of "good will" education (if any modern religion can be trusted) being so deeply embedded into society and culture, we still have the "starved children" and the "uneducated homeless" and the "abused impoverished." What's proven to work is villainy and selfishness. You can deny nihilism all you want, but tomorrow we'll wage war in the name of peace. So f*ck it all - that's my idea... if you really want my honest perspective.

[@Aritul]

@@kriskropd No worries about being verbose. I will read your whole answer.

[@muhammadshafiquedaiwliqadr3208]

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[@StaticCollapse]

Medicare For All bruvs

[@jfrigz2294]

Kyler Curtis yes but not funded by the government.

[@-Amiya-]

Medicare sucks so bad, you haven't the clue. Medicare for all SOUNDS like a great idea but in reality it is a degradation of healthcare for the individual. For example, it's been 8 years (8 FUCKING YEARS!) and I'm still waiting on a medicine that has been proven countless times that it helps people like me walk better. If you need a mental health professional then you're just out of luck period, that's an out of pocket expense. So be careful what you wish for cause you'll probaby end up getting fucked. Just sayin.

[@jfrigz2294]

Lenna Lou I literally get paid for all my medicine, that includes a $300 bottle of adderall. If you aren’t getting insured then that means you make enough money to buy it yourself. Cut back on spending on stuff you don’t really need.

[@StaticCollapse]

@@-Amiya- Medicare for all would save the American people 2 trillion dollars over the next 10 years.. A conservative/libertarian study funded by the Koch brothers even admits it

[@StaticCollapse]

@@-Amiya- also.. I've done my own political research for the past year now, I'm not clueless. I know what the fucks going on lol

[@goldensun2787]

First!