America Has a Healthcare Crisis, and It's Hurting Rural Towns

In the last decade, almost 10% of community hospitals have shut down in rural towns across the country. The closures have led to dwindling populations and limited access to healthcare.
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[@macanoodough]

I think that old man forgets, we already pay for it... Healthcare costs here are more expensive than every other industrialized nation, yet we receive less.

[@alespidych5311]

As a European im truly feeling bad for you guys in the USA.

[@dericmederos1514]

BuT tHaTs CoMmUnIsM

[@alexbattin6482]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe Explain your argument & what you think accounts for exorbitant costs. Do you really think that there is going to be a perfect market in areas like medicine production, which requires highly specialized PP&E - among many other things? And if you cite India, let me remind you that India has government-mandated price caps that manufacturers can not go over. It also dilutes IP law power when it comes to medicine.

[@aratirao9007]

♦️Serch Aditya Rathore - He also makes informative content like Vice

[@macanoodough]

@@alespidych5311 Can you see how stupid we are by the arguments being made? We don't deserve pity though, the ignorant deserve that. We are willfully stupid...

[@Xckel13]

If you want a capitalist healthcare system, then there's no reason to be in business where there aren't a ton of customers. There's no reason for people to employ themselves in a small healthcare operation with few opportunities to move up either. The US healthcare system is about making $, not about making people healthy.

[@freshstart4423]

We can remove the corruption. And provide honest paying jobs for our children to get out of sin.

[@debbiereynolds7759]

@@freshstart4423 ?

[@rosanegra-urbanmusic7678]

facts!

[@XpvtsnowmanfanX]

@@freshstart4423 we found another nut job that would probably vote against universal healthcare

[@henrytep8884]

And the private health insurance companies are incentivize to give the least amount of health service for the maximum amount of money.

[@taylorbug9]

This is why everything in life can't be about money.

[@sabirzain5053]

"Having money isn't everything, not having it is"

[@GazaAli]

In fact, it's a recipe for disaster to monetize certain aspects of life. Defense, education, and healthcare come to mind

[@steventanner864]

But without money life nothing.

[@majesticmajestic7058]

@@steventanner864 What did people do before money?

[@alan5506]

You are completely wrong. Everything has an opportunity cost. With or without money. Spending millions and millions on declining small rural community means that other things, elsewhere, cannot be done. And those other things that cannot be done are much more valuable.

[@abdiganiaden]

For the amount we spent in Afghanistan, we could have had healthcare. What a tragic waste across the board.

[@vaccinessavelives2193]

At least my American Military Industrial Complex ETF is a BOOMING 🤑🤑🤑

[@vaccinessavelives2193]

@@abdiganiaden I'm still making bank!!! 🤗War is always profitable

[@lekudos]

@@abdiganiaden tech companies are valued at many many times their actual paper worth, it’s not a good comparison.

[@matthewledford7209]

Yea and all the democrats want to do is increase taxes and spending instead of reallocating funds from where it is being wasted 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@abdiganiaden]

@@matthewledford7209 lol stfu man

[@PolarPuchuu]

The fact that that guy said "Having that hospital was like a luxury we didn't know we needed" is insane. Healthcare is not a luxury, its a right to life and that fact that rural Americans aren't getting that right is absolutely disgraceful.

[@fourhumors9414]

This is how a capitalist for profit health system takes care of people. We need universal healthcare for all. Not just to fund these rural towns.

[@zachheisen5022]

No, it's a luxury. Healthcare is a very recent development.

[@bettzysdaddy]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe Just like T**** is supposed to be rEiNsTaTeD, right? LOLOLOL

[@gracecalis5421]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe But being able to carry a gun around like its your newborn baby is a right. Healthcare isn't a right, and that's the problem. Because it SHOULD be a right.

[@adrianc6534]

they deserve. they voted for it.

[@Tripleexel]

Ah the joys of for profit healthcare, you see the same trend in for profit post office system. There is no money in operating in rural

[@aratirao9007]

🟫Serch Aditya Rathore - He also makes informative content like Vice

[@seanr8809]

That's also why rural areas don't have high speed internet

[@valerywac]

Here's the problem: healthcare = business.

[@prettyboibozo3619]

Nope, too much government regulation and interference is causing healthcare to be insanely ineffective and costly.

[@starbrite526]

@@prettyboibozo3619 Nixon helped prop the insurance complex what it is today and because of this, the healthcare thought they can make money charging more to insurance and instead of paying it out, the insurance companies passed the buck to the customer. Which in terms, when a hospital can't make money, as they are mostly ran by healthcare companies, they will close. So you are right that the government stuck their nose in it, but it's the deregulation caused by Nixon, that has caused this.

[@flavortown289]

@@prettyboibozo3619 Just keep telling yourself that.

[@mastersonogashira1796]

Is it too much to ask the government to take a little responsibility

[@paddington1670]

Every other developed country figured it out already, look around, youre not inventing the wheel.

[@Ralvik]

"america has a healthcare crisis: and it fucking sucks for everyone" fixed that title for ya

[@jonny-b4954]

Right?

[@ShidaiTaino]

Everyone aside from the rich

[@jonny-b4954]

@@ShidaiTaino Yeah, they still have the "best healthcare in the world that people come from all over to get." Which is true. If you're rich.

[@PK-tt5kk]

@@jonny-b4954 but even under medicare for all, they will receive the best healthcare. M4A does not mean private hospitals & practitioners cannot exist.

[@jonny-b4954]

@@PK-tt5kk Didn't say they wouldn't. They can still pay for extra insurance and extra out of pocket care all they want.

[@flubby1982]

I have lived in rural Kansas all my life and watching it die a slow death has been painful. The way of life that I loved (and still love) is just not there for my kids. I can trace my roots in Kansas back over 160 years when my relatives came from Germany and settled in the new territory. I have family cemeteries where generations of my family are laid to rest. I was born here. I am raising my kids here. And when I die I am going to be buried here, but I just don't see that for my kids. I have told them to leave. To go where the jobs are and not only their futures are, but their kids too. The people here are good people. My grandfather was an Eisenhower-type Republican who wanted smaller government, but hated segregation. He loved lower taxes, but hated the way gays were treated. He was appalled at the way many people turned away from what Kansas was in the past. Instead we are a breeding ground for far right conspiracies and misinformation. We went from a state that fought against slavery and championing women to vote to denying Medicare expansion because it was Communist. Just breaks my heart.

[@holzmann-]

I am German, and I don't think anyone claimed healthcare in America was Communist. I think America is more tolerant than most nations in the world. Also, to call people "conspiracy theorists" is harming. MLK too was a "conspiracy theorist"

[@JimGamingTV]

There’s no profit in providing healthcare in rural communities

[@RazorSkinned86]

this is the result of encroaching socialism in america

[@chexmix0101]

Yup but they are the ones that wanted that way

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@RazorSkinned86 This is literally Capitalism in its prime only helping those who can afford it. Do you know what socialism means?

[@BizzeeB]

@@RazorSkinned86 I think you misspelled "capitalism".

[@fourhumors9414]

@@RazorSkinned86 I think Universal Healthcare would definitely benefit these people you dunce.

[@peeks7165]

Vice has just been pumping out this high quality journalism out recently. Props to them.

[@dwaynetherockjohnson5751]

Yeah they where in a decline but I think its starting to go up now

[@CallanChristensen]

I was thinking this too. This is the Vice news I like to watch, not whatever insane click-bait stuff was happening for the past few years.

[@Ryan_7389]

there iraq and afghan recent vid military.rtye best

[@peterlanza4523]

Vice has been doing this 👏 since 2013...come on man...

[@justinfowler2857]

True. I just hope they never have to hide my identity for a story. They really suck at blurring faces and altering voices. The stories are killer though. Real journalism not puff pieces like everywhere else.

[@zetianfang6443]

Rural population mostly republican is over represented on the federal level in Congress, and they keep voting in politicians that would harm themselves the most. It is an irony to say the least.

[@jet4415]

Honest truth. Disconnect here!

[@jp78191]

Furthermore it’s not like these people don’t get sick. They just shlub these patients on to cities that they despise.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

And then they’ll scream at minorities for voting Democrats but they vote against their own interest just because their Republican overlords tell them to. The hypocrisy and lack of education among those people is astounding.

[@onenonly2181]

🤣🤣🤣🤣, so true! All republicans talk about is tax cuts. How is that working out for them?

[@gvi341984]

Democrats end up doing the harm since they are the ones pushing the companies away with EPA laws. Universal healthcare is not univet just word play

[@JadedJassy21]

These same people often vote against their own interest time and time again. Don't feel sorry.

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party system though. Often they vote against their interests, but sometimes not. First past the post is toxic towards most democracies in general. It results in corruption, tribalism and unrepresentative poliricians.

[@captaintoyota3171]

@@lookingforsomething yeah doesnt matter ppl arent yelling for better choices they are yelling they love their liar con men politicians

[@yodray]

Tell those folks, “welcome to America”.

[@tinagarcia9849]

It's extremely sad and disappointing when the United States of America, the most famous and lucrative countries in the world, has the worst healthcare system of all the top countries of the world. Our healthcare system sucks compared to other well developed countries.

[@MrKneffe]

USA: LeTs sPenD alL thE mOney fOr wAr

[@Drunkenstupor]

Well you know thats what happens when a goverment spend almost 90% of your taxes on the millitary instead of healthcare, infrastructure, and education.

[@animalmother4]

We have the best care in the world in most healthcare related fields in major cities, which is why people from around the world who want the best treatment come here and pay for it. The best care cost the most money.

[@katamariroller2837]

@@animalmother4 Cool. You have the most exclusive restaurant with the most delicious food in the city, but there isn´t a single supermarket or grocery store in it.

[@animalmother4]

@@katamariroller2837 considering 55% of the US is obese because they eat so poorly, if you want better outcomes you need to start with healthier inputs.

[@apollofell3925]

Ask yourself if you believe healthcare is a privilege for the wealthy, or a right for every person. If healthcare is a privilege, then hospitals are responsible for their own funding, and rural areas and poor communities deserve to have less healthcare. But if healthcare is a right, the government has a duty to protect and ensure that right for everyone regardless of wealth. Nationalized healthcare and government funding would keep these hospitals open.

[@jameskim1505]

You sound like US government have tendency to take care of their people, Edgar and Richard didn't think so, and that's that.

[@ericcloud1023]

Exactly these rural republicans are dumbfounded that they'll literally die because the nearest hospital is 40mins away, and the nearest ambulance dispatch is 40mims too. They complain saying the government should step in, yet refuse to rethink their own beliefs. They're so stubborn they'll let themselves literally die

[@tylerjaxtj]

@@TripleKmafia keep in mind doctors wouldn't get paid so much if prices went down, and the idea of insurance is self part of the problem. Can't go say how much for this and simply pay cash.

[@surge208]

Exactly. It’s the only way. Over a hundred other countries have demonstrated that.

[@bettzysdaddy]

@@TripleKmafia Bruh, I don't see Canada, UK, most Nordic and Eastern European countries falling apart. When I was in Canada, I can walk around at night in any neighborhood and downtown at night because all the junkies and homeless people get the medical attention they need, so they don't have to rob people at night. Also, define socialism without using Google. You don't seem to grasp what it really is, and your complaint about insurance isn't a complaint against socialism; in fact, you're complaining about a free-market industry. Lastly, if what you said was true, then we shouldn't have A) The Dept of Education, B) Medicare (that helps your parents and grandparents unless you want them dead), and C) there would be no Fed since you said "dOeSn'T sAy ThAt In ThE cOnStItUiTiOn". But since we have all of those, then the Gov't does have the duty, and we'd be all better off with it. But I get it--you're a "Christian" that doesn't believe in the actual teachings of Jesus. You just want the excuse to be a racist moron.

[@ezio_auditore5425]

That first guy sounds like the narrator of a solid western movie.

[@iliart998]

Yeah his voice is so good

[@wozanawewoz979]

Or Frontline documentaries..

[@haruruben]

It’s called “voting against your own interests”

[@jacobconcannon4677]

Turkeys voting for Christmas, more selfishness then sense in Americans.

[@X2LR8]

Yeah. As if Democrats would provide more funding to rural areas as opposed to siphoning off the lion's share of that and giving it to urban cities.

[@jherc12990]

Democrats also are into this. Y’all act as if both parties aren’t laughing with bags of money.

[@haruruben]

@@jherc12990 what’re you talking about? The Democrats believe that lives matter even after they are born. Democrats believe in the Constitution and uphold the federal and state structure that the Constitution mandates. The entire Republiklan ideology is they hate every part of the Constitution except a portion of the 2nd amendment and that’s it

[@haruruben]

@@X2LR8 they say in the video there was federal Medicare expansion that would have funded the hospital but their Republiklan governor rejected it. Did you even watch the video? Morons

[@zacconeacademy1883]

This is what happens when you make healthcare about making money instead of saving lives

[@jjirei8714]

almost like they voted their own care out...

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Well said

[@lookingforsomething]

Two party system though. Often they vote against their interests, but sometimes not. First past the post is toxic towards most democracies in general. It results in corruption, tribalism and unrepresentative poliricians.

[@michaels9388]

LOL

[@traplover6357]

"Then how can you stay in business" only in America is every aspect of your life controlled by big corporations.

[@mikeyorkav4039]

I wish china would liberate us

[@metameta1427]

Socialism for the rich. Capitalism for the poor.

[@mikeyorkav4039]

Thats just capitalism

[@tomclayton9881]

It's so alien to hear them talk about the surgeries being the money earners. Come on USA...

[@TomorowGames]

Elective surgeries not critical. Basically deviated septum etc, that aren’t needed but nice to have.

[@damnjustassignmeone]

Not sure I understand. Surgeries and other procedures are in fact big money earners for hospitals. Cancer care is also a big money earner.

[@ReineDeLaSeine14]

@@TomorowGames Elective is anything that isn’t a “you’ll drop dead right now” situation. Like my gallbladder removal was considered elective even though I had pancreatitis and couldn’t eat.

[@alexbattin6482]

@@ReineDeLaSeine14 Yep. The word "elective" is a bit misleading in that many think these are just optional or cosmetic surgeries. No, these are important procedures that shouldn't be delayed, but are not considered to be emergency/critical for a patient's survival.

[@tomclayton9881]

@@damnjustassignmeone none of it should earn money. That's the point.

[@ShazyShaze]

Putting money on the fact that none of these folks would have voted for the single payer system that would have solved this whole problem.

[@arnavchadha6323]

There is no point of single payer if there are no doctors who wanna work there.

[@allenwilliams7367]

@@arnavchadha6323 doctors would be rerouted from major population centers to small towns in order to provide services. Same with psychologists and other specialist. Most of this would be done at the state and local level with the federal government assisting smaller states more. That's the irony of all of this. Yes universal healthcare would have been cheaper and provided services to small towns that they can't obtain anymore.

[@XpvtsnowmanfanX]

Sad but true

[@repairdrive]

Yep. Was just about to post, I bet everyone interviewed voted for Trump.

[@Khispe]

@@arnavchadha6323 In Canada, doctors have the option to work in remote locations that would make rural Kansas look like like New York City. In exchange for working in those remote locations, the government pays their student loans and their upper middle class wages as well, all funded by single payer.

[@fordsrgay4881]

Ah yes. The ABSOLUTE JOY of for profit healthcare.

[@aratirao9007]

🟣Serch Aditya Rathore - He also makes informative content like Vice

[@nfbconnect]

The Kardashians buy their toddler children purses that cost more than an entire years worth of that hospitals losses.

[@apollofell3925]

Eat the goddamned rich

[@calvincandie5344]

@@apollofell3925 amen to that

[@Tarpull]

The real criminals in that case are the ones making those fancy useless items

[@fourhumors9414]

Universal healthcare for all.

[@majesticmajestic7058]

@@apollofell3925 Delicious 🤤

[@BizzeeB]

Watching videos like this, it's hard to defend small-town America as belonging to a First World nation.

[@diegoaespitia]

the people r good hearted. just that coming from any rural area of a country essentially limits ur views on things due to u being surrounded by people who all think somewhat alike

[@majesticmajestic7058]

@@diegoaespitia Rural, suburban or urban have different perspectives neither of them are completely wrong.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@majesticmajestic7058 Not disagreeing but truth be told rural areas do have an astounding lack of education they end up growing up having lower IQs because of it.

[@Triplehdd]

@Bryan as a resident of small town America who left the city, living thru the first World for 17 years we gladly will separate from you.

[@jonny-b4954]

@We’re About To Argue I Know It Good enough for the internet.

[@sabirzain5053]

I'm guessing this is the part where the army steps in and offers "opportunity"

[@williamweisenburg5919]

Sure beats bitching about student loans that you signed up for

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@williamweisenburg5919 Yea because dying for the interests of the rich and wealthy( not the bullshit freedoms they tell soldiers they’re fighting for) is better than offering an affordable education. How smart you are “true Patriot”. And not to mention the fact that America doesn’t even take care of its soldiers once this country chews em up and spits them out.

[@BizzeeB]

Although the average BMI in towns like this is around 40, so I doubt even the people of enlistable age would be fit to serve.

[@williamweisenburg5919]

@@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman I've only fired my weapon once and never deployed. Have fun with your student loans

[@Rob_TheOne]

And zero help when they get out...

[@blakelewison9872]

The solution to this problem was and always will be a medicare for all single payer healthcare system.

[@puddincup9879]

The solution is idiots not voting blindly

[@carbonforms]

Low vaccination rates and closed hospitals in rural areas sounds like a rough time

[@adrianc6534]

sounds like a win to me. less republicans in the next election cycle.

[@rashad123us]

Good thing healthcare isn’t a guaranteed right, like every other developed country…

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

Every other developed nation taxes their middle class at 40-60% to pay for healthcare. Good luck getting that bill through Congress

[@rashad123us]

@@harrisonwintergreen1147 we still pay either way, only with our lives…

[@zs5002]

@@harrisonwintergreen1147 you either pay 5k in taxes or an extra 5k to your insurance company. The difference is in America you may end up paying much much more than that in an emergency

[@RazorSkinned86]

quiet communist!

[@dwaynetherockjohnson5751]

Only in America do people try to run away from the ambulances when their injured or take an uber while injured. Not to mention insulin and EpiPen prices insulim cost thousands each year just for type 1 and Ebipens cost hundreds these things for people are vital for survival many die because they cant afford them co.pare Americas prices to the rest of the world and the problem is apparent.

[@christinavuyk7875]

A luxury! It’s the 21st century ffs and in a so called “developed” country, that’s absolutely shocking 😳😳😳

[@johnmarkhatfield]

Conservative towns: i don’t trust doctors or science or hospitals Conservatives with covid: omg i need to be hospitalized now

[@rmd8873]

Dear America, you are the worlds largest economy and yet you treat so many of your citizens like crap on the sole of your shoe!

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

Most of us want a real (socialized) healthcare system. The problem is the GOP and the disproportionately represented minority of right wing retards that keep voting them in name of...Screwing over poor immigrants? Critical race theory? Anti-mask bullshit? I don't even fucking know anymore and I'm worried they don't either.

[@flavortown289]

@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 Exactly.

[@mastersonogashira1796]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe lol poor people can drink either sorrow away by going onto the internet I guess. As a wise man once said, Ignorance is strength

[@oakinwol]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe lol, yes because what makes people live happy and meaningful lives is cable TV. Plus, TVs are cheap. They're cheaper than cell phones, and everyone in even developing countries has a cell phone. And no, most poor people do not have $200 sneaker btw. We're not doing much for people just because they can buy cheap consumer goods. We should focus on mental, emotional and physical health at least

[@flytoday]

wait until you hear about the civil war of 1861

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

What professional wants to be the Doctor for people who won't take their advice?

[@gromsgaming1256]

What rural person wants to listen to a doctor after the prescription opiods they pushed wiped out an entire generation almost?

[@sunnesonne]

@@HMouse123 capitalist bad?🤡

[@theirishempire4952]

@@sunnesonne yeah, capitalist bad

[@SolomonRasputin]

@@gromsgaming1256 I mean they where the same people scared of blacks and the crack epidemic and voted to be tougher on crime. Kinda poetic justice in a way

[@chadkroeger9]

a large proportion of doctors are also minorities. why would a highly educated professional want to move to a place where they would be discriminated against covertly and overtly.

[@emuriddle9364]

1:09 "leaving" Gee, I wonder why....?

[@danielgray8504]

Hospitals: We’re not in Kansas anymore

[@D4rkX5h4d0]

I've worked home health since 2005. I've literally never have had constant full staffing for my houses in 16yrs. This last yr has only put a focus on a longtime problem

[@sonyaberry9805]

I don't know which company you work for, but dealing with guardians bossy coworkers and no time off will definitely do that. Also most companies are stingey and don't want to give raises. It's the same as a CNA job with no certificate and little pay. Med managers make a little more, but it's still not enough

[@vaneilysweet920]

Yes, it's so bad now! LHC will now fire you if you miss three days regardless if you had to call in for being sick, car problems or ect.

[@D4rkX5h4d0]

@@sonyaberry9805 It's every company more or less. 1 non-profit company n WA I use to work for is probably the only place I can remember not having issues. The non-profit part definitely was part of the reason. Higher pay, amazing benefits, profit sharing bonuses. Definitely an exception to the norm unfortunately.

[@emmataylor2748]

It’s almost like health care shouldn’t be a business

[@dalaucrew5600]

America's so Good at Manipulating its Citizens it doesn't even need to try and fix the Problem, It's quite Interesting to Watch People Vote against their own Best Interest.

[@ryanvandeberghe9796]

Ironic that the book, Whats the Matter With Kansas, addresses that very phenomenon.

[@doodles4funo569]

Honestly

[@edwincortes8423]

Merica, where citizens get screwed at every angle and are told to not question and just like it because it is "capitalism".

[@erockromulan9329]

I don't think I have ever thought about emergency health care as a 'luxury.'

[@emuriddle9364]

That's what happens, in a culture with no empathy.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@emuriddle9364 and absolutely no sense of community. Everything is me me me

[@tiagomori2534]

imagine living in a country where you can study at universities, have medical care, all for FREE

[@DudeSweet072]

You get what you pay for.

[@tomwobus1482]

It is not for free but the costs are shared within the society... Plus we don't invade other country's so often, that helps keeping the costs down...

[@mikeyorkav4039]

@@DudeSweet072 no you dont. America is trash all around even with the high costs

[@1964mcqueen]

This is what happens when your healthcare system is run like fast food restaurants. Keep Voting Republican Kansas.

[@1964mcqueen]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe no, your whole country is a disaster.

[@1964mcqueen]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe what would cost 30 to 40 trillion? Every civilized nation on earth has universal health care and None Of Them pay anywhere near that and all pay less than the U.S. for healthcare and don't have to worry that their hospitals will close because they aren't profitable.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Land of the free.... from the burden of healthcare.

[@Monte8Carlo]

As a Canadian, it's crazy hearing that a hospital is a business and not a place you go to get better. That other old man who said if you don't have the money, you don't get care. So twisted how the rich have make you think you don't deserve to be treated and feel better because you don't have the cash.

[@johannalynn1320]

Red state problems. Republicans are stupid

[@doodles4funo569]

Actually most Americans support socialized healthcare but America doesn’t do what the majority want as demonstrated in taxes. America is this corrupt two party system that favors the minority party in this case does not support anything that will ever help the citizens.

[@chris-rios]

@@doodles4funo569 yeah, like praying on his knees to a criminal and checking his watch during a ceremony for the fallen due to his idiotic mistake! Go Joe! 🏆🎉🍾

[@DudeSweet072]

I hear you have to wait a long time to get any surgeries in Canada, and people will come to the us to get that surgery.

[@Monte8Carlo]

@@DudeSweet072 I'm sure you can piece together why that's not true. If anything people go to Mexico for discount surgeries. Going to the US for surgery is just asking to be in debt.

[@amystubby]

I can not continue to feel empathy for these parts of rural America who refuse to vote in their own self interest. Single payer would have prevented all this. What utter and complete tools.

[@aml6106]

Agreed.

[@someguy3200]

Unfortunately, decades of propaganda have told them otherwise, hence why they keep doing so.

[@goodbro7846]

They govt would shut these small places down anyhow. Do you really think even govt control health would keep all these rural small hospitals open?

[@oscarosullivan4513]

I will agree and I am almost excited seeing these sort of developments

[@rams3955]

@@goodbro7846 you do know Europe and Canada both have rural places with hospitals right lol. I imagine Japan Australia new Zealand are the same. The problem comes from treating healthcare as a for profit Business.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Another reason Medicare for all is essential to American Healthcare. If you live in a rural area with extra income they could build more Hospitals & you wouldn't go bankrupt going to a Hospital.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

True but the insurance industry will continue their propaganda and so will bought politicians.

[@zeinabalakabawy6068]

The money Was spent on spreading democrazy in Libya, iraq, Venezuela, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, condor operation in Latin America, military coups in Iran , Argentina and chili, sorry for money shortage

[@asura-2467]

Do any of the country u mentioned above stable ? USA throws their public tax money on defense companies in the name of war.

[@kingvxv6438]

@@asura-2467 non of the countries he mentioned is stable. All of them collapse after America invasion, but you guys get free resources and get to sell weapons to fighting groups.

[@kingvxv6438]

@@asura-2467 Korea stable because they needed to it keep out Communism from spending to all of Asia.

[@jubeidamasta]

Good thing we have a paid healthcare system that is much, more effective than socialized healthcare.... oh wait.

[@surajpatil8670]

I'm from India. I went to college in America and then I came back home. Healthcare is the single biggest reason why I discourage others from moving there.

[@ashuhlea]

We currently have a sickcare system.

[@gannon3816]

Vice is on a roll of non stop grade A content. Like it’s 2012 again. Keep it up

[@Pontiakos]

Ask them if they believe Medicare for All is a good idea.

[@1sand0s45]

Probably not, because the "others" will benefit as well and they hate that the most.

[@juandeldiablo696]

Maybe it’s time to vote 🗳 for someone that truly cares about Medicare for all 😤

[@cheetooreo6636]

2:45 'Profitable procedures' ... Well that there, is the issue ! Healthcare should never be about profits.

[@ClayChapman0]

Why is it that people are in favor of the US postal service, which provides a necessary service albeit with billions of dollars in losses every year, but somehow universal healthcare is just impossible and hospitals need to run on a for-profit model?

[@catherinewilliams9680]

The very people most negatively impacted by these actions continue to vote for lawmakers who continually defund these systems.

[@AmerBoyo]

Socialised healthcare is the best way to go for any nation. It’s the fairest on the people, who after all work for the benefit of the nation.

[@justanotherguy6359]

Lmao I get socialized healthcare, it's alright but it's not great healthcare by anyeans. Socialized healthcare isn't the answer.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@justanotherguy6359 many European countries have socialised medicine and have some of the worlds leading centres? So ‘not great healthcare’ is a bit of a joke. Many socialised medicine countries provide world class healthcare. And with the money American has it would certainly be one of those countries if it had a socialised system

[@TheSofajockey]

@@justanotherguy6359 The point is you get socialized healthcare. These people now get none. The market has decided they aren't profitable, so adios.

[@justanotherguy6359]

@@TheSofajockey who is these people? Cause I live in Horton, worked at that hospital until the day we shut it down, and can tell you the whole story isn't depicted.

[@TheSofajockey]

@@justanotherguy6359 So the hospital didn't shut down due to lack of profitability? Was there another reason?

[@kevinmalone1919]

Horton is in brown county, trump won with 73% of the vote. And brown county has voted GOP in every presidential election since 1888 accept 1912. . St.Mary’s is in two counties one of those counties is wabaunsee county they have voted GOP every election since 1888 accept in 1892, 1912, 1932, and 1992. Ross Perot won in 1992 and a populist James weaver won in 1892. The other county st.Mary’s is in is Pottawatomie county they have voted GOP in every election going back to 1888 accept 1912 and 1932. Kansas as a state has voted GOP in every election since 1864 accept 1892, 1896, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1936, and 1964. 40 elections GOP has won 33, 82.5% of the elections. 100% of the last 14 elections. These 3 counties vaccine rate at this time are 33%, 32% and browning has a impressive 49% for a rural part of America. Use that to draw your own conclusions.

[@Bettinasisrg]

Good, maybe now all those conservative townspeople can appreciate the concept of single payer healthcare!!! Cut out the bloated middlemen called private insurance!!!

[@apollofell3925]

Please don't generalize us. We're not all Republicans.

[@majesticmajestic7058]

@@apollofell3925 What's wrong with being republican they have some good values.

[@xman4399]

@@majesticmajestic7058 like what? Definitely not family values, gave those up when the head of the party bevy the thrice married serial cheater. You mean religious values can’t claim those with their vehement anti Islamic stance. Or maybe your talking about a commitment to diversity or treating people with human dignity, yeah those are no go’s. So again I’ll ask what values?

[@majesticmajestic7058]

@@xman4399 Hey, stop speaking facts, They bought into what he said because he spoke to their sensibilities and Fear which made it easier for them to overlook his flaws. What I find funny is that they complain and protest about bringing jobs back and not buying from China but Regan let them go there in the first place.

[@paulgraham2034]

So glad that in Great Britain we have a national health service available for everyone and not based on profits generated by private company’s and insurance companies

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe it has its own problems, as everything is life does, but no where as bad as the USA. For example with regards to this particular issue (rural medicine) we offer incentives for people to work in rural areas, and because the pay is centralised despite not always having the biggest tax revenue they still have access to decent healthcare.

[@katiedid1851]

I learn a lot from your documentaries. Thank you - keeps life interesting.

[@lt0295]

“It was a luxury” someone says about their emergency medical care, which is now gone. Emergency medical care is considered a luxury in the United States. Wrap your mind around that.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Wumao.

[@MichaelBanfield]

The more videos/stories like this that pop up the better. I'm not here to bash conservatives, but the ones in power do a great job and making Americans think that our system is the best - it isn't. No National Insurance is perfect, however, knowing that you're always covered for basic care when/where you need it is so valuable. American healthcare is about profit which is exactly why it's so terrible for the individuals that need it so desperately, it's your money or your life! I'm 28 with no insurance right now because it's so expensive and I was actually recently denied coverage because I answered a question wrong on the phone lol. How is that even acceptable??

[@thunderhaze8500]

American Healthcare SUCKS...😒

[@yareth_yuki]

Of all the cool things every country has ... sadly the US health is not on the list.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Watched this video while on hold waiting to talk to someone at my local healthcare provider. Still no answer.

[@RealRuralJapan]

A well run helicopter or light plane service could be a solution for emergencies. In Australia it’s how we do it in rural areas. It’s not sustainable to have hospitals everywhere unfortunately. The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia services huge areas and do a great job.

[@chexmix0101]

Well they have farm animal medicine to rely on….

[@DonMarzzoni]

And bleach they can always inject bleach.

[@leelindsay5618]

Healthcare shouldn't be for profit. It should be non-profit or government funded to provide services across the country.

[@onenonly2181]

I don’t even have to watch this video, “tax cuts” ! “Tax Cuts…”! That’s ALL they vote for , tax cuts! I’m not going to watch this whole video because the answer is tax cuts. This is why I live in New York, and I’m happy to my taxes.

[@fenzirulfr]

basic healthcare should be funded by govt.

[@verticalfracture]

When the invisible hand slaps you...

[@dfdemt]

I’ve seen this happen over and over in the region I live in. You can’t get people to staff them because the larger hospitals in the larger cities pay way more, so you have no nurses or doctors. Also, without the specialists you’ve got in the larger facilities/hospitals, you’re limited on what you can treat, so the money stops coming in and the parent company shuts the hospital down. Seen it for many years as both a paramedic and ER nurse.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

Universal healthcare fixes this problem because everyone at each level gets the same pay- and then those in ‘undesirable areas’ get extra as an incentive. It makes bad areas some what desirable for skilled workers, helping to reduce that spiral of decline.

[@eldepavas]

Love the widespread use of PPE in the shop.

[@FaeAstray]

I'm in a fairly rural area and have to be admitted to the hospital on a regular basis because of chronic health issues. The closest hospital used to be about 10 minutes south (by interstate). That one closed last year, and now the closest is an hour drive north.

[@mrsalwaysright6478]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by VICE News is truly a gift 👍

[@user-pn9qp1sr3e]

If only we could fund healthcare like we do schools or highways. 🤔

[@moomootoyou]

Or war.

[@nitrogen1026]

Sadly we don't even fund those well

[@angelfish9730]

Schools and highways are productive. It’s a social investment, so taxing the population to fund it all is justified. You can’t say the same about handing out free insulin & heart medication to people who refuse to maintain a healthy weight.

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@@angelfish9730 So fat people deserve death? I hope you don’t claim to be one of those “Christians”

[@angelfish9730]

@@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman I’m not Christian. It’s not that they deserve to die, it’s that I don’t deserve to have my taxes raised so they can be treated when their lifestyle catches up with them. I would be perfectly happy to support universal healthcare IF the government taxed the businesses responsible for the obesity epidemic to fund it, but that would probably never happen.

[@johnmorrison8351]

Also a rural Kansas resident, but the opposite corner of the state. We have similar concerns here. It’s very concerning

[@matthewtedtaotao6918]

Mary made me tear at the end there.

[@seankale5116]

its so sad to see so many people being screwed over and high level people could care less when it comes down to it.

[@gadflyofhumanity_6847]

And yet THESE SAME seniors VOTED against what could keep their paraditic butts alive for a decade or two longer.

[@benmartin1189]

There is literally a hospital 17 minutes away from Horton.

[@maplemaple1439]

lmao you can't possibly be serious, I know 17 minutes for some people means death and their families & kids financially screwed

[@hisokamorow8388]

That first guy needs to get into voice acting; his voice is incredible, very Sam Elliot like.

[@Fungigi]

Wherever I chose to live in the country I made it a point to live in a place where you could get affordable healthcare. Small towns are quaint backdrops in a movie but it’s not a good place to live during a pandemic.

[@nacerddinemahalli7074]

Is this the greatest country in the world. Really embarrassing. Where is the tax money going to . To wars in Afghanistan and other wars that are none of your business when you Americans act like superman here to save the world when you can't even save your own people from poverty .

[@dvoob]

$750,000 is .0004% of the annual military budget.

[@gromsgaming1256]

Even when I had insurance for like 3 years I couldn't use it because I live in a small town and there are only so many doctors and they are full can't accept any more patients.

[@dvo8861]

Rural 🇺🇸is systematically vacating by the 1% and they will gobble it up.

[@majesticmajestic7058]

That probably was the plan.

[@byronvath4879]

But America is the greatest country on God's given earth. Apparently?

[@byronvath4879]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe hahahaha

[@richardg4764]

Oh come on. It’s only 30 minutes from Atchison, KS

[@MangoBased]

well maybe healthcare shouldn't be a for-profit industry.

[@Benni777]

If u don’t want universal healthcare in America, then you need to like, either get better opinions, or just move out of the US. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman]

@Mastodon1976 and they’ll happily die slaves to the propaganda they’ve been fed for decades to come.

[@Mekose]

"I believe everyone should have access to healthcare, but if you can't pay your bills or stay in business then you shouldn't have to pay" so... tax the billionaires that aren't getting taxed?

[@FlyasaDiamond]

A hospital disappearing… because it ran out of money… America wtf?! I understand the American healthcare system, it’s not public like Europe, but the concept of a hospital closing because of no business is absolutely bizarre

[@miguelpedroza8257]

I just “googled it” there’s Hiawatha Community Hospital 18 mins away. They should’ve at least mentioned that.

[@Joe-ij6of]

2:28 THIS is the money shot right there... uncompensated care because a large portion of rural and older Kansas is broke. You know which of these residents weren't having their bills go unpaid? The ones that are 65+ because they're on MEDICARE. If only someone had the idea to extend medicare or increase it or something... hmm, what's the phrase I'm looking for where medicare is stretched to everybody or something... you know, that thing every other OECD country does for their citizens? If St Mary's was actually getting paid for all of the care they were providing, they might've stayed in business.

[@Green4CloveR]

This is what happens when corporate greed takes over healthcare. SOCIALISM NOW!!!!! ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏼✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼

[@Green4CloveR]

@kira I think it was more due to autocracy, corruption and greed. Not socialism.

[@ReineDeLaSeine14]

The closest hospital to my town in Virginia is 45 minutes away and our rescue squad can’t get here quickly. Even 911 doesn’t route properly here. Anything sudden and severe…I’m fucked. Saving up to move.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

That’s crazy to me. I’m from the uk and for a cardiac arrest we can get an ambulance here in about 4 minutes.

[@pichirisu]

Sources on percentage of hospital closure? Want to take a closer look.