American reacts to 'My Healthcare experience in Europe compared to America'

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Ryan Wuzer

Ryan Wuzer

Күн бұрын

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@cilajoao1
@cilajoao1 10 ай бұрын
I have chronic kidney disease. I am constantly in hospital, also in the ER. I have no insurance, I always go to the public hospital where I get top service, I've had several surgeries, treatments, tests, x-rays, etc. I pay ZERO. NOTHING. It's universal healthcare, that's where my Portuguese taxes go. Health is not a business, it's a moral duty to citizens. ❤
@seraphinberktold7087
@seraphinberktold7087 10 ай бұрын
Solidarity of citizens with those who need health care and support is key. Because one day it might be you who needs it badly. In Germany we pay some 15-16 percent of our income for public health insurance, roughly half of that is covered by the employer, so you end up with some 8 percent of your income for health care. I think that's really worth it and you only wait for some (few!) treatments which are not essential.
@podunkman2709
@podunkman2709 10 ай бұрын
There's no biggest BS than "free healthcare in Europe". It's "free" because you pay HUGE tax (in differet way). Only VAT is often 23% or so.
@cilajoao1
@cilajoao1 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 Do you live in Europe, by any chance? Taxes are acceptable if they are well employed, such as in Health and Education. I suggest you travel more. A lot more. But thank you for your input, anyway.
@bosnianborn
@bosnianborn 10 ай бұрын
My friend, i have for you high recommendation how to ressolve your health problems. You bellieve me, you go to visit Bosnian pyramids, 50 km from Sarajevo. There are tunnels that have enormous energy. Thousands of people come there from all over the world, and after visiting those tunnels, in a few days people are completely cured of all serious health problems. Trust me, it's the best natural hospital in the world. You can be cured for 50 Euros, which is how much it costs to visit the tunnels for four days. Check this video about Bosnian pyramids: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGYlp-Qosqeq5Y And, for all friends, you can everybody visit Bosnian Pyramids, especialy older people. This is Paradise, Tunnels Ravne, Visoko, 50 km from Sarajevo.
@kennethfribert6074
@kennethfribert6074 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 I live in Denmark, we have some of the highest taxes in the world, but it's an 'all inclusive', there are a couple of americans that has moved here, they have a channel called Traveling Young, they did a calculation that showed that yes, we pay high income taxes, but because we don't have to do a college fund, a healtcare insurance, we don't have 'state' and 'federal' taxes (we only have one tax) and a lot of other expenses, we actually pay just about the same as others, but we get free education (we actually get partly supported by the state during our education), we get free hospital care, we get free caregiving when we get old, we have quite long vacations (5 weeks), if we get ill, we actually still get paid during the illness ( the company can get some of the salary refunded from the government). If you look at why the Corona was so rapidly spread in the US, it wasn't purely because the president told people to drink drayno, but also because people went to work ill because they didn't have any saved 'sickdays'. So the question can't be simplified to high taxes, it's much more complex.
@dfontoul
@dfontoul Ай бұрын
Greek here. My wife was diagnosed with brain cancer six years ago, when she was taken by ambulance to a hospital after a sudden epileptic episode. She had to go through several exams, including MRI scans, blood tests, etc, admitted to the hospital's neurological clinic, undergo surgery to remove the tumour and remain at the hospital for sometime afterwards. She then underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. We paid nothing. Absolutely zero euros. Everything was free, even the ambulance. If we were living in the USA, we 'd probably have gone bankrupt. Thank God we weren't. Btw, my wife beated cancer! She still goes through medical exams every six months, but so far there has been no sign of the disease returning.
@ls.c.5682
@ls.c.5682 17 күн бұрын
Hey! I'm so happy to see a youtube comment with a positive result and general positivity for once. I'm so happy to hear about your wife and that your experience, although challenging emotionally, I'm sure, was not something that would leave you bankrupt. I lost a friend to a brain tumor some years ago. It's a nasty thing, the "c" word. Let's hope treatment becomes even more efficient for all those that are affected by it.
@Daniel-yc5fu
@Daniel-yc5fu 7 ай бұрын
To those Americans who say that we abuse the universal healthcare and make it slow, my reply would be… why would I want to waste my time going to the doctor if I don’t really need it?
@albinjohnsson2511
@albinjohnsson2511 8 күн бұрын
Because you may think you need it, although you don't. This is a problem, although it concerns a small percentage of the population (hypochondriacs). Luckily, you can de-incentivize it quite easily, e.g. by having people pay a small fee every time they see a doctor (quite sure that was what this guy paid for his first visit).
@PCDelorian
@PCDelorian 4 күн бұрын
@@albinjohnsson2511 The thing is, its cheaper to deal with that, than for those who do to wait too long. People who are unsure are generally encouraged to go to the hospital.
@albertwayne2323
@albertwayne2323 10 ай бұрын
Hi, Spanish here. Years ago my brother had an American coworker here in Spain, who wasn't aware of Spanish Healthcare at all. I remember when she went to the doctor to receive the treatment for a chronic disease she had; I don't remember what disease but I know she needed to take one pill on a daily basis. The doctor made the prescription and she went to the drugstore to buy her pills. The medicine costs 4€, 30 pills (one per day, one month worth of medicine). We (me and my brother) were waiting her outside the store and when she was out she suddenly started crying. We were worried and when we asked her what's was wrong she yelled in the US that medicine costs her 120$ monthly and here, it's not even 5$. Now she has learned Spanish, is married to a Spanish husband and still lives in our city. And she's enjoying Spanish and European Healthcare :)
@raxuk_
@raxuk_ 9 ай бұрын
no sabemos la suerte que tenemos la verdad
@albertwayne2323
@albertwayne2323 9 ай бұрын
@@raxuk_ muchos no son conscientes de ello por desgracia.
@zulynava4059
@zulynava4059 9 ай бұрын
Spanish are Europeans. You separated them at the end of your comment.
@DanielAusMV-op9mi
@DanielAusMV-op9mi 9 ай бұрын
Nice ❤❤❤
@DanielAusMV-op9mi
@DanielAusMV-op9mi 9 ай бұрын
My healthcare pays for my sensibilisation tablets for my allergy. I pay 10€/3 months and my healthcare provider pays 540€/3 months. Just prescribed and I can pick them up at the pharmacy. Nothing else, no papers, no looking for anything, no asking for prices, nothing, I just get my medicine and pay 10€ to the pharmacy which happens every 3 months (90 tablets). It's night and day not having allergies anymore ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@cecilialeitet2794
@cecilialeitet2794 10 ай бұрын
The remarkable thing about this story is that the first doctor was in the Netherlands, and he then used that doctors x-ray recommendation in an emergency room across the border in Germany. Easy to miss in the story that he started treatment in one country and continued it in another as he travelled. Without issue.
@manteltje
@manteltje 10 ай бұрын
This 👏🏻 😂 I wanted to make this point also.
@venomkg9723
@venomkg9723 10 ай бұрын
Almost like the idea of the EU just makes sense
@AlbertZonneveld
@AlbertZonneveld 10 ай бұрын
@@ClownOwer The first doctor a day earlier !! That was a general practitioner and not in the emergency room.
@michaelleiper
@michaelleiper 10 ай бұрын
@@ClownOwer Unless MunchenGladbach moved to the Netherlands... - He said in the story, the doctor was near the hotel where he was staying for the wedding he was attending which was in the Netherlands. - But that he want to the ER the next day, after the wedding, when his relatives had driven him back into Germany.
@Humdebel
@Humdebel 10 ай бұрын
I don't think that's the case. I don't think he used the "recomendation letter" from one country in to another. I think when they check him in the emergency room in Germany they also think that an X-ray is needed and they have that machine in the facilities so they used it. The same way the doctor from Holland intended to do, but they didn't have the machine so wrote a recomendation so he can go to another health center for it.
@janolsen4884
@janolsen4884 10 ай бұрын
If we travel to the usa we will make sure, we have travel insurance 😂 i think 99,9% of European citizens know that
@llamagirl2679
@llamagirl2679 10 ай бұрын
Yes British people always take out Travel Insurance when travelling abroad too. I paid for my youngest daughter's recently when she went to Greece. It was very reasonable at £9 for her holiday.
@sonjahaecker5986
@sonjahaecker5986 10 ай бұрын
While I was at the US and had a travel health insurance
@haggihug3162
@haggihug3162 10 ай бұрын
Yes, of course. If you leave Europe you better have a travel health insurance. Because the normal one will not cover all the expenses that might come up. And the insurance for a few weeks holidays is really not expensive.
@matsv201
@matsv201 10 ай бұрын
Your home insurance is valid for a visit int he US of less than 3 month. So your travle insurance is pretty much worthless
@MaryRaine929
@MaryRaine929 10 ай бұрын
In Germany we call it „Auslandskrankenversicherung“. Typical german long word.😂
@vrenak
@vrenak 10 ай бұрын
Have travelled many times to the US and yes we take out travel insurance, as a European, it usually comes in 3 types: Europe (very cheap, like maybe 10 euro for a month), World without US (slightly more expensive, something like 15-20 euro), and World with US (far more expensive, something like 100 euro). The huge difference is simply because the insurance company needs to spend so much time fighting with providers in the US over their scammy prices, where everywhere else they just bill them the actual costs.
@cybilm133
@cybilm133 10 ай бұрын
Its cheaper not to get a travel insurance every time you travel but to get one all year round worldwide coverage valid for 8 weeks max. I pay around 20 Euro per year and it covered my treatment in the US. Cannot say what company as KZbin deletes unfortunately all posts referring to companies, stores, etc
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 10 ай бұрын
@@cybilm133 Ìf you never travel usually, it is money thrown away for the one trip to the US.
@jnagarya519
@jnagarya519 10 ай бұрын
The insurer in the US is an unnecessary middleman. They approve procedures (or not: the "Death Panels" have always been located in the insurance industry), and take their cut of the "costs" which are PROFITS.
@soleo12
@soleo12 10 ай бұрын
Check out your credit card, most of them provide insurance during travel.
@autohmae
@autohmae 10 ай бұрын
If you can have something big and expensive in the US and you can still travel they might actually pay for the plane home because it's cheaper than dealing with US healthcare system LOL 🙂
@HeikoEbeling
@HeikoEbeling 10 ай бұрын
In The Netherlands, prescriptions are digital, but that requires the patient's data to be in the systems. In his case, a prescription on paper was probably the easiest solution.
@stevenvanhulle7242
@stevenvanhulle7242 10 ай бұрын
Same here in Belgium. The key to your personal file (diagnosis, presciptions, anamnese, ...) is your national eID, so for non-citizens it will also here be on paper.
@erikthomsen4007
@erikthomsen4007 10 ай бұрын
And it's the same in Denmark. Prescriptions, which are almost never on paper anymore, are no longer sent to a specific pharmacy. They are put on a nation-wide prescription server, which any pharmacy, hospital and doctor's office can access. So no matter where we are in the country, we can buy our prescription medicine in the nearest pharmacy. I could see this being expanded to include all EU countries in the future, so I could buy prescription medicine in the Netherlands, Belgium or wherever. In addition, people with smartphones can install a public and free app, which gives us access to our personal file on the prescription server. This way, I can keep track of my prescription medicine (I have some chronic diseases). The app also lets me request renewals of prescriptions. It is one of my doctors that actually make the renewals, but I don't have to call anyone to ask for it. And it usually happens within a few hours, when the doctor's office is open. I find myself fortunate, living in Denmark. We tend to complain - that is deeply rooted in our culture. But in reality, the majority of us have a pretty good life here.
@lilja8667
@lilja8667 10 ай бұрын
​@@erikthomsen4007Finnish e-prescription can already be used in Estonia, Croatia, Portugal, Poland and Spain. In Estonia and Croatia it is in use in all pharmacies, in other listed countries not all pharmacies may be included.
@lynjones2461
@lynjones2461 10 ай бұрын
As someone said digital requires the no persons history to benin the system so yes a paper one is so much easier xx sadly Americans are trapped in a horrendous healthcare (and I use that term loosely) system because it's the worst in any first world country I'm so blessed to be in the UK and have the NHS I've never waited for any procedures it's amazing and when you reach 60 it's all free no more paying tax from your paycheck xx
@erikthomsen4007
@erikthomsen4007 10 ай бұрын
@@lilja8667 That is cool!
@jamesstridgen6320
@jamesstridgen6320 10 ай бұрын
I recently became poorly here in the UK. My wife and I decided not to phone an ambulance, but jump in a taxi to our local emergency department. It was around 9am on arrival. I was assessed right away and was treated for a suspected stroke. I was given pain killers, blood tests an ECG and was assessed by at least three doctors the final one a consultant decided to send me to a different hospital with a stroke unit. I went by ambulance on blues and twos with three paramedics. I was put right away into a room and put on a drip. The consultant sent me for an MRI scan that came back clear. I was then diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. I needed to take ten steroids a day and two stomach tablets all for ten days. My wife and I was then given lunch and released at 2pm. Our total cost for everything was £11 on two taxis! God bless the NHS
@renavaleh576
@renavaleh576 10 ай бұрын
The NHS is amazing. We must fight to keep it.
@Maedhros0Bajar
@Maedhros0Bajar 10 ай бұрын
@@renavaleh576 I can see that working, the ones you fight against will then require the NHS themselves. Making them switch to the pro-NHS camp. I see no downsides (apart from assault and battery being somewhat illegal)
@nielsjensen4185
@nielsjensen4185 10 ай бұрын
The really stupid part is that some people in England want to make it more like the US "health care" system.
@tpmiranda
@tpmiranda 9 ай бұрын
Make sure the Tory government doesn't fuck it up. Because they're doing it right now
@rachaelbrown-f5v
@rachaelbrown-f5v 2 ай бұрын
I’m uk too (Liverpool) my dad was treated for stage 3 lung cancer, during the tail end on the pandemic. He had chemotherapy and radiotherapy, multiple visits to the dr, clinic, follow up care, x-rays, MRI. Visits and phone call from the lung cancer nurse and the stop smoking team offering constant support) cost us nothing. He’s now had the all clear 🎉
@twofarg0ne763
@twofarg0ne763 9 ай бұрын
I'm an American expat who lives in France. Last year I woke up at 3am with stomach pain so bad I could not even stand up straight. I called the paramedics and they immediately switched me to someone who spoke English. I told them what was going on and they said they'd send an ambulance. I walked from my apt to the front gate of my complex and within 5 minutes the ambulance arrived and I was transported to the hospital. I got checked in and moved to a ward where a nurse hooked me to an IV. I spent the first day having a myriad of tests done so they could determine the problem... EKG, full body MRI, ultra sound on my stomach, complete blood work, etc. Late in the afternoon the doc came in and told me they needed to remove my gall bladder. The next day they prepped me for laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery and in I went. After leaving the ICU was taken to a semi-private room (one other patient) where they left me to sleep. Early the following morning the doc came in to check on me and told me I could go home at noon. At noon I get dressed and walk down to the nurse's station. I ask for my bill and the lady starts to laugh and says "You must be the the American. There is no bill, but here is a list of meds you need to take for the next two weeks." So I called a cab and went home. The entire ordeal including the ambulance, tests, surgery and 3 day stay in the hospital cost me 17€. The post surgery meds cost me 49€, but I got reimbursed by my health insurance 40€.
@peterjones6640
@peterjones6640 26 күн бұрын
I am in the U.K. I also recently had a problem with my gallbladder ( people don’t realise the pain do they?), I went to see my GP, who immediately referred me to my local hospital where 30 mins later I had a full examination and tests to determine the exact cause ( infected gallbladder) , given intravenous antibiotics and they wanted to admit me ( I said I would prefer to go home - I only live 10 mins drive from the hospital and could get back courtesy of my wife driving me ( being so close it would be quicker than an ambulance), given free antibiotics to take at home , went back for two consecutive days to ensure treatment was working , now recovered( cost zero- covered by my taxes).
@Z3R0C00l1500
@Z3R0C00l1500 10 ай бұрын
« What are we doing over here » : it’s because healthcare is a business in the USA, where over here it’s a right.
@andrekoster9708
@andrekoster9708 10 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@j.mcgeth1995
@j.mcgeth1995 10 ай бұрын
that`s what I was going to write.
@earnesta.brooks7123
@earnesta.brooks7123 10 ай бұрын
If you are 30 before you get qualified as a doctor, then you have only 20 to 25 years to pay off your student debts.
@damonbryan7232
@damonbryan7232 10 ай бұрын
A right that everyone pays for in taxes(67 to 70%). Just so a bureaucrat can say yes or no on treatment. Weeks if not months to see Dr. Euthanasia for treatment of any life long injuries. Now that's some healthcare right for you.
@raryraru
@raryraru 10 ай бұрын
​@@damonbryan7232Oh Look, it's an idiot who has no clue.
@Nabend1402
@Nabend1402 10 ай бұрын
German here. A few years ago I suddenly saw these flickering lights and distortions in front of my eyes. I thought I was having a stroke but then they went away again. Went to the doctor, got seen within maybe 15 minutes. She correctly diagnosed it a type of migraine but said best have a neurologist check it out to make sure. I called the neurologist and she insisted I come in the same day. Waited maybe 30/45 minutes there, had several tests done. Diagnosis confirmed. Price: 0€. Don't believe anything in US media about waiting times in Europe. None of our systems are perfect but in general they work a million times better than the US system.
@gregork.1079
@gregork.1079 10 ай бұрын
Stats even prove that. The waiting times in Germany for example are significantly lower than in the US.
@redzora80
@redzora80 10 ай бұрын
you must live in a more urban area. Only at my dentist i wait under 15 min. nomal at any other doctor 20min up to 3 hours. getting an appointment up to 3 month. Denist mostly same day. But we have a lot of denists. even here in my area of Hamburg 5 denists in under 10min by foot. family doctors i the same reach, 1 whos ot going to take i more paitinets. we had 3, 2 just quit for pension last month no new doctor yet.
@gregork.1079
@gregork.1079 10 ай бұрын
@@redzora80 I don‘t care what you say tbh. Stats prove me right.
@redzora80
@redzora80 10 ай бұрын
@@gregork.1079 First of all to say i don't care what you say is disrespectful und ignorant. And i didn't reply to you. My comment was a reply to the first comment. Don't know why it didn't show like that.
@VenoXj1
@VenoXj1 10 ай бұрын
@@gregork.1079 Stats in that area are super shallow since not every doctors office in even a single city is compareable yet alone across whole Germany. So to match your kind of attitude, I don't care about your stats. I live in Germany for like 30 years now and I've been countless times to the doctors office and less so in the emergency room. Waiting times can go from 5 minutes to easily 1-2 hours at a doctors office and at the emergency room I've waited from 30 minutes to 4 hours. Like I said, I don't care about your stats on some paper as those are real life experiences. You clearly fail to actually understand what those facts even mean.
@lavachekikri
@lavachekikri 10 ай бұрын
In Sweden every time you go see a doctor you pay 25 $ and when reaching 130 $ you don’t pay anything more for the rest of the year - the rule is maximum 130 $ for public health care during 12 months. Same with medication - when you reach 250 € you don’t pay anything more for your medication for the rest of the year. Staying at a hospital is 12 $ per day. So yes, one doesn’t need to worry about being ill in Sweden and I am so thankful for this - definitively makes it worth paying the taxes!
@ebbhead20
@ebbhead20 10 ай бұрын
I never paid anything to see a doctor in Denmark. And I've been at several hospitals in bed for weeks 3 times now and had all kinds of things done to me with 900 machines plugged into me. Never paid 1 cent for that. In 50 years... So im right DK wins over the rest of EU. And im not a danish citizen even. Im a brit. Beat that world.
@Lysandra-8
@Lysandra-8 10 ай бұрын
Didn't know that😳 But we should have something similar in germany! Some people go to the doctor just because of gossip in the waiting room😂 Edit: just my sense of humor, don't take it to literally 😉
@lavachekikri
@lavachekikri 10 ай бұрын
@@Lysandra-8 haha no gossip in Swedish waiting rooms! In Sweden one shouldn’t even say hello to one’s fellow patients. That’s why I was quite surprised when entering a waiting room at a medical clinic in France - there seemed being some gossip going on there too! Jokes aside, it’s quite difficult to get a medical appointment in Sweden (at least they try to make you cure yourself first so no abuse in Sweden) so when you go, you’re serious about it.
@patrickkayser
@patrickkayser 10 ай бұрын
@@Lysandra-8 we have. look up "zuzahlungsbefreiung" which is relative to a persons income and quite a bit higher than that flat cap the swedes have, but we have something already.
@DaxRaider
@DaxRaider 10 ай бұрын
nah, a few years ago germany made people pay 10€ for visiting a doctor ... 10 EURO... and people with serious illnesses stopped going and in the end it all becoems so much more expensive for the health insurance because people go to late. overall its still cheaper for the insurance if u go to often then when u go to late because as more serious it gets as more expensive it gets. so they got rid of the 10€ in germany a short time ago @@Lysandra-8
@agatastevens
@agatastevens 10 ай бұрын
I’m Polish and my husband is American. His aunt came to visit us in Poland once and while she was here she lost her consciousness and her husband called for ambulance. They took her to the hospital and checked what happened. Long story short she was OK but expected to get a large bill. She was super surprised when she didn’t have to pay anything. For us Polish people it’s totally normal to call for help and not have to pay for the hospital. It looks like it applies even if you are a foreigner and don’t have insurance here. When me and my husband lived in the U.S. I was terrified something would happen to me without a decent insurance. It’s one of the reasons we moved back to Europe.
@okularnik125
@okularnik125 10 ай бұрын
She must have had schengen visa insurance
@trente78
@trente78 10 ай бұрын
Gardzę tobą następna z kompleksami co Polakiem wzgardziła pluje na ciebie
@trente78
@trente78 10 ай бұрын
Takie jak ty wychodzą za obcokrajowców a Polska demograficznie umiera na naszych oczach a ty tu się chwalisz służbą zdrowia w Polsce i Europie co za hipokryzja Co w Polsce nie było nikogo z kim mogłaś się związać rodzinę założyć ? To powiem ci dlaczego wybrałaś obcokrajowca żeby podnieść swoją ocenę bo masz kompleksy bo tak ci media wpompowały w mózg że jak się zwiążesz z obcokrajowcem to będziesz bardziej światowa. Takie jak ty niszczą Polskę. Brzydzę się tobą. Nie jesteś już Polką takim jak ty zabierałbym obywatelstwo.
@okularnik125
@okularnik125 10 ай бұрын
@@trente78 xddd
@WW-nt7wt
@WW-nt7wt 9 ай бұрын
​@@trente78a to co ma z kompleksami wspólnego... Wszyscy jesteśmy ludźmi czy to Polak czy to Czech czy rus czy nawet Amerykanin... Nie zdziw się przy analizie twojego drzewa genealogicznego. Połowa Polaków jak jak to mieszanka genetyczna. Ci że wychodzi Ukraińcami czy Rusinami ci z zachodu Niemcami a z południa Czechami czy nawet Pruso Austriakami. Polakiem czujesz się nie dlatego że twój ślubny jest Polakiem ... Polakiem czujesz się gdy twój ślubny (nie Polak) chce być Polakiem. I nie pluj tyle bo ci jedzie...
@unorevers7160
@unorevers7160 10 ай бұрын
German here. As a kid I fell from a half-pipe in a skate park and broke part of my skull behind my left eye. I was flown to a specialist head trauma clinic with an emergency helicopter. They tested my brain functions, did crt scans and kept me there for a whole month. My parents at that time were pretty young and had almost no income or safings. Since our public healthcare paid EVERYTHING my parents were not struck with poverty early on in their lifes and I was able to have a normal upbringing. PS: Im fine. Everything healed perfectly, no visible scars :)
@LMB222
@LMB222 9 ай бұрын
A friend of mine had an anaphylactic shock in 1980 in communist (!) Poland. Was flown by a medical plane to the nearest children's hospital, because allergies weren't understood back then, so the dispatcher thought "better safe than sorry". (Today he'd get a shot of adrenaline) Bottom line: many developing countries have better medical care than the US.
@Sun-YiReyko
@Sun-YiReyko 10 ай бұрын
I live in Spain and I have an autistic son. He is 2 years old and I cannot even begin to tell you how grateful I am for the Spanish Health System. He has a neurologist that he sees every 6 months, a gastroenterologists he sees every 3 months, psichologists he sees twice a month, early care and support specialists, an appointed nurse, he also has blood tests pretty much every month, he works with a team of people specialized in eating behaviors and disorders, he needs diferent types of medications, not only vitamins and minerals but also for sleeping and to control his behavior. I KNOW in America I wouldnt have been able to pay for all of this. In Spain I only pay a small percentage of the medicines. That's all.
@stevefl7175
@stevefl7175 10 ай бұрын
My nephew has had epilepsy and a form of autism since he was 2 years old. My sister has no problem paying for the medicine, or the many hospital visits, specialists, regular treatments, experimental treatments, brain surgery, etc in the US. There is healthcare insurance in the US. I'm not saying the US has the best system, but it's not the worst. Some people do well under the system, some people do better then in Europe, some do worse.
@jorgeruizibanez2318
@jorgeruizibanez2318 10 ай бұрын
And the point is that the far right and right are destroying the system because they want to send people to private systems to rip them off, cause they are some in the business of private medical cares...
@Porkusido
@Porkusido 10 ай бұрын
​@@stevefl7175doesnt seem like the care is any better than in europe from what you are saying. In most eu countries, even the lowest income earners receive that care without paying for anything else than a MUCH smaller fee for the medicine (drugs are ridiculously overpriced in the US.) Most countries also have a strict break for how much medicine can cost in a year. In sweden i think the highest possible amount you need to pay yourself is like 200 bucks. Same care, afforded for everyone so no innocent kid need to suffer for being born with a crippling diesease. Sorry, your way of doing things seem crule and inhumane.
@Porkusido
@Porkusido 10 ай бұрын
200 bucks a year for clarification
@kdog4587
@kdog4587 10 ай бұрын
@@stevefl7175 I think the point here is that if your sister didn't have health insurance, what would happen? Would your nephew still be afforded the same treatment without your sister being in debt or creating a gofundme? That's the biggest difference, car wise I imagine they're similar, but the very poorest in Europe (I'm British so can only really speak for us), will receive that same care. The poorest here don't even pay for prescriptions, neither do expectent mum, over 65 or under 18s. So regardless of whether you're homeless, a student, out of work, working, wealthy, retired, you'll still be treated for free when you need it. Americans seem to have a very different view of this, it seems much more individual freedom focussed rather than collectively caring for people so I don't think it'll ever change, but I couldn't imagine a world where we'd rather that than the NHS.
@mariuszwaszak1523
@mariuszwaszak1523 10 ай бұрын
My recent experience in Poland. I've had some severe stomach pain. It felt unusual and it was late evening so I decided to go to local emergency room. Doctor ordered me to go to hospital. They offered medical transport at 0 cost but I told them I can manage to go there myself and I'm not going to block ambulance van for others who may soon need it more than I. At the hospital I waited in an emergency room for about 20 minutes before doctor examined me. They decided to keep me there overnight to run thorough tests. They took 5 blood samples, X-ray, ECG, they gave me painkillers obviously and some other stuff. Following day they ran countless tests against some viruses. I spent there 3 days in total, have been checked inside-out (literally xD) and I paid 0.00 for it. Our healthcare isn't perfect at all, there are some major issues with it but still I cannot imagine living in the US system.
@podunkman2709
@podunkman2709 10 ай бұрын
In US u would paly WAY LESS tax and buy insurrance. There's no biggest BS than "free healthcare in Europe". It's "free" because you pay HUGE tax (in differet way). Only VAT is often 23% or so.
@chrisgibb5190
@chrisgibb5190 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 The income tax rates in poland are either 12% or 32%. A quick Google says the tax rates in the US are 10 - 37%. I.e. very similar. You are correct that the VAT rate is 23% on some items. These are items that you choose to buy and choose how much of each to buy. Healthcare isn't like that - you can't choose to not get ill. So surely it makes more sense to think "this month is a bit tight, I won't buy the expensive ice cream" compared to "this month is a bit tight, I can't afford to get that breathing difficulty checked out".
@kennethfribert6074
@kennethfribert6074 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 Repeating stupidity does not make it more true.
@mitkodimitrov8396
@mitkodimitrov8396 10 ай бұрын
the healtcare tax is 15 euro in Bulgaria(poorest EU country)hihi@@podunkman2709
@luka-ge6dr
@luka-ge6dr 9 ай бұрын
​@@podunkman2709 I wouldn't say that in Poland we pay such a huge tax (almost everybody has insurance). But even if we did, almost everything is included in it :D Sometimes, if you want to have something like plastic surgery or a specific procedure with a new method that is not necessary, then you have to do it in a private institution. However, every procedure in a public hospital or institution is free (of course, paid by taxes beforehand). Most drugs for people under 18 and over 65 are reimbursed, which means you pay $0 when you need them. And you never know what disease you might get. For example, if your child is born with SMA - a serious, fatal disease - without insurance for the new drug that would treat it, you would have to pay $2.1 million :D In Poland, it's covered. It's normal that many people won't get a serious illness, and that's why those who do can be treated. Of course, our system also has its flaws and needs many reforms. For instance, sometimes you have to wait a long time for a visit to a specialist (but in emergency situations, you don't need to wait, and if you have the flu, you don't need to wait to see a GP). And if you really need to see a specialist sooner, you can do it privately at a much cheaper cost than in the U.S.
@lamebubblesflysohigh
@lamebubblesflysohigh 9 ай бұрын
20 was for the X-ray and 60 for consultation and stuff the doctor did. They charged him that only because he didn't have any insurance and that is why they probably billed him wrong... they are just not used to bill people at all :)
@Bhaalgorn2302
@Bhaalgorn2302 10 ай бұрын
As a kid in the UK I had major kidney problems, i was facing transplants and all the issues that come with waiting for that. Instead the NHS flew in a specialist team from Latvia to perform an experimental new surgery, I was the second in the UK and the fifth in the world to have it. 8 hours of surgery from a team of 6 specialists and 5 other doctors learning this new technique, 4 months in the hospital and the bill to my parents was £0 for, so far, 40 years of good health. People knock the NHS but anyone who has gone through serious medical issues knows what they are about.
@philipproach6905
@philipproach6905 10 ай бұрын
In the US you would be in debt for a couple hundred grand without insurance. I bet with insurance you would still have a bill of 50k or more. Kinda mindblowing that threw no fault of your own you could be in debt for life because of some random health issue. I am glad i live in Germany where i dont have to worry about things like that.
@podunkman2709
@podunkman2709 10 ай бұрын
There's no biggest BS than "free healthcare in Europe". It's "free" because you pay HUGE tax (in differet way). Only VAT is often 23% or so.
@kennethfribert6074
@kennethfribert6074 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 You really should educate yourself about Europe, it's just a silly statement.
@MKylander
@MKylander 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 And look what it gets us. Usually people don't consider taxes expensive here, people still have enough for other things because basic needs are covered by taxes and when they're taken care of at the national level there are serious economies of scale at play. It's cheap, regardless of what's your view on it.
@almostdarkslide3851
@almostdarkslide3851 10 ай бұрын
@@podunkman2709 You must be an healthy son of a rich, or someone who has never had health problems. Or simply, just another American who has never learned another language, traveled, studied. I live in Switzerland, not quite Europe, but still, it's surrounded by Europe. By the way, Switzerland, not Sweeden, and no, I do not speak Swiss... Can you show me where Europe is on the map or the globe without looking on google? Do not make me start talking about USA instruction, wich is also a business...
@zlatakelembet3680
@zlatakelembet3680 10 ай бұрын
I live in Czech Republic and from what I know the healthcare system here is very similar to the one in Germany. The reason why you get the recomendation is to give you the choice of where and when to go. You can choose to go further away from your home, but with almost no waiting time, or you can go somewhere closer to home, but wait longer till your appointment. It also helps to reduce the queues of certain places, as people can choose other less crowded facilitied to go to.
@prefono
@prefono 10 ай бұрын
If you're still wondering why he went to the emergency room, it's because his prescription wasn't valid. He was examined in Holland and they gave him the prescription there, but then he went to Germany to have x-rays. For this reason he went to the emergency room and for this reason he had to pay more. Otherwise he would have had to repeat the first visit to Germany and have a German prescription refilled.
@noseboop4354
@noseboop4354 10 ай бұрын
Man, how clueless can this person be. Goes to Europe without any travel insurance, doesn't understand prescriptions don't cross borders, etc.
@dutchman7623
@dutchman7623 10 ай бұрын
@@noseboop4354 Yep, one house pays tax to gov.be and the neighbors to gov.de, but where is that damned border? But I get it, it can be confusing that there are still autonomous countries though you do not notice changing from one to the other.
@gundleyG
@gundleyG 10 ай бұрын
@@dutchman7623 The poeple speak another language ... could be a clue ... the names of the towns ...
@dutchman7623
@dutchman7623 10 ай бұрын
@@gundleyG Nope, regional dialects do not differ a lot. Kölsch differs less from Limburgish than Bavarian. And I can speak with someone from Antwerp much easier than with someone from The Hague.
@tihomirrasperic
@tihomirrasperic 10 ай бұрын
it is not a problem in the prescription, the problem is in the interpretation of the X-ray image As you say, he went from the Netherlands to Germany Doctors in Germany know very well what X-rays should be taken when it comes with Dutch prescription but not every doctor can interpret an X-ray image, for that you need a specialist, that's why he needed to go to the Emergency Service
@nettcologne9186
@nettcologne9186 10 ай бұрын
It is rare that someone is not insured in Germany. If you have absolutely no money, no (German) address and are obviously in need, no doctor will bill you.
@christinadieker120
@christinadieker120 10 ай бұрын
Ohne Versicherungskarte wirst du teilweise nicht behandelt. Ich hatte das letztens bei meinem Sohn als wir die Karte vergessen hatten. Die Versicherung musste dem Kieferorthopäden was faxen, ansonsten wären wir nicht behandelt worden.
@nettcologne9186
@nettcologne9186 10 ай бұрын
@@christinadieker120 Kieferorthopäden sind ja auch keine Allgemeinärzte. Ich rede von jemanden in Not, ohne Geld und ersthaft Krank
@mats7492
@mats7492 10 ай бұрын
@@christinadieker120 Das ist auch kein Notfall! Im Notfall wirst du IMMER behandelt, sonst machen die Ärzte sich strafbar
@christinadieker120
@christinadieker120 10 ай бұрын
@@Raider714 aber nur, wenn man Sozialversicherungspflichtig beschäftigt ist. Es kann sein, dass man als Selbstständiger nicht versichert ist. Problematisch ist es auch, wenn man Rentner ist und dann plötzlich n die PKV nicht mehr zahlen kann.
@christinadieker120
@christinadieker120 10 ай бұрын
@@nettcologne9186 bei einem Notfall ist das richtig. Allerdings wird die Rechnung dann z.B. vom Sozialamt übernommen.
@juliaspoonie3627
@juliaspoonie3627 10 ай бұрын
I live in Vienna and have a long list of mainly rare chronic illnesses like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Relapsing Polychondritis, epilepsy, complex and many back, joint and skull issues and I had a rare paraplegia cause where I needed an emergency surgery. So I‘ve had dozens of hospital stays/ER visits and absolutely had hundreds of appointments and tests like x-rays, MRIs and bloodwork done. I take many necessary medications too. I have friends in the US who have the same/similar chronic illnesses and many literally can’t afford the most basic care. Many will die for stupid reasons like money. Which is not just sad but so preventable!! With rare disorders you really need experienced specialists and sometimes there are only 5 in the whole world. If I can prove to my public health insurance that I need surgery X done by a specialist and it cannot be done here in Austria, they will pay for it in a different country. I already had a surgery done in Germany. I tried working after rehab for my paraplegia but it was just too much and I had to retire. Since then I receive disability pension and disability benefits. So you can probably imagine how much I profited from the healthcare system and social security net. In the US I‘d be in debt if not already dead.
@Nome_utente_generico
@Nome_utente_generico 7 ай бұрын
Italian here (from the poorest county of Italy): it took a bit longer than in Germany, but even here they treat us for free and as human beings
@timo1383
@timo1383 10 ай бұрын
Two weeks ago i was in Germany ( i do live in Switzerland as a German citizen) and I felt pain in the shoulder, the arm and numb fingers. A chiropractor told me to check for herniated disc. Back in Switzerland i got an appointment at my doctor, told him about it and the next day i got a date at the radiology and got a MRI. This is how long you have to wait in Europe. Btw. the chiro costs 20 €.
@elfriedesommer938
@elfriedesommer938 10 ай бұрын
Damn you are fucked in the US, but what does that street sign mean?
@jonathanfinan722
@jonathanfinan722 10 ай бұрын
Imagine being scared to see a doctor. What kind of third world hell hole is that.
@ronny-lb1cr
@ronny-lb1cr 10 ай бұрын
My sister lived and worked in the US for a decade. She moved back to Germany and is always happy to see the doctor. America is awesome until you see your bills
@GiuseppeCorona27
@GiuseppeCorona27 10 ай бұрын
Some people say that USA are a very rich third world country....
@johnp139
@johnp139 10 ай бұрын
Try having medical insurance!
@GianniDN
@GianniDN 27 күн бұрын
@@GiuseppeCorona27Depends which state because a lot of Republican states look like 3rd world. A dog house in Europe looks better than the dumpsters those people are living in
@PartikleVT
@PartikleVT 10 ай бұрын
"dancing too long in the nightclub" in Amsterdam. He was at a rave.
@Say-x8g
@Say-x8g 10 ай бұрын
As a British citizen, everytime I go to the United States, I have to buy a travel insurance to cover me if I got sick or I get admitted to the hospital in the usa for any unforseen circumstances. So yea, its very important to have a travel insurance.
@1Apep1
@1Apep1 10 ай бұрын
In Germany, going to the doctor without an appointment can definitely mean that you have to wait a bit longer. Most general practitioners have offices with one to three doctors, so none of them will just play backup, but they will all have a relatively full schedule. They will usually tell you, if you have to expect a particularly long waiting time, though. I have seen that some doctors leave a time slot explicitly for walk-ins, but I would not rely on that.
@chukky1124
@chukky1124 6 ай бұрын
if i go to my doctor i always call, if its an emergency etc. they will always tell me to come in immediatley. i will go first and when i walk in i will recieve help straight away. if i walk in there without an emergency or appointment. they will tell me to make an appointment or indeed have to wait a few minutes longer. but never to long. they always have a doc here that is free and specially there to help unexpected patients.
@Quent1nB
@Quent1nB 10 ай бұрын
"everything's free and abusing it" Oh yeah, we just looove going to the hospital getting xrays, pet scan and random MRIs for shits and giggles ! Joke aside, in some places you might need to be patient if you need to see a specialist, but if it's super urgent your GP will always manage to get you an emergency appointment and be seen asap.
@zymelin21
@zymelin21 4 ай бұрын
if the USA had universal health care, it would mean that a farmers taxes in Wisconsin would raise, because part of them wold go towards a rehab patient in Alabama, and he would not want that!!
@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas
@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas 10 ай бұрын
I'm Greek and I live in the Netherlands. I don't know about other people. I only speak about myself, but I have never waited for more than 1 hour in any of these countries , inside hospitals, emergencies , or any other clinic .
@KeesBoons
@KeesBoons 10 ай бұрын
I'm Dutch and living in the Netherlands, but I have had to wait longer once. Was a very special occasion. Some major accident had happened and 10+ emergencies arrived by ambulance. My situation wasn't life threatening in any way, so of course these people had priority. Otherwise half an hour up to an hour is more standard in emergency.
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 10 ай бұрын
@@KeesBoons For some procedures you have to wait months though it is not a lie. My dad needed prosthetic knees and waited 4 weeks for a bed to be available. Some procedures take even longer. In covid time everything was pushed back also, but it is still not bad and if you can't wait you will be pushed ahead.
@OGruurd
@OGruurd 10 ай бұрын
Mijn ervaring is hetzelfde. Ik heb in 23 jaar nog nooit hoeven wachten. Niet voor de huisarts, niet voor het ziekenhuis, niet voor de tandarts. Welcome to the Netherlands my friend.
@KaasSchaaf666
@KaasSchaaf666 10 ай бұрын
@@OGruurdeen keer bij de eerste hulp, omdat het gewoon erg druk was. Die Amerikanen worden gewoon genaaid door de verzekeringsmaatschappij.
@Nome_utente_generico
@Nome_utente_generico 7 ай бұрын
My friend was on her honeymoon in Greece and she went to the hospital for some reason. She only speaks Italian the doctor spoke in English and Greek, anyways they fixed her and they charged her nothing
@Hwelhos
@Hwelhos 10 ай бұрын
13:15 He didn't go to an urgent care. He went to a "huisarts". Which can be best translated as a general practitioner (GP), and they are basically the gatekeeper to healthcare. The GP knows a little bit of everything in healthcare and so can recommend you to more specialized healthcare. They can also help you with basic care in cases where a specialist isn't really needed. For example, I used to have an extremely bad pollen allergy to the point where sometimes I saw everything blurry. The GP recommend me to go to a specialist, and they started immunotherapy on me. Which meant that I needed 2 injections every four weeks. It wouldn't be necessary to drive an hour to a specialist every four weeks only to let them give me 2 injections and nothing else. So, the GP did it instead (who is around 5 minutes away). This makes specialist treatment way cheaper since they can now focus on patients that actually need them and let the simpler things be done by someone less specialized in that area. Though note that a GP is definitely specialized, they are specialized in treating everything simple and being a jack of all trades.
@stevenvanhulle7242
@stevenvanhulle7242 10 ай бұрын
I am from Belgium and my GP is Dutch (from Friesland 🙂). She says in the Netherlands it can be pretty hard to get a doctor's appointment within a reasonable period of time, at least compared to Belgium. She works in a medical practice with 3 other GPs, and if I can't see her the next day, I can always see one of her colleagues if it's urgent.
@Hwelhos
@Hwelhos 10 ай бұрын
@stevenvanhulle7242 What would you consider a reasonable period of time? I can always see my GP within 2 days, and if it's urgent, I can see him the same day. Though I live in a small village so it might be different here.
@rmyikzelf5604
@rmyikzelf5604 10 ай бұрын
Describing a Huisarts as 'knowing a little bit of everything' sounds a tad disrespectful in light of the 3 years specialisation study required after the 6 years of General medicine study. They solve 90% of medical problems of their patients themselves.
@cptfwiffo
@cptfwiffo 10 ай бұрын
@@rmyikzelf5604 because 50% of the issues are very common, or take a couple of days rest to resolve. If not more.
@Hwelhos
@Hwelhos 10 ай бұрын
@@rmyikzelf5604 I get that it sounds disrespectful, but it's basically a direct translation of how my GP describes his job
@leong1190
@leong1190 10 ай бұрын
I live in Germany and we don't pay to go to the doctor but we do pay 8% of our wages to health care, mandatory insurance. The wait times are usually longer than he experienced. Prescriptions and referrals are on paper and you can take them anywhere, not like you have to pick a pharmacy or a certain specialist it gets written out to.
@LMB222
@LMB222 9 ай бұрын
16%. It's 8% that you pay, and another 8% that the employer pays - which is basically the same. I'm self employed and I pay 16%. Fortunately there's a maximum of around 950€ per month - you pay that when you hit the maximum, not 16%.
@leong1190
@leong1190 9 ай бұрын
@@LMB222 True, they really mess with you when you are self employed. A friend of mine, self employed, made a bit more one year and once they found out which is after taxes at least 1-2 years later, they backcharged him a few grand. By then he's broke again so he asked to pay the back charge in installments. They accepted the payment plan but next time he needed a doctor he found that his card was blocked. He asked them and they said yeah, until you're paid up. So in theory we are all supposed to be insured but in reality if you're self employed and owe them, you are not.
@tristanridley1601
@tristanridley1601 8 ай бұрын
Tell the average American they could pay 16% for full coverage, no copay, no deductible, etc They will queue to sign up.
@kdoqcv
@kdoqcv 10 ай бұрын
I'm brazilian. In Brazil you could go to the ER, receive treatment and it would be free. Even for foreigners. It's far from perfect but it's free (tax sustain).
@DatDirtyDog
@DatDirtyDog 10 ай бұрын
I think If America ever did go universal healthcare the waiting times would skyrocket because suddenly everyone who has been putting off going will be able to go without fear of becomming bankrupt. Might take a good 5 or so years to settle down.
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 10 ай бұрын
It might happen, but people could also still be scared to have to pay unforeseen cost and still not go since they haven't known any other way.
@stewedfishproductions7959
@stewedfishproductions7959 10 ай бұрын
Sadly, I cannot see America changing to ANY form of 'Universal Healthcare' because too many people are making so many $$$'s from pills, drugs, hospitals and medical procedures... Plus too many politicians get lobbied and have 'donations' thrown at them by the BIG PHARMA... And finally, because of the American 'mindset' with the words 'socialised healthcare' - BOOM - they read/see the words as 'communism'! 😎
@101steel4
@101steel4 10 ай бұрын
Few weeks ago my shoulder was giving me grief. Phoned the doctor in the morning, was given an appointment for that day. He sent me to the local hospital for an X ray. Waited about 20 minutes i think. Didn't cost me a penny. Got to love the NHS. If we travel to the US we get health insurance. I wouldn't want to receive a US medical bill 😂🤑
@earnesta.brooks7123
@earnesta.brooks7123 10 ай бұрын
Where were you?
@101steel4
@101steel4 10 ай бұрын
@@earnesta.brooks7123 England
@Sindigo-ic6xq
@Sindigo-ic6xq 10 ай бұрын
uk@@earnesta.brooks7123
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 10 ай бұрын
@@earnesta.brooks7123 NHS is GB/England
@pbezunartea
@pbezunartea 10 ай бұрын
@@earnesta.brooks7123 The NHS is British, so I guess anywhere in the UK.
@vedeved5246
@vedeved5246 10 ай бұрын
Let's not forget he got recommended an xray in one country (Holland) and actually had the xray in another (Germany).
@gerardflynn7382
@gerardflynn7382 10 ай бұрын
Holland is a province in the Netherlands. Netherlands is the country.
@KeesBoons
@KeesBoons 10 ай бұрын
I think the reference from the Dutch doctor didn't work directly. That's probably the reason he got checked again in Germany.
@robertadavies4236
@robertadavies4236 10 ай бұрын
Well, he saw the first doctor and got his pain pills in Holland, but left before getting the X-ray, and had to start over in Germany.
@KjetilBalstad
@KjetilBalstad 10 ай бұрын
I'm Norwegian. Back in May I hurt my back and it was hell. So, I called 113 (911) and they sendt an ambulance which drove me to the doctors after giving me three shots of morphine. At the doctors I waited like 3 minutes before I got a few more shots and was examined before being places in a room for surveillance thorough the night and painkillers. The next day my condition hadn't improved so they called the ambulance and sendt me to the regional hospital where I was placed in a private room for 30 minutes. During this time someone looked into my room three times before the doctor came and gave me another examination after which I was sendt to the appropriate department for these kinds of injuries, where I got another private room and mode painkillers. Within the next 40 minutes I was examined again, and had a talk with the anesthesiologist since they had to up my dosage of medicines. It was then late in the afternoon, and since my meds were working they booked an MR for the next moring. So, the next morning I had MR, and later that afternoon I talked to the doctors again as they had examined the results and determined a L5 Prolapse in my back. They didn't want to operate because of the risk of complications and the fact most people got much better after a short while, but I had to expect having to deal with some pain and problems with my left foot for about 6 - 12 months. Until most of the pain had subdued I would have to remain in the hospital getting these strong medications under surveillance. 14 days later I got to leave the hospital, and they had medicines for the next months delivered at my room before I left, and called a taxi driving me home, a two hour trip back and forth. All of this I paid about $110 for, which pas the medicines for the next few months. Everything else was free. At this point I obviously got a sick leave, and since the end of May the doctor checked in with me every 14 days, most of the time through phone calls, extending my sick leave as needed. Since late summer I was able to work a little from home, while still on sick leave, so every 14 days I logged in to the MyHealth website and website and registered the number of hours I've worked the last 14 days, and my employer then paid for the hours I've worked and the government paid for the hours I could not. Yes, from early may and still today, I'm at a 100% sick leave and have not lost a single $, and the system automatically adjusts to my needs. Two days ago I had my 2nd MR just to check the progress as I'm still having some issues with numbness and lack of control of my legt leg. Every time I talk to my doctor I pay $17, and the 2nd MR cost $25. So, all in all I've spent about $320, and have now reached the free card limit which means that I wont have to pay for any healthcare services this year. Now, the most interesting part. Norway use 10.3% of GDP on healthcare, the US use 17.8% of GDP on healthcare. The US spends $10-13000 per capita on healthcare, Norway spends $7100 per capita on healthcare. So, why is there no universal healthcare in the US?
@KristinJohansen1
@KristinJohansen1 10 ай бұрын
I wish my experience was as nice as yours. It's not. I've lived in Norway for three years and still don't have all the specialists I need and have a difficult time getting to see the ones I do have. Monetarily, yes, we don't pay a lot, but the care itself has been horrendous. My full-blooded norse husband has even suggested several times that we move to the US, where I'm from (I'm a Norwegian American Norwegian ;) ) so I can get good health care where I could see my specialists within a month at most, was in constant contact with them, could see my GP or at least a nurse practitioner at his clinic who would then go get him if he was needed within a day or two, where nurses call you back with full instructions within a day or two depending on what time you call, etc. The Norwegian system isn't perfect either, as my very socialist husband has learned. It's great for healthy people who just get an illness or an injury here and there, but it isn't so great for the chronically ill. Especially up in the north.
@KjetilBalstad
@KjetilBalstad 10 ай бұрын
@@KristinJohansen1"Nobody" in Norway are really socialists, and you missed the point. I never said the Norwegian system is perfect, no system is. There are many great healthcare institutions in the US. BUT, the point here is that many Americans are excluded from these services, in fact they are excluded from the most basic services provided, because they cannot afford it. I know people who have traveled from Norway to the US to get some form of medical treatment or other, but they could afford to pay for those services. What you describe is the service provided when the hospital get to bill those services to someone with a thick wallet, either a rich person or a insurance company. What I describe is what everyone could expect. So, yes, even so, there are cases where the system fails, or people have problematic conditions that the system fails to resolve, that might or might not have been handled better by a US hospital. But that does not change the over all function of our healthcare system and who can use it.
@KristinJohansen1
@KristinJohansen1 10 ай бұрын
@@KjetilBalstad I didn’t say or think that you said the Norwegian system was perfect nor that they are all socialists. I know some that aren’t, but my husband is definitely more socialist than not. I fear you missed my point. Many more people could afford health care in the US if they knew where to get help - more people can than realize it. Many people often don’t find out they are eligible for our many programs until something big happens and someone in the hospital recommends them. Not only do we have socialized medicine plans for the elderly, disabled, children, and pregnant women, but we also have programs for low income people who are willing to either get training or education or to look for work and then up until their work insurance is available (usually within a few months of employment). There are absolutely some people who have a bit of a rough time paying for everything, but that is more of an income issue than a must-change-to-a-new-system thing. The US absolutely needs to continue to make improvements, but without drastically increasing taxes (we don’t have all the oil income Norway has, and we pay less than half the amount of taxes there and most people do not support raising taxes from less than 20% to almost 50% just for health care), the US can’t afford it. We have far more citizens and much larger infrastructure and land. It just isn’t feasible in the US, and it also isn’t in the culture. We definitely need to educate more citizens on the programs available to help those who need it, and we need to stop the corruption of government and, well I could go on for days about all that needs to change in the US. My point is that it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution for any country and especially not one as big and as diverse and as politically divided, etc., as the US. And also that I wish Norway’s system was better for those with chronic illnesses. I would very much appreciate that.
@KjetilBalstad
@KjetilBalstad 10 ай бұрын
@vatopunko This is factually incorrect. If the doctor is responsible by misconduct then the doctor is typically held responsible. If patients are permanently injured by the healthcare system they can be entitled to Patient injury compensation. If things happens that are out of the doctors hand, then obviously patients are not entitled for compensation. No system is perfect...
@adrianbaron4994
@adrianbaron4994 Ай бұрын
There is no universal healthcare in the USA because a cabal of private hospitals, private health insurers, for-profit doctors and Big Pharma can't make money out of it. If they can't make money out of it, it must be socialism and that is evil and must be stopped.
@paultjenl
@paultjenl 10 ай бұрын
I'm from the Netherlands, and i'm really happy with our system. I pay 180 euro's a month and i'm covered for everything! Dentist, physical therapist, psychologist, all the medicines i need, literally everything. We have to pay the first 385 euros we spend on healthcare yearly. Everything else is covered 100% without co pay. Waiting at the doctors office or hospital takes less than 1 hour, and they may apologise to you for the delay if its more than 30 minutes 😅
@carlo0000a
@carlo0000a 10 ай бұрын
180 month? lol so expensive, i full covered for 165€ a year, netherland is way to expensive
@johnp139
@johnp139 10 ай бұрын
@@carlo0000aLiar. Where do you live? You are probably barely earning anything and are living off of the taxes of others!
@GianniDN
@GianniDN 27 күн бұрын
That’s very expensive. We pay nothing.
@apmoy70
@apmoy70 10 ай бұрын
My best friend's son was born with a congenital condition called Fallot's tetralogy (which means his heart has a number of life threatening defects) and he underwent 2 open heart surgeries till the age of 8. He's now in his mid-twenties, has a job of his own and must replace one of his heart valves. It cost my friend's 0€ for the two surgeries, and will cost his son 0€, to replace the tricuspid valve. Thank God I live in a country that respects its citizens and doesn't see them as walking wallets. I can't even fathom what could have happened if the boy was born in the States
@cal9112
@cal9112 10 ай бұрын
In The States he'd be either bankrupt or dead, pick one, l don't know how Americans endure such unfairness and callous soulless system. Unbelievable 😮
@Ned-Ryerson
@Ned-Ryerson 10 ай бұрын
The best part: That son will be paying taxes for a long time, once he is sorted, whereas he'd be a big zero in the US. @@cal9112 Exploiting your workforce instead of having them work smoothly is never clever in the long run, but the US system is run by economists who only have short-term attention spans and memories. Sadly, most of Europe is beginning to follow suit.
@apmoy70
@apmoy70 10 ай бұрын
@@Ned-Ryerson Pretty cynical viewpoint but I get it and I agree with you
@maireweber
@maireweber 10 ай бұрын
When a German travels ANYWHERE, especially the US, they would never go without the proper extra insurances.
@nettcologne9186
@nettcologne9186 10 ай бұрын
so true..and a Reiserücktrittsversicherung
@maireweber
@maireweber 10 ай бұрын
@@nettcologne9186 Vince Ebert is awesome! 😉
@Lorre982
@Lorre982 10 ай бұрын
Here in italy you can take your x ray/ specialist prescipion and choose the hospital you like the most, and if i go in a diffent EU country i don t need other private Healthcare enscurance becaus i have the EU enscurance card
@gaynard
@gaynard 5 ай бұрын
5 years ago I injured my left leg after being thrown to the ground by a supposed friend, I had to go by ambulance to the emergency room at the hospital, got seen immediately, x-rayed showed my leg was broken around the knee. Got a cast and sent up to the orthopaedic wing of the hospital. 2 days later I had surgery, got implants and screws and what not, spent in total 5 days at the hospital, and about 4 months rehabilitation. Wheelchair and a chair for my shower was lent by my local medical region, the total cost for all: 1800kr ~ 170,38 dollars
@eucitizen78
@eucitizen78 10 ай бұрын
I am working in Mönchengladbach and for me it was interesting that he said it is close to the border. We don't feel so but guess from American view it seems to be. That means you have quite a different relation to distances.
@assellator7298
@assellator7298 10 ай бұрын
😂 I live at the east-side of MG and we are close at the border. I need more time, to drive by car to Düsseldorf than to Roermond..
@worldoftanksaveragaplayer
@worldoftanksaveragaplayer 10 ай бұрын
​@@assellator7298Holland ist um die Ecke für Gladbacher.
@AHVENAN
@AHVENAN 10 ай бұрын
Well if you look at a map of the US, it's pretty obvious that they have a very different view of distances
@assellator7298
@assellator7298 10 ай бұрын
Sach ich doch..@@worldoftanksaveragaplayer 😁
@KeesBoons
@KeesBoons 10 ай бұрын
It's less than 40 km from Mönchengladbach to the Netherlands. I'd call that close even from a Dutch point of view.
@IamnotfromUSA
@IamnotfromUSA 10 ай бұрын
No you actually are going to get free health care in EU or atleast very cheap health care in europe if you broke leg
@kessukane
@kessukane 10 ай бұрын
Inside EU we have a health insurance card that is basically what it says in all EU countries and it is for free :)
@gchecosse
@gchecosse 10 ай бұрын
The EHIC card doesn't give you free healthcare, it gives you what a local would get.
@stanislavbandur7355
@stanislavbandur7355 2 ай бұрын
We have here in middle of nowhere digital prescriptions too, and it is not sen into pharmacy you choose - it is in system, every pharmacy is connected to. You just walk in any pharmacy and using ID or Insurance card they know what you got prescripted (SK)
@Ikller-xh7qq
@Ikller-xh7qq 10 ай бұрын
German here...For planned checkups, you make an appointment months before, but in case of something currently happening, you always get examined fast... Example: I got an eye injury a decade ago...some years ago, I had a problem with that eye...Went to the doctor (a specialist for eyes, where I have annual appountments) and told the receptionist...The doctor was with another patient, so she said, that she will tell the doctor, when the other patient is finished and call me...That was around 10:00...10 minutes later, she calls me, to tell me to come in at noon, when they usually have their break, to get examined... Hmmmm...long waittime? I dont think so^^Especially at a specialist, where appointments need to be made at least 4 months in advance^°
@guardian1982
@guardian1982 10 ай бұрын
30 minutes waiting-time in an ER? Seems it wasn´t busy on that day. It depends on how many people are there and how bad are the "Injuries"... One time i waited for about 2 Hours (Friday evening) and another time there was no one in the waiting room, took me about 10 min to see a doctor ^^But i think thats just logical, you have 3 doctors in the ER, and 30 people waiting to be seen, so the nurses have to prioritize who´s first (worst condition or abulance first of course) :-) But all in all i am happy with the health-care system in Germany, at least the ER... when i think how overworked and understaffed many Hospitals are, most of them trying their best just to help people.
@chrissaltmarsh6777
@chrissaltmarsh6777 10 ай бұрын
I got stuck in ER for a few hours. But the parameds had done all the checks in the ambulance, I was not in danger, just in some pain which cocodamol made easier. So I was down the list. Fair enough.
@christophstahl8169
@christophstahl8169 10 ай бұрын
Just to hammer it home for the us americans: He went to a doctor in the netherlands and got a recommendation for an x-ray. He then went to germany to a hospital. He continued his treatment in another country. And since heath insurance is mandatory in europe they have little experience with uninsured patients, so sometimes billing mistakes are made.
@Jack_Rakan
@Jack_Rakan 7 ай бұрын
I think the difference in billing was that the 60 Euros for the trip and the time in the ER itself would normally be handled automatically by the insurance, which is why they first only asked for just 20 Euros for the X-ray.
@zmooc
@zmooc 7 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure that letter was not used in the process. They'd help him regardless of that. The letter is mostly important for people with Dutch insurance, though. In general, in they won't pay up unless you go through a GP first and get such a reference for a "specialist". Even in emergency rooms, you first go through a GP and follow a similar process. Unless the case is obvious (e.g. you came in by ambulance or your bone sticks out :p).
@OnlyTheVerse
@OnlyTheVerse 10 ай бұрын
It is mandatory to have health insurance when you are going to US from my country.
@jasonwall5012
@jasonwall5012 9 ай бұрын
8:25 3000 dollars just starting off??? 😮😮😮 jaysis.
@189643478
@189643478 10 ай бұрын
These days in Belgium the physician puts your prescriptions on your digital health record and then you can take it out from any pharmacy you want. He definitely had a very speedy service, that’s definitely not always the case in Europe. I've often had to wait an hour or longer at a physician when I went without an appointment. And getting an appointment to see a specialist can take quite a long time. It was recently in the news that going to a plastic surgeon in hospital for a procedure like botox takes 6-12 months.
@KristinJohansen1
@KristinJohansen1 10 ай бұрын
I have this issue with seeing doctors, especially specialists in Norway. I often have to wait awhile, they often have to cancel, and sometimes I am so ill I have to cancel - but getting a new appointment with a GP can take a week or more and months or even a year or more for specialists.
@alexialu4224
@alexialu4224 10 ай бұрын
12:27 LMAO, Imagine getting charged extra because you visited the ER on a Saturday... "Oh yeah, I should have waited two more days in excruciating pain to have my broken arm visited, now I can't feed my family for the rest of the month, but that's on me obviously, I should be more thoughtful next time", that's some hellish dystopic stuff
@AfF3lix
@AfF3lix 10 ай бұрын
Thats the ultra free market :D
@richt71
@richt71 10 ай бұрын
Hey Ryan. If travelling from the UK to the US I can get travel insurance which depending on age, medical history and activities you'd be doing in the US could be bought for as little as $40 or $50 to cover multiple trips per year to the US. This would cover pretty much all costs including helicopter ambulance and flying you home via special aircraft.
@Raven44453
@Raven44453 10 ай бұрын
Generally in the UK the doctor you see in an NHS hospital is the same doctor you would see in a private hospital , they tend to work in both
@Ned-Ryerson
@Ned-Ryerson 10 ай бұрын
And being overworked while at it.
@russellbradley454
@russellbradley454 Ай бұрын
Under terms of contracts when NHS was founded GP'S had to agree to work in the NHS for so many hours (20) I think
@Julia-lk8jn
@Julia-lk8jn 10 ай бұрын
It's unspeakably creepy to me that apparently the costs of any treatment in the US is "whatever number we hit on a dart board this evening in the pub, plus 3 zeros" . How on earth is that possible? And x-ray is an x-ray, you cover the sensitive bits of a patient in lead, leave them room, zap them, and the machine spits out the images. How in the name of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is the cost of that not a fixed number?
@johnp139
@johnp139 10 ай бұрын
Good point. It’s basically because of dozens of health insurance companies negotiating with the providers on rates. Yes, dumb.
@Simon_Says
@Simon_Says 7 күн бұрын
That shows the difference between US and Europe. "I walked like 6 miles a day" he said like that was a lot. When I was visiting Barcelona and wanted to really explore the city I was walking 15-18miles a day 😅
@optimusvalerius8824
@optimusvalerius8824 10 ай бұрын
Its all about taking out a health care travel policy if you don't live in a country with universal health care .Most Americans don't seem to be aware of travel policies when they travel.
@stevefl7175
@stevefl7175 10 ай бұрын
It depends. Older people tend to take out travel insurance when they go away. It covers healthcare as well as trip cancellations, lost luggage, etc. It's the younger people who tend to skip it. Also depends on how much the trip costs and where it's going.
@lilletrille1892
@lilletrille1892 10 ай бұрын
I never go abroad without an insurance, just in case I trip over a cat or something like that. I'm European and live in Spain. So I have access to the health care system. But there they only speak Spanish and I am at a beginners level. Thats why I prefer to have an insurance so I can go to a private clinic where they speak English or my own tongue. I pay 62€ a month
@alarialev9761
@alarialev9761 10 ай бұрын
In Estonia, we also have digital prescription and DIGILUGU ~Digital medical history - it helps that you don't have to tell the same story to every doctor! But it's tied to your ID code. You go to ANY drug store, show your ID and they can see all the prescribed medications for you. I think since he is a foreigner they really can't to it online for him.
@herb6677
@herb6677 10 ай бұрын
In Austria it is the same - we just use another name!
@alicetwain
@alicetwain 10 ай бұрын
Italy too, except it's accessed through a different document, not the ID.
@mankki53
@mankki53 10 ай бұрын
In Finland too
@mats7492
@mats7492 10 ай бұрын
Well, for germans that would be a nightmare..privacy reasons and such
@alicetwain
@alicetwain 10 ай бұрын
@@mats7492 no, only those authorised can access the data. That includes your GP, the hospital that treats you, and the specialists you refer to. Besides, you need to physically hand them the document.
@Zych.Grzegorz
@Zych.Grzegorz 10 ай бұрын
The idea of co-pay is just mindbogling to me. You pay through your nose for insurance and still need to cough up extra cash to be seen by a doctor? I'd understand if you only had a basic insurance and wanted to go to a specialist that's not covered, but for a regular visit? That's crazy, you guys are getting shafted over there. 7:00 In Poland we get a paper prescription, but you also have the option to get a digital version sent to your email, and/or a code via sms. You can use either of those to get your medicine at any pharmacy. The prescription is stored digitally on a centralised server, so you can't go to one pharmacy with the paper one and then another one with the code though. 13:40 A recommendation is pretty much a legal document, signed by the doctor, which basically states that a professional has already did the basic triage on you and decided you need this or that procedure. The hospital will check the creentials of the doctor who signed it and if everything is in order then it's almost as in you've been triaged by their in-house doctor. 14:30 You can get travel insurance for the USA. I googled it and I found one for 200 PLN (~50 USD) for 10 days for a single person.
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 10 ай бұрын
In the Netherlands it depends on the Practitioner. My GP just sends it downstairs to the pharmacy and their you tell them your personal and that the Practitioner send a prescription down. Sometimes you have to wait a little longer because it hasn't been send yet, mostly it is already in the computer. In my youth when this technology was not available yet, we actually got a written prescription.
@lukask7445
@lukask7445 10 ай бұрын
Co-paying is the best and simplest solution to avoid abusing "free" services. Co-payment amount can be even very low. It's rather a psychological barrier. The same method is used in some "free" (in fact paid e.g. by municipality) entertainment events where number of participants is limited and the owner does not want to book tickets and let them be unused. If you had to pay $1 for ticket you'd never book more than you need just in case.
@diablo.the.cheater
@diablo.the.cheater 10 ай бұрын
@@lukask7445 Healthcare should not be hidden beneath a psychological barrier. It doesn't matter if some abuse it, it is better fro some to abuse the system
@Phelie315
@Phelie315 10 ай бұрын
German here. To be fair, the wait times are a big issue, this guy was lucky. However, everything else he said is the standard, as citizens with national health insurance you wouldn't even pay those 80 Euros for the X-Ray, maybe just 5 for the medication. And to answer your question: Yes, we do take out temporary insurance when we travel outside the EU, especially to the US, mine costs 11 Euros per year and they would pay for it if I had to get medical treatment in any foreign country across the world.
@HermodVR
@HermodVR 10 ай бұрын
14:25 If you travel to usa from germany you pay extra money to the insuranse company. 30 Dollar for 1 Year insuranse i payed. Everything is coverd in that price. They even would fly you out in that price if you have something really bad.
@finnwolffkaysfeld7000
@finnwolffkaysfeld7000 10 ай бұрын
@ryanwuzer What you said there in the beginning isn't correct when it comes to my country Denmark. Here you don't pay anything to see a Doctor or get an operation, scanning, blodtest or whatever public healthcare, and this also goes for visiting tourists. As a person living in Denmark you can pay a maximum of 640 USD for prescription medication in a year. You pay in full up to about 150 USD in a year and after that it gets gradually subsidized. Some vital hospital prescribed medication is free from day 1. The flu vaccine and Covid boosters are free for the elderly and the one with chronic illnesses. In Denmark he would have paid 0 for the Doctor and 0 for the Emergency room. He would only pay for his medication, and it is cheap here. Universal healthcare is free for everyone living in Denmark
@abigailjohnson4270
@abigailjohnson4270 10 ай бұрын
In the UK the NHS/gov has arrangements with other countries so that in general, if you have an accident etc you will be treated without up front cost to yourself. The government then recoups the cost from your country of origin. There are many arrangements in place. However people from the UK pretty much always take out travel insurance when we go abroad in case of things like repatriation etc.
@scragar
@scragar 10 ай бұрын
Travel insurance is very cheap too, it's way better to just spend the extra £10 per person to be safe than risk losing big. In my experience travel insurance is also very quick to pay out, they'd rather throw £200 at you for a tetanus shot and a few check ups because you scraped your arm on something than fight it. I think Americans are just used to insurance being evil like their health insurance companies.
@stewedfishproductions7959
@stewedfishproductions7959 10 ай бұрын
Yes, many countries have reciprocal 'agreements' with the NHS, so always worth checking the NHS website before travelling to check the country and how it works (those that DO have agreements all work differently as to what level of service and conditions you will get). Many are one's you might not even realise, such as: Serbia, Montenegro, the Faroe Islands or North Macedonia! Most BOT's (British Overseas Territories) and similar like the British Virgin Islands, St Helena, Jersey and Gibraltar etc. VERY Important: make sure you carry or have available the required info, because they will need PROOF in the way of (for instance), documents that may include a passport, driver’s licence, proof of national insurance enrolment or even a utility bill with name and address.
@robertadavies4236
@robertadavies4236 10 ай бұрын
The terms of the reciprocal agreements are that a citizen of one country visiting the other will get the same treatment on the same terms as a local. So the actual level of treatment and payment will vary.
@Ragt0p
@Ragt0p 10 ай бұрын
Traveling anywhere, I carry travel insurance. As a foreign student in the US, I had to have either US health insurance or Norwegian student insurance (backed by government insurance). Because I wanted to be transported home if something really bad happened, I chose the Norwegian insurance. I paid 600 dollars a year. I was almost denied help once because the card I carried said «unlimited» as the upper limit for medical care or repatriation. The hospital had to call and check, because they thought the card was fraudulent..
@BertMD
@BertMD 10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat 7 ай бұрын
Im european and so on but i do find STUPID when people from europe say "i pay nothing!! for healthcare" BULLSHIT!!! YOU ALL PAY! You pay whenever you get money some of it goes into healthcare! Yes prices in europe is like 10x less but still... you pay...pay infront.
@ericlv6252
@ericlv6252 9 ай бұрын
Thank your feedback about old Europe. Probably you get negative echos come from the medical system in the UK, which is run by Conservatives who stopped since a long time injecting enough money ... making medical delays life threatening ! In the rest of Europe medical access and treatments are a major civil right. Each EU country is bit different: Spain is 99,99% for free but you cannot choose your doctor. Belgium medical costs are paid by the health system (plus a small participation like in your experience in the NL) + you can also go to the private sector but all extra costs are at your charge. The Belgians have also laws - for instance any ambulance intervention is fixed for this year 2023 at 67,53€ - and if you require to be brought to a hospital, no choice, it is only the nearest (for fast intervention). Also, a major difference with the US, doctors and hospitals are not sued for .... astronomical amounts !!! 🚑
@llamagirl2679
@llamagirl2679 10 ай бұрын
Ryan you wouldn't be billed anything if you broke a bone in the UK whilst on vacation here. My Amercican ex was visiting for 6 months on vacation and got free health care even just to see the Doctor for his diabetic meds during his stay. He didn't pay a penny to see the General Practitioner or his meds for the whole time he was here.
@Westcountrynordic
@Westcountrynordic 10 ай бұрын
This will be changing soon and non UK persons will be asked to pay. Those in the UK on a visa already pay around £650 a year for access to NHS
@llamagirl2679
@llamagirl2679 10 ай бұрын
@@Westcountrynordic It will still be a fraction of the cost compared to the US. My ex went without diabetic meds in the US because he couldn't afford it. His diabetic meds were $200 per month with good insurance. He was paying $900 per month in 2007
@nettcologne9186
@nettcologne9186 10 ай бұрын
Your NHS is not free, you pay taxes that fund the NHS
@olgahein4384
@olgahein4384 10 ай бұрын
@@nettcologne9186 No, they don't pay taxes that fund the NHS. Instead a part of all the taxes they pay is directed towards NHS. That's a big difference.
@Westcountrynordic
@Westcountrynordic 10 ай бұрын
@@nettcologne9186 True its not free, you pay taxes but the taxes paid is less than want Americans pay in health insurance and co-pays. If a America went single payer yes the taxes will go up but they will lose the co-pays so at the end of the year will pay less
@martinszeki7108
@martinszeki7108 10 ай бұрын
At least here in Slovakia, we get electronic prescription ( if the system is down than it´s paper prescription) than you can go to any pharmacy show them your insurance card and they will give you your medication depending on the medication it´s ether covered fully by your insurance or you pay few euros.
@apmoy70
@apmoy70 10 ай бұрын
Similarly here (see the flag in case you're wondering what country it is)
@tyxeri48
@tyxeri48 10 ай бұрын
But he was a tourist with no insurance. I am sure if he was a citizen, it would be like that.
@jukka7697
@jukka7697 10 ай бұрын
In Finland, everything is digital. You can go to any pharmacy and just let them scan your id. Or you can authorize digitally someone to get your meds for you. And you can also search online which pharmacies have your med available.
@mats7492
@mats7492 10 ай бұрын
having your medical history tied to your id is the stuff of nightmares for a german..
@peketee2278
@peketee2278 10 ай бұрын
​@@mats7492why so?
@mats7492
@mats7492 10 ай бұрын
@@peketee2278 privacy concerns. There have been instances in germany where medical data was stolen and sold.. also the german technical infrastructure is just terrible so it would probably take 20 years to implement a system like finnland..
@ulrikeg2639
@ulrikeg2639 10 ай бұрын
@@mats7492 you wanted to say 20 years AFTER the 100 years it will take to decide about the proceedure 😂
@LU-jo2jz
@LU-jo2jz 10 ай бұрын
If you are citizen
@Zitat-ist-auch-nicht-mehr-das
@Zitat-ist-auch-nicht-mehr-das 9 ай бұрын
In 1990 I had to decide wether I should work as a MD in USA or Germany. I decided to work in Germany because of the social system. I couldn‘t stand charging people hundreds or thousands of Dollars to help them. I found it completely unethical.
@alainott
@alainott 9 күн бұрын
Les americains trouvent que c est du communisme!!!!😂 Non!!! 😂😂😂😂 C est respecter les gens,la vie! L egalité de vivre dignement
@TheSchuetzeP
@TheSchuetzeP 10 ай бұрын
So in most of Europe a general practicioner or a specialist who is not equipped to treat you will normally give you a "transfer slip" for a specialist or a hospital. On that transfer slip they CAN specify a recommendation on where to go specifically (like a specialist they know personally to be good), but you are not bound to go there. You can simply take this transfer slip to any hospital or specialist that fulfils the requirements of the transfer. So when you get a transfer slip two days before moving to a different part of the country, you can also just take it to the hospital near your new place rather than answering to the whims of an insurance or the doctor who transferred you.
@1967AJB
@1967AJB 10 ай бұрын
I’m I English living in the U.K., and I’m coming to the end of a two and a half month NHS experience. I discovered late on a Friday night a very scary looking, very large burst blister on my foot. I went to Accident and Emergency at 8:30 the next morning. I waited for two minutes to see a triage nurse. Then I waited less than ten minutes to see a consultant. He sent me to hospital and gave me the name of a department to go to. I arrived, went to the department named and was greeted by a nurse who knew my name and was waiting for me. Half an hour later I was in bed. I had a three week stay in hospital, was on IV antibiotics 24/7. I had a CAT scan, an MRI, X-rays and a ECG from a cardiology consultant. I was under the care of a vascular surgeon who I saw everyday. I came close to losing my leg, but they saved me. There was so much effort focussed on me. The food was great! Upon discharge, I was fitted with an Off-Loading boot, to protect the wound on my foot. Oh and my three week car park fee was waved. In the six weeks since discharge my leg has been cleaned treated and redressed three times a week. One by a specialist treatment nurse, once by a podiatrist and once by the consultant. My large, deep wound is almost healed. The car parking charges for all those visits was waved. The whole experience has cost my NOTHING!
@nettcologne9186
@nettcologne9186 10 ай бұрын
Your NHS is not free, you pay taxes that fund the NHS
@1967AJB
@1967AJB 10 ай бұрын
@@nettcologne9186 That is true, however, I don’t work, so I pay no tax, nor do I ask for or receive any benefits. But if I did pay tax, the contribution that pays for the NHS would be orders of magnitude greater than you, I assume from your aggressive defensive stand point you’re American, would have to pay. Why do you defend a system that is so unfair, expensive, and cruel to those who are disadvantaged. The objective of the NHS is to care for our society “from cradle to grave” and to do it “free at the point of delivery”. The NHS’s biggest threat is from American insurance companies and drug manufacturers greedy influence on our greedy corrupt Tory government, who are, generationally, underfunding it, to let it fail, so they can somehow dissociate themselves from their actions whilst carving up the profits. A health service should not make a profit, that statement would leave an American apoplectic, which of course, the NHS would treat gratis. Because your society is so insular you believe everything you’re indoctrinated with. The rest of the planet watches and pities you. Try and get some perspective.
@johntowers1213
@johntowers1213 10 ай бұрын
I can answer that for you.. there is a certain type of american that fundamentally believes that if something bad happens to you...its your fault and you should fix it yourself...or die trying as they assume when present with such a scenario they personally would have no issues dealing with it, For all thats good about the states there is this streak of callousness and moral superiority they have in their psyche they just cant seem to let go of that taints much of their interaction with the world @@1967AJB
@SuperHawk0413
@SuperHawk0413 10 ай бұрын
@@1967AJB Unfortunately the NHS is underfunded, and this can be easily found out. I'm a German living in Switzerland and think the German and Swiss systems have advantages over socialistic systems like UK or Skandinavia. Here as well as in Germany many health insurance companies compete for customers, you also pay a small amount every time you go see a doctor or get prescription medicine (otherwise people will go to emergency room with only a scratch). You can chose between general, semi private and private insurance plan. In the rankings Switzerland and Germany are always on top in terms of quality of healthcare. Health insurance is paid separately to taxes and poor people will have to pay less but health costs in both countries are high. They are very expensive compared to the rest of the world but good systems. All my claims can be looked up
@SuperHawk0413
@SuperHawk0413 10 ай бұрын
@@1967AJB That being said, the Swiss (including Liechtenstein, who do so many things the same as the swiss like their currency) and German systems are universal too but, set up differently. It has been found that this type of system is more efficient and gives Doctors more time with patients (through health insurance companies, and you pay max. 10% of costs but no more than 200 francs/euro per treatment (let's say a knee operation costs 40'000 this isn't a lot) I have heard some bad stories from British colleagues who live here in Switzerland and work in the same company I work in, some of them do not like the NHS
@sammikey9
@sammikey9 10 ай бұрын
In France, the recommendation is through your General Practitioner (médecin traitant) if you are not already in ER or have seen the appropriate specialist. It reduces the price. But for a foreigner, the prices seemed fair because you don't have insurance. Though we have a specific health form to reduces the cost when travelling in European Union, UK and Switzerland. Thus we will pay what is custom to the country. But each time I'm going to US, I'm making sure my health insurance is up to date "cause you have to be rich to get sick in US"
@Mysterios1989
@Mysterios1989 10 ай бұрын
Don't know how it is in the Netherlands, but in Germany, when a doctor orders an x-ray that they cannot do themselves, they give you a referral that you can use in every office or clinic that offers this service. It basically means that a doctor has found that this procedure is medically justified. In general, the doctor's office has a few places they can recommend for where you want to get the x-ray, but it is up to you to basically call them and see who has time and where you want to go.
@michaelmeisner7671
@michaelmeisner7671 10 ай бұрын
In Denmark cost of visiting Emergency Room, including all treatment, would be zero euros/dollars! Whether you are born in Denmark, USA or any other country on the globe - as long as you have foot within the Danish borders - emergency medical treatment is free of any charges! No matter the course or the circumstances! We (Denmark) have a philosophy that we don’t want to have sick people scattered around in the country/our cities. We see medical care as a right!
@KasparsRuva
@KasparsRuva 10 ай бұрын
I think I've had 2 such cases, where I had to do smth fast and without waiting for appointments (In Latvia): 1) Most expensive - Tooth hurts, really bad, painkillers didn't help at all. Didn't wait 2 days for appointment to dentist and drove directly to institute (most advanced dental/face surgery etc place in country) to deal with it in live line. No appointments, no extra insurances etc. Turns out was infection above one of the tooth root. So had dentist, then x-ray, again dentist to drill and fill the root, then surgeon to do the cutting above the tooth, stitches. Total time spent there ~4h. Bill 83€. Week later checkup and removing stitches was free. 2) Again infection now in throat, was very painful to eat and drink, again didn't wait 2-3 days for appointment, but just went to ER on Sunday noon. Got initial checkup in ~10-15min to determine how urgent it is and which doctor I need (priority is for more life threatening cases), had to wait abt an hour. Went to doc, a bit of cutting and cleaning, gave meds to use for a week. Total bill 4.26€ (yes, dot in there isn't mistake. 4€ and 26 cents).
@My_Master_Waves
@My_Master_Waves 10 ай бұрын
My gf is from Latvia. When we visited her family, I cracked my tooth because I ate seedless cherries, but one of them still had a seed. Went into a private clinic and they fixed not only that one tooth, they fixed all of my mouth for 80€. It was dirt cheap.
@funlovincop
@funlovincop 10 ай бұрын
Bigger cities usually have longer waiting times, especially in the evening or at the weekend. But in a smaller town it's quite common to be seen very quickly. Doctors usually take into account that you're a tourist and try to fit you in, a citizen would have to make an appointment and have a decent wait
@reiniernn9071
@reiniernn9071 10 ай бұрын
Citizens can wait for any normal checkup/diagnosis. And get an appointment somewhere in the future. In emergencies however they will be treated the same as foreigners (who are mostly an emergency case, else they would not come)
@funlovincop
@funlovincop 10 ай бұрын
@@reiniernn9071 Yeah totally agree, i haven't seen preference for tourists in emergency rooms. I understand why regular doctors do try and fit tourists in for an appointment and if it were me travelling I'd be glad it worked that way!
@fani5000
@fani5000 10 ай бұрын
I'm from Iceland. We get coverage from our national health insurance when we're abroad. I lived for five years in the Boston area. My US work payed for some level of insurance but it was actually less of a hassle to use my Icelandic health insurance to cover my expenses since it just worked seamlessly and had better coverage. I went to the emergency room once, my daughter got great care, vaccines, checkups etc, and we had another kid! Payed the same as I would have at home, i.e. very little. I'm amazed at the reluctance of Americans to take up single payer or universal healthcare. Especially since you actually already have one of the worlds largest social healthcare systems, the VA and medicare.
@KristinJohansen1
@KristinJohansen1 10 ай бұрын
And Medicaid which pays for any and all child (care and meds) who lives at or below decent income levels and for all disabled people (care and meds at the small copays of $0.50 for a GP/cheap medication/bloodwork, $1.00 mid-range medication, and $2.00 for expensive medication). There are many reasons why we don't want the government in charge of health care, however. (See my reply about my experiences here in Norway I posted a few minutes ago for a short comparison.) One of the biggest reasons is choice - when you have the choice of which doctor(s) you see, which hospitals you go to, which medication brand or off-brand you take, etc., you are more in control of your own health care, and you are likely to get better care. When bureaucrats get involved, things tend to become less about the rights and choices of citizens but about what is best for the country's pocketbook. Health care should never be about saving or making a government money.
@michaelleiper
@michaelleiper 10 ай бұрын
@@KristinJohansen1 You misunderstand Single Payer. The government isn't in charge of your healthcare, the doctor is. The government is just the one paying for it. In the US, it's the insurance company paying for it - but unlike the government in the UK, apparently the insurance company doesn't trust the doctor to only give you the tests and treatments you need, where the government does... Admittedly, we don't have politicians deciding that 10 year old rape victims can't get an abortion. So I'm not sure we'd trust your government either in that regard.
@KristinJohansen1
@KristinJohansen1 10 ай бұрын
@@michaelleiper That isn’t true as the government decides what medicines are covered by them or not and what medicines they will allow in from other countries. Several medicines I need that were created in other countries aren’t allowed in Norway, and many medicines I need due to health conditions are treated as if they are antibiotics and aren’t ‘covered’ by the government’s health care plan. Also, in Europe there are many tests I can’t get that I used to get, one yearly to gauge how active my rheumatoid disease is for example, as they won’t allow it here because it’s “too expensive” even though it gives vital information useful to my entire treatment team to help us evaluate and treat my disease so that my body can stop hurting itself. The government being in charge of deciding what is or isn’t allowed or too expensive isn’t really any different than private insurance companies doing so except that at least private companies are at least responsible to shareholders to make a profit and so, often overboard admittedly, are at least trying to ensure cutting costs by requiring doctors to submit requests for certain tests. Often those requests are denied and doctors have to spend way too much time and effort appealing those decisions. As I’ve stated before, the system is not perfect by far. But neither is a system where the government is in control - I am living proof of that and my socialist husband has realized that just seeing how different and difficult getting proper care for me is here in Europe. What we all need to do is, instead of arguing that this system is right or that system is right, is to figure out the pros and cons of both systems and work together to figure out what is best for each country individually that helps the most individuals within each country. What will be best for the UK might not be what is best for Norway might not be what is best for the US, etc., as we have different cultures, tax structures, amount of oil we can and do use and trade, amount of people - especially those relying on the government for their income, food, etc.
@alfonso8155
@alfonso8155 10 ай бұрын
The answer!... TAXES!. It is not free. We pay for the medical assistance but the prices and the assistance is under our European Governments.
@alainott
@alainott 9 күн бұрын
Ryan comme live in the EU !!!! You welcome, and you neber miss it!!😉
@TerezatheTeacher
@TerezatheTeacher 10 ай бұрын
Here in Czechia, I had an ultrasound done as a preventative measure yesterday. Then I went to another doctor unannounced because of a different problem. I had to wait for 2 hours because people who have an appointment go first. The doctor examined me and gave me medication. So I saw 2 doctors yesterday and none of the appointments or that medication cost me money.
@Korda86
@Korda86 10 ай бұрын
In fact, it isn't entirely cost-free since all Czech employees and employers are required to contribute to mandatory medical insurance. The healthcare system is built on the principle of mutual empathy. However, I see your perspective. Let's hope it remains the same in the future.
@mgs...
@mgs... 10 ай бұрын
Wait times can get long, if your problem isn't urgent or there is some preparation needed (e.g. rentgen, sono, ...). Doctors usually take urgent patients first, then appointed ones and lastly all others. But this can wary from place to place.
@JankieHands
@JankieHands 10 ай бұрын
Im pretty sure that the rest of eu you can have some extra health insurance. My mom has it in spain, for minor incovinience is usufull to go a private hospital. But still, for something dangerous they still send you to the public hospital because they are better equiped.
@sidewalkere
@sidewalkere 10 ай бұрын
Inside the EU plus the UK and non-EU Nordic countries we can travel without health care worries thanks to the European Health Insurance Card, that basically gives you access to state-provided healthcare has if you are a citizen of the country you are in. To travel outside the EU, we can get some sort of travel insurance that provides healthcare coverage. And we definitely do it if we are going to some screwed up place like the US. Otherwise, risking bankruptcy over a sprain ankle while on vacation wouldn't really be an option.
@sanzharkurmanguzhin8469
@sanzharkurmanguzhin8469 10 ай бұрын
I think 20 dollars was maybe for the dr appointment and 60 for the x-ray. I live in germany and have never been charged for any of the health services/treatment but for my pets I payed around 70ish euros for x-ray.
@mariairenaossowska
@mariairenaossowska 10 ай бұрын
I bought tourist health insurance for my 3 weeks trip to the US for a value of EUR 100,000 for 160 zl (+- 40 USD). For that price it covered life insurance, health insurance, emergency dentist care coverage (up to EUR 600) and civil liability (EUR 30,000), luggage loss and some other minor situations. I am a Polish citizen, and the insurance company is Polish.
@douglasmcclelland
@douglasmcclelland 10 ай бұрын
I live in the UK and I've seen so many of these videos about the US healthcare system and the underlying failure of the US system is that it is for-profit and there are little or no controls! Practically any country in Europe the healthcare system is for the health of the people, that is the purpose behind it. Charges are typically at cost, just to cover the cost of the service and materials. Yes there can be waits if you need to see a consultant for something that requires a specialist, and local doctors (GPs in the UK) waits can be a few days for non-urgent. If you have an urgent condition you can get same-day appointments at your doctor or go to the ER (Accident & Emergency - A&E in the UK) for immediate treatment which is done on a priority basis. Non-urgent consultations can be a number of weeks or months at the moment in the UK but you will get treated without paying rediculous amount of money. The US government need to change their attitude to healthcare and see it as important for the health of its citizens...
@jnagarya519
@jnagarya519 10 ай бұрын
The concern is the "health" -- profit -- of the insurance corporations, which have no legitimate role in medicine. It's all about bean-counting -- accounting. Same on the medical industry side: profits.
@filipv.5019
@filipv.5019 10 ай бұрын
American healthcare is a scam (with or without insurance). If you travel to Europe and break your leg, you will pay the actual costs and be surprised how low that is compared to your bill in de USA. Same with medicines. We have the same products, produced by the same companies like Pfizer. Still we pay 10 times less for these products. That’s because out governments do not allow hospitals or pharma companies to charge whatever they want. That’s not socialism, but not allowing cheating companies to ripp of citizens.
@lbergen001
@lbergen001 10 ай бұрын
Indeed. The shareholder value must be healthy. 🤢
@ainidirieiais
@ainidirieiais 10 ай бұрын
i am glad to hear that, thats how it should be all over the globe.
@1lik3Fir33mbl3m
@1lik3Fir33mbl3m 10 ай бұрын
What I understood from how certain things work in the US with their Healthcare etc is how overcharged prices are on drugs/medicine, then you have insurance companies that try to profit as much as possible too and the funniest part what I noticed, it is not like the US-Government isn't putting money into Healthcare, they do throw a lot at it, but it seems like those companies just leech off of it, they gotta start revamping that and penalize those bad apples or close the money pipe.
@alejandroparra362
@alejandroparra362 10 ай бұрын
It is normally true that waiting times in European healthcare are longer (and in some cases much longer) than in american private healthcare. What happens in this particular case is that waiting times for "emergencies" are non-existent. In any European city and town, there are clinics and hospitals on duty on practically every corner where they will treat you on the same day (sometimes, at night or on holidays it can take a few hours), and the more serious it is, the shorter the waiting time. Long waiting times are for routine visits and not emergencies, where making an appointment for, for example, a specific x-ray, can take weeks because it is not urgent. Non-urgent operations can also take longer than necessary. The really good thing about European healthcare is that there is private healthcare here too, and private insurance. If you have a specific emergency which is not really urgent, but for you personally it may be, you can choose to visit a private hospital (paying, obviously) which will generally operate more quickly (and they will normally refer you to public hospitals depending on the situation). At the end of the day it is a matter of pure efficiency, and in the US I am very sorry you do not have that. A hybrid public-private system like the European one would be much more efficient than what you have now, since waiting lists would not be affected because private healthcare would continue to exist. What happens in the US is that such a system would mean an economic catastrophe for the immense business that this model represents for insurance companies. In Europe they exist, but if you make the comparison between the Europeans and the Americans it is a joke, and the reason is that in Europe they are not really vital, so they cannot allow the abuses they commit in the US. So what you are faced with here is "Which do we prefer, benefiting the consumer/citizen, or mantaining the lucrative economic model?"
@stevefl7175
@stevefl7175 10 ай бұрын
So you pay for two healthcare systems then. Public with your taxes, and then additional money for private on top of that.
@alejandroparra362
@alejandroparra362 10 ай бұрын
@@stevefl7175 Not really. Private medical insurance comes in multiple different packages, from the most luxurious ones that can cost you 4 digits a month to dental or emergency insurance that are cheap and affordable for everyone. And, of course, they are not mandatory. Many people in Europe simply trust public healthcare and do not have any sort of private insurance. And with respect to the public, yes, it is paid through taxes that are applied as a small percentage to the workers' payroll each month (at least in my country), percentage that later when you retire is "returned" to you in the form of a public pension. The main point of the advantages of a European citizen can be seen when something happens that requires your presence in a hospital. Let's imagine you break your leg. How much does this treatment cost an American citizen between ambulance, emergency, operation, medications, etc.? In Europe you pay €0 if you go for public healthcare. Obviously they are not real €0 since throughout your adult life you have been paying taxes to maintain this system, but the difference is in the impact on the citizen's pocket of having to pay thousands of dollars or even more at once, against small and under your own controll investments each month. The only way in which this system can "harm" you as a citizen is if you have excellent health and are lucky enough not to suffer any accidents throughout your life, since you will have paid taxes for a system that you have not used but... do people who never need to go to the doctor really exist?
@stevefl7175
@stevefl7175 10 ай бұрын
@@alejandroparra362 Yes, really. You pay for public healthcare. It comes out of your taxes whether you use it or not. Unless you're in a country that doesn't use taxation to pay for public healthcare, but I don't know of any off the top of my head in Europe. So whether you get private insurance or not, you have already paid for public healthcare. If you are paying for private healthcare is paying a second plan in addition to the public one. Whether it's cheap or expensive, it's still paying for a second healthcare plan. Maybe you thought I meant you have to pay for it, which I agree. The private is not mandatory. But if you do buy private, you are then paying for two healthcare system costs.
@Sine-gl9ly
@Sine-gl9ly 10 ай бұрын
@@alejandroparra362 I think people who 'never need to go to a doctor' probably DO exist - although rarely! - BUT at some point in their life they surely have a friend, family member, loved one or even life partner or child who needs care interventions at a high, complex and/ or long-term level. In most of thevworld, those of us who never (or, more realistically, rarely) need to see the doctor, may have a microsecond of a grump about it _to themselves only_ , but we _know_ and _appreciate_ that our personally-unused contributions help to pay for Aunty Nellie's cancer treatment, baby John's resucitation, and our pal's ambulance evacuation when they fall over in the street and think they've broken a leg. Americans seem, too often , to _resent_ and even openly express vehement objections to, the exact same thing ...
@LarsOetken
@LarsOetken 10 ай бұрын
Maybe a short experience report. I have international travel insurance through my health insurance company - it costs 8 euros, about 9 USD, per year and insures me up to 1 or 2 million. So a utopian high value. However, most states in the USA also require such insurance from travelers. But the system is still the same
@broche9851
@broche9851 10 ай бұрын
Not only do we (Brits) have to have insurance for the USA, but it, is double the price of insurance for travel to anywhere else. Because of your rip-off system.
@TheJammyPickle
@TheJammyPickle 10 ай бұрын
Probably worth pointing out that the reason he went to a different ER is that he completely changed the country he was in 😂. He went to the doctor in the Netherlands and the ER in Germany. Completely different countries and different health care systems!
@gabybleeker
@gabybleeker 10 ай бұрын
I'm from the Netherlands and in a wheelchair. I receive home healthcare 6 days a week and i have a lot of hospital visits. I also follow PT and OT ad a rehabilitation centre. Also a lot of painkillers because of my disability. I'm on social security and my healthcare insurance is with the deductions 40 euros per month. If I needing a specialist i can have a appointment within 4 weeks if it can wait.
@Honza368
@Honza368 10 ай бұрын
I live in Czechia. Just a few years ago, I had to get a surgical procedure done that involved special equipment not normally used too often in surgeries. I had to wait around a month to get it and the service was very good. I got good food 3 times a day for 3 days during the recovery period and had a practically infinite tea dispenser right down the hall. The best thing? It cost me nothing.
@xxxx-qo9dh
@xxxx-qo9dh 10 ай бұрын
I (legally!) lived in California for 11 years, coming from Europe, went back to my country in 2016. It is true that in America healthcare is only for the rich. Where I am there is no co-pay for a doctor’s visit, there is a co-pay for x-rays and I guess it depends on what area and how many x-rays they have to make how much the co-pay is. For my back it was 75 euros. Not only your hospitals, physicians and pharmacies are ripping you off, vets are the same. Taking my cat to the vet here is 25 euros plus meds if she needs them, but pet meds are only a few euros. A vet visit in California was over 100 bucks for nothing. My cat needed an echo, it took a full 20 minutes for that echo, it cost me 65 euros. Here we can afford to take good care of ourselves and our pets. What sucks here though is the outrageous amount of taxes you have to pay over your income plus everything you buy. Of every euro we make, we end up paying about 90% in taxes. The gas in my country is way more expensive than in any other European country. Over 2 euros per liter. A gallon is 3.7 liters, a euro is about 1.17 usd. Do the math.
@lukask7445
@lukask7445 10 ай бұрын
11:23 it is because healthcare in Europe is strongly regulated and no one can bill you an amount read in stars, it's a matter of official price list which probably (don't know details in Germany) is the same for services paid over the desk and paid by German insurance keeping prices low is possible thanks to general health insurance and negligible risk of unpaid bill for any med procedure if a significant part of patients have no insurance the risk of unpaid debts increases so increased prices for others have to compensate this risk... and at the same time increases that risk of unpaying bills so you have $900 for the same thing that costs 20 in Europe
@VenoXj1
@VenoXj1 10 ай бұрын
I'm German and I can tell you, that his experience about waiting at the doctors office and also the emergency room is actually way less than usual. I've countless times waited an hour or two at the doctors office when I had no appointment. Whenever you make an appointment, it tends to be quick, yes. If you check in without having an appointment, you are lucky if you can even wait because a lot of the time it's already filled with peoples appointments but if they aren't full you can wait, you will wait a long time though. For the emergency room it just depends for how many emergencies there are, quite obvious I guess. But when you for example break your foot or whatever at the weekened and have to go to the emergency room at a hospital in the middle of like Saturday night, you can also easily wait 4 hours.
@PropperNaughtyGeezer
@PropperNaughtyGeezer 10 ай бұрын
Yes, you wait forever. Once you've been treated it goes relatively quickly, but if not, you'll have to get an appointment with a specialist first. The cardiologists are now making appointments for next fall and most are no longer accepting new patients. They're all totally overcrowded. I'm currently undergoing chemo and always get appointments for a whole month, which I then have to complete. I only have to pay the prescription fees. Was 80€ last month. In any case, I don't have to cook meth like Walter White to pay for chemo.
@Esther-1
@Esther-1 10 ай бұрын
I have similar experience here in the Netherlands
@Grigeral
@Grigeral 8 ай бұрын
I'd say it's quick for the UK too, but it does happen. I've been in and out of a no-app xray before in less than 30 mins. Never usually wait 2 hours though, generally it gets like that when it's at the very peak times though as I understand it.
@DJRaffa1000
@DJRaffa1000 10 ай бұрын
Here in Germany, it's kind of a mixed bag for your wait times. If It's acute but not life-threatening, you go to your "local doctor" (in German it's "Hausarzt", basically a doctor that is responsible for your local area and does general examinations to then decide if a specialist is needed or mild painkillers and time to heal) and there you likely wait ~15-45 minutes to see your doctor. If it's acute and maybe life-threatening, you call an ambulance or if you are close go to the emergency room and there you are assessed based on priority (heart attack patients bump your broken limb down the waiting list etc.) but generally It's also not too bad for waiting time. However, appointment for specialists can really take months. I am in treatment for sleep apnea and from when I phoned the specialist doctor because of the recommendation, to the actual appointment there to get checked out in a sleep lab it took around 2 months (with 1 pre-examination, but still) And at the moment I have high blood pressure and my local doc gave me a recommendation to get my kidneys checked if they don't get enough blood. And this appointment also takes over 1 month despite it being quite seriously if my kidneys don't get enough oxygen. For your explanation of the recommendations, it's basically a slip of paper where your info is printed on alongside the title of the specialist medical field he refers you too, and his first step diagnosis from where they can take on. So basically it's your personal information + "Angiologie" (for a kidney specialist) + the diagnosis of high blood pressure and the recommended next steps like "look for a blocked artery to the kidneys", but that's all done in medial jargon.
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