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[@robertadavies4236]

Just a sidenote: "Hospital beds" is the standard measure of hospital capacity. A "bed" means the capacity to care for one patient, which includes not just the physical bed but also equipment, supplies, doctors, nurses, orderlies, etc. If a hospital has to close off a wing because it doesn't have the staff to keep it running, the physical beds in there don't count as working capacity.

[@jishani1]

that's standard terminology in the US, the dude making the video is a moron.

[@etienne8110]

It s also used as a metric because it is a better reflection of what your system can take care of. (Better than the nurse or doctor per capita) It predicts how well your health system can fare against crisis (like a recent pandemic for ex) USA had one of the highest death ratio during covid because they lacked beds. Countries with far less material hut just beds, nurses and doctors did better. Some were even able to développe a vaccine quicker than the USA (russia, cuba etc..) because they had the research teams, doctors etc .. Beds per capita are a proxy for the average invest in the health system.

[@MoMsUuH]

Exactly. It doesn't mean just beds. It means how many patients they can take care of at the same time. In America there is so many people so they need much more beds than other European countries. But as everyone expected there is not enough beds for patients and that will affect on the quality of care. Patients need to be cared faster so they can get new patients in. But it also means that they need to do their work faster and might need to skip some important examinations or treatments. And because everything is so expencive many people need to skip treatments etc. because they don't have money for it. So thats why American health care is not that effective because the treatments are there but people can't afford them. Or they don't have enough time to do the treatments because there is patients in the line to the same bed. I live in Finland and it doesn't matter how little money you do have, you will always get even the most expencive treatments if you need it.

[@Ezekiel903]

another side note, most millionaires came from foreign countries bcz they don't have to pay high taxes! Musk is a good example, that's why the US has a high average wage, in reality it's very worst!

[@JessRansdellSmith]

When my kiddo was 6 years old he was hit by a car. Thankfully, it was a very slow moving car and he only suffered some scrapes and a slight concussion. The two minute ambulance ride to the hospital cost us $1000. When we got the itemized bill...$100 for the teddy bear they gave a six year old to help keep him calm.

[@bjornh4664]

My wife moved to Sweden from the US in 2016. In 2021, she suffered a brain hemorrhage. She ended up in one of the top neurosurgical clinics in Northern Europe, and was in intensive care for four weeks. The cost was about $8,800 a day, and she was transported by helicopter as it was an emergency. What did we pay? $50 or so. Best return of my taxes ever,

[@ashleygoggs5679]

if that was in america you would be better of if she sadly passed, becuase the debt would have been excruciating. America is the only healthcare system i can think of in which you get life saving surgery only to get a recipt and wish you died on the table.

[@petragrevstad2714]

I don’t know you or your wife, but as a Swede, I’m happy too, I hope she’s ok now 🙌🏻❤️.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

I do believe that you've paid your fair share of taxes in the meantime. But just the fact that you're not hit by a 400'000€ bill all of a sudden makes it worth. Let me guess, the $50 was because you stayed with her and ordered food at the hospital? In Denmark patients eat for free, relatives can get food at cost price. The expenses we have at hospitals are so cute and cuddly compared to what we observe happens in the US. Today it's in fact exactly 4 years since my second child was born 😊 the midwives that received us were all dressed up for new years and they were so nice and in party mode despite being at work this day. We missed the fireworks, but had great company.

[@besticouldget]

I broke my leg about 6 months ago and everything cost me about 400€ including taxi rides and everything (finnish dude)

[@Snakejaguar.]

Is that the cost you didn't have to pay because you have insurance or something or is that how much it would be in the US?

[@AldWitch]

"Hospital beds" is not a question of counting items of furniture. It is a shorthand way of measuring available hospital services. It includes the cost of staffing and other services needed.

[@Qkano]

Absolutely- My local county hospital had almost no "beds" but had whole wards - containing actual beds - empty. But they were not serviced (no staff).

[@jeanmariem626]

And to add, for Ryan's benefit, this is a standard measurement around the world. This is how we all measure hospital services. In beds.

[@ceu160193]

@@jeanmariem626 Have some mercy on users of freedom measuring system.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Just a way to measure "capacity" since not all hospitals can service the same number of people.

[@CERISTHEDEV]

I think the guy did not live in the pandemic era cmon every day news said that there where not enough HOSPITAL BEDS for everyone getting sick

[@FabrizioArosio]

Fun fact: In Italy, the vast majority of ambulance drivers are volunteers. Usually there are so many people willing to save lives for free that it is difficult to join the team, and shifts are taken to allow everyone to participate.

[@herrrorschach590]

well our ambulances have crazy engines 🤩 so it's funny to drive them 😎

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

Same in my country.

[@DanielFlonnster]

And they drive the ambulances as if they were driving for Scuderia Ferrari at Monza. Its fun to watch.

[@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609]

That is heartwarming.

[@geoffpriestley7310]

It's nice to have people who care and aren't just there for the money

[@maja973ptb2]

I've seen this epic comment once, can't remember where but it does sum up US and our(European) health care system differences rather well: 'If Braking Bad was filmed in Europe It would end after 1 episode since Walter would go to hospital and get treatment he needed and got cured' :)

[@loganmaximus2160]

That's a load of shit though in reality. You don't get better cancer treatment in Europe. Everybody knows that. If Mick Jagger had cancer, he wouldn't fuck around with the UK healthcare system in any way. He would IMMEDIATELY be on a plane to the US for his care.... JUST like he did when he had heart issues. The whole notion that somehow the medical care in Europe is better is pure fiction.

[@julianapalm]

The health system in Brazil has many issues. However, in 2005, my uncle had prostate cancer, which was detected at an early stage, thanks to regular check-ups. He underwent chemotherapy, surgery, and is now cured. All of this was provided free of charge. I hope that in the United States, everyone will have a public healthcare system in the future.

[@helenoliver3689]

That is SO true! Made me laugh :-) (Wales, UK here)

[@Winona493]

​@@helenoliver3689Me as well, from Germany. 😢

[@Project2457official]

@@julianapalm and what did Trump call Brazil again? a shithole country? if Brazil is a shithole country and does healthcare far better than America then what the fuck does that make America? American exceptionalism is beyond brainrot

[@RossJames-i6s]

"They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it' -George Carlin.

[@henkholdingastate]

The fact that an ordinary doctor can become a millionaire and a system of bonuses if you prescribe more medicines does not really help to set up a good system. Rather, it proves that those things that everyone depends on should not fall into the hands of commerce. Commerce always says: we can do the same for less money. That's just a lie to make money. And commerce often breeds scams/corruption.So often is not the same as always. I recently heard that Americans often have to work unpaid overtime otherwise they will be dismissed via the dramatic hire and fire system... my ears fell off my head. And people who are in service and have to work for 2 dollars an hour... abolish that tip system. It's a mystery to me why people want to do this

[@vihreelinja4743]

It is the american dream as only americans belive it.

[@yunnailavayen5574]

🤔🤔🤔👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🗽🗽

[@LuvHrtZ]

Most people dream when they sleep... ;-)@@vihreelinja4743

[@astranger448]

"Imagine how stupid the average person is then realize half of all people are stupider than that" also George Carlin.

[@kvernesdotten]

7:58 - At least in the EU, that is a standard metric for healthcare capacity. They say "bed" but what they really mean is how many "spots" or people the system can handle. My local hospital was talking about "expanding by 500 beds" a while ago, that means building a new wing, hiring all the people needed and buying all the equipment needed.

[@Songfugel]

💯%

[@streaky81]

It's a standard OECD measure. I'm not a big fan of it though, there's a push in the more developed countries to not have people treated in hospitals, because hospitals are where people - particularly the elderly - go to die. And by that I mean once you fall and break your hip or some such many people end up never leaving hospital, and certainly too often never end up going home. The idea is that you treat people you can at home and everybody is better off and people don't pick up (or spread) viruses and infections they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to, maintain their independence, support systems and whatnot and have better outcomes. When you do that you need less hospital beds in your system - it's a feature not a bug, in theory.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@streaky81 We've just recently seen why beds are an important measure. Because something like the pandemic can fill those beds in a hurry. And when the beds run out, people die - maybe not even from the pandemic, but for example from a traffic accident they could not be treated for because the hospital was already at capacity. That's double plus ungood.

[@streaky81]

@@KaiHenningsenexcept we know that isn't true - we know healthcare systems were admitting people for the hell of it. What ran out, like legitimately ran out in some countries, was intensive care beds, oxygen supplies, things like that: intensive care beds is actually a standard OECD measure too, it's been measured for many years. Also what's the good of a bed if you have nobody to staff it? My point is I think of all the measures, that is one of if not the most useless one. What's oxygen storage per capita like, how many staffed intensive care beds do you have per capita, what are you doing to keep people out of hospital in the first place - those are your recent pandemic useful measures, not how many beds you have. Here's an example: you can have a relatively high general beds per capita measure, even high staffing of nurses, but all your beds could be filled with elderly people who could otherwise be treated at home with a twice-daily nursing visit to check your figures, change a dressing, make sure you're eating and then leave, or you could have a low number of beds but be doing all of those things and have actually quite low utilisation of your actual beds and a healthier population who live longer and are less disabled. The doctors per capita one is a bad stat too - what happens if you have a high doctor per capita figure, but it turns out they're all brain surgeons and dermatologists and most of the time they're not really doing a whole lot?

[@TheHestya]

@@streaky81 That's thwe whole point. It's not furniture that beds refer to. It's staff, equipment. But yes, the healthcare is directly linked and dependant on the social care sector. Which is what you are referring to. I strongly believe the funding of them should be united and combined at all times for the very reason. But the politicians get to brag about new hospital wings that still haven't been built and ignore the raising issues with care needs not being met, an aging population and are actively fighting against immigration, which has for decades been alleviating the problem.

[@random.3665]

15:40 "Its because, you know, America is pretty charitable country." ...No, Ryan, thats not the reason why 1 in 3 Gofoundme pages are about medical bills. Its because, in a country as rich as the US, normal people have to beg strangers for money in order for the society that they help support and maintain everyday not simply let them die in the streets like a friggin animal. There is exactly nothing charitable about that, trust me on that one.

[@JohnDoe99827]

we are "charitable" because rich fucks create charities to skirt around taxes. like on paper we are but none of the people who need it get it. i agreee with you

[@RotalHenricsson]

@@yt_n-c0de-r the cope is cringe innit

[@LadyHeathersLair]

I am actually wondering why Mary Lou Retton had to use a Go Fund Me to pay for her bills.

[@badgerbane]

Henning Wehn once said that charity begins where government fails (paraphrased slightly). Can't really argue against that.

[@johntitor414]

yep, i cringed so hard there, like dude its just 1 in 3 Gofundme pages are about medical bills not 1 in 3 Successful gofundme pages, all there people in those 1 in 3 who fails to win the petty campign just dies without treatment

[@EdwinMartin]

About healthcare not being effective: if people don’t get healthcare because it’s too expensive, it’s not effective.

[@tubelious]

and it is not effective when the whole system is up and running to create capital for the companies - it is absurd and silly to even measure the effectiveness of such setup, if it was effective ( Money in = outcome of service), the companies would not profit!

[@EdwinMartin]

@@tubelious Interestingly, here in the Netherlands, heath care providers like hospitals *are* for profit organizations. It's mandatory for each citizen to pick an insurer, which costs around €/$ 130-150 per month. So each December, many people take a look whether there is a better deal and possibly change insurer. The insurer makes deals with the heath care providers and makes sure prices are low. So health care is not free, the providers are for profit, but competition is baked into the system which keeps prices pretty low.

[@tubelious]

@@EdwinMartin Here in Finland we also, unfortunately, have big corporations running healthcare nowadays, but they are mostly servicing cities and municipalities, who are then catering the services to citizens. We do have options to get private insurances for healthcare services, but many have such via our employees. Healthcare in general is covered from our social service tax.

[@marcromain64]

@@EdwinMartin It's all a question of balance: If profits are not possible, there is a lack of providers. If profits are not capped, it will become unaffordable for many patients. If the services to be provided are not specified, quality suffers because providers save on services in order to still make a profit despite capped prices. All of these controls need to be constantly recalibrated; as well as distribution of costs/burdens.

[@carstenhuitsingh2239]

That's why there is so much bureaucracy, because in such a system, everyone wants a piece of the pie. And the bigger, the better. Bureaucracy tries, though control, to keep the spending in check. The problem is, beaucracy has become a thing on it's own , doctors , who should be treating patients, are as much or more time lost on red tape, justifying what they spend.

[@philipberthiaume2314]

I'm a data analyst trained in economics. Unfortunately, the US is a functional oligarchy. The diversion of earnings to the top ten percent does not exist in any other developed country.

[@jensartz2880]

Sadly spot on.

[@bugfisch7012]

Yeah, but technicly countries like the Netherlands are even worse in this point, economicly, because of the dynasty forming capitalism, where they basicly reached the endgame as the earliest adopters - but still have a working society. I don't think, this is the only root of it. There are cultural problems as well - the more and more cultish believe of destructive individualism as a value for example. From a more social-cultural perspective ;) For example if we look at healthcare, we simply have a long tradition of community driven healthcare in Europe carried by the churches. Care about society, not just one self is a pretty fundamental part of European cultures. Look at Germany, where Bismarck did set up the social insurance system including health- and national pension system. And I would argue, he's not under suspicion to be a socialistic Humantarian ;) The society forced it out of a cultural understanding of society itself.

[@deanblaze-h5e]

You mean undeveloped third world nation that is the USA

[@tuck129]

not true and diversion of earnings is good

[@philipberthiaume2314]

@@tuck129 please don't take comfort because u don't understand. Wealth concentration in the US is destroying the country. Almost half of the entire work force is earning under the federal minimum wage forcing many to work multiple jobs to survive. While wage parity has been an issue in the developed world, it is near disastrous in the US. 2022 wages are equivalent to those earned in 1968. The upper one percent saw an increase of retained earnings of $50 trillion since the 1980's and Reagan's dismantling of the New Deal while the remaining 99% saw less than 16. Lastly, working ppl in the US are robbed of wages that they would have received before 1975, or today in another country.

[@semiramisubw4864]

as a child i wanted to migrate to the US, as an Adult i realized how dumb i was and how hollywood movies portraits the US is literally propaganda lmao

[@7Rendar]

The US is an amazing country to live in if you have enough money to live in the nice neighborhoods and pay for the good services. For everyone else... not so much.

[@Ronnet]

​@@7Rendarby that standard most of the world is an amazing place to live in 😂

[@jishani1]

good, stay in your country. we're the country in the world with the highest immigration numbers as it is. considering everyone wants to live here (yourself included) it's nice to have people who honestly think things are better in their own country. they aren't, but if it makes you feel good enough about not being here to stay in your own country that's terrific.

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@jishani1 lmao. im from germany and we have the second highest immigration numbers sadly. Just wanted to tell that many kids here in their childhood got spoiled for the US and after growing up people realized that it isnt worth at all going over. Dont wanna get randomly shot or even eat that poison that they call food over there.

[@Mtlkat77]

@@jishani1 they only want to move the cause its to far to go anywhere else from mexico.

[@和久井淑子-v2e]

What US calls worker's ”benefits”, we (all other developed countries and numerous developing/under-developed countries) call worker's ”rights” because they are guaranteed by laws and obligations of either the employers or social security-like system to provide to workers.

[@Henoik]

Not even workers rights...a lot of these rights are written into the European Human Rights Convention and are thus considered basic human rights. Like, the right to strike, or the right to organise...

[@SuperMurxus]

@@Henoik And then they proceed to call "Right to Work" which does not mean the obligation to employ but the privilege to deny work freely, to fire at will.

[@Henoik]

@@SuperMurxus In the EU? Nah, most European countries are very strict on labor laws. In Norway, for example, the employer needs a real good reason to fire you. It can't be because "You didn't hit the KPIs for a couple of months". It either needs to be gross negligence or a restructuring of the organisation.

[@SuperMurxus]

@@Henoik The US is the nation with the 'Right to Work' - that term is never used in any other country. I thought that was self-explanatory.

[@fosterfortnite4967]

I'm a brit. I used to work with a fella from utah. Been living here 5 years. I remember him saying since moving he realised the USA was the least free country in the free world. And he and his family had never been healthier and happier. Not just because of NHS. Better food quality. Better public services. Better local infrastructure. Better working conditions. Oh, and he felt a hell of a lot safer. He never put USA down as such but said he'd never live there again. America. The greatest country on earth. ?

[@Kramplarv]

It is amazing how bad USA must be then, because UK (england part of it at least) is the USA of Europe. :)

[@chadmonk-po5yj]

@michaelrogers2080 how about more self made millionaires and billionaires top tech companies oh best universities in the world as well as doctors who come from all over the world oh many europeans move into a town I live in and love like the UK Ireland Germany Greece Italy etc

[@chadmonk-po5yj]

@@Kramplarv It's not bad yes the Healthcare needs changes but in job market housing market and university education top notch rhe guy lived in Utah Mormon country what do think when a state is very religous even though it's a beautiful state . You guys don't know is the federal government dies not have to do universal health states can ha e their own health care system implemented California New York Pennsylvania Washington etc have that same as many states are pushing to pass bills for state university student who live in the state lower tuition or free on their income bracket

[@JeroenJA]

​@Kramplarv yep, i still cant comprehend how many mc do, burger kings and subways where so extremely close to each other in London! Luckely there where omtions like eating asian and such too! I still don't get how 2 McDonald's 400 meters apart could both generate enough reveneu to survive BOTH in a clearly expensive rental environment

[@chadmonk-po5yj]

Freedom really if you complain online about immigration you get a visit from the police and you can not protect yourself no 2 amendment but a Palastinian put a Palastinian flag on big Ben and you are paying for migrants free health care and housing and their welfare checks while they openly hate you yeah I will stick to rhe U.S

[@radante]

I'm born and I live in Romania, allegedly a country with a disastrous medical system. In 1997 my father had a job opportunity to move to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania together with our family, but we refused by voting 3 to 0 against this, despite the salary would be ten times higher. Meanwhile my mother had ovarian cancer in 2009 and breast cancer in 2020. She got surgeries and advanced medical treatments, everything for free right in our city, saving her life. I can only imagine what would have happened if the vote had been the other way around.

[@Andrea-cq6eg]

Dude, similar story. Dad had cancer, and he looked for doctors both in country and abroad. In the end, the only doctor with enough balls to do the most risky ass surgery was Constantine Ciuce. My dad's alive and well. Also, we paid nothing for the surgery, or any of the chemo or radiotherapy. La finalul zilei, tot acasa-i cel mai bine.

[@lolololol7573]

I really don't care about a higher salary when you have to fear for your life once it catches up to you. Something will happen sometime. There's not enough money for the vast majority to carry that burden alone. I'm good with my average but comfortable income, but also the security nets of affordable health care, if I lose my job I won't lose my house, if I get sick I still get paid and I can stay in my house etc etc. That safety is priceless.

[@keineahnung5466]

It must also be said that most Americans have health insurance, but it usually only pays for a certain deductible, which can be several thousand dollars. With the prices, this is quickly reached, but ultimately you pay twice for health insurance that only prevents you from going bankrupt, but not the ongoing high costs of the healthcare system. Only state aid (for the poor and soldiers) really covers everything.

[@SatieSatie]

My family had plans to move to the US when I was young, and I'm grateful that it never happened, as I required multiple heart surgeries only a few years later (which we didn't have to pay for). I doubt that my congenital heart defect would have been detected in the US, considering the costs associated with the many ambulance rides, hospital stays, and various medical procedures necessary for diagnosis. Consequently, my life expectancy would have been only ~30 years. In a scary parallel universe, my American self should drop dead any time now.

[@kentonyte]

From France here, i don't know the level of your medical system, but i know the level of your doctors, lot of them work in my contry, they help population in areas where our young doctors don't want to move on (poorer areas or countryside) very professionals. However it's certainly a problem for your country to see these doctors going outside.

[@petergeyer7584]

I live in Germany. A couple of years ago, my teenage daughter tore her ACL. She had multiple MRIs, surgery (within 2 weeks of the injury) with one of the top knee specialists in Europe, and a year of physical therapy. Total out of pocket: €20 for the cost of the ambulance to and from surgery, and she was back playing sports within 7 months of the injury. That‘s on public insurance.

[@profanepersonality]

We won't even call the ambulance because that alone can be up to $3000 for a ride to the hospital. The average cost for an ambulance ride in 2022 was $1410.

[@jimlahey8210]

Canada's Healthcare system is complete sht.

[@JoseRodriguez-lo9wi]

​@jimlahey8210 why?

[@jstuckless]

@@JoseRodriguez-lo9wi They're either an American that feels the need to shit on Canada because they don't want to admit they're not the best, or an entitled ungrateful Canadian that doesn't know how good they have it... just ignore and move on. I'm Canadian and I love our healthcare system. (sure it has flaws, but nothing is perfect)

[@JoseRodriguez-lo9wi]

@@jstuckless totally understand

[@ainohautamaki2648]

Finland has low infant mortality, but there's a reason for it. It starts with every baby, regardless of parents income, getting a free "baby box" that has everything a baby needs to start their life. Clothes for various weathers, the box acts as a crib if needed, books a parent can read to bond with the baby, and so on. Add a high number of days of parenting leave, regular visits to doctor who will check that the baby is growing and developing well, answers questions parents might have, and most importantly the low threshold of taking your child to see a doctor if you suspect something *might* be wrong rather than waiting until they're not breathing because it costs so much you have to choose between doctor visit and buying food.

[@ivarub1017]

What's the tax rate in Finland? There's no free lunch baby

[@ivarub1017]

Plus who wants to live in Finland. Population about 5 millions, and the Finland is a big territory

[@ainohautamaki2648]

@@ivarub1017 I pay around 45% of my income as direct and indirect taxes and fees. A lot of it is based on how much you consume and use, such as taxing fuel, alcohol and so on. Higher income people also pay a higher %. If you ask around, people here are fine paying taxes (at least for now) for things we get in return. Most feel like it's a good trade. And if not, it's easy to move within EU these days to find a different balance of things (more money left over from your work, but more homeless people around etc). 👍

[@ainohautamaki2648]

​@@ivarub1017 Anyone who enjoys population of 5 million and a big territory for it would want to.

[@dfuher968]

@@ivarub1017 Spoken like a true American. Who has probably never been outside his own state, let alone country.

[@7rob27]

America is not the richest country in the world. America is the country with the most rich people in the world. That’s a huge difference.

[@ets2atstruckermartin527]

and the "richest" countries in europe as many depts with more many poor and people with depts - rich with depts

[@marcromain64]

@@ets2atstruckermartin527 Please do the whole thing again in understandable English. Or at least somewhat meaningful in _any_ language.

[@thomasdalby8420]

I think the richest country per capita is norway.and it's a social democracy.

[@MP-jy5ic]

​@@thomasdalby8420because of oil

[@kennethburridge862]

@@ets2atstruckermartin527 How wrong you are ..US as a country is one of the ones with the highest debts in the world (much much higher that most European ones) and the same goes for there population ..a simple google search will provide you with that information..try it next time.

[@ciphercircel16]

I honestly cant understand why anyone would willingly live in the USA

[@Noksus]

Only the absolute rich do because it enables them to continue to maintain their riches with the absolute corrupt system. The victims of that system really don't have a choice, as it would require a lot of money to be able to get out. It's a self sustaining system of misery.

[@elalcazar7374]

It´s all a matter of perspective. There are two for who it makes sense. The ultra rich or people from countrys, where the living conditions are worse. For example someone from poor country like bangladesh or a war torn country would obviously prefere the USA. But most of Europe, Australia, Japan and South Korea have better systems for your avarage citizen.

[@DrIstoris]

If you’re an engineer, a doctor, or any other professional - it is the best place to live in.

[@buddy1155]

@@DrIstoris Why? you will have to start your career with a $300K debt.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

@@DrIstoris It really isn't. I could almost give it had you added "that only knows English", but even then, you can manage living with only speaking English in a lot of places, including a ton of places that actually make sure you can take your allowed annual leave and other benefits.

[@sarahphilpot3300]

I lived in the US for a few years and had ‘top’ medical insurance through the bank I worked for. The dental work I had was unnecessary/shoddy and needed removal when I came back to the UK. The doctor removed a ‘cancerous’ mole on my back that turned out to just be a birth mark and I was ‘diagnosed’ with a scary mental health issue via a 20 word questionnaire because I went to the docs feeling a bit low.. The medication they wanted me to take was dangerous. Turns out it was the menopause. I am also so glad I didn’t have a heart attack because my policy didn’t allow me to have more than one in a 12 month period (Jan to Dec). What a load of rubbish.

[@EndertheWeek]

When the system is all about profit then I would imagine this happens a lot. Look at all the rich people that have such awful plastic surgery, Madonna and Mickey Rourke (and his mum) immediately come to mind.

[@LilLingLing6789]

Why are you lieing For 1 you can't work in America until after 3 years and then you need a sponsor to guarantee they can look after you as you're not aloud a job Nice try 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Oyasumi52]

@@LilLingLing6789 I am American but have a British born wife I married whilst serving in the Navy in the UK. we moved to the US after my discharge and just with her green card she got a job within weeks of settling into our US home and worked there for the 8 years before we moved back to the UK where we are still living as I type this. The difference in medical treatment between both countries is like night and day. 😋

[@Gwennedd]

@@LilLingLing6789 , more to the point...why are you so ignorant of your country's immigration policies? Or how to spell? I'm a Canadian and even I know US immigration law better than you.

[@Sweetlyfe]

@@LilLingLing6789She was obviously employed by an international bank, therefore the bank gets the green card for that worker before they even get there, they’re sponsored by the multinational corporation. Simple.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

8:58 Why higher infant mortality rates? Could it be because giving birth in a hospital costs over $30000 while it costs the parents nothing elsewhere?

[@whatbooks7908]

I used to live in the US, but I moved to Denmark. When someone asked me what I miss about America, I felt I had to say something, so I said 'sports.' and that even was kind of a lie.

[@Polytrout]

Yeah well, sports are probably the nearest thing to the truth though.

[@james.telfer]

How about 'obeseity'? 😄

[@Viconius]

That's funny, I said that about Germany when I was asked what I missed there. Though in reality, you can find good German food in the US, but it's not everywhere and the place is so darn huge, and the football/soccer league is not nearly as good.

[@Chamieiniibet]

Being able to go shopping without taking a day off for that?

[@littlerave86]

@@Chamieiniibet Now that's an interesting point. Most people living in the US live in suburbs of large cities, with rows upon rows of nothing but the same house. So, if those people want to go shopping, they have to take their car and make a several hours trip to some place that offers shopping opportunities, which is, of course, very time consuming but since shops are open 24/7, that doesn't really matter (well, to the consumers at least, workers might be a different story). In Europe, most shops close in the evening (the exact time depends on the store itself and its location but most close at either 8 or 10 pm), and are completely closed on Sundays (in Germany, we sometimes have special Sundays, where shops are open but... nobody really needs that). Of course, it varies from country to country but that's the general gist. However, since there are no US-style suburbs around pretty much anywhere, people either work or live close to some shopping opportunities, because those are more spread out and sprinkled around where people work and live. Thus, you can easily go take a shopping pause from your way home post work and spend some hours in several stores before any of them closes, you don't have to make much of a trip. I've never had to take a day off for shopping in my life, it's absolutely not needed. ;)

[@CM-ey7nq]

He's prone to satire and perhaps hyperbole, as others have pointed out, but two things that should never be for proft: 1 - Prisons. 2 - Healthcare.

[@timmorales4331]

And 3 - education.

[@Daniel-yl8y]

4 - Water.

[@Valfodr_jr]

@@Daniel-yl8y Yeah, tell that to he Nestlè company, lol

[@sidlerm1]

You wish

[@HankD13]

The Tax industry always amazes me.

[@101steel4]

My cousin married an American woman and lived with her for a decade. He recently came home to England to retire. 10 years of work work work aged him enormously. The toxic food didn't help either. He'll spend his remaining years relaxing in Cornwall, while the Americans he worked with, will carry on working until the day they die. The American dream 🙄

[@goddesssalem4842]

A great man once said. it's called the american dream, because you need to be asleep to believe it.

[@AussiePom]

The American work ethos is alive and well here on YT with work work work. You can't take a break and go on holidays because if you do then subs decrease, views decrease and you lose MONEY so you must continue with the American work ethos of working continuously without a break. The sensible ones are the ones who do YT as a sideline and have a full time day job to earn their money.

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

May he enjoy many Cornish Teas!

[@angulion]

Higher infant mortality in USA likely is due to women giving birth at home due to cost and having complications. USA does not have a healthcare system, it has a healthbusiness system.

[@AkyJLa_]

healthbusiness is the most precise decribment of this shit.

[@massisanti3109]

My brother, just out of 2 months in hospital, 2 operations, heart and liver, 6 weeks of antibiotics and is finally home. No cost. Salary received from work 100%. In Italy.

[@aidanclarke6106]

The problem is not rich people per se, but the fact that they and companies are allowed to "donate" as much as they want to politicians effectively turning the USA into a plutocracy.

[@michalandrejmolnar3715]

Yes! Join the fight for constitutional amendment against Citizens United!

[@AvroBellow]

Go back and read what you just said, but slowly. You literally just said that the problem isn't rich people and then proceeded to say that the problem IS rich people but not in so many words. If rich people donated to politicians that would be good for the well-being of the American people, this situations wouldn't exist. Therefore, the problem IS rich people per se.

[@andersrefstad8235]

Don't think AIPAC'S First concerne is poor kids in USA

[@timithius]

Doesn't that make rich people the problem? For decades, America has been funneling the country's wealth upward, and redistributing it among the billionaire class and their corporations. I'm curious... has any of that trickled down to YOU yest? They'll tell you that redistributing the wealth is evil communism, while redistributing the wealth among themselves. I've been watching this for 40+ years, and am always surprised that Americans haven't figured this out yet.

[@hrv5385]

@@AvroBellowsupporters of nationalization when said parties don’t even need donations anymore and are self sustainable and establish a one party dominant system which turns their country into a dictatorship but obviously just say it’s the rich people’s fault without bringing up actual solutions maybe like changing the political system

[@fmartin09]

I am American but was born in Madrid, Spain and have top insurance coverage in the US. I was diagnosed with a auto immune desease 2 years ago but kept getting worse to the point I could not hardly walk. My US doctors kept on changing my medication but continued to deteriorate. My brother who is a physician in Madrid asked me to get on the first flight to Spain. They found out that on top of my auto immune desease I had a deadly bacteria and a virus. They hospitalized me immediately and kept me hospitalized to 22 days running countless expensive procedures (including colonoscopies.) The hospital looked like a 4 star hotel with amazing doctors, nurses, and food. My cost? $0. Yes, even the expensive medication ($1,000/per injection 1x month) is included. Why? Just because I was born in Spain, a country that has amazing free health care. I never worked on contributed a dime towards Spain's social security, but they saved my life for free. How about them apples?

[@sct4040]

I would start contributing to the Spanish social security, which f that is an option due to the sense of moral obligation.

[@nenadpopov3601]

Idk why do you still live in US??

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@sct4040 The reason healthcare is universal in Spain is not moral obligation, it is because in Spain there are a lot of tourists and a lot of illegal immigrants, and health is something that is cheaper the healthier everyone is, so it cost less to care everyone than to put filters on who gets care. Health breeds health, disease breeds disease. And if you breed disease, treating or preventing it is more costly, so it is more cost effective to just treat everyone and put as many preventive measures as possible. In fact this is the reason why healthcare is one of the very few things that is more efficient in the government hands than in private ones, governments that have to pay for healthcare have an incentive to make good healthcare and good laws for health in general so that they can spend less money on health. They have a vested interest in quality healthcare and healthy people. It is paid by taxes but for goverments taxes are their money and they rather spend it on something else or reduce them to get votes, so if they are forced to be the primary caregiver of health by law, they are monerely incentivize to make good healthcare and laws that are good for health.

[@frederickdiaz6683]

Dude you can't be that naive, somebody is paying. Nothing is free! 🤦

[@ellie-oaks]

@@frederickdiaz6683dude, stop bitching about people saying the something is free. Everyone pay taxes everywhere. If you use it or not. You pay taxes for everything. I don’t know if you saw the video. But in USA people pay more then a lot of other countries for almost nothing. 😑 So yeah. Is free. And the people who pay it is paying happy and with less burden on there back.

[@Henoik]

"In Norway, medical debt is almost unheard of." No.. It *IS* unheard of. It simply doesn't exist. If you cannot afford the $30 copay to go to the doctor, that bill simply gets annulled.

[@KamiNoBaka1]

I mean, debt from cosmetic procedures is still medical debt. I seriously doubt Norway's government is paying for people to get nose jobs and butt lifts.

[@RonBhattacharya]

I’m born and live in India, and the term “medical debt” I ever came across first was in the context of the US in 40 years of me in this planet. 😅 Never heard it before.

[@grahamsmith9541]

Hospital Beds is used as a common statement. But it includes the staff, nurses and doctors needed to support that bed.

[@wncjan]

I live in Denmark and paid around 42 % of my income when you combine income tax, sales taxes and other taxes. In 2019 I underwent a large cardiovascular surgery including several x-rays and ct scans and a yearly follow up at the hospital. Some months ago I had a back injury that made me visit my general practitioner 5 times, a reumatologist and a visit to the hospital. For these healthcare services I psid 0. My children paid nothing for college and university education and got a monthly allowance of $1000 for the first 6 years of studying. I have recently retired and now receive a general pension from the staten of around $ 2,000 per month beside what I get from my personal retriement fund. I definitely prefer living in the Danish "socialist" country than in capitalist USA.

[@jessbellis9510]

I wish Australia was more like Denmark. Instead the conservative party did their best to emulate the USA over the decade they remained in power here. At least they were basically wiped out in the past election.

[@tuck129]

dude calling USA capitalist hhahaahha

[@jishani1]

most weak minded people would, my man. having to be responsible for yourself is always going to be harder than having mommy look after you. but here we make more than you, even if you got to keep all of your taxes. and we pay less taxes than you on top of already making considerably more.. so what you do with the money is your own choice. unlike you, we have the freedom to choose. and like any choice, they can be good or bad depending on the ones you make.

[@Narapoia1]

You should probably watch the video, or do some of your own research before commenting more, so you stop saying untrue things and looking like an idiot.

[@Phelie315]

​@@jishani1 since standard of living and general happiness metrics are consistently higher in those nordic countries than they are in the US, I think we're fine with what you call "less freedom" (which is just American propaganda but whatever. Are you one of those people who thinks you're the only ones that have freedom of speech and stuff like that?). Being constantly threatened with homelessness and no social safety net is of course a great motivator to work, but it's also a huge health risk and creates a high wealth disparity, because it operates on scare tactics. I make more than enough money here in Europe to freely choose what to spend it on, have the amount of paid time off to actually enjoy spending it, while still having a safety net and no worries about being homeless or saddled with healthcare or college debt. Obviously there are flaws in every system, but I'm pretty happy with mine. You're happy with yours, apparently, so yay.

[@Callimachus33]

The term "bed", when talking about health systems, is a technical one, and doesn't refer only to the actual physical bed, but to everything needed to make that bed actually useful in a hospital, i.e. the physical bed, a physical space to place that bed, whatever medical supply and equipment is needed to treat a potential occupant of the bed, and whatever medical staff is needed to treat the potential occupant of that bed. So if you have two physical beds, but only space for one, then by this term you only have one bed. Same goes for staff - if you have ten beds, but only enough nurses to take care of 7, then you have seven beds. That is the standard terminology.

[@katdrexed]

was just about to write smt similar yeah

[@mattking68]

Thank you! That was driving me nuts. Felt like I was gonna end up in a mental institution. Which would be free here in the UK.

[@sweiland75]

Turning to crowdfunding to pay for your medical bills should never be seen as acceptable.

[@aesir26]

I live in Canada but my mother is from the United States. I've been in and out of the hospital pretty much all of my life and never had to pay a cent that wasn't already paid through taxes. Meanwhile my aunt chose to die rather than undergo treatment for Lymphoma because she couldn't afford it and didn't want to saddle her family with debt. Another aunt died about a decade earlier because she couldn't afford her medication. Canada's system definitely needs improvements and has its own downsides but I will always be grateful that I wasn't born in the US.

[@jishani1]

you'll be grateful until you get put on a waiting list for something you actually need and then find out if you want healthcare for your emergency right now you're gonna have to pay for it just like in the US.

[@Garagantua]

@@jishani1 What to you is the difference between "put on a waitlist", and "denied care by a non-medical insurance agent"? And do you think "postponing care" because you can't afford it feels better than being denied care when a doctor says it isn't necessary? And, sidenote: at least in germany it is usually possible to pay out of pocket for whatever you want, it's just very seldom used. But you'd have to pay the 200$ for an mri, not the 1100 in the us. Not to mention: emergencies usually don't get put on waitlists. If it's an emergency, you usually get treatment asap; only non emergency things have to wait for days/weeks/months. Example: Mom got to the hospital because we suspected a stroke; got in right away, had a nurse & hooked up to surveillance (bp, respiratory rate etc) in minutes, CT and MRT within hours of admission (and follow ups next day). But after a stroke was ruled out, they're now trying to figure out what lead to those stroke like symptoms; after a few other diagnostics that were done within hours/days, she now has to wait a few weeks for a full body scan. (Not the correct terms, because I'm not a health care professional and even if, I wouldn't disclose those).

[@PaulChillen]

​@@jishani1 someone enjoys talking out of his ass, obviously. In first world countries, you get necessary treatment. That's it. There's no board to decide, no dark room filled with scary socialists and a dice. A doctor says you need an operation, you get it. If something is not covered, something elective, you can always pay for it yourself, no one is prohibiting for-profit medical care. btw: it's very often much, much cheaper than even your out-of-pocket payments as an 'murican't. In the US, a for-profit corporation decides - based on their chances of winning in court - if they can get away with denying coverage for your ridiculously expensive treatment, after they've been getting your money perhaps for years and decades. If you just lost your job and the medical care it provided, and then you get cancer: you die. Or you sell everything you own and take in debt on top of it to pay out of pocket. And when the money runs our and your family is financially ruined for generations, you die. The brainwashing americans proudly present is bonkers. It doesn't matter how many facts, stats, examples and comparisons you present, they'll just repeat some obviously retarded mantra they heard in OAN and be happy about being exploited by their corporate overlords. I guess their own reality would otherwise be too depressing. It's kinda like russians just being sent to die in the cold in Ukraine, because that's their reality. No resistance, no questions. Resignation. If they get to believe to be dying for the motherland - instead for pootin's madness, they'll take it. Just like their american counterparts: accepting reality would be too depressing. Stay healthy!

[@rocketrabble6737]

​@@jishani1Is that what they are telling you about universal/socialist/government-run healthcare systems? If you require urgent, emergency care that is what you get! You also get all the follow-up care and convalescent care you need. At no point is ANYONE asking you for your funding/insurance details, or telling you which elements of your care are not covered by your insurance.

[@SwervingLemon]

​@@jishani1I know you've been taught that, but it simply isn't true. It's a lie, encouraged by the health care giants in the US. It behooves them to foster a fear of "socialized medicine" because there's less profit for them if we reject it.

[@davidloyd-hearn6551]

I am an American who lives in England and proud to work for the National Health Service. I really wish fellow Americans could enjoy the freedom Europe does.

[@pirimpallopirimpalli4932]

We have a hard-enough time keeping it that way in Europe. This madness of not wanting to have healthcare available is spreading.

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

If ppl would stop voting Republican, We just might!

[@pirimpallopirimpalli4932]

@@DennisTheInternationalMenace I disagree. I think what you need is more people voting Democrat. And possibly having a more varied political offer too. But the core problem is having so few people voting at all.

[@albertlugosi]

Oh but Britain has a king! How can you say there's freedom there? *Brits and Europeans laughing to themselves.*

[@davidloyd-hearn6551]

@albertlugosi the king has no real power, he is just a figurehead. I am an American, I have visited 46 countries and worked in 12. While there are many great things about the states, it is a 3rd world country with gucci bags. Many of the views the US have of the rest of the world were from during WWII and the 1950s. The world has caught up and in many ways surpassed the US

[@steveb7653]

I'm from the UK and we are moving towards the American way which scares me. My sister moved to America 20 years ago and fortunately she and her husband have good jobs and can afford health care but time off work is a joke. America maybe a rich country but the average worker isn't. The whole system is designed to make very few very rich while the rest of the population work to make the very few even richer. The happiest countries in the world work on a form of socialism and yet in America the population have been brainwashed by the ultra rich people and politicians that socialism is nasty....wake up America.

[@theflamingeagle572]

You don't have to pay for Healthcare

[@theflamingeagle572]

#1 A hospital cannot legally deny someone healthcare just because they can't pay. #2 Debt doesn't mean much. You can't really go to prison because of debt, all you have to do is tell the debt collector to never call back. #3 After a few years most debts are deleted from the system. #4 If you have a low enough income where you can't pay, then you can get medicaid and you'll have free Healthcare paid by federal and state. #5 If you are 65 and older or if you have certain disabilities or conditions then you will get medicare. It is a federal health insurance.

[@MRMC99999]

​@@theflamingeagle572 Still a terrible health system, basic health care should be a free right for everyone in dveloped nation's. Having to be in a certain catagory of people for health care is shocoking. Being an un healthy human should be enough to be treated or seen too by health care.

[@debbie541]

a socialist government and social programs are two different things.

[@tuck129]

Yes, stealing is nasty and u've been brainwashed that current merica isn't socialist. It's basically a sudo communist country with monopollies guarded by socialism and lack of free market at least in those areas often criticised as "the product of capitalism" xD

[@adpop750]

6:04 "i like to see a stat on that" 11 million children in the U.S. go to bed hungry on a regular basis. That number isn't surprising when about 40 million American live below the poverty line.

[@davidcooper5010]

Ryan, no one in the world thinks the USA is the land of prosperity. Only Americans think that. Fair enough, it used to be a land of opportunity. But, those days are long gone. If you love your son and your wife you should move to Australia as soon as you can. You need to prepare yourself for the inevitable. Your country is still a very strong country in terms of geopolitical and military influence however it has lost its way over the last 30 years. It is no longer the beacon of light it once used to be. I know it's uncomfortable hearing this however a true friend tells it how it is. Move now!!

[@Tony-c7z9t]

Yea! don't forget that back in the sixties the uk participated in the usa war game and nuked em, then did the same again on a rerun, just cus the yanks thought the first was a fluke, and us brits only used 8 yes that is correct eight bombers on each occasion

[@2727rogers]

Was it really ever that great of a beacon of light. Did it ever have the social programs to make the USA a civil society. I think not. The best the best thing that could happen to the USA is for it to become the 50 countries it truly is and not the one it pretends to be. Even better have the few progressive states join Canada. The ones that want universal health care for example.

[@peterward1698]

Ryan come to Canada it'll be easier to visit your extended family in the US.

[@gregc9344]

The problem for americans is, if they move out of their country they still need to pay tax to america. To make it even worse, if you move away on your own and then get married later in whichever other country you go to you need to declare their income so they can pay tax to america even if they’ve never even been there.

[@Juuzo]

I hope you also look at your own country and government more truthfully and see that it's not all sunshine and rainbows with the corruption in Australia. All countries have weaknessess. Don't get blinded by patriotism for your own country. That goes for every country.

[@oneworld1160]

With only two parties which are both financed by billionaires, what do you think will change? The idea that US could be a democracy is simply laughable.

[@Wilem35]

Only one party cares about the poor.

[@Creaserunner]

Why we need ranked voting and get rid of citizens United.

[@artephank]

Beds per 100k and infant mortality rate are usual metrics to compare healthcare internationally. The first one is a measure of how much the country actually invests in healthcare (bc like in USA per capita spending could be high, but actual effects not so much). Similarly infant mortality rate - since it is closely related to the quality of health care system it is often use to compare countries - since it is easily comparable and easy to calculate

[@oneworld1160]

@@Wilem35 Good joke🤣🤣🤣 If you mean the “Democrats”, they are moderate conservatives by any international comparison. They certainly only care for the rich.

[@bevhowell7665]

Politicians need to come from all walks of life

[@yumyummoany]

The infant and maternal mortality rate is probably because a lot of women who are poor and cannot afford insurance or to pay to have a baby in hospital and have ante natal care, have their babies at home. So, problems are not picked up, emergencies lead to death and misery.

[@kokkolintu3528]

Yes, not to mention no parental leave to take care of baby (and mother) after the birth, no baby box provided by the government to have baby clothes and diapers etc, no after-birth appointments with pediatrician to keep track of the baby's development and vaccines... Even before the pregnancy, no sex education to prepare young people for having kids/teach them about sex and STD:s...

[@ChristiaanHW]

And that's again a pretty typical US problem. In a lot of other countries it's common for mothers to deliver the child in their own homes, only if they expect complications to arise or if the mother wants to they go to the hospital to deliver the child there. But in those countries the parents (to be) get good care leading up to and after the birth so teh child and mother are as safe as they would be if it was born in a hospital.

[@matilija]

We are also the only western country that includes abortions in our infant mortality rate. There are reasons beyond just America bad that some of these stats work out, and some of those reasons are failure to report by countries that aren't America.

[@bararobberbaron859]

@@matilija Well yeah, because abortions aren't infants, they're between cells and fetus, plus abortions are less legal than they were before due to the overturning of Roe V Wade. That's like saying you count unicycles in the military vehicle fleet and pretending those that don't are the weird ones. We're not underreporting, we're just only reporting the relevant information. How very Christian conservative to count abortions as infant mortality incidents, yuck!

[@dominicbuckley8309]

@@matilija No it isn't. The infant mortality rate is calculated in exactly the same way - the number of deaths occurring in the first 12 months per 1000 *live births,* thus excluding abortion or still-birth. Thus it is a metric of neonatal complications, and of how well children are cared for *after* birth. In 2022, the US rate was 5.6 deaths per 1000 births, Russia had 4.8 deaths per thousand and the UK had 3.3 deaths per thousand.

[@rogaldorn3643]

21:52 Sorry Ryan, but this is an example of "Americans sucking at understanding and listening". When he's saying it's the worst health outcomes, it's more the fact people can't afford to see their doctor for preventable illnesses that progress to the point of death. The example story he gave was someone dying of pneumonia which can be treated with rest and anti-biotics, here in Ireland I can goto the doctors get diagnosed and have a perscription written up there and then and goto a pharmacy on the way home to pick up my meds and be treated. My costs totalling to how much fuel I have used. In the US you would do the same, goto the doctor's and get diagnosed and get your perscription.... If you have health insurance. If not you will owe tons of money at huge mark up's cause it's priced based on you having insurance cover the costs, so it's not worth going without insurance. So to make it simple, the worst health outcomes is people being too afraid to rack up huge debt for easily preventable illnesses that can lead to death if unchecked. Not just death, but people not getting treatment for more serious things and leaving it cause it would be too expensive. Worst health outcomes being people not getting treated. Whereas other countries people will still goto the doctors/hospital and get treated but still die.

[@dudoklasovity2093]

Ryan is famous for not understanding information in videos he’s commenting on. Many points they try to make just go over his head…sometimes it’s painful to watch him try make sense of the spoken word…

[@TheRealMarxz]

10:00 Australian here - got a cancer diagnosis, got sent for multiple tests including CT scans, results back in a few days, booked in with a world class oncologist, consulted, in for surgery with in 3 weeks of initial GP diagnosis, 2 years of follow up treatment, and on going examinations 3 monthly with the same oncologist, total cost so far after 3 years - about $250 USD - most of which was for parking at the hospital for out patient procedures and for additional cost in the ward (voluntary non essential such as getting a TV and internet) all of this while getting paid leave from a medium sized commercial enterprise 22:45 Per capita police killings the US comes in at 29 but if you look at the 28 countries with higher police killings per capita that's nothing to be proud of coming in even worse than countries that have travel alerts of "unsafe" like Mali, Sudan, and Rwanda, and countries like Australia (who has a figure I consider to be too high), India and Germany having a small fraction of the US's police homicide rate per capita, then you have Japan, not a small country population wise that frequently records ZERO police homicides per year along side Denmark, Iceland (which has only ever recorded ONE police killing in its history) and Switzerland.

[@ossit53]

Americans call it socialism, Europeans call it solidarity

[@JeroenJA]

Yep, you could see it as professionalization of your gofundme campaigns to help all people i. Simular financial situations, and start building up from there..

[@bugfisch7012]

Yeah, the US lacks a cultural part, that basicly laid down this fundament - and while I'm really not a fan of this as a whole, I have to grant em that: Europe had healthcare in the actual meaning of caring since centuries. The church carried it. But it became a major thing in European cultural understanding, that society also means caring about all people in this society. I mean, in Germany for example, Bismarck put the health system and social insurances into place. I would argue, he's not under suspicion to be a socialist or even just humantarian guy =D The destructive indivudalism cult in the US killed solidarity as a cultural concept.

[@kaiadomeit]

Thanks! for your sentence! I sometimes feel like the only one who thinks that way…made my day, thank you again!

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

No we dont. We call it bullshit!

[@tonygrinney7115]

It's a safety net. More taxes are paid but you know that if you have difficulty with health, loss of employment, old age, disability you will be covered for those eventualities. To what degree that saftey net helps depends from country to country but at least it is there. People understand the need for it. In USA there is a different attitude, "I'm not paying for someone who is sick when I am healthy, I'm not paying for someone's unemployment when I'm working, I'm not paying for someone's pension when I'm young, etc." It's accepted in Europe but it's not accepted in USA as it is seen as "paying for someone else" rather than guaranteeing their own welfare for the future.

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

I actually needed an ambulance desperately only last week. As there were no Ambulances free,they provided taxi service for me. It arrived very quickly,even though I live in the sticks and the taxi driver was amazing with me and got me there as fast as possible. Then I had immediate treatment and a bed on a ward . What more can you ask for. Anyone who complains about our NHS, need to go to the USA and experience their shocking system! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@101steel4]

Yes, my cousin has just returned to the UK form a decade of living in the US. An ear infection cost him nearly 200 dollars. He went to some "charity" clinic. Apparently that's cheap 🙄

[@RevStickleback]

The really sad thing is that governments in the UK are deliberately starving the NHS of funds to slowly run it down to the point where it becomes unfit for purpose, then they can bring in a insurance based system (and make money from it in the process). They have pretty much done it with the Royal Mail now, and they are at about the same place with the BBC. Successive governments push for lower taxes, pushing more things to the private sector, where they, and their well-connected friends and benefactors can benefit.

[@SuzieLady]

Agreed

[@Lugzexplo92]

I will stay in Canada if free

[@lohikarhu734]

I had a problem that prevented me from using train/bus to get to the specialized clinic (a very specialized university research clinic, @ €10/day), so I get transport by taxi, €250, for €10. Even in Canada, an ambulance ride for a few km costs $250+, but if you come *from another province* try $750+, if you need a helicopter $13,000!

[@Chatterscompany]

USA isn't rich because of hard work, but because of its geopolitics. When you have access to good mix of natural resources and trade and enough land and stuff, of course you're gonna have a good GDP. There are many countries where people slave away 12 hours a day hunting for pearls or mining sulfur or whatever. Those countries are not rich even though they work hard

[@CaptainFirefred]

Replace being "the richest country" with "using the highest amount of money" and you get a gist where the problem lies. Using a lot of money does not equal getting a lot of value, when the only interest is profit.

[@1etira01]

Fun fact: infant mortality rate is a great measure of a lot of things, since it is affected by so many factors. It's a great measure for how developed a country is

[@1etira01]

@@aaakkk112 as of the most recent counting, there are 5.342 deaths to 1000 births in the US. The count is for children who are just born to 1 year old. The number of deaths is steadily declining every year, and so far we see the same even after abortion bans were put in place. That doesn't mean it will stay like that, but these are the numbers so far

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@aaakkk112 Thats incorrect, afaik all states that have put in place abortion bans have exceptions for when there is a condition that is life threatening to the mother or it is certain the child wont live. Of course, it may be hard to get that diagnosis, especially if you cant afford healthcare.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@1etira01 The EU average is 3.4 and that is including a bunch of post-soviet countries that are quite poor and polluted. And Malta and Luxemburg for some reason have a higher than average infant mortality as well. Most EU countries are below 4. So apparently the USA is about as developed as Romania or Bulgaria according to your single metric.

[@1etira01]

@@TheSuperappelflap true, but the US was never known for its accessible healthcare system

[@lordoctron7422]

Id like to see detailed stats for the infant mortality... My bet is that the high rate results from a lot "high on crack/meth" ghetto/hood-moms not feeding the child for a week, or suffocating it because of the noise it makes, something that does not exist in most of Europe (because ghettos/hoods in Europe usually house Middle-Eastern people, Muslims, who are patriarchal and oppose drugs...)

[@marcomarcon5802]

I lived half of my life (to date) in Italy and the other half in Australia, I've never, ever heard of such thing as 'medical debt'

[@karizma8175]

Happy to have you residing here, in Australia, on unseeded Aboriginal land. We are mostly all guests, down under

[@ericjohnson6675]

Spouse developed cancer. Over 2 years, that's $15,800 for treatment and $8000 per year in insurance premiums. If you don't have the money, you just die. I know people this has happened to.

[@_PACE_]

Wait until you hear about, "Medical Divorce" :(

[@marcomarcon5802]

@@_PACE_? What is it?

[@marcomarcon5802]

I googled it, it's astonishing! @@_PACE_

[@moottori_paa]

I have cancer in my stomach two years ago. That issue opareted at two weeks at find and i have other two weeks sick leave full benefits and then i went back to work. All this cost me 180€. I pay my taxes with smile here in Finland.

[@BagusHutomo]

When they using "bed", it doesn't only mean the bed frame.. Usually, 1 bed refer to the overall capacity of healthcare system to cater 1 hospitalized patient. It include the nurse, the doctor, the specialists, the catering, the admin staff, the service worker, the ambulance, and of course.. the bed frame

[@Dr_KAP]

😂 exactly this!

[@jibeson9145]

I don’t know why I’ve even watched this far. The man is a fool.

[@enemde3025]

" At least we have the best military " !! I've never heard anything more American !! Health care should NEVER be profit driven !! Insulin in the UK is....FREE !! MRI in the UK is....FREE !! Americans see the word SOCILAISM and automatically read COMMUNIST !!

[@ChristiaanHW]

I like to add that indeed those things are "free" when you need them. But you do pay for them in your taxes. It's not just a gift from some nice rich guy somewhere, you did pay for it. That's how a social healthcare system works.

[@europeanboy1]

​@@ChristiaanHWwe pay less taxes and get more for it, unlike americans

[@DominiqueWillkins]

My thoughts exactly. Sounded very douche.

[@mrslightningbolt5349]

​@ChristiaanHW As the video explained, we pay significantly less for it through our taxes because it is "not for profit" and the cost is shared across our entire population. Yes, we pay tax for it, but it's way cheaper than US health insurance, and we get automatic coverage - no arguing with an insurance company for them to cover us. You need treatment, you get treatment. You don't have to calculate if you can afford it. It also means we get a lot of preventative health care to stop us developing more serious illness which is why things like health outcomes and life expectancy are better.

[@europeanboy1]

​@@mrslightningbolt5349bravo

[@kriddius]

I know someone who was forced to move from the USA to New Zealand because of their deteriorating health. Doctors were guessing, not diagnosing, and the bills were piling up so they immigrated. Just a few months later her health drastically improved. I used to envy my American friends for living in what I once believed was, as they all did, the greatest country in the world. Now I pity them

[@noadlor]

Yes, I pity their delusion.

[@martinemartin4779]

I live in New Zealand and the healthcare system is great compared to yours, but I think maybe the lifestyle here might also contribute to improved health - we value different things here and stress goes away after a few months, so you do feel better.

[@jishani1]

you pity them.. for making more money then you, owning more land than you, having more personal freedom than you, paying less of the money they make into taxes than you do, which then gives them higher autonomy over their own lives to decide where they want to put that money. well, i guess we'll just be here with your pity and a higher standard of living in every way. keep sweating it out without an AC for the environment.

[@kriddius]

@@jishani1 Bro did you even watch the video? Everything you said is false

[@martinemartin4779]

@@jishani1 It's all relative though. I think we get a picture of the "face" of the US in other countries, but if you have family living there, you know more of the inside story. The US has the highest number of people incarcerated in the world and they don't even have a large population compared to China and India for example. At the start of December 2023, there had been 627 mass shootings in the US - more than one a day. There have been 25 mass shootings in India in the last thirty years - not even one a year - and China has had 1 in that time. How is that freedom or autonomy?

[@raminsamii745]

“you’re gonna tell people that America’s so star-spangled awesome, that we’re the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. So 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom. And there’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 55th in infant mortality ( right with Poland and Bulgaria..), 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only 4 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, gun ownership per capita ( almost triple the country that precede us Yemen.......... oh yes that third world country that almost no conservative will ever locate in map world) , number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined. 25 of whom are allies. But when you ask, ‘What makes us the greatest country in the world?’ I dunno know what the fuck you’re talking about! It sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons, we passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons, we waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists and the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it, it didn’t make us feel inferior... "

[@kaotlin]

Oh yes...The Newsroom. Classic

[@fallenhero4550]

The fact that if you're an American citizen and you live abroad, you still have to pay federal taxes to the United States despite not even LIVING in the country.

[@WiaraTV]

Dude 30% of my music royalties are withheld as taxes by IRS just because the company that distributes my music to streaming platforms is based in the US. I'm not an American Citizen. Never even stepped foot on the continent. And I still have to pay taxes in my own country. It's a joke.

[@MKitchen75]

wow thats is so wrong... @@WiaraTV

[@atroxie]

change company simples@@WiaraTV

[@kaidevir]

Once you are a slave of the federal, you will always be a slave of the federal.

[@RonBhattacharya]

Whaaaaat?! Is that even true? 😮

[@stephenhodgson3506]

When he was mentioning taxes he failed to miss the hidden tax of tipping which seems to have got so bad that everybody now seems to feel they deserve a tip for doing their job. Because their employer doesn't seem to think they have a responsibility to pay their workers a decent wage or give them decent benefits. I've even heard that in parts of the US they have now introduced the 'opportunity' for you to make a charitable donation, as well as your tip, to a charity of the businesses choice. Which in some cases is a charity set up and run by the very people you are paying a service for. I always find it amusing when Americans cite their military as to why they are the strongest country on the planet. I come from the UK and we used to have the mightiest navy that sailed the seas. Then somebody invented the Dreadnaught battleship, as the ship slipped into the water it in one fell swoop gave the rest of the world the opportunity to match the Royal Navy just by building Dreadnaughts. The whole playing field was reset, overnight and that is the problem with technology, particularly military technology because all it takes is a huge leap in technology and all the trillions of dollars you spent before suddenly becomes redundant.

[@allanlansdowne340]

Tipping in Australia is being disrespectful to a person as people get a good wage and refuse to take tips.

[@PaulChillen]

tips! that's right, it's so ridiculous! that has to amount to quite a bit of someone's income.

[@dfuher968]

Indeed, Americans never count that as tax, which it technically isnt. But its still an extra cost, that goes out of their disposible income, which most of the developed world doesnt have, coz we actually pay our workers a salary and pensions etc on top of the social services available to all our citizens. My country on paper has 1 of the highest tax rates in the world. However, its a progressive tax rate with a lot of deductions mainly at the bottom of the scale. The average income worker pay around 40-42% in effective taxes. But if I count in just the healthcare insurance for Americans, they already pay more of their wages than we do. And thats b4 we get to anything else paid by our taxes, education including university, unemployment benefits that dont require u to leave ur home, if ur unemployed for a few months, a liveable pension for seniors, a medical pension for ppl like me who is now unable to work due to illness, heavily subsidized childcare and so on and so on.

[@warrenpeterson6065]

I live in a small mountain town in western Canada. I developed multiple disorders a few years ago including one that's fairly rare. In the past 2-years I've had: 1ea MRI, 1ea EMG, 2ea CaT Scans, 1ea Nuclear Medicine, 2ea Radiology, 1ea EKG, 1ea ECG, 2ea Ultrsounds, and countless blood tests, urine tests, tissue biopsies, and countless appointments with 5 doctors. Given that I live fairly remotely I find it amazing that I have not traveled more than 1-hour for any tests or appointments, have not had to wait unreasonably, and have not had any out of pocket costs. Well done HealthCan.

[@DaveGIS123]

When Tommy Douglas introduced Medicare in Saskatchewan, he faced opposition from the entire North American medical industry. There were protests and sit-ins, and even a doctors' strike that lasted over 3 weeks! Yet in the end Saskatchewan's Medicare system worked so well, it became the blueprint for Canada's 'Universal' health care system.

[@chadmonk-po5yj]

My buddy played pro sports in Canada his daughter needed a surgery they sent her to the U.S because they were backed up on appointment when her appendix ruptured

[@DaveGIS123]

@@chadmonk-po5yj It happens. But I'm guessing that if she was sent by the Canadian doctors to the US for treatment, then her American treatment was paid for by the Canadian government. So your buddy wouldn't have to pay for his daughter's treatment out of his own pocket.

[@stannetaprospere4301]

​@@chadmonk-po5yj I call cap. Emergency surgery immediately makes it to the top of the list. If she needed a knee or a hip replacement I would understand being put on a wait list but not for emergencies. And I know, half of my family works in healthcare. If the doctors at the hospital where she's at was busy they would redirect her to the nearest hospital she would get a helicopter ride on an ambulance ride for free. The only reason she'd be redirected to a hospital in the states is if that hospital was the nearest. Pure cap.

[@chadmonk-po5yj]

@@stannetaprospere4301 This is what he told me he lived in Montreal

[@petraallerlei4004]

We are charitable in Europe too. But "Go fund me" here goes mostly to vet bills or special needs not covered by insurance. (Or writers and crafters and so on). We give to charity, but we don't need it just for being sick. (Btw. we have up to 4 years of paid maternity leave in Czechia :D)

[@miriamschwan7881]

When I lived in the US 21 years ago a friend of mine was limping for days because she had banged up her knee really bad and it looked terrible. I naively told her to go see a doctor about it. When she told be she didn‘t have health insurance because she couln‘t afford it I was completely taken aback. The notion that you could even have a CHOICE about being insured seemed outrageous to me, being from Germany, where you have to have health-insurance by law. It‘s the law. And it‘s not some bullshit insurance scam that makes you bear the brunt of the financial burden if anything truly costly should happen to you, all of the insurances are pretty much the same, nobody pays for huge stuff out of pocket. Americans get scammed and screwed over in so many ways but somehow you‘re so brainwashed by all the „freedom“-bullshit that if anything sensible or practical is suggested you run for the hills 😂

[@chrisstewart8259]

This above is the one of most telling things about the USA. If a country can't afford to look after it's own people, what hope is there for a country that proclaims to be a "world leader" when in fact it's behind in everything other than military power!, Pathetic.

[@DarkenSeyreth]

I'm Canadian and about a decade ago I was working retail with a guy originally from Texas. An American couple comes in and he is helping them out, they are chit chatting about the things he misses in America, when the wife suddenly drops "Which do you prefer, the Canadian or American system." Without hesitation he goes, "Canadian, and there is no argument." They looked stunned by his answer, like they thought it was gonna be a slam dunk "'Murica!" answer. They ask why he prefers the Canadian system and just goes, "Let me put it to you this way, I could break my arm right now, go to the hospital, and within a few hours it would be casted up and I wouldn't pay a penny." You could see the gears turning in their heads like this was a concept they just couldn't understand.

[@jontobin5942]

It's less brainwashing about this particular issue and more us having to contend with a large right wing contingent that is easily swept into fervor about nothing issues that terrify them and a system of money influencing politics causing politicians to do nothing about the problem despite it being extremely popular. Pharmaceutical companies donate more to the political system than oil companies do in the U.S.

[@Viconius]

@@chrisstewart8259 And there's the rub. US Military spent $876.9 billion in 2023. The next largest military spender is China, which spends $292 billion the total of which is more than China, Russia, Germany, UK, Saudi Arabia, India, France, South Korea, Japan and Ukraine... combined! So, any question about why the US is talking about leaving NATO? Maybe we'd all be better if China took on that role then the US could pay for their own NHC. It's so easy to bash the US when you're benefiting from it without even paying attention. I would love to see that change without the world blowing up.

[@curmudgeon1933]

@@Viconius. If the US didn't insist on being guided by their corporate overlords, into inciting endless resource wars, maybe the world in general wouldn't have to squander such obscene amounts on weapons of destruction. Lobbying by wealthy corporations and individuals dictates foreign policy, to ensure massive profits to those wealthy elites and Military Industrial Complex.

[@pluggedfinn-bj3hn]

From what I've heard from US doctors like Dr. Mike, a lot of the "admistrative costs" goes to fighting with health insurance companies to get the insurance to approve/pay whatever the doctors want to do...

[@Gwennedd]

In another video about US healthcare, a commenter mentioned that in the US, a vast amount of desk space in any given hospital is given over to the billing department , but in Canada, only one or two people deal with that. Plus...the US is the only country to offer degrees in medical billing. Other countries don't have the massively complex medical billing system the US does.

[@notadev1590]

@@Gwennedd Just when I thought I couldn't be any more surprised by the US medical system, I find out there's a degree in medical billing...

[@Gwennedd]

@@notadev1590, sad isn't it? Their healthcare is soooo messed up...and it's hurting the general population so much.

[@dustinroberson1865]

And a lot of the health insurance cost is fighting with the hospitals trying to bring down the ridiculous price. The fact that I can go to the hospital with insurance and they charge me $5000 for a procedure, but if I have no insurance they charge me $3000 shows how corrupt the medical field is. The hospitals are trying to pull every penny out that they can. The reason the insurance providers need to fight, is because the cost is astronomical to begin with. My wife works for a chiropractor and they chose not to accept insurance, because as soon as you accept insurance, you get put in a network, and you are forced to charge at least a certain amount to be inline with other places in that field. Customers would be paying more through deductibles than they are charging for patient care.

[@vidgetgaming]

Such a beautiful system. What's the opposite of symbiosis?

[@martinemartin4779]

There are an estimated 12 million children struggling with hunger in America. Food scarcity is highest in Louisiana, where 25% of families with children struggle with hunger.

[@luis_sa78]

​@kaiserfranzjoseph9311because eating ealthy is expensive. Is cheater to eat fries and high sugar and fat food because they remove hunger more effinciently than a salad or fresh fruit

[@BelaaNo]

@@luis_sa78 thats not even true. there is very cheap alternatives mostly even way more healthy and cheaper then fast food etc. vegtiables, making your own bread. americans just actively choose to be lazy and buy faster not quality food, production quality and so on.

[@luis_sa78]

@@BelaaNo both can be true. Eating a large portion pizza or cheeseburger and fries with those free refill cokes full of sugar will provide the energy you need to get throu the day. And these come cheap. For the same price you can buy vegies and potatos and make a nice soup, healthier too. But that will be a lot of work and will not give you the same satisfaction and energy (calories). For someone that is genuinly hungry most of the time, you just want to stuff yourself with high calories food because you don't know when your next meal will be.

[@eclecticapoetica]

Louisiana is screwed. So corrupt and negligent government.

[@Valfodr_jr]

@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 Easy, the cheapest food in the US is the most unhealthy food. That's why the many of the most obese people often are amongst the poorest. Also, their whole society is buildt around cars, noone walking anywhere. The only excersice many people get is to go to the car when they have to drive to McDonalds to buy the day's dinner.

[@StephenAndrewFletcher]

You have the biggest military not the best. America has never won a war on its own in its history.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Not true The Chinese military is twice the size of the US.

[@susannebkvig4011]

That is not entirely true. They did win the civil war ;-)

[@teslafreeman]

​@@susannebkvig4011you mean America is ONLY good at destroying itself!? Who saw That coming!? 😂😂 (also got a good chuckle at the joke, ty 😂)

[@rikmoran3963]

It's worse than you think Ryan, there are currently around 24.5M millionaires in the US out of a population of 340M. That ridiculously impressive stat means 1 in 14 people are millionaires, or if you exclude children it's about 1 in 11!!! One would think that poverty should not exist in your country, but those millionaires had to take their money from someone!

[@Fr33zeBurn]

They took their money from other well-off people, in exchange for goods and services. Poor people do not support millionaires, unless those poor were choosing to buy something from a millionaire. Interested to hear your logic on how you think millionaires stole their money from the poor.

[@joec5544g]

That's an incorrect statement... Just because one person has more does not mean they "took" it from another, they provided a service.... And trust me, they more than make up for it in income tax... And don't say the rich don't pay taxes because they pay almost all of it. The top 1% earners pay more of the total than the bottom 90%.

[@Nephale]

@@Fr33zeBurn That is not how that works. Bobby Kotick for example fired 2k+ people at end of year to improve yearly numbers. Got a 400m bonus for that which would have paid those employees for multiple years but short term shareholder value is more important. Also pays 1/3 of industry standard. Not all millionaires steal from the poor but a lot of the high salaries are only possible because of cost cuts in other areas, usually wages. Some even use slave labour like apple overseas. Then some other nice business practices like no benefits when working less than 40h but only giving 39h contracts or something. Somebody still has to do the actual work and those people are usually paid poorly. So in some form they are benefitting from poor low educated people. Not everyone can study and become a lawyer. Who will clean, cook etc then? A society needs these jobs to function. The us also allows child labour again in some states. Surely not because its cheap labour? And this is ignoring the tax evasion topic completely.

[@Fr33zeBurn]

But nothing you said is 'taking' or 'stealing' from anyone. It's companies and their directors deciding what to do with their own money. They don't owe you sh*t.@@Nephale

[@Fr33zeBurn]

@@Nephale Also Activision Blizzard haven't laid off 2k people, there is nothing on the internet about it. 50 people got laid off from an e-sports division. Do you always pull things out of your ass?

[@LuvHrtZ]

I'm an Australian living in Adelaide, South Australia. On Christmas Day I spent all day, and night, in the Flinders Medical Centre. I thought I was about to have a heart attack so I caught a cab to Emergency. I had x-rays, CT Scans, blood tests, countless hookups to monitors, blood pressure tests every hour, they gave me my own room for the night and tried to feed me breakfast as I was leaving - ALL FREE. The doc eventually told me everything was fine, but said that I shouldn't hesitate to come back at any time if I needed to. Thank the stars I was born in the right country.

[@mareebrown-e3n]

Amen to that! I am in Victoria.

[@chrisstewart8259]

@@mareebrown-e3n Amen again! I'm in Perth W.A.

[@Abelincoln10163]

I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Three days ago I thought I was having a heart attack. I called 911 (Canada's Emergency Number). The dispatcher stayed on the phone with me until the ambulance arrived about 5 minutes later. Three EMTs and three firefighters got me to the ambulance, got a line into me, and gave me medication. They called the hospital so that there was a cardiologist waiting for me. I was immediately taken to a private room, where a battery of tests were conducted over the next 24 hours. They determined I hadn't had a heart attack and asked me to contact my family doctor, who wrote my cardiologist asking for a expedited visit. Unless you have private insurance, or are disabled or 65 years of age, the ambulance will cost you around $400. Unless you are very ill or elderly and live by yourself, the hospital is not going to pay to send you home. It cost me $50 for transportation home. Not a perfect system, but far superior to the US.

[@mareebrown-e3n]

@@Abelincoln10163 I pay an annual subscription to the ambulance service. It is around one hundred Aust. dollars per year. It covers ambulance trips for the year, including if necessary air ambulance. It is not linked to private health, just a stand alone thing.

[@Viconius]

I'm not saying the US healthcare system is great, but it's far from the hysterical claims. Just last Dec. 23 last year my entire right foot was crushed and I needed to have my foot reconstructed. 10 days later I had 47 titanium screws and pins put in to save my foot. I was wheeled out of the hospital and it cost me just under $1k as part of my deductible with a insurance plan that runs my family of four $294/month. Should I be angry? I'd love for it to be cheaper, but I don't expect medical workers to do it for free nor do I want the work to be done by the lowest bidder. The US needs a better tax system which would lead to better government spending. None of us get any of this for FREE, it's just hidden better by some in taxes and insurance. Otherwise it'd be called slavery.

[@deanrolph6912]

The infant mortality rate and lower life expectancy is just because people can't afford health Insurance, In most other countries a new mother will give birth in hospital and it will be free, And then they will see a nurse or doctor regular for the first few months of the child's life and again it will be free, In the US the mother will be in debt on the day she gives birth and not be able to afford further check ups so the chance of the child surviving goes down.

[@Inachis]

Also, in the US the mother will get a few weeks of maternity leave at best, after birth. Instead of Europe where maternity leave is paid, typically starts at least a month before birth and lasts at least 6 months after birth. So the mother is there, caring for the baby andable to notice immediately if something is wrong, during the crucial start of the baby's life.

[@bararobberbaron859]

Also, many mothers feel things aren't going great but the doctors visits and prescriptions before birthing begins are already costly, so they skip those. And that's also passed on to the baby, sadly.

[@mar97216]

Yes that is part of it. With regular visits and checkups, also a number to call if you feel something might be not right. You can monitor the situation more and discover issues along the way. Like pre natal diebetes (I don’t know if that’s the word for it). You can get extra ultrasounds other than the obligatory one. And also I think the diet plays a huge part in it. Even things that may seem healthy are full of unhealthy stuff sadly.

[@dfuher968]

@@mar97216 Absolutely, whatever the mother ingests during pregnancy impacts the baby - the quality and variety of food and drink, smoking, alcohol, drugs (whether drugs drugs or medical drugs), air pollutions going into the mothers lungs, everything.

[@e.s.7272]

I am so happy to be able to live in Europe. A few years ago, I spent 4 weeks as a student in the USA as part of the German American Partnership Programme (GAPP) and lived with a host family during this time. This time was very informative. After that, it was clear to me that I would never want to live in the USA.

[@svenlima]

In Switzerland it's forbidden to fire somebody who's sick/ill. Only after 6 months of sick absence you're allowed to fire them.

[@dianeshelton9592]

In uk you cannot legal fire someone for ill health . You will be helped back to work with adjusted duties, if eventually you can not ever return to work then you are made redundant with redundancy pay.

[@dianeshelton9592]

Your rationale over go fund me os SOOO wrong, it’s certainly not because Americans are charitable it s because they don’t have the dignity to not have to beg for health care that is a human right in the most of the developed world. And no it wasn’t COVID that life expecations went down. It’s poverty , Ack of the human right of free health care.

[@davidsmith7653]

Pfft, that's nothing mate. Here in the UK it's forbidden to fire someone who dies. Only after 12 months of the smell getting progressively worse can they be sacked.

[@TwoSetBubbleTeaNonDrinker]

I clearly remembered that the major concern USA people had (on social media) when schools were about to close due to Covid, was “how are millions of kids going to eat when school lunch is often the only meal they have in a day?” As a European, I was shocked. Not saying that there are no poor kids in the same situation here, there are! But nowhere near the USA

[@scotthullinger4684]

The condition of many of the poor in the USA, where I live, is a condition which was specifically created by Leftist style politics which are now also destroying many portions of the world. But at least the USA still has "the richest poor" in the world. After all, they have $650.00 iPhones with all the trimmings. Poor babies - But at least they're "lucky enough" to have a one bedroom apartment for less than $1,500 a month rent.

[@Viconius]

Overstated. There are areas that built-in reliance on school lunch programs particularly in large cities. Most of the lunch programs are subsidised and require a small cost. Just like many countries in the EU. Covid caused a problem with schools not being OPEN to give out the food. Just like the EU. Closed doesn't mean they don't provide funding. As a European, I'm surprised anyone thinks that shutting down a distribution system due to a pandemic has anything to do with funding of school lunches. Apples/Oranges/Europe. One more thing, In 2022, 95.3 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which is 21.6% of the total population. The Census Bureau estimated that in 2022, 11.5% of Americans - roughly 37.9 million people lived at or below the poverty level. The real shock is so many people believe what they want and don't care to find out.

[@FredrikBäck-b3y]

When my sons school closed due to Covid, he could still go to school and eat for free every day - Finland

[@KamiNoBaka1]

It's probably a similar percentage of the population, though. Actually, we have a lower rate of poverty in the US (11.5%) than the average rate of poverty in the EU (21.4%), though I know the EU's average is skewed by countries like Greece and the Eastern European nations that have joined. Regardless, though, the population of the US is much bigger than that of any individual European nation. 11.5% of our population in the US is 39.1 million people.

[@TwoSetBubbleTeaNonDrinker]

@@KamiNoBaka1 Why would you compare the USA, a single country, to a union of 27 countries that are drastically different from each other?

[@lesliemccormick6527]

As a Canadian, many Americans will often scream "communism" or "socialism" (in ways that prove the person screaming that has no clue what they are saying🙄) when I describe our medical system to them. What. Do. You. Think. Taxes. Should. Pay. For??

[@diablo.the.cheater]

In their minds, they think that taxes is theft and that there should be no taxes

[@naadi2000nr1]

USA: military

[@dwi2921]

They would reply "no taxes".

[@ivarub1017]

I have heard that Canadian health system is not so perfect after all

[@dwi2921]

@@ivarub1017 It isn't. It's only moderately or slightly better than the US. And even then it's usually nothing to write home about. Plenty of Canadians, don't get healthcare at all. This is especially the for folks who live north of the 49th parallel. Meaning 10-20% of Canadians may not have healthcare. Of course it's not like any of this would change if things were privatized, matter of fact it would probably be worse.

[@henriklykkejensen8225]

Even in Greenland as part of the Kingdom of Denmark. We have free healthcare, socialcare, free education (you get paid to take an education any kind of education for all Danish citizens (Greenlanders and Faroe Islanders and Danes)).

[@charlesward4314]

Health care is the elephant in the room here. So long as US citizens are prepared to put up with a for profit system then costs will be higher than necessary and the inequalities will remain.

[@helenwood8482]

I've had two MRI scans in the past 2 months. Both were free. Currently in hospital and the only thing we pay for is the parking when my sister comes to see me. I love the NHS.

[@willywonka7812]

Savour it while it lasts. Tories are diamantling it and selling the parts to private interests. The right-wing way

[@henkvandervossen6616]

Problem with nowadays NHS is to get their services, as waiting lists seem to be endless

[@linmonPIE]

@@henkvandervossen6616American here, do you guys also have the option of private health insurance that helps circumvent the long waiting list? I’m guessing the waiting list is for those health concerns that aren’t life threatening. Just trying to understand how it works.

[@kevinh96]

@@linmonPIE Yes, if you want to go private you can and several private health insurance companies exist here. The biggest is Bupa who also operate private hospitals across the country. Other private hospital companies also exist, with Nuffield being an interesting one as they are a private healthcare charity. You can book and pay for services but they are subsidised by charitable donations to lower costs. They also have a partnership with the NHS where some NHS patients will be sent to Nuffield facilities for treatment with the NHS picking up the tab.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@linmonPIE Yes, in UK, you can pay privately, you can also have health care insurance, which may cover private treatment in private hospitals. And yes many of the waiting lists are for non life threatening procedures, although if you wait long enough they can be life threatening, and certainly can cause disablement. Not sure, but I heard there are sometimes waits for some procedures in US, or delays in approval (or denial) of a service by US insurers.

[@LouismarieBelanger]

I'm canadian and I've been taking about the " American Nightmare" instead the "American Dream" for decades.

[@jishani1]

really? im american and i've been hearing about how canada can't keep doctors because you don't value them and your national healthcare waiting lists are so bad people flee to the states to receive treatment when issues are serious. it's almost like when you create a system that rewards people goring above and beyond they would rather be a part of that one compared to a system where the government mandates what they're allowed to earn. keep coping though, snow-communist. never forget your country only exists because you're next to ours. 90% of your population lives within 100 miles of the US border. that means 90% of your population would be vaporized before counter measures could even be deployed. cheers.

[@maggimaxime954]

in danemark and netherlands they found that people work 6 hour a day is more productive than someone work 8 hour . the productivity matter not the time u spend in work

[@h.stephenpaul7810]

A few years back I had an operation to remove my gall bladder. In the bed beside me in the recovery room was an American tourist. In conversation he mentioned how pleased he was with the low costs he would have to pay through his private health insurance. He asked me what I was going to have to pay. I said "Nothing". I told him that when I entered the hospital I had no cheques, credit cards or insurance forms. I showed him my provincial health card and explained that the government paid for the operation through the taxes I paid. He had trouble accepting the fact that I was not out-of-pocket for the operation. I told him that the greatest benefit was the peace of mind knowing that if ever any member of my family ever needed medical care I would not have to worry about payments. (Not everything is covered e.g. ambulances and TV hook-ups are out-of-pocket.)

[@Mr.Incognito11]

I'm also sure you showed him your taxes. Lmao

[@Mr.Incognito11]

The bank of London has 60 million slaves. Cool story

[@jishani1]

you forget the part where you get all that peace of mind from knowing that the government could decide that you or your family are less needing of a procedure you actually need than someone else and due to a wait list a limited resources you end up flying to the US for treatment because at least you can get taken care of here. but sure, whatever dawg. pretend socialized healthcare isn't a hellscape of red tape wait lists and bullshit.

[@Mr.Incognito11]

@@jishani1 isn't that every government? At least we have guns to tell them they can't do what we don't like

[@Mr.Incognito11]

@@jishani1 have fun having no choice when you thought you had the most. Lmao

[@mantasg6447]

i always cringe when i hear americans saying they are freest country sure bud 150+ countries in the world god freedom+healthcare

[@dennisegrant5901]

I live in Canada and I've gone thru cancer surgery, chemo and radiation and paid $0 out of pocket, and, bonus....my kids have never been shot at in school! Canada is not perfect by any means but I'm thankful to live here!

[@herrrorschach590]

btw do you have cars in Canada? 😂

[@dennisegrant5901]

@herrrorschach590 we have both cars and women's rights. However, we do not have mass shootings of school children

[@maxwhite8470]

Also very similar gun laws I believe. But don't feel the need to use them .

[@gabriellesullivan4772]

You must be brain-dead ​@@herrrorschach590

[@johannesdekoning3765]

"Beds" often refers to "care-availability in hospitals" It is indeed not just beds, it's beds, supplies, nurses AND doctors.

[@naycnay]

One thing to take note of: In the countries he talked about, healthcare is "free at the point of service". You paying for it with taxes is between you and the taxman (government). The hospital doesn't give a crap, you just walk in and get treated. Its free for everyone and paid for by those who can.

[@dfuher968]

Thats the "argument" of last resort of Americans, who refuse to believe, that any healthcare could be better than theirs. "It isnt free, ur paying with taxes". And they think, thats an argument against it.

[@Alias_Anybody]

"Beds" as a metric in the medical field doesn't mean bedframe plus mattress, it also includes staff and depending on the type of bed, equipment to keep the occupant alive.

[@JenaforJuniper]

My daughter and her family live in the States. I worry about them every day. They struggle with two jobs each, one child, and no home of their own. They often avoid the doctor, until they couldn't. I beg her almost every day to come back home. I seriously fear for their lives.

[@sprig5173]

The gun violence would worry me.

[@fionafiona1146]

It's likely not helpful to be anxious about that. Keeping offering them a place to return to is nice but if that's too often it looses meaning

[@anthonygrant2424]

I lived for many years in Brusubi & have lost count of the number of times I've taken a taxi from the Turntable to Traffic Lights. The new roads are impressive! So nice to see so many of the shops & restaurants I used to frequent. Gambia I love you.

[@unrealversum7729]

As a German, all I have to do is hurt my little toe and then I do a full body examination. The family doctor refers me to specialists and it doesn't cost me anything. just my monthly contribution which I have to pay anyway. 😆 If I ever get cancer it is more likely that it will be found in time. In America, if you don't go to the doctor for preventative care because you're afraid of the costs, then cancer won't be detected in time. When it hurts, it's usually too late for cancer. Here in Germany everyone smokes like a chimney and yet we have a longer life expectancy. This is really crazy

[@headhunter1945]

Americans: "Ok maybe our healthcare isn't that great" Also Americans: "Gosh, why do we have bad infant mortality rates"

[@blengi]

asian americans have some of the best health outcomes in the world, one needs to demographically disaggregate as black americans like UK blacks have much higher infant mortality eg UK: _"death rate for White infants has remained steady at around 3 per 1,000 live births since 2020, the rate for Black infants has risen sharply from just under 6 to almost _*_9 per 1,000."_* US: _"During 2018-2020 (average), the infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) in the United States was highest for _*_black infants (10.6)_*_ followed by Hispanics (4.8), Whites (4.5), Asian/Pacific Islanders (3.6)"_

[@headhunter1945]

@@blengi Healthcare isn't judged on a racial basis, but a national one. I already understand that asian americans are much less likely to be impoverished than african americans... congratulations on not losing the racist lottery. It's just not relevant to the discussion of how good national healthcare is.

[@blengi]

@@headhunter1945 hey I just quoted the *Office of Minority Health,* why is that racist they're the ones truly making the point about huge racial disparities that I pointed out the video guy completely neglect?

[@noadlor]

​@@blengi She didn't say it was racist. She meant racial. And I agree with her. Breaking it down like that still doesn't solve the health issue at large. It's only a way to have people point fingers at each other. And is dangerous in a social climate such as America is at the moment.

[@blengi]

@@noadlor huh, _"congratulations on not losing the _*_racist lottery."?_* (presumably quasi sarcasm)

[@olgajansen3230]

I live in the Netherlands. I was on holiday in another country in Europe. I had an accident there. I went to the hospital there. Received the necessary X-rays, surgery, etc. Then I could go home again. Once home in the Netherlands. I received a call from my own doctor. He had received the information from the hospital. And wanted to see me to check how the recovery is going. And what has all this cost me? Nothing. Everything was completely free.

[@chukky1124]

you do pay monthly and probably the '' own risk '' factor at one point. but after that.... we indeed pay nothing more.. and im very happy to not see those medical bills.

[@sheireland3737]

I always carry my e111 card. I had a similar experience recently while travelling in Belgium (I’m from Ireland). It was all free. Yay. I’m happy to pay my taxes tbh.

[@ivarub1017]

Have you heard what percentage of the salary they pay in taxes? Somebody got to pay the bill

[@ivarub1017]

@miss_pancake I agree with you I disagree with who says it's free because it's not

[@Louis13XIII]

@@ivarub1017 list of countries by total health expenditure per capita: 1) USA: $12,555 2) Switzerland: $8,049 3) Germany: $8,011 There is a big difference. Plus, they pay less and have access to everything, you pay the most but only have access to whatever your insurance company allows you to.

[@albinjohnsson2511]

For all my life, infant mortality in the US has been like 5x my country. That fact has always saddened me so much. Imagine how many babies die in the US, for completely useless and unnecessary reasons, basically on the altar of profit.

[@gmc6790]

As an Canadian accountant for over 30 years, I can say that 11% is incorrect. 25-30% once you factor in all the obvious and hidden taxes would be more accurate. That said, on par with the UK and Eurozone countries.

[@lynnebee47]

I don’t know the source of his data for Canada but it isn’t correct.

[@davidsmith7653]

ChatGPT agrees with you.

[@ianclark7948]

Interesting video. To add some context, I live in Australia. Some years ago I had a knee replacement then recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that's attacking my heart. I've had a pacemaker fitted, then needed an upgraded one so had it replaced with a new one. Contracted COPD and spent about 6 weeks in hospital. All this cost nothing. I paid 0 dollars. Oh, I need the other knee replaced too and expect to pay nothing for that too. Sorry murica, you do suck.😂

[@michaelchampion936]

Well, you did pay something, your taxes for years, but that is still a lower value than if you had the US insurance system.

[@warrenturner397]

@@michaelchampion936 I'd say a 2% Medicare Levy is pretty cheap

[@AvroBellow]

I'm with you on that one, mate! I'm Canadian and I needed gall bladder surgery about 8 years ago. It didn't cost me a penny out-of-pocket. I just went to the hospital, the procedure was done, and I went home. In the USA, I would've been out at least (the equivalent of) $5,000CAD, assuming of course that no complications arose.

[@AvroBellow]

@@michaelchampion936 In Canada, our healthcare is paid for by taxes but you're 100% eligible just from being a citizen. You could be homeless or so poor that you're tax-exempt but you'd still be 100% covered. Oh yeah, and our healthcare system doesn't know the meaning of the term "co-pay" or "deductible" because there aren't any, EVER.

[@ingehanson]

@Dawg76 Waiting for a primary care doctor in California is over a year and most all specialist care the wait time in anyway from 3 to 6 months.

[@jaquigreenlees]

Hospital care is and has always been rated in the number of beds ( patients ) they have to care for. If US hospitals have 100 beds each, and UK hospitals have 250 each, the UK can treat 250 patients for every 100 patient the US can. That is why they use beds as the metric for hospitals.

[@barnabys123]

"We got the best military" Remember the time when a small Swedish diesel sub sank US most advanced warship in an exercise and made it out unannounced 😂

[@101steel4]

The truth hurts. Especially when you've been lied to your entire life.

[@jishani1]

that's hilarious. so, why then if the US is terrible is it the most highly immigrated to country in the world? more people want to live here than anywhere else in the world. and it's not even close. the next largest country in terms of immigration takes in over 300% fewer immigrants a year. why don't you continue using your american inventions such as a personal computer, the internet, the website you're on currently, all your social media, the television perhaps. your electric lightbulbs. your refigerator. just go ahead and get rid of all those american items because you dislike the US. but you won't. cause you're insignificant and will continue to take and take from your betters while complaining and doing nothing of your own.

[@BigWhoopZH]

There was an European copy of Breaking Bad. Teacher got cancer, received free treatment. The end.

[@richardpoynton4026]

I remember that program. Most exciting scene was when he had to pay for hospital parking. It only lasted 30 min then it was stopped ‘cause it was so boring….. lol

[@BigWhoopZH]

@@richardpoynton4026 yeah I was on the edge of my seat... Will he have enough matching coins or will he receive a fine for exceeding the time. That was really nerve-wracking 😂

[@CodeNascher_]

"I feel scammed" - Because you are!

[@bastianjagert5469]

I had surgery on my spine and payd under 200 euro including medication and several doctors plus physiotherapie for a half year and a 3 week rehab (fulltime) in the last 9 month.

[@bastianjagert5469]

In addition i get 70 % of my salary during all the time!

[@helenwood8482]

No, he's not talking about the worst in the western world. He really means worst in the world. I have seen doctors from Ethiopia and Yemen, shocked at how bad American healthcare is.

[@TheRealMarxz]

I used to work at a research hospital and we had doctors there from around the world many who had worked in the US, their difference of opinion on the level of US health care was so strongly swayed by were they had worked in the US, from big rich research hospitals like Mayo and Johns Hopkins to hospitals in Atlanta, Charlotte etc, we had one surgeon from Burkina Faso who said working in the hospital in Chicago was more like working in a field hospital in Mali during the civil war

[@OleCarstenSiland]

I am from Norway. I have been at the hospital 4 times in 2023. 13 days in total. And it has cost me NOTHING.

[@bluflavouredpudding]

I think about my aunt who lives in the US and is refusing to go to the hospital after suffering a pretty bad fall and being in pain Meanwhile I live in a developing country with universal healthcare, it was getting hard for me to access some care as I'm not high priority being quite young and able bodied so I went private (as we have options), with my insurance a consult cost me about 24$, and then I spent about 30$ on the three pills I was prescribed at a commercial pharmacy It's just a bit sad to me that the US has all those monetary resources and they just refuse to help their own people

[@roccociccone597]

As a European I'm shocked to hear this. I mean everybody knows that the US is doing poorly as of late... but I wasn't expecting it to be this bad... And here you guys are still giving votes to people like Trump...

[@glennheuts407]

Americans are best at getting World Champions of America😂😂😂

[@nikline60]

i think the same everytime i watch the superball 😂😂😂

[@francespetrak4600]

Improving education would be a good start. Educated people will see more clearly the injustices of the systems and then begin to put it right.

[@MichaelJung-o6w]

Approximately, 10-12 years ago, a group of dentist, providing free dental care, set up in Kentucky, for a 2 day service. So many people showed up, instead of a trailer or two they moved to a high school gym and ended up staying over a week. Hospitals are now owned by hedge funds and insurance companies, let the cost cutting begin. The exception are county own hospitals.

[@nanskiboutski243]

I think it's something that happens yearly (but not certain)

[@Claude-n5o]

It's like watching the fall of the Roman Empire with WIFI !!!