Built My Own X-Ray After a Hospital Charged Me $69,210.32

[@williamosman]

Garage sale and new shirts on www.catwarehouse.com/ HELP ME PAY MY HOSPITAL BILL

[@aussierc900]

Noice

[@TheGinGear]

I didn't realize this video had only just released, and I saw that it only had one comment 9 hours ago and it confused the hell out of me. Good morning

[@beautifulpotato6906]

come to Europe

[@jerichobauner5914]

oh hi bro

[@pufferfish575]

Hi

[@tagg1080]

As a field engineer that works on X-ray systems, this is hilarious. One caution I would give is that most system regulate the amount of time and amps to the tube because it will overheat. So don’t leave it on for more than a few seconds or you can wreck your tube. Fancy ones spin inside and shoot the voltage in pulses to avoid overheating. Great stuff.

[@dangerousglasses7995]

I love how you're more concerned about the tube breaking than getting zapped or something

[@stickmanonastick6089]

@@dangerousglasses7995 As long as you aren't really stupid, you wont be getting zapped. Wearing rubber soled shoes often prevents electricity from running into you, and staying away from wires and metal prevents electricity from running through you. As for radiation, he is getting low doses in short periods of time. Prolonged exposure or extremely massive amounts of radiation can be dangerous. So was he safe? Nah, you should still never play with these things.

[@yonnieflores-najera3226]

Could he die from this?

[@dimitardonev4507]

@@yonnieflores-najera3226 you can die from anything since anything has a potentially lethal dose.

[@lineheart972]

@@yonnieflores-najera3226 yes. That power supply has far more than enough in it to stop your heart. If you somehow make physical contact and for some reason( no protection or not properly grounded) it makes a circuit. You will die, no exceptions your heart will stop. Only question is. How high. After certain amount of amps. It's actually more likely to survive than at lower amp.

[@thorjacobson8122]

Imagine breaking a bone and going to the doctor and they’re like we’re gonna need to do an x ray and you say oh no I brought my own

[@joutatheegg]

This Needs more likes

[@benntc1756]

@@joutatheegg nope

[@julianbrelsford]

Only it isn't so well designed that it won't, you know, throw sparks through a couple inches of empty space on occasion

[@konysa3641]

They wouldn't take your xray, and insist on using 'their own' because its 'more reliable'. I've done a lot of self diagnosing using what I could either making, or getting at home testing for various things. I needed the docs prescription pad to get me the necessary meds, but always have had to pay for their stupid testing despite already knowing whats wrong. I know their just doing their job, but I did 95% of the work for them BECAUSE I couldn't afford the diagnosis process, I legit just needed the ending medication treatment

[@djdrack4681]

This is inherently what they should expect: it follows the 'right to repair' and other DIY ethos. The era of 'you need to go to the Dr. to find this out' is coming to an end as tech has advanced so much that a LOT of clin lab testing and analysis (which is the backbone of diagnostic/confirmation testing) can be made or purchased cheap. The internet contains ALL the information you'd need to know from IDing if you have salmonella vs shigella infection to how to remove an appendix (if you're really on a budget). Couple this with the fact that eventually medicine will become entirely accessible w/o prescription and suddenly a Dr is somebody you go to when you don't want to do the testing yourself or as a matter of convenience/second opinion.

[@ElectroBOOM]

Wow! If you make production volume numbers you could sell x-ray machines for $50 to every household! And you can charge them extra for the lead-ball-protection plate!

[@linus6078]

Im scared of a collab between you two

[@crazyksp8344]

ElectroBoom + William = HouseBoom

[@co2_os]

It would've been a crazy surprise if all of a sudden, you showed up in the video. This seems right up your alley lol

[@saltysurvivalist9820]

Is it really safe

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Do you want to be put on a list? Because that's how you get put on a list.

[@CoAndCoLaptopAccount]

Chelsea is a trooper. Nothing like being woken up by your SO at 2am to see a ghetto xray machine in your garage and being asked to run it so he can take sketchy xrays of his hand. Wife goals

[@jjuniper479]

gross lil baby boys be like ☕

[@GentlemanlyOtter]

@@jjuniper479 butt hurted? Y'all have horribly expensive healthcare, deal with it.

[@dove_shampoo2957]

@@jjuniper479what

[@Anniecombnus]

surprisingly similar to how the original discovery of X-rays went lmao....

[@PlasmaChannel]

"Welcome to the world of high voltage, where everything's a wire, and you're probably going to die" Boy, can I relate to that one.

[@Utthiu]

I was here

[@Upper_Decky]

@@Utthiu and so was everyone who is reading this

[@zinckensteel]

pinprick RF burns and aching bones from large static sparks really start to wear down one's spirit, after a while ;-)

[@zackrolls]

Indeed

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@zinckensteel huh, those people were never cut out for it to begin with

[@wolfgang2453]

don't forget the age old trick, when you ask for an itemized list of all the things you're being billed for, the total you are charged seems to magically decrease

[@user-xt7qd9vq3l]

Boost

[@yamilespanol4527]

It does? Man what a corrupt system.....

[@kanoaikawach]

@@yamilespanol4527 yes, because they actually have to tell you what they did.

[@jacksrccars347]

Me just chilling here with free healthcare in the u.k 🤣🤣

[@LavroseRovender]

wdym

[@anonym1984]

"Why is the beans so close to the high voltage?" is JUST the thing you want to hear from the guy about to give you an x-ray

[@yummynubs3646]

I know i'm in safe hands when my doctors are putting pantry goods near the medical equipment

[@Stealthy_tree]

Time stamp 12:04

[@bonzairob]

@@yummynubs3646 when the doctors are *using* pantry goods *as* the medical equipment

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Medical insurance covers the extra bean cost.

[@DaveyKanabus]

Not gonna lie I would rather get the bean-can garage x-ray with the paper saftey labels for $50 than pay $2,800 at urgent care.

[@chrisbilling]

I think the slogan “if it’s a hissing, x-rays it’s a pissing” should become a designated medical warning equivalent to the radiation symbol

[@somekid67]

First reply

[@Pink_Char]

@@somekid67 nerd

[@dexis9412]

“Welcome to high voltage, where everything’s a wire!” That’s actually a perfect way to get people to take it seriously

[@amicloud_yt]

-Including- Especially your body!

[@youkofoxy]

Like, I not scared of live mains. However it just took a couple of painful experience with ignition cables for me to be really scared of KV rated voltages. P.S.: I wasn't even touching metal only plastic.

[@butre.]

yeah even 480v industrial power is not even remotely as scary as 60kv

[@since1876]

It's a perfect way to get people to take it seriously and it's also very close to accurate!!!!! 😂😂😂 I don't even like 9v battery shocks 🥺

[@idk420blazeit]

@@youkofoxy *holds the plug cable to the cap to see if i got spark* *It shocks the shit outta me* "I do indeed have spark"

[@ImmortalLemon]

“My will to do science is significantly higher than my will to live” is a shirt that I would buy

[@caitlinbell5462]

Same

[@ehill32]

Yuhh

[@Titantitan001]

The inevitable end to the path of science.

[@AndreasDelleske]

I can sell it to you but you will have to pay with your life :)

[@obamawastaken9069]

I need this

[@tolinkalin5301]

Between this and Michael's surgery machine, you guys practically have your own Urgent Care center!

[@ewan7746]

I want will to present his x-rays to a doctor

[@ct5625]

Alabama's gonna need all the help it can get. Too soon?

[@NGNetwork1]

They should see if they can get approved :D

[@squatchjosh1131]

"Don't worry if you dislike our short criminally insane doctor, you can always choose to be examined by our taller criminally insane doctor instead!"

[@quantumblauthor7300]

And it only becomes more urgent as the procedures continue

[@sleepybones5726]

Using his wits, William created an x-ray machine with some glass, some beans, and an x-ray machine

[@Sweetandsourman]

Under-rated comment

[@atreyufrost]

clam chowder and tuna too

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

"Dammit why are the beans so close to the high voltage" A once in a lifetime sentence right there.

[@Sizzlik]

I wouldnt be so sure about that. "Who left his lasagna on the fuckin transformator" is also one of the sentence you dont expect to hear after a loud bang.

[@jerryjones8470]

“Dammit why are the beans so close to the high voltage” I said it, twice in a life time

[@luukspencer1575]

once in a lifetime cus its right at the end

[@bubbles1044]

I love the idea of william osman selling michael reeves merch that William autographed

[@WingofTech]

“Reduce, reuse, recycle, BAAAAAYYYYYBBBBEEEEEEEE!!!!” -Michael Reeves, Probably ♻️

[@drivebytrucker4898]

I love the idea of William Osman selling Michael Reeves autographed by William Osman.

[@creativecredence850]

@@drivebytrucker4898 I love the idea of William Osman.

[@ruslanetss]

It was so popular it's sold out already

[@drivebytrucker4898]

Will, our future babies... What are their names?

[@zac8603]

“If it’s a hissin. X-rays it’s pissin” needs to be a government mandated warning label on all new X-ray machines.

[@since1876]

If I ever get an x-ray done again I'm DEFINITELY stealing from William and saying this to the nurse. He won't mind.

[@IntenseVLT]

IKR. I walk into the Room with the X-ray machine and get scared because there’s warnings everywhere. Meanwhile if they read like this ^ I wouldn’t give a flip until it’s a hissin’

[@Barnacules]

I laughed way too loud when he read that in the video @zac 😂

[@patinthechat6452]

Yeah there is no hissing with x-ray equipment, an x-ray of your hand is taken in a millisecond.

[@since1876]

@@patinthechat6452 you're wrong, the sounds are just within the machine and there is insulation to prevent it from being noisy. Also, try getting a MRI and tell me there's no sound. 😋

[@PyReDZN]

The fact that you have medical insurance and still had to pay $2500 is actually insane. I had an ambulance called for me because i had a massive panic attack that caused various parts of my body to lock up, i recovered by the time the ambulance got there, never set foot inside of it, and they still tried to charge me almost 3 grand with insurance. It's such a racket.

[@unflexian]

insane that you have to deal with that. i had covid complications and got an ambulance ride and an overnight stay at a hospital of my choice and got charged something like 21$ for the ambulance ride.

[@johnnyblaze7129]

This is pretty nice video. I’m a radiography instructor , the stuff you did is spot on. Beware scatter radiation, it can bounce around and cause biological damage. I plan to have my students watch this for educational purposes.

[@canceroh8699]

Why does the radiation want to be apart of my bones so badly.

[@alexandero9936]

Poor William, his science video is used as an example of what not to do.

[@andyartensol7585]

I was surprised he didn’t involve a $40 microwave

[@timtams_6]

@@alexandero9936 i mean, someone's gotta have to

[@saturnv3596]

balls xd xd xd xd

[@nesssste]

"my will to do science is significantly stronger than my will to live" is a statement I'm living by

[@luizftavares]

Or dying for I guess

[@regosirko2004]

Not for long...

[@kentclark9908]

Think you should look up the demon core

[@M3taVids]

I feel that.

[@geoffreyprecht2410]

Big Izzet mood

[@ImTerasHD]

In Sweden you'd only have to pay about 20 bucks.. if you don't show up to your appointment, that is. If you do show up to your appointment, then it's free. (free-ish, I understand how taxes work)

[@tux_duh]

Okay, time to immigrate to Sweden- or literally any other first world country that doesn't put me in debt for being sick🤩🤩

[@daniellaytonmusic9865]

We also have "free" healthcare in the UK. I really couldn't imagine what we'd do without it.

[@reinervonriva7102]

How much do you and your employer pay in insurances and socials a year?

[@brett7801]

@@reinervonriva7102 In Australia we have a Medicare levy. If you earn over the threshold for the year of $90000 AND you don't pay for your own private healthcare insurance, $1462 will not be returned to you in your yearly tax return. If you earn less than $90k, Medicare is mostly free. Personally I pay the levy, as the care I get is still outstanding. (And due to a condition, I'm getting my moneys worth!)

[@haarukko]

Same here in Finland

[@cf3485]

I'm convinced hospitals run a random number generator for their bills.

[@thmxsz]

and they add 5 0s at the end of it

[@janputz4157]

Roll one dice for the first number and two dice for the amount of 0 added.

[@dijital4801]

@@janputz4157 but the dice are all 6s

[@vermillion-sz7vy]

so glad im not american

[@coolyeh1017]

The money is for insurance companies. Hospitals request insane amounts of money from the insurance companies. The insurance companies with all the resypurces and an army of accountants and lawyers negotiate for a fraction of the price and then they settle. In cases insurance refuses to pay, the hospitals sends it to the patient hoping to recoup some of the costs. The vast majority of the time, especially if someone is underinsured or has no insurance the hospita is willing to take part of the price because they know that the average person cannot pay the full bill and will eat the losses as a business expense.

[@shadowsun9537]

This is literally a "hey ferb, i know what we are going to do today" moment

[@dylangarrant3027]

100%

[@castanmilos7942]

@@dylangarrant3027 facts

[@yangtze_2958]

Hi , are you a fan of ksp?

[@shadowsun9537]

@@yangtze_2958 why yes

[@ZangetsuBlade]

“Hey Ferb lets lower U.S. medically debt” *gets killed by government*

[@ThrustMasterFlex]

What a nice young man, I wonder what safe experiment he will be conducting today.

[@RavenTheVelociraptor]

One breaking the law of "geez man! be careful!!!" no doubt

[@alfredopampliega1763]

oh buddy

[@joekerr5418]

*would have been conducting

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

Conducting is a bad idea when high voltage PSUs are involved

[@leaffinite2001]

Ideally hes not conducting at all

[@hacksmith]

To think I could have saved $300 on my hand xray in LA if I just came to your garage... d'oh

[@reececlegg9374]

Love the channel man!

[@Eulers_Identity]

now you've got a tutorial on how to do it 😀

[@jasonmyneni8605]

I thought healthcare in Canada was free

[@Fogest]

@@jasonmyneni8605 not if you're travelling to America though like he was.....

[@rednovaproductions5247]

@@jasonmyneni8605,300$ is nothing when the hospital is charging u 60k

[@froggy0162]

My last mountain bike accident involved ambulance, 10 days in hospital, several x rays, many many pain meds, surgery for a clavicle plate, meds for home after discharge, 2 or three follow up consults etc etc…. The biggest expense was car parking for when my partner brought me real coffee and some home cooked meals! Australia. My Medicare levy is paid from my income tax and is a fraction of what Americans pay.

[@ET-jv1wm]

I used to live in a small town in the mountains. I had an accident one day and dislocated 3 fingers. I put them back myself immediately. But they hurt like heck, and was worried that there might be some serious damage..... Instead of driving 20 miles to the County Hospital and paying 500$ for an x-ray and doctors consultation, I just went down to the local Veterinary Clinic instead. It only cost me 50$ for the X-ray and the consultation. She logged me as a 180lb Great Dane 🐕 for her records lol

[@ambrosios7161]

That's hilarious. Honestly something that i would have considered if I were in your shoes

[@johntowers1213]

knowing those sorts of places I'm surprised the vet was not also the towns primary care physician/postman

[@teddyruxpin3811]

Vets are extremely skilled at a lot of things. They have to wear so many hats at work because they can't send you to a specialist. They act as the dentist, the oncologist, the radiologist, the surgeon, and many more. Unfortunately, it's illegal for them to practice medicine on humans (unless it's an emergency).

[@jeremylanier4743]

This is one of those, “it never happened incidents.” Even though no name or location was given, this is how people get caught. Everyone in town probably knows about the vet, but everyone thinks they are the only one. Thats how hush hush that shit is.

[@ashhellwig]

I love the emoji after “Great Dane” it really adds a cute little pizazz

[@iliakatster]

William's insurance: yeah, after seeing this video, we're gonna have to raise your premiums 3000%

[@Dennis19901]

@@Darenz-cg9zg I would not want to get treated at your hospital. Seeing how extremely low you set the bar for your employees.

[@Dockhead]

@@Dennis19901 oh believe me some hospitals have far far far worse of a bar of employee potential.

[@Dennis19901]

@@Dockhead Not where I live, my man. And that doesn't justify keeping the bar low.

[@m4vr1ck]

What insurance

[@chillmarky4347]

@@Dennis19901 You aren't welcome to the William Osman Hospital, safety nerd!

[@syntruss]

Pro tip: When you go to the hospital, ask them to itemize your charges. That way you can see what they are charging you for and if it seems that they are charging you something for no reason, you can dispute those charges and pay less!

[@charlesmarto6147]

thanks for the tip i bet it will save you a lot of money

[@packerfanbd1995]

Pro-tip. Move to Canada and healthcare is free! :)

[@packerfanbd1995]

@@y0ur_m3rcenary7 funny, I've yet to hear of a Canadian going bankrupt from taxes. But if I have to take home a bit less to ensure that as a population Canadians all have access to stress free free healthcare it's worth it to me.

[@wolfyklassen]

@@y0ur_m3rcenary7 Except for how Canada pays way less for healthcare than the US. Also in the US you ALSO pay for everyone else's medical stuff, that's how insurance works.

[@wolfyklassen]

@@y0ur_m3rcenary7 In 2020 Americans paid ~$12000 each for health care while Canadians spent ~$8000 each.

[@caittails]

Me: “Few sounds are scarier than a Geiger counter.” William: “GOOD GEIGER COUNTER GO BRRRRRR”

[@Canleaf08]

Geiger Counter is angry now

[@BasicallyHomeless]

Dangerous voltages and various kinds of beans man this is instant YT greatest hits

[@DietMilkLifts]

dad?

[@joonyjun7861]

beans?

[@cadenpawlak5795]

Haha did not expect to see a comment from you 😎😂😂

[@ember3562]

Hummus

[@Pojo-]

At least his nose doesnt look like a BOSG

[@w4stedspace]

Thanks William, I never knew how safe and accessible an x-ray could be. Great educational content using simple household ingredients, with a fun twist!

[@dm12e]

Idk About that cheaf

[@SoarMallard]

@@dm12e nice try, I see what you were going for. I'm gonna have to rate this comment 3/5, definitely room for improvement!

[@caraffa3621]

it IS NOT safe. It's ideal example WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO

[@XBlueBeam]

@@caraffa3621 this is proof that most people doesen't even know what a joke is.

[@XBlueBeam]

@@tgust31 CAN SOMEBODY GET THE JOKE FOR 5 SECONDS PLEASE

[@Khorne_of_the_Hill]

I would've tried harder in school if I knew that chaotic youtube inventor was a viable career option

[@irissupercoolsy]

It's never too late.. I would watch a crazy grandpa doing this stuff

[@gachacherriemasu-quie3183]

Facts

[@patmeharder_]

@@gachacherriemasu-quie3183 b

[@gapsule2326]

Ironically knowing nothing could be more useful for that career path.

[@Daniel-cc6gs]

​@@evelynsahoe8896 can be you someday

[@ivdrip-r2r]

A couple of months ago, I had to get my gallbladder surgically removed. Between the pre-op, the surgery itself, the hospice care and the medication, I paid a total of $4 (for parking).

[@madisonmorris7394]

Patients shouldn’t pay for parking. They already have a legit reason to be there

[@Canleaf08]

Hospice care? I hope you are doing ok now…

[@Codys-girl]

Damn, hospice? My mom got her gallbladder removed (heavy HEAVY drinking in her early 20s, like outdrinking my dad's marine buddies every other night) and I don't remember it being that serious, hope youre okay now

[@MaxxPwrrr]

holy shit HOSPICE CARE?!?!

[@nldm561]

How do you know someone is not American? They’ll point it out, kind of like a vegan

[@kip2349]

I started cry laughing when he zoomed in on Chelsea's face after announcing he successfully made x-rays

[@shawnjoseph4009]

Chelsea looked like he wanted to murder him for his safety the entirety of this video lol

[@TheSaoul]

Caretaker's face when you said you made X-rays in the garage. She's still with you - that's true love.

[@thatsoverated4613]

THAT'S caretaker... The thing we want but don't deserve

[@alittlebitofannythingandev7919]

Hahaha that's not true love, that's just that he hasten told her what the dangers are, so shes still alive.

[@musalamabduallah6800]

Why Did he call her Caretaker?

[@alexrogers9086]

@@musalamabduallah6800 because she cares about his well-being even when he doesn’t.

[@musalamabduallah6800]

Alex Rogers I see...

[@scottwilliams846]

The most Ed, Edd, n Eddy looking X-Ray machine ever.

[@yir_maa7905]

😂😂

[@Anna-po1sb]

It does look straight out of a drawn cartoon

[@Me0w-l9d]

Couldn’t have said it any better champ

[@diseasebeats9493]

You just ruined this whole mans career

[@FGV_Gravity]

I thought America didn't have Ed edd eddy

[@EmberTheFoxyFox]

This is why I’m thankful for the NHS, had multiple x-rays and ultrasounds, appendectomy, multiple days in hospital, moles removed, all for free

[@migbham1]

Nothing worth having is free. You pay for it with your exorbitant income taxes.

[@sparksycat]

And then it gets spent on wallpapers by our government

[@chrischeng9145]

​@migbham1 not as high as all your insurance fees, copay, premiums, monthly costs, and more added together!

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

"free"

[@ARavingLobster]

​@@chrischeng9145And don't forget no stressing about it at all. Just focusing on your medical treatment and recovery without any unnecessary worry or stress piled on about the bill. It's how every single 1st world country on the planet does it (except for the U.S) and we all do it this way for a reason.

[@jcoronet2000]

when he first showed his bean can setup, i said "thats a lot of metal around a 60000 volt power source". sure enough it was.

[@Cosmic_Ray_]

Michael Reeves has the surgeon robot and now William Osman have a X-Ray... we'll soon have the first KZbinr owned hospital.

[@penis9023]

Thats cursed The logan brothers would be the morticians?

[@zenn6636]

@@penis9023 oh nooooooo

[@グルイズビオ]

@@penis9023 oh no

[@TPK_MAKG]

@@penis9023 lmfaoo

[@sasdagreat8052]

@@penis9023 I was sold on the idea until this revelation. God, it sounds like that one TIkTok hospital...

[@youngarchaeotech189]

I’m a surgical tech. My hospital would totally buy your equipment so we can continue to charge extortionate prices at even less personal cost.

[@nedanother9382]

I Knew It!!!! and in 2021 that is all the evidence you need to destroy something/someone. I heard it somewhere so its true. Of course in this case it is true soooo

[@johnnywheatbread4385]

Yeah, 'cause that equipment is TOTALLY going to be certified by the state.

[@nedanother9382]

@@johnnywheatbread4385 I think his point was close to "F the state and all its minions" that allows this criminality to happen in the first place....you saw 69,000 dollars right? The problems of who pays is the State and hospitals problem to solve...is in fact never solved and the cost is carried by the paying customers by simply charging hundreds or thousands of times more than the services rendered - its taxation by hospitals. Yes keep voting for incumbents

[@scarface213]

@@nedanother9382 so if this were the equipment at the facility you went to ,you would be fine with it? Have at it.

[@gamerX-wk7ct]

@@scarface213 it basically is the same except the hospital has a nice shell around it so if took away all the pointless shit then it wouldn't look so appealing would it but the outcome would be the same regardless what it looks like right . looks aren't everything

[@bellsi3836]

In Brazil you can get that for free. And even if you wanna pay for a x-ray, it would be around 46,48 USD.

[@thefpstester1293]

The true cost is living in Brazil, get well soon 😢

[@Aci_yt]

As a German, it's insane to me that you have to pay for basic things like ambulances, X-Rays, etc...

[@helikopter4831]

America fuck yeah

[@oddmothfriend9790]

that’s the capitalism baybeeeee

[@Explosive0Diahrea]

One thing I'll say, at least Anericans don't have their media content as filtered as Germany does.

[@giga-bowser]

@@oddmothfriend9790 Well it's the welfare state specifically. Capitalism as a market is actually pretty nice, but when it comes to the welfare state/social policies(healthcare, food stamps, etc) it kinda sucks. Which is why countries like Germany and Norway have a Capitalist market with a broadened welfare state more akin to what is typically seen under socialism.

[@onlyhereformoney175]

@@giga-bowser also the workplace is awful under capitalism, basically an absolute monarchy.

[@michaelcobbs8326]

"My will to do science is significantly stronger than my will to live." I would buy that shirt in every color

[@Panic_Pickle]

And I’m an arts major!

[@baschoen23]

🤣

[@beautyizeasy]

100% I would buy that shirt too!

[@MrLutter1]

ive never seen this channel, and i will buy that shirt

[@tylerurban4267]

@the Teo 😂

[@inxplotch]

William manages to hit this perfect mix of vastly interesting and extremely horrifying. Also I like that he goes on a tirade about the safety of xrays, meanwhile the 60k volts actively arcing to every loose piece of metal in the vicinity, no worries there.

[@colinporter6185]

@Øivin Fjeldstad I'd use the word 'respect ' loosely. More like warns his viewers they won't even know they died and then starts messing around

[@stalkersas]

@Øivin Fjeldstad it's low current, will hurt, but no real danger

[@murrethmedia]

I live in Canada, I needed to go to the ER a few weeks back and had bloodwork, an xray an EKG all kinds of stuff. It cost me a grand total of $0.00 I hope someday soon Americans will be able to tell this story.

[@kimkardashianruinedmylife]

I hope not. I’m not paying for those who ruined their health due to alcohol, smoking, drugs, obesity, etc. I’ll pay my share, and they can pay theirs.

[@elcoshayuyodrsimi3000]

​@@kimkardashianruinedmylife most compassionate american

[@cephalonaural6854]

@@elcoshayuyodrsimi3000and the exact reason why I’m never visiting America lol most of em don’t care about anything other than them and theirs, it’s not much better in other countries but only Americans in my experience are so openly proud of that If you get run over by a drunk driver, you’ll be lucky for someone to call an ambulance for you

[@kimkardashianruinedmylife]

@@elcoshayuyodrsimi3000 The truth hurts bb girl.

[@RadioactiveBluePlatypus]

​@@kimkardashianruinedmylifeyou're literally saying you'd rather pay 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS because you don't want people you don't like to have access to free healthcare too??? You'll only accept things if they benefit only you then?????

[@SeanHodgins]

California: "Put a Prop 65 warning on everything." William's Garage: "Hold my beer"

[@Stefan-wn7wi]

Hold my beans *

[@Auroramystic]

E

[@joeydr1497]

@@Auroramystic no

[@h3alix_994]

*Hold my cat*

[@Zaqinabox]

Will should def just get it tattooed on his forhead.

[@TheActionLab]

14:09 Lol, I've seen that look many times before. But this is an awesome video, Marie Curie would be proud

[@danielchin7310]

you’re cute

[@juanquireyes6703]

@@danielchin7310 down baaad

[@GCKteamKrispy]

Hahah, i understood 🤣

[@auxz2jz158]

If she weren't dead due to radiation from x-rays

[@MarkMichalowski]

@@auxz2jz158 Yeah, but she did give her name to a unit of radiation and a temperature.... so, y'know, swings... roundabouts... ;-) [Except someone will now point out that they were named after her husband - LOL!]

[@bunsenmedia4336]

"Built my own chemo therapy medicine after the hospital charged me 350,000 for treating the cancer I gave myself"

[@elijahswanson9185]

Best comment ever 👏

[@sonparabailar]

That's cheap! I'm probably close to $2million for my chemo (leukemia) by now but I have good insurance so only had to empty my savings....mwa mwa mwa

[@Ownxer]

@@sonparabailar I’d rather just die at that point

[@theafrican3752]

​@@Ownxer but don't die first before making a GoFundMe page.

[@Ben.N]

@@sonparabailar wow

[@Grimleal-ws1mk]

its just so wildly inspiring how smart you are to throw together shit and make something like that with stuff you buy off of ebay and craigslist and stuff you pull apart. I'm working on my second degree and you make me feel like a gremlin

[@ArmanBaig]

13:10 by the way, this isn't static. It's actual x rays hitting the sensor in the camera. It's visualized radiation. pretty cool :)

[@mpk6664]

You can see these in nuclear bomb test as well. The radiation also messed with the audio recordings that they used too. Flipping rad(pun intended).

[@trashpanda5866]

tbf static can also just mean noise on a picture, like regardless of what it comes from. interesting none the less

[@ArmanBaig]

@@trashpanda5866 true, but noise is usually colored. When it’s just white spots like that, and the video is about a homemade X-ray machine, or radiation hitting the sensor.

[@kemby9037]

so video games were RIGHT ?!?!?!?! (kinda)

[@andrewkvk1707]

Static can be alot more than color noise in images. Electric current and sound can have static. I'd say in the refrence to just the image the dots are static, but to the experiment they are clear confirmation of xray generation and not static.

[@ArdentSM]

i love how william's magnum opus isn't his most notable or significant project, it's his most dangerous.

[@BernasLL]

I'd say this is pretty significant. He could probably make a living building X-ray machines and create a new industry of black exam centers for people who urgently need USA's healthcare system fixed (and finally forcing prices to go down on this test at least). Would save lives, probably.

[@nukemansvk142]

Magnum opus? The only magnum opus is in MAD MAX

[@Lewisrobbie02]

@@nukemansvk142 you know what magnum opus means right

[@novakane8722]

@@nukemansvk142 dummy

[@dylangilman]

@@discomallard69 Nobody cares about superhero movies

[@notPlSSFINGERS]

I think the conductivity of the cans is the only reason why regular X-ray machines don’t use a bean can based scaffold.

[@mah-ri8820]

Not possible, the beans work well because they are reinforced legumes, so hospitals are just adding a bunch of mumbo jumbo to the machines to make it seem fancier which lets them charge more money

[@megsley]

im definitely sure his neighbors are happy about him building radiologic devices in the garage.

[@ThatJay283]

thankfully, due to inverse square law, any kind of dose his neighbours got would be far far lower than what he got. and what he got would still have been absolutely tiny. the radiation isn't actually the real issue with his design, the real risk is electrocution.

[@Poldovico]

"Dammit why are the beans so close to the high voltage" I do believe this sentence is brand new in the history of mankind

[@___xyz___]

Unfortunately...

[@aryansharma-kj4qg]

@@___xyz___fortunately....

[@Inazio1311]

Yeah.

[@nixixim]

Nah, Tesla loved beans. He ate so many beans he would have reall bad fart-problems. So bad infact, that his peers tried to hide all his beans so that Tesla wouldn't fart around the whole lab and cause a nuisance. But one day, when his mates walked in, they found hin working on his Tesla coils and they would smell the most gnarly odour they had ever thought possible. But Tesla was the only oke in the room, and as their eyes glared the room, they saw the reason, Tesla had found the beans they hid from him, and saw the can right beside him when he was working on his electronics, and they exclaimed: "dammit why are the beans so close to the high voltage"

[@Maner192]

@@nixixim how long did you think of this

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

This is simultaneously the best and dumbest thing I've ever seen someone do and I can't wait to replicate it because you didn't tell me to not try it at home.

[@antoniomorillacallejon2562]

im the 69th like

[@ephjaymusic]

Check out what Kreosan did 🤣

[@WaterYaDune]

If it works you have your own x-ray machine, and if not then you can sue him when it goes horribly wrong, genius.

[@Nielsquake0]

@@ephjaymusic oh lord his one is scary

[@ephjaymusic]

@@Nielsquake0 they really made this video look like a walk in the park lol

[@ProfessionalGasLighting]

“I have health insurance” -me every time I’m about to do something stupid

[@stforksandadream1985]

Laughs in British

[@mercury0214]

@@stforksandadream1985 Ight bro you don’t gotta flex on us I didn’t ask to be born in the land of expensive and home of the greedy lol

[@porpnub6948]

@@mercury0214 I am Canadian and we have free healthcare and more candy

[@MentalGains]

@@porpnub6948 "free health care". Until you actually need it and they keep you in a ER waiting room only to have you be rolled out to a hallway 😂

[@funnyfunnyvalentine7991]

@@MentalGains Exactly

[@Holphana]

The sad thing about this is if you broke your arm, took an x-ray and then sent it to a doctor they would not offer you medical assistance pertaining to that image.

[@sigataros]

then become a doctor and assist yourself

[@fjordpitsky4486]

Well yeah because the image quality is dogshit, poor image quality increases the risk of something being missed. They don't want a malpractice suit because of a homemade x-ray LOL

[@laurenceperkins7468]

Because there is no way for the doctor to limit their liability at all. So if you x-ray somebody else's arm and lie to the doctor and say it was your arm and the treatment ends up being incorrect because of that then they're still liable for malpractice because you're not a doctor and therefore they shouldn't have trusted you even to do basic things. And even if you sign a waiver saying that you won't hold them responsible for mistakes arising from your own stupidity and malfeasance in providing diagnostic data, when it gets to the courtroom that's worth exactly nothing.

[@lemongraabtheforsaken1225]

“Guys it’s perfectly safe, the radiation isn’t that bad” while standing in front of a machine that’s arcing bolts of lightning in random directions.

[@TheNamesArif]

Well he's right. Bolt of lightning aren't radioactive

[@TheNamesArif]

Or is it?

[@boringidiot6385]

If the radiation doesn’t kill you, the lightning probably will.

[@jordansorenson698]

Funnily enough, for those machinists out there qho run EDM machines, that is litterally their job...

[@sloop3720]

i thought your username was LemonGraab the Foreskin

[@lennonchahivec-schneider6722]

I came back to watch this again after your "I'm done" video. I don't understand how people are getting triggered by a comedy tech channel. You literally say whether or not what you're doing is safe or not. This shit is hilarious AND educational. I think people just forget that you have qualifications because you're not serious all the time.

[@nyoxiz5953]

As he said, it's an incredibly small minority, but amongst millions of viewers, a very small minority is still a good couple hundred people. Not many people can handle being criticized by hundreds of people, even if millions praise you.

[@PICKLECREW]

Bro I did the same thing coming back from the "I'm done" vid and was looking for this exact comment... We need to have this thread posted or at least highlighted

[@helioskrillstudios4921]

@@PICKLECREW same here… I totally understand it too, and what can you do?! It’s the internet, you can’t defend yourself

[@BarioIDL]

like why do they even need to talk asif they know everything? it's sad when there are actual scumbags on this platform who got stan and people who enjoy making contents got bullied

[@helioskrillstudios4921]

@@BarioIDL very true

[@billyjoebudweiser9815]

"Damn it, why are the beans so close to the high voltage" that is absolutely 100% a new sentence. No one on earth had ever said that before William.

[@Monkchelle_Kongbama]

unless you were shopping and someone left a can of beans near the variety section of the mountain dew area.

[@JohnDoe-ks9xx]

@@Monkchelle_Kongbama Clever;)

[@ictogon]

@@Monkchelle_Kongbama fake mountain dew fan, its just called Voltage

[@forr35t]

@@ictogon are you a "fan" of Mountain Dew?

[@Monkchelle_Kongbama]

@@ictogon voltage blows anyway

[@Naxelar]

As a radiography student, I found this interesting. I sent the video to my radiation physics professor.

[@bendunk4532]

Love that he calls his wall "The Iron Dome" when being made of lead is its defining characteristic

[@jacksonconnolly239]

Good take Ben!

[@revolverguy]

And its 💯 not a dome

[@bradyadkins7226]

You havent played terraria…

[@coffeebeanbenjamin]

Hey, they also called Tony Stark Iron Man, it's just *cooler*

[@vishnutheetharappan7074]

I guess people just like calling things iron. Take iron man, a better name would be gold-titanium alloy suit, but people call him iron man anyway

[@mr.peanut2096]

"Why is it arcing?" It's almost like it was submerged in oil for a reason.

[@kimmerykim6495]

Why was it arcing? Who knows, it was bought off ebay and taken apart by a bootleg garage engineer.

[@ZeroSpawn]

Yes the oil would slow down the electrons by colliding with the oil, causing them to aquire a negative charge. Without the oil the electrons are free travel in every direction. The stand of metal cans where just conducting the postive charged xray electrons.

[@jonathandill3557]

I hope it's from a newer x-ray or that PCBs were never used in dental x-rays.

[@davak72]

@@ZeroSpawn Close. Electrons can never have a positive charge. They are always negatively charged by one electron-Volt. The rest of what you said almost makes sense as a metaphor for what is happening using the mechanics of momentum. But the actual difference between air and oil in this application is the breakdown voltage. In dry air, the field strength for breakdown is only about 3 kV/mm, whereas in oil-cooled and oil-insulated transformers, it is about 20 kV/mm.

[@davak72]

@@ZeroSpawn I just noticed that you called them “positive charged xray electrons”. Actually, the arcing has almost nothing to do with the X-ray tube. Instead, it is due to the very high voltage from the high voltage power supply. The X-ray tube has two parts as William mentioned. The filament that emits electrons (basically a light bulb) (also known as the cathode), and a target (anode) that is set to a very high voltage relative to the filament with a high voltage supply. The strong positive charge of the anode causes the electrons emitted by the cathode to speed over to it and crash into it, generating X-rays on impact. X-rays themselves are not electrons, but rather a form of electromagnetic radiation, like daylight or radio waves or microwaves.

[@tatehinsberg8377]

The fact the William and Michael have both made “hospital” equipment, frightens me…

[@ohhxcake5434]

honestly micheals was more murder equipment

[@shadyshrimp4169]

lmao

[@discordiangod]

@@ohhxcake5434 wdym did you not see the accuracy on that surgery bot?!

[@ollie_3948]

@@ohhxcake5434 Fun fact! It's now used for his overhead camera

[@Lepepei]

@@ollie_3948 talk about multi purpose a camera and a murd- i mean hospital equipment

[@kriston-rosshogan9926]

I live in the Caribbean,an X-ray is literally free... U wait in the hospital for like half an hour, they call you in, you get the x-ray, then you leave.

[@trstmeimadctr]

I am genuinely curious what they would do if they told you you need an x-ray and you said 'no, ill take it myself' and then showed up the next day with your own x-rays

[@kungflupenguin1067]

Probably get arrested for dumb reason

[@liorramati265]

Chances are the x-rays just wouldn't be particularly useful, as modern x-rays have very detailed specs on power output, duration, post processing, etc, that this thing could never hit. Like, you could probably diagnose a clean break with this, but modern x-rays at the right settings can tell you so much more

[@geoninja8971]

They'd probably say something like 'good luck with that - bye'.....

[@jamesflames6987]

I've done things... like this. They'll basically say that they can't accept any evidence that wasn't produces in a medical setting. They'll also tell you it's very dangerous.

[@geoninja8971]

@@jamesflames6987 and they are correct.

[@acolize8883]

I also love how Big Willy is just devolving deeper and deeper into a manic diy psychosis with every video

[@----REDACTED----]

Little too real with this one here bud

[@Guus115]

He's the next connor murphy

[@----REDACTED----]

@@Guus115 nah

[@----REDACTED----]

@@Guus115 Inspector gadget X Neo (from the matrix)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

"manic diy psychosis" has gotta be new

[@fantomenghoul]

“welcome to high voltage! where everything’s a wire, and you’re probably gonna die.” please put that on a shirt

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

I have a few electrician friends who would love this.

[@gadnes330]

And give me a free one

[@insertnamehere7479]

Not even gonna bring up the "it's not arcing not big arcs at least"

[@fantomenghoul]

@@insertnamehere7479 what about “oh it’s arcing to a can of… a can of beans!”

[@MasonAmadeus]

“Welcome to High Voltage, where everything’s a wire and you’re probably gonna die” had me in stitches

[@Benzy670]

“Damn it, why are the beans so close to the high voltage?” has me in tears. This whole video is hilarious but that question is gold

[@theoriginalbeanboy]

I know, im quite the conductor

[@kolehiyala9958]

"safety is the number one priority" 10 secs later "No one likes safety nerds!"

[@VagueNaming]

@Ricky Smith hah, nerd, next you’re gonna tell me that it’s better to use professionally made machines instead of DIYing my own

[@manofsteal546]

Similar to, "Safety is number one priority." ?

[@lawlietlawliet]

Speaks in Russian

[@mrbamfo5000]

@Ricky Smith Actually he is right getting an x-ray is safe, not something you want to do everyday, but the little playing around with it he did for this video isn't going to hurt him. He actually had quite a bit of safety equipment. Had his lead shield, and he had several ginger counters including a personal exposure one. What he did best of all though is he exposed just how much Americans are getting screwed by the health and medical supply industries. He just proved there is absolutely no reason why x-rays and probably most other procedures should cost even a fraction of the cost they do. Even doing it with all new parts and safety features in a factory should be way cheaper than they are. The markups in those companies must be high.

[@nate8867]

@Ricky Smith hope you don’t wear headphones or drive a car or exist in modern society. Cancer exists, deal with it.

[@DMichienzi4]

The high voltage generator needs a sign saying 'if you hear popping your heart might be stopping'

[@Toby-Wan-Kenobi]

*Yes*

[@TLorb43e]

Yes

[@DRLoureiro]

managed to do it myself by following the video, works fine and the third arm it gave me is pretty handy :)

[@SuperSlowFive0]

Mans trying to turn himself into the Incredible Hulk to get out of paying for X-Rays... I respect it.

[@amiedexter8562]

Gamma rays aren’t x rays....

[@reallyWyrd]

He needs gamma rays instead then.

[@bigg422]

More like man's trying to give himself cancer

[@nikolaskerpiniotis]

Win win

[@JessicaKStark]

"Everything's gonna be Fiiiiiiiine." *bathes self in ionizing radiation* ...Styropyro collab when?

[@cadesnyder4126]

Not trying to sound like one of those safety nerds, but a collab with styropyro and william sounds like it could put entire continents at risk

[@nathan-ls8yw]

@@cadesnyder4126 😂 sweet

[@inanakatheboss3001]

@@cadesnyder4126 that's the fun part, styropyros illegal seeming doings combined with wills chaotic ideas would be great

[@sonnyboiii5292]

that would be amazing but styropyro is busy looking at tornados

[@Sequalsgoon]

@@sonnyboiii5292 danger noodles

[@theonlyalan731]

I've had the head of an x-ray twice. The one that I did at a small radiology office was $160, the one that I did at the hospital was $3,200

[@clintonmallard8447]

I don't want to sound like a dick because we still have our own issues in my country just like everyone. But in Australia I've had 6 x rays and never paid for one , it's as easy as going to a GP saying your shoulder feels weird to lift and they send you to a radiology place with a slip you get an x ray and pay $0 for all of it.

[@LUDOVICOPAPALIA]

@@clintonmallard8447 same in Italy...and in all normal places...🙊

[@Hotsdontfall]

@@clintonmallard8447 same in Canada... If I lived in the US I would've died 10+ times over

[@hummuslord6521]

@@Hotsdontfall imagine spawning in America, that's like setting your playthrough to hardcore right away. One injury and you may as well just respawn (this can be accomplished by converting to Buddhism).

[@hummuslord6521]

@the sus there's nightmare mode where you spawn as a girl in select parts of the middle east and eastern Asia (coincidentally this is good for any% speedruns)

[@Soppiestcandy]

Refried beans, rolled into a partially cooked corn tortilla, deep fried with some salsa on the side If you wanna make it fancy plate the flautas, drizzle crema, salsa, shredded cabbage and shredded cheese

[@Seedwreck]

Yeaaah, bro for sure refried those beans with those arcs. I wonder if plasma could form in the space left in the inside of the can

[@bigbaguette2]

this is literally how a supervillian is born. A scientific man too ambitious for his own good builds something insane in his garage. youve even got rage as fuel for Your work here. youre just 2/3 of the way there.

[@drkdatboi5372]

Now he just need to kill people

[@Tabu11211]

Imagine if Styropyro teamed up

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

@@drkdatboi5372 Literally lol.

[@tuggaonthehudson]

@@drkdatboi5372 From an X-Ray Machine

[@tuggaonthehudson]

What about other KZbinr Scientist

[@oliverbass2462]

This is the most entertaining cancer speedrun I've ever witnessed

[@NileRed]

You're using the wrong shovel...

[@prettycrumby]

How could William do this to us?!?

[@s101077]

Love your videos Nile

[@floorify1398]

hi nile

[@MasterBaker2020]

THAT’S what you took away from This video?!

[@williamlux]

Yeah ikr 0/10

[@JosephTheodore-q7u]

Hearing stuff like this is part of why I love the VA and am greatful I can receive services through them

[@nutdealer1340]

"I'm only 2500 dollars in debt. That means we have pleanty of budget to make an X-ray machine in the garage." this is incredible

[@wannabecarguy]

I got an x-ray of my broken ribs , in 2017 I paid 150$ out of pocket due to confusion with my insurance company. it depends on what type of equipment is used to take the picture.

[@BarioIDL]

@@Curious-Mr.-Lee not a good one that's for sure

[@bassam_salim]

@@wannabecarguy in my country that is less than 10$, prbably like 3$

[@griffinshorts785]

@@bassam_salim ?

[@Kyleplaysgames567]

​@@Curious-Mr.-LeeThe average adult is in debt. The whole country is in debt.

[@JonnesTT]

"The geiger counter is angry at us, that's a good sign." - William Osman

[@TheWizardGamez]

No you quoted it wrong, that quote is from the Chernobyl workers

[@boredalready88]

I would love to see his doctor’s face the next time he breaks a bone. “I’m going to order an x-ray...” “No, it’s ok, I brought some from home. In this one I’m doing ‘live long and prosper’...”

[@Shinyloog20992]

I can't believe you used complete proper grammer. Hats off to you, I don't see a lot of people type like that👏👏👏

[@aftmisty1210]

@@Shinyloog20992 *grammar.

[@sierrachubbz128]

@@aftmisty1210 lmao 😂

[@iaxacs3801]

That's what we call a Power Move

[@Geetarman69420]

@@aftmisty1210 oooooof

[@ThatJay283]

great vid! what's really funny about this is the emphasis on radiation whilst working with a high voltage power supply with flimsy exposed wires. like the real risk here is electrocution, not radiation dose.

[@Seedwreck]

Yes

[@BennySmith4366]

"I think everyone should build their own hospital in their garage." Thank you William, since I trust a very smart youtuber like you, I also will build a hospital in my garage now that I know it is safe.

[@poponater1000]

me too. mommy says i can use the garage if i clean up

[@arbiter-]

The kitchen would make for a far more convenient hospital. The operating table is already there, the lighting is likely more adequete than garage lighting, plus you have all sorts of tools such as steak knives and forks for impromptu surgery.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@arbiter- No, not the good silverware! Just use the plastic ones.

[@robotbanana4261]

I'm more concerned for William's health than I was when I heard he went to the hospital and got a 69k dollar bill.

[@adamsmith5913]

Do not worry, you cannot kill stupid, they are immune to death for some reason

[@name-zb8bs]

@@adamsmith5913 jackass crew 😳

[@pilcrow182]

@@adamsmith5913 But William is something else. He's... uh... smarpid?

[@AKAtheA]

@@name-zb8bs Ryan Dunn died in car crash...

[@name-zb8bs]

@@AKAtheA but still, he didn't die from a stupid fucking stunt

[@ContemporaryAlchemist]

"My will to do science is significantly stronger than my will to live."

[@aandwrootbear123]

I want this on a t shirt

[@ivorellarackley4401]

YES I want a shirt with this line on it 😂

[@ContemporaryAlchemist]

Alright, it's settled. I SUMMON THEE WILLIAM OF HOUSE OSMAN. Make these shirts dude. Slap on a cat and a nihilistic quote and I'll buy five, it's just how it works.

[@pilcrow182]

Sounds almost like it could've been an ElectroBOOM quote. Haha, wouldn't that be a *shocking* collab... XD

[@MaxUgly]

@@pilcrow182 Photoninduction! He has calmed down but he used to do some super nutty shizz

[@Pexodus11]

Pro tip from a person that has been in immense amounts of medical debt several times. Don't pay it, it will go away in like ten years. They'll sell your debt eventually and you can either not answer the calls or tell them the debt isn't valid anymore because you never agreed to anything with the collection agency. It's an annoying seven to ten years usually but it goes away

[@iainportalupi]

One quick tip, most high voltage tubes want the filament to be on before the high voltage is applied. Otherwise the high voltage can cause the filament to sputter (electrons rip the emissive coating right off the filament as it heats up) reducing its life span. By letting the filament get up to operating temp before applying the high voltage the electrons boil off easier and therefore are much less likely to rip the coating off. Just thought you might want to get the most out of your x-ray tube so it can live long and piss x-rays.

[@InappropriatePolarbear]

"Why are the beans so close to the high voltage?" is a question I never thought I'd have to hear.

[@firstlast8703]

😂😂

[@thefirstsin]

WTF

[@thefirstsin]

Don't worry it's just beans Wtf

[@petevanderlinden5682]

Feels like I'm getting dumber and smarter at the same time. Those safety nerds with their low voltage, high x-ray bills in the three's of hundreds. Subscribed

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

It's like having your braincells replaced one by one with someone else's braincells.

[@AirventOS]

@@ewwpoorpeople5684 braincell* Singular

[@Barnacules]

The trick to working with high voltage is to place the wire lower to the ground so it’s no longer high before working with it. I’ll let myself out 😉

[@johnwilliamson4368]

+ int, - wis

[@rebecca-dq9nv]

William is gonna be the coolest dad ever

[@tbk34ch]

"don't worry, this is safe" "Why is the high voltage so close to the beans?"

[@pixelbogpixxelbog2090]

😂

[@rhystp]

As a UK citizen, it genuinely confuses me how expensive health care is in America obviously in the UK we have the NHS but even if you decide to go private here, I swear it doesn't cost nearly as much as it does in America.

[@fiem]

Same here, im a swede and its so weird seeing usa doesnt even have free healthcare

[@46I37]

Strange thing, is most Americans seem to want it that way! Don’t want none of that socialism now.

[@DarkDonnieMarco]

Totally. I have AXA healthcare in the UK, it costs me £128 a month for my entire family.

[@johnschwalb]

As an American I can speak from experience. The issue with our medical system is the in group out of group. And the fact that you don't pay based on procedure but based on loads of other things. You can't call in and get a quote on something and get a clear answer for how much something will costs because they don't know untill they have all of your information. I like having options of doctors or chosing how much I pay for my insurance, but the fact that I can't get the price of something untill the procedure is done is maddening. An x-ray should cost the same no matter if I'm insured or not or who my insurance is though. The worst bit I had was I couldn't go to the doctors for some years because I had government insurance because I didn't make enough to get insurance, and with government insurance I couldn't get into anywhere because the government insurance didn't pay their bills, so no one excepted them. With this I also couldn't pay cash because that was made illegal. I could not get medical treatment because of government regulations that I was told were there to make sure I could. I have now gone years without treatment for a brain tumor because I wasn't allowed to pay cash for medical treatment because the government tried to help me. This is the reason that I say the government needs to stay out of my medical aside from making it to where insurance can be used everywhere by every medical provider, and that medical procedures have flat costs. An x-ray on my hand shouldn't cost me more because I pay more a month for insurance. All that and our emergency and urgent care system is over run by people who don't have doctors because they don't have adequate insurance for one reason or another. A major toll in some areas are illigal important who don't have social security numbers and thus can not be billed later, and no human is allowed to be denied life saving services even if they can't pay. I don't think people should be denied services, but you shouldn't be able to just walk away free because you aren't a citizen. Thats right illigal immigrants have free Healthcare in America at urgent care locations because they can't be denied service and they can't be tracked later.

[@Hirotechnics]

It costs so much because everything is corrupt. Just look at our Congress and Senate; greedy and bought out by corporate lobbying. The people who make the rules get more money this way . . .

[@ReverendTed]

William: "I don't want to hear all the whining from the safety nerds. This is fine." Also William: "Think about all the cool scientists who died doing science."

[@anxietyprimev6983]

What are ya, a fuckin' safety nerd?

[@ShadowWolf936]

@@anxietyprimev6983 no just a normal nerd

[@olivierernoult895]

If you have the opportunity, go a an xray museum and look at the first xray imaging system built by the doctors themselves. Wood and metal, xraytube, sometimes with a manual crank to built the high voltage. But the ability to do image of the body was too important for medical care to pass .

[@peppapog8376]

Urgent care: “Yh X-rays cost like $300” The Hospital: “okay but if we multiply this by 230… $69k take it or leave it”

[@thefirstsin]

Wtf

[@oksowhat]

in my country they cost like 4dollora

[@KingMoronProductions]

For a basic image more like half that, really. Assuming it's at a private hospital like the one I worked at, otherwise of course healthcare is just free.

[@RS-ls7mm]

The hospitals have to inflate prices to pay for all the people who don't pay and to play the insurance companies and their rules. The US health insurance companies are out of control. The profit margin for hospitals is almost non-existent, the insurance companies make all the money. Insurance needs to be taken over by the people and the businesses, just like in most countries with successful health care. Obamacare is exactly opposite what should have been done, it pretty much destroyed the middle class.

[@marciofilho3629]

I don't think the leave is an option if you're in a hospital in the us.

[@modosn]

Was expecting you to ask the hospital “what about if I bring my own X-ray machine?”

[@jamescollier3]

Thank insurance co and lawyers, and now obummer care for high prices.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

"What are you doing dear?" "I'm recreating the Demon Core experiment."

[@babywithatank9565]

all fun and games til will whips out the screwdriver

[@couchmaster3773]

Don't forget the jeans and cowboy boots

[@kagakudoragon]

OH GOD NO, YOU DIDNT JUST- 💀 Welp- If its for science…

[@Geetarman69420]

Haha I get it

[@CompuHacker]

If it's a hissin'... gamma...