Comparing Hospitals Around the World

[@indian2003]

I had a heart attack up on the mountains in Norway. I was airlifted to a hospital 300 km away and 90 minutes after I called emegency services, already operated with 3 stents. The cost? Zero. The food was very good. We just went to the canteen and helped ourselves. Catering food but there was a micro there, an oven where we could prepare simple meals.

[@ReddingRed]

The cost was not "nothing". There were costs and they were paid by someone other than you. You got OPM health care.

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Cool story m8. Hope you are doing better now brother.

[@hygrometer]

the cost isnt zero, the cost is likely significant, its just that you werent billed.

[@Internettrolloftheyear]

@@hygrometer do you know what is tautology? what you said was a good example.

[@olimpather]

@@ReddingRed I think it was funded by tax.

[@Herra_Perkele]

imagine dying from a small infection because you're too scared of going to hospital because you'll go bankrupt if you wanted to treat the injury

[@lancerevell5979]

We learn to self-medicate. Being on a limited income I cannot afford healthcare.

[@XD.73-849]

Oof

[@CheesBoi]

That would be so sad Ya Broke? *D I E B R O K E* Also Ehem, All English residents are automatically entitled to free public health care through the National Health Service, including hospital, physician, and mental health care. The National Health Service budget is funded primarily through general taxation.

[@mollygoldstein7536]

I was hospitalized for 3 days back in April due to a really bad ear infection. I have Insurance but I kept putting off medical care due to cost since I’m not working…Anyway long story short 3 days in the hospital, medication, my “stay in the observation ward” etc before insurance (that didn’t include the ER visit from the other hospital long story lol or the drs I saw) almost $16,000.00!! 🤯🤯

[@nathan5454]

There’s a place for that, it’s called the U.S.A.

[@grantparker3128]

I've lived in the US my entire life, it completely blows my mind that there are countries where a trip to the hospital doesn't end with a $200,000 bill. I have never understood why so many Americans support this system.

[@olivervandebeer7492]

Because they hear about waiting months for care and stupid crap like that. In the US ER you get triaged and the bad/very sick go first.

[@rosiegirl1481]

Yea

[@douglpalmer9101]

You don't understand those countries pay upwards of 60% of there pay for taxes and insurance.its a joke

[@paddypleiner5518]

@@douglpalmer9101 Yeah... I think you might be mislead, tell me one of those countries... And don't try to start with Austria, Germany, France, Ireland or the UK... I've lived and worked in all of those and know it's not true there

[@douglpalmer9101]

@@paddypleiner5518 Canada Germany France pay up to %60 of there pay in on taxes and healthcare.i pay nothing

[@yellowcatmonkey]

i have been hospitalized a lot in Moscow, Russia(i am a citizen). the nurses are super caring, the food is great, nutritious and, in most cases, you can even get another helping if the dish floats your boat. i see hospitalization as a summer camp🙈🍀i am so grateful for being so lucky so far..i hope the luck will remain

[@Conandraws]

Only Vladimir Putin is bad in Russia , he is very greedy.

[@AtotehZ]

In Denmark the food is mostly like the private hospital in Australia. You can literally choose from a menu of 5-10 dishes with differering choices 3 times a day. Stuff like well made bacon and eggs, steaks, salads and so on can be ordered for free, and usually more than 1 dish at once. If you have dietary restrictions, like if you do keto, you're vegan, you're lactose intolerant or similar, that is accomodated for.

[@Collieballanimations]

That is why Australia offers a good health care system (Btw i am from Australia so, i am completely biased)

[@pedanticm]

I had emergency brain surgery after an SAH in Houston, and ended up in Neural ICU for a week while I was unemployed and uninsured. My bill ended up being about half a mil, and I started talking to lawyers about bankruptcy. Turns out you can't say you're truly broke IF you're truly broke - lawyers cost like $2k. Luckily a charity came in and swooped up my bill, I assume for tax purposes. :)

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

That is truly Terrifying!! I'm so glad that it's all sorted for you 😊

[@scottyrob82]

I hope you're doing much better now.

[@ZorotheGallade]

You have to PAY a ton of money to get the State to officially recognize you have no money. I'll never stop laughing at the US.

[@urmo345]

American health care system took the idea straight from Ferengis

[@BeAmazed]

that's absolutely awful, hope you're doing okay now! Those charities sound like literal life-savers

[@azigar]

I'm in healthcare in Barbados and I've worked all over the Caribbean. We have some old equipment, but often, the thing is it functions really well. Also sometimes you find there may be a setting on an older piece that's not available on a newer piece or that you can control manually as versus the newer automatic stuff.

[@azigar]

Some of the most amazing x-ray machines I'd ever seen, and the oldest were at Guy's and Tommy's in London!!

[@fiusionmaster3241]

@@azigar cool! I hope you have a nice day!

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

I am a retired Psych Nurse and when I trained we had stethoscope and Mercury Blood Pressure machines. You could tell a lot about the heart by just taking a manual BP including bigeminy pulse. You ask a Nurse these days and they just put a automatic sphig on and miss out on critical information. Plus relegating the taking BP measurements to non qualified staff will leave you with interesting results. I listen to everything. One day a staff member asked a healthcare support worker to take his BP as he didn't feel well. She took it. 210/110. She said it I fine. I was like WHAT??? I checked it myself and sent him for an urgent GP appointment. He was risking a stroke but she didn't know what she was doing. It's not their fault. Taught to take and record the measurement and move on. Sad but true.

[@azigar]

@@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling The manual sphyg is the gold standard for BP, and it's the benchmark that many of the automatic machines are calibrated by. I personally alarmed whenever anyone, nurse, dr or med student, passes through me who can't use one.

[@Dragoonknight88]

I come from Germany and worked for a long time in a Hessian clinic, where we prepared the food for several clinics and hospitals. And I can assure you that the food in Germany doesn't look so strange everywhere. It's not rumored to be 3-star, but it's quite delicious.

[@ilovesnakes169]

In manchen gebieten kann manns auch komplett in die tonne zmb in dem pflegeheim wo meine oma war ist das essen nur aufgewärmt worden es war viel zu wenig und das fleisch war wie gummi

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Good to know

[@blazepanda]

Jaja :D Hab mal (ausgesprochen) "Kassler" zum Mittag bestellt weil es eine Auswahl war. Hab mich auf leckere Kartoffeln, Sauerkraut und Kassler gefreut.... bekommen hab ich eine Scheibe Brot Kasseler, einen Mikroklumpen Butter und zwei abgepackte Marmeladen... 1. Wer soll davon satt werden? 2. Warum schreiben die nicht einfach alte Menschen Brot drauf! x) Hab nen Freund gerufen, der hat mir und der anderen im Zimmer jeweils nen Döner gebracht. Hätten die nicht so nen Mist serviert, dann würds bei denen nicht heute noch nach Knoblauch riechen ;)

[@Twinkletann]

Dry Bread n some salami is delicious ?😂😂 served at 5pm as dinner

[@MayaZhao]

Oh cool

[@netto6681]

As someone who has stayed in hospital in the UK a lot over the past few years, I’ve got to say that the food is generally quite good. It’s important when meals are one of the only things to look forward to in a day. Top tip is to ask for the halal menu, as the curries are always a good alternative if you don’t fancy anything else on offer. It also pays to take in some hot sauce with you.

[@MrCelestial]

*Wakes up from hospital after cardiac arrest* Me paying the bill: has another heart attack

[@icarusblues7699]

I remember when my sister was born, my mom told me she only had to pay 13 dollars in my country's currency. Sure, it was a less comfortable hospital because it was in a less developed area but hey, the food was great

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Cool

[@XY2Moroccoball]

13 dollars in my country is enough to buy 6 Pringles cans and 1 can of tuna

[@icarusblues7699]

@@XY2Moroccoball dont know how to scale it but it can get you about 3 kfc large buckets

[@blankslate-ment]

13 Dollars In my Country can get you about 2 Mc Chicken Sandwiches 5 Fudge Sundaes 3 small Fries 2 Large Fries A Happy meal and 3 Cokes

[@nintendomii5994]

You can get two large pizzas with extra cheese where I live for 13 dollars

[@MoniqueAO888]

Interesting to hear, how "much" a country filled with millionaires and claiming to be highly developed cares about medical help for "regular" people...

[@JB82374]

well, duh.. otherwise there wouldn't be as many millionaires.

[@Rex_Nichts]

They're weeding out the peasants by letting them die by the roadside for only the strong and wealthy to survive.

[@ReddingRed]

Do you give you earnings away?

[@fiusionmaster3241]

True m8

[@slcRN1971]

Also many billionaires too.

[@zybi5578]

I've been in and out of hospital since childhood here in uk, when I first was in hospital in the 90s there were languages issues because my parents didn't speak English or understand my condition (bone tumors) but now there are translators to support people of languages as a child the food was great but the adult foods are mostly bland

[@alisonbailey2636]

I've just recently come across this channel and love it the narrators voice is gorgeous and deep.

[@lasabiaa]

Should have added that in Canada : most prescribed medications are free for children 0-18 years old and for 65+ years old as well. Love living in Canada 🇨🇦

[@timetochangemyself]

Imma migrate there when I'm older

[@clock_thehost]

I already live there.

[@youwontevenreadmyentirename]

@@clock_thehost Me Too

[@brianveroba9059]

I had bypass surgery in Canada and it cost zero dollars

[@ioanabrailescu2386]

I think America would fix these problems, if people started *building killdosers* again

[@ediearcher7224]

As a British person, despite the long wait times nearly everyone would rather wait hours than have to pay thousands of pounds for a broken leg.

[@kwaaaa]

People in the states would be like "nah, I'll just walk it off" instead of take the ambulance ride for a blood gushing open wound. That's the state of our healthcare.

[@Internettrolloftheyear]

@@kwaaaa and they brag about short waiting times. If anyone can afford to go to a hospital, guess what? no one waits so no waiting time.

[@assassinunknown6664]

It’s amazing how many people complain about no free health care when they don’t live in a country where they have no free health care

[@thomasparsley8195]

@@Internettrolloftheyear There's no short waits! We have ridiculous wait times at our hospitals. America's healthcare is a terrible and greedy system!

[@coreypaynter4011]

In America you learn to set bones your self and hope for the best lol hurts when I walk with no shoes because I broke a few bones in my foot and said f it.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

My sister had to have surgeries for her oversized kidney stones and the hospital she went to had a gourmet chef that served delicious food in the cafeteria, patients could even order it to their rooms (this was in Oklahoma). I've also had very bland food at hospitals so I think it varies honestly.

[@fiusionmaster3241]

What state/country was that in?

[@iloveoklahoma6592]

I live in Oklahoma, about 30 miles from OK City. Where in the world is the hospital you are talking about? Next time I need to stay for awhile, I want to at the least, make sure the food is good. We are getting a new hospital in my little town (The Heart of Oklahoma), and I am hoping they will improve the food they serve. Thank you!

[@1Saltyone]

FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY IN THE USA I WOULD EXPECT A BANQUET AND SPOON-FED, THE STATES ARE THE SAME AS NORTH KOREA ALL FOR SHOW UP-FRONT, GREED, SELFISH IDEALS, DRIVEN BY MONEY, WHILE THE REALITY OF HUNGRY, POOR, HOMELESS SOME WITH MEDICAL ISSUES THEY LIVE AND SUFFER CONSTANTLY BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS THIRD WORLDS LONG-RUNNING MOVIE/SERIES, BILLIONS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON SPECIAL EFFECTS, VIRTUAL REALITY, FILM SETS, IMAGERY, NO EXPENSE SPARED, EVEN BUILD BIG WALLS ON THE SETS BORDERS BECAUSE THE MOVIE/SERIES CALLED "LIVING "A" DREAM" EFFECTS AND IMAGE LOOKS SO REAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON SET, .IT IS A CRIME TO BE POOR AND HOMELESS, SO THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE POOR ( ADMIT BEING POOR) CAN`T AFFORD HEALTH CARE, SO NOT ON ANY, LIST. POLL.CALCULATIONS, ECT SO LOOKS GOOD, HOMELESS WHO CARES OVER THERE AS LONG AS THEY ARE A LONG WAY FROM THEM, JUST LIKE NORTH KOREA BUT THE USA FORCE ALL THOSE NOT PART OF PRODUCTION TO BE DEREGISTERD FROM ANY LIST, N,KOREA DICTATE TO THEIR PEOPLE, HIDE REALITY, EXPERIMENT, TRICK AND DECEIVE THEIR OWN PEOPLE, JUST LIKE THE USA BUT THE USA DICTATE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND TRY FORCING OTHER COUNTRIES, FAITHS AND RELIGIONS TO LIVE THE SELFISH. BLINKERED DREAM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE MIND CONTROL EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT BY THE STATES ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE WORKED ON THE MAJORITY OF STANDARD, AVERAGE, NORMAL CITIZENS, AND THEY ALL LIVE THE ROBOT DREAM, DO A DAILY JOB, BUY A NORMAL CAR, A HOME THEY ARE TOLD HOW IT SHOULD LOOK, HOW THEY SHOULD LOOK AND LIVE, HAVE THE AVERAGE FEW WEEKS HOLIDAY, DO THE SAME THING WHEN THEY ARE NOT DOING THE LAWN, CAR OR HOME UP, BELIEVE THEY ARE NEARLY SUCCESSFUL AND TEASED INTO DOING THE SAME EACH DAY WEEK AND YEAR LIKE GOOD LITTLE ANTS, ( THE FAIRGROUND STALL HOOP ROUND THE FISHBOWL BUT CANNOT GET IT OVER THE BLOCK IT SITS TO ONE SIDE ON,) THEN YOU ALL DO THE SAME WHEN YOU HAVE SLAVED AWAY YOUR LIFE, YOU DO THE SAME RETIRED, AND THOSE THEY CANNOT CONTROL, ARE THE ONES WHO CREATE, INVENT, HAVE BROUGHT US OUT OF CAVES , STRONG MINDS THEY CAN`T CONTROL, HAVE MADE YOU LOOK DOWN ON THEM AND BE SUSPISUS OF THEM AND THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS, THAT WAY WE ARE ALL EASY TO CONTROL,, YOU ONLY HAVE TO THINK, "HOW COME THOSE THATMAKE,CREATE AND PRODUCE WITH THERE MINDS AND HANDS HAVE TO WORK HARDER AND EARN LESS THAN THOSE WHO DO UNNECCECERY MADE UP JOBS LIKE SALESPERSON?, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU BUY IT, MAYBE A SHOP, GARAGE, STORE TO SEE WHAT YOULIKE AND ADVICE, BUT YOU DONT NEED REPS UNDERCUTTING THE COST AND WORTH OF THE MAKERS, TO GET A SALE AND COMMISTION MORE THAN THE MAKER GETS FOR A SALE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO BUY ONE SOMEWHERE, BUT WOULD HAVE PAID THE PRICE AND CHOSE BY HOW GOOD THE ITEM IS, QUALITY, SPEC ECT AND THAT GIVES THE RIGHT PRICE AND PROMOTES EVOLUTION AND INPROVEMENT NOT CUTTING CORNERS MAKING IT CHEAPER IN MATERIALS, DETAIL AND QUALITY, THAT IS WHAT JOB CREATION ROLES LIKE SALES REPS ECT CAUSE, ROLES FOR USELESS BOSS SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND SHOULD DE REMOVED FROM ALL BUSINESSES, A DREAM

[@chrisangus1725]

Several times I have broken limbs and other bones both non sticking out and sticking out I have either drove myself to the hospital or had a friend or family member drive me vs calling an ambulance due to the price of nearly 5 grand in the US. The us medical is a scam when it comes to insurance. It's terrible. When I was in Germany as a tourist it was without a doubt the best I had ever had.

[@RavenNo.5]

Agreed 10000%

[@CheesBoi]

Ehem, All English residents are automatically entitled to free public health care through the National Health Service, including hospital, physician, and mental health care. The National Health Service budget is funded primarily through general taxation.

[@chrisangus1725]

@@CheesBoi ehhermm not they are not. Some states yes if you do all the paperwork and make under a specific amount. If you make over said amount then you don't qualify for state insurance. You must be from California because you are thinking of the cover California crap. Not all states have communist California fails idea for medical.

[@FuzzyFanGirl]

@@CheesBoi you are. It ain't free lol.

[@chrisangus1725]

@@CheesBoi given the fact I did say the US not England you may have piped in where you don't belong.

[@shannonbaird5282]

Canada’s health care is so much better than you described, we also have private insurance. And amazing care and time off after birth. Plus monthly payments for each child.

[@SoulSniper320]

Monthly payments for each child if your single or even when your married?

[@alfaalcala2766]

Hong Kong 🇭🇰

[@JamesGibson-of7dh]

Here in Scotland I love the NHS they help me through all my injuries and health problems they really cared made sure I was okay and well looked after

[@sahhull]

All funded by the British pound. You're welcome.

[@melodymetherel5723]

I'm in Ontario, I have bad allergies and as a teenager I had to stay over night after having my tonsils removed. For breakfast I got a black coffee, juice and jello and for lunch I got a cup of soup and that was it. I was starving, but enjoying the morphine.

[@olivervandebeer7492]

I had hydromorphone in a drip and could hear music all day and night..lol loved it too.Then was switched to a pain pill. I wanted to go home after taking that rotten crap vicodin.

[@DStan737]

I live in the DFW area and both my daughters were delivered by the same midwife group 3.5 years apart. While my wife and I have insurance, it was cheaper not to use it. Each birth was about $6500.

[@accalya271]

To think so many people live with the fear of having to go to a hospital only to be paying thousands afterwards makes me think twice about ever complaining about wait times or sometimes poor diagnoses which don't happen very often anyway. I live in The Netherlands where I pay roughly €400,- a month to have me taken care of very well without worries if anything ever happens. This includes most medical specialists outside hospitals like a dentist or if you have trouble walking straight on your feet so to say. I wouldn't have it any other way! Edit: those faces in the thumbnail though 😂

[@annesummers09]

400 a month? Wow, that's a lot. I could never afford that.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Accalya271❤❤

[@camilasotelo7418]

I'm currently in a hospital in the United States 🇺🇸 and I just finished up my lunch it was chicken pasta and mixed veggies with watermelon an orange juice and chocolate ice cream well done umc. 😋

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

27:00 Yeah that makes sense. As someone who lives in Adelaide (the city that flinders is in) that's definitely not the average. The hospital I went to had food pretty much identical to the other one from Melbourne. And also they gave me so much flavored yoghurt because it was part of my dietary requirements, honestly so good.

[@ezjewr]

When I was a teenager I was in a car crash. An ambulance took me to the nearest hospital and my insurance covered the ride. But the hospital they took me to did not have a surgeon on site so I was transported by ambulance to the next nearest hospital to have the surgery. My insurance did not cover the second ride and ended up costing us over 6000$ out of pocket on top of the medical bills. This was in the state Utah

[@christianpipes2110]

$6000*

[@rachaelclemas3411]

I live in Victoria Australia, I quite frequently visit hospitals due to a chronic kidney disease & end stage renal failure, so far all of my surgeries have been free and the food I was served in hospitals was actually really delicious, even catered to my low sodium diet, I have no health insurance and cannot work...if I lived in America, I would have probably died years ago due to not being able to afford the very medication and dialysis that keeps me alive

[@novoguy100]

you got lucky with the food im in hospital right now in Newcastle and the food well i get boiled fish, bolied chicken, beef hot pot that tastes like cardboard(actually i think cardboard would tsate better) and something they call asian chicken that looks and smells like something a dog has spewed, for breaky i get powered scrambled eggs or a choice of baked beans and im on workers comp insurance they do have kitchens here but all the food is brought chilled and only has to be heated lucky there is a cafe here that serves half decent but expensive food

[@rachaelclemas3411]

@@novoguy100 oooh that's not very nice, I'm glad you can at least get food from the Cafe

[@olivervandebeer7492]

You would not die. You would file for state welfare depending on what state you live in. Don't live in the South or Midwest. No dialysis machines because they are fat/smoke and don't care..lol Just kidding. My nurse friend worked at Cedar Sinai in Beverly Hills and some rooms have wine/snacks a sofa and another Bed if your family wants to stay. If you have access to the hospital computers, and you search for Hollywood actors, you get fired, They know who accesses the computer. Hollywood actors have their own Hospital in Woodland Hills / in the SF Valley Cheers.

[@faridunkamarov2710]

one time i had to pay 32,800$ for a broken elbow, and my dad had to go to a different country because his knee surgery would cost 150,000$! It was my home country and he had fun there because he met a lot of family but he mainly went there for a cheaper surgery

[@PopTheGamer209]

That thumbnail is absolutely right great job UK

[@kukivave]

Can confirm about Melbourne hospital food... I was hospitalized there for 2 weeks in a private hospital and every evening we were given restaurant like menu's for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the following day that were customized by a dietician and we could select what we wanted for each section along with snacks between breakfast and lunch and afternoon tea between lunch and dinner... thankfully private insurance covered the entire stay.

[@gio_1_and_only]

How do you not talk once about Switzerland's healthcare system ? One of the most renowned !

[@dodobirddori]

Nice video! You should do a video where you compare hotels around the world!

[@fredachildress3728]

I live in Dallas, Texas and I had to have some surgery, I had Medicare and Medicaid which was supposed to cover the cost of the surgery and my stay afterwards, but I also had some other insurance. The problem, even with that coverage, not all of it was covered, and to top it all off, the hospital had me staying there for only two days instead of being there for at least the four days which would have made certain that no infection set in. Guess what, I had to end up going right back to the hospital the next day, and the insurance did not want to pay for what they were supposed to cover even though the insurance said that it would be taken care of.

[@olivervandebeer7492]

The hospital is the filthiest part of the community. You run the risk of getting a nosocomial infection. The sooner you get discharged the safer you will be. Some of these bugs are resistant to antibiotics. Many hospitals have private rooms only..

[@Julia_Falck]

Being from norway Im really happy you used my country on the thumnail!

[@Julia_Falck]

@you're average red vigilante they changed the thumnail😂

[@paddypleiner5518]

I think it's also worth mentioning that in Germany by law, there has to be an ambulance stationed within a 15 min drive to you, so outside the larger cities they are usually attached to the local voluntary fire service and manned by volunteer paramedics with on of the local doctors being on emergency call standby... of course it can take longer in the countryside if two emergencies happen at once but in the cities, the usual response time is between 4-7 minutes. In UK/I though, you might be quicker when a relative drives you to hospital as I've been once waiting for 2 1/2 hours with cardiac arrhythmia for an ambulance (and another 14 hours on a trolley)

[@cathycammarata1105]

This is years ago but my obgyn said $9,000 of the cost goes to malpractice insurance out of the $11,000 charged.

[@slcRN1971]

I can believe that‼️ In the USA town that I live in, there used to be several OB doctors. Then all those lawsuits that caused liability insurance to go sky high. Now there is only one doctors clinic, that has to take care of all maternity patients and there are a lot- - as this is a military town.

[@AndrewDRSWilliamson]

Be amazed, I'm always amazed!!! 👏

[@mariabeck358]

Yes

[@gorytarrafa]

14:42 You forget Portugal my bro , it's also free to give birth here and parents also receive "some help" , but it's lathable its like 50 to 200€ per month and only for 6 months. Yeah i know what an amazing country for poor people to live Portugal is .

[@Gary-vv5gt]

I live in Australia, (going to be a long one as im going to explain my story and experiences). The local hospital is northern beaches hospital (its a messy contract between government and a private provider, with the private provider providing services to public patients and they bill government for it). RNSH is the trauma variant or services which NBH doesn't provide (and fully government operated). Been to both, usually NBH if im around my area or RNSH for other stuff (generally outpatient stuff, as my gp is in north shore and I used to live and work in that area). Kept my gp there even tho i moved to northern beaches as good gp are hard to find. NBH: ER wait time was as per usual for a cat 3-4 (which i was generally was). Around 3-4 hours, if your not acute state, they don't have much comfy chairs to wait on, even in the actual ED and your waiting on crap chairs. Food was good when its come to hospital standard as i had an inpatient stint several times. Efficacy wise, i would say they ether kick you quickly or keep you in there longer than necessary from what i heard from people. I had a stay regarding some serious dizziness and they kept me in for 4 days, done ct on first day of ED presentation, sent to ward on 2nd day, MRI on 4th day and neuro team happy to send me home. RNSH: Wait time can hugely vary, but whenever i go to their ED, its ranges from immediate (which was pretty funny, as i didn't seem acutely sick, but my blood work kinda freak them out). I also ended up there when i tried to drive home from the city, but got dizzy and diverted off to RNSH. Wait time was longer that time but not as hugely long as NBH weirdly and that despite a packed waiting room, so around 1.45 hours for a cat 3 i believe. Done the above as NBH (cat/MRI scans, see on call neuro, physio for clearance to send me home and script for presidone). All that done in over 24 hours, unlike NBH which took 4 days. Also if you don't need an acute bed, they have an fast track area where u wait on comfy recliners or chairs, which is luxury compared to NBH. Didn't end up being inpatient there, but food in ED was pretty small (just a weetbix with milk for the 24 hours i spent there in the morning). I attend a few outpaient things for my neuro issues and they are excellent and semi found out the causes (Becker muscular dystopithy), but its cant be cured and i have to go there yearly, sometimes its might have to be increased with gp discussing things (which seemed to be the case as i had pains on right side, he guessed is migraine, but he sent me an updated letter to see my neuro in the outpatient when they open in the new year. Also in this, i will talk about st vinnies (which is a similar level to RNSH in the cbd, but with NBH style contract of a PPP). They seemed to be a lot more better at things than NBH and in some cases RNSH if im going to be honest. The weird part when i went (just slightly after covid was over when hospitality places was reopening, i had a dizziness again). The ED waiting room was almost empty at like 6pm when i went and due to me mentioning fever, they sent me to a tent area and after 30 mins, sent me to the red zone (which was designed for the covid thingy). Where its like an isolation room which i was kept for 6 hours, doing bloods, usual covid crap and cat scan. Then sent upstairs for further ovbs. Had a breakky box which was pretty good and somewhat substantial after a blood test in the morning. Its weird how hospital operates in Australia. Its ether fully government run, PPP run (aka private company runs it and bill government or government give them money to run public services) or full private. My hospitals are in pretty affluent areas of Sydney, so its slightly better than what i hear about other areas, but still varied. (sometimes non affluent areas can have great service). Cost: Free but you have the option of using your insurance. Which i did use. Might as well make my insurance money work itself.

[@RiamsWorld]

Thailand may not have universal healthcare, but they do/did subsidize prescriptions I believe. My mom used to visit there, she said any medication was about $1(based on exchange rates at the time)

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

The UK also gives child benefit for each child you have (more for the first one, at least when I had mine) until they either turn 18 or start work between 16-18. It's not as much as Norway, but it can cover the milk and nappies each month. National Insurance covers that as well as medical treatment; it also covers state benefits and pensions on top of medical care. As for having a baby, you can choose (for no extra cost - it all depends on your local trust's facilities) to have water births, or like I did with my last one, at home. Prenatal care is midwife led, with visits to the hospital for scans at certain times (16 weeks was my first one, I assume it's much the same now), and depending on who's on shift, you will probably get your main local midwife to come and deliver the baby at your house. You will get to meet most of them who are connected to your local clinic. I got my main midwife and another whom I had met, and had the easiest, most relaxed, least painful birth of an 8lb 6oz girl in my own bed. Cost? All the NI I had paid during my working years (by then I was registered disabled). And I had never begrudged a penny that I paid in NI. It's done as a percentage of your wages, _when_ you're earning enough to do so. (We also, as employees, have PAYG income tax, so no worries at the end of the tax year, it's already done for you. You only get involved with the tax man if you are self employed or you run a business.) I should say that I've had a few operations, two lifesaving ones. One of those I returned home early from an evening class feeling ill, my mum took one look at me and said that the shade of grey I'd turned, along with the pain, meant appendicitis. The on-call GP was called out (mercifully he was in his clinic, two minutes away from us - literally), he was with me in no time and agreed with mum. He called the hospital to have them expect me, Dad (ex-rally driver!) took me in (6 miles, part of it through villages and the town where the hospital was. Did it in 10 minutes flat!) and I was on the operating table within half an hour. All the time up till then was spent in prep. Turned out my appendix was on the point of bursting and the surgeon had never seen one so big! Nearly 40 years on, I still have the scar. 4" long and up to ½" wide! They'd had to cut away part of the external as well as the internal stomach because of the infection. I was back in the recovery ward before midnight. My first "I've got bad, trapped wind (gas for Americans)" feeling had been after dinner at my bf's around 6pm. I spent about an hour at evening class 10 miles from home. I didn't get home until about 9. I have no complaints about the NHS emergency treatment at all! You even get a choice of meals. Not a big one, but a choice, and it's usually recognisable (it's much better these days!)

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

My daughter gets a $1,700CAN monthly child benefit for 3 kids under 10 in Canada.

[@TheGrindcorps]

They shouldn’t. The world is extremely overpopulated so we should be doing as much to discourage people from having children as possible. We should make it unpleasant and as difficult to have children as possible for those who can’t afford it.

[@Felicity2121]

@@TheGrindcorpsin the U.K. they paid child benefit for each child no matter how many you had..but recently it has changed they only pay for two now because people were taking the piss and having loads of kids and getting paid child benefit and a host of other benefits instead of going to work.

[@lol-inc]

UK's hospital food, at least the places where I stayed in London they were delicious and sometimes I would repeat, also happened once of being served fish and chips while waiting on the emergency and it was surprisingly nice, also a choice of tea, coffee or juice 😉👌🏻

[@Stacey_06]

We got to love the uk. im Proud to be a citizen

[@sebbyklein6574]

is the treatment there good? what part of the London were you in? im planning on going on vacation to the UK and am taking my brother with me, hes a picky eater and his health is quite weak- need some suggestions🙏

[@lancerevell5979]

American hospital food is pretty decent. We got breakfast, lunch and dinner, with usually a choice between three different main entrees each meal. Though they did usually overcook the chicken. 🙄 Being Type Ii Diabetic, I did have some limitations. Learned that orange juice will really spike blood sugar!

[@belltond1527]

@@sebbyklein6574 The UK healthcare is one of the best in the world so I wouldn’t worry about anything

[@jpbernier4196]

While in the hospital, for a week, I had a liquid diet of beef or chicken broth, apple juice, and jello for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I never want to eat jello ever again.

[@furrysunny1300]

I injured my finger pretty bad a few weeks ago and only had to pay a total of

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Sad but true...

[@a-sane-person]

A little over exaggerated.

[@immortalkhang8294]

Facts

[@Soxial_credits]

Exaggerated but true.

[@PrisonbreakSPNheroes]

Just after my 19th birthday I was attacked by someone and suffered broken bones in my face. After tests, scans, ambulance ride, reconstructive surgery for the brow and cheek bones, hospital stay... I only paid $25 for the emergency fee. It was a blessing to be on my mom's school insurance in Wisconsin.

[@EskimoP]

im not going to lie an uber ambulance sounds smart and clever... BRAVO!!!

[@EK.shortsentertainment]

I love videos like this, I find them informative and interesting 😀. I'm in the UK and our hospital food is ok, I loved having toast AND a bowl of porridge and of course LOADS of cups of tea 🤣

[@اسكندرفكار]

Traditionnel british female on its normal Habitat and clasic prey (wild tea cups)

[@EK.shortsentertainment]

@@اسكندرفكار you have got that right 🤣 I can't start my day unless I've had at least one cup of tea! 🤣

[@اسكندرفكار]

@@EK.shortsentertainment i understaned i have the same thing.....but With milk enstad..i cant live with Out it I like tea two my favorite is the red one

[@fernandabordin6792]

Just to add some perspective, just because there is access to universal healthcare it doesn’t mean its good. In Brazil, despite having public hospitals, anyone that can afford it pays health insurance to get decent health care.

[@william44011]

For our sin, breaking God’s law, we are punished by burning in Hell for eternity, a place with no hope for our salvation. But God loved you, along with everyone else, so much and with all his heart that he gave his only Son, Jesus Christ, to this cursed world to be crucified on the cross. Now whosoever accepts Jesus Christ, God’s Son, as their Lord and Savior and believes he rose from the dead the third day will be saved from eternal damnation in Hell and live in Heaven in paradise with him forever. Many will choose to follow Satan as you are doing but he will soon reveal himself as a murderer and a liar as he was since the beginning and he will curse all his followers as he cursed God and all his followers will be cased into ever burning Hell. Repent of your sins and accept the Lord Jesus Christ or face God’s righteous judgment.

[@lancerevell5979]

And, socalled "free universal healthcare" isn't...... free that is. They pay a much higher tax rate. I have had to deal with expensive hospital bills myself, and it majorly sucks. At this time, I cannot afford "health insurance", so I basically self-medicate and take care of myself.

[@dansweda712]

It also doesn't mean it's free either, taxes cover the cost, so it's still the healthy paying for the unhealthy, although I understand not all health problems are from diet, and at some point later in life we all become a little unhealthy

[@willcamick]

This person is American.

[@dansweda712]

@@lancerevell5979 the question is, will you take my hand when I'm burning in hell for eternity, were does that even come from? Lol

[@Zenicon]

great video big of you guys keep it up . ❤ ❤

[@bri4940]

I had a very complicated pregnancy and my daughter ended up in the NICU. I'm so glad I live in Canada! I couldn't imagine what the bill would have been for my stay, surgery and my babies stay.

[@MarionScott-qg4hb]

I had a small stroke in Scotland and was in hospital for three days. Care was wonderful, and the food was really really good.! and I didn’t cost anything

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

This is an absolutely amazing video to see all these differences around the world, the comparisons are unbelievable! I'm in the UK, I have Type 3c diabetes and I don't pay for Any prescriptions at all. Diabetics don't just get free insulin and the rest of our stabby kits requirements but All prescriptions free. Today I got my antibiotics free for an infection, the test for which was free too. I do think that the UK has one of the best health care systems in the world but it's struggling because of the pandemic, shortages and staff morale. Our NHS staff are magnificent ❤️ On a different note I was stuck on pureed food for seven years and it was as Disgusting as it looks like in the photos here but it kept me going with nutrition 🤢 I could actually buy in from the hospital specialist pureed frozen meals to have at home because my carers only have so long for support calls and these really were good quality if this is all you can have. Luckily I can currently eat most Real foods again just Really slowly! Fascinating video again Be Amazed 👍😊

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Amen brother. Stay strong

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

@@fiusionmaster3241 thank you 😊

[@fiusionmaster3241]

@@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars You, my friend, are very welcome. You can conquer whatever is in your path to success! Have a nice day, and enjoy in the small thing's in life. I learned that the hard way.

[@fiusionmaster3241]

@@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars P.S. That orange cat in your profile picture is adorable. If it is your cat, give him/her a few extra treats in my name, please and thank you.

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

@@fiusionmaster3241 again thank you so much for your kind words. The cat in my pic is my Tom, he's an absolutely charming gentleman and is eighteen years old now. Treats in your name have been given 😊

[@charlottet7379]

Hospital story: Many years ago, my 3 months old daughter began showing ‘symptoms’. Fast forward half a year living in the hospital they finally figure it out: a rare genetic illness “Krabbe’s syndrome”. The verdict: my daughter would die within a year. My personal loss (and utterly devastation) aside, I’m glad I live in Denmark, so IF something WOULD EVER HAPPEN, I can go to the hospital without worry. So despite our high tax % I gladly pay my taxes and rests assured that me and my friends and family always have a safety net IF anything ever where to happen 🤷‍♀️

[@24934637]

Re: UK waiting time for ambulance. I needed to get my Dad to a hospital on a Tuesday night at about 2am. He was elderly and in severe need of medical help (He's now passed away). Seems that once you are aged over 70, you aren't a priority, they just leave you to die. I was incredibly lucky that my neighbours were able to assist with getting him into their car (He couldn't walk and had to be carried), and they drove him, while I drove there illegally with my elderly mother in her car (she was too distraught to drive at the time). The ambulance service is utterly shite, not through any fault of the people working for it, it's down to lack of funding and poor working conditions. The care once in hospital is VERY dependent on the ward you are on, some are fantastic, and some are terrible.

[@isobellardner548]

At around the age of 5 years old I split my lip on the living room windowsill. I've nearly been a UK citizen for nearly 11 years (I'm nearly 11). I was driven to great Western Hospital when they converted me to Cirencester Hospital. At that point my lip was pretty numb but still quite painful. At that point, they tried to convert me to Bristol hospital but my mother got annoyed and told them to do it there because I was in pain and tired. All I needed was some glue on my lip to seal it. I have the lump there still but it's not very noticeable. From what I remember I think they tried to convert me from great Western Hospital to Cirencester Hospital and then to Bristol. The bleeding was pretty bad but it stopped eventually. It was on the day to a playdate to a freinds house (were still freinds now). That's the time I got my lip glued. The reminder not to do that is from the chipped paint there. Don't be stupid, listen to your parents when the tell you not to spin around and be stupid and take my advice. My advice to you is *be careful around windowsills*

[@sailermommax3499]

I'm in TN. My daughter was born at a "private hospital." she cost $830,000 for delivery and 3 days in the hospital. My twins were born in a university hospital, and they cost 1.37 MILLION for delivery and 2 days in a hospital.

[@Yeetthe50calFN-sz5go]

My grandmother had a medical emergency after giving blood and had to cal an ambulance and she or her insurance didn’t pay a penny for the ambulance!🎉

[@chanmarr8118]

American here 🙋🏾‍♀️ back in about 2010, I received an ambulance bill about $1,000. My bf’s bill around 2019 was $2,000. You give them your insurance info and still get a bill weeks later.

[@muhammedAFGANIS]

Жесть, у нас в России у бабушек , если что то болит то они вызывают скорую , она бесплатная

[@bl8346]

​@@muhammedAFGANIS ага.. правда, если бабушка живёт не в относительно крупном городе, то скорая либо приедет через час, либо приедут и нихрена не сделают...

[@muhammedAFGANIS]

@@bl8346 фельдшерские пункты то нахуя в селах по твоему ?

[@christinachludzinski8795]

Really a charge to hold your baby? I almost died having my son the doctor left to go to a party my mom had to get another doctor to deliver my son via emergency c-section. Thanks America

[@myahelmick6392]

Thank you for keeping me entertained

[@wolf5370]

UK also has child benefit, paid monthly per child (for first 3 I think) until 16 years old.

[@kedarpatil7095]

One thing you missed is that in India, yes, the government hospitals charge extremely low prices or none at all. But the service makes anyone who can afford it want to go to private hospitals.

[@lisastorey7510]

I live in a rural town in Georgia, U.S.A. and the public hospital here has really good food. You get a menu everyday and choose what you want to eat. There's also a Starbucks and a room by the nurses stations where you and parent/spouse staying with you can get free ice, sodas, juice, coffee or hot chocolate.

[@kedarpatil7095]

@@lisastorey7510 I imagine you have to pay for that, you do get everything when you pay.

[@lisastorey7510]

Your right. Probably buried somewhere amongst the room charge, pharmacy charge, physician charge, anesthesiologist charge and so on, are charges for that stuff.

[@johnlightbody9942]

Recently watched a clip where students ask panel experts what makes USA the best country to live in... (which of course, it very much is NOT)... among the many things they are worse for than other developed countries, this video subject is without doubt one of the biggest reasons. Extraordinary that Americans feel they should not be taxed to pay for & allow universal care for entire population... Wow mind blowing.

[@ChrisAzure]

But you know, maintaining an army to defend the freedom of a country which no one have actually tried to take away its more important.

[@Physick1]

@@ChrisAzure They don't try because OF THE ARMY they have.

[@sniperviper4922]

@@ChrisAzure they can't take it over because of said military, plus defending other countries and paying for majority of natos budgets

[@margauxnodvin7478]

We are already taxed to death here! Literally! There are taxes on everything, even when you die, and heaven forbid you leave an estate behind…. The real problem is what the government does with all that tax money, and it’s certainly not mostly spent on the welfare of US citizens

[@ZirconiaGacha]

The American healthcare system is broken, both insurance and hospitals. Seeing this plays into why I don't want to have my own child

[@CheesBoi]

Ehem, All English residents are automatically entitled to free public health care through the National Health Service, including hospital, physician, and mental health care. The National Health Service budget is funded primarily through general taxation.

[@thelightaddict80k]

@@CheesBoi you try using this free service?

[@CheesBoi]

@@thelightaddict80k yes

[@ZirconiaGacha]

@@CheesBoi Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but this is the United States I'm speaking of.

[@ZirconiaGacha]

@@jaya-squishiehuntr019 Ikr

[@NyxOnyx96]

USA Resident here. The differences in care I've received at hospitals is astounding, even between two locations run by the same providers. And honestly, looking back on it now, I think it's because I had insurance during one visit, and I'd been cut off from insurance by the time I needed to go back. This happened in Florida, in the Deltona and Daytona Beach areas, where I used to live. TL;DR Got treated great, was fed well, and had everything I needed when I gave birth. Then lost insurance before my 6 week post-partum checkup. THEN I had to go to the hospital with a gallbladder issue, just a few months later. The first time I went in, they addressed the smallest issue and sent me home. Then I had to go back TWO MORE times before they realized I was LITERALLY dying from sepsis, and finally removed the whole gallbladder. Which could have been done the first time I went in. And then they smacked me with $47,000 USD medical debt after "reducing the bill to accommodate my low income status." The long story- In August 2017, I gave birth, and I had insurance through low income government assistance programs. That was the first time I'd had insurance in years, and I was treated fantastically by the hospital I was going to for my OBGYN. I did end up going into premature labor in Deltona, and that hospital didn't have L&D or NICU, so I got a ride in the wee-woo-wagon to my normal hospital in Daytona Beach/Ormond area. Ambulance bill was $400, insurance doesn't cover it, but they were great with me on the ride over, and they let me work out a payment plan. Ended up needing a general anesthesia C-section because I was stuck at 3cm, 34 hours into labor, and baby's heartbeat was dropping. When I woke up, everyone was kind, they listened to every concern I had, and they even tried to let me keep baby in the recovery room with me, because baby weighed over the 6 pound minimum. But I'm especially grateful they immediately listened when I said I had a bad feeling and asked them to test baby's glucose levels, because it was critically low. So they had to move baby to NICU. I absolutely adored everyone in the L&D unit, they were the most attentive hospital staff I've ever experienced. The food this hospital gave me was actually fantastic. Greek salads, steak (unfortunately cooked well-done, but it was seasoned at least), mushroom ravioli, fresh fruits, all the cheap lipton tea I wanted. They even fed baby's dad once for free, with a "new parent celebration dinner" which was brought to the room on a cart, with a battery powered candle and an ice bucket with sparkling grape juice. (It was supposed to be like "champagne" lol) By the time my 6 week post-partum checkup rolled around, that lovely insurance was already gone. I'd been dropped, and I ended up having to rip out my 15 staples from my C-section incision at home. I was able to get baby on insurance, and I did qualify for basic WIC, but was denied SNAP/food stamps, and was denied repeatedly for insurance for myself. Fast forward to January 2018, and I'm having pain so intense it feels like I'm in labor again. So I go to the hospital closest to me in Deltona, the one without the L&D department from before. I was in the waiting room for 8 hours before they took me to a room, and waited another 3 hours for any tests. Finally, they discover a gallstone blocking a bile duct, and after another 2 hours, I get taken back to surgery. It was a minor surgery, and I was sent home the next day. I go back February 14th, with the same level of pain, vomiting orange foam. I remind them that I was just in last month, and the pain feels very similar to that visit. I don't even make it past triage. I was never taken to a room, no tests, I was given 1 pain pill and told to leave. So I go back YET AGAIN February 22nd with visible jaundice, barely able to stand, my insides feel like cold fire, and they treat me horribly the entire time. Everyone is dismissive, despite my skin and eyes being yellow, like CLEARLY something is wrong with me. I feel like the only reason they took me to a room within the first hour is because I couldn't stop screaming. It took another 6 hours of screaming to even start running tests, I was so exhausted from pain I could barely keep my eyes open. Bloodwork, scans, etc. And then everything is moving all at once because, surprise, I have sepsis and my organs are failing. I'm finally taken back to surgery, and even after all of that, I'm still treated like scum. I was barely fed, I was dismissed, I was even lied to when I asked if one of my allergens was in the food they were trying to give me (artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose). Looked me dead in the face and said no without even checking, and I had to point it out like "Yes it is." I was in that hospital for 2.5 weeks, and my "breakfast" everyday was things like 1 cup of plain yogurt one day, 1 dry buckwheat pancake smaller than the average circumference of a tea cup another day, a small lump of egg-like-substance another day even though my chart said don't give me eggs (pregnancy aversion that never went away, the smell makes me instantly vomit. I did indeed vomit, they were mad they had to clean it up, and I didn't get a replacement breakfast that day). I have low blood sugar, and I had to have family bring in food for me, because I was constantly below 70. (Anything below 70 is dangerous and can harm you. Anything below 54 is an emergency, I tested at 46 while I was in there and it was my family bringing me food that saved me, not the hospital, because I was having to test my own blood sugar. They claimed it wasn't necessary.) I could have, and absolutely should have, sued them, but I didn't. I didn't have money for a lawyer, I didn't have the energy to dedicate to a lawsuit, and I just wanted to be home with my baby. And really, the only thing I can think of for why I was treated so drastically different between the two surgeries is I didn't have insurance for the second one. Oh, you're poor? Die poor. I'll never be able to pay off this $47k debt. I'm almost 30. I will die before I'm done paying. And it hits your credit score, my credit is tanked because of this. I can't buy a car, I can't get a loan, I can't buy a house, I can't even rent an apartment without someone co-signing for me. I'm not even on the lease where I'm at because I would have been denied. I somehow miraculously was approved for a credit card, to try to build my credit back up. My credit limit is $300. My partner's is $2,000.

[@likecat7886]

In Hungary it is typiclly the patient's family/ relatives who bring them food, but yes the hospital food is nuturiously bad.

[@eggzorsism]

i love being an norwegian

[@MelanieSavedMylife]

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertlstrand]

Not evryvare stayed in mo i ræva sick hose and som pasient weare kild and tortur to wake upp under operasjon 4 times😬

[@Firecloud20]

@@robertlstrand ja din engelsk var ikke akurat bra for og si det milt XD

[@countparham4688]

I'm in Iran. My father had worked for a government bank and after his dead, all of my family "brother sister and mother" are covered for the entire of our life by my father insurance. And our insurance will pay 90% of all the health cost "Surgery or other medical services or the drugs" The only thing they won't pay is beauty surgery like nose job. Also the ambulance is totally free. I cannot imagine how it is possible you guys in USA don't have government paid insurance. Like what will happen if your really sick and you don't have the money? U will wait to die????? 🤯

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Good question

[@slcRN1971]

Sadly, far too many - - end up in bankruptcy court. People who worked hard all their life and just retired or were planning to retire, have to sell their homes and other assets. It really does stink!!!

[@susanchapman7332]

I understand the hospitals will accept monthly payments. I paid a hospital bill with $50 monthly for 4 years. At least this was normal 10-15 years ago

[@pj.b.3646]

We have government healthcare. It's called MediCare. Even you have a job, if you don't make much money, depending what state you're in, you get free healthcare and prescriptions.

[@thechaoticthing4414]

Hospitals: *eats your money*

[@christianpipes2110]

American hospitals*

[@thechaoticthing4414]

@@christianpipes2110 yeah

[@Wendy_O.]

So, ambulances. My community has a volunteer first-aid squad, which I give money to each year. A few years ago, I started hemorrhaging and called 911, per my doctor's instruction. They did NOT send the volunteers. They didn't even send a police officer, which is usually the first one to show up. They sent the PAID ambulance service from the local hospital! 😲😵‍💫 Most expensive transportation ever! Fortunately, my insurance did cover it; the ER visit ate up my deductible, so instead of being on the hook for a $1k-plus ride, I had to pay about $230. STILL!! Even so, I continue to support our Volunteers. They may have helped someone who couldn't have afforded such a ride and may have been in more serious trouble than I was.

[@Merp-e9e]

Gets heart transplant: Nurse: Alright that'll be 28,980! Me: I cant pay- Nurse: **rips out heart**

[@yourshortfriend8731]

I come from the uk and the health care here is also free like Norway we get paid monthly so we can support our families much more👍

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Cool

[@slcRN1971]

One of our hospital dietitians, was visiting there and fell and broke her ankle (very bad break too). She told us all about, how wonderfully she was cared for there. They wouldn’t even bill her medical insurance (that surprised me).

[@netherwalker1762]

I have cancer and live in the US (Pacific Northwest), my initial stay at my local hospital lasted for about three weeks. Food was good (really good), the medical staff were kind, and because of my condition, I was eligible for financial relief. I understand this was a unique situation however, and I can't speak for others, but I felt well taken care of. Now if only my country was like this everywhere. :c

[@maggiematthews3517]

I think there are many people who are entirely grateful that their countries are NOT like yours. Who on earth would want to get sick in America? The more advanced countries are defined by the way they take care of the very old, the very young and the sick. America is not one of those countries. Here in Australia anyone who is sick will get the treatment they need ... and it will be first class treatment that costs them nothing. Certainly you can buy private health insurance too if you wish but it doesn't buy you any better treatment than you get in the public hospitals.

[@netherwalker1762]

@@maggiematthews3517 True, we have some problems to deal with. But locally I've been treated very kindly and with understanding. So much so that I wouldn't want to be treated anywhere else.

[@simon_sweden1778]

This is why nordic countries is the best

[@madelineryan548]

The hospital food in Virginia is fantastic! At INOVA Fairfax a daily menu is provided and you can choose from 3 options for each meal. They’ll even serve you coffee if you ask for it. Every time I’m in the hospital for an inpatient test, I clean my plate

[@lydiakasita4320]

I also had a heart problem so I love you so much for your help 💗 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@blissgeliggelig7521]

I lived in Germany for 4 - Years now and I can say everything in this video is true I accidentally tripped and my toes were bleeding badly I was rushed to the hospital b when I arrived I was ready to pay but it's only 3 € I was so surprised in the United states it's 100 $ .

[@blazepanda]

And the 3€ was only for the food right? :D i mean... its not even worth 1€ but better than nothing... if you dont select bread like me xD

[@ImpChadChan]

The US has a complication that other countries don't. Which in most cases is a great advantage, but as seen, it is an exception in the case of the health system. This complicating factor is called opportunity cost. The opportunity cost for Americans is simply too high for something as time-consuming as healthcare to be affordable. In short, opportunity cost tells you how much you are giving up to get something else. So, for a healthcare professional who has to spend 5-10 years of his life studying to get this job, what value could he get if he chose something else? This is the opportunity cost, and the higher the value, the higher your later reward (salary) needs to be. Remembering that this is defined spontaneously by the market. Supply and demand will end up offering very high value to a healthcare professional in a place where the opportunity cost is high. In a simplified way, we could give a hypothetical example, why would a person choose to spend 10 years studying for medicine to have a salary of 200 thousand dollars a year, if he could get a million if he chose another activity?

[@imphullabaloo1995]

Or, in a even shorter explanation, the health care system in the US is that expensive, because a person can get rich too easily there XD

[@kelef]

So in alaska you have to pay to touch your baby after birth, this makes no sense

[@henrikrossow7153]

i feel the best country to apply for citizenship is Norway, Norwegian and English have similarities like the extra 3 letters Æ, Ø and Å are close to english letters. and the best way to get the citizenship is to just live in the country for long enough

[@supermaximglitchy1]

14:42 since when did Napoleon return!?

[@kaylakain6039]

It’s so frustrating some states don’t even have anxiety and mental health system in America for people who can’t afford medication or just battling stress issues

[@Hornischfeger]

I have a story. (Vancouver Canada) My brother used to work in a kitchen with a newly married couple the wife grew up in Canada, but the husband, in the United States. He had only been living in Canada a short while, when he had a bad fall in the kitchen. He knew he had broken his arm b4 even going to the hospital. He immediately started to freak out, and when his wife tried to calm him, he told her he could not calm down. He asked how she could be so calm, and she, in turn asked him why he was freaking out. He said "we can't afford a broken bone! Have you set money aside? Are we going to be bankrupt?" To which his wife started laughing. Upon his shoked look, she replied "Honey, you live in Canada now... Medical is free." He couldn't believe it. It took them a few minutes to convince him that they weren't playing a joke on him. That's it Hope you liked it 🙂

[@thelightaddict80k]

America where your whole paycheck can't afford health insurance 🤨

[@Randy_Ed1tz]

14:45 norway and France map was wrong😅

[@thatoneduck3875]

23:56 was he holding a fireaxe? Surgeon simulator indeed had me dead🤣

[@Bill_W_Cipher]

Here in America, you can go into a hospital as a multi billionaire and exit as a negative multi billionaire.

[@gail694]

💀

[@chimpkingod933]

Why the hell dont we use universal healthcare? Genuinly, why?

[@videomaestro9566]

Greed? I do not know

[@EllDavis]

Yeah, America. Well developed but yet so many things are wrong. College, Medical Health Care, Guns, etc 🤷‍♀

[@normaluser3978]

America is just broken

[@owentaildeman8634]

I love how uk has a free hospitals

[@AxleMiner2024]

Dear Be Amazed, I have watched both of your comparing around the world videos and I suggest that you make one about hotels Yours, Axle Miner

[@Rainbowplayz-ix5ix]

UK the best cost for almost anything: £0 (or 0$ if you live in america)

[@Soraviel]

Yep it's free of use for the population, but if you don't live in the UK you must pay a UK health care fee

[@TheTwoFingeredBullDog]

@@Soraviel And rightly so. People from the UK who travel get insurance for this reason. People would come in the thousands from all over to get treated in UK hospitals knowing it is free, ruins it for the UK public.

[@gingy9788]

As a Canadian yes I love my universal health care but wait times suck

[@littlebadwolf8129]

Wait, what??! They actually charge you money for holding your own child? I mean, how is it in any way costing the hospital anything? HOW CAN IT BE LEGAL? Isn't it like THE most basic and ultimate human right that a mother holds the baby she carried and delivered?? I...I don't believe it. That must have been a weird joke.

[@91cdcollins]

nope they charge you to hold your own child.

[@mrawesome3579]

I hate to break it to you but its true. Honestly in the American health care system its sometimes better to just die as the bills can get so big that youd be able to buy one to 3 houses with the ammount of money owed.

[@everogers4435]

Public hospitals are free in Australia too.

[@KMVNZ23]

It's no cost to me here. I'm grateful. Especially now as I have some serious issues. New Zealand by the way.

[@XVampirladyShizukaX]

Well Sorry America, but your System is Horrible.... I',m german and Hospitals were never a problem...Although yeah, the food is bad, but here, its a common joke, that, when we are served something bad, we say "Still better than hospital food" So we joke about it XD

[@davidthompson9926]

I keep on getting $45,000 every week from a new platform in town which Elon recommends

[@jamewilliams7660]

After I got upto 300K trading with Mrs Valerie Anne Yarvin.I bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the states thanks to Mrs Angela Cole Carr. When someone is straight forward with what he or she is doing people will always speak up for them.

[@kourtneyrice8667]

How!! I know it’s possible because my sister gets $32,000 every week, I will be happy if you teach me how to go about it

[@The_Blazement]

go away bots

[@NielsWeijmans.]

First😃

[@deeymax6214]

Can you do a Comparison in Public Transport Around the World, you will BE AMAZED

[@LurrCp3kson]

14:41 why did France blitstreak Germany and took over the low lands