Obamacare: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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[@MusicalInquisit]

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[@mercysegen9453]

I live in Norway, a country with free healthcare. We don't give a shit that we have to pay a lot of taxes. I'm healthy and I don't need medication, operations or anything like that but i'll gladly pay taxes if it means that people who are sick can get the proper health care that they need. Why? Because I have human decency that's why...

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Lies! Deep down you hate that your taxes go to help fellow Norwegians instead of senseless war, regime change, corporate bailouts, etc that you never get to vote on and help only a sliver of the population. The latter is just so much better because thats what I was told to believe in my freedom loving country that I was forced to pledge allegiance to at age 5. #BESTAMERICA

[@mercysegen9453]

'Murica fuck yeah!!

[@Himax9]

So... Is there much in the way of room in Norway? How's the weather?

[@nyx211]

B-but, *socialism!*

[@eshafto]

musikal, that is exactly what has happened as insurance companies have taken over healthcare. It has nothing to do with government, and it started long before the ACA. The biggest problem with the ACA was that it left the insurance companies in charge.

[@KA1N3R]

Our irrational fear of "SOCIALISM!!!" is quite astounding, really.

[@thomaskole9881]

To some Americans, anything slightly to the left is basically communism. If they saw how the Netherlands (my native country) handled things, they'd know no better then seeing tall, blonde Stalins everywhere lol.

[@MrRjizz]

socialism sucks giant dick - Swede

[@Myar692]

Thomas Kole My parents (Trump voter) think that Europe is just one communist bloc that takes all of your money away with nothing in return.

[@Hawkeye16000]

Most American voters hear anything that sounds even remotely leftist and immediately think "THEY WANT TO BRING STALIN BACK FROM THE DEAD"

[@66QQ66]

And, funny enough, the poor fears it the most lol

[@pendragonfan42]

"You wanna kill my grandparents!? You come through me first!" This aged well...

[@nuri2465]

😂😂😂😂

[@VanillaVillain8]

**Cough, cough**

[@PapaTaurean]

Does that mean he's in favor of the Covid Relief package so his grandparents can get vaccinated? Of course not!

[@oregongood7819]

My first thought, lol.

[@Kuolonen]

1 million dead americans. There's actually good chance that that did actually happen. Mr come through me didn't use mask, and now his grandparents are dead. Oh well at least he got early inheritance.

[@tilly7326]

when you get 8 years to do your HW and the due date comes up and you still ain't do shit.

[@TheLunaOne]

One of the funniest comments I've ever seen. xD

[@dilennoris6547]

Sotir Moliko I know Hillary did an awful job learning from Obama..

[@spinyjustspiny3289]

I noticed the GOP's entire business model seems to revolve around ousting things without having something to replace it. "Imagine having health care" "Imagine having ambassadors" "Imagine having an actual functioning human being as president"

[@brielziebub]

Spiny Justspiny this comment fucking killed me😂😂

[@InContemplation]

"Lower taxes!" _5 minutes later_ "Bigger military!" "More freedom! Less government!" _5 minutes later_ "No drugs! No Abortions! No Immigrants! No Sex toys! Guns are fine..." "Free markets are the best!" _3 months and several Oscar wins going to feminist writers later_ "Fuck Hollywood!"

[@SergeofBIBEK]

Well when you are trillions of dollars in debt... it actually makes sense to cut trillions of dollars of things without replacing them...

[@Ranillon]

+SergeofBIBEX And we are in debt because of the Republicans. It was Reagan who put us in great debt and Bush Jr. who sent the debt sky high after Bush Sr./Clinton got it back under control. Debt in fact has been a Republican strategy to indirectly destroy public aid programs - "Sorry, have to cut them because we have too much debt!" Stop being afraid of it and letting Republicans scare us into handing even more riches to the super-rich.

[@robertaderholdt890]

Ranillon in fact it was obimbo who raised the national debt to over 19 TRILLON. more than twice what it was in 2008!

[@PeterBrockie]

After moving to the US (from Canada), I find the whole system here insane. Although the thing which really gets me is how brainwashed people are. The most common thing I hear is "I don't want the government telling me what doctor to see", I simply ask them why they see the doctor they use and the answer is always the same: "I use one my insurance takes". In Canada the government does tell you what doctor: Any fucking doctor. You're being told by a company which doctors you're allowed to use and that's somehow okay? I also hear "I don't want to pay for other people's healthcare with tax". Uh... Do people not realize they do that already and are fine with it? Police? Fire departments? Public schools? The list goes on and everyone is fine with it. But healthcare is the end of the world. haha

[@yaimavol]

Canada is not perfect, Brock. If you live in Quebec, there is a chronic shortage of docs to see. Specialists require a waiting period. I won't even mention St. John's -- horrible. Wait time average in the US ER is 58 minutes to see a doctor. We have an awesome healthcare system. The quickest way to f___ that up is to put the government in charge.

[@PeterBrockie]

No system is perfect. But in this system people can easily end up not getting medical attention despite having insurance because they're freaked out about it not being covered over some technicality. A coworker had some work done and ended up with a $7,000 bill despite it all being approved by the insurance, because the approved doctor didn't do some work in the same office or some nonsense. Just the threat of random shit like that happening is enough to scare people away and that's a terrible thing.

[@Theomite]

+Peter Brockie Yes, but you see, the difference for lots of Americans is that the insurance companies are private companies and so American citizens consider that different because it's not a state entity. If the government determines whether or not you get health care, then Americans see it as an oppressive act of a tyrannical state. But if a private company does the same, then it's the act of a capitalist body exercising its right to determine how it spends its hard-earned money. You see, Americans draw a distinction between parallels not in action, but in designation. If Hitler had perpetrated the Holocaust through capital policies as head of IG Farben, then Americans might have caught on. But so far, we haven't had a historical precedent of capital entities being as bad as dictatorships so Americans remain ignorant.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Theomite Eh... East India Company.

[@NeSeeger]

Hence the american revolution

[@Yannis1a]

I love how republican voters say "I like the act but I hate the name why call it after the President?", the thing is Obama didn't called it that, that was an insult invented by republicans and then Obama used it by saying "Obama does care" using that as a slogan, but now they hate the name, maybe you shouldn't have called it that from the begining

[@benjaminmadrigalperez9010]

There's a video of an old woman that was seething at the thought of obamacare. She HATED It. She loved Medicaid though. I don't know of It racism or propaganda. But damn she HATED It!!!!!

[@Yannis1a]

​@@benjaminmadrigalperez9010 It has to do with partisanism and a bully mentality, a bully hates it when you take an insult and use it as a compliment, because you are using it as a shield so they can't hurt you and that drives them insane Another example is the the Squad it started as an insult, but when they used it as their name, the republicans wanted a squad of their own

[@scorch4299]

Its because, on average, republicans are alot dumber. That and theyve been manipulated. If youre only source of news is Fox News or friends who watch Fox News, youre being fed propoganda.....same with MSNBC to some degree.

[@EggsBenAddict]

@@Yannis1a Similar to Dark Brandon, I guess.

[@spongeintheshoe]

The Republicans who called it that very much intended for Republican voters to hate the name.

[@plsno6262]

" *these bees aren't fucking around* " -John Oliver 2017

[@grahamkristensen9301]

#overprotectivedadsagainstbees #parenthood

[@BraveAve_]

bees are dying at an alarming rate... they need to be fucking around

[@Danley39]

“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” 🇺🇸James A. Baldwin

[@monicahall658]

Oh yes, indeed. The poor, who can't afford a big box of detergent to clean their clothes, for example, pay far more for a tiny one-time-use pack to do their washing at the laundromat. In fact, everything costs more for them pro rata, including food. How can we let this go on? This also happens here, in England, which is less capitalist than the USA, but both economies are predicated on the fantasy of the poor somehow becoming richer. The America dream - do me a favour. This is the 21st C, not the 19th. In the 19th C you got rich by fulfilling hopeful entrepreneurs' ambitions - whether mining, building, trains, communications, or consumer goods. Today, it's betraying yourself, your data, and everyone else to a global digital company, whose CEO is the richest man in the world - or at least among about the top 4 - it keeps changing. And one of whom, at least, is fantasizing about putting innocent, and stupid, people upon the planet Mars. "Terraforming," they trill. Yeah, right. Mars lost most of its atmosphere millions of years ago, so what makes you think you can restore it, and which is why it is totally hostile to human life? And if you can't, the naive pioneers will all die. I know it's good to be optimistic, but you also really need to be realistic.

[@flyingturtles6079]

We need to kick the rich out of office José Mujica, nice president of Uruguay and one good guy who lived long

[@mountcomfort740]

yes

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

Beau Littzen if you hate taxes, why do you like the military? They are paid entirely through taxes and would not exist without taxes

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

Beau Littzen I’m a veteran myself, I understand why military is needed and why taxes are required, I also know that as a Canadian, you can use taxes for more than Defense enriching people

[@dirhido9665]

as a european i struggle with the fact that healthcare is even a debate in the US lol.

[@whataboutredlorry]

BF Dijidox as it turns out many Americans are terminally stupid and incredibly selfish. They'd rather not put in a few extra dollars for something up front if some 'brown person' might benefit from it, regardless of whether they'll be trapped paying more down the line to clear up the preventable issues they willfully ignored. What an absolutely disgusting culture the US has. So focused on their 'freedom' yet they have no fucking idea what it really means

[@BrokenLegGaming]

whataboutredlorry I used to defend Americans, but I can't do it anymore.

[@BrokenLegGaming]

whataboutredlorry I used to defend Americans, but I can't do it anymore.

[@55blackty]

Because even though we are the most religious nation on earth we could care less about our fellow man

[@CalebCraft10]

Blackty 37 The US is not the most religious place on Earth. There are places where religion is law and athiests are beat. :/

[@palopatrol6010]

“This is the start of a communist takeover like Hitler in Germany” This is why history is important

[@Ahmedqamislo]

Hitler is a socialist

[@stevencrouch6036]

@@Ahmedqamislo The parties name might of had Socialist in it but the Nazis were far from being Socialist, they imprisoned them and were far right not far left.

[@paulnjeru2005]

@@Ahmedqamislo that’s like saying North Korea is a democratic republic because their official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

[@randomthing3770]

@@paulnjeru2005 exactly but do you think he understands?

[@VanillaVillain8]

The education system has failed us

[@blackmagic9675]

People dont want their taxes going for peoples healthcare....well i dont want my taxes used for war, the military and alot of other shit but guess what? It does and i cant stop it. If in forced to oay taxes i should atleast be able to get decent healthcare.

[@1cioda]

See. You are rational. But Republicans and many paid off "Democrats" think it's not your money. It's the ultra Rich's money. And it should all go to them. Personally. I think if I am losing 20% (rough estimate) of each paycheck, I should decide what government programs it goes to.

[@swamivardana9911]

Health care in US: The three step rip off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpjSpKJ_icaVnJI

[@leiajiang7877]

Like i could afford tax but i might no be able to afford a health care if i have a prexisting condition

[@sofijeffrey9797]

I agree, but the military is pretty damn important unless you want to live under Hitler III and be speaking German.

[@swamivardana9911]

@@sofijeffrey9797 That would be Osama II and language Arabic.

[@damonstr]

I still don't understand how everyone having health insurance can be presented as a bad thing, especially in a country where healthcare cost is so high.

[@schwasha000]

Because it would mean higher income taxes. Americans such as myself don't want higher income taxes and especially so for those of us who don't live in a state with an income tax. Everyone having healthcare is a nice fantasy land... if it didn't cost so damn much it would be even better.

[@romannasuti25]

Shadow Force that's why Bernie wanted to go all the way and implement single-payer. If literally only the government is allowed to set costs, companies cannot price gouge like they do now. Medicine and treatment costs something like 5x as much as actually needed on average, so the government forcing these companies to charge a fair price or GTFO would lower our prices and even tax burden in the long run.

[@mastertoad2]

Roman Nasuti But supply and demand says that government price caps will create a shortage.

[@romannasuti25]

mastertoad2 there's one critical flaw with that argument: medicine is a lot like drugs in that it doesn't neatly follow supply and demand to begin with. No matter the price, medicine will always be bought because, at some point, it becomes a critical necessity for life. Companies charging as much as they are isn't out of necessity or following market demand, they're price gouging because they know people will have very little, if any choice otherwise. Forcing them to a reasonable price point wouldn't destroy supply because the entire industry doesn't neatly follow conventional economic forces to begin with.

[@danieldaw1778]

Roman Nasuti This. I'm an economics major. Healthcare should be a public good that is non-rival and non-excludable in nature, since for many people it's necessary to survive. However, since this is America, our country decided to monetize the shit out of it and charge way more than necessary simply because they could.

[@randomperson8571]

That one chick screaming when John Oliver said "parents can keep their children on their health plans until they're 26" is literally me. As someone fresh out of college who is trying to pay off student debt, the fact that I'm still on my mother's health insurance plan is a literal life saver. Thank you, Obama. No, seriously. Thank you.

[@daveyhouston]

I am black so you're welcome 😊

[@immortalsun]

@@daveyhouston Unless you’re Obama’s dad, I don’t see why we’re thanking you.

[@Grasp54]

@@daveyhouston we owe you no thanks, Obama and his cabinet created Obamacare, not you... By your logic, we owe every white man thanks for creating America because most if not all the founding fathers were white

[@MrHistory269]

Awww dam student loans are a trap from which it is hard to escape I pray for you

[@sweetrain9482]

Totally true! ...and I don't think that was a girl btw.

[@yaff1851]

There is something the Americans don’t seem to be aware of: Every developed or developing country has some sort of affordable healthcare act - and has had for generations. As far as know you are LITERALLY the last to have a controversy on „if“ rather than “how“

[@MrHistory269]

So true some people are just dumb they scream socialism which is just dumb America is the black sheep of the western world

[@Kriae]

and they're still screaming GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD everywhere, they're pathetic

[@mouse-o5z]

We’re aware lol. The majority of people want it as well. The problem is not everyone not being aware of it the problem is 1) the government not enacting it even tho the people want it and 2) the effects of the red scare and McCarthyism cropping up in the most vocal idiots who make it seem like all (or even most) Americans actually thing healthcare is communism

[@forestmanzpedia]

Even Morocco and Columbia have better healthcare solutions than the US.

[@pamelaporter4750]

Many of us do know and many of us know other things that other countries give their people that we don't get

[@Kurashinno]

John Oliver and his team are the most thorough and fact oriented source for information that I have come across today. It's such a breath of fresh air and fucking hilarious! All other sources, liberal or conservative, seem to base things outside of facts and provide no evidence. Thank you! And please keep it up, we need a reliable source based on facts and verifiable data.

[@AuraXars]

James Wagner can't tell id serious or ironic

[@AuraXars]

If*

[@atacan_yucel]

Why would he be sarcastic? Oliver says something then shows people the fact or proof. You may disagree with his comments maybe but you cant say he is lying

[@wolv0223]

Praising them is great and all, but why don't you do like he says in the Journalism video: Give some recognition to the reporters that he and his team get their info from. John is offended when you sully the name of reporting by attaching it to his show.

[@ej1025]

James Wagner I heard he was tied to the Hillary Clinton Campaign...

[@rotodexthepaleontologist2267]

I like how although this is a liberal show, John isn't afraid to call out Obama for some of his bs like being extremely trigger happy with those drone strikes.

[@MrLionniol]

JosayyLmao John Oliver isn't a liberal. He's a realist.

[@3Carbon6]

JosayyLmao I was thinking the same thing. gotta criticize both sides (even though trump is comedy gold)en shower...heh..

[@khalee95]

JosayyLmao I'm pretty sure the chain of command doesn't go up that high in order to do any drone strike. Most likely it'll be the commanding officer or officer in charge who will approve of it.

[@wildfiregaming6939]

That's because it isn't a liberal show. It's a reality show.

[@blackxican1995]

Autocratic Snowman Obama can't do anything without bi-partisan support. Republicans stopped him from doing anything.

[@sihyuanwu5492]

I have a neighbor who has a poor family, and most of the adults in his family voted for Trump because he promised change for the poor. I told them to go support Bernie back when he was in my state and was still running but they persisted on Trump. Now I'm a foreigner and to be honest, I don't give that much of a shit about American politics, but upon discovering that an elderly man in their household was in hospital being supported by Obamacare and that they were furious that their own candidate was set on taking their life support away, I found it pretty hilarious. How could they not have know this would happen beforehand?

[@InimicalDivinity]

50 Dollars It's so depressing.... How blind people are...

[@ImTheJoker4u]

Bernie or bust wasnt a campaign slogan, it was a fucking warning!!!

[@DMM1840]

Why didn't you tell them to support me?

[@DaniOnDemand]

Ah yes, I too have family who voted Trump and told me Bernie Sanders was a fascist because he visited Russia with his wife 😖 (yes, they only watch FOX news and Facebook) But also receive aid from the state/government. It's so backwards it makes me wanna scream. I don't understand it.

[@DMM1840]

Dani Koob Why not me? I love poor people.

[@mariannecontrino6297]

Three and a half years later, and they STILL are claiming they have a great plan, but have yet to show us ANY part of it.

[@TheDapperDirk]

Just watch this today October 28th 2020 unreal that this video was 3 years

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[@L-Mop]

I'm sure in the near future this will be replaced by an impossibly witty and clever comment, so I will like.

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[@SparklingWalrus]

CHINA

[@GamingDemonGirl]

I think we can all wholeheartedly agree that the US will enter a golden age now under the Trump administration. Never again will US citizens have to fear incidents like the Bowling Green [placeholder] or that [placeholder] which happened in Sweden.

[@FanofHarper]

It never fails... each time I watch this show, I thank the heavens for its staff.

[@kadevanschindel1264]

There delusional and think all problems have simple solutions. They claim to be comedy but nothing in it is funny. They claim to be news but news is unbiased and they clearly have a bias.

[@Nargeon]

@@kadevanschindel1264 "News is unbiased" funniest shit i've ever heard

[@zengara11]

"It is now their turn to come up with a plan" -3 years later HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, good one John. Imagine, amiright?

[@-Big_Big]

i live in denmark. i once had a sharp pain in my stomach that would last very long and keep rising. i decide to goto the hospital. i went in. said hello. told my Card number (had forgotten it) got shown to a waiting room. sat in agony for 20 mins. talked to doctor. who said i should get painkillers and get a examination. i was then guided to a hospital wing. got morfine. a bed. (they would not offer food, since it was a gallbladder attack) (otherwise i could have gotten food) i finally was painless. they said they diddent have the full scanner personel because it was late in the evening, so it would be in the morning first., Slept fine in a 2 man room (i was the only one there) Got up the next day. (they said no food yet. still because of the stomach region issue. (but otherwise i would have had breakfeast) they carted me to scanning (though i was fine really at this time since the pain had stopped and the attack was way over) got scanned right away. doctor confirmed 2 gallbladder stones. told me all about it, said it was unnessesary to do surgery unless the attacks got frequent, whichj they would remove the bladder. got dressed and walked home, and finally ate some food. .... Yeah i diddent take out my wallet or my infomation , nothing was charged to me. i walked in. Medicine Slept, Scanned., Home oh.. wait the doctor said i should perhaps go buy a morphine pill to keep around in case it happened again (and if it kept happening. should make a appointment for surgery) DAMN MORPHINE WOULD COST ME MONEY!!! FCKING COMMUNISM!!!...wait CAPITALIS...wait... oh yeah diddent pay full price for the medicine... since i was also covered alot on that part... soo... *dances off into all this lack of freedom, he keeps being told about not having in denmark*

[@patwhw]

Wow... you had to pay for morphine? That sounds horrible my dear neighbour. I'm here for you if you ever need any support

[@BonDieu617]

BOOM. Belgian here, it's not completely free here but insurance still covers almost everything. I _really_ don't get what's the big problem in America.

[@dragoon1090]

Killaim I dream of a day where this is the universal standard in health care.

[@-Big_Big]

oh nonono i "barely" had to pay for it. like almost nothing. but i will accept paypall and written checks. thank you

[@beitie]

Denmark rules. Bang & Olufsen!

[@yankeeheath85]

even though I graduated from college my job did not offer a health insurance plan and I could not afford one on my own Blue Cross and Blue Shield for me a single person was $487 a month, I have epileptic seizures and never knew the reason why because I could not afford an MRI, many people may hate the new healthcare system but I was able to afford insurance for $117 a month, I was able to have an MRI, I was able to have surgery which has made me seizure-free for 4 years, like I said lots of people may not like it, but it's saved me.

[@MM-dv8sw]

I'm glad it helped you. When I tried to insure my family of three through Obamacare, it was going to cost me $865 a month. Not sure why some of us get a great deal, and some of us get punched in the nuts during a cold shower.

[@flyingturtles6079]

I feel bad for y’all in America Then again you all came to Uruguay and started a fascist dictatorship and now force us to trade as our last option so I don’t know why Then again again, you guys didn’t commit fascism in Uruguay so I hope you get more healthcare

[@mountcomfort740]

Congrats I went through something similar

[@mayainverse9429]

of course you like it. you know how else you could have afforded it. if you pointed a gun at a completely innocent hard working citizen. would that have been a right or wrong thing to do? all this health care system is is you voting for the government to point a gun at someone at steal from them instead of you doing it.

[@nottsoserious]

I know this is a really serious conversation but I just have to say this... *Username checks out*

[@neku2741]

I'm young and healthy, I don't mind paying for insurance because it's great to have if I ever needed it, and if I never needed it I would just treat that as a service to my country and hope that the money I pays helps support the less fortunate.

[@InimicalDivinity]

Neku Exactly my opinion, but tons of trump supporters aren't willing to give up the few extra dollars, even if they do help save someone's life.

[@BounceIO]

I'm also young and had never needed insurance before but recently I had a small issue with my leg and thank the fucking heavens I had insurance because I essentially walked into the hospital then out without having to pay a cent. At that moment my eyes were open as to how useful and fucking awesome l health insurance is.

[@Ramboness]

So what are we talking about here are you willing to pay at least 40-50% in tax? Because that's reality.

[@masterwolf469]

sir u must be a rare American who has a brain hahahha trump suporters are willing to live without healthcare just because there is a obama ward attached to it :P but are willing to pay 20+ billion for a wall that is usles hahaah

[@tiawilliams5690]

Ramboness What are you talking about? No one's paying that high in tax. You just pulled that number out of your ass.

[@Psykoged]

I like the fact that Oliver had the intellectual honesty to go over the very real faults of obamacare. This shows he's not just an empty headed and blind ideologue. On same areas he does have a strong bias, but it's certainly not as bad as some... let's call them anti-SJW'ers like to think.

[@HsenagNarawseramap]

Beastly BS. At 12:34 he deliberately misses the point.

[@ravenkrofft]

Yes, because you can't bring up anything arguments against his points... can you?

[@abcd123906]

Beastly Love that term "anti-SJW'ers"

[@ayushkhanna8126]

Dude, he said Obama's way of killing people was to drone them at 3:10 in a savage reference to the number of drone strikes Obama ordered during his tenure. That easily puts aside any suggestion of a bias.

[@jonfindlay7838]

Beastly if he ignored its faults and only praised the ACA he'd just be considered biased and no longer taken seriously by anyone who isn't a hardline supporter of his. Neutrality requires discussion of both the good and the bad.

[@NathanCassidy721]

"God forbids us from actually helping people with less money than us." -Every Republican politician since 2008

[@InorganicVegan]

Republicans are more likely to donate money, time, and blood than leftists.

[@hawaiianzach98]

Diana Peña the fuck are you talking about that is just an empty statement.

[@prideguy3233]

Diana Peña They certainly put more cum in it. Mainly because they keep fucking them over.

[@Tombee2]

Diana Peña bullshit they suck the rich dicks dryer then the Sahara desert.

[@Hephaestion96]

'more likely', I am also more likely to be President than a peach but what is 'likely' is not what actually happens, what matters is what you've done and Republicans have done fuck all, they never spend a dime on the people.

[@TBoring]

Honestly if they want to get legislation everyone agrees on they should start working on it the way the founding fathers did: In the middle of summer, with no air conditioning and no open windows, dressed from head to toe, and they can't leave until everyone agrees. Also no indoor plumbing. They have to use an outhouse (for authenticity). They'd have an acceptable program in a month.

[@MsMargisback]

Tyler Boring lol

[@jessuka]

Tyler Boring This brings up an interesting question: What would the founding fathers think of us now?

[@justinblevins9141]

Jessica Nguyen they'd be completely disgusted over how a certain religion has taken over this country and finds its way into some of our laws.

[@crashcoptr]

Tyler Boring theyd have it done in a week, and it would work

[@Falcon4224]

Jessica Nguyen Probably a bunch of partisan war-mongering idiots giddy to put party before country... I mean, Thomas Jefferson wanted us to rewrite the Constitution completely every 20 years or so; he felt that current generations shouldn't be held prisoner to previous and deceased generations. I know he would be appalled to see that we still use a 200 year old document for our government.

[@allena_jane]

Just got yelled at by my dad for watching your show John, so great work. This means one thing, high quality. Keep it up Mr. Oliver.

[@MrHistory269]

May I ask why he yelled at you exactly

[@allena_jane]

MrHistory 808 he doesn’t want me to be a democrat. Two major rules in my house: don’t be gay, don’t be a democrat. ... Sorry dad

[@MrHistory269]

@Allena Smith wow I can imagine he only watches Fox News...are you a liberal ?

[@allena_jane]

MrHistory 808 yes. My dad is a huge conservative and we don’t see eye to eye on most things political.

[@MrHistory269]

Allena Smith wow my parents vote for different parties and they are still married :) I can’t imagine living like that personally I am pretty liberal but I also support gun ownership (with some restrictions) and I got that from my father things like that

[@neraka-z4n]

I work in the medical field as a medical assistant and medical coder. Most ACA plans are not supported at my clinic or at the other clinics I have worked at in the past. The reason for this is that ACA does not reimburse the physician enough to provide the care needed. You might spend 100 dollars in care but receive 50 dollars from ACA. Another side effect of ACA is the skyrocketing premiums for other insured parties. My Uncle for instance who payed 200 dollars a month for years and years now pays nearly 1000 dollars a month. Perhaps we could go completely federal with a healthcare system but as a Veteran who cannot get adequate care why would I trust the government to treat 300+ million people when they can't even treat the 25 million veterans right now? Just something to think about from someone who does this kind of work everyday and has to federally supported hospitals.

[@glorymanheretosleep]

You get the government you deserve. American politicians are some of the most corrupt the world has ever seen. Yet, they never see the inside of a jail-cell. Why? Because the whole system is corrupt, from the top-to-bottom.

[@DojiLOL]

Amen dude, same job as you. I know what you mean. That's why mostly you only see young doctors that are only starting out their practice taking ACA plans. To make your point clearer to other people. When you get on an ACA plan the doctor that you choose is designated as your Primary Care Provider(PCP). The doctor then gets an allowance 50-100$ per patient that's signed up to that specific doctor. The doctor (PCP) is now in charge of providing the care to that patient, and any expenses that the patient makes are removed from that allowance, meds, labs, specialist visits. And if the doctor goes over a specific patient's allowance the extra expenses are removed from his bulk pay of all the ACA patients. So in other words is a system that incentivizes a doctor to provide the minimum possible care to maximize his profits.

[@mikportland]

Oliver makes a point how obstructions republicans help create the problem of premiums to down play ACA. I am a veteran as well. Your point is mute, if you can pay 200-1000 or die or 100k+ or die. There goes your house. Your pessimistic view doesn't help anyone or yourself. ACA is not perfect and could be better but no! The clowns didn't want to make it better. And they no better options from the start. Now they want to make even worse for all!

[@Vazhaspa]

@Brandon Drayton-- The problem begins with Private insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies whose only agenda is greed. Nobody rejects the idea that it is mandatory to insure our cars by paying private companies, yet American people are duped to yell against paying any taxes to non-beneficial government agencies to provide the same coverage for everybody in a universal healthcare as in all industrialized countries.

[@nitrohedgehog]

you say that like they wouldn't raise premiums anyway...

[@pier9856]

As a Canadian I really don't know why I'm so fascinated by the American Health Care train wreck. People didn't want to pay for other people's healthcare so you opted for the insurance route. Insurance doesn't mean that the money you paid into it is reserved for yourself - it means that you are paying for other people's healthcare (until you get sick). I'm really confused by the situation and the disconnect between what the Republicans are saying and what they have historically always done (screw over poor people).

[@maximwannabepro3021]

dustojnik hummer republicans think its smarter going broke than helping eatchother

[@mathewheffley121]

And they literally undermine every attempt to make the law better because they can go back home and tell their constituents that they're fighting big government just so they can get re-elected! It's the most corrupt and self-serving system. The dreaded individual mandate was enacted because they refused to allow any type of socialization of the system, so in turn poor rural people can't afford coverage or can't pay the penalty, and then in turn hate the system more! It plays directly into their strategy. The ultimate irony is that they're all about saving costs and lowering the deficit, when the system that they're trying to uphold so fiercely is the MOST inefficient in the world! Americans spend more on health care per capita than anywhere else in the world. Literally any other system would save costs! It may not be African style corruption, but it's an even more pernicious and back-handed kind of corruption that people don't even realize is happening. At least in Africa when there's corruption the politicians are shamed, when it happens here all we saw is a Yacht paid for by a campaign donation and a politician re-elected in an uncontested race.

[@cliftonjames785]

Pier it's not just republicans my man, it's the democrats too. Both are bought out by big corporations. The way I look at it, we will NEVER be able to pass any constructive legislation because of this left vs right bullshit. Both republicans and democrats suck

[@SomethingoldenYT]

Wilson You do realise that those wait times are for operations that only increase your quality of living. If you were going to die by the next day unless you got a certain operation you would not be waiting long at all.

[@Jeannelawes]

@Wilson ... Some of what you see in this docu/movie is shocking. .............. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqHOanSrf5l9Z5o ...

[@GL0CKSTER69]

Whoever yelled when he said that people under 26 can be on their parents insurance is my favorite

[@VanJA2102]

GL0CKSTER69 yep, I'm not American and I'm 21 and still on my parent's insurance. It's great because I still go to school, only have a minimum wage job and still live with my mom. Once I'm finished studying I'll be able to pay for my own health insurance but until then it's so much less expensive for everybody if I'm on my parent's health insurance.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

GL0CKSTER69 Without that being in place, I won't of got the care I needed for my depression. It scares me to think I might not have something in place if case I accidentally fall off the wagon again.

[@gdcoker]

Kael M I was also benefited from the ACA passing when it did because it meant that I could keep coverage on my parents insurance for my debilitating migraine headaches I get everyday. Disability where I live is a bitch to get into and takes forever to approve you. I'm trying to get disability now because I'm reaching the age I get cut off my parents insurance which I've already been. I know just how critical it is to have health insurance and republicans do not get it, they don't understand it and they don't care. If it's not affecting them personally they couldn't give less of a fuck, we can die on the street and they'd be happy. The republicans that actually make policy are rich and have more than adequate insurance, so saving money to them by cutting benefits will not affect them whatsoever. If it's not happening to them personally, it's not a problem worth fixing and never will be. This is how they think, empathy is a weakness to them. If it's happening to them you know something will be done about it immediately, otherwise they will promise the moon but in practice will give you less than crumbs.

[@jackwilliams5474]

Nobody fucking cares. Youre a damn kid. Go play xbox or some shit. If i had a 25 Year old kid sitting around my house, he would need some medical insurance after I get done with him, if u Know what I mean LOL. Go get a job, loser.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

yeah thank you fucking God I'd be so fucked.

[@Gaston4760]

I know this sounds completely insane but if you cut back a little on the military and on golf trips for the White House then there would be finances for a healthcare system 😅

[@Jay-is5ef]

Single payer is actually 17 trillion dollars cheaper than our current system

[@dinamosflams]

no, bombing foreign people should be top priority

[@HybridSoldier777]

Or knowing how corrupt politicians can be, why not lower taxes drastically and let people decide what to do with their money

[@ceres_lang]

@@HybridSoldier777 Let poor people with little income decide what to do when they get into a life threatening situation they can't afford to get fixed. I guess the decision they have is how quickly they want to die?

[@danielgonzalez5787]

Or they could choose education in not only a better paying job but also in finance management.

[@JongoPhett]

I'm a professional cowboy and I use catheters. Been cowboying for 25 years and there's two things I know, I don't like pain when I cath AND the nuclear triad consists of: Land-based missiles, Submarine-Launched missiles and Aerial Bombers. This increases our ability to strike back in the event one of those is destroyed and deters an attack on us or our allies! So that's the nuclear triad, incase you're the kind of person who might really need to know that...

[@puffnisse]

Jongo Phett Oh, that joke from two weeks ago? Gomedy gold, that was, really hilarious and original. Hahahaha.

[@vikgomat]

savage....

[@tngaminghd6340]

Jongo Phett you are not really a professional cowboy, right?

[@sumairb9978]

puffnisse yeah I get what you're saying, that wasn't very funny. the way you spell "comedy" is definitely funnier.

[@jakepel9638]

TNGaming HD You dont watch John Oliver do you?

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

"Okay children" Room literally made of all adults.

[@TheSnoopy1750]

To be fair, he couldn't argue on facts so he had to demean the citizens making valid points.

[@MasterDoctorBenji]

arkayen666123 yeah he was trying to say that they don't have to deal with it but one look and they were all up there.

[@davemoseley7492]

It was at that point that I believe I would've approached the speaker and offered to demonstrate a new use for his microphone.

[@killax1000]

Everyone is a child.

[@Ranillon]

He clearly deserved to get his ass kicked for repeating a bold-faced lie like that. But, the Republicans have become masters of the "Big Lie" where you just repeat a lie so many times with authority that eventually people start believing it. Dr. Goebbels would be proud.

[@EchoVids2u]

I'm starting to really love John Oliver. He is funny and explains things on point.

[@alexcarlson7691]

EchoVids2u the show is a decent starting point, but his show is satire and done for comedy. Tax refundable credits and HSA make a lot of sence. They aren't the sole solution, but they have solid economic theory behind them. In the case of an HSA, you are less likely to run off to a hospital to get care you might not actually need, as opposed to being fully insured where someone else is picking up your hospital bill.

[@HereIsHelena]

HSA make sense in "theory" but not in practice. Take for example someone with a bad cough that doesn't go to the doctor because they wouldn't want to waste money on care they "don't need". That cough develops into something serious until they HAVE to go to the hospital possibly being admitted and requiring much more treatment at a much higher cost. Most of that cost would have been prevented if they had been treated early when their illness was simple to treat. One of the ideas behind the ACA is preventative care. Many health problems can be prevented altogether or, at the very least, are easier to treat if they are caught or measures are taken to prevent them early. We don't want people skipping their yearly physicals, men foregoing prostate exams, or women pushing off mammograms to save a few bucks. These things, for example, save lives and lower costs.

[@MrJaCraig]

It makes sense when you can shop around. There is no medical "market" in the US. Nor do medical professionals have an incentive to make one if all we have are HSAs. Which the Paul Ryan plan wants. Basically you trade in employer based insurance for an HSA similar to a 401k. If there was the equivalent of Amazon for medical procedures, then yes an HSA kind of makes sense for those that make a high income. The median household making $53k a year isn't going to be able to save enough for it to really help with any sort of emergency though, but could help with planned expenses like having a baby which is around $10k to $15k in the US. They could save for that but heart attack? Stroke? Really any life threatening emergency? You're talking more than they make in a year if not multiple years.

[@jimmierustler4294]

EchoVids2u Translation: I am a special snowflake who needs to be in safe places with someone with the same view points as me.

[@majorgreenz2811]

YEAH CANT BE A NEW FAN AND TELL ANYONE THE FUCKING TROLLS COME OUT......

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

John Oliver is a real straight shooter and Always tells it the way it is! Kudos John!

[@cheezarose]

That moment you live in Europe and are wondering what the fuck is wrong with the USA.

[@Sorain1]

Many, many things. It's simply too large and has too many diverse cultures under the same governmental structure. The fact it's become this politically and socially toxic is unfortunate. If you had to nominate a single thing as the 'leading cause' then I would personally nominate a bipartisan system as it. Encouraging factionalism and thus infighting is not conductive to healthy government. Even in the few where it benefits someone (Feudalism, where the King want's the nobles at each others throats rather then his) it's still bad for the nation and it's population.

[@johannvonbabylon]

I'm an American living in Europe. One day I had a severe migraine aura where I dissociated and hallucinated, it was later diagnosed as what I said and it's harmless and can be prevented, but at the time I feared it was epilepsy because it ran in my family. That day I didn't see the doctor to later, but I basically sat down outside for a half hour waiting for it to calm down and then walked home. My wife later asked me "why didn't you call an ambulance?" And I'm like "why the fuck would I do that, we can't afford that" and she's all "they don't charge you any money if it's a real emergency and potentially having a brain issue definitely counts". I had to explain to her that Americans are trained to never call an ambulance until it's a choice between "ambulance or definitely die". I had a coworker fall and hit the back of her head on the ground. Someone called 911 and paramedics were all around her, she kept saying "go away, don't check me, I didn't call you, I'm not paying for this!" which unfortunately was not an unreasonable thing to do, because even if she was insured, an ambulance ride would have still cost her hundreds of dollars just as a copay.

[@Sorain1]

This is the unfortunate reality that exists. It's why the ACA got the kind of support it did. It's why changing that will be at best a nightmare to do and at worst outright (effectively) impossible. I have seen zero evidence the current administration has a plan prepared, or even the outline of one, to address the same set of issues. If they did, I could at least state my view of how bad (or good) it is. The fact that I STILL think this is the best nation to live in on Earth at the present time, doesn't mean I don't see the decline in progress. Fortunately, I highly doubt that it's even possible from Trump to be reelected, which means in 4 years, someone will face dealing with the damage. I wish that person and their allies well, because they will need god's help I think.

[@johannvonbabylon]

What do you mean "what the fuck is with Europe"? Unless you're referring to the sickening rise of far-right nationalism, in which case you'd be correct, otherwise I'm not sure what you're getting at. I'm an American living in Germany and it's awesome that I have high quality health care that I don't pay a penny for, whereas if I were still in the US I'd be uninsured and fucked.

[@heinrichheinsen1076]

Let me tell you about the german healthcare - As a german worker i´m paying about 15.4% ( may vary by promille depending on the insurance company ) of my gross income ( and my employer 15.4% too) for medical insurance . My kids and wife and insured by my insurance . Retired persons , unemployed also insured by my dues and so will i , when i´ll be retired . I have never complained about it and I think the majority of all other contributors does not .

[@yuudaemones2624]

"Tick tock, motherfuckers." I'm dying right now.

[@eliasm8506]

:)

[@dylanm2343]

You Daymon you covered, bro?

[@carl.j917]

we're going to save so much money **spends 10 million on security and traveling in just 1 month**

[@LeviForWaifu]

Carl. J *JUST* thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2016/03/i-will-literally-pay-someone-to-kill-trump-and-88-other-death-threats-from-twitter-in-march/

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

Do you genuinely take anonymous death treats on twitter seriously, or only when they're directed at someone you like? Does this mean Donald Trump is Anita Sarkeesian?

[@NomastiAfricanWarlord]

+Levi For Waifu Dude, literally everybody gets Death Threats on Twitter. I've gotten Death Threats on Twitter and I only have like, 20 followers. Welcome to the internet.

[@queenoftheharpies8018]

Levi For Waifu But has he spent 11 million dollars in a month on vacations after saying he is for the people? Stop deflecting.

[@26michaeluk]

Its all they know how to do, deflect.

[@witchblade100377]

Saw this one and decided to watch. Came to the part where he says, "Time is ticking and Republicans say they have a plan" Well, nearly 4 years later and still no plan. Republicans really hard at work.

[@eileenowen8749]

Our tax dollars at work. Glad I'm not a Republican, but then I'm not Democrat either, even though Republicans lie more. Politics is only for people who are politicians. They are the ones who make (waste) the money.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

The plan is the same plan as always... to trust that Americans are stupid enough to not understand how time works. When in power, they take credit for the results of policy decisions made by the previous administration, and when the other party is in power they blame them for the results of their own party's policy decisions. That's why we've been flip-flopping which party is in charge for my entire life.

[@ellievampmtf]

Who else stays up this late for John?

[@healthybeautylv]

Tick tock motherfuckers. I love this man.

[@janicejanostak2545]

Go IN, John Oliver! The man is on fire lately - unfortunately, so is our country right now.

[@nicolacates1337]

healthybeautylv let's just give them time, because when the time runs out there most likely just throw out "obumercare" and move one

[@starseedalliance7617]

Alex Jones said the NSA was spying on the public before it was revealed by Edward Snowden. Alex Jones predicted 911 and said they would use Bin Laden as a scapegoat before it happened. Alex Jones snuck into the famous Bohemian Grove and got footage of American Political leaders dressed in robes doing a ritual. Alex Jones > Mainstream Media

[@andiglenn7174]

healthybeautylv 18:34 made me spit out my juice XD

[@abhishetty2637]

atleast troll right dude , your troll must be believable

[@Neo_to]

As someone outside the US it seems insane that health care is such a critical topic in the states, and that despite most of the citizens opposing the Republicans plans to drop the Affordable Health Care Act, these politicians still think it's a good idea to proceed with their plans. But the most important question to me, which I still can't get my head around, is: Who the fuck votes for a guy who openly planned during his campaign (among a lot of other terrible things he said) to revoke Obamacare and throw people out of their health insurance? It seems so absurdly stupid I can't even put it into words.

[@korturas9084]

The argument seems to be not that everyone should have healthcare, its that nobody should get it for "less than me", or "that I should have to pay for yours". Trumps pitch for his replacement for ACA sounded more like a shady commercial for some Get Rich Quick scheme. Lots and lots of buzz words and enthusiasm, but entirely devoid of factual details about how it actually works. The UK NHS (National Health Service) was founded with a laudable but sadly impossible ideal that it would eventually eradicate all illness. While it has proven to be impossible to do that, what it did achieve was to ensure that everyone, regardless of socio-economic status has access to health care. You can pay extra for better or faster care if you want to, but if you don't want to or cannot afford to, you will never be turned away from a hospital because you don't have any money to pay the bill. No one will. Yes, I pay a part of the bill for the homeless guy who was brought in passed-out drunk in the street in the middle of winter. I also pay part of the bill for the newborn baby who's single mother died in childbirth. And part of the bill for the child of wealthy parents who broke his/her leg skiing. Its a tiny part of the bill, but I pay it gladly. Safe in the knowledge that if I ever became ill in any way, I'll only ever have to pay the same tiny part of the bill to receive whatever healthcare I might need. I walk in, they treat me, and I walk back out again. No stress about bills larger than my annual income. Nothing. In. Fixed. Out. "But what if you never get sick? You've paid all that money for other people and gotten nothing back!" I'm cool with that, because I'm not an entirely heartless ars****e.

[@c.cbaggett4044]

A main reason is that right wing news sources like the terrible Fox News make anything done by a democrat seem like a communist nightmare making know-nothings who only get their news from fox believe that Obamacare kills people. As sad as it is this is very common and really the only way the Republican Party still has members, by lying

[@rufinomiguel7031]

MrF0g0 fox news is always bias but when CNN does it it's imeaditly fake news. Honestly whats next "Today Obama breathed in air and released Carbon Dioxide which hurts our environment"

[@rufinomiguel7031]

TheGrannda that and some people in a kentucky county thought he was jokin...

[@tomhsia4354]

Rufino Miguel Yet they still voted for him dispite their belief that Trump would joke about something as important as healthcare. Still unfathomable, I mean, how bad was the scandal on Hillary for her to lose to Trump?

[@isabelled.4799]

2020 Update: Republicans still have no replacement for the ACA.

[@reallitycheckk]

because the ACA was their plan. Its romneycare on a national level

[@armanmia4176]

@HeyMildred Except it is, that is why governments exist.

[@ForsythJC]

So I'm recovering from an appendectomy and taking Percocet for pain, but am I that high that I heard the Congressman talking about a goat in his house? Or did he really say that?

[@axelthemango8050]

ForsythJC You're high for doubting it. I hope you get better...

[@ForsythJC]

LOL! Okay, thanks! Just making sure. I was about to go back to the doctor and ask her what the hell she put in my medicine. Cuz it's some good shit! Hahahaha!

[@DaGoon_]

ForsythJC Bruh percs ain't even hallucinogenic.

[@hullmees666]

who are these people who vote for guys like that to run the country? seriously, i dont understand how anybody (liberal, conservative or other) can say that this dude is competent to be in office. and there are some many like him in the us congress and the white house.

[@SCAinthegame]

Yeah for example their president lol

[@CodeXCDM]

5:25 Wait, that Death Panel bit was still being spouted out THIS year!?

[@steveh46]

Yes. And when a 77 year old woman got up and told the guy he was wrong, he insisted she was the one who was wrong.

[@bobrolander4344]

Republicans: Full blown retards.

[@phantomninja01]

The United States of America, where the right to own firearms is considered a basic right but access to healthcare is not.

[@OrionPax127]

apotheos1s Does the government provide the general populace with weapons? Is there some sort of gun welfare?

[@Tarren634]

ever been to a gun show?

[@JavierReyes-vi7vj]

the guy down the street provides me with weapons. Even the fat baby gets a gun

[@prismblack9631]

Obviously my gun is supposed to be your healthcare plan and vice versa.

[@jimmynoleaksboilerman7348]

It's called the Constitution, if your not an American you will never know what it is like to be a truly free person. I have never been without healthcare insurance in over 40 years ,just look for a decent job,employers provide it.

[@silverloony1170]

"He'd've just ordered a drone strike and declared them enemy combatants." Obama is still coping with that 3rd-Degree burn to this day.

[@projectpitchfork860]

You do know that under Trump twice as many drone strikes were conducted?

[@cooldude56g]

If they repel Obamacare, they better have something better in place, or I am going to die. ... I'm living off a single bum kidney that requires dialysis every few months, I'm 21, make about $10 bucks an hour, and I can't afford to pay $2,000 four times a year. Nobody wants to insure me, and they tell me a donor is about 6 years away.

[@jjabbott7249]

cooldude56g I feel you, man. I'm 17 and can't get a job because I live in the rural part of town and can't afford Driver's Ed to get a car. I have severe Crohn's and need to pay about 4,000$ every two months (which my parents cover with Obamacare). I would probably die if not treated due to an abscess and then an infection. The fear is real, man.

[@trophosphere]

My condolences for the tough situation you are in. I do not know the specifics of your health status but have you tried investigating applying for Medicare in the case of what appears to be ESRD requiring dialysis? www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coordination-of-Benefits-and-Recovery/Coordination-of-Benefits-and-Recovery-Overview/End-Stage-Renal-Disease-ESRD/ESRD.html

[@Hephaestion96]

If it does happen pick up a gun and blow the brains out of your local rep. This is America, I'm tired of arguing with ugly rich men about how long I have to live, if you can't guarantee me LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness I will guarantee you do not receive those either.

[@DGDfan13]

Jesus. Hoping all turns out for you bud

[@Oksobasically2]

cooldude56g so in your opinion because you have a shit kidney we have to pay for it? And what about those who can't even afford Obamacare? They have to pay penalties essentially making the poor poorer. My taxpayer dollars will not go to your new kidney if I had my way about it.

[@KHSmith95]

Step 1: Repeal Step 2: ... Step 3: Profit

[@KevinGarcia-pv3lr]

Karl-Henrik Smith *Step 2: [Placeholder]

[@royalewithcheese7]

Karl-Henrik Smith Yea its a great time to be in the Medical insurance game. Me: "Ooh you need insulin to live? Well give me 65% of your weekly paycheck and I can make that happen! Or if you don't like that, then you can just go into a diabetic coma."

[@NicolasAlcalde]

Karl-Henrik Smith Step 2 is a lllloooooooottttttt of people dying.

[@Psycorde]

it's so christian, i'm about to cry! So kind! Republicans make Jesus rolling in his grave at the speed of light.

[@Psycorde]

@@jackbrennan1125 Here I am 2 years later, seeing democrats for what they are John Oliver's stuff became pure propaganda by now, heh.

[@1967andwaiting]

only in america is health care a privilege

[@ThomasJakeIsTheMan]

and many other countries.

[@darter9000]

ThomasJake71 Mostly third world countries... you know... where fair trials, clean water, and personal safety from one of many warlords are a privilege as well.

[@ThomasJakeIsTheMan]

yeah. but not only.

[@_Somsnosa_]

The only 1st world country where healthcare is a privilege. Why would you be so proud of not having healthcare? We know you all use "whataboutism" Yeah trump did this but what about stalin? You change the subject when you get backed into a corner.

[@lukejohnston3949]

I know this is a shock to most people, but America isn't actually a first world country. Lot's people in it don't have clean drinking water, everyone carries around guns, their justice system is laughable, their police kill unarmed people without repercussions, their politicians don't do anything to help people, their infrastructure is crumbling, their corporations basically write the law by lobbying the goverment. America succeeds in one area; military spending.

[@JaydonTobler]

I remember watching the Bush/Kerry election night and I asked my sister who were rooting for. And she pointed to the blue half of the bar at the top of the screen and said: “these ones care about people” Then she pointed to the red half and said: “and these ones don’t” And it’s been amazing to see over the last 16 years how’s little Republicans have done to convince me otherwise.

[@TheMymimi100]

Omg America just spare yourself the suffering and copy a working healthcare systhem from any European country...

[@qwertyuiop2465]

Skulduggery Pleasant I love your username/ picture

[@Sarah-jd9it]

Skulduggery!!! Btw, I agree but people get so freaked out about anything even approaching socialism, that anybody who would like to create a single payor system feels like they're trying to convince a brick wall. Some of this can be traced back to the cold war (though socialism is actually different from communism) and various negative and horrifying examples like Jonestown that claimed to be a socialist community. Not to mention propaganda that is spread very well concerning other countries health care systems. All in all very disappointing when we see young people dying because they were $50 short to pay for their insulin.

[@wrob1638]

Unfortunately the rich in this country or rather the 1% think they can pay off our politicians to pass laws that benefit them and no one else. The truth of the matter is if we changed over to Universal health care (health care for everyone) the cost would drop to about half of what we pay now, because we would be able to get rid of the corruption. Which the same rich gain to lose so the buy off our politicians.

[@LexiLSify]

Exactly they mix everything together because of the cold war witch hunt when you basically weren't allowed to say anything bad about the US cause it meant you were a communist. You couldn't be slightly socialist because you'd be in prison for communism (basically). So much for freedom of thought and speech ! (couldn't even plead the 5th as it was then seen as you trying to hide shit). But yeah basically they think it's communism and that communism is Stalin. Also it's cute how they think democrats are leftists, and they don' realize democrat socialism would be good for them.

[@brandonseff6044]

Any approach close to anything labeled socialized medicine is impossible in a republican congress

[@mikewiz1054]

That woman on Obamacare that detests the name is just perfect. It answers the question, “tell me you’re a racist without saying I’m a racist”

[@bearcatXF]

Is Ketanji Brown Jackson the first black woman on the Supreme Court?

[@MrAvionix]

Think of it as car insurance. It's mandatory. You must have car insurance. More people have car insurance and the costs are going down. The same with health insurance. You must have it. Now, why is it so expensive ? Because the providers are private entities and they want to maximize their profits. That's why single payer healthcare is the way to go. More people in it lowers the costs. It's good for everybody.

[@lizdobin2072]

MrAvionix no one forces you to buy a car though...

[@chrisgatley2877]

Noone is contsantly at risk of a car accident, but you are always at risk of getting sick or injured.

[@schwasha000]

Chris Gatley Actually, that is wrong. The moment you get into a car to drive, your chances of a car accident sky rocket as opposed to just walking and having a car hit you or cause harm to you indirectly. But I am not always at risk of getting sick or injured. See, people like me only get sick once a year with the cold or flu and get back on my feet in days without needing healthcare. Problem with healthcare is being forcibly gouged for something I won't need or use. So no, you are more at constant risk of a car accident than being/getting sick.

[@chrisgatley2877]

Of course you are always at risk of getting sick or injured. You actually talk about getting hit by a car as if that won't require health insurance. By simply existing you are at risk. It may not be a large risk, and is entirely dependent on your circumstances and behaviour, but it's there. The ACA provides a safety net should something outside of your control happen to you. My point is you can avoid car insurance by not having a car. You can't avoid health insurance because you have a living body. Noone forces you to buy a car, noone forces you to buy a body, but you are born with a body nonetheless. Much like herd immunity with vaccines, the system doesn't work unless everyone, whom can and should partake, does.

[@schwasha000]

Chris Gatley That is tyranny! Not only can you NOT force people to buy healthcare they cannot afford, but you cannot force healthy people to buy healthcare who are at minimal risk. You cannot penalized people for simply existing just because they cannot afford healthcare. You cannot STEAL money that you didn't earn to give to someone who is sickly and make other people pay their premiums. KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF *MY* PAYCHECK. All the ACA has done is made me poorer and less healthy. it is a failed system.

[@janetchristian]

What this entire (otherwise spot on) analysis completely ignores is that we are the ONLY industrialized nation on the planet that clings to a for-profit healthcare system. If we eliminated the profitability from healthcare, we would not be in this mess.

[@NorthernSeaWitch]

Not exactly true. Even in countries with universal health care/socialised medicine there is a for profit system in parallel for those that can afford to pay for it. That's fine, if more affluent people want to pay their own money for quicker access through private only doctors I have no objection to them doing so. Now if they pay and push non-affluent sick people out of the way (figuratively), then there would be an issue. If Republicans really cared about reducing costs, lowering per capita spending on health care they would stampede towards universal health care, but as they only care about maximising the profit for wealthy donors who run insurance and medical companies, they prop up a for profit, inherently iniquitous system.

[@janetchristian]

In the US my pancreatitis medicine would be $3000/month out of pocket without insurance. In Spain, where we are moving (because of healthcare) the same meds will be $245. My private insurance here in the US is $800/month with a $7000 deductible. In Spain my insurance will be $200 with a small copay. BIG difference. And your statement was misleading. "In Switzerland, for example, any profit that insurers make on basic services must be plowed back into reducing premiums." www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/politifact-no-one-does-for-profit-health-insurance-like-the-us-does/1079521

[@platoniczombie]

America is a death economy. The Military and Healthcare in this country are the obvious examples of this. When MLK Jr. said, "...this business of killing human beings with napalm..." he was speaking to the actually profiting from death, I mean he said later on that the result of all this leads to "injecting poisonous drugs of hate." Because those that profit from this death and fear knows that it serves to perpetuate the cycle, thus, allowing them to continue to profit from the death they cause.

[@quo33]

Omg 800 a month!?! No wonder people are so desperate, this really sucks.

[@SuzakuX]

America isn't clinging to for-profit healthcare, for-profit healthcare is clinging to America.

[@davewilliamson3723]

Watching this from 2020 pandemic. (Not having national health care plan, is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool!)

[@MrHistory269]

I hope that coronavirus forces Americans and the government to realize how fcked up our healthcare system is we need Universal healthcare

[@thepistolettes6158]

What's so funny is 3 years ago, they were all, "You can't kill my grandparents. You're gonna have to go through me first.". And NOW they're like, "Welp, if opening the economy means sacrificing grandma, I guess that's just what we gotta do. There are more important things than living."

[@superque4]

So is do-it-yourself pandemic control.

[@DabIMON]

"Who's gonna pay for it?" I was half expecting him to say "Mexico".

[@Crondo420ReFrEsHe]

DabIMON that makes no fucking sense, stupid joke very stupid.

[@minski76]

Pro life = Fertilized eggs have a right to live. Poor people - not so much.

[@cameron6262]

People who cannot afford kids should be smart enough to realize the consequences of having sex. Also there's adoption. Not trying to start a fight that's just how I feel.

[@Grace-ey7pk]

Cameron McKown they do know the consequences, it's just you just can't stop adults from having sex lol. And you know there's millions of other kids waiting to be adopted. There's a large chance that the kid will not get adopted.

[@cameron6262]

SoLittleMuchKZbin oh I agree you can't stop them and I don't want to. Perhaps we can agree that Adoption needs to be made way easier by the Gov?

[@KingOstrichGamer]

minski76 nobody is murdering poor people because they are inconvenient

[@michaelhultin4177]

Fetus at 5 months isn't a "fertilized egg". If you have to suck the brains out of it, it's not an egg anymore.

[@mortifinkenbein9559]

I'm really glad to be a German, because we have good and affordable health insurance for EVERY citizen. And I cannot understand why the self proclaimed "greatest nation in the world" isn't able to have such a healthcare system too ...

[@themostfowl]

Morti Finkenbein cause they'd rather spend our money on building new weapons

[@Nilguiri]

~But didn't you know? USA #1 Let's not get caught up in the fact they they have the worst health care system in the so-called civilised world.

[@BATCHARRO]

America is building tanks that are rotting in the desert because who needs tanks anymore? But spending the people's money helping the people? Uy, no!

[@GryphonSkull]

just wait till the elections this fall... AfD, die Linke, they're all rising. extremists keep trying to outscream each other. and then somebody like Schulz comes along, who offers nothing but empty promises and generally literally uses the same populist tactics that Trump did, and everybody hypes him up? yeah no I might be glad being a german again _after_ those elections

[@marcj7565]

maybe because we spend $$ to protect Europe and keep the world regions stable so yall dont have to so you have extra $$ for that stuff plus we are like 4 times bigger than Germany very hard to sustain.

[@Banana34598]

Before Obamacare, my grandmother couldn’t get health insurance because she had breast cancer. She survived it and was in remission, thank God, but because she had it, she couldn’t get coverage.

[@Iamzani]

I explained to a bunch of Americans how the healthcare in the Nethetlands work and they found it Amazing. Then I explained that Obamacare is basically the same or at least based on the same ideas. They didnt believe me... Americans sometimes get incredibly blind just because they hate or disagree with a certain president. How America still has so much problems with Health care baffles me :/.

[@satinpatriot]

IamZani based on the same ideas can be vastly different than the same as...

[@sebastianjimenezbienen7045]

IamZani America has problems with healthcare depending on how you look at it. America does have problems with healthcare coverage, but it does not have problems with healthcare quality. It has arguably the best quality healthcare in the world (if you can afford it). The reason why this is such is also the reason why it's so limited and expensive for people to afford it: that there are incentives in place for pharmaceuticals and healthcare providers to invest in research and development and innovation. You would not have penicillin if it were not for these incentives, and you wouldn't have a lot of the advancements of modern medicine that everyone now benefits from. If you look at the world at large, it's actually convenient in the long run to have the American health care industry structured in this way. More discoveries, more treatments, more years in everyone's life, better for the species as a whole

[@TheRomagnoli]

Sebastian Jimenez Bienen the moment u say the best healthcare in the world... Sir... the only thing you're the best in the world is fat people and stupid people... and that won't change --'

[@lostcompass]

Sebastian Jimenez Bienen it doesn't matter if that exceptional quality is only accessible to few. The thing who need to wrap your head around is that one person alone doesn't make society; many do. A society that cannot take care of its human capital is a weak one. It would be impossible to mobilize the American population in 24h because the level of health and fitness of the majority simply sucks. The life expectancy in this country is decreasing, we have an abnormal obesity rate, and the level of child mortality is among the highest in the developed world. All these indicators should sound the alarm. A better and cheaper healthcare system that focuses on wellness and prevention would save us more money as a nation than the crap Republicans are trying to implement.

[@Exl6243]

But the whole point of insurance is that its a game of risk. Insurance companies are willing to pay your bill because you are healthy and are probably never going to use it for emergencies. It's an agreed upon game that I play. If I end up in the emergency room, I'm going to get treated, but I also agree to take the risk of paying a larger bill, unless a company offers to pay for me as long as I pay monthly fees. And that's the problem. It's not about health care, it's about the crippling fees you get from it. Sure, in the short term poor people will get covered and get immediate relief from crippling debt. But if every person is mandated to buy it: 1. It's immoral. 2. Healthy people will take the penalty while sick people get insurance, forcing insurers to drive up prices, driving more health people to leave the market and take the penalty fee. Even Aetna is leaving the insurance market for this exact reason. So now you're forced to choose: either be in debt from a healthcare bill or be in debt from an insurance bill. Your choice. Or, you can continue to bankrupt the government and make it insolvent, thus never getting money to cover for your bill.

[@coreblaster6809]

Amazing video! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@coreblaster6809]

(This is funny because the video is 19 minutes long and it was posted 50 seconds ago.)

[@its_w4yne]

Yeah explaining makes it funnier

[@coreblaster6809]

mathefreak1993 Why would it make it funnier?

[@RJTheHero8]

Dear HBO, There are other people besides those that live in the US that like to watch your shows. So please do us a favour and remove the Region Locking from said shows. Sincerely, Everyone Else Not Living in the US.

[@pssurvivor]

Dear Fellow Non-American VPN works :D

[@r0bw00d]

That's why the internet has proxy servers.

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

RJTheHero This show is made for issues about America so it really doesn't matter.

[@SpektralJo]

+A Very Kind Guy that doesnt mean it is very nice to region lock. If you support this, you are in fact not a very kind guy!

[@RJTheHero8]

How do you think I got to leave a comment? I'm talking about everyone else that DIDN'T get to see these videos. Just look at the discussion board on this channel. There are a lot of people that are pissed off about it.

[@billybobhobnob101]

I'd like to find the guy who said "if you want to kill my Grandparents you have to go through me" and ask him what he thinks about Trump's covid-19 policies

[@Val_Emrys]

I wonder if he listened to Dan Patrick's statements a few months ago about how older people needed to suck it up and take the hit for the economy and said - my grandparents first!

[@billybobhobnob101]

@@Val_Emrys The truth is I don't think most of these people are reachable, my friend who is a Trump supporter spent 2 months under medical care (5 weeks in a hospital and 3 weeks in a rehabilitation center) with Covid-19 he's now spent 6 weeks at home and he has another two weeks before he will be allowed to go back to work - a week after he got home from the rehabilitation center he started to post on FB that Covid-19 was being over hyped - if he had waited another day before going to the hospital he would have probably died - now he writes like it's a hoax- I've given up trying to convince him of anything it's a lost cause.

[@billybobhobnob101]

@HeyMildred Trump withheld information about the severity of Covid-19 and nixed a program that would have distributed millions of masks in April - and what surge of rapid testing? I'm in WNY and in June it took 5-7 days to get the results back from the tests - If Trump had told his followers and demonstrated proper mask wearing and social distancing tens of thousands would be alive today and the economy would have opened up months ago.

[@superque4]

@HeyMildred The nonexistent contact tracing. The lack of a cohesive strategy for all of 50 states. The every-man-for-himself approach to dealing with a deadly airborne pathogen. The mixed messages about best practices coming from the WH. The insistence of holding super-spreader events. The fact that not one single state is trending down in new cases...You know all the things every successful country has employed to flatline their outbreaks except the US.

[@ndawn90]

@HeyMildred Also, you know fast tracking a vaccine isn't actually a good thing, right? Pushing through a vaccine to win an election that isn't effective is going to kill people. There's a good reason pharmaceuticals take years to manufacture and test, and it's to ensure safety and efficacy. If the vaccine is not effective, but they put it out there anyway, people will feel like they are protected when they aren't and we're going to see another spike in cases, and considering that the high risk groups are going to be the first to be vaccinated, we are going to see more deaths. There's a parallel, here. Something about a thong and your dad's ass?

[@100Megapixelz]

And the 2017 Academy Award for Best Actress goes to....Blump Shartcracker!

[@DMM1840]

I should have been president.

[@TheBLT883]

+Crooked Hillary Clinton biiitch you best stay in the woods

[@rextrek]

STFU -

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Crooked Hillary Clinton #Meryllsayshi

[@-Big_Big]

meh. i think it would have been less catastrophic if she was prez

[@ga6257]

ok, Obamacare is OK. I mean, it's not great, but it does help others who can't afford insurance which I kinda agree with. I think it needs to be more affordable for all, but I agree with important parts of it even tho I'm a little on the conservative side.

[@BigApple2AM]

But did you think it was the worst thing ever and an affront to American values, without really even knowing anything about it, as recently as a few years ago? Not even trying to be snarky, genuinely curious. Most of us were confused as hell that there was so much screaming and gnashing of teeth over the ACA when it was implemented.

[@chopyouup]

Thank you for being a reasonable person.

[@Bombom1300]

Finally another moderate!

[@babybirdhome]

There's lots of moderates out there in America. There aren't many/any left in politics, though, or in the media.

[@alfreddelatourquipenche8287]

the last gr8 white grantchula.

[@Kas-tle]

You know all of this is really quite funny John. That is until you realize that it's all actually happening. They should have named it ReganCare. Or, for all you true Republicans out there, JesusOurLordAndSaviorCare.

[@Kas-tle]

Meanwhile Jon Stewart is just about waking up confused on the side of the road in the middle of the desert tied to a cactus.

[@Chem_-jp5em]

You should have your own show

[@freshbeans1608]

+Joshua Kastle with a dead clown tied to it too*

[@Kas-tle]

Fresh beans a dead clown... named Stephen Colbert

[@gusstavv]

+Joshua Kastle and tied with a dead clown

[@alwayslernin4400]

Three years later and we're still waiting for that republican healthcare plan.

[@VacationWanter]

Are we fucked? We're fucked, aren't we?

[@armashuvitz]

Maybe not. It's possible that they will repackage Obamacare, not changing much, slap a Republican name on it and take all the credit. And of course the Republican base will eat it up.

[@VacationWanter]

This is the likely outcome

[@meeowmeeowmeeow]

I'm sorry but I think you are. :( :( :( Hang in there. It will be ok. I don't know how, but it will be.

[@TheCrummyCookie]

FFFANATIC wow that whole obamacare thing sucked but this new trumpcare thing that gives me free healthcare is crazy good! trump sure is MAGA!! winning!!!

[@AllTheDips]

dragracedude1 we have been fucked since we stopped the gold standard in 1971

[@crowmessenger9536]

The Republican Health Care plan is always on the horizon. What’s the horizon? An imaginary line that moves away when you get closer.

[@daveyhouston]

Brilliant remark !!

[@brandonwilliams532]

Like the money promised from reaganomics

[@crowmessenger9536]

Davey Houston Thanks, I stole it from an old soviet joke.

[@owenfrank5671]

And both are things you might still believe you'll get to one day if you're a Flat Earther 😁

[@Pet_Hedgehog]

@@crowmessenger9536 may i steal the stolen goods?

[@sirdouglas2010]

Neocons: "We fight for unborn fetuses but when you are born, you are on your own!

[@kalikasurf]

Vinky why is freedom a bad thing?

[@AllTheDips]

Vinky fuck obama! my work doesn't provide me health care.. and I can't afford it. so guess what when I filed my taxes I lost all of my little tax return because I had to pay a fucking tax for not being able to afford Obama Care!

[@thedogpound8813]

now you'll lose your job and have no chance of coverage whatsoever... sorry, but dems can't bail you out this time

[@-DeScruff]

Protect the unborn Fetus! *baby is born* Oh... that baby is too fat, its ok to let it die now.

[@travismalone1985]

As the great George Carlin said: "When you're pre-born, you're fine; when you're pre-school, you're fuuucked!!!"

[@dafe3106]

As a german student I really envy your system. I get free healthcare. No one has to pay to visit some of the best universities in the world, plus I get enough money just for beeing a student so I wouldn't even have to work. But it's sad that we pay for that with our freedom of speech... Wait we don't, so that's fine... forget what I said.

[@Oscar.Blake1]

loool

[@scifirealism5943]

Made me cry.

[@martalaatsch8358]

To be fair, you have to pay back half of your bafög money (no interest), but since the semesterly fees are only one to three hundred euro, you should be fine compared to the US

[@dafe3106]

@@martalaatsch8358 it's capped at 10k though, 8k if payed at once, due 5 years after graduation and includes a masters and several semesters on top in foreign countries and a couple of semesters in a different major.

[@Joyleanne]

We're just attacking the symptoms. Why is no one trying to attack the companies that charge so much for the healthcare to begin with? Go to most any other country and healthcare - even without insurance - is infinitely cheaper.

[@thomaskole9881]

Attacking companies is something Republicans will never do, because it would upset their holy ideal of the free market.

[@thatoneguy33198]

Because those companies can basically cause an economic depression if they see that they are losing their power.

[@joshxkerrigan]

7 months later and they still don’t have anything new

[@J1Jordy]

Robert Garci They had, but it failed even quicker than Trump's casinos.

[@DimensionalIO]

2 weeks later they still have no plan

[@steve73885]

Dimensional Explanation 6 days later still nothing

[@jackieahmed9436]

Steven Daada 12 hours later... Nothing

[@ThePrimordialChronicles]

joshxkerrigan Year later and nothing changed

[@Drakelx55]

"Tick Tock Motherfuckers" is my new favorite John Oliver quote 😂😂😂

[@bootyeater7331]

That Obama drone joke was so full of truth that the audience couldn’t handle it

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

They've had years and years to come up with a plan better than Obama care but instead they wasted time saying what they want to do & complaining about Obama care.

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

Battleballs I don't need a better plan it's called amend Obama care to make it ideal for everyone instead of leaving everyone assed out.

[@danielkunenborg2076]

+batteballs You could apply your statement to North Korea without changes... If people do not like decisions, in the USA they still have both the right and the duty to discuss that with their congress representatives.

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

Battleballs Either you're trolling right now or you don't know which party makes up the majority of congress. Which just leads back to my original statement.

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

Daniël Kunenborg Trying to speak to congress right now would be like speaking to a brick wall. Some of us may be screwed if they repeal healthcare without a replacement.

[@jaym9846]

Why would you want a Democrat or Republican solution that is inferior to that provided by the free-market solution? Let the people who want Obamacare cover each other's cost. When government has to subsidize them with printed money, give he same to those who knew better.

[@SedonaHealthCoach]

The health care focus in the US should be on mental health!

[@TheOfficialChalupay]

Woah boy I should be asleep

[@pluv1e]

TheOfficialChalupay same

[@Kevin_Johnson97]

It's almost 3:00 in the morning and I haven't done jack shit as far as homework goes.

[@platypuskeytargaming1509]

yup

[@KaliBerg]

Kevin Johnson same, friend

[@jsh1354]

Sleep is hard though.

[@colintimp1372]

The amount of money we would all save with universal coverage would be astounding. A very large chunk of what we all pay winds up going to overhead costs and profit for the insurance company. They have to pay thousands of people to design and price plans for employers, unions and individuals. Then there's billing, claims adjusters, customer service, executive pay, and profit. All that before your premiums ever get to an actual provider. Then the providers have to spend time and money dealing with the insurance companies. Getting claims approved and paid, cost negotiations and adjustments, billing and collections to the patients; all that takes time and money away from what's important: actual healthcare!

[@jat2468]

When y ou're cooking a new recipe and it's not quite right, you don't throw it all out. You tweak it, add spice, make it better. DO NOT THROW OUT THE ACA. Make it better. Why are we the only industrial nation without UNIVERSAL COVERAGE!!! Let's catch up with the other countries and TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE!!!!

[@phatmantv]

PREACH!

[@Trainwheel_Time]

Julie Torgerson Here's an idea.... How about we tweek the healthcare system itself and stop making an aspirin in the hospital cost $250? How about starting where the problem really is? Stupidly high costs. And then how about people take care of themselves? Why the fuck you people think everyone else should take care of you is beyond me. I don't owe anyone health care. A woman who can't keep her legs closed? I need to pay for her care when she gets pregnant. Or her birth control so she can screw whoever she wants. And that's just one example. Bullshit man. Get it together and support legislation to get costs under control. Not make everyone else pay for it.

[@jat2468]

part of the tweaking or repair of our current system is to look at the costs of drugs an insurance rates. Many people lose large portions of their pay checks when the get insurance through the work place. I believe that we can fix this and that the drug and insurance companies can still make enough money.

[@AnonP2X3YZ]

Trump is going to, have you ever heard him speak on the subject? He says repeal and replace, in order to appeal to the largest audience. You can think of it as disable, repair, re-enable. Don't hate him until you understand the policy. The 25 year old children provision from ACA? Staying. Many other provisions will be staying as well, the good ones. The only reason Republicans ever hated the ACA, was it forced people who already had good coverage, to buy new.

[@Fralexion]

STLWBK to quote the fine Republican from the video: "well, he certainly SAYS that..."

[@KaiZenAmen]

HES BACK NO TIME FOR SLEEP

[@FerTechCH]

It's going to be interesting how T*ump will cover he costs of his fantastic wall (21billion) and give coverage to everybody literally.

[@Dr.-Dank]

I'll tell you how! He's not. It was all a lie.

[@Tobygamesiscool]

Fernando Scheps Serra AND increase military and decrease taxes along with balancing the budget.

[@xeserupseinopelttil4574]

Fernando Scheps Serra *He isn't*

[@pigbenis2611]

the jews have a GREAT wall google that works JUST fine

[@InXLsisDeo]

21 billion for the wall AND an extra 54 billion for the military.

[@davidstorrs]

"It's like a father saying to his daughter 'I will always keep you safe', but what about bees?" That gets an entirely different weight after the whole murder hornets thing.

[@Kevin_de_viliers]

LAST TIME I WAS THIS EARLY LALA LAND HAD WON THE OSCAR

[@Kevin.A.S]

it won 6

[@N313GrayFox]

comment feels a little shoehorned Jimmy Hicks.

[@ttttttttttttttt515]

*Best Picture

[@condorb7756]

it should have won

[@helmutstein1178]

over here in germany we laugh our asses of how pathetic the gop's excuses are 😂😂

[@adamleon9128]

the dragon I'm moving to Germany after college

[@jacobwoolf2010]

the dragon thats ok. we laugh at you guys becuase your germany.

[@helmutstein1178]

Jacob Woolf fair enough nobody is perfect ( not even countrys ) the diffrence is that while we laugh we don't have to fear Hospital bills in case we get a cancer. Also don't get me started on how we are aided if we lose our jobs and don't have to work up to three at once....

[@hungarycountryball1056]

the dragon One thing Americans do have are far lower taxes

[@abcd123906]

Please bring that laughter over here to the US so that the constituents of Republicans can hear it. That way they might think twice about the fact they're getting screwed.

[@gregorylumban-gaol3889]

John Oliver should go to the White House Correspondents Dinner to roast Trump even if he's not there.

[@haruruben]

3:00 these are the same "grandparent defenders" who soon after, when it came to COVID, "they're old, let them die. Grandpa would want to give his life for the economy"

[@Penguin_Tree]

why don't we just do exactly what other countries do instead of just making up our own thing

[@mbyte1104]

Mad Mod because all those countries are communist/socialist and we don't want no immigrants taking our jobs...wait,sorry, wrong script.

[@sebastianjimenezbienen7045]

Mad Mod Because those other countries don't innovate in healthcare as much, and because the quality of their healthcare is not as good

[@TheRomagnoli]

Sebastian Jimenez Bienen but your healthcare is the best... It's so great that hundreds die every year!!!! keep saying shit like that.... OPEN YOUR FKING EYES AND PUT THAT BRAIN TO WORK --'

[@wild_taco_gonecrazycorona9112]

you dumb fuck every country including india and asia you can walk in doctors office and get cured and be seen you won t die with ER bills or waiting on doctors appointment for zillion years like usa and in india and asia and europe and canada they don t ask you whether you have insurance or not they first see you as is and admit you fix you, no wonder usa is so dumb

[@k.-flynn]

Sebastian Jimenez Bienen prove it. with sources. now.

[@tangobango9653]

So sick of the infighting in our Congress over practical Healthcare coverage for Americans who really need it! I hate both parties, especially the Republicans, over their continually undermining the Affordable Care Act instead of helping to fix it! It's just more proof that the "well insured" Senators & Congressmen in our government do NOT give a shit about Americans' healthcare!

[@thekingofgoons]

Tango Bango we just need to increase birth rate and decrease average age *cough* medieval times level *cough*

[@bonmot7850]

Your mommy pays your healthcare? Now I get it.

[@furrykef]

The Republicans are the one who broke it.

[@Judiblueye]

Show us the FIX! AND those Tax Returns. AND also the 99 other things you said that you would do when u had your fingers crossed behind your back!

[@falloutghoul1]

And they were the ones that wanted it in the first place! Going back to the 1970s, the Republicans were the ones that wanted universal healthcare passed, except 30 years later, a Democrat beat them to the punch.

[@john_voske]

damn. such a strong video. broadcast it on FOX News please! POTUS might want to see this...

[@ligher076179]

He'll mindlessly change the channel to "Two and a Half Men".

[@ApexContestPrep]

I wish the entire country was forced to watch this. John Oliver's team always does their homework each episode.

[@arturoarroway2508]

wouldn't matter. logic and reason don't play any role in president drumpf's thought process.

[@19stalkern]

He'll dub it "Fake Comedy" and declare war.

[@Cassius40k]

I feel it would be more powerful if it wasn't interrupted constantly with jokes

[@linkthehero8431]

Gotta love how John Oliver can keep track of a bunch of different continuous jokes at the same time 🤣. He kept up with the thong and that Grant guy at the same time 🤣🤣🤣.

[@kristadefils977]

"Tick Tock motherfuckers" ~ John Oliver 2017

[@in293yew]

That "goat" turned out to be a life-saving goat. Who knew?

[@rosschuamusic6616]

To whomever runs this KZbin channel: I think you should link all of the sources shown in the graphics (i.e. that NY times article) in the video description. I'm using LWT as part of research for my own political talk show, and I, along with anybody else who might want to dig deeper into your stories, would greatly benefit from more convenient access to all of these sources. Just having that access there would probably generally encourage more people to delve into the news.

[@jordaneggerman4734]

God knows how many times I've seen this episode, but I swear I can't help but get tickled by the "orthopedic sweaters" bit. You, and your writers, deserve *all* of the Emmys. All of them.