Medicaid Gap: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The election in 2016 decides our new president, but the one this year could determine whether many Americans will have healthcare.
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[@barkasz6066]

European nightmare? My feelings are so hurt. I'm going to drive to the nearest hospital on regularly maintained public roads to get my feelings checked for free.

[@DeeJayFM]

*Please apply water to that burned/scalded area*

[@rayanhey2411]

Oh my

[@ThatGuy-te9wh]

Sounds pretty nightmarish to be that dependent on the government.

[@DeeJayFM]

@@ThatGuy-te9wh better than "be rich or die"

[@TheNinthGenerarion]

ThatGuy67 it’s better to have a supportive government than one who only cares about the 1%

[@DaxRaider]

i am sitting here in the EUROPEAN NIGHTMARE and having healthcare for free ... bad nightmare xD

[@BoarhideGaming]

Yeah man, it's fucking awful living in Europe! You know, feeling really sick and being able to just call up the doctor, drive over there and have an appointment in 2h is pretty bad. Also not getting shot on the way.

[@rikard.h]

+BoarhideGaming Shots fired... Not literally though, it's Europe ;)

[@eddydelo]

+Holly In B4 comment about Yurop being overrun by Mohammedans.

[@angrybrony]

+Holly such a terrorabule thing leting the people who can't afford to live actually get some fucking help

[@TBags2212]

It's horrible to be able to just casually walk in to the hospital and not pay anything over 100 dollhairs

[@Dasusify]

"American dream into an European nightmare." Yes. Because caring about poor people and not letting rich people do whatever they want is just a horrible nightmare. For the rich.

[@endlesssky6225]

Well said.

[@davethebabe9238]

Sounds like your poor u bitch

[@andrea6705]

@@davethebabe9238 sounds like you're just a bitch

[@HerpDerpTheTank]

Fox News speaks for the Rich, to the Racist, about how those who aren't white, christian, and republican are the reason why the non-affluent racist people aren't rich. Point is, most Americans don't take them even the least bit seriously, we just have to survive those who do.

[@TopFurret]

I had a really bad accident 1 year after I was too old to be covered by Medicaid (19). We were, and still are below the poverty line and couldn't afford insurance, and was denied for everything. Was able to get the surgery I needed, but now have over $50,000 in medical debt before I was even old enough to drink. This is not a country in which I want to live in.

[@gingergamergirl98]

Damn. Sorry to hear that. Hope things get better for you and your family :)

[@albertrosh1491]

don't give up man, you've got a lemon, make your self a lemonade, 50k in debt is bad enough, it will get worse if you give up. you are young, get a college education, get yourself a good job and you will be able to pay off your debt in a couple of years , but after you will be done with that you will have all tools you need for happy successful life, don't give up, talk to people , as for help and you will get it.

[@lilme2me]

Sorry to heae that. Hope you've recovered from the accident.

[@DouglasWalrath]

dont make lemonade, make combustible lemons

[@betweenthepanels9145]

krumpll and burn their house down

[@Maty743A]

This show makes me so thankful I don't live in the US

[@TheSymsky]

+Maty743 Fucking same.

[@Strikerage]

Where do you live?

[@Maty743A]

+Strikerage NZ

[@Than211]

+Maty743 To be fair though, it's not the entire U.S., it's just mostly the South that most people tend to avoid anyway if given the choice (myself included).

[@q851230]

+Maty743 80%same 20%is for my country F**kin close to China and they Always wanted annexation us

[@Hedgeworth]

How on Earth does a colonoscopy cost $8000? I had a simultaneous endoscopy-colonoscopy, requiring the use of general anaesthesia. It was billed at $750 and I didn't pay a cent of that. 100% covered by the Australian government. Even negating the American "pay to play" healthcare system, how do they achieve that dollar amount?

[@jessicaandsahara]

+Hedgeworth It's good you're taking an interest in how an American hospital bill can be so high, but since you're Australian you can start looking forward to your own personal experiences with mysteriously expensive healthcare.

[@SporkyMcFly]

Because once you make health a business, anything can be expensive. If people don't have a choice, you can charge what you want.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

The "free market" is not as free as some believe it is.... There are areas where all hospitals are owned by the same corporation - and due to it all being privatized, including the medical insurances - and being subsidized by government funds, prizes sky rockets! In countries with universal healthcare there are much more control with how much it can cost!

[@SporkyMcFly]

GorillaGuerilla In short: america's free market is anything but free. The system is fucked from the ground up. The freedoms you think you have, are an illusion. It's sad, really.

[@flewkisdead]

+Hedgeworth It is because the insurance, pharmaceutical, and healthcare equipment industries work together to inflate prices. Without strict regulations, trusts/monopolies tend to form.

[@holahula85]

"the European nightmare" ?????? As a German I never really considered my excellent Medical supplies to be a nightmare!! But YES, my free college education really is a nightmare!!^^

[@eggdesaster5808]

+Holahula Schiff "the European nightmare" ist ein nette Umschreibung, die Meisten Politiker machen die EU schlecht, weil sie dann jemand Gesichtslosen haben der ihre Beschlüsse verantworten kann. Es Gibt Probleme in der EU und ihren Ländern. Aber gegen die der USA ist das Kleinkram, aber schön das die Amis nicht merken das sie im Ganzen Verdammt Arm dran sind.

[@holahula85]

+Eggdesaster aha, der kommentar sollte jetzt was? mir erklären wie der ausdruck gemeint war, weil ich das selbst nicht verstehe^^ nehme mal an du bist männlich^^ die lieben das ja^^ :-D

[@Ryerman8]

The entirety of American politics is basically saying "that's never worked" to things that nearly always work because "communism"

[@Sahri81]

So true. A lot of Americans think that giving people an equal opportunity at life is a horrific idea. They are a perfect school example of how it should NOT be done. Take the lead problem for example. The governments in the European countries knew in the 1920s that lead was dangerous and started banning it but guess what America did? Instead of joining them they basically put lead on EVERYTHING! America is like a stubborn brat that thinks he/she knows everything and does the exact opposite of what a sensible human being would do. And I can guarantee you that things will only go downhill should Trump be elected as the next president of the US but I think they've already hit rock bottom.

[@icephoenix174]

God that sounds awful. I'm so glad I live in America where I live paycheck to paycheck, have ruined my credit and my parents' with a 100,000 dollar loan for my education, and can't afford to visit a doctor for any injuries or concerns whatsoever. Europe sounds like a nightmarish hellhole; you learn how to be a man in 'Murica.

[@Silverbleedy]

I totally live in this European nightmare. I mean, gosh, whenever I need to go to the doctor I can go any time I want and as many times I have to. How horrific. And always have medicine available to you, how terrible. And if I break my leg, I'll be fine taken care off AND not receive the bill! Ugh I can't stand it!

[@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx]

+Silverbleedy I cannot describe it myself how horrible it is never getting a bill from a doctor. it is like they treat you like a baby that cannot pay the thousands of euro it could cost you and all becouse becouse you are not rich... oh wait, we aren´t I guess it is a european nightmare not being rich, but america isn´t either, funny how it is the american dream not being able to afford something that could save your life. Pretty much like abortions. they save lives from being really shitty, but try to tell that american politics

[@Silverbleedy]

I'm not sure who told you that but we do have that c:

[@frankstnable]

@Bijan Betel Miri you can get private insurance in all of europe, you dunce

[@zentralratderfliesentischb660]

@Bijan Betel Miri Because we have it by fucking DEFAULT. I had 2 very complicated surgries and lots and lots of illnesses in my life (about 2 a year) Does not cost me anything.Would habe been hundreds of thousands if you Country in the surgeries of my grandparents (heart and spine)

[@Superfly9999]

I like pangolins.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

+Roy Harrigan #notallpangolins

[@remyllebeau77]

+Roy Harrigan Yes they do seem adorable in a strange sort of way.

[@SuperSpidey313]

+Roy Harrigan They're very cute

[@lflime]

+Roy Harrigan Man, they are so awesome. Not even lions can hurt them!!! They just roll up into a ball and wait.

[@SuperSpidey313]

Sandshrew used "defense curl." It's super effective!

[@Unity6]

I'm from West Virginia and I must say that was a good looking goat.

[@Gromitz101]

+Rick Freeman lol

[@huverdoose]

+Rick Freeman It's all in the eye of the beholder. Kinda had a thick neck I thought.

[@zimv1234567890]

oh 2015.... We were so naive...

[@jalmaritammela8642]

Yeah.

[@themousemage]

Honestly, going back and rewatching LWT is like watching a serial drama where no one takes the villain seriously until it's far too late, and S4 is like watching the rebels try to gather and plan. The older stuff has a lot of daily life things and it all feels kinda normal until it doesn't.

[@Enzie-bw4bn]

mousemuffins I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels the same.

[@bujdasz27]

lol liberals got cucked, but they enjoy it. MAGA!

[@LesleyMVA]

Hello from the future!!! It got bad, real bad, go back!!! Don’t come here!!!

[@moekitsune]

I LIVE IN CANADA, AND I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER OUR FREE HEALTHCARE!

[@maynrai7762]

GO CANADA!

[@derpmansderpyskin]

I LIVE IN THE US, AND I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE VALUE & STABILITY OF OUR DOLLAR!

[@moekitsune]

DerpMans Derpyskin Well played.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

YAY DOLLAR STTABILITY!!!!111

[@icephoenix174]

You really should get that hearing problem checked out since it is free after all. Or fire your doctor if every time you go to see him you experience temporary deafness.

[@karandex]

8000 usd for colonoscopy? It costs just 2000 rs in india. Which is arround 40 usd. Usa have there priority at wrong place.

[@bencorrigan2702]

+Karan Chaphekar India has a Space programme and 360 million people in poverty. Talk about priorities! only kidding

[@udipta21]

+Ben Corrigan That's true but have you seen how little they spent on their Mars program?

[@nickjohn2051]

REKT BRO

[@karandex]

usa is rich nation so health education etc should be basic needs of people satisfied without any issues. The bottom layers of maslow should be satisfied.

[@Equinoxx5463]

guess how much it costs in canada? yeah, free colonoscopies. And yet our economy is not collapsing...

[@oiwolf88]

universal health care should be a basic human right

[@oiwolf88]

Well I'm not a US citizen, and while I agree with Bernie Sanders on everything except Gun Control, I desire a hawkish Republican to steer the world out of financial crisis with imperialistic conquest and to put the russkies back in their place

[@Johnny-Badhair]

Bernie Sanders is a joke

[@jordanfrazierful]

+Mavis Bacon #FEELTHEBERN MAVIS!!

[@seansuarez772]

+MC Halloumi so what you want is Insanity

[@liuichbingut7512]

+Sean Suarez Not true. Here in Taiwan you can have medical fees you've spent in foreign countries refunded by health care system. That's what should be called unbelievable.

[@Quettesh]

Thank god i live in Europe... THANK GOD! I love our European nightmare :D i break my leg, i call an ambulance, they fix me, they check me periodically and i say thank you. What a nightmare!

[@bobbyferg9173]

That's why the Refugees like Europe so much

[@a8zgioasugo17]

Lets not complain about refugees but try to make every place one people like

[@JustFlemishMe]

And the really weird thing is, the 'European nightmare' - aka a social welfare State - does more to help the American Dream than 'the American Dream' does.

[@bobbyferg9173]

+a8zg ioasugo who's complaining

[@alexoelkers2723]

Yeah we got the republican half of our government telling the people that its a complete nitemare else where in the world because those same politicians are accepting political funds from medical insurance companies and half of the people in the country are too stupid to figure this out.

[@anshumandcjoshi6424]

"if you're wondering what a pangolin is..." No, John. We're not wondering anymore.

[@katesweeney9101]

Sadly, it's also the most heavily-trafficked animal in the world.

[@Nynzy]

Quinn plays a mean Pango~

[@YourPrinceStolas]

Oh no, I live in Kentucky... Shit...

[@SuperSpidey313]

+Twily Sparks remember to vote

[@YourPrinceStolas]

Ryan S Yea, ill probably have to now

[@SuperSpidey313]

Thank you, sir.

[@jlukes5790]

+Twily Sparks Please vote, my granddad lives in Kentucky and he is republican. He really needs he's medicade, but he is stubborn as fuck....

[@clipobserver]

+Twily Sparks Simple, don't vote for Bevin.

[@retcon1991]

Man, I was actually quite affected by the lady with a predisposition to bowel cancer. I similarly have a high chance of getting it but - living in the UK - get regular, free colonoscopies. It must be a fucking awful position to be put in.

[@QuB4ll]

+bassben04 I guess it would be a lot cheaper for her to move into the UK, wouldn't it?

[@RockZombieIAm]

+QuB4ll Or Canada.

[@starlinguk]

+QuB4ll They're currently changing the law to prevent "healthcare tourism." You didn't think the UK was nice, did you?

[@QuB4ll]

starlinguk Why would I think that? I just find it ridiculous how expensive some of those treatments in the US are.

[@falconJB]

+bassben04 I live in the US and the only way its $8k to get a colonoscopy any where in the US is is you go to a hopsital for it or if it comes with a gold & diamond butt plug. Its between $500 and $1000 from most clinics and medical centers and it most areas if you shop around you can find a quality specialist that will do one for under $500.

[@Staremperor]

European nightmare. That really made my day. Because if universal health care is a nightmare, then I'm happy for it and I never want to wake up.

[@tobiasbengtsson2112]

+Reese We take it for granted. We don't really think its great...

[@Staremperor]

+Reese Well. None of it is free. There are no free things in this world. We pay for our healthcare and education through taxes of all people. Therefore we have somewhat higher taxes. But we don't need student loan (that would smother us for a decade). And besides that: we have much less military spending. I saw the government budged in USA and in Czech Republic (I'm Czech). Military takes like four times larger portion of your budget, than mine. That might be the reason for you having the strongest military in the world, but I have generous retirement and my wife has paid maternity leave.

[@albertrosh1491]

do you believe you have the best health care in the world?

[@Staremperor]

If the question was meant for me: No, I don't think, that Czech health care system is the best in the world. But I do believe, that it is better than US health care system. At least in some regards. I don't know about "quality" of doctors themselves, but I do know, that in US drugs and examinations are overpriced and that in US, there are many people without access to health care.

[@albertrosh1491]

OK, lets take Canada for example, they have universal health care system, also they have commercial hospitals with best equipment and personal ( private sector always pays better) , but guess what, most of the population can't get medical attention there because they have no means to pay for it, simple as that. They are getting what government will give them. Only rich can get the best. Now tell me, is it right?

[@Swissgamer66]

I'm feeling cosy in my European nightmare. And quite free and democratic too. Sounds like your American dream to me.

[@sharklord4178]

We need to get Robert Gray elected.

[@jordanfrazierful]

+Shark Lord #FEELTHEGRAY :)

[@immanuelkunt4796]

+jordanfrazierful #GRAYPRIDE

[@mistersinister2043]

+Shark Lord Elect him over in Europe.

[@matrixphijr]

+Shark Lord #NotMyChristian ...oh, shoot, sorry. Wrong Gray.

[@mistersinister2043]

Young Frankenstein you are a moron.

[@youngzm]

$8, 000 for a colonoscopy!? ...and here I thought my biggest worry in Canada is not eating for 24 hours before the procedure.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yep.

[@Iamnotabug]

I like how John hits you hard with heavy emotions, stuff, and then hits you with a tension breaking joke to keep you from getting too overwhelmed to continue.

[@burntpieceoftoast4148]

I thoroughly enjoyed being able to see a doctor when I was covered by Medicaid. Discovered that I need at least three surgeries right before I lost medical coverage...now I cannot get any help, nor can I work a full-time job to help myself out. I filed for disability only to discover that I supposedly don't have enough issues listed to qualify (Which is actually 14 different diagnosis). I suffer a great amount daily and really have no way out of this situation except to appeal and go through a disability lawyer-which will take several years. Either way, I enjoyed the the ability to see a doctor while it lasted. Thanks, Obama.

[@avamasquerade]

They automatically deny everyone the first and often the second time they apply. Maybe hoping you die in the interim. Please apply again and drown them in paperwork. Also, once approved, you'll get all disability and ssi benefits from the date of your first application. And if you qualify for Medicare, you then qualify for Medicaid. So go to the dhs office in your state and apply immediately after you're approved, all your medical expenses will be covered. It's a crap process to go through with horrifying justification, but this is why you need to be relentless and stick it to them as hard as you can. You have power, don't let them convince you otherwise.

[@saranghae2808]

Sending you love ❤️❤️❤️

[@wakingforbacon6439]

What state do you live in. I live in KY and we kept our Medicaid. If your below or near the poverty line you get to keep it.

[@TaishaunHimself]

We failed you John Oliver, Matt Bevin won in Kentucky.

[@aqew]

+taishaun pelley I though he was winning? or its final and he has won?

[@TaishaunHimself]

1 1 Matt Bevin unfortunately won.

[@aqew]

*sigh*

[@eddydelo]

+taishaun pelleyUs virginians partially failed him too. While we got a democratic governor, the GOP still controls the senate.

[@suicune690]

+taishaun pelley 1401 won by a landslide though, good news for the fight against wildlife trafficking.

[@delafun]

8k for a colonoscopy? Did I get that right? Man that's insane.

[@p.simons9050]

+Doubt That sucks man. I pay 30 euro a month for my health insurance and that covers everything from mental health to the dentist

[@djyofu72]

+P. Simons That is absolutely insane, 30-40 dollars a month is keeping you alive while here in the U.S.that could buy you shitty internet or a phone plan. I'm still 16, but I'm pretty sure my parents pay 20k a year for our insurance.

[@p.simons9050]

Diego Mejia Yeah its actually 100 euro a month but the government pays me 72 euro a mont because I'm 20 years old. I don't know exactly until what age they'll do that. Probably until I'm 24 I think

[@QuB4ll]

+P. Simons Where is that? I pay around 100€ -.-

[@p.simons9050]

Diego Mejia I just looked it up and they'll keep chipping in until I make a minimum of 26.300 euro a year. I'm still studying so that would be another 4 years if everything goes as planned

[@ProfessorGuerra]

2016: people laugh at pangolins. 2020: pangolins laugh back.

[@v5red]

When this was explained to us in med school, I wanted to puke and it is another reason(in a long list of reasons) I am no longer a Republican.

[@coreylineberry8557]

v5red Welcome to independence.

[@Cornelixx]

"They're working hard to change the American Dream into the European nightmare". European nightmare? He's joking, right? Please, tell me he's joking.

[@maglorian]

+Cornelis Mollberger I, for one generally like my European Nightmare, and wish there'd be more of it

[@starlinguk]

+Just Sayan IIRC, 2% of Europe is Muslim and if we accept all refugees it'll increase to, gasp, 3%. Or something like that.

[@kobeballer]

+Just Sayan who cares though?

[@maglorian]

8% is still considered a small minority, which mind you is discriminated against. hardly a group that'll convert the entirety of Europe into a "Caliphate".

[@maglorian]

***** which is a fine thing to do, but I find that without proper context statistics can easily used for dehumanisation and fear mongering. LWT counteracts this humorously which is why I appreciate the show so much.

[@JayNoyes]

who's that pokemon?! it's......... SANDSLASH!!!!! (1:39)

[@vishnuprasad3040]

👍

[@tjtji99]

ITS SANDSHREW!! ONE JOB YOU HAD ONE JOB

[@froff922]

+micky8701 I think it looks more like sandshrew. Probably the lack of huge claws and the shells on its back being flat instead of pointing out.

[@Sir_Walrus]

+Jai Nova JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHN CENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ainosahren9299]

Oh please, America, save me from this European nightmare. I pay 0e for a Doctor's appointment, I get my medicine for a few euros and I don't know what to do! This upsets me so much. I'm dreaming of a world where when I get sick, I either die without proper care or get really well into debt, maybe lose my house too, become homeless and start up a GoFundMe. Then I'll be living the dream!

[@jeannew1000]

my boyfriend falls in the "medicaid gap" and its ridiculous!!! He has emphysema, hyperthyroidism, and a few other issues and we cannot afford to see a damn doctor or fill his meds. In this day and age NOBODY should be suffering like this

[@jeannew1000]

+Jeanne Werner btw we live in Wisconsin, one of the states that refused the federal subsidies.

[@alexturlais8558]

seriously? medical care in the US fucking sucks. you spend twice as much of your gdp on your healthcare as the uk, but we have it for free

[@zentralratderfliesentischb660]

At least you dont have to live the gruesome communist neightmare of a tax-payed (almost free its 150 Euro a month which is peanuts considering my families and my health record )

[@scifirealism5943]

it's because poor people won't work for slave wages if they have government benefits

[@Bolter024]

We have tax payer funded healthcare here in Canada. Also, subsidized Higher Education..

[@Doctor_lunari]

Can I go ?

[@RedRogue]

+classictvguy1 Yes, for the love of GOD don't become like America. I've got family over there so that's supposed to be my escape route when I'm finally in a position to leave this place.

[@SuperSpidey313]

+RE S Agreed. I also want to escape to Canada...so close.

[@bensemusx]

+classictvguy1 now that Harper is out we can avoid becoming the second America (I hope)

[@Bolter024]

+classictvguy1 Here in Alberata, we have a progressive party in power. They initiated tuition freeze and working on more funding for that sector. Lucky for me, my dad is a doctor and paying for my education

[@DerInsider05]

"european nightmare" I laughed so hard my doctor had to check if i am alright... for free!!

[@bedepal]

im from the Czech Republic. i just returned from a year in the states. i like the european "nightmare" way way way better that the american "dream"

[@hildaalone2232]

like for a czech comrade

[@jacobedwards4747]

Well Czechia has a lower standard of living than the US. So it's weird that you prefer that.

[@radicalgoose1923]

@@jacobedwards4747 We don't have to choose if we will live the rest of our life in debt or if we will die because we cannot affort life saving treatment. We also have a livable minimal wage, unemployment bonuses, free higher education, are one of the safes countries in the world, beer is cheaper than water, lowest unemployment rate in the EU etc. But go off i guess

[@jacobedwards4747]

@@radicalgoose1923 Ok well you can continue live in your fantasy world pretending your country is better when it's not, statistics prove that. Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? What you described with our healthcare system doesn't happen to the overwhelming majority of people. Why do you think it makes the news when it does happen? Also just because something is free doesn't mean it better, our healthcare and universities still outrank yours. The problem with student debt in this country is kids go to way more expensive schools then what they can afford and many don't use their degree after they graduate. If you go to a school you can afford and actually use your degree it's not a problem. Also you brag about your minimum wage but it's literally $4.18 an hour lol. I know your cost of living is lower but it's not half of what it is in the US lol. So your minimum wage sucks as well. Btw here in the US hardly anyone works for minimum wage anymore, people just won't work for that low of a wage. Also where did you get the idea that we don't have unemployment benefits? We do and I had to use it last year because I lost my job for 5 weeks due to the pandemic. Even adjusted for cost of living we make way more money than you and our standard of living is still higher. Like most Europeans, you're a lot more insular than you think and you get your opinion on the US based off of news headlines that are biased and overwhelmingly negative.

[@gsp4prez]

@@jacobedwards4747 hey. How’s it going? Did you know that the United States ranks #37th in the world in best healthcare in the world? Cuba ranks #39. The UK ranks 18th. All this according to world population review to cite my source. Over 30 countries in this list have universal healthcare AND are better than the US. We need to understand in the US that listening to others who live on the same planet as we do, and arguably have had a tougher time through war (WW1 and WW2 anyone?) to get to a healthier place than us, might be on something. I love this country; we’ve done some great things, and so have other countries. You’d see less homeless on the streets if healthcare was free, no doubt. . And before you say “our population is way bigger! It would never work.” You know what we know isn’t working, what we’re doing now. Before you also say all of this was just liberal feelings bs, it’s not. Hard data proves that it works better. Please look at it with an open mind.

[@RainAngel111]

I think it's hilarious when American politicians say things like "trying to turn the American dream into the European nightmare" Europeans are statistically happier, healthier and are in many many ways living the dream 10x more than any american.

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

yeah those assholes don't speak for all us Americans, some of us are actually kind sensitive peaceful intelligent and responsible, it's just that we're the minority here.

[@gingerp6631]

RainAngel111 : I have a cousin who moved to Europe and never considered coming back.

[@jacobedwards4747]

The US has a higher standard of living than most European countries.

[@gsp4prez]

@@jacobedwards4747 for who?

[@jacobedwards4747]

@@gsp4prez For the average person.

[@KMAsKorner]

Florida Resident... Make too much for Medicaid and can't afford insurance which is about half of my salary. Now because of injuries I couldn't afford to fix I am going to be in pain for life, unable to run because I couldn't afford MRI on my ankles in which I have done lifelong damage to because I had to work. Thanks Rick Scott... A**hole.

[@dune3001]

ah, yes, the european nightmare, where we don't get charged for riding in an ambulance and going to the emergency room is free...it's such a horror, i tell ya.

[@atomicjacob6413]

+dune3001 oh have you seen the horror in canada..its dreadful, can you beleive even international students get medical coverage..its a nightmare, most of them have resources to focus on their studies and later give back to the govt.. oh the horror of universal coverage

[@dune3001]

atomic jacob oh, no, we have free college tuition and the students are also covered medically...the nightmare is spreading! the end is coming!

[@QuB4ll]

+dune3001 Lol you guys do know, that an American may start crying, if he or she read your comments :)

[@Torbadill]

+bob joe up until the moment u need one but hey and u know what every year the is a survey "wich country is the happiest" and sadly its always the countrys with 50% taxation that win What we fear makes Happy..... good luck

[@Torbadill]

yeah u have that, so what? better this way than the other But i know the taxation kills ure fantasy busniess

[@ErikThiart]

John Oliver on pangolins: What is that ridiculous mess. Pangolins: I was minding my own business buddy. You want to play, buddy? Pangolins: Yea you want to play. *Now we have covid-19 and Johnny boy works from home*

[@mauricioarriaga1564]

2015: when no one knew what a pangolin is

[@Frogmood]

"that should ring a fuckign bell" is probably the most brilliant thing that has ever been said on this show.

[@LunaAtrum]

''Changing the american dream into the european nightmare.'' I laughed so hard that i almost choked on my food.Well guess who doesn't have to sell his house or car if there's a need for cancer treatment or an operation or two..

[@ZebraGER]

Or if you choked on the food you mentioned

[@Onigirli]

@@ZebraGER lol!

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Meanwhile, in Canada/England/Scotland/Ireland/pretty much every other civilized country... OH, WHAT'S THAT? OH, SORRY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF OUR EUROPEAN NIGHTMARE!!

[@lowestcommonfactor4849]

John: *Teases Pangolins* Pangolins 5 Years Later: I’m About to End This Man’s Whole Career

[@lucaspeckham5823]

Super weird to watch in 2020

[@nsiems09]

@@lucaspeckham5823 also because Bevin indeed tried to end the medicaid expansion in Kentucky and was struck down in court.

[@DatsWhatSheSaid]

@@nsiems09 He won? WTF is wrong with those people?

[@lanenet9603]

They played the long game

[@kevinserrato4827]

for fucks sake man I was about to sleep.

[@kav2903]

same

[@Rehn98]

Sleep is for the mortal...

[@warlover155]

Marshall

[@azure7687]

lol yeah

[@snaggiz]

Hey Aleks.

[@ashu790]

its fun living in India cause, unlike folks in the US, we wake up to this guy... legend....

[@alecro2112]

+abhishek rawat lol lucky

[@charishputta]

abhishek rawat Wake up and wait till afternoon.

[@sombes5985]

That and a strong healthcare

[@TM56]

+abhishek rawat India has over 400 million living in poverty with no health care. I would not be bragging.

[@ashu790]

+TM56 yes there are. and ok i shall not brag anymore....

[@stankfanger1366]

I just realized where the hell I've seen a pangolin before! They're at the beginning of The Fifth Element bringing the damn key to Earth to get the stones!

[@Emperor_Palpatine_66]

Young Frankenstein nailed it bro

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

also sandshrew and sandslash in pokemon

[@tayh3645]

Also, like literally the world's most trafficked animal......I kinda thought that was commonly known......

[@galfinsp7216]

@@tayh3645 Frankly few people even know what a pangolin is

[@piritskenyer]

European nightmare? My biggest nightmare when I have a broken arm is the waiting line at the hospital.

[@DavidSSabb]

I have been in this gap since 2013 and FUCKING ABOUT TIME someone talked about it, THANK YOU John.

[@kornerguy]

As a Canadian when I watch something like this it saddens me that our southern neighbors have to struggle with things that require little to no reconsidering thought. We pay higher taxes and our cost of living is definitely much higher than of most states, yet we enjoy the comfort of knowing that if tomorrow my health deteriorates my government will help me out. Health insurance should be considered as a human right and should simply not be debatable. Replace right to bear arms with right to bear health and watch US transcend.

[@zahrai1235]

Yep! I can get help without worrying about money

[@falconJB]

+Aditya Salwan As a citizen of a progressive northern state we use to have this before Obamacare but now everything is fucked. I don't care if they repeal it or go all the way like Canada has they just have to do something because the current system is not working.

[@thebeans6534]

+Aditya Salwan It's all fallout from the civil war. A hard coterie of anti-US bigots in the south want to ruin things for everyone to pay the good guys back, basically.

[@falconJB]

***** I like that one, the south is just full of people that have been sitting around twirling their mustaches, knowing that their time has come, they will have their revenge on the north, by not accepting free government money for health care. Muwhahaha!

[@kornerguy]

+Maxime Meis I see what you mean by comparing rights to need and you're absolutely right. However, placing a structure in which healthcare can be delivered by the government is not the same as stealing or forcing someone else to pay for you. There are plenty of European countries that provide health care through their government and the cost is balanced from the taxation. No matter how much the cost for something like healthcare is, it wouldn't be nearly as much as the amount of money the US government spends on military and foreign aid and other unnecessary non progressive spending that it does on an annual basis. US has trillions of dollars of deficit, stock pile of armaments, wars that never end, yet the government paying for a poor citizen's health seems like an ordeal. Charity begins at home. If you can't set a new standard of becoming at home what good can your government be? The new administration that has been elected in Canada promised a deficit for the next 4 years so that they can increase spending to fix things that are wrong within their country. That is worth going into a deficit for. US just needs to unite to get their priorities right and should begin with fixing what's wrong at home.

[@zennike5771]

THE PANGALIN IS THE MOST ADORABLE ANIMAL IN EXISTENCE HOW DARE YOU

[@amandacyr5002]

Watching this from Canada, and suddenly I'm so much more grateful for everything that I already was grateful for. I am so so sorry that this is what you have to live through in the United States. :(

[@youfoundwaldo77]

Two months till im 18 and then i will be able to vote

[@David-oy3tv]

propaganda is dangerous

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

+sophie m Hope you like Jury duty if need be. lol

[@tyiffpeijc8702]

+sophie m congrats! Please do!

[@thebeans6534]

+sophie m Do it and never stop voting, even in midterms. Old, backwards racist people have too much of a say in things.

[@tyiffpeijc8702]

^ Especially in midterms!

[@JeremiahFaison]

Man I wanted to sleep now.

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

I hear that xD

[@eiypo]

+Jeremiah Faison Perfect timing for those of us in the UK :D Nothing like waking up to new LWT.

[@sozialistischsyndikalistis5149]

+Jeremiah Faison Just woke up :D

[@jhwygirl]

so you all in the UK are just laughing at us over Healthcare? I love it. And to think of how dead set against Healthcare so many are, we're even more ridiculous.

[@clikzip]

+Jeremiah Faison Most original comment of the year i believe.

[@tomofekshlomai7706]

That pangolin segment hits very differently now

[@ratska96]

" I'd buy anything if I only had to pay for 10 percent of it" well he'd probally lose a lot of money on steam sales.

[@lunakoala5053]

493 games and counting....

[@StriderDSC]

It's because our politicians would rather protect businesses and financial interests over the lives of people as we bow down to the "almighty dollar" in America. Health Care should be considered a basic right provided by the state.

[@Kenpokid4]

+Kaiser Reminds me of Half Penny, Two Penny.

[@jammer6524]

He won. I will never understand voting against ones own best interests.

[@os2457]

+James Merett I don't get it either. And I'm terrified for the people in my state.

[@gophop]

+James Merett Because you get you news from liberal propaganda machine and never have the full picture. No wonder nothing makes sense.

[@darwincity]

+DexterMorgan666 You should've mentioned "during Presidential elections".

[@os2457]

A huge problem is the millennials leave the state and don't feel like writing in.

[@jemiebridges3197]

Psychological studues show many humans would inflict hurts on themselves if they could hurt others.

[@nickel2442]

The story is outrageous if you treat the US as a first world country. In terms of social advancements, I no longer see US as a first world country but a third world country. It has a long way to go.

[@emeraldkat2167]

Finally! I have been saying the same thing since I learned how behind the US is on pretty much anything that matters in life (education, Healthcare, even wages and benefits). It is so sad...

[@bigbones916]

BUT FIRST SECOND AND THIRD WORLD COUNTRY ONLY APPLIES TO WHO FOUGHT ON WHAT SIDE IN WWII AND AMERICA WAS CLEARLY ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES AND NOT ON THE I DONT WANT TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE MY COUNTRY IS TOO POOR SIDE....sorry caps lock was on.

[@robbert-janmerk6783]

Not WW2 but Cold War. First World is US and allies, Second World is USSR and allies, Third World is unaligned.

[@bigbones916]

Woops sorry my bad

[@alexanderhagle4520]

Rick C I agree. our country is sad.

[@dinonid1234]

European Nightmare? Aren't they... you know.. kind of in a better state then the US?

[@HannibalHanslaughter]

Dinonid123 waay better

[@Scrubjay457]

Hanibal Channiblo Even after Brexit?

[@HannibalHanslaughter]

Undertaker 101 Yeah

[@coldfusionstormgaming1808]

@@Scrubjay457 You do know there are OTHER countries in Europe besides just the UK right?.... Right?

[@Doctor_lunari]

I work for the affordable care act. Having to tell people that they are in the Medicaid gab is the worst. A lot of people blame Obama but they don't realize, despite me trying to give them hints, that it's because their STATES DECIDED NOT TO EXPAND THEIR MEDICAID PROGRAMS. Hopefully now something will be done if the internet decides to help. I've heard yo Many sad stories.

[@thegreatcatsby2321]

Typical GOPers: only hate big government when it comes to others.

[@alpacaavenger6185]

I would not say that is a "typical" GOPer...

[@xXxTr0nxXx]

+The Great Catsby Not quite correct. They also like big government in abortion laws.

[@thegreatcatsby2321]

Right. And even there their positions only apply to others.

[@robertaitken4855]

“You may be wondering what a pangolin is” People watching this during the pandemic: Nope, I’m sadly familiar.

[@ManaanS17]

I think I would be already dead if I would live in the US. It is a really weird feeling to know that I dont have to worry about my healthcare here in germany which saved my life twice for free and to know that people in the US are against it.

[@coldfusionstormgaming1808]

I definitely would have been dead, I would have been choking in the sidewalk in a seizure fit and either hit my head into something and bled to death or swallowed my tongue and suffocated. People would properly have recorded it too. Love America! .

[@scifirealism5943]

Exactly.

[@whitedevil2]

where can i buy a poster of a stegosaurus making love to an artichoke?

[@barthslung]

whitedevil2 I'll make you one for $200

[@alexhunter3600]

Barth Slung *steal image from KZbin video* *sells you your mark ass for $200*

[@ThePiousMan]

tumblr

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

I could knock one up for you, it'd probably run you about 50 bucks plus shipping

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

Changing the american dream into the european nightmare. I've lived in both places, and I'll take the european nightmare every day and twice on sunday. Especially if we talk about Louisiana. Ah, the ingenuity you need to make people vote against their most basic, obvious interests.

[@MegaMementoMori]

I am planning to try the American dream. I am sick of paying government mandated health insurance each month, and that is one illness our health system won't cure.

[@siononalundula1699]

@@MegaMementoMori have you tried it yet? How’s it going?

[@MegaMementoMori]

@@siononalundula1699 I was about to do an LLM in Washington a ear and a half ago, but COVID kind of ruined this. I'm going to try again next year.

[@nicolasdiaz1542]

It was an attractive sheep and this is Wales.

[@ReinAfterDark]

it was a attractive goat and this is isis

[@Lemuriam]

it was my attractive daughter and this is wherever donald trump is from

[@colorado1164]

NYC

[@BillAngell]

PANGOLINS ARE AWESOME!

[@panicatdx]

europe has a better system. we like to pay taxes because it means we get free help when we're only sick or about to fe lmfao. vote for bernie sanders. he's america's only chance

[@laxdefender23]

+panicatdx Bernie Sanders is a snakeoil merchant. I'm sorry but I don't care if you support free college, one of his major positions, but it would never pass congress. I'm guessing, seeing as he has been in congress for about 25 years, he knows that and is just trying to get dumb people to believe it and vote for him.

[@charlesajones77]

+Jon Parker That's exactly what Bush did to get re-elected. Except Bush supported a constitutional amendment to legitimize homophobia, pandering to the worst people. At least Sanders is in favor of something actually GOOD, that will never happen.

[@Gromitz101]

+charles jones That's the first I'm hearing of that Bush Amendment... I would of thought they would make it more known if it was true.

[@CrowClouds]

+Jon Parker Bernie has said that for his programs to work it will take us actually giving a shit about stuff like congressional elections. He's very open about that, he even said it in his closing statements in the debates. So no, he's not making lofty promises to get into office, though I understand that cynical assumption, believe me.

[@Johnny-Badhair]

Socialism is a joke

[@ambessashield9360]

When will America join the 1st world? Free universal health care should be a basic right for any country that consider themselves to be developed.

[@Tydomel]

A pangolin is essentially a Sandshrew lol

[@strider04]

Sandshrew is based off the pangolin

[@Aethelia]

Sandslash is based off Sandshrew.

[@Arldavis]

When they said nightmare they were probably just thinking about the amount of taxes Europeans pay. But the ones I've listened to pay around 20% of their income for healthcare. With federal taxes, Medicaid, social security and then the healthcare premiums I pay, I lose 22-24% of each paycheck and then STILL have to pay a bill when I'm seen. 20% taxes and never see a bill? Sign me up for that "nightmare"!!!!

[@talideon]

For all the problems the Irish health system has, and they are many, I was able to arrange an endoscopy, buy the prep materials, and travel down to a nearby city by train, all for under €100 *in total*, including travel. America, you're very, very broken.

[@dennischiu272]

In which John Oliver gives Americans a reason to care about elections. Very well done.

[@CoryMck]

Videos like this just make me wish the South would secede already.

[@fartexpertable]

*Secede*, anyway you are not the only one that wishes that.

[@CoryMck]

Nick Gill thanks, spellcheck.

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

If they secede, I'm moving and never coming back.

[@MrDucklets]

I live in the south, people here are nice and polite (maybe only to your face) I would hate to live in a crowded city. ;/

[@fartexpertable]

northern states aren't crowded at all. For example, Wisconsin, Wyoming, N and S Dakota Montana Idaho. They are actually less populated than Southern states. Where there are only 2 season hot and hotter, I would hate to live down there.

[@ubcphysicsyangbo]

In case if anyone is curious, in Chinese, the pangolin is literally called "drill mountain armor", as in, "the armored beast that can drill through mountains". Fun fact - it is wildly believed that consuming the flesh of this animal is part of the viral evolution chain that created the novel cornavirus.

[@benjaminmadrigalperez9010]

I have seen videos of pangolins drilling through walls

[@YTEdy]

I'd define that as a not very fun fact, but still interesting.

[@BigEZ95]

ALL HAIL JOHN OLIVER. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, JOHN SNOW WILL BE RESURRECTED AS JOHN OLIVER AND DESTROY THE WHITE WALKERS WITH HIS CLEVER PUNCHLINES.

[@manofcassidy]

The atrocious lack of compassion in the conservative elements of America is really sad. They make America seem like such a harsh unfriendly place. That is of course the probably inaccurate view of a guy from Ireland. All the same even with our economy in deep shit (recovering) I wouldn't dream of moving to America.

[@TM56]

+Ciaran Cassidy You won't be missed.

[@manofcassidy]

TM56 Awwwwww. That's sweet.

[@user-lp2np1nk4v]

+Ciaran Cassidy American here. Absolutely love Ireland. I've been there a couple times. We have our problems here, and assholes (TM56), but there are great people and places here just like in Ireland. It's a big country with a huge amount of diversity. You get the good and bad, it's unavoidable. Respect from Seattle.

[@thebeans6534]

+Adam Straney Just not in Alabama.

[@TM56]

Adam Straney What in my post makes me an asshole?

[@aleksa2413]

And this is why you vote for Bernie Sanders #FeelTheBern

[@coreylineberry8557]

The Phantom Fiddler Or... We're boned.

[@dfg1999]

People spend money on buying stupid halloween costumes but they lose their mind when they have to pay money for dying people who need help.

[@morbo3000]

+James JWC A halloween costume costs $50. Expanding Medicaid costs a lot more than that. Also, I'm not forced to buy a halloween costume on penalty of prison time. I also get to use the halloween costume; I don't get anything back from being forced to pay for more Medicaid.

[@Globscho91]

+dllexport- untill the day you or someone you care about gets really sick. The idea at least in our European nighmare is that we all pay something so everybody gets the medical help he or she needs. And surprise it works pretty good.

[@morbo3000]

Globscho91 And there's nothing wrong with giving *everyone* healthcare. What's wrong is saying, "you don't get healthcare because you can support your family, but you are required to pay for poor people's healthcare." Either have it for everyone or have it for no one. This in-between nonsense is unfair to people who are financially responsible.

[@Kaidona]

+dllexport- "Financially responsible" as in people who don't need supervision to manage their money appropriately? I hope not. That otherwise makes an awful lot of assumptions about the poor and destitute. The US' healthcare model on a whole is entirely messed up, the fact the states can decide just not to offer some things that others do makes it worse. My parents have insurance through my dad's workplace but it doesn't include optical or dental and they can't get supplemental coverage for either because he makes "too much" money, so says the state. I'd like to know what the hell they're supposed to do about the fact they're both too blind to function without corrective lenses and one of them has dentures that are not only poorly fitted but so old they need replacing. Completely screwed up.

[@morbo3000]

Kaidona It means being able to budget properly, not wasting money on frivolous things when you don't have money to waste, getting the most value out of your money, not having more kids than you can support, and getting the education required to move up beyond minimum wage. And yes, many, many people are incapable of that. Just look at all the people who complain that they have no savings and then buy a $4 coffee every day.

[@nicbarrax76]

Yes, Medicaid, free/cheap healthcare etc costs money, BUT, first of all it´s human lives we´re talking about AND in the long run a country MAKES money due to everyone staying healthy and fresh. So it really should be a no-brainer. But then again, the opposers probably don´t have brains to start with...

[@singingismylifeSYV]

+Nic Soderman It's never about people "not having brains" it is about people who understand the economy and how this program could make our already $1 Million a minute spending in this country grow to a rate we can never repay. Go ahead, look up the US debt clock. Tell me that makes you not want to cut programs and find a way to reduce debt. I personally want to make sure another country doesn't own us, not whether I can visit the doctor without expenses. The answer: nothing about this topic is simple, but I respect your opinion.

[@kobeballer]

+singingismylifeSYV The thing is, the economy is not like your home budget. Cutting programs does not automatically mean reducing debt nor is it they only way to possibly reduce debt.

[@nicbarrax76]

+singingismylifeSYV There is debt and there is debt. If your debt every year exceeds your income, that's bad. A national debt doesn't mean disaster. There's not a single country that doesn't have debt, except maybe Norway, rich a-holes. :-D But has anyone bothered checking how much a healthy population costs? More Or less than Medicaid? Is it worth sacrificing people on behalf of a little money saved?

[@BenPernezny]

+kobeballer Thank you. No one should be allowed to graduate high school without demonstrating that he or she understands that macroeconomics is more complex than balancing a checkbook.

[@stval]

U.S currently pays double per capita than any single-payer country and has 35M uninsured. Single-payer countries cover everybody and more cheaply.

[@darkionx]

It seems that in USA you don't pay taxes for Healthcare and Education but you pay Taxes for the military.

[@the5tigers]

homeland security > education > well being. herp derp. not our fault the middle east is so unstable... oh wait..

[@darkionx]

Trein Heartnet Homeland security...they are using Million of dollars in other countries, Education > Everything. Because education give culture, and with education people can create jobs.

[@falconJB]

+Darkion We pay a ton of taxes for Education.

[@darkionx]

Jeremiah B Then why are Universities so damn expensive? Everyone in my country gets a free try in university until they fail, in which you have to begin paying. But the costs are not as high as in USA.

[@falconJB]

Darkion The US gives everyone a free ride too as long as you are below a certain income level and not a dependent of someone above that income level. So even if your parents wont pay for you to go and you don't want loans(which are available to everyone) you can just get a shit job for a couple years and then go for free. Also you have to fail a lot to lose government grants in the US, basically you have to get kicked out before you will lose funding at most universities. The US also has a problem with overcrowded universities, a lot of people attend not to get a degree but to party for a few years until they get kicked out, and even our smaller universities are in very high demand for foreign students.

[@bryanburklin8309]

John. I just want to let know that I have been on Medicaid in the state of Illinois for nearly 4 years because of frequent back issues. My choices of service have ranged from a clinic doctor who didn’t prescribe me the proper dosage of blood pressure meds after I lost 100lbs and ended up nearly having a heart attack. To being able to have 3 surgeries on my spine from the orthopedics of the Chicago Bears. It is broken. That is the truth. 3 surgeries that worked once. I have spent 4 years recovering and doing the same dance because those who quit their jobs for “non job related injuries” have very few rights. I was never dropped and I never had to renew. It’s a mixed bag. We operate on state law and that is the gospel here apparently. Anyone who proposes federal law is labeled as a dissident of the “state”. It’s time we thought about this nation as a whole… as a people… and just do the right thing.

[@kennyxkazuki713]

1:18 Oh you sweet summer child who doesn't know what a pangolin is

[@HerrMichaelKohlhaas]

As an American who has been very well-served by the public health insurance in Germany (I live here), I can only watch this with a sense of shame.

[@Dudebox64]

I so do not understand why America is so horrified at European healthcare. My mom bashes the european system all the time and said that she doesn't ever want the US to fall under that system, yet there have been times when we skipped the doctor when we were sick because it would be too expensive. Why is everyone here so afraid of *gasp* FREE HEALTHCARE?!

[@bipedleek241]

Lord Acclaim because the the older people who can vote grew up under the Cold War and can't tell the difference between free healthcare and the gulags

[@juhaniaho6698]

Lord Acclaim Because it would be government-mandated, which goes against the basic rule of capitalism: Government shall not be involved in private business. And in America, where nearly every aspect of your life is privatized, and where resides a generation of people, who grew up learning that the east is the beginning of woes and communism... The fear lasts long after the Cold War.

[@MegaMementoMori]

Because *it isn't free!* In Europe we pay the cost of healthcare in taxes and more often then not you don't even use it during the year.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

@@MegaMementoMori The idea of health insurance is that you pay small rates all the time to get free medical care when you need it instead of saving the insurance cost and dying slowly if you get injured or sick. So obviously you don't use it most of the time. Most young people don't need to go to hospital all the time. When you do, though, all expenses are covered.

[@MegaMementoMori]

@@onkelpappkov2666 The problem is that, at least in my country (Poland), even when you get sick you often go privately, because the quality of public insurance is often worse then the private one and you are regularly given many month long waiting times. So basically, you pay for nothing.

[@beccangruenberg]

The pangolin started corona. John Oliver called it ladies and gentlemen.

[@kourii]

My first thought re-watching this in 2021

[@aztecgoldmontizuma]

John Oliver for President!

[@alissacheck4194]

I know this is a little late but, you have to be a born citizen for that...

[@kazmo9148]

Every episode is golden! Wish it was on more often :).

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

One of the reasons it is so great is they take time researching the topics so thoroughly as they do...! It's basically high quality/low output vs lower quality/higher output....

[@thelitcandle7036]

I cried when I watched that womanspeak about reusing her needles, as I fellow Type 1 Diabetic I feel her pain. Insurance is insanely expensive, I'm in the gap currently. I have to reuse needles occasionally and borrow insulin from friends. Without insurance buying insulin is hundreds if not a thousand dollars. It's a sad situation for a lot of people around America

[@jamesmiller3824]

0:37 damn, I bet John sits awake at night thinking about this statement.

[@marewmpinge419]

Seeing a pangolin hits different in 2020.

[@kimnice]

Tell me: US government uses almost twice as much tax dollars (per citizen) for health care than Norway (second biggest spender), but you don't have universal health care? Also quality of care is barely on top10. Finnish government uses about 45% of what yours does: One hospital day costs around $40 and that covers everything from surgery to meals they serve. If patient is under 18 that payment applies for first 7 hospital days of that year..after that it's free.

[@morbo3000]

+kimnice Yeah, but a single-payer system? Oh my god, that would be like communism and communism is bad because... well, communism! That's honestly what most Americans think.

[@coreylineberry8557]

Well... I think I know where I'm moving... FINLAND!!!

[@tlang0004]

I live in KY. Wasn't going to vote tomorrow. Now going to vote tomorrow.

[@StrazdasLT]

This entire medical system of US is backwards. one of the people itnerviewed said "i cant afford the insurance offered at my job". Your not supposed to. Your job should be paying for it. Without a choice. Medical insurance is universal for everyone. everyone working gets it paid by the employer. everyone else gets government subsidies.

[@IvanTheGreat615]

"It's way an attractive goat and this is West Virgina" LMAO!!!!!!!!

[@mariokarter13]

"THAT should ring a fucking bell." Check and mate.

[@Elitepear]

I don't understand how John Oliver can be so critical when his home country is plagued with healthcare crises every day!

[@jetpowered1]

That's not true, and no nation has the screwed up system like the USA.

[@Elitepear]

At least the US model isn't socialist! It relies on hard work and a free market.

[@uphillbowl6672]

That pangolin is my spirit animal

[@AlexMourning5635]

I'm rewatching this, and right when he says "When this is all over, the 2016 presidential elections will have lasted the lifespan of a hamster" And in another tab a video played and it had a woman screaming. Pretty much how the election went.