5 Lies about America us Brits were told before we visited! P.t 3

[@romaschild3]

I think it's funny that Europeans believe the absurd things about Americans in movies but don't believe yellow school buses and cheerleaders are real.

[@Blondie42]

I know that aside from Canada, China and Spain also use yellow school busses. Japan has exciting designs for their school busses.

[@Zwiizyy]

😂😂😂

[@ct6852]

Yeah you see that a lot on channels like this. 'Omg the busses are actually yellow!' Lol

[@pamelabennett9057]

Or red flags on mailboxes

[@ericlane419]

I agree. To think that movies made up cheerleaders is pretty funny! Aren't the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders known elsewhere besides the States?

[@garypierce7380]

The most annoying thing is when foreign tourists go to New York City and LA then tell us all about America.

[@mildredpierce4506]

I am in LA and I agree with you. There’s more to this country than major cities. There are a few foreigners who come here and go to less touristy spots. A Scottish guy named Shaun does that. He rented an Airbnb in Oregon and then drove from Oregon through California and I believe eventually to the Grand Canyon. He has gone to New Mexico and some other places Europeans normally do not go.

[@JW-eq3vj]

I always hate it when I hear people visit London, Paris, or Toronto and think that they know everything about English, French, and Canadian culture. I don't know if there is a word for this, but it seems to be something that affects every culture.

[@BBelle64]

@@JW-eq3vj I believe the word is ignorance.

[@KevinJames-yg9eu]

@@JW-eq3vj I love it when people watch videos on KZbin and think they know everything about something.

[@Tryp-j9d]

It’s when they think they can drive from NY to LA in one day!!

[@cfernandez-verges9379]

Hospitals with emergency departments are required by law to treat patients regardless of insurance status. (I'm retired now, but I worked in healthcare industry for over 30 years.) So, thanks for clearing up this lie on your channel! Keep up the good work.

[@oldfogey4679]

Cfernand untrue! If u arrive in er via ambulance they have to treat u! As a walkin to the ER no they do refuse u service without money or health ins! My local ER refused to set my broken nose I was a walk in to the ER without money or ins! The hospital fired the Dr for being honest as to why he couldn't treat patients! He sued the hospital won his job back! My nose was broken by a Dr who didn't wait for the nose scan to come which would have told him my nose wasn't broken! I went to sue this Dr but he died on me! Even if your critically I'll if ur an er walk in u can be refused service I've seen it happen! My community has the worst hospitals Drs ever!

[@oldfogey4679]

C Fernand im also wondering whether who ER has to treat does this vary from state to state? My sister works for a Portland ore hospital and she took says er walk ins aren't necessarily treated without money or health ins!

[@James-c5e1e]

@@oldfogey4679 Probably based on whether they think it's a real emergency.

[@James-c5e1e]

@@oldfogey46791985 law requires emergency departments to stabilize and treat anyone entering their doors, regardless of their ability to pay. But that doesn’t mean the uninsured can get treated for any ailment. “There’s lots of medical care we want to consume that’s not an emergency,” said health care economist Craig Garthwaite, an associate professor and director of the health care program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. It also doesn’t mean that hospitals won’t try to bill someone without insurance. And the bill they send will be higher than for an insured patient because there’s no carrier to negotiate lower prices.

[@aburg6393]

​@@oldfogey4679if they refused you treatment and it was a medical emergency then you should have filed a complaint.

[@jonpoetzl126]

Millie and James, thanks for taking us on a little walk through a beautiful surprisingly green and lush corner of Jersey.

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

they are inbred

[@kittyplay9410]

I watch a lot of British TV shows, and lush greenery is everywhere. A lot of the shows I watch are filmed on location, so I get to see many different areas. I guess it's because there's so much rain. The long shots of countryside are just gorgeous.

@@kittyplay9410 There's lush greenery in the USA too. Try Vermont, Maine or upstate New York.

[@kittyplay9410]

Oh, I know that. Vermont is a favorite. I live in the mountains of Tn., so I'm familiar with beautiful scenery. The comment I replied to specifically mentioned Jersey in the UK, and I do have to say the greenery there just seems a bit more, well, green. Lol.

[@jonpoetzl126]

@@kittyplay9410 what is surprising to me is that it's that green in December, I've been to England twice and 26 other countries around the world North of Arctic circle and South of the Equator, five continents, through the English channel four times stoping in London and Bristol, not in December, it surprises me given the time of year,

[@scottalfaro1128]

Thanks for showing us a little bit of Jersey!!! Most of us that are aware of Jersey have only seen it on a map, not in pictures or video.

[@darbyheavey406]

The Pine Barrens are quite beautiful…the Delaware River Gap is also spectacular.

[@RobertMJohnson]

Jersey looks charming indeed!

[@deborahbryant3266]

Is this the Jersey that New Jersey was named after? Thank you for giving us a tour!

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

When I was 11 days shy of my 25th birthday, I was in a life-changing auto accident. Suffered a spinal injury in my neck. I did not have insurance, and was no longer eligible to be on my parent's plan. But I got the care and spent the next 70 days in the hospital in the ICU and the Rehab wing, and when all was said and done, I had racked up upwards of a Million dollars worth of medical bills. Fortunately because I suffered a permanent injury, I was eligible for Medicare and Medicaid after 6 months from my accident. And those services paid for most of those bills, and what they didn't was just wrote off or eaten by the hospital.

[@pattipurcell6382]

What ?????

[@EpochUnlocked]

​@@pattipurcell6382 Hospitals make billions of dollars. They owe quite a tidy sum in taxes. They use a lot of patient debts to write off their own taxable income.

[@donwyoming1936]

Hospitals have social workers who will get those without insurance Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, bill reductions & bill forgiveness. I grew up poor with no health insurance. We never got refused care. They usually got us free Medicaid coverage. And we never had huge bills to pay back. It's really all how you handle it.

[@michaelmutphy9077]

Our grandfathers certainly knew about geography especially where Normandy is.

[@johnchandler1687]

They got the " dark of the moon on the 6th of June" tour. 😊

[@daddyrabbit835]

We just visited Normandy. Incredible and sad at the same time.

[@michaelmutphy9077]

@ I was there it 2015. We went to the American cemetery. As far as I know I don’t have any relatives there. It still is breathtaking when you enter the cemetery.

[@jeffhampton2767]

When I think of America I think of great seafood, steak houses, diners with traditional American food. I almost never eat fast food.

[@RobertMJohnson]

i guess you don't like japanese, indian, vietnamese, ethiopian, spanish, mexican, italian restaurants in the US?

[@MRGooodwineTV]

@@RobertMJohnson wtf are you talking about....

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@MRGooodwineTV gee I don't know, Einstein. pet birds?

[@jeffhampton2767]

@RobertMJohnson Italian food is good. The rest you mentioned is a turn off.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@jeffhampton2767 are you new?

[@scottski51]

You two are just a little Treasure! Thanks for visiting and sampling a taste of our very big, diverse country. Like everywhere... we are Sectional, Tribal, and politically divided. But when disaster strikes ANYwhere... we're all pulling together to help our neighbors out. That's the biggest takeaway I hope you get.

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

It seems strange to me that, in this day and age, anyone would believe that everything they see in films or on TV is real. But then, there are probably millions of people who believe that everything they read/see online is true, too, especially on social media platforms and cable news media.

[@ct6852]

Movies and TV are obviously very scripted and fake, but they do tend to reflect some realities that the writers grew up with.

[@philtil8977]

@@ct6852 Probably 90% of tv/film is bullshit offered to sway your beliefs to one way or the other.

[@ShellyBeans259]

Yeah talk about gullible and naive

[@forestcatkay14]

Films tend to have the basic stereotypes and then exaggerate it a bit. My main thing is when they show people not taking their shoes off, I'm American and I don't like the idea of mud or whatever I've stepped in outside to be in my bedroom.

[@Stew2130]

In my experience, people tend to believe what they are predisposed to believe.

[@MrPenguinLife]

Hospitals are legally required to provide emergency care to the best of their ability, this law went into effect in the 1980's during the Reagan administration. Hospitals will also generally provide discounted rates and payment plans to those that don't have insurance, but even with that a large percentage of these people will default on their payments. In addition to this the US also has charity and state teaching hospitals that will offer care at reduced rates or free, though these tend to be in mid size to larger cities. Many smaller towns and cities will have free clinics, we have one in the town of 10,000 people where I live, it is open a few hours per week and is currently located at one of the local churches, it had previously been located in a downtown building.

[@Cricket-el5ls]

In Mobile AL about 70 miles from me there R clinics where, med doctors of all kinds volunteer their time 2 help people that need their services! My daughter's friend was between jobs & he went 4 mental health & dental health. He loved the doctors & etc there but when he went back 2 work he was no longer eligible. But he said they were very nice, knowledgeable, he liked them.

[@L1623VP]

Not only can ERs not refuse anyone for treatment, but between Medicare, Medicaid, VA health benefits, sliding scale online insurance plans based on income, traditional health insurance provided by employers, and health insurance tied to retirement plans, virtually EVERYONE has access to health insurance in America. In fact, it's federal law that any company with more than 50 employees MUST provide health insurance. Whether people choose to find a plan through one of these many options and use it is up to them, but the idea that Europeans believe Americans are dying in the streets because "no one has health insurance" just because it's not provided by the state is absurd. They don't realize how ridiculous they look when they say such a thing with zero research. It's probably the biggest lie about America next to the "crime is everywhere, and we're all dodging bullets" nonsense. LOL

[@mshay6190]

A lot of uninsured or underinsured Americans avoid health care until they are very sick and have to go to the ER. In other words the ER is the family doctor for many Americans.

[@anthonypatterson1074]

I'm glad you are correcting people about America I feel kind of sad that we protect ourselves to our movies. As you know we are nothing like the movies. Like you said we are very diverse. Thanks for telling the truth.

[@duanelavely5481]

I'm a 5th gen. Texan. My great, great grandfather immigrated from Brandenburg, Prussia in 1854. My mother had a little 50 acre cattle ranch with about 25 head of beef cattle (Herefords). I would say that most cowboys wear baseball caps when working on a ranch & save their cowboy hats for when they're not working.

[@theoutdoorslifetv3200]

There are times when a good hat will keep the blazing sun off your neck. I can be found wearing either.

[@pamelab7235]

Hey my great grandpa immigrated from northern Germany to Texas around the same time, and my grandpa was born in Bastrop County in the late 1800s. So I’m a Texan by blood. Who knows, we might be cousins!😜

[@doranmaxwell1755]

Not to mention Bar... Bee.. que guns. Love my fancy guns LOL

[@tadhasse]

Our ancestors may have been on the same boat at Galvaston

[@deborahbryant3266]

As an American from the Midwest, living in Texas, I can assure you that a large part of Texas is devoted to cattle. The cowboy most certainly exists. However, if you want to see the cowboy with the resitol hat, with the jeans, with the big belt buckle you might want to visit a rodeo. I took neighbors that were here temporarily from Taiwan, and they asked me why everyone was wearing the same uniform. It is very cultural and is a Texas thing. When I moved here I thought it was a stereotype, and then found out it wasn't.

[@GingerLady57]

When you talked about geography my mind went back to 5th grade! In the 60’s we had to memorize every state and capital in the USA and where to find them on a map. We then did the same thing with other countries and their capitals. I don’t know about the generations since then but at that time they were very focused on geography and where you ancestors originated from.

[@Ms.Opinionated]

I learned world geography in College as a history major.

[@nogames8982]

I was born in 1970 and I remember doing geography class. It was interesting. I don’t know what they teach in schools nowadays either. Not a lot from what I can tell.

[@Cricket-el5ls]

I remember that well!! Now they don't even teach how 2 write cursive!! All U need 2 know is how 2 print!

[@Cricket-el5ls]

​@@nogames8982 how 2 operate the GPS on their phone!!

[@dianajemison105]

​@@nogames8982It'll be even less with Trump in the WH.

[@darrellberger]

I like seeing some of your surrounding countryside

[@Jeff-v6v]

In the USA?

[@darrellberger]

@ in Jersey where they live

[@Jeff-v6v]

I know, trolling:)

[@cisium1184]

I've done some hiking in northwestern New Jersey USA, and it actually looks pretty similar to this.

[@TexasRose50]

What a lovely bridge. And the scenery was nice too. Thanks for clearing up some .misconceptions about the US.

[@jeffhampton2767]

Very pretty landscape. 😊

[@3DJapan]

In 2007 I had no insurance and I had to go into the hospital. Stayed there for 4 days (the food was amazing). I told the doctor I had no insurance and he just said "don't worry, we'll figure it out". And I I didn't have to pay a dime.

[@blueboy4244]

same with me.. and I was there for a month.. 'bill' came to about a million dollars of which I could pay at the time about 6 thousand - and between the hospital, the city and the county it was settled.. America does, infact have a sort of universal healthcare system.. they will not let you croak and the costs are spread around..but it's a half assed system and needs to be formalized

[@Wyomingchief]

​@@blueboy4244you nailed it, yes there are ginormous hospital bills, and if you have the ability to pay it and you're expected to pay it. But if you truly don't have the means to pay it, there are ways for the bill to be taken care of. Most hospitals have a charity associated with them that helps with those kind of things. Everybody automatically thinks of children's hospitals because they are at the Forefront of taking care of unpaid or uninsured patients. But in 2016 I suffered a serious heart attack the fourth one I'd had, and ended up having open heart surgery. My bill was over half a million dollars I know that. And the vast majority of it was taken care of by charity

[@cheebees]

@@blueboy4244 I have no job right now and have full medical insurance through Medicaid. The US does provide for people who need help. If you have a paying job that doesn't provide insurance and you still don't pay for it yet have netflix, spotify, doordash pass, and high speed internet?? And still there are benefit programs that will reduce the cost of insurance to less than $50 a month and people still complain. They would really rather have the DMV do their healthcare. If they thought waiting in line at a government run facility was bad for a drivers license or ID, imagine waiting while being sick or injured.

[@davidlinehat4657]

@@blueboy4244 Yeah, people need to get their states to get their stuff together. Some states do, though. I hear Massachusetts has a great healthcare system

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

@@davidlinehat4657 The underlying problem is that there's several layers of socialist-style systems underpinned by a for-profit system. The result is that hospitals often wind up eating the costs incurred by freeloaders, and despite raising the theoretical costs to insane levels, are unable to break even depending on how many freeloaders they service. This isn't just about the Democrat-supported invasion by illegal border-jumpers; hospitals in the West have been in trouble for decades because they didn't have a large enough "customer" base and weren't able to deal with the financial hit from even small numbers of freeloaders.

[@Whiteruffels]

Thank You,for letting people know about America and the lies that circle around us.They. Act like we live in a shoebox as far as our knowledge toward other countries. It just so ridiculous.So Thank You. They think we have never left here.some of us haven’t,no reason to.We have everything here.I went to Europe in 1999,I found it beautiful.

[@Scott-mw7xq]

Thank you for the walk around your town and the nature around❤

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

It's interesting that in this day in age where we are connected and we have access to so much information that stereotypes even exist. When I was in the military, I spent a lot of time in Europe (over 2 years) and travelled around spending most of my time in Kaiserslautern Germany. This was before the internet and your source of news and any information was word of mouth or a newspaper. So, I can see why back then the old, "Don't Germans serve beer warm?" was widely accepted. As an American living in Arizona, it's nice to hear people from other countries talk about the misconceptions they had about us Americans.

[@bigredracingdog466]

0:50 I've heard that one from knuckleheads right here on YT. 3:21 Many Americans are bad at European geography, but many foreigners are bad at American geography. A Swedish friend who visited us here in North Carolina had planned on renting a car and driving to Nevada. I don't think she realized that would be like driving from Stockholm to Lisbon. She ended up flying. 6:21 I remember visiting London many years ago and seeing an "American style" display in the window at Harrods. It was as if all we wore were jeans, cowboy boots, and Stetsons, and had a barn full of horses out in the back. OK, we do wear jeans a lot.

[@NarwahlGaming]

I wear jeans again, now that we have those stretchy kinds. For 30 years I wore Red Kap uniform pants even as "dress pants" because they were comfy. 😂 But, then, they must have changed the size charts because 30 inch waists don't fit me no mo'... 😢

[@bigredracingdog466]

@@NarwahlGaming Yes, I think changing the size charts is definitely the culprit.

[@ChoiceEnvironments]

When I was young some cousins from Northern America, Minnesota to be specific, came to visit us in Texas. They were surprised that our homes weren’t made of adobe and we didn’t own horses. Seriously. These are Americans we’re talking about. Even here, there’s so much distance and rumors that the strangest things are believed. Anyway, I’m gonna put on my poncho and stop the cattle stampede that just started. Great video!

[@GnarshredProductions]

lol. Funny thing is there is a bunch of agriculture in Minnesota like you can hop in the car and drive 1.5 hours south or north of Minneapolis and find some corn fields and plenty of the farmers also own cows and a horse or two. We don't call them cowboys though for some reason.

[@Ms.Opinionated]

😂😂😂. You have me cracking up over here. Now, back to my regular scheduled programming.

[@ChoiceEnvironments]

@ Lol

[@ChoiceEnvironments]

@@GnarshredProductions Do they do rodeos or rodeo equivalents?

[@GnarshredProductions]

​@@ChoiceEnvironments Yes there are rodeo's in Minnesota and Wisconsin also horse racing. A lot of the farmers don't own animals though just corn fields but between Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakota's there are definitely enough people who do that sort of stuff that rodeo's are a thing. Wisconsin is known for good cheese so that means lots of dairy farms.

[@spondoolie6450]

There's a law called EMTALA that not only says the ER must treat you, but that they can't do a lateral transfer - send you to another facility for services that they provide because you can't pay. ERs used to do this MSE thing (medical screening exam) where a provider would see you and determine that you didn't have an emergent need, but would offer to treat you if you paid $250 up front, but that probably lead to a lot of lawsuits .... as evidenced by the fact that I never hear about it happening anymore.

[@Tatersmama101]

Thank you for taking us along on your beautiful walk... and for clearing up those irritating misconceptions about America and Americans! Love you guys!

[@chrischreative2245]

That’s a nice stone bridge actually. Nice place to walk

[@tomhalla426]

When I hear ofJersey, I imagine a dairy farm, due to the breed of dairy cattle.

[@jdn645]

When I think of Jersey, I think of Newark and Bayonne because I've been to both. Not much of those two cities speak to the Garden State name.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

I think of the “ Sopranos” 😂

[@JR-bj3uf]

Geography and America. It's hard for people in the UK to wrap their heads around a country this big and this diverse. In my own state of Texas we have coastal plains, vast grass lands, deserts, pine forests, major cities and all kinds of communities in between. Texas alone is .773 miles (1,244 km) wide from east to west

[@cvn6555]

They seem to forget that we go to the neighboring state while they go to the neighboring country.

[@EsaLena1]

42-yr-old American woman here. Not all Americans are bad at geography. Personally, I was always the girl on the plane with the map open on the screen in front of her and the magazine open to the page with all the flight routes. Big fan of maps, flags, compasses, all of it. The second place finisher in the most recent Geoguessr World Cup is an American guy from Pittsburgh.

[@willp.8120]

I'm a 47 year old man and I used to sit by the window with my Rand McNalley road atlas open and I could pinpoint exactly where we were based on the roads, lakes, and mountains. You are a Geography nerd like myself. I even taught Geography in a public school for two years.

[@NarwahlGaming]

_"NEEERRD!"_ - Homer Simpson 😂

[@katherinemurphy2762]

I'm American, but when I was three, my family moved to Germany for four years while my dad was transferred to a military base there. When I came back to the US as a seven-year-old, I had little concept of what America was like. I remember asking one of my older sisters if there were still cowboys and Indians and if I would see them when we moved back. 😂

[@userdesorae]

Thank you for clearing up the false statements of America. Thank you so much for showing the beautiful bridge and scenery of your hometown of Jersey 😊❤!!!

[@RandyAbbott-i5j]

I loved your walk, very picturesque.

[@Brenda-f9y]

At least in my state, Arizona, if you have to go to the emergency room and don't have insurance they'll the person from registration that comes to see you in your room will submit an application for our state Medicaid plan and then the hospital will wait for you to be accepted or denied before hounding you with the hospital bill. If you're accepted then, in most cases, that Medicaid plan will pay the entire hospital bill for you so you don't have to pay anything. But of course if you're denied you can either fight the decision sending further info into them or you can pay the bill out of pocket and most hospitals here are very good about coming up with payment arrangements so you don't have to pay it all at once.

[@ohmightywez]

Worked for Banner Health/Sonora Quest for 12 years. 😊

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

To a degree, but the best glimpse of the classic southern culture is probably smokey and the bandit. It’s a fun homage

[@Muddywatersist]

If someone is truly poor hospitals will give up trying to get paid. The cost is indirectly passed to those insured or those who have money with highly extreme bills.

[@sherryjoiner396]

They write off a certain percentage as charity.

[@MrEdwinhardesty]

If someone is truely poor in my state (making less than 20k/year), they get the best medical coverage and don't have to pay a dime for it. And it's very easy to get.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Yup. My mom (who wasn't of any great means) broke her ankle amd had one of those boots. When she went for a follow-up, they brought out a new boot. My mom said she already had a boot - and it cost her $125 2 weeks ago. The nurse guy directly told her, _"Well, somebody has to pay the bills."_ That was the last time she went to that doctor.

[@Arrmaone]

I had to have a triple heart bypass surgery this past June. I spent two weeks in the hospital as well as cardiac rehab, and I have no insurance, I am on medicade. So the state covered my medical bills.

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing the truth about USA 🇺🇸 and you are walking 🚶‍♂️🚶very nice 👍 place ☝️👋☮️

[@kristinallison5970]

The oddest thing I find in America is Europeans who have never been here are telling other Europeans what America is like. No one ever stops to ask the actual American!

[@samwilliams0901]

We already know that you think you're the best, that you're the only place with freedom, that you have the best food, blah blah blah, all of which we know to be factually incorrect. That's why no one asks for an american opinion on america.

[@Tenboremag]

@@samwilliams0901 You're just one of those uppity Europeans that is every bit as bad as some Americans.

[@mshay6190]

As long as they know that America is not just NYC, Washington, or LA

[@mikecooney8422]

@@samwilliams0901 Are you paid for being your village's idiot, or do you just do it in your spare time?

[@johncamp4808]

@@samwilliams0901No one is asking for your opinion.

[@MrPenguinLife]

Great video getting to see you out and about, not just in the same couple of rooms indoors

[@ct6852]

Pretty bridge. That's one thing about Europe that's way different then the US. Here in California you wonder if something was maybe built in the 1850's and we consider that 'old'. Whereas in Brittain you probably wonder if there was a bridge there 1800 years ago. Psychologically, that's a major difference in mindset.

[@kennethhodge7953]

Not just old but ready to be torn down and replaced.

[@NarwahlGaming]

I came across a guy from England in a comment section a while back who said his house was 800 years old. I was like, _"Dang! Your ghosts have ghosts!"_ 😂

[@ct6852]

@@NarwahlGaming That's crazy. On the west coast there's nothing close to that. Except in the parks sometimes you'll find old evidence of native dwellings in caves and such. And my sister lives near a mission in SF from the 1700's. And that feels ancient.

[@SuperDave71176k]

Yep,loved the out and about.Good job with helping with the Thanksgiving dinner.Maybe doing a series going over the letters with Vicki that she was talking about.

[@bevsalzer7509]

That is true that private hospitals can, and do, turn pts without insurance away. However, any hospital that receives any type of federal funding (Medicare or Medicaid) is required BY LAW to treat life threatening emergencies. They may transfer the pt to a county hospital after they are stabilized, but they must treat and stabilize first. Failure to do so may result in loss of federal funds and most hospitals aren't willing to risk that.

[@joyannwesson]

Definitely, not everyone is rich. They tend to put Americans in categories. They are upper/middle/working/lower class Americans.

[@alan-kelly]

The other thing about geography is that America is so big, a lot of Americans never leave (because you don't have to leave the US to find almost every type of climate), and that can lead to incorrect assumptions/stereotypes about our geography knowledge.

[@NarwahlGaming]

In the next 5 years (hopefully) the Mrs. and I will be moving from this arctic nightmare to tropical paradise and we won't even have to get a passport! 😂

[@bruscifer]

It goes both ways. Native Texan, and NOT a Cowboy I have had the great joy to have been to the UK and enjoyed it so much I seriously thought about doing my whole vacation there. Thankfully I didn't and I saw most of Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Most Americans have no idea how many different regions there are in GB or how many different accents they have. I work in a hospital. You can go in the front door and there is a required legal sign there saying that the hospital CANNOT turn you away just because you can't pay. We have so many misconceptions about the different parts of the world, it is a shame there isn't someway people can travel to other places and see for themselves how truely alike we are. Different yes, but the same. I think it should be a requirement for us to exchange from time to time.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Expand foreign exchange students to foreign exchange citizens? Sign me up! 😂

[@DanO_DanO]

Since the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan was president, all hospitals (Emergency Rooms) in the U.S. must treat anyone who comes through the doors regardless of ability to pay. It causes a nightmare situation for those actually needing ER services. Patients are triaged based on severity of injury. I spent six hours waiting to see a doctor after my appendix burst. Anytime I inquired as to how long my wait would be, the receptionist asked, “Are you in any pain?” I was sitting with people who were too poor to pay for an internist to treat their cold or infection. The idea that 330 million people living across a huge country are all the same is ludicrous on its face. One can travel 500 miles and be in a different culture without leaving the country. In some large cities you only have to walk a few blocks.

[@johnmarschalk1977]

Knew where Jersey was and always wondered why it wasn't part of France. (Is that a bad take?) On insurance, you will get treated to stabilize you in whatever hospital you're taken to. Then transported to hospital that deals with people with no insurance. Most emergency rooms a crowded with people with no insurance, because they don't have a primary physician. Typical they won't see a bill, unless they're pretty well off and just chose not to have insurance. Most states do have some type of public care/insurance for people that can't afford it

[@deezynar]

No insurance, you get hurt, you go to hospital, you go home, you get a huge bill in the mail. You go to their office and ask them how much money they are willing to take if you write them a check right then. The number they give you at that point is about half the number they had put on the original bill. In the U.S., the law allows people to make payments for medical care they received, and the minimum in those payments is ridiculously low. Hospitals assume that you won't pay them the full amount in one go, so they give you a hugely inflated bill so they have a chance of getting enough out of you to get back what they spent on your care.

[@DashRiprock513]

I have workec the emergency room... We are legally and morally bound to take care of everyone that comes in. For people that cannot afford insurance they have Medicare and Medicaid. Some people that came in that didn't have insurance so we would get it for them.... The hospital can send a bill to someone but that's no guarantee they're ever gonna see a cent... so they prefer to get you covered... In the rare cases where someone has no insurance and gets a bill, they are charged according to their means.... The bill is based on a percentage of their income... If someone is a victim of a crime and has no income... The crime victims fund pays for it.

[@mikeg.4211]

Cowboys are generally associated with the west, not the south. Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and the Carolinas do not have cowboys, which are a western thing.

[@LMmccallL57]

Actually, there _are_ cowboys in my state, Alabama. 🙂 There used to be a TV show that featured them. I have no idea how many are here, but they exist.

[@themourningstar338]

There are cowboys all over N. America and parts of S. America. But yeah, most of the cowboy history and culture is located in the western half of the U.S., west Canada, and originating from the vaqueros of north Mexico (which is also located on the western side of the continent). Hence the names of things like The Wild West, Western movie/literature/art genres, western clothing etc., all of which are clues Europeans tend to ignore LOL. The south definitely does have a few cowboys, but they have much more of a redneck culture than the west does. And while there definitely are rednecks to be found in the west, the western states (including west Texas, and The Great Plains states) have much more of a pioneer/cowboy culture than the south. Not talking smack on rednecks either. It's just that southern and redneck cultures are not the same thing as western and pioneer/cowboy cultures. The south and the west are made up of very different geographic and cultural regions, and have very different histories. But they end up getting incorrectly lumped together sometimes, probably because of Texas lol 😅Texas just be doing their own thing and are a mish-mosh of all of the above.

[@singlechristiancowboy]

There's cowboys everywhere! I'm a North Western North Carolina Appalachian Mountain cowboy and ranch foreman. There's more farmers than cowboys, but cowboy is a way of life as well as a profession.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@singlechristiancowboy He seems to think they are a as a southern thing rather than as western thing.

[@buddystewart2020]

Here's a clue. Southern people, don't really consider Texas 'the south'. When Americans say 'the south', they really mean the South East. We consider Texas South West. The South East and the South West, aren't really the same. I was born and raised in the South East, I've also lived in Texas, and they are not the same thing, at all. I do like Texas though.

[@susanalexander6721]

Greetings from Central Alabama!!!

[@russellbrown1068]

Dixie is the South

[@NarwahlGaming]

I like all the _"Texas is so big it can fit [x] in it."_ memes. My favorite is, _"Texas is so big it can fit all of Texas in it."_ That tends to stump people for a second. 😂

[@wayneperkins7605]

Love the walkabout.

[@chuckmayper7549]

Visited Britain in 2019. Could not find the Ministry of Silly Walks nor did I see ONE cat-detector van.😢

[@JnWmMatt]

I enjoy seeing you and others in places I haven't traveled. It shows no matter where we are, we are all very much alike.

[@PhillipV-qm4mf]

2:39 me and an online friend from Texas once played an online video game with some british guys. We got in the chat and the UK guys tried to tell us something but they were talking too fast for us to understand😂. My Texan buddy was like I don't think they speak english💀💀💀💀 (imagine a southerner accusing them of not speaking their own language😂). One of the UK guys said, seriously? I then came into the convo with my thick Latino south side Chicago voice, and told him we are Americans so he has to speak slower for us to understand him in his accent. The UK chap was like "you said you are both Americans?" I asked him if he was wondering why our accents sound so radically different. He said yeah, and I explained to him how I grew up on the south side of Chicago and northerners speak very different than people down south. He was mildly surprised to find out that we don't all have that southern drawl he hears in the movies, or that generic accent you hear on the news. I felt like a newly discovered species💀🇺🇲❤️🇬🇧

[@michaelme1548]

My wife moved to Texas from Vancouver Canada when she was in high school. A girl at the school accused her of lying about being from Canada because “I met a girl from Canada and she didn’t sound anything like you.”

[@joeycarter8846]

Very cool to hear your opinions. Surprising & funny as well. Even we not-rich, Southern Americans joke about the "TV people/Movie people" that Hollywood portrays...caricatures really.

[@NarwahlGaming]

It's especially funny when you can tell the writers and actors know nothing about the outside world. My favorite was on Criminal Minds when 2 people used one keyboard to hack a website of the weekly bad guy. 😂

[@modestotalavera9289]

you guys are awesome, I glad you made out here. Hope you have a great time

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Thank you for the small tour of your beautiful area - maybe next time we could get a much larger tour, looks positively gorgeous!

[@danamoog7652]

Thank you for part 3, I'm always interested in your experiences and opinions.

[@Marcus-p5i5s]

thanks for showing us some of Jersey. What is amazing about your home is that people have lived there for at least 250,000 years. Wild

[@pat1cust2]

Interesting post. I'm 68 and American by birth and citizenship but grew up in Bedford, UK, my mother's hometown, during my childhood and school years.(1964-75) Too many Brits get their ideas about the US from TV. And vice versa.

[@SuperDrLisa]

Beautiful walk! Jersey is lovely! Reminds me of my home area of New England. Always get travel health insurance if you come to the USA. If you wore a cowboy hat here in New England, you'd get a few WTF looks, thank you!❤

[@marydavis5234]

Not in Vermont, we have farm land and most farmers wear cowboy hats.

[@skipstreet]

Its not just emergency medical. You can get treated for any ailment whether you have insurance or not. Just go to a county hospital because they are required to assist you. A private hospital may refuse to see you for a general medical issue.

[@Tejaye777]

Beautiful scenery you guys have there. I love the beautiful countryside.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

They cannot refuse you at an emergency center. Many Americans receive health insurance from their employer. There are insurance companies which allow a monthly payment to cover your health issues for those who do not receive health insurance from their employer and are not at least 65 years of age. Retirees 65 and older receive government health insurance that is known as Medicare.

[@NarwahlGaming]

I heard it was 67, now. 😢 I haven't verified, though.

[@bossaudio12]

So glad you guys keep pushing great content!!

[@CBB672]

Untrue, hospitals can not turn you away! It’s the law

[@bengaljam4550]

They only have to treat if it is an actual emergency or life saving. If you show up with an aching back the doctor may give you a few Tylenol and then send you on your way. Also even if it is an emergency you are still going to get a bill for it whether you have insurance or not. If you don't pay it could ruin your credit.

[@rick_thunder]

“So, how many cultures are there in America?” American: All of them. I was born in America, but my mother is from Mexico, my father is from Peru. My sister married a man from Argentina. Our brother now lives in Ireland. My wife is from Spain. A family like ours is not unusual in America.

[@yarnycat_crochet]

My family has Mexican, Guatemala, Ecuadorian, Japanese, Korean, Irish, 😂 I thought our family was unique 😊

[@Cricket-el5ls]

Now it may not B rare but 2 have that many different people from so many different countries N 1 family is not common N my experience but @ least a few N a family would B common. U have several people representing different countries & cultures N your family. That is great! Children N your family will B well rounded N diverse cultures! I think that is so cool!! We just have 4 types of Native Americans & Irish N our blood line. But 2 of my 3 rd cousins married Mexican ladies. And my daughter is fluent N Spanish but that's about it. We R not that interesting! Lol! Now my son lives N NY & has dated women of different nationalities but he hasn't married yet! Maybe one day he will & I'll have something 2 contribute 2 a conversation! Y'all B careful & safe!! & enjoy the holidays!!

[@yarnycat_crochet]

@ we have really interesting food at our family holiday get togethers 😊

[@benjaminkeller4314]

Our potlucks with friends and family typically consist of Chileans, Mexicans, Native Americans, Dutch, and Germans. Growing up this way it was never unusual nor was going to a friends gatherings with a completely different mix of cultures.

[@rick_thunder]

@ I love that. The neighborhood I grew up in was like a little United Nations. My friends included black, white, Afghani, Mexican, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, a kid from England, Puerto Rican, and Colombian. We all got along, we all asked questions about each other’s cultures, and we would ask how to say certain phrases in each other’s language.

[@rideshareguy5.0ridesharead46]

I’m originally from Canada and we were lied to about the same things. It’s awesome here! The healthcare is really good, people are friendly and it’s just such a better way of living.

[@kmtabq617]

The various types of food vary in different parts of the country. Mexican food in New Mexico is different from what you get in Texas or in California. Texas BBQ is very different from South Carolina BBQ. BTW - if you visit the more rural areas of West Texas, you’ll probably meet some cowboys.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Are you saying that our Mexican food up here in Michigan shouldn't have mayonnaise and mustard?! 😮 😂

[@pfdrtom]

San Antonio native, here. I'm happy you liked our city and enjoyed the various kinds of food we have. If, God forbid, I ever find myself condemned to death my last meal request would be Tex-Mex cheese enchiladas with rice, beans, and a crispy taco! Cheers!

[@kristinallison5970]

I love these videos and love your mom's videos. I just wish they were longer! 💗

[@tommygarcia3469]

You guys are amazing and America luvz you back 💙💙

[@katiebrunner4376]

How could we all be the same?! This country is huge with different regions and climates and ways of living

[@sandygrunwaldt1780]

I Thank You for defending us Americans. Love From Michigan and it's a very cold Evening temp is 11 degrees and we're under a winter storm warning burr ❤❤

[@lindadeters8685]

Legally every hospital has to treat you, but if you have no insurance, they will stabilize you and then send you to a county hospital. As a traveler, the insurance you need to have is expatriation - coverage to cover the cost of getting you back to your country using medical transportation, if needed. Our hospital had to arrange medical transportation from Tucson to Mumbai after an Indian gentleman fell in his shower and became a quadriplegic. That cost was over $150,000 in addition to his hospital stay of 4 weeks…. 2 in the ICU. He had no travel insurance and his health insurance did not cover medical transportation. The hospital finally decided to pay the transport, otherwise we’d have him permanently. His insurance did not cover long term care and he hit the limit on the hospital pay out, so my hospital ate that part too. His family also was very low on funds. Always be aware of what your insurance will cover while traveling, especially out of country and have coverage for the worst case scenario.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Not just the US. Several years ago, a Texas gal fell from a hotel balcony in Mexico, and even though she had health insurance in the US, they wouldn't treat her in Mexico. She had to be medivac'd to Texas. When she got back and "to normal," she discovered that police in Mexico robbed her while she was out of it.

[@Pinkfong2]

Love the scenery. The picture quality is great. I find it hard to believe that worldwide people think Americans eat fast food 24/7, as if we don’t cook. I mean common sense tells you that can’t be true. Most of us love to cook but fast food has its place, like everything else. The movies do us an injustice. We are normal people and why wouldn’t we be. Great video. Great to see some of your town.

[@kellanhills1972]

I at first thought you meant “New Jersey”. Thinking “why would they visit New Jersey?” 😂

[@wamacapanj6755]

Which is why a video needs to be made on the misconceptions that people have about New Jersey…

[@michaelmccotter4293]

You are spot on with this list of 5 . Many " Cow Boys" are really just wannabe Cow Boys. They don't own a horse and never roped a cow. My Father-in-Law was a real Cow Boy and refers to them as "Dime Store Cow Boys." Suffice it to say they are "Western" fans. In America there are literally thousands of variations of the Hamburger. Most towns and cities have a neighborhood, or neighborhoods that the wealthy will have their mansions, and yes, even our "middle class" tends to have larger homes than the world standard. There are also many neighborhoods with typically older smaller homes across the country. Like any people from anywhere, some are interested in geography and some more than others. Born and raised in Alaska, geography is BIG here. In my 63 years I have 6 or 7 States yet to visit. I've been to Mexico a few times, Canada 6 or 7 times, and Belize once. Im a huge geography guy and my Wife is a Flight Attendant. We'd love to see all of Great Britain including Jersey and the Hebrides. Europe is on our bucket list, along with Australia and many other places. Lovely to have enjoyed your walk and Jersey is a really lovely place. Cheers! Never Never Lake, Alaska

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Oddly enough, uninsured patients in America are charged less than their insured counterparts. It probably depends where you live, but I learned on a recent trip to the ER that the cash discount was 40%.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

There is a law called EMTALA in the US involving emergency care. Anyone who comes to an Emergency Department must be treated regardless of ability to pay. This has become a sort of relief valve for poor people, who can always get care. They may have to sit in the ED a long time, but they get care.

[@lindacarroll6896]

Thank you for the tour.

[@HDCalame]

When I was in Germany, I told an older gentleman that I was from Kansas and he thought that I was living like he saw on the reruns on the TV show 'Gunsmoke'. As far as he was concerned, Kansas had to be still in the 1880s old west.

[@tbergstrom4599]

what a beautiful trail to walk on ... every system rations .... i lived in france for 6 years . and experienced a robbery one night an american I was with was badly injured during the robbery ... the french did not even x-ray .. He was flown back to the U.S the next day and discovered to have major facial and cranial injuries ...

[@miker.9138]

There are private hospitals that will refuse to take people who don't have insurance. There have been cases of people stumbling up to hospitals with gunshot wounds and the hospital calling an ambulance to take them to a public hospital instead of treating them.

[@TyOneWorld66230-y]

If you live in a big city, call an ambulance and don't have insurance, they will take you to a lesser hospital.

[@brucew7062]

By law they have to stabilize you. They cannot refuse to treat you with something life threatening like a gunshot wound.

[@johng4093]

Not all stories are true.

[@miker.9138]

@johng4093 But there are documented cases.

[@davidsauls9542]

Lie #1. My first year with my own medical practice I provided $285,000. of care that I would never be able to collect a penny of. I never knew who paid and who didn't. The point is that a massive amount of care is received for no pay. Your smiles show you are having a good time here. That is Wonderful ! !

[@lorriescott8775]

I’ve experienced friends from Europe, who lack geographical knowledge. Countless times friends have vacationed in Florida, & invited us to dinner. A 7 hour flight or a 6 day drive.

[@samwilliams0901]

We don't need to know the difference between your states or where they are. You're all just american. You can go 5 minutes down the road from Luxembourg to Germany and almost every single possible thing changes. Arkansas/Mississippi = no diff.

[@lorriescott8775]

@ I can drive about an hour and enter a different country.

[@samwilliams0901]

@@lorriescott8775 what's your point 😭

[@rpshortcake1208]

Back in 1986, I had a chance in Florida when BBC was making a movie and got to meet some wonderful Brit, they told me if anyone who had a swimming pool, they were considered were rich

[@juliestephens4195]

We enjoy traveling in the US and abroad - really broadens one’s perspective of life

[@flatoutvincent]

Even if you do get sick. There are clincs at most places that charge like $100 ish depending on what it is.

[@johnwatrous8982]

I wish some tourists would come to fly over country and see it. What you saw is only a tiny bit of the US. Lots and lots more to see and learn.

[@andrewward5891]

I’ve driven from coast to Coast. It’s called flyover country for a reason

[@mshay6190]

How many foreigners think all Americans live like JR Ewing (tv show Dallas)and all live on Texas ranches and streets are paved with gold

[@tadhasse]

Wait a minute! Your streets aren't gold paved? You need to discuss this with the HOA.

[@Probablekozz]

Should do truths about America that you heard before coming here, and they were accurate.. whether it was from movies, videos, friends/family members or KZbin community

[@nedkelly2035]

ON the ER treatment, you are correct that people will not be denied treatment, but your assessment of "You will just go home with a big bill" is an understatement. You will likely go home with a lifetime of debt, and may go home with a lifetime of debt even if you DO have insurance. Of course I am not talking about a sprain or simple bone break, but major trauma, heart attack, anything big, watch out. An ER is only required to stabilize you so that the immediate threat of death or dismemberment is past. Starting the next day, whether treatment will be ongoing or not is subject to discussion. BTW- my cancer bill has been $700,000. of which I have had to pay $132,000. out of pocket.

[@georgeappleby6868]

You should take us on more tours of your beautiful island.

[@josephthomas2226]

The other thing about our television is it seems that everybody lives in New York or Los Angeles but most people don't and other cities and states are radically different than those two places

[@erastosevdoxiadis9913]

As an immigrant to the US, I had several of the same misconceptions about the US, but I have been here 28 years now.

[@kurtbarrett6785]

I've learned from family and friends it's money well spent to buy travelers/medical insurance! My Grandma had to have a root canal in Germany, a friend had an appendectomy in Mexico, and friend got hit by a boat jet skiing in some tropical country... I can't remember exactly where. They all had bought the insurance and they were all covered really well! Was way better than my older friend who ad a heart attack in Mexico and the hospital was holding him hostage til he paid 12K in cash.

[@757optim]

We've got enough of our own people telling lies about America. We don't need any help. : )

[@Jason-KCMO]

It's law in the US if you have a bona-fide emergency, including child birth etc., medically trained people have to treat you.