Why American Health Care Makes No Sense

There is a word to describe our health care system today: grotesque. We need Medicare for All. Featuring Hari Nef and narrated by H. Jon Benjamin.

[@liambmn]

As a European, watching this feels like interdimensional cable

[@drened8502]

Unless you are German or Russian, your country probably contributes absolutely nothing to the medical world, patients fly to US to get complex treatments and your tax rate is over 50%

[@marcussixer1300]

@@drened8502 Ahahahahahahahahahah Mate Our Healthcare System ist the best in the World and our Economy is very functioning with 50%,

[@liambmn]

@@drened8502 Are you even serious? We pay half as much for healthcare as the US, yet have better treatment. And people don't die because they can't afford insulin

[@grijsmanya7292]

Germany along with the nordic countries are one of the fews that have the budget for innovation expenditures whilest the economy is downturning. This is needed but cant expalin all of it, just study up on innovation economics. Also germany is the reason for solar panels :)

[@drened8502]

@@marcussixer1300 What is your country

[@UglyStru]

The funniest thing about this video is that they literally took the BEST case scenario - an insured patient whose insurance had the courtesy to cover some of it

[@Tony29103]

That's how you do it! You show how crackhead it is even in the best light so nobody can say "well that's the worst case..." Nope..

[@jeffc5974]

Also that all of this is before they even figure out if anything is wrong.

[@Tony29103]

@@jeffc5974 yup! All consulting fees basically

[@sachinsamtani6596]

nah they gotta work they're way down to the worst case scenario.

[@blacksabbath5300]

@@sachinsamtani6596 worst case scenario, you go into debt so hard your bank account may as well not exist, you get the worst possible treatment if any and either you die from poor health care or die from lack of literally every nessecitity money gets you.

[@jeffc5974]

One thing not specifically mentioned. That $4000 is before they even find out if anything is wrong.

[@Sam-jo2hq]

This is the point legit everyone missed

[@neh8685]

Indeed. It’s so terrifying really. People are too scared to call 911 because they can’t afford the bill. They let it get to the point where people would rather die alone then be treated but be thousands of dollars in dept. but the USA still treats itself as a rich country. The United States is not a rich country, it's a poor country with a lot of money. If you're extremely talented or intelligent, and not clumsy, the US is probably the best place in the world to live. The system is stacked heavily to allow people of talent and advantage to rise to the top quickly. And people with money get more and more, and people with less will never gain more. It’s also like the prison system. You get out on parole with no money. You get no money, but you have to get your life together. No family or friends, just you. And if you need money you will (for example) will start dealing (again) just to get some money in the bank. I’m sorry for the rant lol. Got kinda carried away

[@Ichabod_Jericho]

God forbid you needed medication or a follow up. Meanwhile banks tell you you’re incapable of affording a mortgage, so you need to pay +40% to a landlord in the form of rent instead.

[@empiresdp265]

@@neh8685 yeah, my mom is a single mom and brings in 7K, im 13 and i probably dont have a say in this but I agree.

[@neh8685]

@@empiresdp265 I’m 14 (also with a single mom) and my family has been in debt ever since I got a concussion. I have a best friend from the Netherlands and they have like good insurance and they have to pay like a 10th of what we have to pay. And yes u do have a say in this so dont worry :)

[@vladriabokon6642]

The problem is that America isn’t a country anymore, its just a big business

[@SN-vn6wb]

I've never heard it put that way. Nonetheless, it's so, _so_ true.

[@mirage_panzer2274]

They keep screaming capitalism is the best and complete freedom for everyone while ignoring the bad effect of it.

[@SadToffee]

i wish, then the people would be treated like shareholders, not cattle.

[@nztxy4794]

@@mirage_panzer2274 Not really. Just get your ass up and work. Doesn't seem like you do anything productive.

[@ericneuens]

Well that isn't necessarily a bad thing. If hospitals were that same as other businesses with actual prices this would be less of an issue in the first place.

[@AchmedComedy_]

The rest of the world: “Welp, that sure makes sense!” Millions of Americans: “COMMUNISM!!”

[@metalvideos1961]

funny thing is americans are bitching about communism. yet the USSR had universal health care and china does have universal health care as well. so maybe america should become communist at leats they will have universal health care lol

[@Valyssi]

"we wouldn't want to end up like SOCIALIST SWEDEN now would we! What with their happiness index, quality of life, sensibility and and at least a semblance of a competent government" EDIT: Having to clarify because apparently sarcasm is a lost art. I'm making fun of republican fearmongering (calling everything socialist or communist). I'm not trying to imply Sweden is ACTUALLY socialist

[@k.k8791]

@@Valyssi it's a stereotype. Anything has something relate to communism is bad

[@strahinjatopalovic2540]

@@Valyssi well they are having problems with the government rn, but yea some characteristics of socialism are good in a modern capitalist country

[@5staryzzz]

@@Valyssi Sweden is communist.

[@earthman6700]

As a Brit your healthcare makes no sense.

[@Scroteydada]

As another Brit, American health insurance companies are crooks

[@raflamar4146]

As a third Brit, American Healthcare looks more like a business where, if you don’t have enough money, then you’re effectively dead.

[@chrisp5466]

As an American, I’m embarrassed. But I’m also proud to have Bernie in my country 💞

[@SnapographyAP]

As another brit, the previous 3 are all telling the truth. The US has a 3rd world health care system. Ie just for the rich

[@chrisp5466]

Snapography 100% agree.

[@Politik-mit-Kopf]

I like how Americans doubt this would work while neglecting that this has already been proven multiple times in various countries over many decades.

[@workshaw1195]

I kind of see where they are coming from because the US has a huge population. Either way, I'm leaving this shit hole when I get the chance

[@chusnacho4447]

@@workshaw1195 if you consider all the countries in europe that have public heath care , it adds to something like 700 million people, double of what the US has in population, and with some parts of europe significantly poorer than the average US zone. And public health care has worked here in europe for decades without any mayor problem.

[@louisebeiro4129]

@@workshaw1195 brazil has almost the same population as the USA and we still have free health care :) but anyway if I were you I would leave this country tho

[@workshaw1195]

@@chusnacho4447 no, I mean no singular country has a population of 300m with free health care. Out of the top 10 countries with the biggest population, 6th (Brazil) and 10th (Mexico) have free health care. USA is 3rd for referance

[@workshaw1195]

@@louisebeiro4129 they have 19 million less but still free health care. I'm going to a nordic country

[@Smileyy2K]

Wtf blood tests cost a $1000. That's outrageous

[@jules3904]

Right? I'm living in Europe and I'll tomorrow call to the doctor telling "I need a blood test", and day after tomorrow I'll go for the blood test. And I'll pay nothing for that. Even if I wanna go to the private clinic I will pay around 13$... not 1000$, lol

[@onyourleft9273]

bruh my mom take me for a blood test every month imagine paying 12000$ a year for basic human rights (that’s just a blood test)

[@DuwMinh]

@Marcin Brzeziński so uh ... living you do not consider a basic human right? well then

[@DuwMinh]

@Marcin Brzeziński it's simple: a hospital doesn't even need to charge that much. They do in the US because they "can". Hospitals in the US are a business to generate revenue first and foremost. A blood test is a simple and cheap procedure. There is no reason besides "we can get away with it, so we charge that much". Same with many other things that are health related.

[@DuwMinh]

@Marcin Brzeziński you also don't realize how tax money is used for many other things, like infrastructure which ... is abyssmal in the US. Or even education which as well is absolutely terrible and poor unless one pays privately. The general public in the US is, in comparison to other developed countries, pretty much uneducated even.

[@Perenbarn]

I hope this gets played on TV. Because that's the people who need to see this. Not a crowd on the internet that already knows this.

[@Scroteydada]

There's a lot of health insurance advertising in America so they're probably protecting their scummy asses

[@marcrow9114]

True

[@catawallupinbear3796]

I agree put it on next to Gunsmoke.....

[@melanies5082]

Good point it needs to be on TV because it's reality of what American healthcare is and what it can become.

[@modemmark421]

MSM MUST RUN THIS AD FOR FREE; IT IS A *PUBLIC* *SERVICE* *AD!*

[@SaraLevins]

I thank the lord everyday that i wasn’t born in america

[@RetroPlus]

Me too, we are truly blessed

[@siamllc]

My dream is to move to USA. I live in Pakistan. Here we lack True Democracy,Rule of law, Freedom of Speech. Have religious extremism and shitty economy. Be grateful that you're born in US

[@walkuro7384]

I thank the lord every day that I WAS born in America.

[@CSGray-nf2hx]

@@decapitatedfoul7135 if I became rich, the last place I’d move is the States. Do you know how many other rich people havens there are? I’m getting a plane ticket to Monaco. At least my money would be going to something that works there.

[@sneedfeedandseed2410]

@@walkuro7384 of COURSE an anime pfp would say that.

[@vanessalordinateur3518]

- Mommy mommy! Can Timmy and I get an xbox for Christmas? -... Okay, but you have to promise you don't get injured nor sick for the rest couple of months.

[@thegamerkhan]

You gotta ask Santa for that.

[@jesusshrek1271]

@@thegamerkhan american: can i get a dragon Santa: be realistic American: Can i get free healthcare Santa: what colour do you want your dragon

[@damncat2793]

@@jesusshrek1271lmao

[@animemoments7777]

@@jesusshrek1271 good one

[@nugsnjugs9954]

Conservatives: free healthcare is will raise taxes too much! Also conservatives: pays $800 a month for basic health coverage.

[@donlucchese7280]

This is by far the best campaign ad ever made by Bernie Sanders team.

[@sanchpaul0223]

I agree!!!!! Bernie 2020!!

[@jerrscott6373]

@@sanchpaul0223 Comrade Bernie has just cashed in his chips.

[@sanchpaul0223]

@@jerrscott6373 I feel your pain... ):

[@Phatkillz]

Don Lucchese I agree they need to spend some money and put this on public TV where it belongs.

[@jensberlin3438]

It is a blatant lie that Europe has no additional fees. For a 7 days hospital stay in one of to be best hospitals in Berlin I was cjarged 10 euros per day for food

[@hc5088]

Should we British annex America for you We have free healthcare

[@marcelguillen9235]

SNEAK 100

[@trumpetmusic5672]

@H C Actually, your government is now trying to chip away at your healthcare. And also, how are you going to criticize America when Brittain is the original imperialist? Your country taught us everything we know.

[@mistahanansi2264]

Ya know... I'll even act as a double agent for you.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yes please annex us now!

[@jeremygregorio7472]

You're leaders are planning to use Bexit to take that away. The way it'll work is America will demand you shut down the NHS during trade negotiations so we can sell you healthcare services. Without the leverage that being part of the EU gives you will agree. This might not happen, but it's the current plan

[@filiphedman4392]

So this is why everyone in the us is so scared of covid.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Ya, don't want to get slapped with a $1,800,000 bill. I'd rather have covid kill me than be stuck with that.

[@camruby3050]

You were actually much more factual that you might realize. The media causes us citizens to be misinformed about healthcare and covid. Spot on.

[@prodfulltime85]

Yeah everyone except for antivaxxers and antimaskers

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

@@TheCaptainSplatter 😭

[@argiedude3762]

@@camruby3050 media or not hey, pal, you can't afford it

[@halimwinbox2402]

The fact that America is the wealthiest country of the world and it can’t provide an universal healthcare system which would have save 68 000 life per year is absolutely crazy...

[@JustCaden]

@Scarabeoid yes but that’s one number to determine wealth of a country you have to look at more then just GDP

[@JayJay5244]

Honestly before we think about implementing a single payer healthcare system we must think about American health in general. Americans on average live such an unhealthy lifestyle that a single payer system would eventually become a burden to everyone… Maybe we should teach our children to be healthy first, feed them nutritious meals at school, have them work out on a regular basis, incentivize sport activities outside of school etc… Even the military came out and said the shape of our youth, and eventually adults when they grow older, is a threat to national security, as there will be less and less able bodied men who can serve… That of course would require a reform in our school system and honestly I dunno what is less likely to happen at this point, M4A or school system reform…

[@berrycarbs]

@@JustCaden It's not the wealthiest country in the world but the biggest economy. There's a huge difference.

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

@@JustCaden US isnt that bad still nowhere near the first spot Ekhm negative International trade Unlike Germany or even fukin China

[@hypppo]

false

[@skipgrumblis]

Good to know that Bob Belcher supports Bernie’s Med4All.

[@uhhhiiiihruu]

God bless trump god bless america Your name made me have a stroke

[@SoroEyail]

@God bless trump god bless america Jesus loves said losers. You should reflect on the scripture in Matthew 7

[@skipgrumblis]

God bless trump god bless america hey buddy go vote in Wisconsin, or take that trip to Italy or Spain you’ve been wanting.

[@Albert-hz3qs]

Anarchist Shark guess your gonna die if you can’t pay

[@aakashbaliga1881]

@God bless trump god bless america so everyone in the UK is a loser? Australia? Canada? South Korea? Sweden? More countries than cells in your brain?

[@Skarix]

At this point, can you even consider the US a developed country anymore? Some third world countries have free healthcare, for crying out loud! Edit: I’ve got to clarify that I do not in fact live in the US. I just don’t want people to suffer or die, and I think the richest and most influential country in the world shouldn’t be worse than everyone else. I’ll just say this: you guys can (and should) do way better

[@likeguiltdoes]

Add in the lack of access to education, crumbling infrastructure meaning many don't have clean water, corrupt politics, and general poverty....yeah. It's a third world country.

[@Sepia1989]

I always feel Americans are so weird. Most of you still prefer gas cooking while induction is much safer and better in every way. And you still use toilet paper to clean while a bidet (edit: BUM GUN, not bidet) is cleaner and doesn't give you hemorrhoids. And your medical leadership tell you masks won't help against COVID-19 and wait until people are dying everywhere to reverse the decision. Most Asian countries clean ass with water, use induction cookers and wore masks since January.

[@amberleeannalee1999]

Skarix true dat

[@pinkerton732]

Skarix Cuba does better in health than we do they already have a cure for diabetes according to VICE News

[@GrandmaCathy]

No. Not for like 30 years or so.

[@itaiganzimaliniak3492]

imagine this being a new concept in your country

[@plairo.]

Third world countries be like

[@oevergonzalez5005]

@@plairo. truly, health itself is a new concept 🤷‍♂️

[@cloroxbleach9222]

@@plairo. Not even developing countries think US healthcare is a good idea

[@pekee9304]

healthcare is cheap af here in argentina 😀

[@the1untitled]

@@plairo. you know third world countries also have universal healthcare, like Ethiopia

[@snave4o4]

Didn’t realize Archer was such a fan of the single payer system.

[@bionmccool]

Considering the sheer number of hospital visits he has to undertake with the crippling alcoholism and highly dangerous job sure as hell he does. Did I say he had to go through cancer treatment?

[@AnarchyInsanity]

H. Jon Benjamin is like a HUGE support of leftist ideas and honestly that knowledge makes me love his work even more.

[@-ik]

this is probably off topic but a user named jane doe was one of the first players in roblox and has been associated with a fake “hacking incident” in march 18 which if you log on to roblox you will be banned

[@jellevaneijk9397]

@@-ik Jane Doe is also just the female version of "John Doe" a name that basically refers to nobody and everybody.

[@jellevaneijk9397]

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[@gc6854]

I have lived under The American and Canadian health system. CANADA WINS - This video explains clearly.

[@nathalie_desrosiers]

Same here. I 100% agree.

[@gc6854]

Steven You are why it is difficult for the world to like Americans. You symbolize an arrogance of absolute stupidity.

[@Fullmetalseagul]

@Swae Ocean You 100% unironically enjoy watching Alex Jones, don't you? How many of his fake supplements have you bought?

[@replyorratioifugaysaycrymo1684]

SSA BOR Is that why we have the most cases, spinning the facts as usual for dumb Biden and Trump MAGA supporters

[@ursamagickmt672]

Who the hell is Steven?

[@fahriakalin5936]

The government is stealing my house because my dad had a stroke and died, the state sent a bill for $1 million dollars and since my dad's name is on our house the government is stealing my house.

[@fahriakalin5936]

They're stealing my house. It's not even my medical debt.

[@poisonduckee]

Sorry Fahri, I feel for you :*( Shouldn't be this way.

[@kush1632]

Oh my, I'm so sorry!! Bernie definitely wouldn't let this happen!!

[@mitchcarpenter3124]

Do some slight forgery (in Minecraft)

[@P4ndieEy3ss]

That’s an outrage. You should be allowed to grieve in the security of your home and not worry about anything to do with hospital bills. Losing a loved one is hard enough.

[@proleterriert8075]

Nobody even talking about how they got Archer to voice this. STERLING FUCKING ARCHER!!!! *WHOOOOOOOOOOOO* ✊🏻

[@enemy1191]

it's Bob for me

[@fishfeeder8098]

H. Jon Benjamin is a national treasure

[@warm07]

Yesss I'm glad I'm not the only one that recognized that

[@LastJames]

@@enemy1191 It almost feels like an ad you'd see on Bob's burgers or something

[@camilopineda6648]

@@enemy1191 it’s the gas station guy who’s friends with Chris from family guy for me

[@cronos4024]

As a german citizen it is crazy to see a nation like America struggling with this. Especially a nation that claims to be free. Turns out most of that freedom is superficial and serves exploiters. Rock on America! Share all your pain and misery with the world!

[@intermilan9731]

Aren't you too busy getting replaced by islamists, thanks to Commissar Merkel? ISlamist countries don't evenhave any health care unless they have large reserves of oil.

[@joantorruella4891]

@@intermilan9731 your racism doesen’t even allow you to form coherent senteces. Wtf are you talking about and what does islamism have to do with this

[@lena-nv1gw]

@@intermilan9731 The conspiracy that Germans are somehow getting replaced by Islam is not only factually nonsense, but also deeply racist. If you actually put effort into learning about other countries, faiths and ways of living, you might realize that integrating foreign ideas, such as universal health care, could drastically improve the country and system you live in.

[@clickbaitosaurus1977]

@@intermilan9731 What are you talking about? Don't be mad that you live in the second fattest country in the world, with one the lowest mathematical and scientific scores among developed countries, and as the video thoroughly explained, an incredibly incompetent healthcare system.

[@GrandmaCathy]

Yeah, that whole "freedom," thing? B.S. We are the most surveilled population in the world. Why? Because they know what's coming, even if the sheeple do not.

[@joelromero6074]

Archer supports Bernie? That's what I like to hear. Also screw Joe "did I mention Obama" Biden.

[@Swolliam107]

Steven what are talking about?

[@DannyandPatty]

Malory: You were campaigning for SOCIALIST BERNIE SANDERS??

[@Auroth_DI]

In the rest of the civilized world your system is considered just as much of a healthcare crisis as Corona.

[@r_bear]

@@ilan6076 lol

[@tylerhackner9731]

It’s part of why the US has the most cases in the world. We need Medicare for All!

[@KrAkEn710420]

One in the same now.

[@myyomil]

@@ilan6076 We have waiting lists full of people with chronic disease who's greedy insurance companies waste time by negotiating with the hospitals over every little thing trying to make as much profit as possible and it prevents patients from getting treated on time. Took my mom like 4 months to get a surgery for cancer. Luckily it didn't spread during that time and become even worse. In a place like Canada there are waiting lists to prioritize the people who need treatment the most instead of prioritizing whoever is most profitable. You don't have to wait 4 months for a life saving surgery in Canada.

[@Cangeltibon]

Steven Please don’t speak on topics you don’t understand, yes in Canada you MIGHT have to wait up to 6 months for a knee replacement, but your knee will be replaced with no up front cost. Canada and the rest of the industrialized world healthcare is by NEED so if you’re in critical need you go to the front of the line unlike in the US where people die from lack of health insurance and being passed over for patients who can pay regardless of their condition. America has the most advanced healthcare NOT the best outcomes so yes rich people here and from all around the world can get the best treatment available. But hundreds of thousands of Americans die of easily preventable and treatable aliments.

[@rexxi2637]

How to live in America? 1:dont sick 2:avoid accident 3:dont do things that will broke your bone or something 4:eat healthy 5:take care of yourself 6:dont have children Step 7 and 8 really easy... 7:never born in America 8:never born at all.....

[@Yoda-wf6bu]

Freedom!

[@imnotsofunny824]

Number 4 is something the entire world seems unable to wrap their head around

[@adventurewithjeremy9862]

You forgot another point: Be super rich.

[@dineshpalla5024]

Wear an armoured suit cause you can be killed any time

[@34-dihydroxyphenethylamine8]

The 7 and 8 may be luck based though

[@felixberg662]

Americans: Please we just dont wana die bc we cant pay the hospital bill American goverment: Ye thats cool and all but what if we strap this rocket to a motorcykel?

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

Rocket?? On a motorcycle??? That is so much more important!!!

[@heyodi3092]

Hahahaha

[@Circuitssmith]

"Nearly 20% of that paycheck is going to be spent on..." Me: "Burgers" ".... Healthcare." Me: " I knew that."

[@donHooligan]

suddenly want a "What The Focaccia" burger.

[@vitaliep]

I live in the UK. Guys, what you have in US is insanity, the whole Europe is in horror of what you have. Few days ago I called an ambulance and had a blood test. £0. My wife gave birth in one of the best hospitals in London. £0. My wife had a brain surgery. £0. On average I pay £7 for almost any medication I need. Do our doctors and surgeons make mistakes, sure they do. Is the waiting line sometimes ridiculous, yes. For that we do have private clinics, that I never used. Even if I did, I wouldn’t pay that crazy money you do. We’re just not worried about medical costs and that’s how it should be. Cmon, join us already

[@arunavaghatak8614]

None of those is actually 0£. You forgot to take into account the amount the taxpayer paid for you.

[@lukaspieper633]

@@arunavaghatak8614 As can be seen in the video (and in real life examples) less of the tax money is put towards healthcare in countries with universal healthcare. The US system is worse and more expensive.

[@selfloathinggameing]

@@arunavaghatak8614 in most of Europe the money that you WOULD pay to insurance in America is instead paid in taxes, also being significantly less since the government doesn't need to turn a profit

[@thinktransnational]

@@arunavaghatak8614 I would gladly pay both my $300 monthly premium and my $1,400 deductible in taxes each year if it meant going to the doctor in this country would never land me a copay or surprise bill afterward in addition what I’m already forking over every month.

[@ryancappo]

Yeah, the $400/month premium is just the entry fee to get in the door. I can't imagine what brain surgery would cost. Probably $50,000 or more? A hospital birth costs $10,000 or so if it goes routinely. Oh, and there are waiting lines in the US too unless you are in the top 0.1%.

[@jaaz8125]

I was a type 1 diabetic Canadian who lived for 20 years in the USA. I left in 2021. Their healthcare system has very much EARNED the title "Byzantine Nighttmare" during my time there. It's why I'll not return to work there for the rest of my life.

[@TASCOLP]

As a European watching this, it feels like a normal and daily thing.

[@spongeboblover7052]

as a western european would be more suitable

[@FernandoOliveira-wp7ed]

bruh, even as a south-american this feels like a normal and dauly thing

[@cakeisyummy5755]

@@spongeboblover7052 I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Public Healthcare System(s) are pretty good here.

[@coagulatedsalts4711]

@@FernandoOliveira-wp7ed even in the middle east this is somewhat normal. the government reduces your fees based off your income. i don't have to pay any taxes (bcs the country i live in is rich af and the govt doesn't need it) and even then the government will cut off like 90% of the cost for anything. my sister had a dental operation and the government made that 70,000 QAR bill into a 7000 QAR one because we could afford 7000 easily.

[@P4ndieEy3ss]

I’m Aussie and grew up with Medicare (our universal healthcare system). The US system makes no sense to me.

[@tirobo]

@Fred Davis no, luckily they don't have to pay into the most expensive health-care in the world, the US', lucky for them!

[@P4ndieEy3ss]

Fred Davis well that’s nasty. I hope your country gets through this pandemic okay. It doesn’t look very good right now. I can’t help but wish the US was smart enough to have Medicare for All, but I guess most Americans are afraid of change.

[@jimpeschke3435]

The U.S. Healthcare system doesn't suck - the payment system does. Unfortunately, Bernie's "solution" would only make it worse by exacerbating the same problems that cause healthcare to be so expensive in the U.S. - lack of consumer choice.

[@ermericcarolissen694]

@@jimpeschke3435 How exactly? Currently you have lots of medical insurance companies and hospitals and doctors but you STILL pay double what other countries do. Under a single payer system the government will pay a flat rate to providers and those that charge too much will price themselves out of the market.

[@jimpeschke3435]

@@Tolpuddle581 Universal healthcare in the U.S. would likely be worse than what we have today. Unfortunately, too many people think that the only alternative to America's existing system is universal healthcare. Much better than a socialist health care bureaucracy would be a free-market system. I suspect many don't understand this because they falsely believe that we have a free market healthcare system now. We don't.

[@Sorenzo]

"Why are we like this?" I've spent like 13 years trying to figure that out.

[@travishill3256]

Emil Sørensen Billionaires own America it’s that simple. They own the media. They own the insurance companies. They own doctor visits. They own large corporations we have to give our money too. They own us. There is nothing wrong with people owning lots of money and being wealthy. This issue is we need money out of politics and for the top 1 percent to finally pay their fair share in taxes.

[@lindseystein9676]

The answer is simple- corporations take priority over people in the US, insurance companies spend millions upon millions to create propaganda about the evils of Medicare for all/ lobbying/ campaign donations and a lot of people are easily misled into believing Medicare for all is a terrible thing.

[@travishill3256]

Consider signing this petition. Bernie Sanders should run on the Green Party ticket. chng.it/cxBJyZPZf9

[@JRMCNEA]

I have the answer. Because the people who want to change it. Are too busy trying to be friends with people who don't.

[@MrStuVW]

i've spent 40 years screaming out loud for nothing, america is a nothing people.

[@sejanFN]

She: Earns 60k and still can't afford health care? Me in South Asia: earning 2k per year

[@BigGuy223]

I feel bad for you! It gets better though!!

[@jasperpluk]

@@BigGuy223 you have to keep in mind that the Economy is different there, sure 2k a year really isn't much but their prices are most of the time waaay lower compared to the western world, because of the low income per capita.

[@happynoob7625]

@@jasperpluk 2K Is a LOT man i live in SEA

[@ikhwanzainal1239]

@@happynoob7625 no 2k dollar per year are actually lower than average citizen income in SEA, or maybe in Malaysia at least. My family are considered having lower than average standard of living, but we still make around 3.6k dollar per annum (15,000MYR)

[@bionmccool]

@@jasperpluk yea they can afford water and rice at lower prices than US, but they still pay for things like PHONES for full price. Hell there are many people who take a loan to buy a piece of shit phone to be able to work.

[@agentethalmor6106]

I will never understand how someone can think that it is normal and fair to pay thousands of dollars for simple medical care and god help you if you ended up actually needing some real treatment.

[@nancymesek]

As an expat for 30 years, living in 2 different countries, I’d never move back to the USA for this reason alone. I never need to worry if I need care. I get it and recover. No phone calls, no bill. Oh, and because of strong labour laws, I’m paid while I recover.

[@CC-vq1yg]

System A: designed to rip off the sick and the dying. System B: everyone gets the healthcare they need, and gets paid while they recover. And people are actively choosing system A, because "freedom", "but Venezuela" or "USA, USA, USA"

[@ursamagickmt672]

@@CC-vq1yg You forgot Obama's birth certificate and Hillary's emails. 😖

[@CC-vq1yg]

@@ursamagickmt672 true, and if you have the iq of a bag of rocks those are both very valid concerns.

[@metalvideos1961]

thats the case in the netherlands as well. if you are sick you get payed 75% of your wages for the first 2 months. after that its 70%. its not the full 100 percent but its at least enough to live from so you still can pay your bills and dont have to worry to be kicked out of your house for being sick.

[@antoniousai1989]

In Italy, the SSN covers basically everything except a 10-20-25 euro ticket every once in a while for non-life-saving treatment or test, and you can easily afford that payment. I was oblivious to how much treatment for serious disease could cost (cancer treatment or similar) because we simply don't have any idea what a medical bill is. I could not live in the US, I can't live life worrying that if I fall and break a leg, that could cost me my house, it's ridiculous.

[@danielbos6197]

#Bernie 2020, this advert is way way way overdue......should have been done a long time ago

[@ResistEvolve]

I'm suspicious of why Tara Reade has only come out, at the point that will take a miracle for Bernie to be the nominee. Biden won't be able to use that Drumpf is a Bill Cosby-esque sexual predator now on the campaign trail!

[@silus73]

@@ResistEvolve She had been trying all year to get MeToo to take her case, after enough run around and a finally a solid no from them was when the The Hill took up the mantel to tell the story of abuse now that MeToo was corrupted.

[@ResistEvolve]

@@silus73 It sure could have helped get a nominee that can attack Drumpf on the fact he's a serial sexual predator the sooner she was out in the media (than when she actually has been)! It doesn't surprise me at all/whatsoever that Time's Up is connected with the establishment of the Democratic Party! NOW has been no friend to Bernie for example, he arguably has the policies that would benefit women most of any candidate.

[@aakashbaliga1881]

@@ResistEvolve agreed. Bernie's policies include higher taxes on the rich and more benefits to the people. Bernie is a skilled debater and speaker. But Biden can't form coherent sentences and Trump will wipe the floor with him in the general election.

[@gridvid]

Let's do Google Ads do it's thing please!

[@wolvenedvard3049]

USA’s health care payment system. As an European, can I ask: WHY HASN’T IT CHANGED YET???

[@SL3DApps]

Republicans

[@CallMeSpace]

Capitalism and to add on the relentlessness for people to turn to even socialism at this degree that literally helps you more than it hurts.

[@mirage_panzer2274]

@@CallMeSpace damn even some 3rd world country like the SE Asians use mix economy. Socialism is there so that gov can control such things like electric, water and healthcare price/cost for people while people still free to run business and all. Too bad anything that sounds socialism labelled as communism there it seems

[@johnr.6023]

@@SL3DApps You're honestly part of the problem by blaming one party when they're both the main issue here. If we really want to fix this then we'll have to challenge our government and not by protests because they seem to ignore that as well, we need to work as a independent community who doesn't have to rely its government for important tasks. Even if people tried to fight back they'd be labeled as "terrorists" by the American propaganda.

[@johnr.6023]

@@CallMeSpace Capitalism may not be perfect but the problem with America's capitalism is greed. Other countries that hold value on capitalism have a better balance compared to America. Just look at Europe, Japan, South Korea as an example, they seem to use their systems better than us, and even value it more than us.

[@dingus_doofus]

American Health Care makes sense. If you realise it as a racket scheme.

[@michael_stocker]

I remember some really shady corps were buying up health care in the 90s, right about the time HMOs were coming on strong. Now health care has degenerated into a racket as you attest. Some really bad players took control of health care and our evil government will do nothing to stop them; on the contrary, our government enables them.

[@Sasha1234575]

OMG---thanks god, i am from germany. The costs are insane in USA.

[@jalapenopepper3282]

You're lucky because some Germans in different video comment section say that they want to move to the US smh

[@mistercreeper674]

@@jalapenopepper3282 idiots...

[@flavortown289]

@@jalapenopepper3282 Every country has its crazy conservatives.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

how about vocally pushing for this NOW rather than saying nice things about Biden...

[@MeSoyCapitan]

You know he wrote the bill proposing this ages ago, right? He's done nothing but push, but with a republican owned senate there's nothing he can do.

[@JustMe-ec2ph]

What do you think Bernie has been pushing for years? SMH But some people care more about finding fault then they do Bernie's policies. YT Video "The Impostors are Libertarians in Progressive Clothing" on Steve Grumbine's channel "Real Progress In Action" as a Bernie supporter that is one of the best videos I've heard. BEWARE he speaks truth to power.

[@daysjours]

Because Bernie has revealed himself to be an utter fraud. He is all theatre and no action. I am enraged that he voted for the "stimulus package". He is a phony "revolutionary" whose main concern is keeping on the good side of Biden, Pelosi & Schumer. He had the power to make significant demands (not crappy 4 months of unemployment during an historic pandemic) and hold up the bill. He disgusts me.

[@JustMe-ec2ph]

@@daysjours Oh stuff it. You care more about making sure major corps don't get anything then you do about all of the unemployed workers that need the part of that bill that is for them! I don't like that part of the bill, either, but it was either that, too, or nothing for the unemployed. You think you can do better run for office and do it. You and people like you disgust me that care more about Bernie going on personal attacks then you do POLICIES more than you do people dying because of not having the money for healthcare. "...Bernie has always been but one guy! Name a candidate who has had a legitimate chance of building a movement getting elected etc. that has taken the bold steps that Bernie Sanders has taken in your lifetime? Reality is Bernie Sanders is the only one. I love Ajamu Baraka but he hasn't moved the needle in this regard. There is no one that has come close to Bernie Sanders not a soul not a single soul..." "...We all want to hold our politicians accountable right makes sense but look at all the wars Bernie Sanders has taken on for us. Look at all of the things nobody has ever I mean Obama caved in before he even had a chance to get started when it came to things like I don't know Medicare for all. What did Bernie Sanders do? He has just non stop beat this down that it should be a right. Obama went out there and sold us insurance reform. It didn't do anything but fatten the insurance companies. It certainly didn't help anybody or very few people lets be fair. Most people that have health insurance today can't afford to use it..." "...So I want you to understand I really want you to understand really really want you to understand if you don't see Bernie Sanders take on everything you ever thought he should take on that's okay you know there is non profits like Real Progressives is a non profit It's a 501C3 where Real Progress in Action is a non profit but it's a 501C4. We can sit there we can say the things Bernie Sanders can't while he's trying to curry favor with the establishment. He's trying to win an election amongst people who f***ing hate him, okay? The guy is hated by the Dem establishment so that means that WE not me US comes into play, right? If there are groups out there that can fight for election integrity they should be doing it. They shouldn't be kicking the legs out from under Sanders they should be doing the hard work for him because he's got think about this he's advancing a Green New Deal, he's advancing Medicare for all, he's advancing a FJG, he's advancing child care as a right, he is advancing infrastructure, he's advancing expanding Social Security, he has elevated Stephanie Kelton the MMT economist that has made all of the stuff possible. He has done more for us in his one little pinky than most of us will ever do in our entire lifetime..." "...Our alternative Media has a responsibility this is the not me us movement and it's not just to take the cool edgy way for those people that don't like Sanders and kick his legs out from under him while he's advancing these ideas. You've got to understand how hard it is and I think we all see it by the way I don't think this is rocket science. I think we all see that trying to get centrist Democrats that have been tormented and tortured their own way with the red scare McCarthyism all the other stuff that the Boomer generation went through with duck and cover, you know all the fear of Vietnam they've carried the scars of the red scare their entire lives they've been tainted by fears of the word socialism so to their credit they're scared they've been lied to. It's out job outside the election season and during the election season to explain these things to them so when it comes time for the election season that they are in fact listening but what you've got is this tilted you know like those Ira glasses okay where the upper age groups voted for Biden or supported Biden and then you've got everyone down below the entirety of the whole country supported Bernie so you know things are changing but we've still have plenty of time in my opinion right here right now if we don't squander it chasing ghosts if the not me us movement decides that we are going to advance these causes regardless regardless of the bull sh*t the establishment is pulling because of the very very unique nature of a pandemic because of the very very unique nature of what is about to come with the greatest depression of all folks I can't even tell you as a guy that understands economics I am watching this Tsunami come across and you guys have your back to it. Some of you guys think you might see it I am telling you most of you don't see it you don't even know what's coming because you've paid attention to other people talking about Bernie Sanders didn't say something or he called Joe Biden his friend and that got you distracted from watching the Tsunami come through. Sorry about that is just low hanging fruit that some of these alt media people will bang on to get likes and clicks but the Tsunami coming through is very real and it's going to harm your children it's going to harm you it's going to harm your friends and your neighbors. It's going to harm everyone in this country, black, white, gay, straight. There's going to be some rich people that survive it without any kind of real issue. There's going to be an incredible amount of pain coming and we can't sit there and worry about whether Bernie tried to curry favor by not pissing off all of the boomers that love Biden and have memories of Obama being a god and people that lived and died for the Clinton's. He's got to some how or another win just enough of their vote over to be able to make a difference because he's hoping that the people don't go ahead and start sh*t talking him moving off into some bizarro Tulsi land okay and that they stay firmly rooted in the movement so that he can go out there and curry those people that otherwise wouldn't give a progressive the time of day because they are still living in the McCarthyism era. That red scare is very real..." "...Go strolling through a Wal-Mart sometime and ask them what they think about the word Socialism? And watch them, their veins will come out of their head, well, I don't like Socialism f*** that Socialism thing. They don't even know what it means but they know they hate it. That's how powerful the propaganda has been. So Bernie had to HOPE AND PRAY THAT HE COULD COUNT ON THE FAITHFUL TO NOT DEPART AND GO CHASE AFTER lesser stags or stagettes and that they would stay firmly in his camp and not sh*t talk him while he tried to work the back doors to get past these bozos in the establishment. It's a tough gig man I wouldn't want to do it I won't do it so it's kinda hard for me to poke holes in it but I can tell you I see the errors, not the errors he did, but the errors we did..." STEVE GRUMBINE quotes from YT channel Real Progress In Action Video "The Impostors are Libertarians in Progressive Clothing" kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYDUhZSlhLSUaKM

[@daysjours]

Just Me you are a silly fanboy. I hold leaders accountable. Bernie is a fraud by his own beliefs and statements and contrary actions. He is lockstep with the Establishment he rails against giving them everything they demand and crumbs for the rest is us. You will see sooner or later. I’m muting you now as I want no more dialogue.

[@biggiedii4889]

As an Australian, hearing Americans trash talk my country because we "aren't free" is hilarious. At least my medical bill reads a big fat $0 should I need medical attention.

[@mobshot2555]

US gov: raises taxes to provide free healthcare. US citizen: So can I get the free healthcare without the taxes?

[@tommyfortress7515]

Lol

[@ronniefurbs]

Obviously you did not watch the video.

[@intermilan9731]

The average leftist has below average IQ.

[@bionmccool]

Insurance companies already paid tax dollars for fucking nothing: HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@gottagoMS123]

The US people doesn't realize that with this system, the money that originally goes to the insurance companies as premium now goes to taxes to fund universal health care. They don't pay a cent extra and, in fact, pay much less to the government in comparison to insurance companies who seeks profit and more profit.

[@cdck19a]

Bernies campaign should have been doing these ads from the beginning.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

Dan Morgan kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ndgmZvo5eXqtk, they have, this is from January.

[@martharetallick204]

Amen!

[@jerrscott6373]

I think Bernie should begin to run these ads first thing tomorrow morning. Oh...wait! What's this? Comrade Bernie won't be on the campaign trail tomorrow.

[@helenebazblack]

my brother once had a really bad allergic reaction when we were visiting LA but we did everything to avoid going to the hospital because the american system is so bad

[@jose1999silva]

America isn’t a country , it’s a business

[@janepalmer3706]

I think it’s funny, the rhetoric taught to us in school about early Americans coming here to escape religious persecution. Elementary curriculum loves to talk about pilgrims lol. There were only 102 of them and most of them died! The rest were either greedy businessmen who were once middle managers for the Queen, or part of the poor and enslaved that those men brought here to line their pockets. America was never a land of the free. It was always a business.

[@y0u_called]

The whole wack thing to do with American healthcare. Is the single reason why I will never live in America if given the chance.

[@frozentoaster2582]

I think it’d benefit you if you were making a lot of money and moved to a state like Nevada where there’s no state income tax. You’d end up paying less in taxes and with all the money you saved you could cover any medical bills.

[@tirthankarsingh8776]

@@frozentoaster2582 Brother the health care are way to expensive in US. In India in just 1/75 dollars.you get many things covered.And most costy bills are also just 10000 dollars(in case of organ transplant or anything) still people think its costly😂.and US citizens which are not even highest per capita country think IS is good in !medicare😂

[@squirrelhallowino29]

@@frozentoaster2582 Idk man, living in europe rn and i can basically pay nothing for most procedures, queues were pretty fast b4 covid, and are still if you have any major procedure coming that it's urgent. You can have appoitments with private psychiatrists and psychologists for under 20$, medicine is cheap, insulin is free, my uncle has diabetes and everything is super fast for him, even covid vaccines were given months before anyone else without any condition, and he is a immigrant. I don't really care much about healthcare, since i basically don't use it, but it puts into perspective if i had to pay that much for when i do use it, how different life would've been. I had cancer at age 3, 10 years of treatment, if i were to be in the U.S i think my family would still be broke to this day, 20 years later.

[@benjaminrubenstein421]

@@frozentoaster2582 It’s still expensive, I pay $1125 a month for me, my wife and my three kids.

[@roxyraccoon8856]

*Sterling Archer is making a lot of sense.*

[@wvu05]

The man who makes the Arby's sandwiches is, too.

[@JoeriU]

Also Bob Belcher, he too makes sense.

[@kimberleyb4002]

My husband had a stroke, he was in the hospital for a few weeks and then a rehab hospital for a few weeks. They’ve given us supplies for his feeding tube, they’ve paid for the medications and the food he needs thank you Canada. He’s recovered so well he’s going back to work soon. The the other day we got our one and only bill, $45 for the ambulance. I am in a medical care for all country. My family is almost completely recovered from this and with the additional support he’s changed his health habits around completely. Many more years of us paying our taxes contributing to society and economy and raising an even healthier family.

[@victorpradha9946]

D@mn...here in the U.S., your husband could have expected a bill for MORE THAN $32,000.00

[@nottsoserious]

American: gets bankrupted by sudden, unexpected doctor visit Swedish: Gets flown into ER by helicopter ambulance. Gets extensive heart surgery by one of country's best surgeons. Stays in hospital for nearly a month. Pays 0 kronor for it all. I would gladly take slightly higher taxation for that.

[@HelloIamCloudy]

You’re just paying less to a different entity.

[@benjaminwiklund2602]

Not even the countries best surgeons, some of teh surgeons we have are world class.

[@nottsoserious]

@@HelloIamCloudy Yeah pretty much. It's pretty much insurance but with way more peace of mind. And it's subsidized for poorer people by the higher taxes on the extremely rich. Works pretty well imo.

[@HelloIamCloudy]

@@nottsoserious works pretty well in the minds of 67% of Americans, too. The thing poor Republicans need in, say, rural Kentucky, is democratic socialism. All they need to do is stop watching stations that paint the solution as the enemy.

[@intermilan9731]

So you are saying countries with tiny populations are better off? Oooh woooooooowwww. Ground bbbbbreaaaking.

[@TechnoCaveman1]

Finally a video from USA that clearly and simply explains the madness that is occurring in USA WRT health insurance. As an Australian it never ceases to amaze me that Americans just don't get it when it comes to health care. Doesn't anybody in USA question why the rest of the developed world doesn't use their system of health care. Health care is a human right and not a privilege for the rich.

[@behr121002]

Beautiful job exposing and skewering this absurd system!!

[@martinhellooo7021]

As European and I was really confused watching this video because universal healthcare seems so natural and obvious to me. I can’t imagine living in a country that makes me pay for my health in any other way than my taxes. That’s a common sense right here

[@drened8502]

I'm assuming you are polish or some other kind of eastern European? I've seen the state of your hospitals, the queues, constant begging for donations on television for children with complex medical problems. Don't preach quality healthcare, I'd rather pay than spend a single day in those blue hospital walls.

[@dacius3094]

@@drened8502 i ma from Poland and stop lying, of course our system isn’t ideal and has some problems but is definitely better than ur american „have money or die” basically.

[@drened8502]

@@dacius3094 Hahahha ok fella. Enjoy the blue wall crumbling hospitals, hopefully those EU coins reduce your hospital waiting line from 9 years to 5

[@dacius3094]

bruh i've waited 0 sec to get my rehabilitation (for my backbone) i've waited 0 sec to get to the doctor when i was i'll and i've waited 0 sec when i had to be admitted to the hospital after a strong alergic reaction. You don't live in Poland? Then stop spreading lies based on one visit or even only based on some photos you've seen, probably from the past and presenting patological places, not the mediocre ones.

[@derberater9372]

@@dacius3094 bro don't even try to argue with him. Typical American

[@justarandomdude1796]

Me (an European) be like: What da Hell I though this was in every "normal" developed country

[@stuff9283]

You know even as a Republican this sounds really nice why does this have to be divided by politics

[@sugarly69]

You know, as a non-American observer, your politics is broken man. It’s not healthy.

[@kanecitizen]

I'm not from the US and from what I observed US politics are broken as fuck, quite literally the equivalent of a mirror that got dropped off a skyscraper.

[@thinktransnational]

It doesn’t have to be. I know a few Republicans who actually cast their primary vote back in 2016 for Bernie, specifically cause they supported his position universal healthcare. We just gotta get the right people in office, that’s all. And by that’s all I means this Herculean tasks of getting money and conspiracies out of politics.

[@goodchildmusic0]

My favorite story is from the bassist of Darkest Hour. They were touring in the UK when he got bit by a spider on his foot (I think it was a Brown Recluse). He was admitted to the hospital and the doctors were able to cut and stop the infection thus saving his foot. It cost him $15. Something like that would put someone in medical debt here in the US.

[@saturationstation1446]

around 30 - 40k in debt for that here lmao. or any venom treatment here really lol

[@goodchildmusic0]

@@saturationstation1446 yeah. Totally insane. The land of the free everybody 😆

[@cheesuscheetos4076]

A brown recluse in Britain?

[@goodchildmusic0]

@@cheesuscheetos4076 I don't know if that was the exact spider. It left a hole the size of a nickel in his foot. That's why I say it was a Brown Recluse.

[@maddysutherland3166]

@@goodchildmusic0 Bad luck. Not native to Britain- we don't have any venomous spiders.

[@CyclingNowhere]

I'm uninsured & poor. Never had trouble receiving treatment. I just ignore the bills afterwards.

[@CyclingNowhere]

@@ilan6076 In 2018, I lost my parent's health insurance after turning 26. I ended up hospitalized where a social worker filled out an application for me to receive a hospital sponsorship. I'm yet to apply for 2020, but had all my 2018-2019 bills wiped away.

[@victoriagrayson7079]

@@CyclingNowhere you got to stay on your parents insurance until you were 26 years old...thanks to The Affordable Care Act,..thank Obama and BIDEN... Most 26 year olds would know, the hospital would have helped you if you would have gone to a social worker. Duh....

[@donHooligan]

@East Side 100X better than USA inc. except for Standing Rock part 2 which is finishing up there. #WetSuwetEnSolidarity #Unistoten unistoten.camp

[@jerrscott6373]

@@victoriagrayson7079 In 1944, a multitude of 20-somethings stared death in the face as they stormed the beaches at Normandy. In 2020, we have a boatload of 20-somethings still on their parents' insurance, frolicking on the beaches, and needing safe places. My how times have changed.

[@darrenivak4536]

Thanks for telling the truth Bernie❤❤❤ the hearts are just for you brother

[@duke605]

Honestly the fact that “won’t I be paying more in taxes” question is asked so much just shows the failings of the American education system

[@cakeassassin6277]

You Will probably pay less more taxes than you for ensurance. You may pay more or less if you are fat ( sugar tax)

[@jack4316]

@@cakeassassin6277 @duke605 The average tax an European citizen pays is a little lower than the Average tax an USA citizen pays. I had to do research in this topic because I wanted to know if we (europeans) really paid more taxes than the USA, and as it turns out we actually pay less :D, not THAT much (about a few hundreds of euros/dollars) but it still shows that despite having no free healthcare the USA citizens pay way more taxes than the European citizens with free healthcare.

[@danielladwein2570]

@@jack4316 Also even if EU countries would pay more taxes (I am Hungarian), overall if you would include healthcare, education,etc.. the US citizens would pay a higher percentage of their income than EU citizens. For example let's say that I would pay 30% of my income on taxes. 70% would be basically my own, and I could spend it on whatever I want. In the US for example you would pay 30% for taxes, than 10-15% on healthcare, another 10-15% on education, etc. What you emd up keepimg is already less than half of what you earned. (These numbers were just for demonstration) EU forever!

[@intermilan9731]

Raise taxes so that obese leftist karens don't die from heart attacks. They are gooood people. We need to save them. LOOOL

[@thegamerkhan]

@@intermilan9731 Via your logic let's bring in execution for every American state. We're killing all the "bad" people. Even though that's never worked this will be the first time it will.

[@bobitboo2792]

3:10 made me reach for the ‘like’ button. Only to realize I already clicked it

[@marcrow9114]

Haha

[@breadmoneyarchival]

Keep it up Bernie! It may be an uphill battle, but you will win this election! #freehealthcare

[@daysjours]

BS - he forfeited long ago by continually saying how "decent" Biden is, how he is "his friend" and that "of course Biden can win." Bernie is a fraud.

[@jerrscott6373]

Apparently, old Comrade Bernie didn't think he would win the election.

[@elaowczarczyk7143]

As a Canadian watching this feels so alien to me

[@saftwlt8810]

Meanwhile me in germany going to the doctor for free, riding with an ambulance for free, getting braces for free, getting pneumonia treatment for free but still being unhappy about our healthcare-system because I have to wait too long in the hospital:

[@marley2091]

How tf did you get braces for free?

[@toni4376]

@@marley2091 your Insurance Covers a percentage probably 50 to 60% or even More and u have to pay the Rest. But after a succesful treatment u get Ur Money back (all the Money u spend on Ur braces)

[@foxsux6000]

Pay more for less = The American Way.

[@realdragon]

Imagine thinking life is privilidge but having a weapon is right

[@realdragon]

@Central Intelligence Agency Official Can be removed, and what good it is if you can't afford to be healthy

[@tgdelta2455]

Imagine trying to push a ludicrous gun ban, yet can't spell "privilege". Also how does the right to defend yourself not tie into the right to afford medical bills? If anything, being pro "RTBA" is being pro health.

[@realdragon]

@@tgdelta2455 Imagine not knowing the difference between gun ban and gun control. And if someone can't go to the hospital despite needing it how healthcare is right? Right to healthcare would be when someone can go to the hospital no matter what like in Polish constitution. Guns won't treat broken bone or cancer unless you take hostages in hospital

[@ericneuens]

@@realdragon Yeah but without guns many people wouldn't be able to defend themselves against criminals.

[@clickbaitosaurus1977]

@@tgdelta2455 Relax you salty righty.

[@hopeku8679]

I live in Germany. I was diagnosed with functional scoliosis and had countless x-rays and tests. I even had a BIG high risk scoliosis correction surgery. Throughout all of this I paid nothing. My health insurance provider, that is regulated by the state, paid everything. including my three month post operation stay in a caring facility. For context: I pay 14% of my income to the health insurance company.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I'd be perfectly happy with this. People seem to think that the only two options are: 1) UK NHS-style "free at the point of use" or 2) US-style "billions for a bandage" In reality the continental Europe insurance-based model is a good middleground and seems to work pretty well. The UK NHS is basically creaking and falling apart despite being an endless money pit of taxpayer cash. Many British employers also offer private health insurance as part of the benefits package anyway, while loads of people here have dental insurance because you're mad not to.

[@james_holder]

Logic: This seems like a good idea. Free healthcare, brilliant! Americans: Hmm, smells like commi in here

[@james_holder]

@@justink9811 did you even watch the video? Taxes.

[@leandersw]

@@justink9811 As was made clear in the video, health care in the United States is not greater than health care in many other first world countries, as is evident with factors such as a declining life expectancy ( to state one ) .

[@piekay7285]

@@justink9811 There is a middle way (in my opinion the best one and the oldest insurance system in the world). Here in Germany the insurance companies are non-Profit companies (we also have for-profit insurance, but this isn’t available for most of the population). This drives down insurance costs and wait times.

[@timokohler6631]

It's not free

[@pepsusser]

@@justink9811 everyone thinks they are safe until something unexpected happens. "Eat healthily" won't fix everything

[@urbanpoodle]

Wow, Jane Doe’s deductible is only $4k? My plan makes hers look good. 😩☠️

[@ghyslainabel]

Like the video said, in Canada, copay is 0$, deductible is 0$, hospital bill is 0$, all the necessary tests are 0$... OK, the ambulance ride is either 125$ or 250$ (I do not remember which one).

[@Wistbacka]

What? You have higher deductable than $4000????

[@urbanpoodle]

@@Wistbacka It was 10k not long ago. Yes, you read that correctly.

[@Wistbacka]

@@urbanpoodle 10 grand?.... 😮😮😮 What is the point of insurance at that point?... I mean sure it will cover major surgeries and such but any routine check up will be out of the question then... May I ask how much you pay for insurance per month with such high deductable?

[@urbanpoodle]

@@Wistbacka The plan cost was the only advantage because it came to about $100/month. But yes, it was pretty much just so that if I had a major catastrophe I’d be taken to the ER and revived for long enough to tell them to pull the plug. (Only half joking) It did cover one routine “physical” (cholesterol check etc.) annually and that’s about it. Definitely a policy only for those who are young, healthy, & very careful!

[@ravewithyou]

This needs to be shared and broadcast everywhere possible immediately. It's not too late for us to speak out!

[@preetishmajumdar4476]

As someone from a third world country, this is INSANE.

[@roullira609]

Yeah hahahah. Me as a mexican guy I’m blessed that my country as low developed as it currently is, at least has a free healthcare system that covers up to a surgery.

[@sagittario5543]

Yeah exactly. I'm from your country (I know from your name) and we do have affordable healthcare, and the government has provided free healthcare to all (but the quality sucks)

[@roullira609]

@@sagittario5543 well yes hahah, quality sucks, but at least you don’t die in bankruptcy LMAO

[@the1untitled]

Even Ethiopia have healthcare!

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

:( that's sad, btw what country are you from?

[@NPC_YouTube]

Ted: "Okay... but where's my burger, Bob?!"

[@alirjeff3096]

In America you must be either rich, or healthy till you die.

[@thepursuitofhappiness2126]

In 2008, my best friend lost her job, lost her insurance and lost her life.

[@marcrow9114]

Sorry for your loss :(

[@ursamagickmt672]

tRumpists look at that as WINNING THE TRIFECTA!

[@Kingofthenet2]

I’m so sorry for your loss

[@dsfpiuhasdf]

As a Canadian in Ontario, I’ve never waited more than a couple hours for help in a hospital. I haven’t spent more than 20 bucks for treatment and that was from the gift shop.

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

Nice

[@muhammadfayazyousaf2588]

I am not American but my heart gutted when corrupt and puppet politicians like Clinton and Biden were preferred over a true spirited statesman Bernie by the people of America only in primaries in 2 presidential nominations back to back. I followed the 2020 primaries and I was extremely disappointed and despaired seeing Bernie not pulling support off after the first round in primaries for Medicare for all, decent wages, free education, affordable housing and climate change, I even cried, i don't know why i was so emotional for Bernie, he is the kind of statesman that the world needs for peace, harmony and prosperity for common people. But the movement continues as he said. I truly love him and respect him.

[@noahshrewsbery8550]

I almost lost my cousin because she was struggling financially and didn't want to get a check up when she started feeling bad for a few weeks. Her friends and family finally convinced her to go and they were able to catch her quickly worsening anemia in time before it seriously hurt or killed her. I wonder how many people weren't as lucky. But God forbid private insurance companies don't get to rake in billions while not really providing for us.

[@kush1632]

*V O T E* *B E R N I E* Edit: why'd this get 79 likes..lol Edit: 100? All I said was to vote Bernie..

[@kush1632]

Joe Biden Text to Join Iraq LMAO IKR! Bernie is waaaayy better than anyone else, trump, mike, etc are bastards.

[@Ben-vl5ew]

Would but I'm underage and British so sorry

[@kush1632]

Ben I'm underage too! :(

[@jerrscott6373]

Right now, all the good little Bernie minions are crying a river down at the commune or in their parents' basement.

[@HeinkelYeetus]

Too late lmao

[@benstevinson764]

In the UK 🇬🇧 we have the NHS 🌈👏 the American 🇺🇸 Healthcare System should be like the NHS!!! 🌈👏

[@matthewbaynham6286]

I was born with a cleft palate and I had plastic surgery to fix it, at a cost of 0.00 GBP. When I was 14 years old I fell out of a tree and tore a ligament in my neck, I needed a bone graft from my hip to my neck and this was a lot of hospital visit, at a cost of 0.00 GBP At university I broke my arm and that cost 0.00 GBP (also when I went to university education was free and the government was giving me 1450 GBP per year to pay for my living expenses because I was living with my parents, otherwise it would have been 4500 GBP). A few years later my appendix needed to be removed and that was also 0.00 GBP. There have been a range of other visits to the doctors and it's all free of charge. Now I've moved to Germany and I pay 270 Euro's per month, it's not so good here.

[@yalmuzique]

and to have access to Medicare4All service, the only thing you need to do is vote for Bernie Sanders which in turn costs 0 dollars.

[@marcrow9114]

YES!!! Bernie FTW!!!

[@cosmotagliafierro8055]

You can vote for Bernie all day long, but - Sorry not gonna happen !! Electronic Voting machines are programmed to elect Biden !!! Yeah, that's right - your vote doesn't matter !!!

[@marcrow9114]

@@cosmotagliafierro8055 really? It's not hard to believe, but got any sources?

[@yalmuzique]

@@marcrow9114 Could you tell me how you get to sleep well at night while knowing that most of Americans cannot afford health care and among whom many die because of that?

[@marcrow9114]

@@yalmuzique I get to sleep badly

[@SamianHQuazi]

Jane Doe's cute.

[@kahil2482]

This is hari nef right? She was in You

[@k.brucedonnelly4893]

I am from Canada. We have Universal Health Care (UHC). There are some serious inaccuracies here. Note how it keep saying that the cost is zero at point of service. What that means in layman's terms is that you are not expected to pay when you get the service. You or your insurance company pay later. That statement is actually only partially true here and intentionally deceptive. There are some expenses that are not covered at all (dental, cosmetic procedures, ambulance, crutches etc) and there are some that are only partially covered (prescriptions therapy, treatment etc,) so you will still be out of pocket for some medical expenses at point of service. NOTHING EVER COSTS $0. Somebody has to pay for it and it is very expensive. It is the taxpayers who pay for the whole program through their income taxes. Our system is set up so that the Federal Government sets the standards that the Provinces must meet and it is the Provinces (our version of States) that administer the program. I live in Ontario and here we have the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) which is the government mandated health insurance program. It covers the basics and if your life or health is in danger, you are covered period but you might still need additional supplemental medical insurance to cover expenses not covered by OHIP. I make a decent income and pay the maximum OHIP premium of $750/year when I file my personal income tax return in the spring. I also have supplemental medical insurance though my employer. I pay around $10 / month for full family coverage. My co-pay is 10 to 20% depending type of expenses. What I pay out of pocket is also partially tax deductible. Our system is not without its flaws. 37.5% our of total Provincial budget goes to health care. Ontario plans to spend $186.1 billion this year, of which $69.8 billion is earmarked for health-care expenses, including $8.3 billion to cover COVID-19 health-care costs. Waiting times and shortages in rural areas are common. Anyone who tells you that your taxes would not go up is absolutely lying to you. That being said, we Canadians take pride in our universal single payer program would never consent to abolishing UHC in favour of US style screw the people program. I will never go broke if I get sick. I will never be forced to decide to pay my medical bills or my mortgage. As a final note, the total cost of all the Provincial programs combined here is born by a total population of 33 million people so we have far less tax revenue to work with. Americans should bear the cost over a population of 333 million so the per capita expenditure should in fact be lower. There is no legitimate reason why UHC would not wok in the US. it is merely because greedy corporate interests would rather keep you sick, dying and broke than pay one extra cent of their profits in taxes.

[@shifulan3652]

Moral value : if you're American, don't ever get sick, or you'll be poor~

[@supernova622]

If you're already poor, well.. ☠️

[@wihamaki]

They just want to take away Canadian's ability to gloat.

[@brethebird3148]

It’s one of the few things I have over the Americans

[@jusuferg9945]

Who would have thought archer would be socialist, that is how much bernie is convinsing.

[@amberleeannalee1999]

Jusuf Erg it’s painful. The American exceptionalism that makes you so delusional that you think our current anything is what any other country wants. Hell most of Americans including myself think we are living in one of trumps S hole countries.

[@shodaddydrunk]

Umm, anyone who watched Archer past episode 4 when they started emasculating him and pandering to the lowest denominator i.e. Pam and Cheryl fans. That's who lol

[@mercurialpierrot7073]

*democratic socialist

[@amberleeannalee1999]

The lowest and common in America are Trumps base. He pandered to the angry and “forgotten”

[@ursamagickmt672]

@@amberleeannalee1999 Well they're all going to church and Walmart now without protective gear because they are "covered in Jesus' blood" and are sure that God has a plan for them. Pack those pews, sheep.

[@finnibat]

I got a scholarship for one semester at UC Berkeley. The mandatory health insurance by the university would have cost me $1200 for that time, but had an excess of at least $250 for every doctors visit and did not cover dental treatments. So I asked my German insurance company for their best and most extensive foreign health insurance (you need very good insurance to waive the mandatory campus insurance). I now paid 350€ for the same time. But without any excess I had to pay and with dental treatment included. Even foreign insurance companies insure people in the US cheaper than US companies do...

[@revolvency]

I need to take a note, thanks

[@rolandfink5982]

I'm from Austria. Last year I was brought to the ER by ambulance, they did some EKG, blood work etc. When I was released, I payed EUR 0,- That is freedom

[@Seewhathappens101]

WE JUST NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT JON BENJAMIN DOING THE VOICEOVER? #BERNIE2020

[@celesteconnor5677]

My family never had insurance. My dad was a fine artist who worked gig-econ-type jobs in the '70s. My mom's joke "If you get sick--we have an attic." SINGLE PAYER MEDICARE FOR ALL....let's finally join the developed world. BERNIE SANDERS 2020

[@OfficialEFEN]

Bernie Sanders: How about proper healthcare? Americans: Hmm not sure Bernie Sanders: The rich must pay Americans: N O I C E

[@j.r.7339]

No

[@thinktransnational]

Not even. Most of their reactions is that it’s tax thief. I once had a conversation with a conservative voter who argued that of course rich people should pay less taxes in percentage cause over all their absolute dollar amount is more. And I honestly was baffled and was like okay so you making $50,000 should pay more overall in percentage in taxes than my friend making $250,000 at Amazon cause he pays more. He’s not a business owner, just a dude who chose CS as his major in college but you think him only paying 18% of his earnings in federal taxes while you have to pay 30% is fair!?!? That mentality is literally welfare for the wealthy but the people who hold these beliefs aren’t small in number here, they aren’t rich either, and it’s devastating.

[@FormulaProg]

I’m a conservative (british) but America badly needs a state healthcare option; if not for everyone then at least for the working class.

[@ming45612]

You're a british conservative, which means to the american right (and a good deal of democrats) you're practically a stalinist.

[@dagfinnknutsen7290]

What about a norwegian liberal lmao

[@FormulaProg]

@@ming45612 I wouldn’t tarnish all American patriots with the same brush though, 98% of them are just hard working honest people who love their country and support pretty normal stuff

[@tommyfortress7515]

@@FormulaProg i dont think its 98% if we look at the us capitol raid

[@FormulaProg]

@@tommyfortress7515 yeah because 2% of Trumps followers raided a government building. You know that would be like 3 million people right? Besides. Black lives matter did far worse for 3 months and the media didn’t say a word. Hypocrites the lot of them.

[@TheLegendofphantom]

Outstanding video, very informative and H. Jon Benjamin is extremely calming and soothing. It's interesting how the majority of Americans are interested in M4A. Funny how only super wealthy people don't want others to have healthcare. Remember friends, the rich are our enemy. Nothing in this world will fundamentally change until we deal with the true root of all problems: The Rich, The 1%, The Billionaires, The Corporations, etc. They are the source of most problems and most misery in the world. The majority of bad things, if you "follow the money," all trace back to them. As long as they exist, and continue to wield power, this world and it's people will never be free.

[@Bagnon609]

Like the old saying goes: "money is the root of all evil."

[@sanchpaul0223]

I don't know dude, that is a little too drastic... Let's start with the M4A and tuition free college, before attacking anyone... Bernie 2020!!!

[@smokindauberdoo4208]

WE NEED BERNIE SANDERS and M4ALL NOW

[@davidangry8785]

Doesn't he fry chicken ?

[@Schlabberdabadu]

One of 1 million reasons not to live in the US.

[@chrisorr3919]

Im not sure why this doesnt have more views, both sides of the political spectrum can benefit from health care like the rest of the world has.

[@zarakikon6352]

I hope this video airs on TV aswell because many people need to see this for sure. Nice 1 Bernie + staff 😁👍.

[@j.lahtinen7525]

Now if I was a billionnaire, I'd put however much money it would take to playing this as an add, on every TV station in the US, at prime time, for at least few weeks.

[@jimpeschke3435]

That's probably why you're not a billionaire.

[@j.lahtinen7525]

@@jimpeschke3435 Indeed. 😄

[@tomarmstrong1281]

I am from the U.K. but have lived and worked in the U.S. several years. The health care in the U.S. in itself Is good BUT. Yes it's a big but, the manner in which it is administered is nothing less than - what's the word - 'egregious' - yes that's a good word. Thank god I do not live in the profit oriented land of the free. My illness and accidents should not be someone else’s profit. Without being emotional, profiting from someone’s cancer strikes me not just as unethical but downright immoral.

[@lonecom685]

It's so weird to think that public healthcare is a hot topic in USA. For me it's such a basic thing that I don't even think about it. How can a society even live without one of these?

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

Decades of propaganda and McCarthyism