Why are so many Americans moving to Germany?

[@thomasbarchen]

As an American that's been living in Germany for three decades I say that Americans are seeing the truth that its not that free in the US and it's dangerous and very expensive and loud and more stressful than living in Germany or many other European countries.

[@dumontxt9813]

more dangerous? What danger are you talking about? Well, in Germany you don't get shot. But beaten up, stabbed, thrown onto train tracks. Yes, Germany is much safer. Oh wait... I just looked at the police statistics... sorry... you get shot in Germany... damn it More expensive... you have Dollar Tree, you have ALDI... By the way, ALDI is cheaper than in Germany for identical products. Somehow you just seem to serve clichés. are you really american? Have you ever been to the US?

[@psydance4410]

The funny thing is America is labeled as the Land of Freedom. But what is Freedom? Most People would think about it as individual freedom so bascially they want less State and regulation. But if everyone is just focused on maximizing their own freedom you become an egoistic society. In order to maximize freedom for yourself you have to find a balance between what is good for the individual and what is good for the society. So you actually need a strong State to be able to maximize the personal freedom. Gun control is the perfect example if you look from an individual standpoint everyone wants a gun to protect themself but from the level of society no one would need a gun if no one else had one.

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@dumontxt9813Rarely read something stupid like you did now!🐵

[@ytatman3218]

Just be honest. The US is a fucked up state and people are sick of it.

[@elizabethnilsson1815]

BECAUSE AMERICA IS RUIN IT SELF (ON THE UK ADVICE ) FOR TO FINANCE ALL OF YOOU WHO LIVE IN EUROPE IN THE NAME OF THE US ARMY

[@RobTheWatcher]

Germany has a healthcare system focused on making people healthy. The US have a healthcare industry focused on making healthcare providers wealthy. That’s the difference.

[@arno222444]

Same for education… in europe health and education are considered as a common asset not a market.

[@williamlucas4656]

The states within Germany determine who is to make the profit and how much profit is to be made and so there’s no need to worry about a market that is already fixed in place when the contracts are signed. There is of course a secondary private market for physicians and hospitals where wealthy or Germans can use additional insurance to get to pay for a private room in a luxury hospital or healthcare from positions not part of the net work. The US healthcare market is a bit too wild West for humans to benefit most from it and yet there are plenty of people who would rather see their neighbors die and give up their own private healthcare. Thank the Republicans in Congress for all their efforts to destroy any vestige of charity or logic in an American healthcare system where people are taken care of to the best of their ability to pay as opposed to a logical system like Germany has which is not unlike our own system but is fixed and determined by the government to give everyone benefits no it does have its own chinks in the armor when it comes to self employed individuals who must bear the full burden of their health insurance costs.

[@tibor1234]

yeah, for them health is a privileg not a right.

[@peterblauarsch800]

This is nonsense. I am german and nobody in their right mind will come here. I would leave this country if I could.

[@michinmr3104]

There are some problems with healthcare in germany also. For example we often get "Regelversorgung" which mean basic threatment, which naturally is the bare minimum treatment for some conditions and not the best solutions for you, but for the insurance company. Also Health Care aint free either, its roughly 10% of your pre tax income. obviously ive you unemployed its free for the moment but all in all its a mixed calculation where you overpay when you work for the times you dont work. I worked roughley 10 Years now and payed 45.000€ of my pre tax income into health care. During this time i was paid sick at home and took threatment for roughly 5000€. During my 50 years from start to retirement i will pay atleast 250.000€ probably more because salary rises with experience. Ive you a healthy Person you overpay, ive you chronically sick or with critical diseases you probably break even or profiting of the system. i would rather take the money and pay for myself to be honest.

[@EnkaMexi]

good interviews, thank you. 'work to live' or 'live to work' yes, that really makes a difference.

[@yourtruebrit]

Absolutely!

[@user-cr3fz8lz2i]

The Germans, Dutch, Danes, etc. have the right idea about work-life-balance for sure! The fact about health care is we all pay…one way or another. In the states, we pay for good health care and subsidize the poor with Welfare and Medicaid. In Europe, they just have higher taxes…so again…they all pay. However, with those higher taxes in the countries I mentioned, they also get sick days, vacation days, maternity and paternity leave, and better unemployment. I think they get more for their taxes. IMO! Great video!

[@Chatharina]

You know, if you count all taxes and costs for healthcare together (taxes for income, gasoline, on food, alcohol, fortune, healthcare etc.), you pay more taxes in the us. I read that comment everywhere - yeah but taxes are higher in europe - but it is just the income taxes. For a real comparison you have to take all the costs in account.

[@CinCee-]

My "American Dream" is to move to The Netherlands

[@saintpreferred9223]

You want something for nothing. Socialist to the core, right?

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Most of Europe to be honest. Same in UK. Americans complain that nothing is open 24/7. That’s because we are sleeping.

[@CinCee-]

@@Chatharina They're barely higher in EU. When you look at Federal/State/Municipal tax I'll bet Europe is only a few % points higher. Then account for all the other stuff you listed & Americans are wayyyyyy worse off Edit: ohhh then take into account that you actually receive quality services & infrustructure back from your tax dollars. In America we just subsidize the rich & pay to spread war all over the globe w/ our tax dollars

[@mijos3]

That’s so wholesome for me as a German to hear, because I never think about my country this way.

[@huffelpuffwerewolfgirl5811]

Solltest mehr videos drüber schauen.z.b. When you realized that the US is really messed up

[@azogderschander6391]

Hier die Kommentare von den Amis sind genauso: Amerika ist nicht so frei, nicht so sicher und teurer wie Deutschland. Ich aber denke dann "bezahlen die ihr auch 50% steuern ihres einkommens? bezahlen die jedes jahr die steuer für ein grundstück das du gekauft hast?" Deutschland ist für andere Menschen anscheinend garnicht so scheiße wie ich es sehe

[@m.s.8927]

Wir leben in einem großartigen Land (zumindest im Vergleich). Anstatt uns dauernd schlecht zu machen und depressiv vor sich hinzugurken sollten wir darauf achten, dass es dabei bleibt, oder unsere Position noch zu verbessern. Da sehe ich momentan (va durch die derzeitige und die vorangegangene Regierung) die große Gefahr.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Ok, wouldn't it be better to change the conditions in your own country first? People from the "land if the free" come over and complain about they social insurances? They never paid a sincle Euro taxes here, but they come over after a wealthy life in america. In their older ages they realize, that the money is not enough for a decent ife in the US?

[@mijos3]

@@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage I don‘t know what this has to do with my comment?

[@josephbrauchle7720]

I lived in Germany for 12 years, 3 as a civilian and 9 in the Army. The best aspects of Germany, imho, are the health and dental care, opportunities for travel, especially by rail, cleanliness, culture and safety.

[@ladyinblack3398]

Dental care in Germany sucks and always has. Even in the 70 and 80 there has always been a two class society. Employer or welfare insured Healthcare and privately insured Healthcare. My aunt got more options at the dentist and we very thing that was available because her husband's private I syrane (hecwS self employed) paid for anything medically available. Everyone else got silver amalgam fillings and the minimum of dental care that the other insurance pays for. Even to this day you have to pay full out of pocket because the insurance does not pay for dental cleanings. You people need to stop fantasizing about things you do not know. My insurance in the US paid for braces and for the birth of my kids. Germany has still a lot of barbaric medical methods. I was constantly afraid I would have to go to a doctor while I was there. While I was there I could not buy certain meds, because they were outrageously spendy. In the USA at I can buy them OTC.

[@josephbrauchle7720]

@@ladyinblack3398 that's odd. When I worked for three different German companies in the 1990s and my family and I received great dental and medical care. I have several family members and know others in Germany who have been sent to Kur free of charge. The Germans practice preventive medicine. The American medical system drugs patients and try to keep them unhealthy because that is how they get rich.

[@blablup1214]

@@ladyinblack3398 I would say half true. Especially dental care is a little expensive here. But it is not like you have to pay for everything youself. - My insurance paid for 90% of my braces, - insurance pays 40€ for dental cleaning ( it costs 100€ ) so I pay 60€ - you get a discount on your fillings but you have to pay more if you want the good ones And it is sad but you need an extra insurance for dental care, if you want to have paid everything for ya. Would guess extra Insurance is abot 20€ per month.

[@barbieb2529]

@@ladyinblack3398 Glad that you are back in the US.

[@JanLovesBmx]

@@ladyinblack3398 The amalgam fillings are finally over, you can just get white fillings now, not at every doctor tho. but you can freely choose where to go. also the minimum care wich is offered by the insurance company is not all that bad, you have to pay some extra for the good stuff but overall the minimum does a good job getting u thru life. aswell as dental cleanings is free once a year. thats the facts in the year 2023 for everyone wondering. oh and braces are free in germany too.

[@typxxilps]

5:33 - she has not really understood the german system cause she has still the focus on what she gets. The german system forces most to pay in general. Key point in the US are the extreme high costs, a doctor can take what he wants if the patient signs the contract. And every single participant along the healtcare systems acts like a looter, looting the ill and weak.

[@maxking3]

She does not even understand the US system and blames Obamacare for the casual greed of her private insurance. Too many Fox News disciples that still believe that privat insurance cares more about them than any public system ever could. Spread the news: It is the other way round.

[@ramochai]

Yeah she's still at "why am I paying for other's people's cancer treatment??" point. Speaks volumes about her media diet. It's neither the president nor the poor people she should be blaming.

[@hansjanko7966]

@@ramochai Solidarity is the word which is missing in her vocabular. @urlauburlaub2222 Socialist Roosevelt? 😂😂😂

[@JanLovesBmx]

she also stated that her cousin wouldnt recieve a bill for her treatment, but we pay the bill every month even if we dont have anything at that moment in time.

[@hansjanko7966]

@@JanLovesBmx It just happened to me, that i broke a rip (not drunk, totally sober) I had to visit the hospital at 4am where i got x-rayed in different angles 4 or 5 times, additionaly i got some painkiller immediately and some for the next couple of days, and the Doc took a close view on the x-rayed pictures. First he said 'nothing broken' but later he came to the visitors room and told me that they found the broken rip on one of the pictures which was taken from a ~60° angle. The whole thing lasted around 1 hour till we left the hospital again. Ok even if i had no sickness, nothing at all and the feeling that i spend money for nothing, which i never had, without inscurance one accident can ruin the financial background or worse you get cancer, where the costs easily are in the 6 digit level. Your nickname tells me that you are riding BMX bikes, so don' gimme that about i never needed it, but i still have to pay. Thats stupid and you know it.

[@mallorydeagan681]

I was shocked at how much better Germany does SO many things. Work-life balance... capitalism-socialism balance... healthcare... low crime/safe streets... public transportation... child-raising... I could list a hundred other things. The longer I am here, in Germany, the more the USA looks like a third-world country.

[@badasstoad9419]

True. The only thing you feel scared about when you walk out at night at 11pm, is having your wallet stolen. In the unbelievable 3% chance of that happening. But most importantly for me, Capitalism and Socialism balance is so important. Balance in general, is the most important. ❤

[@mallorydeagan681]

@@badasstoad9419 3%?! I've lived in Berlin over twenty years and have yet to be pick-pocketed :D Apparently you're hanging out in much more 'interesting' places than I am :)

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@badasstoad9419I have lived in Germany for 56 years and have never been robbed! Even if I leave my things on the beach. I'm not saying it never happens, but 3% wtf?

[@Ratselmeister]

Then go back and change your own country!

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

That Californian lady doesn’t have much of an idea of how healthcare for all works, eh? There was no bill for that bike incident victim in France because in France, everybody pays.

[@saintpreferred9223]

That's why taxes in France are through the roof.

[@tiefensucht]

yes and no. healthcare in general is cheaper because companies aren't allowed to have too high profits and on top of that, there is the insurance system that doesn't cost you more than you pay in the us. only if you earn more than 3000€, you pay over 450€ for insurance. but you also get sick pay (70% of your last income) if you get ill. you pay only a symbolic price for medication. no extra costs for everything. if you get ill & old and can't pay anymore, you are still covered.

[@jenswurm]

@@tiefensuchtIf you look at the dividends of health insurance providers, they're not really making more profits than other industries. The US healthcare system is dysfunctional, but there are a number of other factors that play a role as well. Usually in most fields competition between service providers makes them offer good services for the money, but in the US that seems to break down in the medical sector. That begs the question why the same mechanisms that work in other fields fail when it comes to that kind of service. One of the factors is the crazy legal system which basically forces doctors to do expensive but often superfluous tests ("defensive medicine") just to avoid being sued for $$$$$ for malpractice on the off chance that that test might have come up with something. That causes the costs of a treatment or even a simple doctor's visit to skyrocket.

[@iandamm-luhr3439]

I didn’t understand the Gentlewoman from California’s statement, either. She complained about how ObamaCare created more cost, bureaucracy and regulation (the latter two things many Germans complain about), but then went on to praise the French healthcare system because all of their “bureaucracy and regulation” (and taxes) saved her family member an expensive emergency healthcare bill. As an American in Maryland (Ursprünglich aus Neu England), I can attest that The Affordable Healthcare Act actually helped me find insurance coverage twice- when I found myself suddenly unemployed for some months at a time- because without the ACA, insurance companies would have said “sorry, we can’t cover you because you have xyz preexisting conditions.”

[@rafigladboy]

Heavenly chapter and awesome interview. .

[@jforester7]

That woman complaining about Obama and the healthcare thing is hilarious. Blames Obama but doesn't even talk about the republicans that completely prevented him from actually going further with it so that it didn't do what she said it did. As an American I'm so damn tired of hearing other ignorant Americans blame one guy for something that isn't really that personas fault. Healthcare should not be tied to employment, period.

[@saintpreferred9223]

You're a communist, right?

[@Attirbful]

exactly what I thought. And in the next sentence, she says her cousin did not pay anything for a procedure in France. Well, THINK lady! Obamacare did not go far enough BECAUSE he was blocked by ignorance on all sides!

[@BUCKINUT]

Obamacare sucks, end of story. Obama is the single most destructive divisive president ever.

[@stephanweinberger]

Also, a "universal" system only works _because_ it's... well... universal. The key is to distribute the financial burden over the whole population (be it through direct contributions, or indirectly via taxes). That's just how insurance works in general - the more people are in the system, the better. If you only cover those people who are not able to pay for private insurance and/or have high healthcare expenditure (e.g. chronic illness, age, ...), then no wonder it's hard to finance. The problem is not the public healthcare (albeit, there's surely room for improvement when it comes to efficiency), but that the US have grown a whole industry of parasitic middle-men, a.k.a. the private sector (which is even _more_ inefficient; e.g. on average they spend about a third [!] of the money on administration). And part of the public system's inefficiencies _originates_ from the complexities that arise _because_ it isn't fully universal, but has to deal with the private sector as well. In Europe we also have a private health-insurance sector, but it doesn't replace public healthcare. It mostly provides add-ons. The basic services are always covered by the public system, which makes administration much more streamlined. E.g. if I go to a fancy private hospital to have surgery, the surgery itself is payed for by the public health insurance, just like it would be in a public hospital. It's all the nice amenities, single-bed room, fancier food, etc. where the private hospital can demand a surcharge (which would then be covered by me personally or my private insurance). I.e. the public system never has to bother how to split up the cost, which makes their part of the equation _identical_ to when I would have stayed in a public hospital.

[@schattenseele66]

as far as i know the original obama care was changed or even canceled

[@alemassa6632]

"Ciao" is 100% Italian, the Germans use It commonly for the friendness with Italy.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

As a European, I can write that the Americans have 19th century capitalism and the EU has capitalism from the second half of the 20th century. The American only works all the time and even if he buys something for entertainment, he has no time to use it (it is for a show for the neighbor). Europeans work so that in their free time they can use the money they earn for their pleasures and use the things they worked for . I can't imagine not having 30 days of vacation a year. I have in the contract that 15 days are allocated for summer holidays and the next 15 days are winter holidays starting on December 22 and I return to work in January after the new year. I spend all this Christmas time with my family and I get paid. On top of that, there are probably 10 more public holidays in a year

[@saintpreferred9223]

Nope. Europeans work to pay taxes. That's it. And you can't reduce taxation, and you can't remove any politicians.

[@franckunterschemmann3597]

Stop trolling @@saintpreferred9223

[@hansjanko7966]

@@saintpreferred9223 We pay our taxes and we get a good public healtcare, free education, insurance against unemploymend, nursing care insurance, pension insurance. Our public transportation, our water to drink, the waste disposal, electricity, roads in a much better shape and are lot better. Thats what we pay our taxes for!

[@balticdubai950]

@@hansjanko7966 Träume weiter.....

[@badasstoad9419]

@@presidenteden6498Germany’s Capitalism puts more focus on the Human, America puts more focus on the Product. It’s obvious where it’s better to live at. Germans work for the people, but Americans are leashed and work for their greedy tyrants.

[@kho8531]

When everyone takes care of themselves, everyone is taken care of...hopefully we never become like the USA

[@publicminx]

thats a typical brainwashed collectivist view. first of all: what many of those stupid people dont get is that the US grew much faster than all the European countries. 1900 they had 79 mio people. today they have 340 mio. people. the relatively liberal and therefor flexible system in the US did very well - and more people are wealthier in relation (especially if you compare groups like Europpean-Americans vs. Europeans in Europe). Another aspect is that you have also in Europe a mixed healthcare system (public and private) and for an individuum its more emancipated if you can with your own money select the best for yourself then depending on what others (government thinks its the best). and lets not forget that you are forced in most parts of Europe to pay 'public tv' while in the US no. Again, you can select for yourself. That you think that you are not smart enough to decide for yourself just shows that you are far away from enlightenment and have a huge lack of emancipation. And lets not forget that many people forget that you have mostly 'public healthcare' in most parts of the world and its always forgotten to compare them to private ones - because all of a sudden it looks even more worse. Plus, its not a black and white thing anyway, as said, you have a combination of public AND private in Europe. And again: the US integrated by FAR more people than European countries (and often more problematic ones - they still have to deal with. a problem which also slowly raises in Europe just as it becomes more and more clear that the 'public healthcare' system and the 'pension' system does less and less work well in Europe. Just because some stupid Europeans who like cheap stereotypes ignore that, does not change the reality.

[@a.r.stellmacher8709]

That’s what I’m worried about. We don’t want their (USA) health care system. That would be a real Desaster.

[@florius678]

My grandmother once told me that many Germans emigrated to the USA after the war. Many Germans then came back to Germany from the USA. Most of them had no teeth afterwards. A sign of poor health care.

[@JulieT..]

This is true. It is still true to this day. The cost of repairing one tooth with a root canal and crown are maxing out any dental insurance and to give you an idea. My dental insurance only covers a maximum amount of $3k per year. So if you have other issues they have to wait or you pay out of your own pocket. Some dentists are kind ( sarcasm here) enough to offer financing if you need lots of work done. Most people unless it's offered by your employer do not have dental insurance and anytime there are events happening in the area where dental students offer one day of free dental care the people are lining up by the hundreds to get some type of care. It's pathetic how America treats its citizens.😢

[@florius678]

@@JulieT.. terrible

[@Abigail-nc6in]

@@JulieT.. I have public health insurance in Germany. I once had an abscess (2015) and lost a tooth. It cost me 3000 Euros for an implant. My health insurance only paid 300 euros towards it. I can't say I feel that my health insurance has my back here.

[@aerosoul12345]

​@@Abigail-nc6in soo...the public insurance, the cheapest health insurance you could get, didnt pay you the full amount of the most expensive dental treatment there is? what a brummer...

[@Abigail-nc6in]

@@aerosoul12345 What do you mean by the cheapest? There are only public and private options, and around 90% of the population has public insurance. You rarely get to choose. But yes I do agree with you that it's a bummer that the insurance companies reimburse so little.

[@yourtruebrit]

Really sorry for the lateness on this, we had a few issues with communication. But we are heading back next weekend! ;)

[@Shakibahmed210]

Bro.I want To Move Germany rather than USA..Is it A Better decision?? As A studet

[@Shakibahmed210]

Germany Or USA which is better for a Good Life?? And Peace????

[@peter_meyer]

@@Shakibahmed210 As a student? do you want to be in debt after studying? Then the US is right for you.

[@peter_meyer]

Don't be sorry for being late. Your channel is awesome. Great work, great team, great topics.

[@ToyTiger666]

You should pin this.

[@Atomprofessor]

I was born and live in Munich and there are indeed many english speaking people there! At university even some exercise classes are in English - which I find quite good becaus you can learn the terminology of math and IT very well!

[@holger_p]

Every foreigner, no matter if from Brasil or Finland, will speak English. That's why it appears so many. That's not all Americans.

[@cdhagen]

3:00 with the time difference, her daughter in NYC can actually sleep longer instead of getting up earlier. 😂 When it's 9am in NYC, it's only 6am in Seattle. Time zones seem rocket science for a lot of people, smh 🤦‍♂️

[@gordybishop2375]

The lady blaming Obama fir the greedy health care industry….classic.

[@charlie5204]

I just stepped on the same. I can't believe it. I could imagine that at the beginning, when the universal health care in Germany was introduced, there was as well a lot of resistance. Nevertheless, and I said it already somewhere else, sometimes you need someone looking from the outside to recognize what you have. Thanks for that.

[@grahvis]

She could afford decent healthcare insurance, Obama enabled a lot of lower income people having healthcare insurance for the first time.

[@EgoundderRest]

Man kann Amerika nur wünschen, dass es nicht allzu dicht von derartig dummen Leuten besiedelt ist. Ja, ich weiß, wünschen darf man...

[@gordybishop2375]

@@EgoundderRest sorry no translation button and sadly forgot mot of my two years of German in high school

[@RustyDust101]

​@@charlie5204nope, not really. It was part what the back then truly socialist parties had agitated for among the poor and disenfranchised working population. The healthcare system in Germany, in addition to a state guaranteed pension system, were introduced by absolute ultra-monarchist Bismarck. As a means to decapitate the demands of socialists of their allure to the poor. Bismarck feared, rightfully so, a true socialist revolution as Germany at the time was THE perfect model of state ripe for such a revolution. He feared nothing more than a bloody revolution similar to the French Revolution roughly 80 years earlier. Bismarck was nothing but a shrewd statesman looking out for himself and the monarchy he loved so much. So when he essentially ordered the creation of this healthcare system he ran into almost no resistance at all, except from some disgruntled aristocrats. But they didn't have enough power to stop Bismarck in any way.

[@weisserth]

3:15 It's not that easy. If you live and work in Germany - even if that's remote work for a job role you have on a US contract, it's not as simple as "paying your taxes". If you work in Germany, you always have to pay taxes AND social deductions in Germany. Social deductions in Germany require your employer to pay a share of that (not unlike social security tax in the US), that share is typically calculated by the employer on the payroll. If you have a US contract and get paid in US dollars, it's basically not possible to arrange with your US employer to have them handle the payroll for tax and social deductions in Germany correctly. Every large US employer I know of requires employees working in Germany to have a German contract with a German subsidiary, with payroll in Germany - oh, and by the way: say bye, bye to US level salary ranges too then, because the salary levels in Germany for equal roles compared to the US at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Ebay etc. are ~50% in Germany compared to the US. You get paid half in Germany and pay about twice as much tax (compared to Seattle). I know because I did the opposite, I went for a job in Seattle from Germany at one of those companies. BTW, also hearing that lady rant about Obamacare is such a telltale sign of whatever privilege she thinks she's owed - the irony is she's now in Germany, where everything she complains about Obamacare is so much more extreme compared to Obamacare in Germany. 4:44 A couple of points here: these procedures cost money in Germany or the UK too - maybe even about the same. You won't see the bills for it, because your mandatory insurance picks it up in Germany, in the UK the tax payer picks up the bill through the NHS without you even seeing the bill. In the US, you /typically/ have insurance through employer benefits that covers this cost, you only pay whatever the annual deductible is on your insurance - that deductible may be less than what the mandatory insurance grabs from your paycheck in Germany depending on how much you make. Hardly anyone giving birth pays 30,000 to 60,000 out of pocket for childbirth - you'd have to be uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid/Medicare. That is a VERY small fraction of people in the US, maybe 30 million people out of the 331 million living in the US. And regarding the insurance coverage: not all services are covered by insurance in Germany, some services are not even offered in Germany - this affects some developmental disabilities like autism (and others) where the German healthcare system simply takes a stance of saying "these conditions are not treatable" and insurers hence do not cover these treatments at all - that applies to both the mandatory public insurances and private insurances in Germany. In general, Germany ranks extremely low in both accommodating disability rights and the right of treatment for many disabilities. There is no such thing as the DDA in Germany at any comparable level. Also, if you are not privately insured in Germany, prepare to wait for many months to get an appointment with a specialist practitioner like a neurologist. When I needed one in Germany, I couldn't get an appointment with a single provider for more than three months, having contacted about 30 of them in a large city like Hamburg. It's not all roses and butterflies in Germany.

[@wulfsorenson8859]

The US salaries may be higher but the cost of living, rent and house prices etc it cancels out any benefit. Additionally you get hardly any holiday per year. Zero work life balance…As for the wonderful US health insurance - many God help you if you get sick and lose your dreary corporate job as well as your health insurance due to some anti white diversity scheme 😅

[@blablup1214]

You are right. Many things here aren'T covered by health care and it is getting worse. There is a new trend here with doctors , they call it "Igel" ( sloppy translation~ individual healthcare procedures ) Those often include more modern treatments/examiniations or extra treatments that aren't necessary but benetiftial for your health :/ For adulds , glasses and most of dental care is also hardly covered PS: Waiing times. I would say you needed to wait rather long. I would say it is quiet easy in a city like Hamburg to get an appointment faster than 3 months especially online. Don'T call 30 of them. Just look who has a free spot and book it 🤣

[@oOPrettywinxOo]

The German system isn't perfect by any means, but it is still VASTLY better than the US one. You're right, whatever deductible you have in the US might be less than what I pay my insurance here in Germany every month - especially if I am a high income worker. That's the whole point tho, it's a SOCIAL system... people with more money pay more, since the deductible is percentage-based. Eg. I pay around 400 bucks/month as a health insurance deductible. I have some chronic diseases, but those are mainly treated by swallowing some pills so I doubt I cost my insurance as much as I pay them (not to mention the 400 bucks are just my half of the payment, my employer covers the other 50% so...). BUT at the same time the same insurance company has been paying for my dad's cancer treatments for almost 3 years now and he hasn't seen a SINGLE (!!!) bill. Even though he is deemed unfit to work and the small amount he pays via his retirement pay isn't nearly enough to cover for that kind of treatment. In 30 years I might be in his shoes (the cancer is inheritable) and I will thank the system to pay for my treatment without adding the stress of financial strain when I am sick and already going through so much. THAT'S what makes this system great. It gives me peace of mind in my darkest hours. It saves my family members. My family would be bankrupt and my dad probably alrd dead anyways if he lived in the US (because banks are only gonna allow you to take up so much loans). In Germany we don't have epileptic people who wear wrist bands telling bystanders not to call the ambulance in case they have a seizure because they can't afford it. Also no, the procedures aren't as expensive here in Germany even if you HAD to pay them out of pocket. Simply because how much a doctor can charge you for x treatment is government regulated. They can't just make up a price that they like, like they can in the US. Oh also.... 30 Million people is still around 10% of the US population. I wouldn't call that VERY small. But even if it was, every person dying and/or going bankrupt when medical treatments to help them exist, is one person too much. Germany not treating autism is just not true. Sure, medication takes longer to get approved for the market here because they want sufficient evidence that they work. But as far as autism is concerned, I know several people who are autists and do get medication for it (that tremendously helps them according to their own words). Heck when I went to Japan with an autistic friend she had to stop taking her medication cause those pills are illegal in Japan and not allowed to be brought into the country, and she suffered for it during that time. Also getting an appointment with a specialist can sometimes take a while, that is true. However if your issue is URGENT, then your GP will make sure you get a fast lane regardless of insurance type, I can attest to that So you make some valid points, some moot points, but none of those make the US system better than the German one in my books. I know accepting that you're paying more for OTHER people is communist to many US citizens but trust me, it's working well for us.

[@raleoone1563]

This is true

[@JulieT..]

When you say you can't afford to be admitted to the hospital because you have a $17k deductible when you go through the ER. The ER doctor's response to this: Just file bankruptcy! Sorry, but that's not acceptable and therefore I'm moving to Germany. The U.S. healthcare system is a joke! 👎

[@shahidanusrat6086]

As a Pakistani I fully support love and respect Germany and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂. Best regards from Pakistan 🙂.

[@Eyyoh755]

All well educated Americans are welcome to Germany. Work here, pay your taxes and respect our german laws, then you can stay as long as you want.🇺🇸🇩🇪😊

[@danielgoers9469]

Yes work here and get no money...LOL

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

Yes, unfriendly locals, no social life, it's really great here 😃👍

[@stefanwagner6236]

And most importantly: pay your taxes! And did I mention that you have to pay taxes? As an engineer, after you pay your taxes, you have less money than a UPS driver in the US, but hey, Germany is awesome! 😂😂

[@supahotfire9176]

​@@presidenteden6498 Than Germany should have a lower socioeconomic mobility right? Turns out Germany ranks higher in that aspect than the US. So it is easier to get rich in Germany. But yes keep believing your American dream stuff.

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

@@StrongKickMan oh really? The society is tightly closed off here, you don't know what's going on where cause the Germans avoid stranger, god forbid you look non white.

[@Blanko1998]

3:50 die zwei dudes im Hintergrund mit dem Kasten und jeweils einem Bier in der Hand haben mich komplett gekillt hahah xD

[@adelheidunbekannt5670]

😂😂😂

[@muhammadalfahad5265]

Was waiting for this video

[@module79l28]

"Bio" food for US americans: expensive, niche-like, unobtainable for most people. "Bio" food for europeans, especially in the south: just our normal food. 😄

[@yourtruebrit]

Your turning German when you have lentils every day 😅

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@yourtruebritOr from the Mediterranean, Near East, Egypt, ...😂

[@inotoni6148]

What exactly do you mean by the south?

[@superultrafabulous]

ahhh but the BioMarket is much more expensive than their non-bio retailer counterparts in Germany ⚠

[@pascalf9602]

I'm German but I'd assume it's healthcare and free college. And who can fkin blame em? No one. Keep coming fellas. You're very welcome here

[@yourtruebrit]

Yeah, I said to a person in England. Why I would never raise a child in England, you start adult hood in debt. Germany is one of the best. But Norway has the best education. :)

[@coffeelover.9]

​@@yourtruebritDude i have respect countries Like Norway. But dont forget they are Just a few Million people. Germany makes this with +80 Million.

[@pascalf9602]

@@yourtruebrit you're right mate! And you know what? The Scandinavian countries are the examples we strive to be. And we're getting there! Much love friend

[@utterfailure6335]

​@@yourtruebritNorway is imo not a specifically good example. It is a highly crude rich (oil, metalls, fish, ...) country and is therefore never running out of funding.

[@kumarmanjeet6704]

😂😂😂😂

[@ericlindemann2558]

I hope that the U.S. Americans will stay in the United States. It is unfortunately the case that Americans also import typical US bad habits to Germany. From my own experience I have learned that US Americans enjoy life in Germany and participate in the German virtues and advantages that our system offers, but they are not willing to change their own ideas of life and expect us Germans to change our ways. Sorry US Americans, if you want to live here, you have to adapt too. Don't be so loud, don't call the manager and learn German.

[@thomaslanders2073]

You would do well to remember that Germany only exist because America allowed it to continue to exist. Americans owe Germany nothing 🇺🇸😎

[@peter_meyer]

@@thomaslanders2073 ok, so what do americans think of people migrating to the US and not learning english, refuse to live "the american way", create little "china towns"...? What was that 6 years ago? "Build that wall"? oh, and btw: today, Germany owes nothing to the US.

[@marcromain64]

@@thomaslanders2073 The US "allowed" nothing. They _needed_ Germany as a spearhead against the Eastern block.

[@a.r.stellmacher8709]

I agree. They have to forget about their culture and adapt to the new

[@peter_meyer]

@@a.r.stellmacher8709 You mean like the japanese in Düsseldorf?

[@pedro89174]

Love Germany, thanks for posting, watching from Puerto Rico.

[@yourtruebrit]

Thanks for watching!

[@nomaam9077]

As far as I know it is not possible to move from ÚSA to Germany. You need a work visa or a study visa or a German spouse. If you don't have all that, you can only stay for 90 days with a tourist visa

[@ElinT13]

That is true for most countries and for most people, not only Americans. If you are a citizen of a EU country, you will find easier conditions to go live in another EU country, otherwise you will always need a visa of some kind to live and a work permit (and maybe other paperwork as well).

[@peter_meyer]

things are changing. There's a lot of videos out here explaining....

[@Arltratlo]

tell that a Brit, he/she will not believe you, they are British, they have special rights!

[@peter_meyer]

@@Arltratlo Um, they slowly realize they do not have any colonies left. Recently british "expats" (they would call others "immigrants") got their british bank accounts cancelled.

[@erichhouchens3711]

I believe if you have German blood one generation removed you can get dual citizenship. My mother was born in German and came over to the US in 1948 after WWII. I only recently found out about this however now that I'm 66 I have to wonder if it's worth making the jump thinking about my retirement benefits and healthcare. If I'd known about this say 20 to 30 years ago it might have been different.

[@iversonfsouza]

Ótimo vídeo, como sempre. Please post more videos

[@df289]

I was at a playground with my kids in a tiny town near where I live in the south of Germany and there were many English speaking families with their kids who appear to be locals now.

[@iandamm-luhr3439]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that publicly funded healthcare institutions in Germany don’t perform medically unnecessary surgical procedures- such as routine infant circumcision- on children who aren’t able to consent to such a cosmetic procedure. In the US, hospitals and insurance companies incentivize this procedure to be performed, not only because Americans have been led to believe that its “just what you do,” but also because it’s a profitable procedure that many public (ie Medicaid vendors) and private insurance companies continue to pay for.

[@Abigail-nc6in]

You're right. Only Privately funded German healthcare performs unnecessary procedures - hips and knees being the most popular choice.

[@ladyalexandra2980]

Is it true, all those US- citicens pay all their income tax to the US and not to Germany? Everytime I fill in my tax papers ("Einkommensteuererklärung") in Austria, there is says, one pays to the country on lived more then half the year, except US-citicens, the pay all to the US. - Thats quite unfair to their new home, to get all benefits, but not contribute anything.

[@arnodobler1096]

No, that's not true, but they ALSO have to file their tax returns in the US. IRS FATCA is a scandal

[@jennpika6301]

Deffinitely wrong

[@jennpika6301]

You just hate Americans

[@berndhofmann752]

I live in Spain and the health care is equal.❤❤❤

[@highs_and_lows4665]

They also emigrate to the Netherlands a lot and are equally impressed by the health care system

[@peter_meyer]

As a german i have to admit that the Netherlands has some advantages over Germany. Just some. Oh, and no, it's not the ease with Mary & Joanna.

[@dasmaurerle4347]

Even though there are some very fundamental cultural differences between The Netherlands and Germany, they both have a very similar view of how a nation should be run 🇳🇱❤🇩🇪 Greetings from Germany😘🍻

[@DenzelPF-jl4lj]

​@@peter_meyerand Germany also has some advantages over the Netherlands:)

[@fusssel7178]

@@DenzelPF-jl4ljit just depends on what advantages take priority for the individual person. Usually you can live very well in western/Central Europe (even the east is catching up), so if we complain, it is on a very high level

[@jowannez7365]

and better english!

[@hantykje3005]

Living is more than just surviving. That is different from USA and European countries.

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

Living in a boring place like all of Europe is not living.

[@badasstoad9419]

@@dassolosyndikat5113Living like violent, racist, sexist, homophobic animals with no morals and manners isn’t any better. Germany is also a very fun country to live in, unless your definition of “fun” comes from the freedom of acting like a wild animal who could never afford a therapist.

[@ebrar5149]

bro your energy makes me smile all the time, i hope your chanel increase as you deserve ❤

[@11hbishop]

Feeling dank brother

[@beachnut82]

here in Germany too many people enjoy themselves. Some people (who have never worked) receive almost as much welfare as the lower wage groups. Refugees come to Germany to get their teeth done for free. As a worker you have to dig deep into your pockets for such bills. Is that fair? is this social?

[@rikkidgermano9640]

We are living in a democracy and even if you don't like certain parts of it, you can enjoy a lot. If you work, you get paid vacation (25 - 30 days), if you are sick, you get paid. If you get fired, they have to tell you in advance at least 14 days unless you contract is limited. If you loose your job, the government still pays you money for at least a year and after that a bare minimum plus taking care of your rent, sounds great, right?! There's pros and cons to a democracy and you always get leechers but at least you are doing well.

[@peter_meyer]

Refugees come to Germany to have a better life. They want to be part of this society and pay their fair share. Unfortunately some media outlets who need to sell advertising time and need many viewers to make money concentrate on very specific cases to produce so-called "Rage-Bait". Also unfortunately, many people in Germany fall for this rage-bait...

[@arnodobler1096]

📘 Parteibuch?

[@tiefensucht]

well some countries put all their money into weapons and bomb people, germany repairs teeth for free. i feel that health care for everyone is the better solution to get rid of tax money..

[@854tom]

Kein plan von nix

[@liqiz1755]

You are welcome here, great to you see the global world. Friendly and peaceful living together.

[@dekev7503]

Why wouldn’t they? We have a SIGNIFICANTLY better standard of living on average, better and more affordable healthcare, better services ( if you ignore the bureaucracy), more civilised and evolved way of thinking, almost nonexistent racism, better work life balance, significantly safer cleaner streets, yes slightly lower incomes but also lower cost of living with much better social programs that do not just make up for the “ salary deficit “ but significantly surpass whatever benefits that the extra coins might have brought. I just hope they don’t Americanise this beautiful country.

[@Anonymos321]

I am not sure that we habe a better living standard in Germany than in the US.

[@dekev7503]

@@Anonymos321 Trust me, on average we do. Forget what you see in hollywood. Everything is paid for through your nose over there.

[@casnazauvek]

​@@Anonymos321🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@badasstoad9419]

I honestly 100% agree! ALL races in Germany act the same, not different! Because of the internet, I always thought that it’s totally fine and normal for Black people to say the N word. But one day recently I heard black people say it here for the first time that I EVER heard it outside the internet, and it came to me as a surprisingly strong culture shock. I was like “Why does this feel racist, even though they’re black people? …Maybe it’s the origin of the word.” But my mind immediately went to “These guys are Americans.” Because I realized that black people in Europe never say the N word. In fact, they don’t act different. All races here act the same, and we don’t have racial or religious segregation. And soon after it started to really hit me that how emphasized cultural and religious *differences* are in *America*, might very well be a reason due to how inherently racist the country is. And statistically, USA is ranked high on the list of racism. All I hope about Americans who move to Germany though, is to respect the culture and act polite. And to bring NO segregation here, morality is the most important thing.

[@dekev7503]

@@badasstoad9419 in Germany there’s literally no place for race in any form that you fill. In fact when anonymous people are being described in the papers without their papers, the only hint you can get as to what their race is would be if they’re described as migrants or visitors from another country.

[@arnodobler1096]

Great video ❤

[@yourtruebrit]

Thank you!!

[@javiervicedo4201]

It is the same in Spain. The number of Americans is increasing, it is huge, and continues to increase. Many are close to retirement or clearly have health problems. We don't have any problem with that since they are people who come to live better in Europe in every way and that is how the Spanish understand it. Even without paying taxes, they are entitled to free medical care because it is a fundamental right of the person. In an emergency, help is complete, free and unrestricted to the end. I think all over Europe too. more or less. Referring to the woman in the hat... OMG ! She does not understand what life is and what one lives for. She is a typical 100% Northamerican.

[@KGood28]

Land of the fee, home of the slave.

[@RainerHohn1510]

Feierabend, Wochenende, Urlaub, Tarfivertrag, Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

I can tell you now why they move to Germany, the beer! Wait, was it the language?, no, it was definately the beer.🤣🤣

[@vmoses1979]

It's the overall quality of life in Germany particularly for average earners and the good public services. The US is far better for top incomes - admittedly a gated way of life. Imagine living a beach lifestyle in coastal Southern California.

[@m.s.8927]

I was there and would prefer southern Europe as a destination for travel and life in Germany as it is and always will be my country.

[@thebestisyettocome.7056]

Hey , i want meet the Americans. Where are they most of them? Where can i find them in Germany?

[@elisa.g1879]

8:21 what is he talking about? No we don't 😂

[@sm5970]

Wait until you discover Austria. 🇦🇹But I’m sure Austrians don’t because they like their culture Intact and rules being followed. They don’t like foreigners no matter what race or creed they are, including Germans.🤣 Maybe that’s why they were voted the most unfriendly country on earth. But I like them, because the secret is: show them that you’re learning German and are integrating well and they’ll like you.

[@goofy9565]

In Sweden I pay a total tax of 54% and despite this I need to pay for private healthcare when I need help as the taxpaid healthcare doesn´t work (long waiting times and in most cases they simply send you home with painkillers or antidepressants). If you pay privately you get to see a specialist almost immediately. It´s not always black or white when you compare countries. Productive people who are high performers and well educated benefit more from living in the US as they are paid so good that they are able to buy all the services they need while non-productive people and people who don´t want to work but just having children and live out of the welfare state are enjoying western Europe. They would be on the streets in the US.

[@RecklawTheAmazing]

Im also an American who just moved to Munich, and I feel like I recognized a lot of those locations lol. I'll have to check out that US store tho

[@MARC-FENIX]

30.000,- $ for a birth? This is just insane!!!

[@badasstoad9419]

For real? That’s a thing in America?

[@eugenedavis6792]

For me who will turn 62 buy the end' of '24, it won't be a Culture Shock for me if or when I decide to move there because I was stationed there back in the late 80s at Warton Barracks, Heilbronn and love it it. And after I got out of the Army I keep going back until some delays 2 TKR's and Covid-19. This year I retied from the USPS with 29 years and ii months and the Military with 19 1/2 years in and I'm going on 62 soon...I plane to return and continue where I left off and enjoy every day there, then later decide that I will finally move there for good in which this has been on my mind since I was in the Army.

[@ropeburn6684]

Of course you can instantly spot Americans, at least the loud ones - they're loud enough to hear their language or accent. 😂

[@DanielsVlog18]

Giving birth costs nowhere near 30/60k in the US.

[@peter_meyer]

Well, if you happen to end up out of network with severe difficulties, it vcan go up to 30-40k, Just think about the newborn ending up in NICU for a week.

[@mbstep2055]

Wow. What kind of hospital charges $30k for a baby delivery? I have never heard of that and we paid out of pocket.

[@AE-uj7qc]

just pay your health insurance! with 4800€ gross you pay 807€ health insurance per month in Germany. you can also insure yourself in the USA for this.

[@ridl_fitz]

yes, only half of it is paid by your employer, so "YOU" pay 403,50 .....

[@AE-uj7qc]

@@ridl_fitz No you pay €807. because if the health insurance wasn't so high, the employer could pay €403.5 more. salaries are much lower than in the US.

[@arnodobler1096]

Copays???

[@AE-uj7qc]

@@arnodobler1096 ?

[@arnodobler1096]

@@AE-uj7qc Even if they are insured in the USA, there are still often high co-payments. Prices are nuts over there.

[@Nathan-rc2oi]

Good to see you back xD

[@alexanderroth1427]

Actually statistic says atleat 40% of American are German decent or have German ancestors so alot see Germany as kind of the forgotten brother they want to visit :)

[@williamlucas4656]

I don’t think having a German name and being three or four generations removed as my wife does has anything whatsoever to do with the starry eyed optimism of Americans who think Germany is better. In many ways it is and in other ways it is not. There is the bad and the good and the Americans love to ignore the bad and only think about the good.

[@Anonymoose66G]

@@williamlucas4656 Overall Germany is better tbh.

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

@@williamlucas4656 I would say that the vast majority of Americans would be better off in Europe/Germany than in the US. Unless you belong to the upper class and have a corresponding wealth/income.

[@ChristiaanHW]

what i read/heard about that is that those people consider themselves of German decent/blood. but that could mean as little as "one of my great, great,great, great, great-grandparents was German (the rest is from the US) so i consider myself as part German" by that logic i'm partly French because 350 years ago one of my ancestors came from French.

[@Anonymoose66G]

@@ChristiaanHW I don't even get this tbh, nowadays being a nationality is the culture you've adopted, your not German just as I'm not Irish. I myself have no national identity which is pretty rare and weird 😂. Okay, yes my genetic code is slightly different because of my international heritage but it doesn't really matter, for example you consider yourself American however your evidently not unless your native, it's a cultural thing more than anything. So I think instead of saying we're half this or that we should just state what culture were most influenced by.

[@Merigold83]

That scene in the background at 3:49 is completely impossible in the USA.

[@holger_p]

What ? Carrying home you shopping ?

[@guitinwidit]

I just turned 57 and am longing to get back to Europe to live and work but I fear my age will be a severely limiting factor.

[@stavrosk.2868]

If you´re a teacher, you´ll be most welcome in many European cities.

[@magador1]

I see many Americans coming to Sicily and believing they can live there like in America, but nobody should make that mistake. Sicilians, especially in the small towns, are very clear about who they want to associate with. Mistakes are forgiven once and then no more, many foreigners only realize late that they don't belong and never will.

[@StrongKickMan]

Same here in Portugal. I feel like most Americans are not liked too much. Might also be related to the fact, that big American investment groups bought huge parts of the houses and raised the prices so high that locals can't afford it anymore.

[@brazendesigns]

What a miserable way to interact with fellow human beings. Sounds like a terrible place to live.

[@magador1]

@@brazendesigns Those who misbehave will be treated badly. There are general rules that you have to follow.

[@brazendesigns]

@@magador1 well that depends on what you mean by "misbehave". Obviously, they have to follow laws... What do you mean?

[@magador1]

@@brazendesigns You should at least try to learn the local language and not demand that everyone speaks English after a year. Our shops are closed at midday in the summer, so no one should shout when they are closed. It doesn't matter how warm it is, but proper clothing is required even when going to church. The building regulations apply to everyone so you should stick to them and apart from that your house can be taken away very quickly if you violate them. It probably sounds perfectly normal, but some don't seem to want to stick to it.

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

California is a desirable state? Just the first few seconds and I heard it all. And to the ones who come here; I hope y'all are working or are here to work here in the near future, else that's some parasitic behaviour. The social state doesn't exist so foreginers can come here, use our tax payers hard earned money for their advantage and then leave. I feel like the German government should do something about that like binding the folks that come here for uni for at least 10 years, so they have to work for what they have used. (Wishful thinking with the current government)

[@peter_meyer]

Almost _every_ foreigner comming here _wants_ to work. There's no difference. If they are from Syria, any african country or the USA. They _want_ to work here and contribute to the system. Unfortunately some people think these people come here to only benefit from the system. That's plain wrong. many of these people even don't know the system and the benefits. They come here and want to afford a Mercedes or Audi. That's why they come here.

[@vmoses1979]

California is a desirable state unless you have been under a rock for the last 50 years. Trust me no American is coming to Germany to take your welfare or health-care. And quite frankly even if they were millions of Germans got free land and opportunity in the States in the 1800s and early 1900s so payback for that. Honestly - it astonishes me how downright mean so many Europeans are - as if all people just want to take from you.

[@Shelleee777]

Germany is not what it used to be!! Healthcare is going down! I am from Germany!! People are not happy no more and it's getting worse....your infos are wrong! ✌🏼

[@arnodobler1096]

10 times better than in the US

[@Shelleee777]

@@arnodobler1096 it all depends where u live.....I have german friends over there and they ain't coming back 🙃

[@arnodobler1096]

@elaella7561 . Yeah sure. It is particularly interesting for young, healthy singles.

[@Shelleee777]

@@arnodobler1096 excuse me but they are in the 50's 😁 i am 47 😆 they went in the 90's to the States....

[@arnodobler1096]

@elaella7561 yes, more Americans have been coming to Germany for years than the other way around.

[@Dhi_Bee]

Easy. Free university/healthcare/quality of life & also labor & workers’ rights/public transportation/educated people/etc.

[@Dhi_Bee]

@sydmccreath4554 People know it’s paid for via taxes, but it’s “free” as in you’ll never have to go in debt or have to start a Gofundme like people in the US do. And it’s still CHEAPER than private health insurance companies in the US

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

The republican woman (yes I know she is republican) bragging about how much she loves to live in Germany, blaming Obama and incapable of explaining why the American health care system is inexistent is pure gold. She has the cojones to blame Obama and not the American greediness for not having a unerversual care system LOL

[@inotoni6148]

Didn't Obama want a different system but the reps prevented it?

[@tobiisiba1641]

Lol the fucking presidents allow it to happen there is no such thing as the "American greediness" most of the health care system and cimpines are owned and ran buy people of Jewish heritage.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

You really think Obama cared?

[@LegioXXI]

@@Timbothruster-fh3cw Obama at least tried.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

@@LegioXXI Obama play acted just like any other politician!

[@robertmurray8763]

Their are a lot of Americans living permanently in foreign countries.

[@xelerator25]

maybe cause they are dumb? healthcare in germany is very expensive i pay 480€ erry month for the insurence and you have to pay it if you want or not tons of things are not covert and you need extra insurence, im a 41 old german and know what im talking about

[@holger_p]

It's because it's solidaric, if you are on pension and get only 1500/month, you pay only something like 100/month. You never pay more, than you can afford. But the rich pay for the poor, yes. Cause everybody could become poor one day.

[@badasstoad9419]

I care about all kinds of people, but omg the Americans in Germany are childishly rude… Everybody else acts human, and the same no matter their race, etc. I care about Americans, and my GF is one. But please respect the German culture and don’t act rude. We are all equal, humane, and polite here.

[@jonson856]

Germans in Germany. We only get like 23 vacation days. This is slavery! Americans, you get that many vacation days? Thats amazing!😍

[@lukaszds8935]

@@Momoa78642 Urlaubstage plus 3-4 Extra Urlaub für Schichten bekomme ich in DE.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

How have all these people been able to move to Germany I wonder?

[@yourtruebrit]

Mostly all yes live in Germany.

[@hamidnikzad3812]

As i minority i will never want to live in Germany. I don't want to pay high tax. For me possession of property is very important which is very difficult to obtain.

[@arnodobler1096]

US Inc. 💵

[@olgahein4384]

It's not difficult to obtain property here in Germany. My parents moved here as soon as the UDSSR collapsed. My mom worked in a metal factory, my father as a truck driver. They had to wait for 6 years till a property spot was free in their desired area, but they got it in the end. You just need to learn the laws and play by the rules. Of course you need to work your ass off, cause in Germany property actually has value - a bit too much as of now though, since Corona the market has gone badonkaz but that bubble should burst in the next decade or so and become more affordable again. Oh and the high tax is only if your earning a filthy rich person income. Even then, it's progressive. You pay higher taxes in Denmark.

[@stevenwalker1834]

im 20 year old german i saw 1 American in my life in germany

[@Tommusix]

I never met one. 2 Brits. English native speaker aren't not interested in countryside villages I guess.

[@yourtruebrit]

@@Tommusixwell I live in a village 🥰

[@scarba]

@@TommusixIch bin Schottin, wohne auf einem Dorf, spreche fließend deutsch. Kein Schwein spricht englisch mit mir 😂. Ich kenne auch keine englischen Muttersprachler

[@Lysandra-8]

​@@scarbaperfekt integriert 😍 die, die es nicht wollen, leben meist in berlin

[@scarba]

@@Lysandra-8 naja, perfekt nicht, aber mein Mann ist deutscher und dass ist natürlich sehr vorteilhaft

[@littlebrit]

Russian officer in East Germany: I like Germany and I am going to stay here after my discharge. American officer in West Germany: I like Germany and I am going to stay here after my discharge. Conclusion: make a Germany model for word peace!

[@peter_meyer]

This is an awesome comment.

[@peter_meyer]

@@presidenteden6498 ... and? Should we now all praise the USA? The US didn't do this out of charity.

[@peter_meyer]

@@presidenteden6498 That's more than 80 years back now. The "quotes" from littlebrit (!) would be from the 80s and 90s. I surely don't claim the german model to be the best, but the european idea of employment, workers rights and health care is far ahead of what the US system offers.

[@victorsamsung2921]

Perhaps you should meet-up with The Black Forest Family ... a well-known American family living in Germany at the moment. Would be cool.

[@ReinersBlauerHoden]

Like healthcare is for free in germany... in the last three years ive paid like 40k for absolutely norhing bc i wasnt go to a doctor or something

[@MrZipper42]

If you are lazy, like to live off other people's income Germany is for you. If you work then it is not. Healthcare here sucks.

[@arnodobler1096]

Schmarrn

[@MrZipper42]

Well, that is a lot of what I see after living here for 5 years. Try getting an appointment for anything other than the Hausartz. How long does it take to get your DSL hooked-up? Hell, just the other night I was on empty and need to get some gas at ESSO. Pulled up to the pump. Pump no worky. Went to go see what is going on. They was a sign posted that says the attended is on break for 30 minutes and was setting outside smoking. And I can't tell you how many people I have come across that is working the system figuring out how to get the maximum sick leave without getting fired. Or those who have lost their jobs trying to get the maximum unemployment while working under the table. And then there are places like Raumhein who have whole communities of women pumping out babies living of Kindergeld and Welfair while being full-time students. And with that said, who do you think pays for all this? I will tell you who. And if you make 120K per year here and are single, you will have to pay 35K in taxes so that the aforementioned people can sit on their lazy asses. Luckily, I am fortunate and don't have to because I have figured a better way. But this is what my friends and neighbors have to live with, and I can tell you they are not happy about it one bit.@@arnodobler1096

[@peter_meyer]

@@MrZipper42 Of course they are complaining. That's german national sport right after football. And it is good this way, because nothing would change if nobody complains. Just imagine every german would claim Germany to be the best country in the world....

[@MrZipper42]

Well, I have given up in getting any decent healthcare. I am going to Thailand for my annual physical exam. @@peter_meyer

[@stavrosk.2868]

7:50 adapting here is so easy, everyone speaks English.....so, the Germans are adapting to yoú.

[@peter_meyer]

Obama Care was crippled by the REPs. It was a completely different system on paper..... i agree with the lady that the result is not good. But you should know whom to thank for the result.

[@The_MNWesty]

Great vid

[@yendar9262]

Whoa whoa whoa. So many immigrants from a third world country? Shan't we build a wall? 🤔

[@joergfro7149]

why Americans move to Germany: 30 days paid vacation less guns on the street . Beer!!!!! Oktoberfest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No speed limit on the Autobahn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Located in the center of Europe, just anywhere in 3 hours by plane. They want to eat our sausage! is next to Switzerland, go steal chocolate! is next to Austria, want to go steal Wiener Schnitzel! I don't have to explain what they want in the Netherlands... Want to get drunk before they turn 21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomasbarchen]

As an American that's been living in Germany for three decades I would say because America is for the dogs and is far from being free.

[@papaschlumpf2149]

lol 😄

[@saintpreferred9223]

You're a Dem, with nothing, right?

[@joergfro7149]

@@saintpreferred9223 Member of the AFD right winger

[@tiefensucht]

we should advertise the last one. "come to germany and get drunk young"

[@siriosstar4789]

This is VERY disturbing . i move to Germany to escape Americans and now they are everywhere . yes, that selfish and no i don't have a follow up to that .

[@skaarphy5797]

"YOU CAN KIND OF SPOT THE AMERICAN; RIGHT? BECAUSE THE STEREOTYPE IS THEY'RE VERY LOUD! SO ..."

[@tosa2522]

I wonder how many home births there are in the U.S. because mothers can't afford the cost of hospital birth? After all, there is a great risk to the child if emergency medical care is not available.

[@Tommusix]

It's a mess.

[@yourtruebrit]

Abortion rates must be higher than Europe I wonder 💭:)

[@peter_meyer]

@@yourtruebrit There's more child pregnancy in the US ((intentionally?) bad s#x education), a higher death rate among newborns _and_ mothers and a conservative party that tries to ban abortion even if it would be reasonable.

[@saintpreferred9223]

ILLEGALS in the USA use the US healthcare system all the time. You're a Dem, right?

[@billyfink1234]

No Germans are poor compared to us ive seen it firsthand.

[@mommakittydragon8926]

hi, sadly there's not many of us here in the Niedersachsen area:(

[@peter_meyer]

There's a few. They just are not as "public". They just live their lives. Pretty much like northern style: "Don't talk too much"

[@SaschaRoenz]

Hier in Deutschland wird es auch bald so kommen wie in den USA. Es gibt doch schon Diskussionen darüber, ob Patienten ihre Behandlung teilweise selbst bezahlen sollen, der Krankenkasse noch mehr Geld geben sollen oder bei selbstverschuldeten Krankheiten/Unfällen alles selbst bezahlen etc.

[@IHC403]

Fake News! Die Kassen zahlen halt nicht für Behandlungen, die keine nachgewiesene Wirksamkeit haben. Seltsamerweise zahlen sie für Homöopathie. Einige Mitbürger erwarten aber das All-Inclusive-Paket inklusive 3 Stunden jammern beim Chefarzt persönlich. Also her mit den Quellen. Ich hab davon noch nie was gehört.

[@a.r.stellmacher8709]

Mach’ mir doch bitte keine Angst

[@peter_meyer]

Ja, bei der AfD ist die Idee des amerikanischen Gesundheitssystems sehr populär. Sehr beunruhigend.

[@SaschaRoenz]

@@peter_meyer Darüber kann ich nirgendwo was lesen. Halte ich für Humbug. Vieles, was über die Gesundheitspolitik der AfD noch bei Google rumschwirrt, ist schon teilweise veraltet.

[@lukaszds8935]

AfD macht keine Politik. Die sind Populisten. Ihre verrückten Ideen können die nicht mit umsetzbaren und realistischen Plänen begründet. Nur hetzen und beleidigen können sie. Insbesondere Minderheiten, die sich nicht währen können.

[@williamcarlson5405]

From WC USA, I can only say this, my mother-in-law in a Regensburg nursing home, otherwise healthy,had back pain, a visiting doctor would not let her go to the hospital, saying that if all “well people were sent to the hospital, there would be no room for sick people! She was dead within 3 days! So I guess that left a hospital room for a “ Sick Person”!

[@JanLovesBmx]

yes normally you wouldnt be placed into a hospital right away with only back pain, they would start with sending you to a chiropractor and if he cant help you with therapy you end up in the hospital. sorry for your families lost, but i think thats just common practice.

[@IsraelCervantes-le4gf]

To die from back pain is odd, I'm sure there were more symptoms, sorry for your loss I think that you'll find those horror stories in every healthcare system in the world, but among the developed world, they're more common in America.

[@alice-elizabeth]

It would be good to have a video comparing the UK healthcare system to Germany's. In my opinion, despite the healthcare system being better managed in Germany, the price I have to pay for insurance is extortionate, and it's compulsory. It's one of the main reasons why I've decided to move back to the UK. Even when I was unemployed (which has been a lot, because it's a struggle to get jobs as a foreigner in Germany - in my experience) I still had to pay 200+ Euros a month for insurance. In the UK, I would not have to do that but would still have access to healthcare. Right now because I'm self-employed, I'm paying close to 500 Euros PER MONTH for insurance. It's an absolute joke, I'm unable to save up any of my money because it constantly increases. And whenever I go to the doctors I'm always dismissed and told to have a warm bath and drink tea.

[@j.a.1721]

That would actually be an interesting comparison. Right now, the only things I hear about the healthcare system in the UK is the long waittimes and strikes because doctors don't get paid enough etc. So I wonder if it is a "pay less, get less" kind of situation.

[@alice-elizabeth]

@@j.a.1721 I think what the UK needs is this sort of 'middle' doctors service like Germany does. For example, in the UK you go to your GP (Hauszarzt) for everything, then get referred to a specialist department at a local hospital if you need further treatment. But in Germany, they have specialist doctors offices in every city, so I don't need to even go to the hospital for anything other than emergencies. If I need to see my gynaecologist in the UK for example, I'd have to either go to the GP or to the department at the hospital. Whereas in Germany, I can just go to a local gynaecology office without putting pressure on my GP office or the hospital. I also feel Germans have much more discipline than Brits, so it might also be down to bad management in the NHS rather than money reasons.

[@j.a.1721]

@@alice-elizabeth oh I did not know that. I am Austrian so I am relatively familiar with the German system and it has a lot similarities with our own (for example those specialist doctors outside of hospitals, we have that too). I never even considered that other countries might not have that....

[@alice-elizabeth]

@@j.a.1721 I think the UK might have them too but you'd have to pay for private healthcare which can be expensive. But waiting times aren't as bad if you go private.

[@Harryset1]

Yup ,and the NHS is broken -- and beyond repair -- -- and you should know about it.

[@blackroserevolution3989]

It's because Americans come to Germany and experience kindness for the first time in their lives and then they can never go back. Healthcare, workers rights, that shit is just extra perks. (Or you know, a natural result of a society that gives a shit about people and treats each other like human beings). But that's not worth uprooting your life for. Realizing that random strangers care more about what happens to you then your friends and family ever did is. You guys shouldn't have been so good to us if you didn't want us to come here, blame yourselves.

[@tiefensucht]

nah, kindness is something everyone living in a foreign country experiences. people coming from germany to US say the same.

[@xotwod3254]

I miss your videos man!!

[@koviyovas8325]

i had a feeling the karen with the hat would say that lmao

[@CamaroMann]

Well… *before* the clip starts: I guess, it's not because of the weather :D

[@wakeupcall2665]

It is exactly the same like in the Northern parts of the US or the Southern parts of Canada, different the further South and East you go. The Atlantic Ocean has a strong impact during the winter months for most of Western Europe. I actually prefer the change of the seasons throughout the year. And the summers in the South East where I live are generally very sunny and warm way into September and October. With proper winter weather and lots of snow into early spring.

[@peter_meyer]

Um, there's an american living in Hanover who claimed that the southern US was "too damn hot". Well, there are those and there are others.

[@KingElmo83]

I love your videos. 🫶🏻

[@yourtruebrit]

Danke 🤩

[@Conn30Mtenor]

At the end of the Second World War a lot of American soldiers talked about how much they preferred Germans over the other Europeans. German work ethic, their love of order and cleanliness. It struck a chord with Americans.

[@kermitfrosch6559]

Because the German government is absolutely insane for wasting billions of German tax dollars on all the crap in the world. For this reason, Germany has the highest tax rates in the world. And as a German, I can say that more and more people are waking up and realizing that this tax waste for the whole world and the interests of other countries have to be stopped. The extreme left, socialist, crazy politics must be stopped. Illegal migration must be stopped, because it bleeds our pension, health and social systems dry and brings a barbaric, unprecedented violence into the country. If Germany do not return to conservative, purely market-based, performance-based politics, this country will be destroyed in the next decade. The number of inhabitants in Germany is increasing rapidly with people from undeveloped countries who have nothing to do with our culture and values. In large cities, more and more Islamic clans are forming, which are not governed by German law but by Sharia. Germany is no longer the paradise it was 30 years ago. It's now more like an oriental bazaar or an African state.

[@m.s.8927]

@@Just_another_Euro_dudeHe did not even mention wealth

[@johnprager662]

To the lady who said there's a lot to do outside in Germany: Sorry you lived in a big city in the US. I can't imagine thinking that there's nothing to do outside in the US unless you live in a really crummy area. I know Europeans who move here to the US because of the outdoors.

[@Tommusix]

It depends on what you prefer to do. I don't know what people like her mean when they're saying this. I live in a rural area of Germany and I love the peaceful evening but there's something to do on daylight.

[@peter_meyer]

@johnprager662 "doing things outside in Germany" includes walking and biking through farm fields without being shot for trespassing

[@Arltratlo]

but Europeans are used to walk besides having a car... Americans only walk from or to their cars!

[@teniente_snafu]

Everything is closer. You won't get shot. There are lots of amenities like lifts, cable cars, hiking tracks, bike tracks, inns and shelters in the mountains. The outdoors are more accessible here, and you don't have to have a car to get to them.

[@swunt10]

If you live in flyover country, where every square mile is a farm, then you can't even go for a hike. The only parts of the US where you can do something outside are trails and parks. The rest of the country is mostly roads, private land, hot desert and suburbs.

[@dulseporree8280]

America lots of Homeless everywhere.

[@Roque-Cachamuiña-gs1wd]

From Spain, it is difficult to understand that being sick, the cost of treatment for the patient is a serious problem. The American healthcare system is the demonstration that the market does not solve everything, just as the Berlin Wall was the demonstration of the failure of communism

[@Habakuk_]

Exactly pure capitalism is crap as well as pure socialism

[@dulseporree8280]

I know that in Bayern a lots of America people visited than other part of Germany. Germany the best Country