Americans Living Abroad: First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up - American Reacts 

When you were referring to the US healthcare system, you said it's "heavily flawed" , no it isn't, it's working exactly how it was designed. To make as much money as is possible. And who are the best customers? Desperate, vulnerable people.

I'm an American and after three trips to Europe, 6 countries, I came away with the realization that Europeans spend their time and attention living their lives while Americans spend their time and attention preventing their deaths. The basic reason is they have the basic survival needs covered for all, then what you do after that is up to you.

An American friend was visiting me here in Australia, he cut his foot badly on broken glass, it took me ages to talk him into going to the ER, he wanted to tape it up with duct tape, he refused to believe that he would get stitched up for free, he only believed it when we were driving away from the hospital, he ended up moving here.

About pepper spray, it's forbidden almost everywhere in Europe too. The thing some Americans don't understand is, once you allow any type of self denfence tool that is capable of causing harm to another person, it's out there and, people being people it's gonna be misused. Ta daaaaa....that's what happens with guns in the US.

In Australia, they won’t let you out of the hospital unless you’ve recovered well enough to take care of yourself, or unless you have family members who have time to take care of you at home.

Some Americans will tell you " it starts with socialized medicine, free education, a living wage and ends with no freedom, Gulags in Alaska and a Stalin like communist leader in the white house" As an Australian I think its wild to feel the need to be armed just to go to the local 711 for milk.

America is an odd country in many ways. My astronomer friend and I set up our telescopes to view Mars at opposition in a completely empty field in the vicinity of Tufts University Campus in Massachusetts USA. The field was well away from the campus buildings, pretty much a half mile distant from any populated area. After around 30 minutes a Tufts' police cruiser arrived (there are literally thousands of "police" agencies in the US) and shone searchlights on us as if a terrorist threat (destroying our night vision). We politely explained what we were doing, as if that wasn't obvious given our astro equipment, but it was clear these armed cops saw us as proto-terrorists and ordered us to dismantle our astro stuff and "get out of the area". We mildly protested, so they threatened to arrest us, touching their guns. Odd mindset.

I lived in Memphis TN, for awhile and was dating a German girl, her parents came over to visit and on our way to Graceland we passed a large homeless tent village, her parents asked me who they were and when I explained that they were homeless, they got so upset and were actually crying that people were living that way, they said they have never seen such a thing like that in all of their travels in Europe, it really broke their hearts

The last girl talking about trespassing: I work for a US-based company here in Czech Republic and when we take our American colleagues for a hike around here, they're always concerned about trespassing... And we always need to explain that it's not a problem. It's actually perfectly legal---when it comes to properties like woods and meadows, unless fenced and/or clearly marked as "keep off", you can legally enter even if it is private property. Simple logic: don't cross fences, they're there for a reason. If there are none, you're fine... One of the American colleagues once told me "you know, it seems to me that here in Czechia, you actually have more freedom than we have back in the States..." ;-)

I'm an Aussie. I work an even time roster with annual and sick leave I work 23 weeks a year, for $120,000. One day I get a phone call to say I had cancer. After all my annual leave and sick leave was used up, I was still getting paid. I rang the boss, and he jokingly said, "I'll look into it" and then added, "come back when you're better." For nearly 6 months I didn't miss a pay, I've been back at work for nearly 2 years all good.

I'm Indonesian and seeing this made me laugh and cry at the same time, I know about America but don't know about that situation. In Indonesia, a developing country with the fourth largest population in the world, health care is handled by the government. Call it BPJS. There are levels, for poor people to get free. For middle-class people, it can be free or pay half.

Funfact: You said a lot of smaller towns don't have a lot of homeless people. Usually, in most other (or at least in European) countries, those smaller towns have none and bigger cities have very few because those countries actually provide services for people who lose their jobs and healthcare helps those who need help getting off drugs or other addictions.

As a french man , seeing this made me laugh and cries at same time. Here in France (which is not the best Country for Healthcare in Europe btw) , we're paying taxes for our health. If you're sick, u go to your doctor, they stop u for working if its dangerous or difficult for your health, and most of the care is free, or nearly that. Very hard to see that a sickness can kill u because u need to work. and yes, we got 5 weeks of vacation obligatory (by the law), and yes, the days off for illness is limitless ... Sorry the my bad english btw

I also live in Austria, I actually get 36 days vacations and I'm just a bartender. Those 36 days are full pay. We can go have a beer after work to any park near by, there's no "no drinking in public". I saw a homeless guy that was bleeding for some reason and the amount of people try to help him out before the ambulance arrived was amazing. Guys in full suits taking care of him, giving him water. Once the ambulance was there, they took care of him and took him to the hospital. He probably didn't have to pay a dime for that service. One of the biggest thing I've seen here is that everyone minds there own business (shit you can be topless at the river and no Karen will pop up to you and tell you to put some cloths on). BUT, when someone needs help, everyone will try to help. It's not just healthcare. It's education, it's food quality, it's the public transport, it's the working hours, the vacations. The quality of life. America is the richest country in the world, but it's not the only rich country. And a lot of Americans think that all of what I mentioned is socialist. Bro, Austria is super capitalist haha Red Bull, KTM and fucking GLOCK are from here haha. But the government system is welfare capitalism, meaning that what's considered RIGHTS are payed with our taxes. You can have a private insurance, there are private clinics and private universities, but the public options are just as good and in many cases even better.

If I'm not mistaken at 3:28 the country the lady is from is called 'Austria', a country in the southern part of Central Europe, situated near Eastern Alps. People seem to be talking as if she said Australia, which is in no way related to Austria. I could be wrong but that's what I heard.

I have an American friend who is married to a Brit and has lived over here for 7 years. She broke her leg 6 months after getting married and i took her to the bospitsl and she was panicking all the way there. She was immediately checked in, x-rayed/scanned for any head injuries/prepped and made ready for surgery (all in 2 hours) and when i visited her with her husband just before she was taken in for surgery we found her in tears. She was panicking about the cost as she didn't know if she had enough health cover from America. Her husband called in a nurse and asked her to explain how the health system worked in Western Europe - on hearing that EVERYTHING was free including her post op medicine and physio treatment - she burst out crying again with relief and joy. American politicians call the Western European health care - Communist/Socialist policies - it's NONE OF THOSE THINGS - BUT, IT IS HUMANE/DECENT AND CARING FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE WHETHER YOU'RE A NEWBORN /LIFE LONG DRUGGY/WINO/RETIRED - EVERYONE GETS BEST FREE TREATMENT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 'DOING THE RIGHT THING'!!. In Western Europe we don't give you a life saving op then turn you out of your house to die like a dog on the street because you can't pay so your hiuse has to be sold. It's a catch 22 with only real winners beimg - the Doctors/Surgeons/Hospitals and Medical Insurance companies - that's not Commy/Socialist policies - NO IT'S NOT, BUT, IT IS BARBARIC !!

Problem with your health care is NOT that its broken. It's working exactly as it has been designed to work. That being for profit above all else. Its of no use whatsoever to have excellent care if no one can afford it.

Pepperspray is illegal in Norway as well. I am 48 years old, living in Oslo and I have never seen a robbery or assault of any kind. I might have seen a street brawl between drunks. Of course things happen here, but unless you seek out the areas where trouble is most likely to happen at night, most people here will never even witness violent crime or aggression on the streets.

I know a story about an US family who were on vacation here in Rio de Janeiro. The son had a problem with sunburn on the beach with a jellyfish. They went to the emergency of a public hospital and the boy was treated. In the end, the father was stunned when he realised that he wouldn't have to pay for anything.

25 years ago I worked for an American oil company in the UK and I provided regular holiday and sickness staff cover for all of our 23 distribution depots. By a strange quirk of fate I was staying in a certain 5* hotel in Norfolk when our UK CEO turned up with a very senior US executive. (they were visiting Lotus with a view to sponsoring them) The Maitre D "helpfully" informed them that I was staying there also. After dinner I was invited to join them for drinks. Feeling mischievous I steered the conversation round to pay and conditions and managed to seriously wind up the American. First he couldn't believe that even at my lowly grade I automatically qualified for a minimum of 4* accommodation, had an expense account and a company car. I had a final salary NON CONTRIBUTORY pension, 35 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, I also qualified for 52 weeks sickness on full pay and 52 weeks on half pay. The one that really pissed him off was that I could retire at 50 with a lump sum and a slightly reduced pension, which I did and took redundancy on top.

Gotta say when I first started meeting americans travelling in the 90s, I was so shocked by how much fear/ stress and anxiety they seemed to have, yet the next minute talk about USA being the greatest country on earth (and everyone knew there was no arguing with that, even by basic statistics). And their convo was constantly about drugs, divorces, pills, sleeping pills, dramas, mental health issues, trauma, ptsd, abuse... very sad. Hope that is changing.

Note: The girl at 3.25 was from LA but now lives in Austria, in Europe, NOT Australia. Yes, I know you were just using it as a comparison but Europe is quite different to USA.

I'm a Brit and honestly mad respect to you guys for breaking out of the American mindset and being objective about your countries flaws but honestly we have some issues here in Europe too haha. I'd love to live in the U.S. Maybe one day fingers 🤞

Bonjour from your native Texan living in the French Riviera. Had to take an ambulance last month ... it was 96 Euros (but included 28 Euros for EMT folks). I guess my first "lightbulb" on how America's culture shocked me compared to my Host Country. I moved from Fort Worth to Israel. One of the first things I noticed was how the streets of Tel Aviv were being manually "swept" by older folks ... complete with "Wizard of Oz" styled Brooms. So I asked an Israeli buddy why they didn't buy "Street Sweeper Machines" (Trucks) and he looked at me and said "We think that giving Older citizens the opportunity to make some extra money to supplement their pensions is better than buying a $250,000 machine".

Wow I can’t even imagine being allowed to be armed with anything here In Australia. We don’t even contemplate carry a weapon here ever. You can’t even buy pepper spray here.

Here in Oz it's a bit of an institution to take a random day off work for yourself to just chill or catch up on things at home. We call it "Chucking a sickie".

Being Russian i was studing in China in an american school... yeah i know that's messed up. so they advised me to get an american health insurance. i though sure better be covered and all, went for the top plan they offered, i think it was $1400 or smth like that. then i happened to have a severe case of tonsilitis. it was so bad i couldn't even eat. so i had to go to that american hospital to get my doctor's note for the uni. in russia you can call a doctor and he'll just come visit you if you're ill and give all the medicine for free. bet it's same in china with state hospitals cause they just modelled their thing after us but ok. i go there by myself having fever to see a doctor and get my note, must be a fancy private hospital i think, after all they charged me so much. i get the appointment.. doc recieves me for like 10 min, confirms that i have a tosilitis, gives a note, doesn't give any medicine and charges me for another $400. i could apply for refund from the insurance later but first i had to pay cash. that moment i realized communist propaganda wasn't lying us about the US lol

How can an ambulance cost you 2000 to 5000 dollars ?! There is no way to justify such a cost. Once I was hit by a car, got the police, the firefighters and the ambulance taking care of me, bringing me to the emergency room, got a x-ray, and a nurse came and said: no fracture, you are free to go. I left the hospital like a GTA character, without paying any money. What's the point at being so powerful and rich if the most important things are not accessible.

From the Netherlands here. Early last year I had an accident at work resulting in my foot being broken in multiple places. I spend 7 weeks recovering at home. For the first of those 7 weeks I got paid 100% of my normal salary, for the remaining 6 weeks I got paid 70%. I never saw a bill from the hospital. And for the entire period I was on sick leave (and for *_97 more weeks,_* if it had come to that) I was legally protected from being fired by my employer for missing work.

I moved here to the states to be with my wife (from New Zealand to NYC). 'Healthcare' here is a joke - if something serious happened to me, it would be cheaper to fly back home on a private jet and get the care I needed for free.

My wife and I live and work in Germany. Couple years ago she had stomac surgerry and she had some problems with her backbone, nothing so bad but she pain from time to some and she was prohibited from doing her job as waitress so Germany paid her to go to some kind of school where she will remind her self to work in pc in office package and some other thing like that for full year, school costs nothing and she was getting paid aroung 1000€ monthly and after that they found her a job where she can work without lifting anything heavier than 5kg...year and a half later, she sent her to rehabilitation for three weeks where she can additionally rehabilitate her backbone with some kind of trainings and it was also free, stay and 3 meals, trainings and everything and she got paid her salary as she was working. In case jou stay without job, Germany is providing you with around 1300e monthly which is enough to pay rent and bills and live normally while you are searching for another job and you don't have to give them that money back. Germany have the best social system in world

It always hurts my heart how hard it is for Americans to afford healthcare, it should be a basic human right. We send aid to third world countries for this very reason. It seems to me there is no excuse in America, for this to be the case. Also people being forced to work such crazy hours to make ends meet, no life balance, it's so wrong. The reason we have better conditions is that our tax dollars go to pay for these things, yours don't I think, it's just not fair.

Took my Kiwi wife (a nurse) and kids back to PA for a holiday. Her and I went to the local American Legion for a few drinks one night. We got talking to the bar maid about health systems. She asked my wife how much it costs us to have our 2 kids and my wife was confused. The girl said she still owed nearly 8000 for her childrens births and my wife was like "You have to pay to have kids here??"! We paid nothing, by the way.

"Some places are really safe and you don't even need a weapon". Meanwhile, me going to walk the dog at night and forgetting even to bring my phone, being super relaxed. I don't even need the means to call for help!

Great video content again! The concept of Universal healthcare is lost on Americans because they feel if they are taxed and don’t use it, they’ve lost money. In actuality with universal healthcare you pay less and if you never really need it, great. But being looked after when Ill and not having to worrying where your check book is how any society should work.

On the healthcare thing. Talking from Australia. Went to the emergency room at the local hospital. Got checked over but the place was full. So they put me in a taxi (paid by the hospital) to a hospital with beds. Got plastic surgury as they had to rebuild my index finger. Only cost to me was $5 per day for tv. The anaesthetic person, surgeons and all the rest were government funded.

Congratulations on New Mexico having free education! I’m surprised. I wonder what other states think of that.

Dude, I'm from the UK, and I found you earlier tonight while watching your Kimi Raikkonen funny moments vids, and have started to binge watch your reaction vids.. your vids are great, man ;)

im really getting into your videos recently, i like learning stuff so learning how your country works is always enlightening, also I think you're funny lol

I think it’s way scarier living in the US than Oz even with our wildlife 😳🇦🇺.

I do the payroll for an Australian branch of an American company. Last US auditor I had was like "woahhhh wtf? This guy has 600 leave hours, what happened?!" I was going to get in trouble lol Had to explain to him that, if we don't use our leave (Annual and Long Service, not sick) it just accumulates and it gets paid out when you resign.. He's like "so people just sit on their leave, and that's their nest egg?! Back home it's use it or lose it, it resets each year!" his mind was blown. I've paid people out more than $25k in unused leave.

I grew up in Bavaria (Germany) and moved to Austria 22 years ago. One thing gets swept under the rug a bit when it comes to the welfare system here. The Austrian social system is NOT for free. Each of us "throws" a small part of his or her salary in the form of a social security contribution into the pot, so that if someone gets sick and he or she needs help, it can be used immediately. One thing I can say is that the system here is even better than in Germany. You get 25 paid Vacation days, 10 Days of paid dependent care leave, Unemployment benefits if you lose your job and a very good health care system. Therefore, if you have the choice, do not move to Germany, come to Austria. ;)

The really wild thing about the American healthcare system is that the government spends more per person on it than the UK does and the public still needs to pay thousands and thousands of dollars each time they use it. Government money is just syphoned to private companies. That would not fly in the UK. People get really angry when their tax money goes to shareholders.

So grateful that when my parents left Italy as teenagers, both their parents chose to come to Australia, rather than America. I have cousins who grew up in New York rather than Adelaide...and their lives have been much more difficult as Italian Americans, than ours as Italian Australians. Thanks for making the thoughtful content that you do, mate.

One time I was in the US & there was an old guy sweeping the shop entrance, he must’ve been 80+, I asked him why he’s working? He said he has too, to pay for his medical. Poor old bugger, he should’ve been retired & enjoying his time left.

First time heard of the zigzag running... 😮 And I am pushing 60. Greetings From Finland!

I never be in US (I wish to do an holiday there in the future... When I can afford it), but I went to holiday in France several times and I didn't know the ambulance and emergency have a cost there. It shocked me! In Italy if I call an ambulance for an emergency it's free. Here basically all things related to an health emergency (ambulance, first aid, emergency room) are free (covered with taxes, even if it's starting to appear some private emergency room whom will have some cost in big city areas). We pay some cash with medical specialists visits when they're not emergency visit. So, basically, we pay a ticket that represents a part of the total cost of the health we need (the rest is always covered with taxes) when it goes to routine exams and visits from specialist (a part from specific cases, the basic family doctor services are free and granted with the National Healthcare System) or when we buy drugs and medicine. But the emergency situation is totally free (maybe you could pay a ticket on a specific exam you need to do some days after the emergency situation). And I can tell you that emergency could be a large term, because I remember a new years party of like ten years ago... A guy was too much drunk (and maybe he get some drug, like Marijuana). We take him to the emergency room to give him a cure and they take him under observation for the night there... Totally free.

Gotta love POETS day (piss off early tomorrow’s Saturday) hahaha

As an Aussie, it seems to me that American life is still based on the frontier mentality - survival of the fittest, every man for himself etc. It seems precarious and exhausting. We are lucky to have universal basic health care, even if the current govt would love to destroy it.

I had a Major Burnout in 2017. I went to a rehab clinic for 8 weeks. I never paid anything but I asked the doctors how expensive this would be and they told me it is about 18.000€ per day upwards. I can not imagine to live without the freedom to just care for my health.

homeless in USA: 1,500,000 (population 338 million) EU: under 700k (population: 450 million).

I've read some studies about homeless villages in the US, and apparently, homeless people move to those states because of the weather. You get disproportionate numbers in places where the winter won't kill you outright.

Pepper Spray is completely illegal in Australia too, as are credit card knives, tasers, batons and a whole lot of other weapons. Pocket knives and multi-tools aren't illegal, but you need a valid work reason to carry them, otherwise they are an illegally concealed weapon.

Watched a few of your videos I like the balance approach

3:52 In the company i work for (French company) in Poland i have 30 days off sick and still being paid 100% and after that it is 80%. Days i can be ill are limitless but after im ill for 3 months i have to see a doctor to check if the illness isn't pernament.. Normally Polish law states if You are sick You get paid 80% of Your wage.I have 26 holiday days (ruled by Polish law) and within that i have 4 days when i can just call my company and state i won't show up without even giving reasons. Normal working week is MAX 40 hours. If you work anything more you have to get paid 150% of your wage during working d ays and 200% on sunday (in the company i work for, working on Saturday is also paid 200%). Fun fact too: If a holiday (bank holiday or a day free from work because it is some kind of our national holiday) happens to be saturday and saturday isn't your normal woking day (fe. if You, by contract, work only Monday to Friday) then the company is obligated to give you work-free day within working week.

Countries as rich as ours should have ZERO homelessness , and full access to healthcare . It's just disgusting to treat access to healthcare as a business .

Something most might not know is in the US if you can't afford legal representation in a criminal case some one will be appointed for you. In Australia if you can't afford legal representation you can apply for Legal Aid which will pay for the Barrister/solicitor of your choice . That way you get quality representation. Not cut price service.

I feel America should be brought before some sort of international court for their healthcare system and how they treat their people

This is an interesting one from my storybook and i happened ay back in 1998. So we have this senior project manager from a very large IT vendor the GM from Michigan and he had traveled halfway around the world to see if we had what it took. A meeting was fixed on the second day for finalization and he did not turn up. So, another PM and I went to see what was up (no cell phones back then) and we found that while coming down the stairs, he had missed a step sliding from one to the other and probably had a hairline crack in the ankle. Too him to a good doctor who got him X-Rayed, diagnosed and put his leg in a cast. When the time came to pay up, the Doc told him it would be Rs 100 (2 dollars at that time). I can still recollect the look on his face !!! Since then, India has become a fairly trusted destination for pretty complex procedures involving the heart, lungs, kidneys, etc at maybe 20-25% of the cost in the US only for their procedure (all other costs extra), while this cost in India included flying them in and out, procedure and recuperation at hospitals with the finest equipment and doctors with significant experience all over the world. I read a report an year ago where the fraud in medicare in the US was estimated to be in excess of 100 billion dollars. Once again, America is teaching the world how to organize mega scams.

The US could fix everything wrong with how it treats its own people. The cruelty is in knowing they'll never do what's right. And that is ironic coming from a country that once stood for doing the right thing.

Aussie here. Nearly three years ago I had double surgery. Two days later I had a heart attack that was not connected to my surgeries. I spent one day in hospital after my surgery and five days in hospital after my heart attack. I am currently waiting for a possible double surgery. The cost to me so far for all of this. ZERO. I do pay about $8 a month for some meds that I am now on as a result of my heart attack but that is it. I love our system and hope it never changes.

About the sick leaves, one of the main point of is that YOU don't cause health or life threatening situations by being sick at work. There is a clause in the insurance policies that companies have for their employees, if the company neglects work safety by allowing sick people to work and someone gets hurt because of it they have to pay. If the accident because of it is grave enough you get can go to prison for it. And who the hell wants to put their workers in harms way anyway, it does not benefit anyone. If you cause an accident by neglecting your health and safety of others, youll go to court for it.

I was born and live in Romania, here if u feel sick and go to hospital they take care of u make xrays rmns and all kind of checks they give u treatment everything for free, just check your id card not health insurance, only receipe u will have to pay but if u go to your family doctor they will give a 50% off or free depends of cost and here bigger price means bigger discounts. Also if u call ambulance at home ride or no ride to hospital is free. Also if u work even 2 hours is mandatory that company to pay full time tax ( 8hrs per day-5days per week )means u get full benefits .

American student speaking here. I'm currently in high school and you can actually see a lot of these things everyday in our highschools. (At least mine) My friends and I are so terrified of missing school for anything. The classes move so fast and if you miss just one day, it could take you about 3-4 days to catch up. I've seen fellow classmates literally choosing school over their health just to make sure they get good grades. Only if they have something contagious or super serious do they not show up. I've had friends, and myself included, force ourselves to go to school even if we have a rapidly declining mental health or have a cold. The schools give out certificates to students with perfect attendance at the end of every school year and almost every kid that had received one had at least gone to school twice sick or feeling massively depressed. They are rewarded for ignoring their health just to come and learn. It's so sad. And It is true that we are taught to run in a zig-zag pattern and other ways to survive a literal attack when we are young children. This was very shocking to me, watching this video and finding out how people in other countries are able to afford and take care of their health. I hope you all have a great day!

Ian, but in Austria and many other countries, people with higher wages pay higher taxes. A lot of people in the US try and get out of paying taxes (including your #45!), Most people expect to pay tax as it helps pay for amenities, including health care, infrastructure etc. I have been to the US and was shocked at the Wealth divide. The US does not take care of its poor enough.

Pepper spray is illegal here in Finland too. Carrying ANY item suitable for harming others is illegal. You can not even carry a big stick, hammer, bat, cane or a knife, if you do not have a legal reason to do so. You can carry your phone, wallet, handkerchieves, waterbottle, some snacks and that's pretty much it.

That running in a zig-zag bit reminds me of Generation Kill where the reporter was running in a zig-zag from sniper fire, and one of the soldiers asks "What the hell was that?", and the reporter responds with "Serpentine!"

Hey Andrew ... Love being part of your community ... Just gotta say, when I saw you trying to weigh up your healthcare in the US vs the rest of the world and you sqid "Well, it is good healthcare here", .... Well, I believe healthcare is pretty good all around the world (if standards are followed) ... The pure truth of the matter is that the US medical "system" is corrupt, bias, negligent (in it's inaccessability) and just plain wrong.... Yes, it's THAT bad.... It's like an abuser and you have lived with it so long that you don't see the abuse, but everyone else who looks in is horrified. THAT bad sir.

1. My first job in Australia, they did not have a position open for me, but hired me anyway because I had experience too valuable for them to pass up. The week I started was after a long weekend, so I started on Tuesday, on Thursday before noon the pay lady came around, and to my surprise I got a pay packet. Not only that, it was for a full weeks pay and I was only half way through my third day. 2. Finding out I got 4 weeks paid vacation per year, after 6 months I decided to take a 2 weeks off. When I got my pay packet the Thursday before leaving, it was bulging. It had 3 weeks pay plus a lot more. It was then I found out we got 17.5% leave loading when on vacation. That's right you got more money being away on holiday than working. 3. I was asked when employed if I wanted to have the private health insurance aromatically deducted from my pay every week. A bit unsure about the cost, I asked how much. It came out a 50 cents a week at that time. ( It now costs @A$1700.00 per year for me). 4, I was involved in a serious motorcycle accident and when I woke up in the hospital I was in traction with a broken hip and told I would be there for 10 weeks at least. I was frantic about what would happen with my job, my apartment and of course the cost of it all. My employer said no problems all is ok, My friends rallied around and kept my apartment for me. The hospital visit which ended up being 6 weeks cost me nothing, not a bloody cent. It was covered by the third party insurance we pay as part of the cost of registering a vehicle. I was on crutches for 6 weeks after the hospital and all my out of pocket expenses until I was deemed fully recovered were also reimbursed. An additional point, I had only been in Oz for @ 10 months at that time, yet in the 6 weeks I was in hospital i only went without a visit from someone on 1 day. of the entire period. Made quite an impression!

I never will understand why one can be proud only because to belong to a nation. I say this as a German. I am proud of our social, scientific and technological achievements. Not about my nationality or a flag. Except during true football World Champion Ships. This is what it's all about. To live in peace and prosperity. For all people. I would be happy if America (US) would realize this as soon as possible.

I like your character. Nice vibe bro. And on point in your videos. Cool and keep it up.

The whole going to work sick is so insane and SO EXPENSIVE for the company if it's an infectious disease. It's also crazy how my flu rate dropped to zero after starting working from home like 6-7 years ago. One of my former employers made it even worse and started giving prizes for people who didn't take a single sick day that year. Just insanity. Rewarding for messing other people up...

Hi Ian: Being homeless in Australia is more about family breakdowns or personal choice. Every unemployed Australian gets $650 per fortnight from the Government. Also Australia's GDP per capita is $53,000, whereas in the US it is $59,000. So I'm a bit confused by the lack of support for Americans. So Glad to see education in New Mexico is Free. Keep up the good work.

I immigrated to the UK from the USA back in '98 and became a naturalised UK citizen in '03. I started my first job in the UK with 6 weeks vacation and healthcare that is free at the point of service. America, love it or leave it! I left it!

I am a 48yr old New Zealander with Spina Bifida. I've had more than 25 surgeries, several of which were 4hrs+, and have had hundreds upon hundreds of doctors appointments and prescriptions. When I do have to pay for the doctor, it's only around $10. As for everything else, literally nothing.

It'd extremely sad and makes me angry that Americans cannot get free healthcare. From a country that seems to think they are the wealthiest in the world, it treats its citizens like crap. I'm Australian and I am so thankful that we have free healthcare. If you don't have you're health you don't have anything. Health before wealth. It's very sad.

As a Brit visiting Japan, I almost couldn't believe the trains. They have this system where they tell you what time the train's coming, and then you go there for then... and there's a train! You can get on it, and it doesn't break down and you don't need to sell a kidney to afford the ticket. Amazing.

Europe is amazing, lived here for the last 22 years. 12 years in Germany(Dresden, Berlin) 10 years Romania (Brasov, Cluj , Bucharest) speak fluent German, Romainian lovely latin language that it is not quite fluent but working at it, been a fan of F1 since i moved to Europe. NASCAR , short track lover before and Still am. But F1 blew my mind.

I just had major surgery. I had the cartilage removed that was broken connecting my ribs, and then 3 plates were attached to hold my ribs in place. Didn’t even stay over-night. I was recovering in a hotel room. I couldn’t even reach most parts of my own body to clean or anything.

I don't see how the population has much to do with it? Yes, America and Australia are the same size by land mass, but not by populated area. It comes down to rate. In the US people who are homeless who are not sheltered (rough sleepers) is 231,000. In Australia it's 8200. That's 0.07% for the US more than double Australia's at 0.0328%. As far as taxes go, the US and Australia pay almost the same average taxes per person, with the US population paying approximately $500 a more per year. At $USD 61,500 for the US and $USD 61,040 for Australian people when you take the combined tax revenue of all levels of government. Yet America is still unable to provide anywhere near the same amount or quality of services, no healthcare, barely any welfare that requires you to have worked first. Americans pay the same amount of tax per year, but get fewer lower quality services than Australia.

On my third trip to the US my husband came, and we went shopping at a place called Ontario Mills in California. Walked into a KMart or Walmart and there were guns lining a whole wall. Our eyes were boggling as we couldn’t believe what we were seeing, even my husband who is a Corrections Officer was gobsmacked. You can’t have that here (thank goodness).

Paid leaves in Europe include holiday, vacation, sick, parental etc. Around 1 year is the parental leave, 1 month per year is the vacation/holiday leave while sick leave can be a lot of days... even unlimited.

correction... in France... if a pedestrian is knocked down and injured... you have to call the fire brigade the treatment is completely free... on the other hand... it automatically triggers the arrival of the police or the gendarmerie if you are in a rural area for the findings with presentation of the driver's license, vehicle papers, blood alcohol control and drug screening, measurement of brake marks to estimate the speed if there are any... and you will be summoned before a judge... for not having kept control of your vehicle and depending on the injuries you have caused... with a fine, possible withdrawal of the license, even prison...

here in sweden most of us works 5 day/week 8h/day. 4-5weeks paid vacation, if we work on the holidays (red days) we get the double pay, if we start work before 06:00 or after 18:00 we get more paid per hour. when we get a child we have to take 14 days of with pay and we have another 365 days that we can take with pay until the year the child gets 8yo. and you get totaly free health/toothcare/meds until you get 18yo. 2 of our kids got autism (soon 11 and 13yo) they are getting everything for free, I even get paid when I have to take a day of to take them to doctors, school meetings etc. I was home for 1 1/2 year when I stressed too much and finally hit the wall. First 365 days I received 80% of the salary the other days 70%. If you feel like going out into the forest and picking mushrooms, berries or just camping in the forest, you can go out into any forest you want. It is called the right of public access where you have the law on your side to enjoy nature.

In Australia..trespassing MIGHT get you prosecuted..not shot. I had a Csection.. Babu spent days in NICU.. we were in a single room and in for a week. All Baby Specialists, Therapists, Consultants.. nothing out of pocket.

I'm in the UK, and I went on the sick due to severe illness, I got 100% pay for six months, then 75% pay for a further 4 1/2 years (yes years not months) I was then medically retired (at 48 years old) and recieved a very large payoff from the company I worked for (ironically a large US company).

With the farmer field thing, in the uk around where i live at entrances to farmers fields sometimes theyll have signs, not about trespassing, but just saying to keep your dog on the lead

From Australia here, thought I broke my foot on a night out, knew it wasnt worth waiting for an ambulance becuase the system works on severity and potential harm basis so I jumped in an uber. Saw a Dr, had an X-ray, saw the Dr again. The uber was the most expensive part of the whole thing

The population density in Europe is 34 per Km2 (87 people per mi2), in the US is 36 per Km2 (94 people per mi2). But this is because eastern countries are less developed. If you take western countries you have Netherlands 508 per Km2 (1,316 people per mi2), Austria 109 per Km2 (283 people per mi2), Belgium 375 inhabitants per km², Italy 206 per Km2 (532 people per mi2). Homelessness rate has little to do with population density and all with social support. I will talk about Italy: - free healthcare means people a) don't go bankrupt and b) mental illness (primary cause of homelessness) is properly threated. - special loans: to buy your first house loans interest rate is set by law and it's much lower than normal - social housing programs: not only there are house available from little to zero rent for family in needs, those family can also apply to slowly buy the house they were assigned too. All of this doesn't erase the problem, but makes it much smaller for sure

love all your videos man

Nice short this topic makes us all look at things with different eyes

I became interested in what the actual cost of health care was in different countries. That is, cost inclusive of out of pocket, tax and insurance. I found various reports about the cost in the US versus other OECD countries. Two major reports came to the same conclusion comparing US costs to other OECD countries. Bear this in mind when you hear the "it isn't free you pay for it with tax' argument. When averaged across populations, in the US health care costs twice as much (per annum) compared to other OECD countries, for less care and poorer medical outcomes.

In Australia in rural areas there are a lot of dirt roads, it can sometimes be difficult to tell if you’ve crossed from a public road to private property. Many years ago my partner and I would go on lots of country drives and occasionally we’d accidentally end up on private property. A few of those times the farmers simply gave us the directions back to the main road. Unless someone was going near their livestock or maybe rolling up at night I cannot imagine farmers threatening people with a gun especially if their property backed onto walking tracks etc. After living in the country myself I think If young hikers walked on to their property they’d probably ask if they were ok/lost/had enough water etc.

German here: I had a spinal disc herniation and was "sick" = off work for 5months, including rehab. the first 6 weeks your employer pays you full salary (by law). If you are sick more than this, your health insurance kicks in and pays you 65% (roughly) of your monthly salary - additional to all your doctor expenses etc. They will pay that for 74 weeks (if you are not able to work, due to the same disease or whatever). also, your employer must not fire you from your job, just because you are sick. So I was sick, went into rehab (for free) for 4 weeks and after that, I had a "Wiedereingliederung" which means, you start your work, but only for a few hours per day and increase the working hours over a few weeks until you are back on your usual working hours. And fun fact: your vacation days (I do have 30) do not expire. Even if you are sick for 1 year, when you come back, you still have your vacation daysy left - because vacation is for recreation and if you are sick, you do not recover from work, but from your illness - different stuff ;)

In Portugal calling a ambulance in a emergency is free of charge

Lived and worked in the US for four years. I have never seen so many homeless people on the streets in any other industrialized country.

I’ve watched several of your videos , and I actually feel sorry for you , because in the process of learning about other countries , you’ve in essence learned that your country is so flawed.

I have been following your Reaction video closely and I am glad to live in Germany. Social security for working people has a very long history and goes back to a message from Kaiser Wilhelm I in 1883. Otto von Bismarck laid the foundation for the German social security system. Health insurance has existed since 1883, statutory accident insurance since 1884, pension insurance since 1889 and unemployment insurance since 1927. These insurances are mandatory for workers in Germany. Germany's social security system is still considered one of the best in the world

I'm a Canadian, living in Toronto. Having good friends who live in NYC, I had some idea of how bizarre some aspects of American life and institutions were. I knew the health care was totally unaffordable. But $3,000. for an ambulance??!! I'm presently waiting for hip replacement surgery which will be covered by our health care policy. We have a doctor and nurse shortage, but that fiasco can be placed directly at the foot of our Premier (=Governor) who was given funds for health care but chose not to use it. He's a businessman first and a servant of the people second... or third. What I found shocking was all the comments about guns and violence. It's illegal to walk around with a gun in Canada. And we sure as hell wouldn't be shot if we walked across someone's field! The insistence on common usage of fire arms in the U.S. is just making things worse. I can walk along any street downtown and not have to think about being mugged or murdered. Of course you always need to be aware of your surroundings; that's just common sense. I have an example of the flip side of these moments. I was in NYC visiting my friends. We were invited to a party in the Greenwich Village area. Lots of fun, but it was well after midnight and we were ready to crash. Out on the street, 5 of us just a bit wasted, but we had our wits about us. My friend says to get out there and hail a cab. I ask him why he couldn't do it. He wouldn't respond. He gets out there and he's waiving his arms around as yellow cabs roar up 10th Ave. Not one stopped and he looked at me with a scowl... I was flummoxed. So I try my luck, standing at the curb. I saw about 6 cabs heading toward me and I raised my hand in preparation of having to wave frantically. The moment I lifted my hand, a yellow cab came flying across five lanes and pulled up where I was standing. I opened the door and thanked him for stopping, and waived to my buds to get a move on and we pulled away, heading for the upper west side where my friend's apartment was. It was a quiet ride home, but as soon as we got out of the cab I asked him what the hell that was all about! There on the street with all five of us watching the discussion between my host and I, he said two words and I suddenly felt like such a naive fool. He said, "I'm black".

Thanks for doing this! I appreciate your channel, it takes some guts. I'm from Chile and spent 10 years in the US, and I was shocked of how the clueless people were to the rest of the world. One of the things I appreciate about bein back in Chile is my son doesn't have to learn to run in zig zag at school, that makes so sad for all the great people I met there and the friends I left behind. I discovered your channel from the ones you start to look into F1, but this is priceless content. In terms of cars, I'd recommend looking into Ayrton Senna!