Brit Reacts to American Visits British Hospital for the First Time 

Yup

We do NOT fuck with appendicitis. Too big of a risk of something going bad causing sepsis.

USA health care takes forever just like United Kingdom

Unless your a woman.... then they assume you're on your period and send you home.

@@Bradleehage Your spouting complete bullshit. I know for a fact every Emergency medical facility around me takes emergency cases very very seriously. US hospitals work on a 5 stage triage system, People higher on the scale get attention first always. If you think it takes forever its because your coming in with less life threatening medical cases. So maybe stop talking out your ass

I live in a border town and our hospital (and local clinics) are full of Canadians. Not only as patients, but a LOT of Canadians come across the border daily to WORK in our local hospital, doctors offices, and clinics. The pay here is much better. But yeah, plenty come for their health care!

​@@mizsuzeedown here in TX. Where I live not the state as a whole, only 1 in 5 doctors are US born GPs from Canada India and Mexico mainly and optometrist and dentists from Mexico and the UK mainly. It's kinda cool that our doctors here will even give reference to doctors across the border for the same level of care but significantly cheaper. If it's not a life threatening issue, like eczema or contacts or basic dental work. And they take us insurance because they pay wayyy more than the normal price

I live in an HOA with over half Canadians for half the year. My neighbors have to wait longer in Canada but they usually go back home, if it's not an emergency and if they have to have anything serious (expensive) done. They buy insurance while they're here, but they have a good sized out of pocket cost

Socialized Medicine totally sucks! Women in the UK and Canada may wait 1-2 years before they receive their first cancer treatment. Healthcare is costly in the USA; however, NO ONE is EVER turned away or is required to wait months before seeing a specialist, followed up by necessary diagnostic testing and procedures. Currently, the USA is paying for well over FIFTEEN MILLION ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS flooding through the wide open southern (and now northern) border at the hard-working American taxpayer's expense, and sending literally BILLION$ to many other nations while financing several ridiculous and totally preventable, proxy wars.

@@emerald637 Not to mention that those who are on Medicaid whether they are low income or illegals almost all of the abuse the system. They go to the Emergency room for the least little thing. Stub their toe, go to the emergency room its ridiculous. I have insurance through work so I can go but I don't abuse it. They make me pay for what insurance doesnt pay. But the people who get free healthcare abuse the system. BIG TIME.

We still pay for the insurance.

Yes, I pay for the insurance. Tricare for Life Military $346.00 a year!

Thank you for your service.​@@johnpinkston6505

God bless your donor and their family. Appreciate your miracle and God bless you as well 😊

OMG!!! Thank goodness you got help!! That amount is ridiculous!!

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Which is a good thing if you are a citizen, but it’s a bad thing if you are a citizen because you end up paying for it and half of the third world comes to America for medical treatment on your dime

Yes, there are plenty of non-citizens who come to the US for healthcare that the rest of us end up paying for, but that reinforces how good our system is. Some of those third-world people might be paying a year's salary to violent criminals to sneak them into the country illegally, and they still think it's a risk worth taking. People can complain all they want about the rich being able to afford better care, but when the care you can get as an unemployed, homeless, illegal alien is literally worth some people risking their lives for, that really says something!

My husband was taken to the ER as a 'john doe' (he had no identification) they did everything to stabilize him, then transferred him to a specialist hospital ICU. He received extraordinary care , everything you can possibly do, Still as an unknown. We do have insurance, but they did not know that. People complain about doctors incomes and the cost of medical care in the US but I have always appreciated them being paid well for their knowledge and skill. (besides, socialist medicine is not 'free' , you just pay for it from your other pocket))

We have excellent doctors here in the US, but also have to pay a lot each month for health insurance. He's right, you have to pay a certain percentage & many times if you have to go to the hospital, you'll end up paying thousands out of pocket. Yes, the hospitals are more than happy to set up a payment plan for you. It may still take YEARS to pay it off!

Yup! That is my local hospital and they are like that.

Beaumont is amazing!!

America can be really great with all of our programs to help those who have no insurance. My daughter was 22, working full time, college part time when hers went. Everything went great. They reduced the bill as low as they could, 8 grand total and told her if she had been pregnant or a single mom it would be free. I was pissed.

I went to school there to get my CNA certification and then as an employee in the late sixties and early seventies! They’re an awesome hospital and excellent employer.

​. Exactly!! That's what I say all the time.

I am happy for you being cancer free.

Esophageal cancer is so deadly! I am so glad you made it. I pray you stay cancer free. So glad you got the proper care. And appreciate the care you got.

So sorry for your great loss!

@@sunnykat2762 Thank you, Sunny. You're so kind.

As a Canadian, I have never known any Canadian that has gone to the USA for health care. I and my family have nothing but praise for the Canadian healthcare system. Sure it is not perfect but it has provided great service to myself and many members of my extended family. I have family throughout most of southern Canada from coast to coast and our experience with the signal payer system has been very good. Although I spend a lot of time in the United States, their healthcare system terrifies me. Even with insurance, you never know how outrageous the bill will be beyond the insurance. I am so thankful that we have our single payer system in Canada. I have never paid a fee for needed healthcare and have always received excellent care from our health services.

@@RBB52I lived in Michigan for 20 years and I also have met quite a few Canadians who came for health care. One needed a new hip and they told him 6 months. Come to the US and within a week he was feeling better. They might not tell you but it’s the wait time. They do love the NHS but sometimes you don’t want to wait

My uncle had to go to a veterinarian in Canada to get his heart problems diagnosed. He and my aunt moved back to the States just so he could get health care he needed.

Yeah, sure. I lived just over the border in a city in New York State. Yep - lots of Canadians streaming over the border. I had family in Canada and they came over to the US, too, rather than wait months and months - for inferior care. I was on several FB groups for a medical condition and it was so sad to listen to the horror stories of Canadians. And the British members? It was absolutely abysmal.

​@@RBB52Well, you may not know any Canadians that cross the border for healthcare, but it doesn't mean it's not true. I too live in a border state, and there are more than enough Canadians crossing the border to get elective surgery.

I’m American, but had a Canadian coworker who was in a horrible car accident and suffered significant spinal damage. His surgery kept getting postponed month after month and he became addicted to pain killers. He finally got the surgery, but couldn’t stop the pain pills, and eventually lost his job. Sad.

My husband is a Canadian but is now an American after we got married. He had a known heart issue and in Canada they told him he could not get the heart operation he needed until his heart began to show signs of damage. At that point they would put him on "the list". After he moved here, we went to the heart doctor here and they did all the testing and determined that YES, he had a heart valve problem and needed a surgery. No his heart wasn't damaged YET, so let's do the surgery BEFORE it is! He had the operation two weeks later! (yes, we had decent insurance which covered most of this) This was 16 years ago. We both agree, coming here to our USA health system saved his heart from damage, and therefore prolonged his life! Their "free" system is just NOT GOOD. His son still lives in Canada and hurt his shoulder - he had to wait FIVE MONTHS just to get an MRI to determine the problem! INSANE!

@@mizsuzee Yeah, my husband got an aortic valve replacement in 2011. He was 55 and started to have trouble breathing. Our GP saw us, told us it was Pulmonary and called a doctor he knew that treated that. We went straight to him, he told it wasn't lungs, it was heart and HE called a friend who is a cardiologist. They knew it was the valve and we were going to wait six months to see if the med took care of it but one day he was just bad. We went to the cardiologist's office, he checked him out and sent us straight to Methodist in the Houston Medical Center. We got through ER quick because he called and told them which doctors to call in on the case. The surgeon was the one who did First Lady Barbara Bush's transplant. He's probably the best, studied under Michael DeBakey. The surgery took about 5 hours and he said when he took the valve out, it crumbled in his hand because it was so calcified. He would have died in a few days if we hadn't come back in when we did. He ticks like a watch now (literally, he's got a titanium valve) and other than taking warfarin for clots, he's in great shape. We have hernia surgery coming up but it's not an emergency (yet) so we're trying to get things paid for first. Hope your husband's surgery helped him out, I agree that the American system is a good one.

Only 100 deductible?! That’s incredible insurance!

@@charlayned Yes, my husband "ticks" as well!! His valve is plastic I believe and yep, he's on warfarin for life. He's doing great with his aortic valve replacement and a quadruple bypass at the same time!

Yup. I went in with a lot of pain, but wasn't quite low enough on the abdomen to be the appendix. Within 15 minutes of me arriving to the ER they did a CT Scan, and it showed a massive gall bladder infection with a large abscess. Was in the hospital for 5 days. They put tubes in to drain the infection and 6 weeks later I had the gall bladder removed. I didn't have insurance, it was $45,000, but they settled for $900.

This is often not true. Getting any tests like CT's or MRI's are dependent on the persons level of insurance. Doctors can't just order these tests whenever they think it necessary. They have guidelines published by the insurance companies for when they can and can't order tests. For those of us that have crappy high deductible insurance, the chances of getting a test like that are slim to none, even when the problem could be potentially life-threatening. I have seen this happen and not just once.

@@johnediger7820 Maybe because I didn't have any insurance at all. Or because I was in so much pain. Another time I was in a car accident. Someone pulled out in front of me and hit the right front of the car. Air bags didn't deploy, we were both only going about 25 MPH. I had pain in my chest, but thought it was just from the seatbelt. 3 hours later when the pain kept getting markedly worse I went to the ER. Maybe 30 minutes later I got an MRI that showed 3 broken ribs and a cracked sternum. If course the other driver's insurance paid for that, but they didn't know that at the hospital.

@@johnediger7820an primary care this would be true, in an emergency room they will do any test the doctor orders no matter your insurance level.

@@johnediger7820 not necessarily, you can have the tests done, but they’ll warn you they’re not covered. Believe it or not, the doc isn’t always a complete dick who’s just looking to run the bill up unnecessarily

Yup and they pay about double in taxes for that 2 year wait. They have no idea. "We have free healthcare wooo!"

I have had two British doctors in American clinics. Was very impressed by their manner in caring for me. Both left the UK because they couldn't give the same level of attention to their patients under that system.

They maybe so but you will never see anyone in the uk bankrupt or in debt over healthcare , yes we have long waiting lists for non urgent ops but our emergency healthcare is excellent . No bill no stress straight in get treated get home and that's it .

Sounds great, if you survive. 😊

In America we should just print the money and give ourselves anything we want really. I agree. Let the rest of the world suffer. Instead of its leaders.

Actually we DO have National Health care providers (Medicaid, Medicare, VA) for those that qualify.

We do have it. It's called Medicaid.

@@SeaBrzJo2 The Government ruins everything.

In the US or Britain?

That sounds like a nightmare 😢

I had gall stones which is extreme pain, and it took 4 hours I. Emergency waiting area before they brought me into back - and got hospitalized…I even stopped paying my post surgery bills, and let that fall off after 7 years

Welp guess I'll die

A nurse practitioner can diagnose and write prescriptions.

Tummy trainers jumpers. Lol

Most gallbladder surgeries are unnecessary. There are treatments to correct the problem. You got screwed by the industrial "health" complex.

You got lucky! If I go to an urgent care I'm usually seen within 20 minutes. If I go to the ER I'm in the waiting room anywhere from 4-8 hours before I'm seen.

But, ouch. Those hurt 🇺🇸

@@user-id6tw3of1x That might be where you live. I've never had to wait on an ER for more than 5 minutes.

​@@JJVPYOU I have been to the ER way too many times between myself and my son. My local ER is a class A trauma center, and is the busiest ER in Oregon. I can general count on spending 5 hours in the ER. I went to the ER while I was having a freaking stroke and the triage guy missed it. It was 6 hours before I saw a doctor and 7 hours before they even gave me an spring. I spent 5 days in a regular bed in the hospital, and then 24 more days on the inpatient rehab floor of the hospital.

​@greeneyedlady5580 That sounds very much like my experience when I was diagnosed with kidney stones. From the time I initially went in to the time I was ultimately discharged, and spent about 10 hours in the ER

You must be in a rural area that doesn't have much traffic in it's ER. I'm in a relatively small city in Missouri and ER waits for anything other than serious injury can be hours.

I've had to wait hours.

I should admit that when I got my gall bladder inflamed, the first ER visit in the US produced the same kind of uncertainty as in this case. The correct diagnosis happened on the second visit. And that often happens. Some conditions can be vague in their early stages and gradually become more classic in their presentation.

We must live in different America's

We’ve waited many hours. I dread the ER

Same here same issue

Medical care costs the same around the world depending on the economy, the difference is who pays for it. I choose to pay for super great insurance and accept for an inhaler which over the counter casts $1,500!, and for which I pay $28.00, I pay nothing out of pocjet!

I've never had anything close to a 4 hour wait at a hospital. Once, on a very busy day, I had a wait of 45 minutes, but that was because a couple of emergencies rolled in. In my experience, when I've seen someone experiencing significant pain in the waiting room, that person usually got moved to the head of the line. Most of my experience has been in VA hospitals, though I've been getting some care at a local civilian hospital lately.

There are hospitals just like this in the uk.

Never heard of anyone in the uk struggling to pay for healthcare no one . Its for all from cradle to grave and don't forget its over 7 yrs old now our NHS so its change dramatically since just after the war . More people to treat people are living longer so yes it's over stretched but if your in need of emergency treatment , major surgery , cancer treatment its excellent and no out of pocket payments . We love our NHS and are greatful for it

@@claregale9011 Liar. One half of your income is taken to pay for health care whether you use it or not. The system is crap, I've never heard a real UK citizen say they loved their government healthcare system.

@@MsMuffetsTuffet one half ?? Where did you get that from . Lots in the US hate your system especially those who can't get descent insurance or are in debt beacause of it . Your talking rubbish and you know it .

Amen!

american healthcare is amazing, the cost, and the walls built to keep poor people from getting proper health care is disgusting, im homeless perm disabled, ive had medicaid free for 8 years, i get most things covered but they blanket deny anything that's not emergency, like a lot of my therapy for CPTSD, any tests they deem not necessary are a struggle for months and years for approvals, but the care i do get is mostly amazing the problem is our healthcare is a business and people are greedy, but lives should come first, america is divided more than ever and the sense of community is all but gone

​@@PYROHIAN89I'm sorry you're in that situation. You are absolutely correct though. My Hubs and I were "underhoused?" for awhile; waiting for his disability to be approved (had to appeal etc). We were in a rural area so getting anywhere was difficult. The area food bank wasn't good but the volunteer medical staff at the church clinic were wonderful. Getting help is hard sometimes. They've basically criminalized being poor 😡

I didn't think he shit on us but pointed out the obvious! He said the differences. Yeah it's faster here but it's gonna cost you.

@@PYROHIAN89what treatment for cptsd are they denying? Are you trying to get recreational drugs with it or something? I used Medicaid for my ptsd treatment while waiting for my VA claim and I never paid a dime and all testing and treatments were covered.

yeah people don't realize a $10 difference in health insurance is almost a rounding error. also the cheapest plan is usually an absolute ripoff

yeah it seems one part of how the nhs could improve their systems is by triaging in-person before the wait, so they can better route people to where they need (and also get better results for certain tests) also this triage info can be shared with other doctors to save time and avoid duplicate diagnostic checks. also, us hospitals make abundantly certain to call up other hospitals and get necessary data transferred the moment they hear a diagnosis like appendicitis was made elsewhere, so they can avoid time-consuming re-testing - we have a various networks (some public some private) operated specifically to speed that process up as well. if nhs people lack a system, it needs set up, and if the nhs people didn't think to check it, they need trained to.

It really does depend on what city (or part of the city) your hospital is located. It also makes a big difference what day and time you go in. On weekends and in the evenings they are jam packed. You don't want to have to go to the ER at 10PM on a Saturday. But if you go in on a Tuesday at 5AM, you will probably have much less of a wait.

I've waited 4 to 5 hours in the E R

@@Genxxxxx My husband passed out in the waiting room at the ER with a kidney stone after waiting for hours, but we live in a large city and the accident victims, gunshot and stabbing victims have priority over kidney stones no matter how much it hurts.

Other countries should pay for their own people. I'm tired of being robbed of my labor to pay for moochers.

ppo > anything else for almost everyone

In Michigan I've never had to wait hours in ER.

you've waited 5 hours in ER? with 0 tests made on you?

My SIL was visiting the UK and saw a very elderly woman fall and hit her head. The ambulance came 2 hours later! My SIL said the lady was probably dead. Her dad, who lived in the UK, would tell her "if you're not a producer (have a job and making money), you're not a priority". He told her all the elderly knew it.

The evils of Socialism. Theft is what it is. 0bamination "care" is right!

That being said, the drugs they prescribed worked on the infection, but caused other issues for me for a LONG time. I'm still dealing with them 1 1/2 years later. And I paid over $2k for all of that (with insurance) So? What does that mean? Is the US medical system better? Maybe. And then again maybe not.

but that's how it should be frankly. if you have the sniffles you shouldn't be burdening the emergency room ffs. take some vitamin C and cold medication and get over it because guess what the doctor is going to hand you a box of kleenex and some tylenol and say go home and sleep, drink some juice, eat something if you can. Well it's different if you're elderly 'cause then simple things can become life threatening but if you're just a healthy young adult don't call an ambulance 'cause you have a runny nose.

​@@marksmith4892 lol and they will charge you $375 for the box of tissues and $700 for the Tylenol if you get it at the ER 😅

One would think this is how it works. However this is NOT actually how it truly works now is it? Tell the truth! The medical profession doesn’t “Get it right” all the time. • Example: Patient A arrives with “normal” vital signs Patient B arrives vomiting 🤮 that rattles the whole of the waiting area. Patient B is taken to a room away from the waiting area nearly immediately. Patient A is in a corner quietly vomiting bl00d 🤮 in a bag & in fact has been internally bleeding for over 24hrs, has actually LOST 1/2 their bl00d volume (which needs a transfusion), is near d€@th; BUT their vitals just so happen to be “normal” according to the staff during their 8hr wait in the hospital waiting area….. • Now again the US “healthcare” system that is on a triage basis welllll…. I would have to ask again are they really? Because I have witnessed time, and time, and time again just how much it’s NOT. ****Note**** The individual had GREAT healthcare coverage. The hospital 🤬 Welllll….

@@kv6826 i didnt know bots could have mental breakdowns

@@patrickcox8990 in today’s world day seems everyone is at risk. Folks just aren’t the same anymore

Never ever had to wait that long.

Never ever had to wait that long.

Absolutely! I’ve experienced this.

@@alisonflaxman1566 I had to go to the ER while on vacation in Seattle. I had to wait a couple of hours and when I was finally brought into a room, I had to wait even longer, on and off. This was at a hospital on the outskirts of Seattle.

During COVID it was like that but seems to be returning to normal

the heart monitor was probably so they could know right away if you became an imminent emergency and for the delay, you likely needed a specialist that normally has everything planned out for weeks in advance - some of them might only see a few emergencies a month. the specialists might have just either not been there or had their hands full already (and the us has long been short on heart surgeons)

I have literally had patients come in with this and be in surgery 1- 2 hours later. It’s quick in the U.S.

I'm glad that the hospital kicked you out quickly if they were not going to help you. It's worse if they took your money and didn't help you at all. To get rid of kidney stones, eat raw beets. Rinse the greens of the raw beets over and over to get all the dirt off. Put the greens in a blender with 2 cups of water and drink the juice. If you have any kidney stones left in your kidney, the raw beets will help wash it out.

Really? Last time I went (FL) I waited 3 hours. Time before that at least 2. It depends on what time you go and what urgent care

Urgent care sucks. They won’t do anything for you. I am In Mobile Alabama.

Went to a walk in clinic after my elderly cat panicked and bit me instead of the care giver. I waited maybe 10 minutes to be seen, got an antibiotic and filled out the necessary county info on animal bites. WHEN you go is important. I arrived minutes before closing at 8 PM.

"The dead cost nothing" Edward Longshanks

Years ago, it was in the news that there was such a shortage of doctors and dentists in Europe that the US was having to send doctors and dentists s over there.

One more time: THERE IS NO FREE HEALTHCARE. You pay through taxes or you pay through voluntary insurance of your choice or you pay (often a LOT more) when you are uninsured and the hospital bills you.

They were obviously aware it was not appendicitis

And those longs wait times are one of the direct results of the system.

Damn right about that!

Yeah we know. Let it go 🙄

@@user-ym1pf4lz3hThem explain the 8-12 hour wait times in the ER I work at in the US?

Right, I don't think he realizes that's why thier income is half of ours.

i mean...triaging people first does help weed out and de-prioritize the "omg my baby's sick and might be dying" that are really just cases of like the common cold. also helps them prioritize cases that are more likely to be imminently life-threatening. i once had to wait for hours bc the er got flooded with about 4-5 car crashes worth of people (and you're not skipping that unless it's like appendicitis that's outright crippling)

Yeah imagine your tax dollars going to healthcare instead of tax cuts for billionaires. Wild.

@@sandpiperr The top 10% of income earners pay more than 60% of all federal taxes& 76% of all income taxes... The bottom 20% pay no income tax in the USA.

@@johnl5316Omg Fox News has you embarrassing yourself on social media 😂

@@johnl5316 Thank you for stating reality. Everybody shames high earners & demand we pay more. Wish everybody knew how much tax high earners pay yrly.

@@sandpiperr Pay over $400k yrly so understand tax cuts for billionaires

or at least a system where people have a default option unless they pay for insurance elsewhere or, money permitting, can self-insure (in which insurance and out-of-pocket expenses should be a tax write-off). medicare is notoriously a hit or miss, so many medicare-eligible people still go for private insurance anyways

@@dead-claudia I've never heard of a "medicare-eligible person" going for "private insurance". Possibly you are referring to Medicare Advantage plans which are part of the Medicare system in which Medicare pays for insurance from one of the private companies which may offer some extra benefits like coverage for glasses or even a gym membership, but often with restrictions such limitation to use of "preferred providers" or certain contracted hospitals. Medicare beneficiaries have the option of choosing one of these plans, but like I said: I'm a doctor and when I'm really sick I want to be able to go to any provider anywhere without limitations so I chose "traditional Medicare". Here's how the Wall Street Journal put the future for these plans, ". . . the gold rush is over for investors, at least for now. After years of reports, lawsuits and whistleblower accounts accusing big insurers of gaming the system and overcharging the government, the Biden administration has made a series of policy changes that have negatively affected what the plans get paid." Let's face it--just as somebody is paying for medical care, if you add the overhead and profit of a private insurer on top of the cost of actual medical care, something's got to lose. I truly believe in this case both the government and the patient loses and the private insurance company has, until now, been winning.

I agree with you. I worked for doctors and hospitals most of my life and have watched the takeover of medical care by corporations. They buy out hospitals, insurance companies, private practices - everything. They make huge profits, which profits go into executives' and shareholders pockets and never into patient care. That is NOT the way to run medical care. The same thing is happening to veterinarians. Both these branches of medical care are a huge drain on patients' wallets. You are lucky enough to have the funds to buy your supplemental policy. Many folks on Social Security cannot afford a supplemental. They have to go for Medicare Advantage and take the risk of being denied care and have to deal with referrals and longer wait times and fewer doctors to choose from. If they go for Medicare alone, paying 20% co-pays s not easy for them. The care in the US, if you have the money, is second to none, but we have high infant mortality, and lower lifespans than other countries because not everyone can afford insurance and deductibles and co-pays. The system is great for those who can afford it, but our overall outcome for the entire population is shameful when compared to other wealthy countries. This has gotten worse over the years. Our health care system should not be owned by corporations for their profit. When I was young, in the 1950's and 1960's, insurance and medical costs were much lower in comparison to what they are now. I was hospitalized once for a few days as a young married person with no insurance. We were able to fairly easily pay that hospital bill over the next year, an impossible task today. The UK's system was once better, but it is underfunded. There are other countries with outcomes that put the US to shame. The United States is SIXTY-NINTH in the world for health outcomes, just behind Armenia. The UK is 34th. The US rates 47th in life expectancy, the UK 30th. Something is wrong with our system and theirs. It is corporate greed and lack of access in the US and underfunding in the UK. If you are a poor person and you have a $1000 deductible, you're not going to get medical care unless you're deathly ill. If you have Medicaid, the care doesn't compare in quality to what the fully insured get. The United States per person out of pocket expenses for medical care is TRIPLE the cost of the countries with the best outcomes $12000 a year vs. $4000. That says it all. One reason for this is American greed and the feeling of many that they want NONE of their tax money going to help others. I always wonder if they can get it through their heads that THEIR own costs would go down tremendously in a tax-based system with corporate profit removed from the system. It's depressing.

@@BTinSF She must be thinking of supplemental insurance.

Our healthcare and insurance is so high because of the people who use the emergency room as a doctor’s office and have no way to pay. Mainly illegal immigrants.

Same for me with a t I rn retina. Specialist didn't cost anything.

People don’t understand this about the US healthcare. If you don’t answer the calls, they can’t take your money lol. They can’t deny you medical care, you just might not get the best medical care

yes if you have medicaid or are indigent the hospital will write it off. Make no mistake it wasn't free they get that money back by charging outrageous prices to people who do have a job.

@@dianedeck9790 Yes. This is the first year that I didn’t have a job. So this was the first year I found out that these options existed at all.

@@dianedeck9790 I am not on Medicaid. I am on free State medical and I am so grateful because I suddenly didn’t have an income and needed to spend 5 nights in the hospital.

Most people end up having to declare bankruptcy because of healthcare costs.

​@@GoddessFourWinds No one declares bankruptcy over medical bills in the United States 😂

@@GoddessFourWindswhere did you get that from? Most people have insurance. And those who don’t won’t necessarily loose so much money they need to declare bankruptcy

I had my pay garnished for medical bills. I Almost ended up homeless because of if. I didn't have the money for that let alone the money to go bankrupt. If I did have the money I would have filed.

@@balmylobster5261 They can't take your money without your permission, that's not how it works in the United States. It's clear that you're British because that's against the law in the United States, and regardless how much you owe in medical bills hospitals still have to treat you. It's hilarious when British people try to pretend that they're American 😂 you people are easy to spot.

No. It means the taxpayers are paying

😂

Can you really be that dumb? You think they work for free?

@@grandpoobahful So, it wasn't free.

@@MsMuffetsTuffet my point

Tonsillitis isn’t likely to kill anyone.

when i was young, i had tonsilitis several times, and it was determined mine should be removed, however, they do not remove infected tonsils, they wait until the infection is cleared. Tonsilitis will not kill you and removing the tonsil fulling inflamed, and infected, is very bad.