BRITS on the NHS | Easy English 101 

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As an American, just trust us when we say don’t privatize your health care system. NHS is far superior to any healthcare system we have here in the states. I pay 500 dollars a month for single coverage and I am only 26 years old. And to make matters worse my coverage doesn’t cover everything. I still have to pay copays, deductible and 20 percent of the procedure.

In Brazil we have SUS. No matter if you are rich, poor, brazilian, foreign (legal or illegal). If you need medical attention, you have Right. Unfortunately, the public health system has problems and needs to be improved, but it's a great program and needs to be protected. Thank you. I love learning english with you.

Very interesting video. In Italy that's my country, we have the "Servizio Sanitario Nazionale" which is based on the same principles of universality, equality and equity as the Nhs. And even if they are not perfect, I think we should be proud of living in countries that guarantee free medical assistance for everybody.

I Lived in Germany and Austria and found their health system to work flawlessly. They actually apologized for 5 min. Wait time!!! In The USA you wait for three hours sometimes. Also medicines were two or three different costs, all super affordable! And in Austria the doctor told me to have ice cream to cure a sore throat. I mean, best doctor ever!!!

In Argentina we also have a public "free" health system and universities.

In Spain, people have a good general thought about our nhs, it really complete but we have the same problem, the waiting lists and obviously, they must invest more money to improve the nhs, but in general, it is good enough!! Great video Mitch, merry Christmas for you two, enjoy!!

Love this video and it’s so interesting to hear about NHS. I really appreciate this kind of topics and the opinions of the people. Thanks

Thank you for the video. Actually the notification arrived when I was waiting an GP’s appointment. So the topic is right in time😌

The most Important investment a Government can make is in the health of its people. I noticed Service/System where both mentioned, both are quite different. The NHS is a model copied by most Western countries, but for it to be the best (which it isn't) would need a lot more investment which means higher taxation and a more rigorous tax system, or a limit to what it can realistically provide. The choice is yours, but we need to seriously talk about it and its funding , with political rhetoric and dogma put to one side. This is something that has been talked about all my life (I an 67 ) and still no further forward.

Having lived in Germany, England and the US and having had to use all three healthcare systems, I find the NHS (if it were better funded) the fairest and most accessible system. Yes, as a student in 1990 I had to wait weeks to have an X-ray for example, but when we felt ill, we could always at least see the college nurse and/or the GP. When travelling in the UK in 2009 I got seen when I didn't feel well. I was pregnant at the time, they found out what was going on and gave me a prescription, all without fuss. Not sure how that would work now since the UK have left the EU though. As an EU citizen I was automatically entitled to use the NHS and its services. In the US it's all about money, there is no general access to even a minimum of health care and as the young mother said even with insurance you can end up with huge bills. Every time I see a doctor here, I have to pay at least $20 out of pocket and that adds up!!!!

FDR wanted Universal Health Care, and was even an inspiration to the UK in that regard, but domestic opposition by "organized medicine" proved too strong -- which also had a lasting influence on a sizable minority chunk of US public opinion. In the UK the problem seems more economic: Britain chose finance over industry and austerity over investment, meaning that the will and the wherewithal to invest much larger sums in the NHS has been lacking in the post-Thatcher era. Put another way, if you removed London from the equation, the UK would be as poor as Mississippi! And that doesn't bode well for the NHS, absent a political revolution.

Three months ago I had a gallbladder attack. I had to go by ambulance because I had chest pains. I went in on a Wednesday night to my local emergency room. I ended up having emergency surgery removing my gall bladder after having a battery of diagnostics including X-ray, ct. scan, etc. I have really good health insurance. When I saw the bill later after getting well. The cost was over $40,000 or £30,600. I had to pay the deductible around $500.00. The problem is you get separate bills. The hospital, the diagnostics group, the lab, the surgical team. They bill you what the insurance will not cover. The care was top notch. Boston area has probably has some of the finest healthcare facilities in the world. I received care through Tufts Medical. You also have Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women. The New England Baptist Hospital, one of the best orthopedic institutions in the country. My father who’s in his mid 80s had two full knee replacements there. One year apart for each knee. He’s 88 years old and he works on a gold course. He has really good supplemental insurance on top of his Medicare which is insurance everyone is entitled to once they retire.

Its is that place i was searching for long time

Here in Italy we have as well a public health service (SSN: Servizio Sanitario Nazionale; National Sanitary Service), free for people, for example, wo live in poverty or which have handicaps. If you need First Aid, of course you don't have to pay, or if you suffer a car accident .. Yes, also here we have long lists of waiting if you need special cures or doctors but, depending on what maybe you have to find a better doctor in the private, and pay more... Personally I don't have experiences about English NHS, just in Italy and Spain (Canarian Islands).

Without health human can't do any thing . So the NHS is very good thing because it keeps to people the meaning of hapiness I meen the health ..

Why do people in Brighton think that NHS is a unique world-wide exception?

The world: health care should be universal and free for all. USA: health care is a privilege of the rich and pray that you don’t get severely sick and thus bankrupt.

Peace be upon ritish people I wish them only success happiness and joy From algeria ❤😊❤

Do you guys have to pay monthly health insurance fees?

Hello there! It's Gabriele from Italy. I could tell a lot of things about our health service.... Well, I hate to say this but it leaves a lot to be desired and that stems from the fact that our politicians have been cutting on it for a number of years because they have to abide by what the European Union says and this is unacceptable!!

What a load of crap here we are 27th December 2021 phoned 101 for some medical assistance still waiting g to be answered after 1 hour 25 minutes usless

The British are not very interested in politics.😄😄😄

mWhy English and Not British people? 😄😄😄😄😄 they don’t share things in common?

In my country the health care system is a complete disaster.