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I think that there’s a lot of Europeans critical of Americans handling of things here, but I also think a lot of those people aren’t acknowledging that the geography and demographics of half the North American continent actually contribute to how we handle things more than they think.

The military is definitely its own economy in the united states. I'm in the US Army and the amount of commerce and businesses centered around it is definitely uniquely American. Not to mention the incentive of free healthcare, job training, and housing for those looking to join. Plenty of my fellow soldiers were homeless or lived in very poor, very dangerous neighborhoods before joining.

The other thing nobody talks about is how much the US invests in medical research compared to other countries... A ton of what we pay is going towards research. Which then gets copied and sold outside the US at a discounted rate...

Medicare is for medical help for the elderly and disabled. Medicaid is for low income households and individuals that qualify.

We really need to manufacture our own again, better quality when we do it ourselves, miss those days

Kept thinking of that Jim Gaffigan bit every time they said 'hospital'

As an ER Nurse I can tell you we also have plenty of idiots that go to Emergency for absolutely nothing... like a skin rash they've had for a week.

I grew up in a city that had an Airforce base. In the late 80s, they closed it down. The city took a huge economic hit from it. Took at least 15 years before it recovered. So a lot of people in the industry like small shops around the base's rely on them.

You never finished the video by the way lol.... That was just a midway advertisement they didnt even talk about land mass or anything yet ahahaha

In the US, you can get any operation you need whenever you need it though it is more expensive. Transplants are the exception obviously. And don't ignore Medicaid, Medicare, and VA benefits.

US population is around 330 million as of 2020. China is 1.43 billion India is 1.380

The US spends that much for the military because we provide most or all of the military defense for multiple countries, and we are expected to step in and offer aid for every natural disaster world-wide. And no, the US is never reimbursed for any of it.

I am considered disabled, so I qualify for Medicaid. It pays for most medical needs. When I still worked I had medical problems that caused me to have surgeries. This happened a few different times a few years apart. I never had any problems not having insurance. After they send you a bill. As long as you pay $10 a month they don't bother you. Or just ignore them for a year and they stop trying to collect from you. They get it from the government. But your credit will suck.

China makes products cheaper, but you often get what you pay for in quality.

“Everyone has private health insurance”. Lol, oh my sweet innocent child.

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Another thing when talking about health care that isn't mentioned as often is that the US spends the most on medical research out of every country in the world (Almost double the number 2 country) and then that research is given out for free to the rest of the world and Amaricans end up paying the bill at the end of the day.

American here. The big issue with insurance is that they pick and choose what they will cover even though your doctor says you need something. So you end up paying the total bill as if you don't have insurance. For me, I have a genetic disorder called lynch syndrome and have already had 3 different cancers (I'm 29) and my mom died at 44 die to cancer and she had the same thing. For private insurance, you have usually two max amounts you pay on top of what gets taken out of your paycheck every month. For me, I chose something with a low max deductible with higher monthly costs because with insurance denying my claims, and with the amount of times I need to go to the hospital every year, I can expect to pay my maximum no matter what it is. For me. I pay about $10k annually out of pocket not including what gets taken out of my paycheck just to have insurance. Again, I have to get annual screenings and biopsies and all of that not fun jazz. Colonoscopies and endoscopies every year. Fuuun times. I'm basically paying full price until I his my out of pocket max each year. If I was "normal" it would still be expensive but not that expensive. Probably lower monthly pay and a higher max deductible. Because the chances of hitting that max are slim...but heaven forbit anything serious happen and you have to pay for that max... American Healthcare is like gambling with your health. Which is why you see the joke of us refusing ambulances. Because it will cost you $6k even with insurance...unless you're already at your max...then take the dang ambulance LOL. But again, your insurance has to approve that it was necessary... For example. I need a procedure done soon that will cost $25k. Doctors want me to get it done, they say it's necessary. If insurance approves it, it will only cost me $6k (thats my max for out of network treatment). HOWEVER, I am fighting insurance because they are saying that it's not necessary for me and are against my doctors. (And yes, it's multiple doctors) So without my insurance approving it...I'll be responsible for $25k in full. For this reason, I cannot afford to have this operation done. So every year, I have to have more invasive but less expensive operations done instead of the big one that would fix me. The issue with the US is that if you are a part timer, companies do not have to offer you insurance. (Not free, you'd still have to pay out of your paycheck for it if its offered) So US companies will often avoid hiring people full time so they can avoid offering insurance to their employees. So to survive, people often have 2 or more part time jobs. Still no insurance. And to get private insurance on your own...its damn near impossible since the prices are marked up. Medicaid is for retirement folk aged 65+. Its very rare to have someone under that age on medicaid. You'd have to be on some serious welfare (got program) and its very hard to qualify for it. Another thing about private insurance is that they can deny you for a pre-existing condition. So without my job, I actually cannot get private Healthcare because I have lynch syndrome.

Population is what's interesting. Canada's larger, but much of it isn't populated. They only have 37 million people in Canada, for reference, the State of California has 39 million people.

LMAOOOO whoever did the time stamp of when they stop talking.... THATS MESSED UP 🤣

One of the big reasons healthcare is so expensive here is that the healthcare system is SO over regulated, hospitals and doctors have to spend HUGE amounts of money in compliance costs. To be profitable, they have to pass that cost along to the consumer like any other business. A national healthcare system here would be a dumpster fire. The best way to lower the cost would be to deregulate it.

Most hospitals in the US are private owned. Mainly the poor and elderly get gov paid insurance. Everyone in-between funds most of the costs. .. but the US is also one the world's leaders in medical research on diseases, surgeries, vaccines and medications. That's where most of our private insurance money goes. Cheers, love the vids

Oftentimes, when Europeans say or think America, I can't help but wonder how narrow their definition might be. They're not thinking of most Mountain West States; nor Mid-Western States;; nor most Southern States; nor most of the Great Lakes' States; nor most of New England. Europeans say America, and they visualize California, New York, or Florida. Or Coffee Houses in Seattle; gambling in Las Vegas; Mardi Gras In New Orleans. Any perceptions they have of other states are often colored by Hollywood's stereotypical depictions of them. It's really sad that many Europeans have no true idea what America and Americans are all about.

a lot of the cost of healthcare in the USA is the cost of malpractice insurance for doctors. The legal system runs up the cost.

The US pays more for Healthcare because of size. We have to have more hospitals, and therefore more Healthcare workers to cover the entire populace which is spread across a much larger area.

Kinda turned into a podcast at the end there which I might say I have NO problem with. That's why we watch these is for the reaction, so don't shy away from that, we wanna hear what you have to say!

If the US had free healthcare like the rest of the world, the economy would suffer drastically. No CEO wants to pay 75% taxes; there's no motivation to invent anything or offer any kind of service when the reward is so low. There's a reason why California's GDP is greater than the entirety of the UK. It's because taxes are relatively low, so there's actually an incentive to expand their companies. Name a single global enterprise (like Microsoft, Google, or Apple) that came out of Canada... It's difficult.

The US military provides for between 8-10 million jobs in America each year depending on what contracts are in play. The department of defense alone employs over 3 million including service members.

I was married to a nurse for a long time. Here in the USA they will also choose you based on insurance. My nephew was put into a coma then the hospital said his insurance will only pay 5 days to keep him at the hospital. The hospital said he has to go. So hospital killed him. They were not interested in keeping him alive. It was all about Insurance and getting paid. Money!

I'm currently a low-income American, age 47, and I will not live to an "old age". I know this, I accept this. I have a handful of medical issues, including cardiological and neuropathic, but for financial reasons I don't see ever being able to seek any care for them. I've had 4 heart attacks in 5 yrs and, over the last 15mos, have experienced several neuropathy - like symptoms that have become rather debilitating. I do not foresee assistance beyond possible basic ER cardiac, if I can make it to help in time. Even ambulance service is cost-inhibitive. I don't say these things as 'woe-is-me', our systems are far from perfect but my pride in & gratitude for my natural-born American citizenship is unshakable.

The U.S. health cost is also including medical research which the U.S. funds most of the medical research done around the world.

I think one aspect that a lot of people miss with the US military expenditures is that it includes practically every area of science and technology which may or may not have direct military benefit. For example, while it is true that there are military researchers studying about how dolphins could be trained to search for underwater mines, they actually represent a small part of an entire field based marine biology research within their disciplines. They take a very strong 'all data is useful' approach and you might enter the Navy thinking you want to be on a boat and see the world but end up a marine biologist with a specialty in fresh water algae.

Y'all need to do a video about your own personal histories for us to get to know you all better

I heard a person point out a difference between Americans, and British people. A British person laughs when an American thinks something aged 100 years is old, and an American laughs when a British person thinks 100 miles is far.

In the US we invent most of the world's medical equipment and we have millions of people who don't pay or can't pay their medical bills, and that includes illegal immigrants who use medical facilities. If the US made the change to socialized healthcare for everyone it would blow out military spending. The US spends $610-$750 billion/ year on the military. If we switched to socialized healthcare it would cost over what the current US budget is every year which is $4 trillion and would likely double it. Also in the US, most people who don't have insurance and need medical attention they $100-$300 depending where you live, for urgent care, or they go to the Emergency Room where you cannot be denied and if UI cannot pay or don't have insurance the State covers it.

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Although our health care is the most expensive it's also the best many foreign people come here for top notch care especially with cancer and plastic surgery

We spend more on healthcare and we get more out of it too. From MRI wait times to survival rates from diseases, it's overall better in the US. We don't like the idea of having an NHS because of the strings attached to a government controlled monopoly.

The reason the USA spends so much on health care is because we develop virtually the entire World's supply of medical devices, pharmaceuticals & health care technology. That isn't cheap. And you Euro's probably shouldn't advocate for the USA to follow you into the socialist model if you want to continue to take advantage of those advancements at all, forget about them being at our expense.

Interesting fact about Canada.... 90% of the population of Canada lives within 100 miles of the US/Canadian border.

Love the debate between US healthcare and UK/Government Healthcare. Just ONE simple question for you. When it is time to find the most cutting edge medical care, or the most options, or the quickest response times, or available treatment locations...Do you think of the US 1st, or some other nation/system? Because generally speaking, as messed up as our system might be, MORE PEOPLE STILL COME TO THE USA FOR TREATMENT THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD!

I would rather keep my private insurance. My healthcare is far superior to any government agency.

We pay for your national defenses instead of our own citizen's healthcare...All that stuff painted haze grey and underway. Last I checked NZ no longer has a single fixed wing aircraft in military inventory while having free national healthcare. Easy to do when the US Navy and taxpayer are providing security for the trade lanes.

The expenditure on healthcare between the US and UK isn’t comparable because the money isn’t spent the same way, on the same things, by the same entities.

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Bro this is an episodes I look forward to seeing. Guy I know said that he was at a museum in England back in the 80s and this clerk was giving him shit about being an American, jokingly I presume, my friend said “well I can travel an entire day by car and I’d still be in the same state.” Mother fucken clerk couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

The U.S. has the best health care system in terms of over all results. As far as the price this is based on people who are not insured, its expensive when you come out of pocket. If your smart you go for a consultation and the same meds the hospital will give you a prescription for you can get the generic kind which is made the same way for cheaper. There is no better place to sink your money though, keeping you alive that is.

The US healthcare is better than most anywhere else (hear me out) in terms of quality and speed (certainly NOT price). They apologized for making me wait 45 minutes for a CT scan with no appointment. It was a whole 45 minutes. Hear that Europe? My friends from Canada (who adore their service) said it would be 10-14 days if not a month before they'd get a scan. Germans and Brits wait weeks for procedures and scans Americans can get same day or a couple of days - before COVID at least. Why do the Arab royal families fly to the US and even pay for operating suites to be free 24 x 7 for them on demand should a family emergency arise? They want American surgeons even though their hospitals are worldclass. Premier of Quebec ditched his entire national program and went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota when he had a life-threatening condition. Why to European football stars fly to Vail, Colorado? No one does better knee and ankly surgery that a clinic there and with 2-3x faster recovery.

the reason our healthcare is more expensive is because of the development of new equipment and technology

Canada has enormous landmass, but it is telling that 90% of their population lives within 100 miles of the US border. Much of Canada is essentially uninhabitable.

Health services...lol. yeah we only pay about 25% in taxes and have no VAT tax...... so you DO actually "pay" for health care... we just have more options, and better service, but we pay out of pocket and not in taxes

Thing is.... if Europe spent its own money on their defense, the USA could spend less..... it's expensive defending the entire west, alone

A lot of the reason behind our healthcare costs is Quality over Quantity. If there is one thing America is best at, it's spending money on the worst things at the worst times. Our government is terrible at money management, and terrible at saying no to just about anything. If you want to see how bad a public healthcare system could be, come to America. I would never unless I had to, use government-founded healthcare. I insist on paying for it myself because I control what I get, who I see, and the conditions of my visit are dictated by me, not Uncle Sam. It's a point of pride for many Americans simply because the government is so incredibly inefficient here.

We have welfare programs that include health care for the elderly, poor, disabled, and veterans, We also have health departments that provide some basic services for little or no cost. These are the programs that are being paid for.

I think you blokes would really enjoy the Pretty Good series by Jon Bois.

Quite a bit of the US medical expenses goes into research and development. Just look at the COVID vaccines and how quickly they came out, from many different companies.

We are a partially private and social healthcare system here, I rather be more of a privatized system where you pay to play because our healthcare is much better than most people give it credit for. We also have medicare and medicade for those who can't afford privatized insurance. A lot of us get our health insurance through our jobs. coverage quality varies widely and you do get what you pay for.

When it comes to the healthcare the US spends more and also has more available treatment and medication than other countries.

Even my doctor's office in Miami has an push button coffee machine in the lobby that makes espresso, cappuccino, cafe latte, Americana, etc.

I spent one night in the hospital having a portacath placed in my chest. I just got a bill for $111K.

By the way, a Mr. Kinder and a President Nixon, are a major reason American healthcare has evolved into the mess it is. Where people can't afford preventative healthcare, so they wait until they are so far gone they make the trip to the hell that is the American Emergency Room. I fear our ER's. I feel with good reason that this is where the hospital put the nurses and staff that are not performing well as a punishment.

The majority of US medical expenses is from research and total cost includes all private and government spending. Not just patient care.

The US is by far the leader in the world as to Health Care Innovation. That’s why we pay so much over here. It’s all for profit…. Those profits drive innovation.

You're correct on the healthcare part but someone has to pay for innovation. It's a vital part of medicine and it's often overlooked.

My state, New Mexico, only has 2 million people, but the island of Great Britain would fit into the state two and a half times.

A huge portion of Americans literally don’t want centralized healthcare. 1) it reduces competition: There’s a reason most new pharmaceuticals and medical technology and innovative treatments come out of the US. When my Dad was a medical student, his hospital in Texas has 15 MRI’s. The whole country of Canada at that time had 2. 2) increased wait times to see a specialist: In Canada, a 2017 report in the Huffington Post showed that residents of New Brunswick are waiting an average of 41.7 weeks to see a specialist with their system of universal care. In the US it is just 24 days. 3) often sill requires private insurance 4) puts the government in charge of healthcare. 5) care rationing.

Most of that Healthcare money dosnt go to providing care ot goes towards research and incentives to develop more medicines.

Here’s a thought supporting self sustainable manufacturing within the US. Currently the auto manufacturers, Ford, GM, Jeep etc have a backlog of unfinished cars sitting for lack of computer chips. They are all manufactured overseas especially in China. Not to mention when COVID hit, it affected the availability of respirators because those manufacturers sourced out overseas. We shoot ourselves in the foot. Don’t get me started on lumber, cost is up 400% not for lack of it, it’s piling on th border with Canada but they will not harvest internally.

"Even though everybody has private insurance." Awwww it's so cute you think that.

Over 8% of your population works for the NHS. That is a higher % of the population than is employed by the ENTIRE US Government. I think THAT is a much bigger problem and political situation...

One thing people don't know is that hospitals can not refuse to treat patients with life-threatening ailments regardless of their insurance situation. Also, private hospitals tend to have many wealthy donors, so some people can get their bills covered if they don't have insurance. It's not a perfect system, but there are many benefits.

What this video fails to mention, is that of said 330 or so million, about HALF of us, are ARMED TO THE FUCKING TEETH. Bring it.

Canada and Russia are vast but not that populated in some areas cuz of the cold and unforgiving landscape

The price includes what people pay for their private insurance, which is usually worse than the public insurance.

Y’all must be looking at American hospitals on 📺 because I’ve never been in a hospital that looks like a hotel or had someone walk me into waiting room. Maybe it’s because I live in South Carolina.

America, health care also covers medical research as well. We are leading in medical research.

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Because the healthcare system is unregulated in the States, my insulin costs $185 and $215 respectfully. Everywhere else in the world that insulin costs $50 or $65 because government health systems negotiate fair pricing agreements. My mother's knee replacement surgery costs $10,000 in France and $78,000 here.

11:50 it would actually be the opposite... if we had everyone getting free health care the government would havd to pay 4X the amount we pay now. Not half

Industry didn’t really collapse in the us, it just automated

They weren't talking about how much the government pays, they are talking about how much individuals pay for healthcare overall per capita.

The US has Medicare for people over 65, Medicaid for the poor, and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) for kids under 18. Everyone else either has to get insurance on their own, or through their employer, or risk they can cover their health costs without insurance. It’s a stupid system. The public health system of Medicare which is the most like the NHS has a lower cost structure and covers everyone over 65.

We also don’t have socialized medicine which I’m thankful we don’t. In Canada, you might have to wait months for an operation that is needed. That’s just ridiculous

The US also subsidizes other countries heath care. How? We allowed drugs to be invented (cost deducted off on taxes) here and sold overseas for less than they are sold for here. The VA is socialized medicine and it is an absolute train wreck. Also, the NHS has much lower levels of care and people in the UK, as you mentioned, that can afford private insurance do, and that should tell you something as well. Also, with certain programs the government decides what it will pay for procedures. This means that private insurance has to make up the difference. Nothing run by government works or is economical.

In America Emergency services can't turn you away if you don't have Medical insurance they Must treat you

The suburbs & unincorporated areas are larger than the incorporated city, so NYC is 20.5m, LA is 18.7m and Chicago is 9m

The thing is in the US people don’t want higher taxes to have national healthcare. They’d rather keep that tax money and just pay a premium on private health insurance

We might have the 3rd largest military, but you also have to take into consideration how many people in the US keep and bear arms who aren't actively in the military

The only way to get it is take a road trip

Now look at how big Alaska is to the rest of the country and conversely also compare to Europe

We may spend a lot on health care, but I'd much rather do that than deal with the NHS. My wife is from London and they've nearly killed her three times because she can't get anyone to take her case seriously. She's been stuck in the UK since international travel shut down. We may pay for healthcare, but you get what you pay for. The NHS is awesome, but I really don't want them here.

The average private health care insurance premium paid by employers In 2018 was $19,616 for family coverage and $6,896 for single coverage, which does not include deductibles or copays!

Actually a large portion of the military budget is spent on the soldiers and retired people. Medical, retirement income and other related costs.

These numbers don’t include undocumented immigrants. We’re around 400 million, in actuality.

When someone talks smack and you don't even remember their name. Nice. That's epic level "you didn't bother me".

The 20 million population for NYC is for the metropolitan area, which includes NJ and Connecticut. NY state alone is only 19 million and a lot of the people far upstate don't commute to the city.

I used to tutor tefl and students were so surprised how large the country actually is or how long it can take to get from state to state

An Englishman thinks 100 miles is a long distance the way Americans think 100 years is a long time.

Canada looks smaller because of the type of maps we use. You can see maps that accurately show land size online. That's the issue when making a sphere a 2d map - distortion.