I Want Norway's Healthcare System 

I have talked to many people from other countries. They cannot understand WHY the US does not do this. Sad.

I'm Norwegian: We do not pay much more tax than in the US - but we get back 84% in a lifetime. In the United States, they get only 18% back of their payments.

Thats true,I live in Norway and we have free healthcare,we only pay some small money ,if we have been very ill physical or fysical ,often to doctors,or bought a lot of medicine and because of that paid more than ca 300 dollars during the whole year, the rest is for free. People in Norway use to admire USA as a cool country,so we were so shocked when we realized you don't have free healtcare. In Europe it's natural to have it like this.Some countries have even free dental care the whole life,we have only up to 18 years old. God bless you all and give you free healthcare, it will be a totally better community ,less psycological problems,less crime and less drugs and alcohol. So Dont Worry !You will get back the costs of free healthcare hundredfold!

I work in a warehouse, and we have many loads come in from Canada, I have talked to a lot of them about their healthcare, the cost, the answer is usually....$440.00 to $550.00 a year. No deductible, no co-pays. They literally have a card they swipe. I asked one guy, if your kid gets sick how much do you pay, do you get a bill? Nope. You pay taxes for this care your whole life, and it lasts your whole life.

If you pay tax, or even if you don`t, free healthcare shouldn`t be an issue. Basic human needs comes first, and anything else is barbaric.

I'm proud to be a norwegian 🇧🇻

American Healthcare is about corporate profit. Universal Healthcare elsewhere is about people. We have universal health care in New Zealand. It works.

Totally agree!

The NHS in the UK 🇬🇧 is great, basically most things are free. You might wait a while for whatever is required but no fuss really.

One of the main reasons I don't ever go to US. Even with travel insurance you can't be safe it will cover all the medical expenses you end up having. And I don't want to end up deep in debt to a foreign country... especially the US.

Thank you for your comment. You are so right.

The thing is, you will always have money to pay the taxes, as they come out of your salary, but you will most unlikely have the money for an expensive procedure there and then

Great video. Americans don’t understand just how bad our healthcare system is.

One can only dream that we will have this type of system here in the U.S. Wait, that's not true! There are folks out there organizing and planning for a better future. Click on the links above to find out more!

Thanks for all the comments! In my opinion, freedom and health care are not mutually exclusive.

Sure, we have a good system allthough it is not without flaws. For some treatments there can be a lot of waiting and for the most serious illnesses you might risk not getting free treatment if the medicine/treatment is too new/expensive resulting in some people having to pay from their own pocket for treatment abroad. But all in all the system is working well.

Me too. Oh wait i already live her!😁

In the USA its all about the money. They dont care!

$400 for going to the hospital sounds really expensive. Given that I live in Norway and pay taxes here I think healthcare should be free for visitors too.

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The bill came to 400$ because they didn't live and pay taxes to Norway. If they had, it would have been 80$ or less depending on if a radiological exam was necessary.

I feel the need to comment on the free part of this discussion, here is the fact. The cost of healthcare is a gross tax on income that is 7,8% this comes in addition to a taxrate of 24% net, and if you make more than 80000 dollars there are some progressive rate to pay. This is what you pay on income. The 7,8% goes to Healthcare and basic retirement. Employers pay 24% employers contribution into the system as well. For Doctors visits and policlinical care there is a copay. But Max copay pr year is about 500 dollars. After that it is free. If you are admitted to a hospital, it is all free.

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2 things, 1) healthcare in the US is expensive regardless of the material reasons. What I mean by this is that we are chronically unhealthy in the US over an average life span causing the average costs to be high. Even if a person pays for their care however unhealthy they are, there are so many who do not and that cost gets passed along. Additionally the cost of health insurance is high, because we are unhealthy and the over all costs get passed along to us. Because hospitals', insurance companies and everyone in between are businesses who are in the business of making profit , this makes healthcare in the US expensive on top of all the other reasons. 2) we are all victims of a toxic food environment and its making us sick slowly over our lifetimes. You would be hard pressed to find a meal in the US that didn't have sugar and salt added in it. In comparison to a person living 100 years ago or more the amounts are huge. We in turn are addicted to this just due to how our physiology evolved and so we eat it preferentially. After eating this food over the course of a lifetime we on average have high rates of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, etc. This is not talked about as policy because its profitable for the businesses in US healthcare, essentially reducing the US population to a commodity, like cattle. The only way to change this for the better is to admit this and hold food industries accountable like we did with big Tabaco. Then we would need to have basically a revolution to change it to a socialized healthcare system because we would essentially be killing off all those companies that are dependent on the human cattle industry.

Social democracy

A reading for a head MRI in the US was nearly $6000.....for two minutes work( ok , I know , the cost of a medical school , the insurance , blablabla....and a profit of course)

Happy to hear that you had a good experience with the Norwegian healthcare system. However, my experience is the opposite. I'm very unhappy with the current system. You have cystic acne that scars up your face? 6 months wait to see a dermatologist. You have severe depression and anxiety? 1 year wait for a therapist, if you are so fortunate that you are allowed on the waiting list. You're a student living away from home, and want to see a doctor? There's one place you can go, and they will refuse you unless they deem it as acute. You have moved to another city and need a primary care physician, or you're just unhappy with your current one? Too bad, in many cities and towns there are not a single one available. Can't breathe through your nose because of a deviated septum? In my city, there's a 2.5 year wait for a surgery. You're a nurse? Nurses are quitting in droves because of understaffing, stress and poor working conditions. A recent survey revealed that 72% of nurses are considering quitting their jobs. I think we deserve a better healthcare system than the current one. The Norwegian healthcare system is not something that should be implemented in America, as the lack of primary care physicians and the extreme wait times would turn Americans insane. You should rather look to countries like Switzerland, France and Germany. I also want to recommend reading this article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/upshot/best-health-care-system-country-bracket.html

And still per definition many see us as socialists and even worse things. No pun intend. Glad you are all okay now 😊❤

The U.S do have better experience treating some "illness" than Norway has. Either if its.. like gunshots, or cancer might be somewhat better training but.. also alot more expensive than we have in Norway. We do have some paid operations but most of it is nearly free of charge. So.. I do hope you get better healthsystem than you have now. Getting sick is a illness of itself in the U.S

Healthcare has to be payed for by someone. Which most likely would be Taxes. So first deal with most of the poverty and then alittle higher taxes. Then healthcare laws, so healthcare organizations can't have the price alot higher then it is worth and there you go.

There is one thing you are forgetting taxes in Norway are high. 35 prosent and up to 55 prosent.

USA Military budget............800 Billion !!!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.....but "We can't afford Healthcare".

Holy shit, as a norwegian i find $400 to be insane, that is twice what one Norwegian will pay for a whole year. After paying $200 we get a freecard so we dont pay anything more, but i dont think its legal to charge more than $40 at a time when going to an apointment or pharmacy

Put it the other way. Sailing from Norway to the US, and end up to go to hospital - without any travel insurance... Guess you had to sell your kidneys...

When all the nordic countries as well as other European countries have this but Norway gets all the fame

Sweden has the same :)

Oslo is not Norway. Try living here in the rest of Norway, not as a tourist. It's not the same story. Having a baby? Only in the largest centers. Expect a waiting list, for an appointment a days drive away. The price means there little you can say about it. A second opinion? Only after the new doctor has discussed the matter with the first doctor. Tourists should fact check more thoroughly.

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I got braces in norway once and it costed 10,000$ but since my parents had paid tens of thousands of dollars in taxes they got a 8,000$ in discount. So much for «free healthcare»

One reason medical care is so expensive in the US is that US doctors earn 10 times as much AS Norwegian Docs. And a welfare system Financed by taxes only works If people pay their taxes and don’t misuse the system. Another thing, most European countries have good welfare systems.

Yes, im Norwegian and we do have great healthcare. But, we have limited freedom compared to other countries. Things that are illegal in Norway : Boxing, MMA, Casinos, Slot machines, having a beer at a sporting event, brothels, pawn brokers, marihuana, owning a pitbull or other exotic breeds like snakes, tigers. Guns are illegal unless you have a special permit. Also, we have incredibly high taxes on cars and on driving a car. A car in Norway probably costs double of the price in other countries. The point im trying to make is that yes, we live in a very safe place but it’s also very government regulated. Anything that is considered fun or has the potential to be dangerous is usually prohibited, restricted, illegal, taxed or frowned upon. So the grass ain’t always greener on the other side. Personally i would choose to live in a country where im as free as i totally can be and be permitted to make as dumb choices as i possibly can if i should so choose.

It was less than 400 dollars. Feels that sting of being cheated of something. That is because you are.

The norwegians decline

I live in norway for 5 years. It is good health care but not the best. Czech or Slovakia have much better.

Capitalism baby!😂

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