As a Malaysian, I am seriously appalled with the high cost in USA. In Malaysia, if you go to government hospitals or clinics, we are separated by whether you are a government servant of private workers. For outpatient care, the cost is free for government servant and for private workers, you only need to pay RM 1 (around USD 0.25). That includes the consultation fee, and medicine. For me, I suffered from high blood pressure and also diabetes (which I am not proud of). Whenever I go to the government clinics for consultation, I also paid RM 1 for the overall checkup, lab tests and also medicine (which can last me for 2 or 3 months before another checkup). So, I think the Malaysian medical system is not bad and I am proud of it.
Spain has one of the best systems of all, it’s a combination system with the vast majority of people and procedures covered by taxes but it also has top quality private healthcare available.
This same information would be very helpfull if you talk about South and Central America please Andrew. Thank you and I am always follwing your chanel.
As a health care professional in the States, I am here to tell you, I can’t agree with you more!! Healh care here isn’t true, it’s big business and it is NOT in big pharma’s interest for you to be healthy. Their profits are built on the backs of the sick, especially those with chronic and ongoing conditions. It is crazy! BTW hubby and I are looking at Portugal for our exit! Thanks for all you do!
@@bidonga I am currently battling breast cancer. It looks good, we caught it early, but the type I have has a high recurrence rate and I was concerned about that. What if it comes back after we move to Portugal? Portugal and UK have the best cancer protocol coverage in Europe. That makes me feel even better about my decision.
@@mrsiz218 Hello Angela. First of all, best wishes on your recovery Journey. My mother is a Breast cancer survivor. She had one of her breasts removed when she was 58. In the same surgery, the plastic surgeons went in and rebuild her breast. She never had the shock of waking up without it. Public Hospital. No bills. Now with 76 years old, she's rather amused of having one tittie still pointing up. I rather like her disposition :)
My girlfriend got sick when we were on a trip to Greece (That I saved for years to afford), and as an American, I was terrified to call a doctor; I thought I would be financially ruined forever through debt. But we called for the obvious reason that she needed help. A doctor showed up to our hotel room, did a checkup, wrote a prescriptiin and left for a total cost of something like 80 USD. Then I was able to walk a few blocks away to a pharmacy and fill a prescription for several medicines for very little money. It was no problem. U.S. healthcare is a nightmare. I guarantee that there are much worse situations than my simple example, where people hesitate to reach out for help here, and die. It does not have to be like this. If a small island nation can do it, we can too.
In Belgium a house call from a GP costs 43 dollars. As a Belgian you pay max 16 dollars, depending on your age, medical status,… A diabetic patient does not have to pay.
I couldn't watch this past two minutes. I taught English in Japan years ago, I got sick twice, saw specialist twice within a week or so. went to the hospital for expensive tests and exams. Didn't cost me anything. Three years later back in the USA I got seriously sick and didn't have insurance. I'm permanently disabled because of it and struggle every day with severe pain. I'm in tears now as this video reminds me of it. This country is ruled by psychopaths and sociopaths. I try to explain to people that they are being lied to but they won't listen, "Love it Or leave it." is the attitude and sometimes the words. Even with doctors. I'm grateful to the Japanese people for their help. Wish I could do something in return. Would it make any difference if Americans could see how every day in this country how many people go to the doctor and get a devastating diagnosis and have the worry and stress of how they are going to pay for treatment? They lose their life savings or their houses, their jobs Or the diagnosis comes too late to do anything about it because they didn't go to a doctor sooner because of lack of insurance. If I were younger I would consider getting out of the USA. At this point staying and trying to make the US better is likely a lost cause.
Maybe if you can, come and get treatment in Malaysia.. the cost for medical and cost of living here is lot less.. many come here for medical reasons... search about it.. may u find good solution and get better
@Jessica Smith The United States ignores the medicine that can treat Covid in the early stages and clear it up. They deliberately let people die by only treating them in the later stages when they have double pneumonia and need a ventilator.
Unfortunately, many countries are adopting the unhealthy American lifestyle. I am from Jamaica and culturally we have some of the best food in the world, now KFC, Dominos and Burger King is proliferating all over the island. Obesity has gone up and people are becoming less healthier.
My husband had a stroke while in Romania 6 months a ago. I dialed their 911, and to my horror, no one spoke a word of English!!! I had to run to the neighbors asking them if they spoke English to help me translate and call an ambulance ...It's the little things we don't consider when traveling or working overseas that can make a difference between life and death. We didn't receive any hospital bills, it was all free.
Not to mention the US has, by far, the most complicated healthcare system in the world. Citizens spend a crazy amount of time just confirming what their insurance covers, which hospitals and doctors they can go to, how much the insurance will pay (if anything), what other restrictions there are, and with endless paperwork.
When it comes to Spain, you also have to factor in that it's very family friendly. The US isn't. Although it tries to be on the surface. In Spain one can work and have La Siesta or just time in general to walk after meals etc. In the US lots of people work 12+ hour shifts, commute 1+ hours each way (via Car or Bus-which takes even longer). How can one care for themselves with such long hours? Many European Citizens will cringe at the thoughts of even imaging such long days. I grew up in my Teen years in España. I am from the US too.
@@EliasRoy Good question. After living in Spain, my family and I went to Portugal. We were there for only 6 months. I didn't live there long enough to really analyze the Pros/Cons. I did enjoy the food, safe environment, lovely weather, Transport etc. Usually (just from so many recent videos) Spain and Portugal rank close. With Portugal 1st and Spain 2nd. Portugal has around 11 million Citizens and Spain has around 48 million Citizens.
@@EliasRoy You're welcome. What Province in Canada? I lived in Quebec (La Belle Province). I too am planning my permanent move out of North America. I have about 3 Countries lined up. Good luck with everything!
I absolutely agree from from you have said about the food. I've lived in US, I live in AU now. I lived in parts of Europe and Middle east, have stayed in parts of Asia (and Malaysia, love the country). I lose weight, eat lots in these other countries vs. US/AU. Nutrition is the real medicine and foods that contain poison, are poison! A lot of weight gain is also inflammatory responses. Have a quick peek on autoimmune diseases. The most developed nations (like US) are also one of the higher ranking in autoimmune diseases (such as Multiple Sclerosis) in which no known reason or cure exists. However, MANY researchers believe it is something to do with food, or a particular micro-bacteria that gets into the body through the food. Whatever the reason is, yet to be really found, the speculation is that the food being eaten is the main cause of many many diseases and conditions. It is a fact that nutrition is medicine and we all need to eat to live so... yeah! Had to share this with you as I have often said this fact to many, but only other nomads really understand what I am getting at! Love your channel, thanks for the video!
Yep, you are correct 100%! IT'S THE FOOD! Eentually Americans might wake up to this fact, but I fear that millions will die from cancer/diabetes and cardiovascular complications before that happens. People are eating processed oils, refined white flour, white sugar, white salt, maltodextrin, and animal products (milk, cheese, butter, meat) with every damn meal! They skip eating the fruits/vegetables which provide vital nutrients and fiber.
It’s the glyphosate to be specific..not just GMO , because non GMO foods doesn’t mean they are free from glyphosate, which is causing cancer and metabolic disorders. The sad news is that lately the EPA renewed the use of glyphosate..WHO and the whole world classify it as carcinogenic except the USA ...God help us
It's pretty sad that most Americans have to rely on a employer based healthcare system to get average health care. I'm glad you made this video Andrew. Thanks for the great content
We left the states almost 2 years ago and came to Mexico (scary!!!! Lol) and one of my children splintered his collar bone... Again. It happened in the states before we left same side and all. US we paid 1800 usd for x-rays, about 15minutes of the doctors time and a sling for his arm. In Mexico the same exact event minus the 3hr wait and in a "fancy" hospital 50 usd! No joke not exaggerating I was stunned.
Very true. I've been a health care consumer in Jamaica, USA and Thailand in the last decade and I have to say both Jamaica and Thailand were great alternatives. Don't get me wrong, quality of care in USA is nice, but super-expensive for the same outcome. Cost of the same procedure in Jamaica and Thailand were typically about 10X less than in the USA. And it's easy to see private doctors or just walk into hospitals in these countries with no problem. For a recent procedure, I spent $1,000 in Thailand, the same in the USA 10 years ago was $12,000 USD
You are absolutely right about the food in USA. Its totally horrible. Amazing when I tasted food especially in Italy! Soooooo different tasting especially yes...Tomatoes OMG! So good. IN USA it tastes like nothing....water. strange!
I literally drove three hours the other day to a bakery/restaurant from my country located in GA. I often shop at "health markets" and the so called healthy food still messes me up. After eating there I felt great and the food didn't mess my stomach up. They cook everything with original ingredients. We are being killed by the food here, yes including the so called healthy stuff which I'm beginning to think it's just a gimmick they use to charge more.
@@benkim2016 This is nonsense. Where did you get this information from? It always depends on the length of the transport routes. Avocados are only grown in Spain and if you transport them to North Europe it of course takes longer than to the south of france. But this is the same in the US or do you think they are grown in every state. And beef is absolut nonsense because this is more and more regional produced except the beef imorted from Sout America. But i always prefer beef from Europe because it's forbidden to add chemical additives or antibiotics to the feed. Read through what the giant farms in the US mix into their feed. Bon appetite with it.
USA Number one healthcare system in the world, Lol Most American think they are number One in everything, but most of them never leave their country to go anywhere. This attitude is called : Ethnocentrism. It is the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. a tendency to view other ethnic or cultural groups from the perspective of one's own. An Ethnocentric person, evaluate other peoples and cultures according to the standards of his/or own culture.
@Angelina Oh Poor America Lol They hate them for no reason. They are so innocent. Lol Why you think so many other countries have so much hate for America? I am sure there are some good reasons. Why don't you educate yourself. Canada is one of the most love country in the world. Canada is locate dright at the border. So why America is hated and Canada is loved? American is not a victim. If they are hated, there are good reasons for that.
I am a US citizen, I left America to go live in Canada. Who ever have other choice chose to leave. Trust me. You only stay if you cannot afford to leave. America has lie to the world for so many years presenting themselves as the best. That make many people to leave their country to go to America, including you. Now, the lie is out there. The world see America for who it is.
@Angelina feeds us? What planet are you on?? We - the rest of the world - would really love it if you could just get the fark out and stop intervening. You're a dying empire- get used to it.
I loved this video, and have also been enjoying watching other Nomad Capitalist videos, which have been quite educational. In this video Andrew makes it abundantly clear that with regard to healthcare the US has fallen way below first world standards. I'm a US health care professional nearing retirement and currently developing a strategy for exiting the US. In my 40+ years in healthcare I've seen the truth firsthand here in the US and in other countries. In the 80s and early 90s I traveled legally to Cuba to investigate the healthcare system there and was shocked to find not only a higher standard than the US, but a dramatically higher standard. Of course, that country was also being subsidized by the Soviet Union, and had made a faustian bargain in order to implement the commitment to healthcare and education outlined in their manifesto. Curiously, what I also saw in Cuba were many Soviet citizens who were sent there for treatment. I visited a pediatric facility where the majority of the pediatric victims of Chernobyl were being treated and cared for. This situation was directly related to the bloated USSR military budget, which resulted in such a low standard of healthcare and education in the Soviet Union that people were often sent to Cuba for a higher level of care (if they were lucky). Another thing I witnessed firsthand was in Berlin. In 1991 I visited a cardiac surgery center where I was considering taking a job. I spent time in the operating rooms and with the head of the hospital (a cardiac surgeon). He told me that since the wall had come down he was seeing an influx of patients with previously undiagnosed cardiac disease the likes of which were unheard of in the West. This phenomenon was a direct result of the USSR spending vast sums on military budgets, to the exclusion of healthcare and education for their people. Believe it or not, we are now seeing this phenomenon occuring in the US. The US military budget is greater than the next 10 countries combined. It's a huge and voracious monster which will devour this country.
While living in the U.S it shocked me to see a coworker worried that he would have to sell his house because his wife was sick and was afraid he was not insured well enough. The cost of medical treatment is horrendous....Forget the IRS...Medical Insurance is the real tax/cost of living in the U.S
I pay $460 USD per year for private health insurance in the Dominican Republic. I have the Corporate Plan with Palic Insurance. This insurance lets me use the Private Hospitals that are super clean and modern.
@pineapples What in heaven's name are you saying? Is Buckeye some TV series character, and what theory exactly are you referring to? Please stop and consider ahead to posting your comments: other readers may not have the same knowledge as you, and so may be lost concerning your meaning. Thx.
I live in Australia. Suffered a kidney stone attack and had to go to the emergency department at the local hospital. Stayed overnight and had a scan, painkillers, overnight obsevation and was discharged the next morning with tablets. Cost was $0.00. Had a kidney stone attack in Sarasota Florida while visiting the USA. Went to Sarasota Memorial Hospuital emergency department. Stayed overnight and had a scan, painkillers, overnight observation and a presciption for tablets. Cost $12,000.00 for the hospital, $200.00 for the presciption.
I also live in Australia. I received the treatment in 2016 for hep c and it cost me nothing. Americans were panicking because their insurance wouldn’t cover them. At the time the 3 month treatment cost $ 84,000.
Netherlands is not as high tax as you think. They just lowered the corporate tax rate to 15% for the first $500k in profit. You just pay 50% on money taken out of the business, still a better deal than california considering the social services you get in Netherlands
@Charles Yuditsky No. The corporate tax rate over $500k is 25%. You pay 50% total on money taken out of the business, so unless you are the type to spend it all you only pay maybe a $100k or $200k salary and retain the rest in the business and pay the lower tax rate
I've traveled all over Asia and I was shocked at the excellent healthcare; that includes low prices for services and medication. Most Americans simply don't want to return to the U.S. after eating great tasting natural food and experiencing excellent health.
@@jaybariya9 As a belgian: we do pay a lot of taxes, but average monthly (net) incomes are about €2000-€2300. I pay €2 for a standard doctors visit. A broken bone won't cost a lot over €50. I pay about €25/month for my prescription medicine here, i just looked it up, about 140usd in the US. Education is almost free and university is about €1000 per year. So i think that it's more important to look at the bigger picture, high tax, high income and a lot of advantages
Had a wipeout snowboarding in switzerland (high jump - bad landing) which landed me in hospital (private clinic) for 5days following surgery. Total cost was 3000 CHF .. since I had a cheap (swiss) insurance, i was supposed to go pay half (since i chose my surgeon - a knee guru who takes care of the swiss national skiing team and had a private room with fiber internet). However, the insurance would also cover the loss of income (considerably more). I was able to work remote from my private room and declined the claim for loss of income. Due to this, my insurance company volunteered to pay it all if i didn't claim loss of income - so it cost me NOTHING. 12 months of physiotherapy included. The hospital had a wine list with 50 different choices. I was so impressed, my wife chose to give birth to our firstborn there. Equally good and half price compared to our second child who was born in London.
@@YoMomma443 Bike accident UK: Knee (cap shattered, cartilage most missing, both cruciate snapped, ligaments damaged, femur and tibia knuckles damaged, severed nerves cut), fibula (seen better days), ankle (cut through artery), few ribs, arm/wrist (didn't work properly for a while); 18 months physio (weeks with no sign of nerve activity from knee down) and related equipment; all bits work now (mostly - slight restriction in movement and numb sense of feeling on parts of leg) . All free at point of need, UK isn't free, spent years paying into NI, approx 12% of gross wage.
@@YoMomma443 And it was Christmas. Yours sounds equally painful and problematic, hope the got all the bits and bobs working OK again. Still, grateful to UK NHS who put all the bit (best the could) back together and got them to work again.
In US the inflation was bigger on Healthcare, Real State and Education. It's why this actual generation have so much problems and wants more government intervention on this 3 areas. But the own government created this problem printing money...
Seems most countries governments treat the people as integral to their national, cultural, economic and societal well being, granted, some do a better job than others, but on average this 'socialist' idea seems to work. Yet the USA insists this is 'socialist' and therefore bad, as opposed to seeing the benefits of economies of scale of a *non-profit* national scheme.
Malaysia birthing a child $1000 all in, Csection, pre and post doctor visits, meds, private room, great private hospital, everything. Of course it would have been basically free back home in Canada but no Malaysian passport for the child in Canada.
I think Andrew's choices for countries of living says the most. My logical analytical mind concludes that he wasn't going to live there unless the healthcare was good.
In the middle of my wife's breast cancer treatment my company (not me) changed insurance providers. The new insurance company said "Don't worry. You will just have to get all your pre-approvals again, select a new hospital and new doctors. Then you can reschedule her mastectomy. Or just pay for it ($200,000) all yourself." What if her cancer goes from stage 1 to stage 4 in that time? They don't care. We were forced to immediately switch from an insurance company whose CEO received $50 million in 2020 (United Healthcare) to one whose CEO received $79 million in 2020 (Cigna).
I'm Venezuelan and one of the reasons my family emigrated was because of how much the healthcare system had decayed from the lack of resources the crisis provided. Venezuelan doctors are actually really valuable in other countries like Chile and Spain so there has also been a lost of professionals. Now I live in Costa Rica and the peace of knowing I can be taken care of in an emergency without worrying about not finding treatment or having to pay huge amounts of money is great.
I used Mexico's health care while I was visiting there and was amazed at how much better it was than either Canada or the US. Fast, efficient, reliable, effective, and extremely affordable. And yet the ranking puts it way below the US and Canada.
Our Trauma ERs, ICUs and NICU capability are second to none. However, our preventative care sucks because we eat terribly, live high stress lives and are generally fat, overmedicated and inactive. The challenge with the WHO's assessment is that any data aggregate is captive to its sample population--so it's pretty difficult to compare apples to apples on this. Quality of Care is a bit screwy because outcomes and cost are not directly reflective of intervention caliber or efficiency. So we can have access points all day long, but denial-ridden and obstinate patients usually sabotage themselves prior to that entry point. Educating the 'stupid' out of people doesn't work (in economics OR healthcare), so it reflects poorly on our scorecard. Costs are nuts due to middleman interference and (surprise) government regulation AND a great deal of quasi-unethical corporate back-scratching. Freaking EPIC Donald impression btw! If there's anything we can say for certain about the US's system, it's this: More is not better. Thanks :)
"Our Trauma ERs, ICUs and NICU capability are second to none", I was just curious, what do you base this on? Could you provide some evidence as I'd like to research this claim further. Thanks!
@@003obsidian these info came from nothing but from her ass. Look at her fucking username lol, this "patriot" won't ever admit that other countries have better doctors/nurses and waaaaaaaaaaay better healthcare system than any american could 've ever dream of. Man, I'm so glad that i renounced this piece of shit passport and now I live part of my time in Vienna and the other part in southeast Asia particularly singapore and OMFG, the quality and cheapness of doctors and treatment in singapore that I received when I had covid is absolutely bananas. And all that for how much? fucking 30 dollars!. Good luck trying to get this treatment in the US. God I dislike liberals but I dislike these self proclaimed "PaTrIoTs" Even more, specially when this channel talk about everything but being "PaTrIoTiC". but who I'm kidding, these idiots can't even comprehend that lol.
@@003obsidian , you can easily find out by the Trauma Severity Index and survival scores of acute care admitted patients. She is probably talking about level 1 Teaching hospitals in the US. Where else in the world can you have three different trauma teams (gunshot, blunt trauma, MVA- motor vehicle accident) on standby 24/7, ready to treat patients who are driven by ambulance OR FLOWN IN? That includes ICU care of course! I know because I taught at a teaching hospital and our “acute care” is very good. It is true, many countries have excellent health care systems and superior preventive medicine. The point is that everyone in the world should raise their game in providing health care instead of pointing fingers at who is better and who isn’t. And we as Americans should not be so “exceptional” as to think that the rest of the world is stuck in the Middle Ages in terms of medical care. They are not and are improving by the day.
TOTALLY AGREED! The healthcare in the U.S. is total BS, ridiculous and outrageously expensive! Even after you pay for the monthly healthcare insurance premium, you still have deductible, you still have copay and you still need to bring out money from your pocket. Does Malaysia require foreigners to have mandatory healthcare insurance?
No, we do not have mandatory insurance for healthcare.. Without insurance, it is lot more money than Malaysian.. But still more affordable than first world countries, especially U.S.. Here you can choose private hospitals or gov hospitals, private hospitals are bit pricey compare to the gov owned hospitals..
Perhaps a measure of the quality of a nation's healthcare is how well the've fared keeping death rates down during the COVID pandemic. Likewise, I'm unimpressed with nations which supposedly have tier 1 healthcare rankings, yet had high COVID death rates. So what if a nation is ranked in tier 1 but they are also in the top tier for COVID deaths? Rankings are meaningless without real world outcomes and results.
We have had wonderful health care here in Chile. Several times we have had emergencies. BIG ONES and were impressed with the quality of the care and the low low low cost. We have been here 7 years in Chile and my family has a medical back ground. So I have seen medical care at it's best in the former USA and here in Chile. The care here was excellent. Jim in Chile.
Thanks Jim.... what is the health insurance called? how can a foreigner get it? & do they have a national 911 or a local city 911 type emergency land ambulance?
@@mela6046 The National insurance plan in Chile is Called FONASA. You must be a resident or citizen to qualify. They do have a national 131 (Ambulance) 132 (Fire) 133 (police). We do have good ambulance service but for me it is not a consideration. I do not live in fear. Fear of the virus, fear of dying in general. I live my life as if today is my last day. That way my life is just richer. Jim
"Healthcare" is the constant mantra for gullible Canadians. Especially those tha thave never travelled. Nevermind terrible wait times. Sub standard service and care. Basically our system treats you if it feels like it. Have had better treatment in 3rd World countries.
Thank you Andrew, for making this point. With respect to health care, the only category in which the USA ranks first is in cost. I lived for 5 years in a country with single-payer healthcare (yes, the dreaded "socialized" health care model) and the care was far better, more well-coordinated and cheaper than what I had in the USA. An example based just on cost: When I needed an MRI overseas, I paid (out of pocket, with no coverage under the national health care system) the equivalent of about $320. A few years later, back in the USA, when I needed another MRI, the scan cost over $1400, of which my share (with excellent insurance) was... wait for it... $328. I can only imagine what I would have had to pay if I didn't have insurance.
I would like to see you do a deep dive on purchasing healthcare insurance as a 70 year old expat in some o these other countries. When you're young, these insurance options are probably reasonable. But when you hit those 'golden years', I think the affordability of healthcare coverage relying on healthcare insurance goes out the window. Plus, I believe they can deny coverage each year when you re-apply. This would be an important topic for many of your readers and followers.
That’s the US, you will always pay more as you cost more. I have a multi millionaire American friend who lives in London, he looked into moving back to the states on retirement, a little research and he discovered that he would be one illness away from bankruptcy and his insurance premiums would be insanely expensive as he was a prostate cancer survivor (10 years ago, treated free on the NHS), needless to say he rapidly lost interest in that idea. In Europe you get treated the same whatever your age and every other developed country has free healthcare for pensioners.
I'm Canadian and our healthcare system is far from perfect. My Mother-in-law still can't find a family doctor. You have to wait 6 months or sometimes years to get surgery or see a specialist... But hey, it's free! lol
Lol! Do you want pay $1200/ month and $7000 deductible and still wait for not life threatening surgery 6 month and not able to see a specialist at all or only next year when they will jack your insurance to $1500/month because you're on the waiting list to see a specialist? And don't forget that you'll get few bills to pay year or two after your surgery is done. Would you prefer this over free?
@@vg7985 Actually, it's not free. We are one of the highest taxed countries and it's very expensive to live in Canada in general. If we can't get a doctor then we don't have the option of going private unless we leave the country. Just because it's not as bad as the US really isn't saying much is it?
@@SI-ln6tc We have n a bloated, inefficient and wasteful government. It's a management problem not a population problem. We could increase our population 10x and it would never be enough. We would still have a corrupt and incompetent government. I'm out.
Andrew you got this one 1000% right all the way , usa is the last thing down the bucket . More then 35 thousand people die in USA every year for not having health care , and more then 500 thousand people suffer some kind of financial ruin every year cause of health care , is not that usa don't know how to change things like canada or europe , even some countries in south america the point is that they don't want to it's more profit this way , they look at it this way , we have 330 million modern slaves and not all going to live the country so if they are here we are going to nail them , their is no way out they are stuck . All of your videos are true and amazing I try to watch them all the time . Stay safe , cheers
In the US it's not about cure but disease management, which keeps the pharmaceuticals in business. If they actually cured people, they'd have no customers.
Affordable health care should never be a trade-off and doing the research is paramount before you travel because it's something you can never take for granted.
I live in Seattle. The funny thing is some Canadians come down here for surgeries and other 'bigger' health issues, while some Americans go up there to buy medications. I think our system is better at the top, but most are better at the bottom.
@M Reid Yeah, anything urgent gets done here, as well. Regardless of insurance. But we all have anecdotal stories to tell. Hell, I remember the big story of that Aucoin lady who whose physician prescribed cancer medicine was not covered in Canada, but was in most American insurance policies. She had to come down here, apparently. Actually, I hear this alot from Canadians in regards to surgeries. So many stories... I'm sure the same can be said for America. Again, I do not live in Canada. I just have friends with their own lived experiences with family, etc.
I totally agree. I live in Canada now after living in the US . In the US my husband and I were self employed and were able to buy good insurance with reasonable deductible we could afford. We think we had great access and quality of care there. In Canada, Vancouver, BC, we had a lot of trouble finding a family doctor who accepted new patients, found that hospitals lacked essential medical equipment compared to the US making treatments harder on the patients, and recently drove to the US and paid out of pocket to get allergy tests for our child because the wait for an allergy appointment in Canada was 2 years! We are eligible for Medicare at 65 and plan to move back to the US then because we do not have confidence in the Canadian medical system at all especially when it comes to preventive médecine and surgeries.
If you are a high net worth individual who can afford to spend anything on healthcare, the US is number one for you. If you are of average or below average net worth, the US is not great for health care.
That ranking is total BS. Bankrupt and ultra poor Ukraine has better healthcare system than Russia is utter nonsense. I think covid showed who is who and what such rankings are worth. I mean US and UK were ranked top 2 in pandemic preparedness while in reality being closer to bottom 2. You can't make this up.
I was hurt very badly by the hospitals in Tucson Arizona. After becoming sick from a product I bought at Walmart. Instead of getting the help I needed. Because I had good health insurance. I was given the run around. So they could take the maximum from my insurance. While they tried to turn me into a career patient. By giving me half doses of antibiotics. What should have been a simple illness to cure. A skin infection. Turned into a nightmare that almost killed me multiple times. Ultimately I lost my business, my house and financial stability for seven years. I am still trying to recover financially. My health is still not good. But I’ve lost all trust and respect for American doctors and refuse to be hurt by them again.
The classical American belief is that high quality healthcare results in higher taxation, all the while the US spends the most per capita and isn't even on top compared to many places in Europe and Asia.
The NHS over here in the UK is a joke. You are lucky if you can get a face to face appointment with your GP within a month. If you're unlucky enough to need an operation in hospital, you can wait a year plus. 5 times my op has been cancelled. The woman next door had her's cancelled 9 times. She waited nearly 2 years. And miss diagnoses are ridiculous. When mistakes are made by incompetent doctors the NHS just closes ranks round them to cover up. You don't want to base your system on ours.
@@thomast3570 It's everything to do with structure. As soon as any half decent staff qualify they get lost to the private sector. Either private hospitals or corporate healthcare. The dregs that are left are the ones that can't get jobs anywhere else. Other than onlyfans.
@@christopherhickman1068 Better pay elsewhere. I'm not going to claim to know much about Great Britain's politics, but there seems to be a lot of concern over proper funding.
WHO report on covid was almost accurate.. they said children don't spread much and asymptotic don't spread.. people misinterpreted by including presymptomatic... Their suggestions were also right.. we know that travel restrictions and the lockdown haven't helped.
I'm kinda glad we have socialized medicine, especially breaking my wrist 5 weeks ago and needing surgery, etc. $ 270 out of pocket for 2020 and the rest "free".
Health care and Education are not taken seriously in the United States. One big reason you got a megalomaniac reality show star as a president. Time to teach your citizens critical thinking skills.
Healthcare in US sucks! As a Us senior citizen, my medicare plus my $$$ supplemental insurance & we have to wait 30 days to see an md!!! Love my Argentina, where I can see a great Dr in a few days!
It’s all depends. The US has an instant gravitation issue. They want a pill to take care of everything and don’t want to do the work to actually be healthy. The US has a lot of good and bad, but you need to do your research on what your health issues.
I am an American living and working in Austria. I have a resident visa because my wife is Austrian. I have access to the country's health care system. According to the WHO Austria ranks 19th. Earlier this year my wife was hospitalized for a week. This would have cost over $100K in the States. Since health-care comes out of taxes, we had no additional charges. Incidentally an Expat publication ranks Austria 4th. South Korea, Taiwan, and Denmark are 1,2, and 3.
just spent the last three years with a parent navigating healthcare in the US.... good doctors, good nurses, good CNAs and horrendous disjointed decentralized chaotic system....the worst....
Very interesting topic for me as I spent most of my adult working career in the healthcare field. Thailand actually has excellent healthcare available if you can afford to pay for it. Foreigners can purchase healthcare insurance in several different tiers reasonably priced for those under 65. Just like the west there are exclusions for existing conditions. The Bangkok Hospital Group offers excellent full range medical and dental services in many cities here in Thailand. The physicians and most of the Staff speak English and are very compassionate and caring about the patients good health. And not for nothing the best hospital food I have experienced as a patient anywhere. Like other places around the world there are different levels of compliance when it comes to proper hygiene in other hospitals here in Thailand. I have witnessed both excellent and poor techniques and patient care in several hospitals here. As in many things as a consumer you get what you pay for.
Oh my god. The effortless weight loss happened to me outside of the US. I never heard someone else talk about it before. my diet was not better outside the US lol
I had a hearth attack in Puerta Plata DR and my insurance company payed $46,300 for 3 nights in ICU and 2 stents. I also payed out of pocket $120 for 1 month supply of Plavix and Rosuvastatin. I am now on more medications while back in USA and drugs are about $900 a month without insurance for post heart attack care. What country has cheaper drugs i can retire to. I speak spanish.
The main reason I left the US. I worked in a hospital for 28 years. My fk cobra payment was 600 a month. Meanwhile government workers don’t pay anything for healthcare. I have spent around $250 i the 3 years I have lived in Thailand for excellent and efficient care.I don’t need healthcare insurance here if I did , it’s totally affordable, unlike the US.
I feel the same way but government employees don't receive free health care. You need to investigate the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP).
American type 1 diabetic here, living in New Zealand. The biggest difference is that in a public health system, there is a limited pool of money that needs to be divided up to serve the most people the best. In the US, the system is swimming in billions of wildly inflated insurance $ payments and everyone along the way whets their beak before it trickles down to the doctors actually carrying out the service.
I live in France. The price and quality of medicines is strictly controlled, we have excellent pharmacies and common treatments are very cheap. Often 4 times cheaper than in Switzerland. We go to see the poor at food distributions. Almost everyone is already entitled to all free, quality medical care. Liberty, equality Fraternity ! The rich pay but in exchange they live in a country where they will not come across people who are contagious because they are not treated. Children at school learn to eat healthily, with very varied and very balanced menus, and cheap ! Of course education is free, and shootings are almost unknown. And yet we work little, 35 hours/week. This is why the French emigrate little and receive many immigrants.
I have lived in many places in the World, currently live in Portugal...Folks who have never left the U.S. or only visited places have no clue how overrated the medical system is America...I've had dental work in Guatemala, not only affordable, but quality and still have all my teeth...Had my appendix removed in Costa Rica, Excellent doctors, nurses and staff...I'm still here...I get injections every two weeks and a nurse comes to my apartment and gives them to me for peanuts compared to what it would cost me stateside...Private insurance runs me €45 euros per month, however being a resident of Portugal allows me to use the Public healthcare system, want to know how much that cost me??? You cant convince folks who pays $500 a month for insurance stateside and walk around with ziplock bags of medications and say, hot damn my medical team is the best in the World...Its laughable and stupid...Folks stateside are being Bung holed and brainwashed...Bye Bye...
It's incredible the level of ignorance some physicians who are posting on this video are showing. It is a fact, and an obvious one, to those with an open mind, that healthcare is equally, or better, in most countries than in the US. But, I get the sense that Americans don't often liked to be told in their faces that they aren't the brightest or the best in the world. National pride? Not, national arrogance! This is sin and the reason why their country has become a banana republic and the laughing stock of the entire world. Here's one tip for US, you may be treated with more respect if you drop the arrogance.
Weird how we can't keep people from that country from pouring into ours. I guess that being natives, they're not as aware as you are of the magnificent healthcare system that country offers its citizens
The healthcare industry in the United States. Because of the nature of business and capitalism. Along with organized crime. Has systematically dumb down its healthcare industry standards. In order to make college graduation rates go up. At the same time the older generations of more qualified knowledgeable doctors. Retired early because of the changes to the system by the Obama administration. To force insurance company and doctors to treat people. Even if they couldn’t afford it. There has been this push by political policy makers. To cram as many people into the healthcare industry as possible. To cope with over population and the lack of job availability. The result is a bloated expensive healthcare industry. Where it’s practically impossible to find a qualified knowledgeable doctor. The insurance companies are also policing themselves. So it is practically impossible to have a successful medical malpractice lawsuit. The healthcare industry in America. Has been broken by corporate greed and government meddling. In other countries it’s still possible to find doctors doing their job for the right reasons. Not because they care about getting rich. Like most of the college graduates in the United States.
When people say the U.S has the best healthcare system they aren't referring to cost. They are talking about access and options. In Europe people pay for their healthcare with taxes while in the US we pay for it with insurance. Typically nobody spends more than 10% of their income on insurance while in the EU they pay twice as much in taxes and don't have the ability to sue for malpractice as in the U.S.
@@grahvis Wrong. The average affective income tax rate in the U.S is less than 20%. In most E.U. country's its more than half. The average American pay less than 5% of their income for health insurance. I didn't say people in the E.U. cant sue for malpractice. I said they don't have the ability to sue for malpractice as in the U.S." EU country's don't have settlements in the billions.
@@williampennjr.4448 . Health expenditure per capita in 2019 USA - $11,072 UK - $4,653 As a percentage of GDP USA - 17.1 Germany - 11.3 It is true in Europe you can only sue for loss or potential loss, not punishment amounts. However the injured person will not have massive medical bills to allow for. In how many medical injury cases in the US, has the payouts been in billions?
@@grahvis The U.S has 3 times the population of Germany, not counting illegal immigrants. In 2018 malpractice payouts came to $3.9 Billion. 39.4% of male physicians have been sued. 22.8% of female physicians have been sued. That's more than half of all doctors. About 15,000 to 18,000 lawsuits are filed each year alleging medical malpractice or negligence. More than 30% of physicians pay more than $10,000 for medical malpractice insurance annually. When a medical procedure is not covered by insurance, the cost is far less then when it is. surprise surprise when people have to pay for something demand is less. 20.6 percent of overall medical care is unnecessary, including 24.9 percent of tests, 22 percent of prescription medications and 11.1 percent of procedures according to doctors. When doctors even consider a cold and mild join pain to be worthy of a doctors visits, these statistics are very telling. Of course U.S doctors will agree with you because they don't want to admit that they are grossly overpaid. Btw, what liberal state gives free health care? I'm waiting for that answer.
@@williampennjr.4448 . So no individual payouts were in the billions as you suggested. The NHS is free at the point of use, though is paid from tax, nobody gets a bill. Those in the US pay far more for a service which does not cover everybody and for fear of the cost, about 25% of the population put off going to a doctor until their health deteriorates to the point they have no choice. So many also rely on their employer for their healthcare, not the sign of a civilised or supposedly free country. US, healthcare also ranks lower in world rankings for quality than EU countries.
@@cheryls832 It's not just US even countries like new Zealand , Canada and other English speaking developed countries have same situation .most of the foreigners who go to US for medical treatment are from under developed or developing countries, those people r mostly rich and corrupt .
Too bad you are regularly bashing the "socialist" here but when you want to talk about Healthcare and education in the United States all of a sudden you are happy to quote all of these articles. These sources you site have excellent articles regarding climate change too. Maybe treat people everywhere with respect and stop the greedy global 1% from exploiting the poor. Smh
