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I am offended by you telling me I have no right to be offended. I have no clue what you're on about, lass.
Written cynically
To put it in one sentence
Americans think their gun laws are freedom and the rest of the world says affordable health care is our freedom
A commenter once said their idea of freedom was being able to keep a gun under their pillow to defend themselves, my answer was my idea of freedom was not feeling the need.
@@grahvisGood answer!
In UK we regard the American gun cultural has the American disease. My late brother lived in US and when I ask about how the this disease is doing in his area, he know what disease I am talking about. Thankfully his area was not to bad.
Accessible healthcare and the unlikelihood of needing it because you got shot by some gun toting arsehole. That's my idea of freedom.
"I don't think anyone in the UK has a right to be offended by anything." Wow. Are you serious?
Exactly, instantly added to the do not watch again list, idiots.
“I don’t think anyone in the UK has a right to be offended by anything”. So the Italians don't have a right to be offended because of the Roman empire, the Mongolians don't have a right to be offended because of Genghis Khan, make it make sense. So I take it you go by the rule "sins of the father pass down to the son", when does it end.
Or their forefathers for the atrocities performed on Native Americans. If anyone doesn’t have a “right to be offended” it’s the people of U.S.A.
I feel like white Americans should not be saying a thing about it considering how their country was built on native land and blood. If everyone should be carrying their ancestor sins, I think we all know what group Americans would be in...
5:35 “I don’t think anyone in the UK has a right to be offended by anything”, what exactly is that supposed to mean?
ye exactly, what you mean by that? Probaly some shit about how we used to own the world or smth like that affects us today 🤣🤣
I would like to no more on this extraordinary claim. Please clarify.
@@shashumgar235Yep, this always happens. People are just ignorant about a lot of history and don’t seem to realise that literally every nation has had empires, slavery etc. We just get the spotlight because we had the most successful empire
@@ipolarisi2381slavery was made illegal in the UK in 1772 and it was Britain that stopped it world wide by using its power and navy.
I wonder too😂
why exactly dont you think i have a right to be offended ? , too late, because this Brit is very offended right now
Make that all Brits!
Another one 😂
I'm a brit and I ain't offended, but I'm very confused by that statement lol I personally believe that being offended comes from the offended person's self and personal insecurities about themselves, like I'll probably get defensive if someone says something about my parenting because I care about that alot and value that above all else in myself. But I know that's an insecurity I have, that being said I'm very curious as to what made her say that? Is it coz we tend to take the piss alot? Lol so confused xD
Do we get an explanation as to why we can't be offended by anything? Such an ignorant thing to say!
I'm sure it was a rash thought, we all do it.
I'm guessing she meant because of imperialism?
@@OnnarashiWhen?
Because I'm 2 fick. Maybe?
Erm, I think she was just joking
Yeah, WTF does no one in the UK has a right to be offended mean??? Also, “The British accent” there’s a lot of different ones, possibly more than the US has even though we are a lot smaller land mass.
I'm sure it was a rash thought, we all do it.
@@darrellpowell6042 I think she knew exactly what she was saying. She obviously has a bad opinion of the UK based on the American education system and youtube videos. Hardly surprising, but disappointing that she has learnt so little while presuming to know so much. And yes, am offended.
I visit family in the US, and it’s always the same when socialising or out shopping etc : first, it’s “I love your English accent” (yes, I love your English accent too) …and there it comes, that cringing attempt at that pseudo cockney crap. I might try a role reversal next time 🤔😂
Um, no. Not that kind I don't. @@darrellpowell6042
I'm not one to say anything bad about the US.. I don't live there - but it is obviously a good thing that more and more 'americans' are opening their eyes to what's actually going on and how things work elsewhere.
It's weather it's enough to make any real change, but it's clear that more Americans, especially among the young are starting to open their eyes, but until it's enough of them and they are willing to stand up and make big changes, then nothing will change, and one thing I do know is that when they do try to fight for change, they are going to have one hell of a fight on their hands against the government and big corporations.
The problem being is that the American people have let corporations gain too much power in the country and it's having a massive negative effect on government policy, that isn't going to be easy for the American people to change and I'm grateful that in other modern countries, especially in Europe, we've got big governments that are far more likely to take big corporations on, basically, they've not let it get so bad like they have in the US and we see it a lot with how the EU is taking on big tech companies whereas the US isn't doing enough.
True. But they think social care is communism. Crazy.
Haha you should say what's bad when it's bad. America is so shitty.
Yeah, no matter how many regular people over there realize how much better the UK/EU way of doing healthcare is better, someone will call the system communist or socialist and the mob mentality will take care of making sure the US never get's better xD
Lady Gurl, as a Brit I have an absolute right to be offended by something I object to.
Full Stop! 😅😂
As a fellow Brit, totally agree.
I’m from the UK, I don’t think I’ve done anything to anyone. Why don’t I have the right to be offended by anything? Also if you did a reaction video to accents/dialects in the UK you’d see that for such a tiny country, the accent can change dramatically from one end of a street to another. There are sooo many! Also no one would be offended about you picking up some sort of accent especially if you spend your time in London as that’s the most diverse I think! I hope you get to visit one day and you’ll hopefully see that we are quite nice lot. We only offend each other but that how we hug and show love. Peace!
Just never do the Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins English accent, that will get you in trouble.
Yes of course, englishmen are so lovely, they just made chaos in the Middle East and Africa, soo innocent, peace yourself.
@@claesmansson9070 You do know those people are long dead, right?
@@yarzyn_5699exactly, the current group are just fucking their own.
@@claesmansson9070 And what did your ancestors fubar.
Paying to hold your own newborn is the strangest thing I've ever heard of.
My jaw just dropped. Wow that's a loaded statement! "I don't think anyone in the UK has the right to be offended about by anything to be honest" Really? Why on earth would you think other human beings don't have the same emotions as you? I think you guys are great and have been listening to you for sometime now. However I'm pretty surprised by that here today.
History belongs to each person, each country. century upon century and as you point out, knowledge is everything,. through out humanity.
Ill informed judgement is a danger on a global scale. Be wise in all you do and say always! 😃✌
I'm sure it was a rash thought, we all do it.
Yeah as a Brit I actually found that offensive. Please don't come to my country with that attitude because it won't get you very far!
These are guys are apart of the left here in the USA. They all believe that white people are evil and that’s what they are teaching are children here in America. Get rid of your leftist in Britain before you become like us.
@@user-hb7ps1gv9xI'm a briit, why are people so easily offended now?, no one never use too be!!!
Yeah, I found that statement pretty weird and entitled.
we cant be offended by anything? whats that meant to mean
I’m wondering that too
Probably some stupid comment because people hundreds of years ago were involved in dodgy stuff. Nothing to do with anyone alive today
That we're nasty, evil colonisers, I presume, and deserve all the abuse we get. That seems to be the current trend.
Insulting the UK is justified by these delicate flowers because 400 years ago we had an empire. Of course we were alone in this, the Romans, Ottomans, Vikings, Portuguese, Spanish and French all stayed at home and never did anything anywhere. We just single-handedly sailed round marauding the entire globe.
Simple we all agree to chip in, and cover everyone. It's a no brainner. Healthcare is the one area that should not be for profit.
and education
@@claudiavalentijn1457 University education is not free in the UK, all the rest is except parents can opt out and send their kids to private schools. I am not sure but the US is not that different.
@@thomasmain5986 University education is free in the UK - in Scotland
@@Spiklething Less said about that the better, and nothing is free it all has to be paid for.
Massive amounts of the NHS are run by for-profit US companies now. When the Tories say they are pumping money in to the NHS it’s to pay the profits of these companies, not to add to the healthcare provision of the populace.
US: Lowest rating for Positive Healthcare Outcomes in the developed world. Has never been in the top ten. UK has always been in the top ten. Shortest life expectancy of any developed nation and falling. UK's is higher and stable. Higher infant mortality than the UK. Healthcare in the UK is not only cheaper, but better. The statistics speak for themselves.
The costs you pay are also vastly inflated because it’s a for profit system, so there’s a profit margin, so you still end up paying more in taxes than we do per capita along with insurance because it’s such an inefficient system if you actually want to keep people healthy.
It’s in the best interest of the US system for you to be sick and need a lot of treatment, it’s in the best interest of universal systems to keep you healthy and catch things early because it saves costs
Highly recommend Evan Edinger’s video with an NHS doctor where they compare costs
Insurance systems can work for health care if the government are responsible and regulate the costs
The "shut the fridge" girl has been my secret crush for years...
Did you guys know that the US citizens living in the UK is NOW 200,000+ and is growing every year.
Where I live in the UK there are 5,000 US citizens living happy lives in my city and the surrounding towns and village. They don't wanna go back to the US, if they do it's to visit family.
But honestly i think American Health cost shock the entire world exept Americans themselves 🤷🤷
You could say it’s the blind leading the blind, but think of all the healthcare costs!
The NHS is far from perfect but its 1,000 times better than the u.s healthcare which is run as a profit not as a service .
The problem in America is that even Bernie Sanders misses explaining the most simple of things when it comes to cost. All people talk about is that it will cost you more in taxes and people hate having to pay taxes so they get anti from the get go. If instead of talking about an increase in taxes and started what people actually understand which is the cost in dollars then there might be more Americans willing to pay those extra taxes.
If you tell a middle class American that they would have to pay $450 a month in extra taxes to give them their healthcare, which would have no co-pay or deductibles, that every condition they have or may get will be covered, that thy could call an ambulance and there would be no charge, that the most they would ever have to pay for a prescription would be $10 regardless of the drug and that if they were to lose their job they would still receive the same healthcare. Then ask them how much they are currently paying a month for their healthcare and what co-pay and deductibles are involved. I wonder when seeing the real bottom line numbers and costs they would still be anti paying extra taxes for their healthcare.
The problem is that all those who want to back the medical insurance industry and excessive medical costs only ever talk in abstract concepts and never put the real numbers in front of people. You wouldn't buy a house or a car or anything else so why do they do it for healthcare?
Oh and if somebody drags out the old fake chestnut that American healthcare is better so you have to pay more, then just ask the question "if American healthcare is so much better than the rest of the world, then why do people in other countries have a greater life expectancy than Americans if their healthcare is worse?
Americans spend way more, as a percentage of GDP, on healthcare than any other country, and get worse outcomes for it. Public healthcare is by far the most efficient way to operate on top of all of the obvious benefits to people.
My baby was born prematurely /two months earlier/ by c-section. I was month and half with him in hospital plus another two weeks before c-section. Everything was free for me. I'm not from UK. I'm from Slovakia /small country in central Europe/.
I can't imagine to pay for birth 😢.
When I was kid I dreamed about living in the U.S.. As an adult I'm so glad I live in small and relatively poor European country.
Slovakia might not be the richest country in Europe. But it's a beautiful country! Love it. Greetings from Germany.
What you fail to realize is America actually has the best healthcare system. Most important medical technology and medicine come from America. Also people come to America for treatment for cancer and surgeries and a lot more because we don’t have wait list at hospitals or doctors. If you sick just walk right into doctors office and they will see you. If you need a surgery go to hospital and they will look at you and if you need a surgery then you’ll get it. Imagine being in a country where if you get cancer you go on a waitlist and could possibly die before getting treatment.
@@Kentuckyhunter58 Imagine being in a country where there is no waitlist and all the treatment is free.
@@Kentuckyhunter58 Don't get me wrong, I think U.S. have a great hospitals, technology, doctors etc. But these prices are overwhelming.
40,-$ for touching my newborn baby. I think that's ridiculous. And few thousand dollars for calling an ambulance, well, no thank you 🤷♀️
@@Kentuckyhunter58 "America" actually doesn't have the best healthcare system. Also not the most important medical technology or medicine. What you fail to realise is that you pay like you might have the best system. But it is just exploitation. And research from which countries people are coming to the US and why.
You don't have a waiting list? I wonder why that might be. Mostly not because the doctors are so awesome. The reason is not many people can afford to see a doctor. And no - no one comes to the US because of the waiting list. There are many other countries who don't have a waiting list as well.
Imagine going to a doctor without a waiting list because of your cancer and then you die because you can't afford treatment.
"Freedom" my ass.
Your politicians and your billionaires tell you that you are the happiest people in the world, you believe them, that will never change and it's your fault.
It starts with education...the only thing kids learn is: US is the greatest country in the world.
Well surely it’s the fault of the politicians and billionaires. I’m not sure what the millionaires are doing. In the UK the majority of the population believe what the Tory press (which is the majority of the press) tells them. It’s not much different. The NHS is underfunded on purpose, and that extra money they do put in goes to third party contracts which are mostly American run private companies. Less of the English exceptionalism.
erm, why don't i have the right to be offended by anything? what have i done wrong? that comment absolutely offended me!...and i think we are owed an apology..
“I don’t think anyone in the UK has a right to be offended by anything”. Coming from a Yank that is RICH. Unsubbed, not that you care eh?
People in the UK have NO idea of US healthcare in terms of per unit or anything. WHY should we? We have the NHS and our primary concerns are our OWN health and NOT what it costs anywhere on Earth,
Paying to hold your baby is called a child abduction for ransom where I live.
I can't see the US ever changing their healthcare model significantly, but even just regulating the cost of medication would be a HUGE improvement. I hope they manage it one day.
Or gun laws.
Why haven't we got a right to be offended by anything? Do answer.
You do realize there’s probably more than 25 British accents .
One reason why americans learn so little about other countrys or europe is probably because of stuff like Paid 5week vecation free education free healthcare 1 year paid parental leave etc.
The rich people in power in USA want people to make them richer,
You pay much more in taxes than we do.
Ouch - the Offended statement 🤔 - stands back and lets the comments section do it's job - as for Prescription drugs all ours is £9.65 for anything. Just come back from Iceland and the Americans were just so rude to everyone. Not really surprised that your channel is called Loners. 😂
Yeah some stuffs a bargain, I got £90 of retail bendadryl as a single hayfever prescription years ago as there wasn't an offbrand but never get ibuprofen or many other drugs as they are about 20p in Asda.
Do you realise there are 32 countries currently at war? People are dying in armed conflicts all over the world. More than 10,000 have have been killed in Myanmar this years alone. Are you keeping tabs on what is happening there or you choosing to be ignorant?
Hold on, you dont think we have the right to be offended?? that is a very offensive thing to say, you come here with that attitude and you will offend many people
Healthcare costs per person in the UK is based on your yearly gross salary, and works out between 10% and 11% and covers everything. So if you adopted this system in the USA and earned say $45000 a year, your heath cost would be around $385 per Month no insurance needed---all covered.
In the winter I fell and broke a rib, went to the doctor and paid $1.50. He sent me for an x-ray, I paid another $2. I was on sick leave for a whole month and didn't go to work, the government paid me 80% of my salary. If that's socialism, thank you lord for inventing socialism... and that I'm not American
If health was a thing that money could buy, the rich would lie and the poor would die. Long live the NHS.
i am canadian, so healthcare is pretty much free - covered by taxes. americans often respond w 'oh no ! our taxes are high enough, thank-you very much'. but here's the thing: our govt CONTROLS drug fees, and sets a cap on how much procedures/treatments can cost.. plastic surgery (except in trauma/mental health cases, like a child having burn scars fr a fire) is not free, but there is a cap on how much they can charge you. different way of thinking
Aussie here, I broke my ankle, only a small break, daughter told me to ring ambulance. Arrived in about 15 minutes. Waited in hospital under an hour to been seen and X-Rayed. Then sent to a private room called a short stay room for about half an hour, in bed with a cuppa and TV, whilst they checked XRay. Had to wear a moon boot as only small break - cost for everything - nothing 😊
We did not have an opiate crisis because we have rules to stop it. Because the NHS is ran by the government so they can't advertise drugs, or be paid to select one brand over another in the UK
What is even more insane is in the US the Federal Government pays nearly three times as much per head for partial health provision ( Medicaid/care VA helth benifits etc) than our Government in the UK pays per head for the NHS
I presume in future if you use the toilets in a US hospital, they will charge you per flush for water.
And no, drugs are not big pretty much everywhere in the world, the US has much much bigger problem than the vast majority of others.
And it's mostly because of the dysfunctional healthcare system -self medication, big pharma's leverage over doctors and so on - it's not really about policing.
I noticed you said if the payment - for healthcare - was just added to your taxes. We could have a million pounds worth of healthcare and it would not change our tax bill. You pay the level of tax everyone pays - the tax of everyone pays for everyone's healthcare.
I'm not anti USA, I think it's an amazing country, and has achieved incredible things. Its done good things and bad things , same as the Uk.
Just amazing that America has such a huge influence all around the world, yet so many Americans seem to have such a tiny idea of their influence around the world.
Crazy thing is like USA gave USD14.5 billion to Israel this year. And the fact that they gave billions to Israel every year. How many cancer patients can be treated properly with that kind of money.
So the USA having a carrier fleet group - correction two carrier fleets groups in the Middle East is not considered territorial or aggressive, but China sends ship and suddenly there a huge global issue?
Does China not do escort duty or protect their assets like any other country?
You do realise the USA doesn't own the middle east, Asia or the far east, and there are countries that trade and even support China, even with the USA being so domineering. Chinese ships do have a right to move freely like anyone else's, so why pump up the fear level as if it's a significant issue?
Why are you so scared, you're thousands of miles away from it, as usual!
The dog fart at the end gave us a big smile after all these horrendous news about the costs of healthcare in the US. We just pay like 12% of our wages in France for a free healthcare, free education (college) and retirement pensions. It's like a community chest, we pay for us and our elderlies. It isn't a fantastic system but it works. I had a heart attack in 2013 and the helicopter ride to the nearest hospital was totally free.
Why dont ppl in the uk have a right to be offended. I often hear from Americans and Argentinians calling is colonisers. But the truth is the ppl in the uk never went anywhere. The real colonisers are those ppl who left and went to north and south america. They are the direct descendants of colonisers, not us, so they have the least right of anyone to point the finger at taking other ppls land.
American friends of mine tell me that even with insurance, they still have to find more than 90% of the cost.
About the opioids. I don’t think it’s allowed to advertise prescription medicine here in the Netherlands. The only advertisement you see for “medicine” is like Advil or something like that.
I'd watch what your saying about we basicly don't have a right to be offended
I am so shocked at the prices there I am English woman living in Australia and feel so lucky, I have to take quite a few medications which are subsidised by the govt so on average ot is $6.30 per item but we have a threshold and after that they are free until the end of the year.
Hi guys, hope you are having a nice day. I've read about one of our doctors who was surprised that in the USA they prescribe opioids even for something like broken arm. We use opioids when other pain drugs don't work and mostly for seriously ill patients. A report says that in 2016-2019, there were 640 people in Slovakia (population of 5.4 million) who were receiving substitution treatment for opioid addiction, and 580 of them was a heroin adiction.
One of the other issues with the Purdue opiate crisis was that after people were addicted to their meds they would learn that it's cheaper to buy alternatives off the street than from a pharmacy without insurance.
No, pills didn't "get big everywhere" not in the sense that you might mean by having opiod epidemics or drug dealers dealing in legal drugs. That's (as far as I know at least) a uniquely American issue.
In the Netherlands we have a mixed system, but it is still a human right to have healthcare.
USA 1776 "We want freedom as we don't like taxes."
UK 1776 "It's part of life in a civilised society and we are currently fighting a dictator trying to take over Europe and then the world... but ok."
USA 2023 "We pay the most tax on the planet..."
UK 2023 "No comment."
I think there might be a demand for change in the US, if it were not for so many getting insurance through their jobs. They regard it as a benefit and don't see they that they are paying for it through lower wages. Add to that, there is so much mistrust of government and constant propaganda that universal healthcare would greatly increase taxes.
Healthcare from a job also gives employers a hold over their employees, so there is little incentive to change the system.
Polls have been showing that most Americans want public healthcare for decades. It's declared "politically impossible" because money controls government, not people.
Maybe it feels weird for you over there since the US hadnt a war on their territory since the Civil War.
This Palastine - Israel conflict goes on for decades. I feel like every so and so there are some attacks. These now may be the most brutal ones BUT im my 32 years of age I actually never knew it differently.
Idk how the news cover that specific topic in the States but here in Europe, or at least in Germany when I was a kid and here in Croatia we hear frequently things from there.
Also my country was at war in the early 90s...so this topic is still relevant in Croatia. So I guess for us here it isnt as weird ....maybe because it is closer to us. And there is always something going on. Civil wars in certain places, terrorist attacks, slavery. Actually you could really fill every day the news with these topics 24/7. I cant blame people who dont pay attention to anything anymore. We all would literally be miserable 24/7 365 days a year, all the way to the day we die.
For all I know is that we humans really didnt change since we got out of the caves.
Im on heart medicine and that costs around $5 for 100 pills. But then again, im in norway.
My ONE NIGHT in the “Heart of Florida” for “observation” only was $34,600. Thank f*** I had NO TREATMENT. My U.K. travel insurance paid the lot.
NHS patients can buy an EpiPen for the prescription charge of £8.80, but the true cost to the NHS is around £45 per pen.
Also coutrys can get lower prices for medicin because they buy for a whole country or like EU so they make offer and companys lower their prices to get the contract. In USA is probably shitloads of companys buying medicin so they cant get as low prices as a countrry buying shitloads
@vikinnorway6725 Germany is the largest medicine exporter in the world, US ranks 6th. 🤔
@@arnodobler1096Does that include marijuana exports?
@@9ito1 nope
@@arnodobler1096 so? When a country has one healthcare "company" they get lower prices because they buy alot. In usa their are probably alot of "companys" so they dont get to buy as much. I ment NHS can get lower prices on import medisin since they are a big costumer
in the netherlands we do alot of home births. most home births in the world even. all that costs literally nothing.
Well, it costs a lot, just not for the person giving birth. That's probably also one of the reasons why we have so many home births. You can simply choose between a hospital or not, and in both cases you get equally good care and it doesn't cost you anything. I'm not sure what it costs the insurance company, but I think it doesn't matter much either. Hospitals are expensive, but so is pregnancy care at home. And somewhat unique in the world, you get postpartum care at home either way.
@@jbird4478 Not always. my sister wanted to do it but she had too much complications so she had to go to the hospital. And for the insurance company giving birth at home is cheaper then at the hospital. since they dont have to cover as much.
We recently had a baby and the whole hospital stay (3 nights, family room) was ~200€ and that's only the cost for the extra parent to stay with the family.
This is why it makes me so angry when people slag off the NHS. Yes it's not perfect, but if you don't like it, go and live America and pay $2500 for an ambulance.
I am with you on that!
Wtf was that? This is just an incredibly naive bit of commentary. No thanks.
Definitely try out british accents. We love to banter and laugh at ourselves. No one would ever be offended. 😊 xxx
Just scrolled down and saw the other comments. Apparently I was wrong 🙊🙄🫣
I’m from the U.K. and I wouldn’t be offended some one having a go at our accent…. Hell even I’m rubbish at doing a accent that’s only 50 miles from me.
To be fair, it did sound like she said that British people don’t have the right to be offended, but I think it might have been a slip of the tongue. Only she knows what she really meant 🤷♀️
My wife gave birth in Poland, was free. Everything.
The thing is, America spends more, per head, on health care and gets less for it.
Perhaps its not relevant but in Australia the govt used to pay mothers $2000 for giving birth . Not sure if they still do it but i know they were doing it this century.
The biggest problem with Americans is the word "socialism". Americans mainly don't know the difference between "Comunism", "Socialism", "Democratic socialism" and "Social democracy", calling all of them "socialism" and spitting on them without even looking at them. There isn't a single country in Europe that can be called "socialist"
We can say thet we have primarly Social democracies here
Let's take the most clear example: Scandinavia (I'm not from there, I'm Italian, but Scandinavia is the best example)
They have the HIGHEST number of very rich private company owners (own 30M+ dollars) per person of the ENTIRE WORLD (more than American riches per person rate), thus a pretty capitalistic free economy based country. But they have a thing that is called "Social net": universal health care, universal free education up the highest level, 4 weeks of 100% paid vacation per year, 30 weeks of 100% paid parental leave, strong unions that keep the minimum wage at high level (more than double than minimal wage in US) and other "social" protection for the weaks
You see? It's a clearly capitalistic free economy based country, but has got also benefit and protection for workers and families
You can have universal health care, universal free education, workers unions and other "socialistics" good things, without being a "socialistic country"
Learn the difference between "Socialism" and "Social democracy" and you won't be scared anymore by that bad word
Americans believe in guns for there freedoms, we believe in healthcare for all ,it’s called living in a civilised society that’s freedom
I'm in Rep. of Ireland so generally most things are more expensive than most of the rest of Europe.
We dont have free healh care like in the UK but ambulance services are free.
Accident and Emergency Dept visit 100 euro.
Epipen is 30 euro and inhaler is around 30 euro.
The US taxpayer pays by far the most for health services in the world!
Nevertheless, in the USA the patient also pays the highest prices for medicines, doctor's visits and hospital stays!!
That's why the USA is the richest country in the world, if the profit isn't high enough you just take it out of your own people's pockets!!!
The country is rich, the politicians are rich, the billionaires are happy, but the average American can't afford their health care, you shithole country.
Also one of the most indebted countries, including residents.
Short remark: the ones caring the least about human lives seem to be Hamas.....IMHO.
It shocks me how much medical care costs in the US, but obviously the powers that be are OK with it.😡
I assume he's interviewing them in London, so that's a south/south east accent, its more known now as Estuary accent
An inhaler is £9 here
Why can't I be offended. I'm offended everyday by religion and people judging other people based on their skin tone and many more. Ignorant
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and brace yourself because this is high concept stuff, but I think... it was a joke.
Saying nobody has the right to be offended was just a rash comment, we all do it, lets have a little balance as the comments back arent rash in the main they are designed to attack...we all know everyone has the right to be offended but we can learn and forgiveanyone who has been watching this couple for sometime know they are good people...❤
It´s mindboggling to me how 2 young people as reflective, smart and openminded like you decide to stay in the US despite having all chances available if you´d move to Europe - bilingual, Lynda is a Chef afaik (dunno what Brian´s vocation is), the world is open for you ;)
The US gets taxed MORE than the UK. They should have decent enough healthcare that is paid by some of that.
OMG I really dont know what to say,so happy that I am insured greetings The Netherlands
To some degree, people are acting natural because they don’t want to agitate any side into escalation. And people don’t want to opine because the situation is fluid and a valid opinion today could seem monstrous is a few weeks.
The opioid crisis was pretty much only America! No where else.
Also, the comment about no one in the UK has the right to be offended is extremely offensive and displays a real lack of knowledge of world history and the extent of colonisation from many many countries, not just Britain. Does the USA education system not teach world history? This suggests that you think people of the UK should be held responsible for the colonisation perpetrated by previous generations. Do you have the right to be offended when your American ancestors were responsible for the stealing of land and destruction of the Native American culture? Or perhaps you should not have the right to be offended because of the atomic bombs your ancestors dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki, just to show the US military might!
Colonisation was perpetrated by numerous countries throughout the history of the world, so if because of this, you do not consider current generations should have rights, you must also consider that the people in every other country that has either colonised or gone to war should not have the right to be offended. Spain, Portugal, France, the Russian Empire, the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Prussia (now mostly Germany). Not forgetting the earlier Roman Empire, Viking invasions, Anglo Saxon invasions, or The Huns from Asia. All invaders or colonisers. In the past, the US occupied parts of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Panama, and American citizens founded a colony in Liberia. Not every country that was colonised was technically deemed a colony, but in all but name were.
Imagine French people who for the poorest people dont pay nothing needed in Health they would be even more Shocked 😂😂😂
no one in the uk has no right to be offended by anything. Can we get a follow up video on that comment. Also i wouldnt bother coming over with that level of distain. Just so you know attempting to copy a accent is about as stupid as me heading to Texas and shouting yeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaa.
I dont think she realises how different our accents are
A full time 4 days a week factory worker here in the UK earning lets say £35000 ($42500) a year = £2880 ($3500) a month = £665 ($807) a week would pay national insurance contributions direct from their wages a sum of £2600 ($3150) a year = £216 ($262) a month = £50 ($61) a week and that sum is their contribution to the NHS regardless of income tax (PAYE) also due direct from wages --- That National insurance contribution also includes their contribution towards the State pension a worker receives on retirement and any sickness benefits -- The more you earn the more you are expected to pay into the system and the less you earn the less you pay -- some workers do not earn enough to meet the threshold to pay National insurance and make Zero contributions but still have full entitlement to healthcare --- UK healthcare is free at point of contact with no bills afterwards because we have all contributed to the health of each other ---- Why do Americans pay for Insurance and then have to pay a bill afterwards? it totally baffles me
The NHS isn't free but the people that pay into it (pretty much everyone that can) have got ourselves and each other covered should the need arise. This includes visitors and guests to this country. Holidaying in the UK and contracted the plague? We've got you covered. Sprained earlobe from a tooth-ache? We've got you covered. In an accident that requires a life saving operation? We've got you covered.
Its a thing if you never question it .
Intentional ignorance is totally a thing. The world is full of nasty stuff, both abroad and at home. I feel like I could be happier knowing less about how the world we have made works.
I hold on to the notion that understanding could lead to insight and opportunities to effect change, but most issues turn out to be wicked problems where every solution appears to have drawbacks that will be opposed by the people who benefit from how things work now. They are truly frustrating issues.
I live in Serbia, my salary in Serbia is about 850-950 euros, which is the average value in our country, but I deduct about 200 euros from that for taxes. With those fees, we pay for free treatment (except for really complex operations that are performed abroad, which is about 0.5% of cases), free education (even for university if you make an effort with solid studies, if not, then you still pay 600-1000 euros per year) etc. So, of the 200 euros that I pay in taxes, about 6% goes to state hospitals. So I pay about 12-14 euros every month (150-180 euros a year) for treatment if I ever need it (I hope not). But I don't worry about the fact that in an unfortunate case I have to do an operation and need hospital treatment, maybe because of that I will go bankrupt because I will need 50,000 euros or much more like in America. From everything I've seen for some normal insurance, Americans pay much more than 6% of their salary and still that insurance does not cover all costs and you have to pay a good percentage of the treatment. With the fact that if something like that happens in America, you can simply lose everything you've created in your life, due to an unfortunate circumstance, maybe not your fault. If something like that happens to me, I still have a place to return to I will not lose home. I will even receive 60-100% paid sick leave from the state and employer. Because the government is not the one that takes care of me, but all the other people who live and pay like me. Because we elect the government to work for our rights, the government does not elect us to work for them and their rich friends.
I imagine many from the UK watching your content were in line with most of your views, I probably seen about 15 of your videos in the last 7 days, but your seemingly flippant statement on the ‘UK not having he right to be offended by anything’ has sadly and abruptly crossed the line - which I hope you will clarify in the near future? Would truly love to see you guys come to the UK as you both seemed to be such a `down to earth’ and lovely couple, but please leave your negativity back in the US were it belongs. If you have issues with the British bravely address them so we know your intensions! Saying nothing will put you at a disadvantage as I for one will now be second guessing your unconscious biases, that’s if I continue to watch! Wow, you almost got me to subscribe, I really, really liked you guys …oh well, lesson learned! Remember on TH-cam everything is magnified.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners first episode is the US in the near future. If you didnt watch that animated series, watch it.
There's so much going on, but the current UK government is highly linked to US healthcare.
NHS staff have had real term pay cuts since 2008, leading to a real terms pay cut of around 15%. The NHS has also been underfunded, while the government has handed £bns to private healthcare firms for nonsensical things such as "putting beds on standby" even if not used. Brexit led to many NHS staff returning to EU countries just before Covid hit, and there is now a high level of long term sick due to Covid/ stress etc, causing the NHS to have over over 100,000 job vacancies. This in turn has led to the waiting list for operations rising to nearly 8 million. This figure was around 2.4 million in 2010 when this government took control. This now includes delays to cancer treatments, and is pushing a record number of people to "go private" and pay for their healthcare, even though they are already paying for that care through their taxes.
How much do they charge you to breathe in the Land of the Free?
There isn't a "British accent", there are lots of accents. Calling the standard English accent the "British accent" offends the Welsh, Scots, Northern Irish and all the regional accents.