It cost over 6 trillion dollars to fight the Iraq and Afghanistan war and over 2 trillion to fight the Viet Nam war, and if you listen to the Republicans it is more honorable to help other countries with their problems than it is to help Americans get afforable health care. Does this stupidity make sense to you? If you are going to give other countries your money, your young men and women lives, why in the hell would you not want help Americans live better off their own money?
Come on Obama is not even doing his job he's out playing golf and Michelle Obama says we can't have junk food but yet they had a huge pizza party at the WHITE HOUSE
The Vietnam war was expanded and fought under Democrat rule of Lyndon B. Johnson who was president from November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969. Why are you blaming the Republicans for that. I know, cause ignorance and lying are the qualities needed to be a democrat.
Their are over 16 millions people now on Obama Care and they love it. Most people in the south hate Obama care (only because the President is Black) but the highest number of people that get federal assistants is poor southern whites.
State ownership of the means of producing [healthcare] meets the technical definition of socialism. It might be common sense and "basic human decency", but it's socialism nonetheless. Now why you would want Trump and John McCain running your healthcare system is beyond my comprehension. But maybe I lack common sense. With Direct Primary Care as an alternative, why would you ever want Republicans to run your healthcare system?
Kevron Rees what's wrong with socialism in the first place. let me guess...I grew up during the cold war too. they force fed me that but it turns out all the European countries are socialist and they seem happy
Kevron Rees Government does not run the Healthcare. They mostly oversee it and fund it and set rules and regulations to keep things fair. Doctors own private practices and hospitals are run by health professionals not be bureaucrats. Learn how something functions before you criticize it. Your TH-cam learned economics are sad.
"Kevron Rees Government does not run the Healthcare" Not sure what system you are referring to... there are many models. If it's privately run, it's private "provided" healthcare, not government provided. Apples and oranges, mate. Now if government funds a tightly controlled private healthcare, that's technically "fascism", not "socialism". "Your TH-cam learned economics are sad" Pretending to know me? Where did you study economics from again?
Piper, released 3 years after the ACA passage into law and then released 4 years later is consistent in every point made 4 years ago. It's another inconvenience thruth.
+David Goddard - "Racism in this country is almost solely seated in the Democratic Party." Yes they are SO RACIST that they nominated a black man to run for POTUS and succeeded in getting him elected, TWICE!!! Those damned racist Democrats. IMBECILE!!!
Sounds like you are defensive about your intellect Rolly. Got a chip on your shoulder brother? Hey, that is your problem if you are claiming to be from a deep east oakland c***. That is nothing to brag about brother. Yo' mama's body is none of my business but it seems to me that you not only have a fear of black people but an immense fear of the feminine to be using a term like that. Your gynephobia makes sense as healthcare for all could be considered a traditionally feminine concept that would upset an uptight fear-based hater like you.
Hello Huck! My condolences on Trump getting elected. Obamacare was flawed but it was at least a good effort to bring health insurance coverage to those who couldn't afford it. I am an American who lives in Japan and enjoys a single-payer national health care system. It isn't free, we pay premiums out of our salaries for it but the copays and costs are much, much less than Americans pay. Needless to say, there is no pre-existing condition weasel-out clause, everyone gets coverage. My wife needed major surgery for stomach cancer. She spent one month in the hospital and we paid ZERO, thanks to the national health insurance and a special fund administered by the city to assist with additional health expenses. It works. It's a life saver. It's cheaper. Why do the Republicans oppose it?
The fact that the affordable care act was a conservative think tank concept in the first place doesn't register as bull💩 from conservative opposition to their zombie constituency.
Same for my family... she cannot get medicaid since she is making about $1000 a year more... if it wasn't for ObamaCare as diabetic lady, my mother, who's worked hard for past 20 or so years from the day she came to USA, won't be able to get insurance...we thank Obama every day for pushing it thru Congress...
The problem is, America is run by a corporatocracy in which a handful of conglomerates are on top of every industry; a handful of oil companies, a handful of pharmaceuticals, a handful of insurance companies, weapons manufacturing... These corporations pay for elections, and elected officials have to pay back when in office! Hence, healthcare in the U.S. in monopolized by the big insurance companies and the big pharma who own the government, and any attempt for an affordable healthcare as in any other industrial society will be met with fierce resistance!
If only all of the reasonable people, who love and respect truth would find a way to stand together, and say, "We refuse to allow the hate, vitriol, and disunity to destroy us all! Our enemies are watching us self-implode. Thanks again for so clearly stating the truth! Greed is a monster of self-destruction!!!
President Obama your signature legislature the ACA will stand the test of time and become known as one of the most inspirational gift any president in modern times has ever blessed the American people with. I feel proud to say I witnessed this event with my own eyes, happy fifth year anniversary.
I can say I am reaping the benefits I have Lupus and at first I was just suffering because the insurance was acting as if they were my doctor. No she needs to take this take that I have been on so many different pills it's unreal it started tearing up my stomach long story short 4 surgeries later and almost dying twice second time both my daughters were there!!! I'm getting better thank you President Obama This will be a Part of your Legacy forever👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. My Doctor even said the ACA is helping He said they are more in control now!!!
***** What if someone through no fault of his or hers own loses their job. Maybe they find another job but through pre existing medical condtions, cannot get insurance through the new Company..Are they "bums" too? You Americans pretend to be "God fearing" Christan patriots; but all you're about is me, me, me. Im alright, fuck the others. Every other Country in Europe and most of the rest of the World has a system that works perfectly. Only your Country cant seem to figure it out, but Obama was the closest to getting there. I hope you never find yourself in a position where you have to eat those words you wrote. Good day
You dont need to you arrogant twat and im a European! Most intelligent people would have gathered i wasnt American as i referred to "your" Country and not "our" I dont have the time to repell your Fox news arguments either and your bigotry is beyond me.
I live in the netherlands,i pay 150 euro montly for full worldwide insurance,including dentalcare. I get 92 euro back from the tax,so my healthcare plane cost me only 58 euro. How much the premiums are in the USA,more then in Holland?
g gerding you don't believe if I tell you that in 50 year I can't go to doctors because I am diabetic. ACA save my life. and the payment is 150.00 a month. the deductible is 2000 a year
g gerding ...my family pays $850 a month and that doesn't count dental or optical. We also still have to pay $35 every time we go to a doctor and $150 for small things like getting stitches for example. It's fucking insane.
g gerding I vacationed in Amsterdam and had to accompany someone to a doctor appointment. The hospital was BEAUTIFUL and the person and her child received wonderful services!
That so isn't true. There are more White Women and Children on Welfare contrary to popular belief. That is a fact. What you are saying is what people believe to be the truth not the actual truth.
4daluvofnikki yeah but some States denied taking Medicaid because it would help blacks. They were willing to hurt a large percentage of poor whites just to deny it for everyone. Read your history . Not trying to make this about race but they knew it would help minorities of the state. Republicans do not care about poor people . They work for wall-street.
Another important point, and the GOP knows this, is that the ACA would be far more effective than it is now simply by getting more states involved with the exchanges. Like Social Security and Medicaid, the strength is in the numbers, the more that signs up, the more effective it is. GOP governors refuse to get their states on board, and the irony is their states are the ones that need the ACA the most. Think about it.
Outstanding,, a clear voice of reason. I also am in this situation, I can't literally cannot afford the medication that actually improves my condition, etcetera. We need to end free health care for the congress, the senate, the Supreme Court, and the president. They need to live with the same coverage they provide for the People. Better still we should all get the same coverage that the lawyers and billionaires that rule us have now. Why am I not surprised his hospital wouldn't accept Cash in Advance. He offered to pay 3 times the estimated cost in cash, in advance, and was told he had to have an insurance card, or no operation. Life and death games...
If USA didn't have as many insurance companies bleeding their customers, the average American would be much richer, have greater peace of mind, and live longer! But then, what do I know? The UK has had the NHS since as recently as 1948.
Good video. Again Democrats ARE NOT the same as Republicans! I hate to see Obama getting dragged by Bernie Bros. He was fighting against republican wall.
Fat Panda it was mostly because we preferred the public option. Obama assumed by using the old republican health care mandate system he would garner bipartisanship support as you well remember during his first term he preached about it often. However, republicans rejected and Congress ended up passing it without republican support. Many of us were annoyed that he curtailed his views for the sake of bipartisanship, rather than doing what was right for the country.
blackearl7891 The Public option was removed because ONE independent Senator would not vote yes until it was removed. (What a asshole) The Democrats did not have the required 60 in the Senate to pass the bill so compromises were made. Obama got lucky because AL Franken got elected and one Senator switched teams from Republican to Democrat. After the passing if ACA Ted Kennedy died and got replaced with a Republican and they lost the filibuster proof Senate.
Tim M But it seems to be the narrative around the progressive left. They're all the same! Makes me shudder. I'm liberal as they get but I know it was not easy for Obama. Dude fought hard but that Republican wall was too strong.
Fact: Obama was never for the public option! Obama was and is a centrist. Look who he filled his cabinet with in his first term. He convicted more whistle blowers than Bush!
We have state-run healthcare up here in Canada and the sky hasn't fallen. Medicare creates many problems, but I would rather deal with the problems we have as a result of having medicare than the ones we would have without it.
It is about the money. You propose to take money and food away from my kids to support you. You're such a skank. I bet you would even abort my kids if given half a chance.
If republicons hate government programs so much, then they should refuse to accept social security checks, fire department help, etc. because those among countless other programs they depend, and use are also government programs.
We love our British NHS. You don't pay for healthcare and the most you can pay for a prescription is $10. My son is diabetic. He gets his insulin pump, hospital visits and regular screening, as well as all medications for nothing. We pay for it through taxation and covering everyone costs us just over a third that your system costs you.
+Sandy Lai Thanks for watching and your kind comment. Share this video freely on Facebook or Twitter or wherever you feel it may add to the discussion.
4 Fake the worse thing is the Trump care is a disaster, won't cover pre existing condition, if a person gets cancer they will let them die, because no health insurance companies will pay , we will lost our insurance if we get sick .
Sir, you present such an eloquent analysis on the problem that I highly urge you to publish your perspective in an OP-ED within the New York Times, and other respectable news and media outlets. Americans deserve to know the truth!
Thanks for educating us Mr Huck! I think what you're teaching benefits the most to those moderate low income republicans who are duped by Fox News and Don the Con about what Obama Care is actually about. The rest of the die-hard Republicans I don't think they could be swayed no matter how hard you try since they are unreasonable blockheads. You do the best job at explaining Obama Care I have ever seen, thanks again.
Here in the United Kingdom, we've had our National Health Service since the end of World War 2. While it has its problems, very few people can imagine its withdrawal. So popular is it that the NHS has been called our national religion. I cannot comprehend the situation that prevails in the USA (although Huck's video has been a great help in clarifying the fog). Just as I, assuming I make it to heaven, would be miserable if there were people suffering in hell, so I would be miserable to live in a country where healthcare is not for all. Happily, it is. You in the U.S. have great problems with your rich. They need to be taxed until their pips squeak, and they recover a sense of decency and humility. I wonder how many of these super-rich would follow Andrew Carnegie's ambition: to die having given his money away. He may have been a robber baron, but he had a sense of decency and integrity that won through. I wish that conversion for yours, but they might have to be pushed to the place of enlightenment kicking and screaming.
You are right, but there is one more giant issue. If a good healthcare bill is passed people will not need to be so religious. Church going will drop. A lot of people are with a church community because they need to be. Its the only place where you can get help if you are realy in trouble. With a good healthcare bill a lot less people will get in trouble and so can afford to not be religious. The main base of the republican party is the religious right. If the religious right shrinks is will become impossible for the republican party to ever get a man/woman in the white house. They need to stop Obamacare or they will never have the presidenty again.
+panzerken +sassyladyfl I dare to go even further. Europe is far less religious than the US. That is because they don't need to be so religious. Same with Canada. Canada is in the same region as the US, but less religous and more left wing and has better healthcare. In ancient times only monastries did any form of healing. In the dark ages barber surgeons in monastries started modern day medical care. Today is seems religiousity works against medicine.
Americans don't earn much nor have more than 1 or 2 wk holidays pa. I feel sorry that they can't afford the health care they require. I have lived in the UK and Australia where health care is free. Australians average 4wk pa holidays. My salary is much higher than an average American and I'm only a teacher. Sometimes I think to myself that America is simply a third world country. They have reaped the end result of capitalism with extreme difference in rich and poor. They bankrupted most of the world with the Lehman Bros and their fake AAA rated mortgages by greedy banks. Most Americans are very poor and unemployed. Most have bad teeth due to lack of dental care as it is too expensive. Now in desperation they voted in Trump. Good luck America. Good luck to all of us. Is he really the leader of the free world?
Yes than you. You used facts that are easily verified if one wants to do their own research. I had heard some of what you said before. I am glad you broke it down further.
A couple of weeks ago I was told i needed a total shoulder replacement .I go for a pre op assessment next week ,the op will follow within 6 weeks ,I have had a clot on my eye and treatment for months at our local eye dept .My wife had her 3rd hip replacement last November ,we do not have insurance .We are both in our seventies .the cost is zero with no forms to fill.This week our parliament is discussing people suffering domestic violence getting 10 days paid leave ,We have a Conservative led Govt, but then our conservatives are nothing like the crazy GOP . I live in New Zealand not perfect but I am thankful I live in these beautiful Islands and not the GOP`S dinosaur USA.
WHO ARE YOU?????? Why have I not stumbled upon your TH-cam page before today?! Dude, you are awesome. Knowledgeable, articulate, analytical and with an abundance of passion for your country and countrymen. Good video. Very Andy Rooney-esque; frank and 2 the point.
Thank you, this is every bit as relevant today, in the wake of the far-right ACA repeal process. Your explanations were quite informative and fact-based. Another point in favor of the ACA that may have not been the case when you made this video is that it has since provided a considerable amount of solvency to Medicare, which Paul Ryan never ceases to distort or outright lie about when he erroneously claims that Medicare is somehow unsustainable. I hope that you can hold on to your insurance, we are in for a rough ride going forward led by economic illiterates and pseudo-scientific cranks....
The word you were likely searching for was schmuck, not smuck. Smuck is not a word. How does one differentiate truth from lies with that formidable lack of language skill?
That's us in Canada.........Free Health Care. Taxes no big deal! So many other Countries also have Free health Care. Also Canada made an agreement with the Pharmaceutical Companies way back when. to keep costs low for drugs, antibiotics etc Far lower than US Americans have to pay. I have no idea why the US could not come to an acceptance idea based on other Countries. Oh wait...Greed comes to mind!! I brought my Mother in Law who was diagnosed with bone cancer to all her treatments, chemo etc. She paid Nothing for one year of treatment and was declared free of cancer!! I love my Country and I especially love our Health System!!!
We don't need health insurance. We need affordable health care. We need free market forces to push costs down, and we need to use our resources to build capacity, technology, capabilities so that all Americans can afford health care.
I had the same problem. Laid off during the recession, i went without health insurance for 6 years until the ACA made it (barely) affordable. The company i used to work for would selectively hire people who already had healthcare through a spouse or were on Medicare to avoid paying health insurance premiums. The cost of health insurance has been drastically increasing and the benefits decreasing for the last 30 years. The only people who think that Republicans are right are those already getting healthcare from an employer (don't count on it lasting much longer), those who haven't had a major illness yet (give it time, it WILL happen) or those wealthy enough to pay the cost out of pocket.
This video is still relevant even today as the AHCA has been pulled from voting. They will continue to try and repeal this bill to benefit their donors. They don't care about anything else. Or, the will let the ACA continue and find ways to defund it so it has no choice it to "fail" and blame the democrats as they always do. It's a shame the poorest citizens have to suffer because of greed.
Wow are you misinformed. This video paints hard working people as selfish. Not true. Marxists always put what they do on the other side. Obamacare is paid for by hardworking tax paying Americans that have insurance through their job. It also allows lazy people to get insurance on the tax payers money. The paperwork has caused an exodus of drs leaving the field. Most drs have to stop seeing patients one day a week just to fill out obamacare paperwork, obamacare has created drug addicts another reason drs have left. Nobody gets a payout from obamacare, and it costs more in taxes for people who are already paying for insurance. It also creates a way for the government to decide what happens to your body. They can refuse care to anyone and have, those they don’t deem worthy to pay money for to live. Plus taxpayers pay for Medicaid & Medicare. And welfare. There is no need for it, the only reason it was started was for control. Do your research instead of believing anyone that can make a video!
In the first minute I understood your position. I am 55, and lost my job about a year after the crash of 2008, because of that. Previously, I had only once interviewed for a job and not gotten an offer. Since then, I have interviewed for lots of jobs and not gotten one offer. I have supported myself doing consulting work. I had the good fortune to bump into an HR person from one of the companies at a bar. Perhaps it was the he had a few drinks in him, but he apologized and told me that it was not my qualifications, or even my age per se that was the reason, but that a younger person costs much less in healthcare.
I'm Canadian and I followed the goings on in the US over health care. I couldn't believe the lies that Americans were told about the Canadian system. We love it and would go armed into the streets to keep it. What's keeping Americans from having as good a system as ours? Greed. Nothing else; just greed.
Government health care is the only way, but we as people only vote for the people with money. We don't vote for poor people.. ALL OF THESE Companies have c e o s making millions of dollars in salaries plus millions in bonuses. This is what happens when the private sector takes over any thing.
95% insurance policies are provided at the workplace or under Medicare or Medicaid. For this 95%, what Obama said applies ... if they are happy with their policy, they can keep it. Roughly 5% buy it on the individual market, and only those changed since the ACA was passed are no longer valid. Those unchanged since 2010 are grandfathered in. But I'm sure opponents of the law can find no shortage of that group to raise the red herring ... er flags.
You are right on. Why don't all Americans, especially the ones who need health insurance, keep voting for Republicans and against their own interests. I don't get it.
I'm British and I can't believe the US is still discussing this. It's 2013, we made our NHS after WW2. We pay taxes and hat pays for my health care. My mother has had brain surgery and a kidney transplant and it cost...nothing extra other than our monthly tax on our salaries. How can people argue against this?
You'd think that the "party of Jesus" would stick to the Biblical script and make sure that the least among us would have the basic healthcare necessities thanks to the Republicans' compassion and sense of spritual responsibility...What's that Jesus? Don't make you laugh while you have chapped lips? Sorry Lord!
I agree with you 100% , force people into health care , Force people to stop driving cars , Force people into living in over crowed cities , Force people into giving up the rights and FREEDOM . You remember FREEDOM
Preventive care is the key. Profit has no place in the health care system. Community clinics would be staffed by PAs, nurses, med techs and EMTs. Anybody could walk in and take care of non-life-threatening conditions. Services could include a nominal fee to help cover expenses. No insurance involved. Life threatening conditions would be treated at full service hospitals. The costs for this system would be a fraction of today's crazy insurance based, for-profit system.
Honest commentaries and history that helps to understand this complicated health care story. Thank you!! It is a breath of fresh air. It is not partisan and insulting their followers. Thank you again. I must share this video
Why are other countries such as Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, and all developed countries have National Health Insurance but the US, while spending trillions of dollars do not have one? Why is the US population's average life expectancy is lesser than the developed countries? Should we simply kill the poor, the working class? What is the role of a government? This is not even about democratic credo but the very basic citizenship rights! In spite of ideological differences the people ought to play active political roles by identifying candidates who stand for the interest of the people and vote for them to assume office. It is time to participate. If wee fail then someone will do it for us but not they way it has to be but the way he wants. Be proactive, participate on issues dear to the people!
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It cost over 6 trillion dollars to fight the Iraq and Afghanistan war and over 2 trillion to fight the Viet Nam war, and if you listen to the Republicans it is more honorable to help other countries with their problems than it is to help Americans get afforable health care. Does this stupidity make sense to you? If you are going to give other countries your money, your young men and women lives, why in the hell would you not want help Americans live better off their own money?
Come on Obama is not even doing his job he's out playing golf and Michelle Obama says we can't have junk food but yet they had a huge pizza party at the WHITE HOUSE
The Vietnam war was expanded and fought under Democrat rule of Lyndon B. Johnson who was president from November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969. Why are you blaming the Republicans for that. I know, cause ignorance and lying are the qualities needed to be a democrat.
Their are over 16 millions people now on Obama Care and they love it. Most people in the south hate Obama care (only because the President is Black) but the highest number of people that get federal assistants is poor southern whites.
jhnwllms47 true!!
auag5 If you are a stupid troll, better move to Mars ,what a pile of shit you trolls are!!
This is the best explanation I have seen on the ACA. Good information, presented clearly and thoroughly.
lester brown You're right!
Government provided healthcare for those who are too poor to afford it is not socialism or communism, it's common sense and basic human decency.
State ownership of the means of producing [healthcare] meets the technical definition of socialism. It might be common sense and "basic human decency", but it's socialism nonetheless.
Now why you would want Trump and John McCain running your healthcare system is beyond my comprehension. But maybe I lack common sense. With Direct Primary Care as an alternative, why would you ever want Republicans to run your healthcare system?
Kevron Rees what's wrong with socialism in the first place. let me guess...I grew up during the cold war too. they force fed me that but it turns out all the European countries are socialist and they seem happy
Kevron Rees Government does not run the Healthcare. They mostly oversee it and fund it and set rules and regulations to keep things fair. Doctors own private practices and hospitals are run by health professionals not be bureaucrats.
Learn how something functions before you criticize it. Your TH-cam learned economics are sad.
"Kevron Rees Government does not run the Healthcare"
Not sure what system you are referring to... there are many models. If it's privately run, it's private "provided" healthcare, not government provided. Apples and oranges, mate.
Now if government funds a tightly controlled private healthcare, that's technically "fascism", not "socialism".
"Your TH-cam learned economics are sad"
Pretending to know me? Where did you study economics from again?
Theft is human decency?
What? This video was uploaded 4 years ago and not 2 days ago?! How is it still right on.
Piper Tipurts ...Its the truth so it will always be relevant.
Piper,
released 3 years after the ACA passage into law and then released 4 years later is consistent in every point made 4 years ago.
It's another inconvenience thruth.
i've always wondered if a sizeable chunk of the conservative hatred of obama wasn't also tinged with the fact he's also black...?
lol nahhhhhhhhhhh
Racism in this country is almost solely seated in the Democratic Party.
+David Goddard where is your source and evidence?
so in other words, you believe what ever Fox tells you to.
+David Goddard - "Racism in this country is almost solely seated in the Democratic Party."
Yes they are SO RACIST that they nominated a black man to run for POTUS and succeeded in getting him elected, TWICE!!!
Those damned racist Democrats.
IMBECILE!!!
Thank you for a great explanation of the ACA, both the pros and cons!
Because a black mans name is on it
The real name of the law is Affordable Care Act and not Obamacare.
The Republican politicians started calling it Obamacare to get the poor white racist people who would benefit from it the most to get them to hate it.
you are right Leo
If he's communist, this just makes you a racist. Only Democrats the KKK NAZI and Anti-fa see race. VILE FUCKING RACIST SCUM EVERYONE OF YOU!
Sounds like you are defensive about your intellect Rolly. Got a chip on your shoulder brother? Hey, that is your problem if you are claiming to be from a deep east oakland c***. That is nothing to brag about brother. Yo' mama's body is none of my business but it seems to me that you not only have a fear of black people but an immense fear of the feminine to be using a term like that. Your gynephobia makes sense as healthcare for all could be considered a traditionally feminine concept that would upset an uptight fear-based hater like you.
Hello Huck! My condolences on Trump getting elected. Obamacare was flawed but it was at least a good effort to bring health insurance coverage to those who couldn't afford it. I am an American who lives in Japan and enjoys a single-payer national health care system. It isn't free, we pay premiums out of our salaries for it but the copays and costs are much, much less than Americans pay. Needless to say, there is no pre-existing condition weasel-out clause, everyone gets coverage. My wife needed major surgery for stomach cancer. She spent one month in the hospital and we paid ZERO, thanks to the national health insurance and a special fund administered by the city to assist with additional health expenses. It works. It's a life saver. It's cheaper. Why do the Republicans oppose it?
The fact that the affordable care act was a conservative think tank concept in the first place doesn't register as bull💩 from conservative opposition to their zombie constituency.
Same for my family... she cannot get medicaid since she is making about $1000 a year more... if it wasn't for ObamaCare as diabetic lady, my mother, who's worked hard for past 20 or so years from the day she came to USA, won't be able to get insurance...we thank Obama every day for pushing it thru Congress...
The problem is, America is run by a corporatocracy in which a handful of conglomerates are on top of every industry; a handful of oil companies, a handful of pharmaceuticals, a handful of insurance companies, weapons manufacturing... These corporations pay for elections, and elected officials have to pay back when in office! Hence, healthcare in the U.S. in monopolized by the big insurance companies and the big pharma who own the government, and any attempt for an affordable healthcare as in any other industrial society will be met with fierce resistance!
If only all of the reasonable people, who love and respect truth would find a way to stand together, and say, "We refuse to allow the hate, vitriol, and disunity to destroy us all! Our enemies are watching us self-implode. Thanks again for so clearly stating the truth! Greed is a monster of self-destruction!!!
I LOVE MY OBAMA CARE ,I DON'T PAY A CENT FOR MEDICAL CARE
President Obama your signature legislature the ACA will stand the test of time and become known as one of the most inspirational gift any president in modern times has ever blessed the American people with. I feel proud to say I witnessed this event with my own eyes, happy fifth year anniversary.
I can say I am reaping the benefits I have Lupus and at first I was just suffering because the insurance was acting as if they were my doctor. No she needs to take this take that I have been on so many different pills it's unreal it started tearing up my stomach long story short 4 surgeries later and almost dying twice second time both my daughters were there!!! I'm getting better thank you President Obama This will be a Part of your Legacy forever👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. My Doctor even said the ACA is helping He said they are more in control now!!!
***** you dont understand anything. Please tell me how you cover yourself in times of need.
***** What if someone through no fault of his or hers own loses their job. Maybe they find another job but through pre existing medical condtions, cannot get insurance through the new Company..Are they "bums" too?
You Americans pretend to be "God fearing" Christan patriots; but all you're about is me, me, me. Im alright, fuck the others.
Every other Country in Europe and most of the rest of the World has a system that works perfectly. Only your Country cant seem to figure it out, but Obama was the closest to getting there.
I hope you never find yourself in a position where you have to eat those words you wrote.
Good day
You dont need to you arrogant twat and im a European! Most intelligent people would have gathered i wasnt American as i referred to "your" Country and not "our"
I dont have the time to repell your Fox news arguments either and your bigotry is beyond me.
Tom Thomas 👏👍
always good to see that there actually are sane people in America, doesn't seem to be very common.
Very well thought out presentation...so glad someone finally put this truth out there in an understandable format
Thanks for the kind comment!
I live in the netherlands,i pay 150 euro montly for full worldwide insurance,including dentalcare.
I get 92 euro back from the tax,so my healthcare plane cost me only 58 euro.
How much the premiums are in the USA,more then in Holland?
g gerding you don't believe if I tell you that in 50 year I can't go to doctors because I am diabetic. ACA save my life. and the payment is 150.00 a month. the deductible is 2000 a year
g gerding ...my family pays $850 a month and that doesn't count dental or optical. We also still have to pay $35 every time we go to a doctor and $150 for small things like getting stitches for example. It's fucking insane.
g gerding I vacationed in Amsterdam and had to accompany someone to a doctor appointment. The hospital was BEAUTIFUL and the person and her child received wonderful services!
This guy should be a public speaker on these issues.
Because it helps Black people. That is the historically factual reason.
The Congressional Record proves this.
That so isn't true. There are more White Women and Children on Welfare contrary to popular belief. That is a fact. What you are saying is what people believe to be the truth not the actual truth.
John Robinson In actuality it benefited more white people, then black people.
4daluvofnikki yeah but some States denied taking Medicaid because it would help blacks. They were willing to hurt a large percentage of poor whites just to deny it for everyone. Read your history . Not trying to make this about race but they knew it would help minorities of the state. Republicans do not care about poor people . They work for wall-street.
+Vincent Sample I agree.
I am 61 yrs old. And Obama care saved my life. thank you Obama. He is the only Presidents that cared for people like us.🐸
Another important point, and the GOP knows this, is that the ACA would be far more effective than it is now simply by getting more states involved with the exchanges. Like Social Security and Medicaid, the strength is in the numbers, the more that signs up, the more effective it is. GOP governors refuse to get their states on board, and the irony is their states are the ones that need the ACA the most. Think about it.
this video needs to be watched by millions of americans.
Outstanding,, a clear voice of reason. I also am in this situation, I can't literally cannot afford the medication that actually improves my condition, etcetera. We need to end free health care for the congress, the senate, the Supreme Court, and the president. They need to live with the same coverage they provide for the People. Better still we should all get the same coverage that the lawyers and billionaires that rule us have now. Why am I not surprised his hospital wouldn't accept Cash in Advance. He offered to pay 3 times the estimated cost in cash, in advance, and was told he had to have an insurance card, or no operation. Life and death games...
If USA didn't have as many insurance companies bleeding their customers, the average American would be much richer, have greater peace of mind, and live longer! But then, what do I know? The UK has had the NHS since as recently as 1948.
It's crazy to watch this in 2017. Dude is a prophet
Im a middle age man and I hope to live long enough to see the US have universal healthcare and legalized marijuana in all 50 states and territories
Michael Kirkland "and territories". Thank you for remembering us! We have no say in Congress and are often cast to the wayside
So true
Good video. Again Democrats ARE NOT the same as Republicans!
I hate to see Obama getting dragged by Bernie Bros. He was fighting against republican wall.
Fat Panda it was mostly because we preferred the public option. Obama assumed by using the old republican health care mandate system he would garner bipartisanship support as you well remember during his first term he preached about it often. However, republicans rejected and Congress ended up passing it without republican support. Many of us were annoyed that he curtailed his views for the sake of bipartisanship, rather than doing what was right for the country.
blackearl7891 The Public option was removed because ONE independent Senator would not vote yes until it was removed. (What a asshole) The Democrats did not have the required 60 in the Senate to pass the bill so compromises were made. Obama got lucky because AL Franken got elected and one Senator switched teams from Republican to Democrat. After the passing if ACA Ted Kennedy died and got replaced with a Republican and they lost the filibuster proof Senate.
Me too Fat Panda...I hate it . It is horribly misguided.
Tim M But it seems to be the narrative around the progressive left. They're all the same! Makes me shudder. I'm liberal as they get but I know it was not easy for Obama. Dude fought hard but that Republican wall was too strong.
Fact: Obama was never for the public option! Obama was and is a centrist. Look who he filled his cabinet with in his first term. He convicted more whistle blowers than Bush!
All citizens should have health care coverage, food, and shelter.
We have state-run healthcare up here in Canada and the sky hasn't fallen. Medicare creates many problems, but I would rather deal with the problems we have as a result of having medicare than the ones we would have without it.
Great video. Very informative.
always about the money, I just wish we could get the message out better
Milanda none Post this on your social media and ask your immediate peeps to do same
It is about the money. You propose to take money and food away from my kids to support you. You're such a skank. I bet you would even abort my kids if given half a chance.
Excellent video sir. You explained that like a good college professor I once admired. Thank you I'm archiving this for future debates.
If republicons hate government programs so much, then they should refuse to accept social security checks, fire department help, etc. because those among countless other programs they depend, and use are also government programs.
Well said! This needs to be out more in the public arena!
The top 400 earning households in America stand to get an average $7mil tax break just from the repeal of the ACA.
need to bombard Congress and Senate with our thoughts and messages let them know we are here and if they don't fix it we're coming
Very insightful. thank you.
We love our British NHS. You don't pay for healthcare and the most you can pay for a prescription is $10. My son is diabetic. He gets his insulin pump, hospital visits and regular screening, as well as all medications for nothing. We pay for it through taxation and covering everyone costs us just over a third that your system costs you.
Sir, please run for Congress. I will vote for you.
Thanks, that was pretty awesome.
Thank you for this! I wish repubs would listen to this for their own good -- for all of our sake!
+Sandy Lai Thanks for watching and your kind comment. Share this video freely on Facebook or Twitter or wherever you feel it may add to the discussion.
4 Fake the worse thing is the Trump care is a disaster, won't cover pre existing condition, if a person gets cancer they will let them die, because no health insurance companies will pay , we will lost our insurance if we get sick .
Standing ovation! Very informative and should be watched by millions! Thank you, Huck!!
Sir, you present such an eloquent analysis on the problem that I highly urge you to publish your perspective in an OP-ED within the New York Times, and other respectable news and media outlets. Americans deserve to know the truth!
We would not even need Obama care if they would just have checks and balances on the equipment testing costs and medicine costs. Problem fixed period.
Thanks for educating us Mr Huck! I think what you're teaching benefits the most to those moderate low income republicans who are duped by Fox News and Don the Con about what Obama Care is actually about. The rest of the die-hard Republicans I don't think they could be swayed no matter how hard you try since they are unreasonable blockheads. You do the best job at explaining Obama Care I have ever seen, thanks again.
Great information!!! And great presentation of well thought out and researched information. 👍👍
Stay safe Huck or move up here to Canada the true home of the free.
Ex-POTUS Obama said Obamacare should be out there for the American people and it could be tweaked.
Here in the United Kingdom, we've had our National Health Service since the end of World War 2. While it has its problems, very few people can imagine its withdrawal. So popular is it that the NHS has been called our national religion. I cannot comprehend the situation that prevails in the USA (although Huck's video has been a great help in clarifying the fog). Just as I, assuming I make it to heaven, would be miserable if there were people suffering in hell, so I would be miserable to live in a country where healthcare is not for all. Happily, it is. You in the U.S. have great problems with your rich. They need to be taxed until their pips squeak, and they recover a sense of decency and humility. I wonder how many of these super-rich would follow Andrew Carnegie's ambition: to die having given his money away. He may have been a robber baron, but he had a sense of decency and integrity that won through. I wish that conversion for yours, but they might have to be pushed to the place of enlightenment kicking and screaming.
I'm glad I watched this. I will recommend it to friends and family. Well done!
You are right, but there is one more giant issue. If a good healthcare bill is passed people will not need to be so religious. Church going will drop. A lot of people are with a church community because they need to be. Its the only place where you can get help if you are realy in trouble. With a good healthcare bill a lot less people will get in trouble and so can afford to not be religious. The main base of the republican party is the religious right. If the religious right shrinks is will become impossible for the republican party to ever get a man/woman in the white house. They need to stop Obamacare or they will never have the presidenty again.
Eric I never thought about it that way....I believe you might be right!
+Erik Stoop Agree with you.
+panzerken +sassyladyfl
I dare to go even further. Europe is far less religious than the US. That is because they don't need to be so religious. Same with Canada. Canada is in the same region as the US, but less religous and more left wing and has better healthcare.
In ancient times only monastries did any form of healing. In the dark ages barber surgeons in monastries started modern day medical care. Today is seems religiousity works against medicine.
Erik Stoop Yes, I have viewed a few clips on Europe and found out how much they have gotten away from religion. They have had enough of that business!
I never saw it like that, that is deep but I totally see your logic.
Americans don't earn much nor have more than 1 or 2 wk holidays pa. I feel sorry that they can't afford the health care they require. I have lived in the UK and Australia where health care is free. Australians average 4wk pa holidays. My salary is much higher than an average American and I'm only a teacher. Sometimes I think to myself that America is simply a third world country. They have reaped the end result of capitalism with extreme difference in rich and poor. They bankrupted most of the world with the Lehman Bros and their fake AAA rated mortgages by greedy banks. Most Americans are very poor and unemployed. Most have bad teeth due to lack of dental care as it is too expensive. Now in desperation they voted in Trump. Good luck America. Good luck to all of us. Is he really the leader of the free world?
Why do Americans continue to vote for people who do not represent their best interest.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME INSURANCE AS THE GOVERNMENT
great summary. Thx for taking the effort
Thanks.
Yes than you. You used facts that are easily verified if one wants to do their own research. I had heard some of what you said before. I am glad you broke it down further.
Think about what America would be like if every voter was as informed as Huck.
Kent Purdy amazing
A couple of weeks ago I was told i needed a total shoulder replacement .I go for a pre op assessment next week ,the op will follow within 6 weeks ,I have had a clot on my eye and treatment for months at our local eye dept .My wife had her 3rd hip replacement last November ,we do not have insurance .We are both in our seventies .the cost is zero with no forms to fill.This week our parliament is discussing people suffering domestic violence getting 10 days paid leave ,We have a Conservative led Govt, but then our conservatives are nothing like the crazy GOP . I live in New Zealand not perfect but I am thankful I live in these beautiful Islands and not the GOP`S dinosaur USA.
Government doesn't run the Healthcare here in Canada, generally speaking. They mostly fund it and set rules and mandates.
Great explanation. Fair, factual and with no hyperbole. Thanks!
WHO ARE YOU?????? Why have I not stumbled upon your TH-cam page before today?!
Dude, you are awesome. Knowledgeable, articulate, analytical and with an abundance of passion for your country and countrymen. Good video. Very Andy Rooney-esque; frank and 2 the point.
they would think it was ok if they call it Romneycare like we do in Massachusetts.. we had that for years before the rest of America...
Very thoughtful -and accurate - analysis. The greedy will eventually drive the bus we're all on right over the cliff.
Thank you, this is every bit as relevant today, in the wake of the far-right ACA repeal process. Your explanations were quite informative and fact-based. Another point in favor of the ACA that may have not been the case when you made this video is that it has since provided a considerable amount of solvency to Medicare, which Paul Ryan never ceases to distort or outright lie about when he erroneously claims that Medicare is somehow unsustainable. I hope that you can hold on to your insurance, we are in for a rough ride going forward led by economic illiterates and pseudo-scientific cranks....
Truth is hard to find this man is telling the whole truth
SANDERS 2016!!! Universal healthcare for all!
He is such a smuck liar.
The word you were likely searching for was schmuck, not smuck. Smuck is not a word. How does one differentiate truth from lies with that formidable lack of language skill?
huckathome Please explain why he is not a liar.
huckathome
nice, one of the better comments i read in my TH-cam life. props sir
Where is your evidence, brah?
Poo Bear he isn't a Republican, Republicans are evil!!
That's us in Canada.........Free Health Care. Taxes no big deal! So many other Countries also have Free health Care. Also Canada made an agreement with the Pharmaceutical Companies way back when. to keep costs low for drugs, antibiotics etc Far lower than US Americans have to pay. I have no idea why the US could not come to an acceptance idea based on other Countries. Oh wait...Greed comes to mind!! I brought my Mother in Law who was diagnosed with bone cancer to all her treatments, chemo etc. She paid Nothing for one year of treatment and was declared free of cancer!! I love my Country and I especially love our Health System!!!
Go to Germany, where everybody is required by law to have a health insurance, and the employee is required by law to pay half of your insurance.
We don't need health insurance. We need affordable health care. We need free market forces to push costs down, and we need to use our resources to build capacity, technology, capabilities so that all Americans can afford health care.
Well said!
I had the same problem. Laid off during the recession, i went without health insurance for 6 years until the ACA made it (barely) affordable. The company i used to work for would selectively hire people who already had healthcare through a spouse or were on Medicare to avoid paying health insurance premiums. The cost of health insurance has been drastically increasing and the benefits decreasing for the last 30 years. The only people who think that Republicans are right are those already getting healthcare from an employer (don't count on it lasting much longer), those who haven't had a major illness yet (give it time, it WILL happen) or those wealthy enough to pay the cost out of pocket.
This video is still relevant even today as the AHCA has been pulled from voting. They will continue to try and repeal this bill to benefit their donors. They don't care about anything else.
Or, the will let the ACA continue and find ways to defund it so it has no choice it to "fail" and blame the democrats as they always do. It's a shame the poorest citizens have to suffer because of greed.
Wow are you misinformed. This video paints hard working people as selfish. Not true. Marxists always put what they do on the other side. Obamacare is paid for by hardworking tax paying Americans that have insurance through their job. It also allows lazy people to get insurance on the tax payers money. The paperwork has caused an exodus of drs leaving the field. Most drs have to stop seeing patients one day a week just to fill out obamacare paperwork, obamacare has created drug addicts another reason drs have left. Nobody gets a payout from obamacare, and it costs more in taxes for people who are already paying for insurance. It also creates a way for the government to decide what happens to your body. They can refuse care to anyone and have, those they don’t deem worthy to pay money for to live. Plus taxpayers pay for Medicaid & Medicare. And welfare. There is no need for it, the only reason it was started was for control. Do your research instead of believing anyone that can make a video!
Don't change a thing, all you have to do is call it trump care and it would pass with flying colors.
In the first minute I understood your position. I am 55, and lost my job about a year after the crash of 2008, because of that. Previously, I had only once interviewed for a job and not gotten an offer. Since then, I have interviewed for lots of jobs and not gotten one offer. I have supported myself doing consulting work. I had the good fortune to bump into an HR person from one of the companies at a bar. Perhaps it was the he had a few drinks in him, but he apologized and told me that it was not my qualifications, or even my age per se that was the reason, but that a younger person costs much less in healthcare.
Elvis Presley's former manager said it was his "duty" to keep Elvis in 91% tax bracket. Bring that back and we can fund anything.
I'm Canadian and I followed the goings on in the US over health care. I couldn't believe the lies that Americans were told about the Canadian system. We love it and would go armed into the streets to keep it. What's keeping Americans from having as good a system as ours? Greed. Nothing else; just greed.
Government health care is the only way, but we as people only vote for the people with money. We don't vote for poor people.. ALL OF THESE Companies have c e o s making millions of dollars in salaries plus millions in bonuses. This is what happens when the private sector takes over any thing.
Huck, you are an eloquent and forthright speaker, and what you say is worth hearing. God bless.
95% insurance policies are provided at the workplace or under Medicare or Medicaid. For this 95%, what Obama said applies ... if they are happy with their policy, they can keep it. Roughly 5% buy it on the individual market, and only those changed since the ACA was passed are no longer valid. Those unchanged since 2010 are grandfathered in. But I'm sure opponents of the law can find no shortage of that group to raise the red herring ... er flags.
we need t rump out of office , cant trust a rich man.
You are right on. Why don't all Americans, especially the ones who need health insurance, keep voting for Republicans and against their own interests. I don't get it.
Good Job sir!
Hopefully, conservative values will save America !!!!!
Best explanation I've heard yet. Thank You!
very well said. the gop will never do anything to help average joe american. they never have. it's all about the billionaires with them.
Very analytical and insight full. Put this on the main media
I'm British and I can't believe the US is still discussing this. It's 2013, we made our NHS after WW2. We pay taxes and hat pays for my health care. My mother has had brain surgery and a kidney transplant and it cost...nothing extra other than our monthly tax on our salaries. How can people argue against this?
You'd think that the "party of Jesus" would stick to the Biblical script and make sure that the least among us would have the basic healthcare necessities thanks to the Republicans' compassion and sense of spritual responsibility...What's that Jesus? Don't make you laugh while you have chapped lips? Sorry Lord!
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Absolutely bloody brilliant.
I agree with you 100% , force people into health care , Force people to stop driving cars , Force people into living in over crowed cities , Force people into giving up the rights and FREEDOM . You remember FREEDOM
THANK YOU !
good video. im only 34 but not being able to buy health care because I;m going blind was the most stressful period in my life.
Preventive care is the key. Profit has no place in the health care system. Community clinics would be staffed by PAs, nurses, med techs and EMTs. Anybody could walk in and take care of non-life-threatening conditions. Services could include a nominal fee to help cover expenses. No insurance involved. Life threatening conditions would be treated at full service hospitals. The costs for this system would be a fraction of today's crazy insurance based, for-profit system.
Honest commentaries and history that helps to understand this complicated health care story. Thank you!! It is a breath of fresh air. It is not partisan and insulting their followers. Thank you again. I must share this video
Thank you very much
Why are other countries such as Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, and all developed countries have National Health Insurance but the US, while spending trillions of dollars do not have one? Why is the US population's average life expectancy is lesser than the developed countries? Should we simply kill the poor, the working class? What is the role of a government? This is not even about democratic credo but the very basic citizenship rights! In spite of ideological differences the people ought to play active political roles by identifying candidates who stand for the interest of the people and vote for them to assume office. It is time to participate. If wee fail then someone will do it for us but not they way it has to be but the way he wants. Be proactive, participate on issues dear to the people!
The consumer choice health care act... Thank you sir... You gave me a politicalgasm
Very informative. Thanks for posting.
Before it was called bArAckAhUsSiEnoBAma care it was called Mitt Romney care.