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I learned without living abroad. Had a friend who move here from Sweden. Told me something I never would have thought of: The ONLY industrial country in the world that Breaking Bad could have happened was in America, because anywhere else, Walter would have just gone to the hospital and gotten treatment without going bankrupt or losing everything. . .
Facts...
I appreciate the criticism from people who are going to be jailed for turning on the heat. I so tire of people trying to compare a dinky country that is smaller in size and population. Are they dealing with an onslaught of illegals? They're also pretty much Lilly white, what about diversity? Just how many people groups are they dealing with? I doubt they have a corrupt dementia patient criminal degenerate in charge or do they?
@@robinhuff1867 what does race have to do with it? What does size have to do with it?
My husband and I said that when we watched it. Here in the UK he also wouldn't have access to guns and all the equipment he needed,he'd have to make do with what he could find at Robert Days or Wilkinson ( what you would call hardware stores) so maybe some bird feeders, solar garden lights and cable ties? It wouldn't have quite the same drama 😂
@@desertdetroiter428 Homogenity creates a society who isn’t at odds with each other all the time. It’s much easier to effectively run a small population who pretty much has the same experience and ideas.
Long post alert.
A few years ago, I met a girl from Philly who was studying here in Scotland and had diabetes. After a while she had run out of insulin and came to me asking what she could do. I took her to the doctors office and explained that she was a student and needed help. she panicked and tried to leave, thinking that I was going to bankrupt her. The staff calmed her down and registered her with a doctor, then she she saw a nurse and left with a months supply of meds with a repeat prescription for the next 12 months. it cost her zero dollar and zero cents.
when we got outside she started to cry, partly because she was so relieved, but mainly because she had sent her mother $1500 to post her a months supply of insulin by airmail express and now couldnt afford the rent. So I took her to the student services and they made a hardship payment to make sure she was financially stable for the rest of the semester. She called her mother to tell her what had happened and that she was going to be ok, but the response she got was
"well, thats everything thats wrong with the world outside of the USA. They just encourage people to get sick and beg for money'
Seriously America, WT actual F is wrong with you?
Americans and UK are both trash. USA is just more delusional. But at least she got helped for free in uk.
With regards to the mother's comment, it's more that we encourage people to take care of our health instead of bankrupting them for having a runny nose/cold.
@@stuartfaulds1580 oh, no. she was really angry and disgusted at how we looked after people instead of letting them die because they couldnt afford vital medications. when the girl went back to the states she had stockpiled a small amount of her insulin because she wouldnt have health insurance for the first 6 months in her new job, and it would be horribly expensive when she did get it because of her condition. we discussed the possibility of her staying here and even talked about the possibility of getting married in order to get citizenship. that was a real wake up call for her and her family. they were so used to the idea that a green card was the holy grail that it took them about 3 months to come to terms with the idea that anybody would want to leave the USA.
its no surprise to people outside of america that about 80% of these videos deal with the cost, standard and availability of healthcare. it saddens us, but its no surprise.
@@tussk. ohh yeesh, not a good attitude
@@tussk. Sometimes I think, it's almost like some kind of Stockholm syndrome.
As someone who is homeless with my autistic son an my husband... Our house burnt down. Due to the neighbors kid was playing with matches under the bed. An caught the bed on fire with his momma sleeping in it. Everyone got out... But we lost everything. Less than a week later lockdown hit an yeah nobody cared to help... Everything shut down ... So we are living in a motel it's been 2 an half years now...
The ppl your talking about living in vans an such an being" dirty"... I want you to imagine what it's like to never feel safe. To feel sweaty an dirty but have no place to do essential daily things you take for granted... Like fresh water to wash your face an body.. to find food an something to drink..!
Not to mention the cops towing your vehicle or throwing all you have away because your haven't anywhere to go .. Shelters are horrible an unsafe places.. I had my stuff taken ... One shelter I was about to go to had bed bugs... Glad we didn't go there... I have been spit on, had a drink poured over my head, had someone dump a bag of trash on me cuz I dozed off whilst sitting in the shade....
I am HUMAN I MATTER I AM PART OF THIS WORLD.. WHY DONT WE MATTER.. WHY JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER???
My son was at school when this stuff happened btw... Volunteer at soup kitchens an go out an give food away... Be part of lifting ppl up...
Remember you don't Kno what tomorrow will bring to your life ..
Thanks for your time Sir... DK from Baltimore City Maryland... I wish you love , & kindness!!
I will leave you all with these simple words
"Kindness is free daily!"
As someone who lives here in California, I can say that the majority of the homeless population here is not just down and out on their luck. They aren't just someone who goes to work daily and everything else sucks for them. I understand that there are some people in some states out there like that, these are not the people i'm talking about. I'm talking about RV's with busted windows and trash and and other waste overflowing from the windows. i'm talking about homeless people who are obviously addicted to drugs (yes, you can tell by looking at many of them). I'm talking about homeless people who hold signs that say "will work for food" or "desperately in need of food", yet, when you bring them food (as I do all the time) they tell you that "They don't want your fu*king food". I'm talking about people who in many instances, likely don't have the VISA in their passport to be able to work in this country, yet they are out everyday at the same exact corners. I'm talking about homeless people who make a living doing the panhandling thing. I'm talking about homeless people who walk back to their mercedes benz after standing on a corner and gathering cash all day. My heart goes out to those people that are TRULY down and out on their luck. Sadly the majority of homeless people in my hometown, are not that kind of homeless people... Much love, and kindness is always here, but not for the freeloading types...I'm talking about the ones who actually make it HARDER for those who are just down on their luck to get any help...
get out of the country in any way you can seek refugee in Canada
While this should be obvious I'll say it anyway. When someone is homeless or not, when somebody is sleeping on a bench or not regardless of circumstances you find them or how they got there you don't spit on them, dump stuff on them or generally try to make their life more miserable just because you feel their life apparently isn't miserable enough. People that don't simply understand this by themselves and need to be told are simply horrible people that need to take a hard look at themselves in a mirror to see what went wrong in their lives.
From what you told you lost your home due to the actions of someone else in a situation that was beyond your control. To me it would be reasonable for government to rebuild your house and hold the ones responsible accountable. While I'm not a big fan of having government do things, forcing people to deal with civil litigation these matters is unreasonable. Here we have a system that if a victim is awarded damages in a criminal case. And yes a victim can attach their filing for damages to a criminal case. The government pays those damages and subsequently retrieves those damages from the perpetrator.
@@HighlyCombustibleReacts Yes, the freeloader type .. I agree!! I see it here at this Motel. I do so agree there's a big difference... Thanks for responding to me.. I really like your content. Your an interesting fella...
I guess I get a wee bit defensive.. being in survival mode for really almost 4 years.. I am tired an war weary... I've narcaned 50 some odd ppl in an around this motel. I just see these are someone's child... I feel Trauma is the gateway drug... I Kno for myself it's abuse an such.. I've lost many thru pandemic an streets... I'm grateful for ppl like you an various other channels. ... Well doing Angel work...!!! I appreciate you✌🏼💗😊❣️
@@ralfvandeven3155 I was renting an didn't have$ for renters insurance. The city housing was called who them called Red Cross who gave a family of three 730.65 an then gave me extra 350.00 when I couldn't pay my room. Was grateful for that... Baltimore City housing didn't do anything ... But I don't kno if I have a case or can. But I will find out...
Thanks for what you said your kind heart shines through in your words... The people on this thread an channel are legends...just good people... Grateful for places an people like this✌🏼💗 😊❣️
Being in a relationship with Jesus is also such an american thing to say. If you say that here people will think you are insane.
Its normal for a nun to have a relationship with jesus , .....but for a man ???... its weird but not dangerous...
Ralf ,,, Wij hebben de jehova getuigen, en de geiten wollen religie gekkies ,, its not a typical U S thing .. its everywhere all countries have them ,, some less , and some more ,,,, the U S has a lot ..people with " mental" problems ..
@@berth2647 Even the Jehova witnesses don't say they are in a relationship with Jesus. Nuns may consider themselves married to god or the church, but wouldn't say married or in a relationship with Jesus. And while you have religious nuts all over the world there are a few countries on the planet that take Christianity as serious as the US. Well perhaps the holy see...
Those who say that walk further from the teachings of Jesus than an atheist. True story.
Some of the first European immigrants to the now US part to N America were religious radicals( Puritans, Pilgrims, Quakers, Anabaptists) . So the overemphasis on religion is part of that history.
@@yvonneplant9434 - Nah, you’ve over thought this. The puritans never claimed such things. It’s a modern idiom.
For many people, being a U.S. American is kind of like spending your whole life being abused, without knowing you’ve been abused until you meet a “normal” family.
And just like with domestic abuse, it often doesn’t make people who grow up that way “tougher”. Instead, it turns many of them into damaged ppl who wind up hurting others, or tragically refusing help bc they don’t realize they need it.
Wow you hit the nail on the head
And worse being overly proud to be murican.
And while they're being abused they're being indoctrinated to think they live in be best country in the world. Reminds me of the Soviet Union. 🤷🏻♂️ Really sad.
Very well said. As an American living abroad right now I am experiencing this. I have so many walls up and defense mechanisms from the years of being treated poorly, stressing about healthcare costs and dealing with toxic people you are forced to interact with in the workplace that it is much harder to relax and enjoy some of the nice things here like I wanted to. Sigh...I guess it will take some time.
The human species is a behavioral byproduct of environmental influences. Garbage in? Garbage out. The hyper-capitalist notions of independence and self reliance is a cruel joke on the masses. Their entire lives they are preached at about freedom and democracy, yet they live in a free range prison of debt and slavery. Even their police all look like they are about to march into some third world war zone.
British friends of mine went to America because of dad's job. The children enrolled in school. They were studying things at 12 years old that they had already done 2 years before back home. In addition they came telling their parents that America was the best place in the world and they were so lucky to be American, by the teachers! They were being brainwashed daily. The education was so bad that they sent the kids back to boarding school in England until they themselves could return.
Yup, my family moved from Sweden to the US when I was 6, right before first grade so I never actually went to school there. There were other swedish families nearby who had been transferred here by the same company as my pops. A handful of years later some families were moving back and the kids had to do extra night classes before moving back to be in the right grade
Do you know where in the US? I'm just curious. Education is very decentralized here, so everything about it varies from state to state and city to city.
They also could be brainwashed to change gender and their pronounce to they or them..hahah
In 1979-80 the federal government took over the schools in all 50 states with the dept of education. Just look up the statistics since then. The schools completely tanked. They've progressively gotten worse every year.
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The government sold the curriculum out to two textbook firms who make all their money on standardized test prep so they don't care about anything else. In the 2000s they overloaded the students with fake patriotism so they could sell the idea of constant war.
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But now they've moved away from that. Now they're teaching ideas of a more globalized world, so they're no longer teaching patriotism. It's more about openess, no more borders, next year we'll begin discussing no more exchanging currencies/money being digitalized ...etc. It's still government propaganda but I guess that's better than teaching fake patriotism to sell wars for profit.
@@jaykay415 very important information for context.. many also forget the size of america and how people can differ from state to state (except big cities, people in cities are indifferent as a default position) - besides the history on why it is or was called the land of opportunity.
I’ve traveled all around the world and never seen as many homeless people as I did in the US.
The U.S. has a huge homeless problem, it’s bigger than Mexico, weird for the richest country on Earth
@@StoutProper A huge percentage of the USA public purse is spent on armaments.
@@MazzaEliLi7406 you don’t say
We had a particular president in the US who is largely to blame for this. When he was the governor in California before he was president, he shut down all of the mental health facilities with a promise to invest in local facilities so that people could be treated near to their super systems of family and friends. He didn't follow through and his mentality about the problem carried through. So a lot of our homeless people are suffering from hard core mental illnesses and have no resources to address the problem.
MY MOOD Right NOW ,, You are a liar , You did not travel enough to see poverty in the world .
Homeless "problems " in the USA is very profitable business for government and businesses around this profitable "problem " . Americans pay taxes from which every homeless receive about $ 74000 a year / more than you make / just to pay for theirs shelters , cash aid , food stamps , medical , free public defender = attorney , free psychologist etc etc etc .. and they still buy drugs , alcohol , gamble , and do stupid things .
For reference: Many of the homeless in the USA are fully employed but cannot afford housing either rented or mortgaged because of either current or previous medical expenses.
that's messed up
Sad just sad
That is just so tragic.
That is also Australia where there is a big growth of homelessness including gainfully employed whose incomes no longer afford rent but Australian politicians are also landlords, so they write the rules to make them richer as Australians are increasingly poorer and poorer.
@@TheNakedWombat Both major parties in Aust are neoliberals and desperate to attain US style "trickle down" bullshit, despite it obviously not working for anyone but the rich. Exactly why I vote for progressive indies, we wont get anywhere with the duopoly.
Now imagine, i am from Belarus and i moved to nyc when I was 18 - they shamed me for my culture, for my loyalty, for my definition of friendship, for my femininity, for my family values, for saying that medical care is supposed to be free - i was a soviet idiot… welcome to the land of free speech :) my mind was in shambles, i had to adjust, only to go back to my roots in my 30s!
Well done Masha. That was the best decision you ever made. I'm from Jamaica and I've never dreamed of going to America. Everyone there speaks the same, have the same opinion and condescending attitude towards Caribbean people. Most talk well enough but couldn't write a proper sentence to save their life.
I feel you. I was globe trotter from 22 to 35years old.. but now I m just fine in france which is not perfect.. but really not that bad.. dont be ashamed of your root.. there is bad and good in everything.. America teaches kids that America is the best.. etc.. America is the richer country, the bigger army/weapons. nothing really good for human kind.. people really should look elsewhere before talking without thinking by themselves
I,m Hungarian and German, and American.Still have relatives back in the old countries. I think I could adjust to live in Europe.
Just to be clear: in germany we do not pay for healtcare directly. 43% of my Income is going directly to the government and from that everything is paied.
I can understand why americans dont like the social systems but its the best system to help other who are not capable to help themselfs.
Holy hell, that's too much in taxes
@@hededcdn Yes its a lot but i have friends and Family members who were able to have several surgeries without careing about the finances.
Me, who suffers from psoriasis, am happy paying the taxes becaus without the social systems I would pay a fortune fot the treatment.
As an American I hate to say this but all lot of people here only care about themselves and even look down on the poor. They believe that the only reason someone is poor is because they are lazy or stupid so they don't deserve any help.
Because many Americans are selfish and the corporations own the politians and America.. FDT
@@hededcdn you really only pay up to 43% if you're in the upper middleclass salary categories and higher. And these taxes have a lot incorporated americans pay extra. I didn't check myself but saw overviews that its in the end quite the same monthly costs..but in europe it includes free health care, free university, etc etc
As a dutch person, I don't know if I should laugh or cry for all the Americans who are currently living in the USA....
A lot of us having to live here are crying, so you're welcome to cry with us.
Why?
@@jforester7 Sorry to here that. I wonder who is responsibility to help you all. I am here far away in the East. I keep wonder why US government eager to sent money to Ukrain but over look your own citizens. From many clip on TH-cam I think my own coutry look more like heaven. I am Buddhist, May God bless American.
We didn't make the rules of the policies we just have to live by them a lot of my fellow Americans complain about the taxes I'm complaining about the healthcare I can deal with paying taxes but I feel that healthcare should be free
@@clodge5196 Anywhere you live in the world you have to live by their rules that were created long before you came around. I'm not liking what's happening here in the USA, it's changing fast from good times to bad. I'm 46 years old and politics and division have never been like this until lately. I hope it gets better and we really need to fix the healthcare system but our government is bought and paid for my lobbyists.
I got taught to zigzag when someone shoots at you, when I was in the military.
Not when I was a child 🤦
In Europe, waiving your gun around is a sure-way to make sure you´ll never own any guns again. And yes, you can own guns in most of Europe, it´s just a pain to get through the process and all the paperwork.
In my country you definitely can't own a gun unless it's for hunting purposes. And you can only hunt in a specific area too so....
@@Nuti196 I don't know which country you are from but it's generally two routes to getting licensed a firearm 1, hunting and 2, shooting club eg sports.
In the USA, waiving your gun around is a good way to lose your life or your right to own a gun. However, owning a gun is a god given right which is pretty cool.
UK citizen living in South Cali for a year now - I’m 40, I’ve NEVER seen the homeless on a scale like this before. So much rubbish being blown about in the streets - and your health care is nothing to brag about. I get the same health care in the UK and I don’t have to pay anyone at the end. The insurance companies have you guys bent over so hard and you are happy about it!
I live in Ohio and it’s not bad. Healthcare is a little expensive but I am sure it wouldn’t be cheaper when government would have run it.
@@Kroll-2 - I had nothing to compare the NHS to before, but seeing how it is in CA. I’d get the comparable treatment (and comparable waiting times), but then have the pleasure of being bugged for paying a co-pay before being allowed to leave.
I’m paying around £300/$350 a month right now, which increases or decreases depending on how much you earn, but I know in the UK that I won’t be refused treatment because my insurance won’t cover it.
@@Kroll-2 so because you “think” it would be worse that is a rational reason why not try to do it. EVERY OTHER COUNTRY in world has it! Wake up
You can blame Reagan for it in California. He literally shut down the mental health facilities, promised to open up a different infrastructure, and then didn't do it. That's when California's homeless population started exploding.
@@QbnAmCan He's right, it will be worse. We have a corrupt government in the USA and they'll never do anything that doesn't benefit themselves first and will never actually SOLVE any problems. That's why we don't want it.
I didn't have to leave America to realize how messed up we are. I see it everyday.
Do you vote Democrat? Is creepy Joe your president?
Redheadweirdo, Speak for your self .
I came from Europe, NO English , no money , and i am happy here ,in the USA . Running my good business, I started my self without any extra help , now going for vacations all over the globe . I have good health insurance , house , cars , and i do not depend on any "employer " or any government handouts . Europe is full of bullshit , they are collapsing as we speak .due to their own FAULT and i do not feel sorry for them .
Europe do NOT have a quality health care ,like we have in the USA , they just have cheaper health care due to extremely high taxes . Sales tax 25 % in Scandinavia. GOOGLE IT !!!
3:45 the woman is talking about the amount of homeless people in California because of the lack of caring about homeless people. You then go on to confirm this by showing your own distain for them
Was thinking the same thing. Lol. You can take the American out of the US...but you can't take the US out of the American....
Yeah, the whole 3 day c-section stay in the hospital is major BS. My wife had to have both of our kids via c-section, and she was NOWHERE near ready to go home on day 3. Not only is it 10s of thousands of dollars for the surgery, but you better have a plan to care for a newborn after having your abdomen cut open 6 inches, stretched, and a baby pulled out. Luckily we had plenty of help. Bottom line is that US healthcare costs suck, due to our actual care being dictated in large part to a for-profit insurance company. No conflict of interest there, I’m sure.
Truly sad, here in Canada my daughter just had a c section, she had a private room, and at this hospital they have a day bed for Dad. Private bathroom with shower. Everything is automated. She just rings and or orders what she wants or needs.The bed was on a timer to shake every once in a while to avoid blood clots. The nurse checks in about every 2 hours if she has not seen you order or ask for anything. The baby has their own bed, and is in the room, but if mom is alone, the nurses will look after baby if that is their desire. Dad, can stay for the her stay, but think he needs to eat downstairs at one of the diners they have. Although on day one I know they brought a lunch for my son in law, said he needed to be close to my daughter as this was not a planned c section. Like a nice hotel room actually. And when they are discharged, that is it, no bills, no idea what it may cost. That is universal health care, that for some reason America is afraid to have. Do not get it. Then again, there is lots about America I just do not get. BTW she was there for 8 days.
@@marilynmazzotta6403 and congratulations on your new grandbaby!
I'm American and I have 4 children, all C-section, one of the c-sections was for twins. We were never kicked out before we were ready to go and the time varied with each pregnancy. Cost for them is nuts but depends on insurance. My first born (2008) and my twins in 2013 were an inexpensive co-paymant, $200, and my health insurance picked up the rest. My last daughter in 2018 was insanely expensive because Obama screwed up health insurance and the government created a Cadillac Tax on businesses offering 100% insurance. After that my best plan I could get was 80% coverage with greater out of pocket expenses and deductibles. My daughter in 2018 cost about $7k total before insurance would kick in. I worked at the same company with the same BCBS coverage throughout all of this.
@@ljshoreslokal I feel like our medical accessibility has just become so much more limited in the last 20 years. I used to be a lot more satisfied with it, although thankfully I haven't had any major health issues. We have so much less choice of doctors, insurance companies, etc. I guess those CEOs have to get their larger and larger cuts of profit, so the actual medical care system gets less and less.
I live in Australia.
Childbirth is free in the public system.
And a normal birth u stay 4 days.
I've been to Italy 5 times in the last decade but BEING an american , I KNOW what the bureaucratic shortcomings are ...
I'm 53 and as a dishwasher I've NEVER had jobs that could afford to offer benefits or health insurance ;
mom has been kind and generous enough to help with dental and medical bills over the years .
And my late sister , 5 years my senior , was shot in the head and killed working her gas station job overnight in Indianapolis / 2016 ,
during a robbery by someone that's never been found and ended up getting $60 and some cigarallo's for the trouble .
America is NOT the best place to live and most FREE country in the world . That's a patriotic myth .
I appreciate your scrolling bar on your videos : ' If you are reading this you are loved ' ...
It reminds me people / far and wide / are mostly the same , no matter where you are ... good and bad ....
Yup. Hands across the ocean bud.
Uh I have been living in Italy for 3 years and I’d rather live in America hands down, it’s far from perfect in Italy or any other European country.
I'm so sorry for your loss. It must have been devastating.
@@angelamaryquitecontrary4609 Cest le vie .. that's life .. Everybody knows the unexpected . Thank you for your kind words ..
That is terrible what happened to your dear Sister. You seem like a really strong person, you're much loved. 🇭🇲🇭🇲❤️❤️❤️🇭🇲🇭🇲
This broadcast makes me so happy that I have been in France for the past two months. I feel like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders and do not plan on returning to the US. I can sense from the stories being told here that great weights have been lifted from these expats' shoulders as well. I wish them all the best in their new, improved lives abroad.
hello Joseph. We are Brits living in Normandy. Our business revolves round helping people buy houses (and sell them) in France. Most of our clients are Dutch, Belgian or French.During the last year we have had more and more American clients. It is certainly a growing trend. We find it very interesting seeing their attitudes and priorities change as they decompress from US life.
The funny thing is, i have seen so many US shows about hospitals and doctors, and i can't remember that even once there was talked about the cost of an ambulance. There is only now and then maybe mentioned that somebody can not afford a very special medical operation, but normally you just are not aware of whats going on there. It seems that most time everything is just totally fine like in europe or the rest of the world.
That's TV not real life though
Its one big propaganda machine that starts before they are even in school, And they stand and salute the flag and pledge allegiance to it every morning in class. Its been a fascist oligarchy masquerading as a democracy since 1944.
Gray's Anatomy never stop talking about it. Usually just the impact on minorities though.
A lot of Americans equal freedom with being able to carry guns. Real freedom is not having to worry about needing a gun.
It's not like everything comes for free, in for example Sweden. The reason for cheap healthcare is that we pay taxes. Paying taxes can be seen as an act of solidarity, in that case. Nothing is for free in this world, we just pay for it in different ways.
Same in Canada.
and im happy to pay my taxes. I know when shit hits the fan, the government (almost) always has my back.
The US government is not the most trustworthy entity in the entire world. The more money they have, the more acts of evil they will commit.
It sounds like the people of Europe have decent and honest people in their government.
The US government is owned by the wealthiest people in the world.
Our most honest politicians have conducted audits and discovered that the government either "wastes" or "loses" 65% of the American people's money every year. That's several trillion dollars that they will not account for. And people think there will be solutions if we give them MORE money???
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The government takes our money and murders innocent people throughout the world. They take our money and murder our own people in our own country. At least 1,100 Americans a year. The government ruined our schools, ruined our once magnificent cities, ruined our industries and sold our country a long time ago. But we're supposed to believe that somehow if we give them more money, then they'll provide for the needy and stop committing atrocities.
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That won't happen here. The corruption is too deep. This is the biggest most powerful government in the entire world, with the most powerful military ever known to mankind. They're not in the business of doing what's good and right.
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The only thing the American people can do is stick together, build our communities and help eachother. Because all we have left is eachother. People helping other people. Our government is poison.
Yes, there is no free health care but the 'socialised' approach means that, by paying a relatively small amount of tax we are covered for the cost of very severe medical episodes. It really is a form of insurance - many small contributions make a large sum available for the few who need it.
You have been enslaved over there in the US and you don't even know about this.
What you call in the US 'benefits' we call workers' (human) rights. Work-life balance doesn't exist in the US.
Not to mention safety, education system, healthcare system, and our schools in the EU don't look like prisons, you can visit your friend without showing ID or metal detectors.
Paid 100% 26 obligatory vacation days, paid holidays, unlimited sick leave days, 52 weeks of 100% paid maternity leave, (almost)free (2-5% of your salary in taxes) medical care but you don't have to pay any money later for an ambulance, tests, hospitalization, exams, etc. Free (again almost as it's paid from taxes) schools so even the poorest but smart guy can finish the best school and get a super job because is smart, and not because his parents made millions (which is just disgusting and make no sense). Here recruitment is based on your brain and not a wallet.
Where do you live now?
You are 100% right
and the prisons are not privately run. Which I think is an important issue. Private prisons have an agenda = profit, the more the better. No wonder why USA has the highest population in prisons in the world. It is profitable?
Haha no it's not its based on your gender, race or sexuality 😆 you dont live in the EU if you think what you have wrote, and free is a joke, the harder you work the more money the government take to pay for lazy, down right degenerat dregs of society, money handed out constantly to pay for women who can't keep their legs closed or people too fat to get down to a job, or drug addicts to carry on to get their next fix, yeah what a society 😉 please!!!! 🙄😅😅
I'm native American and we're used to multi generational house holds, it is part of our culture to personally care and live with our older family members ,disabled and younger family members even if they are over 18 even well into their 20s. The modern American way is to grow up and move out and way only to speak to parents on holidays or even at all. Anything other than that in America is looked at as unsuccessful. Many other minority groups in America practice multi generational family households but are looked at the same way in America. Since 2008 and definitely since 2020 more Americans are realizing the benefit to living and physically emotionally and financially pooling family resources. I could never move away from my parents and family to live my separate life in a different part of the country and rarely see family or parents, that'd just not be worth it life is short.
Americans have to pay higher prices for health care and medicine, while the rest of the world gets it cheaper. Blame government and drug companies for that.
Its the compromise Americans made. Pay less taxes but Healthcare is going to be whatever Medical profession decides to charge you. Rest of the world pay higher taxes because healthcare is mainly covered within.
We're also subsidizing the rest of the world too. We're paying for their defense, we're paying jacked up healthcare costs especially for prescription drugs and medical devices because the rest of the world gets it cheaper, so we're stuck subsidizing the rest of the world.
@@valerieannrumpf4151 no sweetie, thats not true
I was homeless for almost five years after I was attacked by a relative in NYC. I was NEVER DIRTY or unkempt. I had a fledgling business and was made to get jobs that paid almost nothing compared by shelters who also demanded I apply for government benefits simply so they'd be paid- nothing else. No real help to gain any kind of housing for 4 years. I've never done a mood altering drug in my life, not even weed, and have never been a drinker. Multiple jobs, losing my business, having my accounts hacked, and being assaulted twice on top of how abusive the shelter employees can be traumatized me more than 35 years of abuse ever did and cost me my health permanent. I'm in a small supportive housing room, no kitchen or personal bathroom, worse than any housing project in this country. The services even the poorest governments offer their people would have likely saved me from the family abuse that lead to my homelessness. The services other first world countries offer their people would have prepared me as a citizen to be as successful as every foreigner that studied at my college and trade school with far less debt than Americans in these American institutions.
There were so many women like me trapped in bad situation that had nothing to do with bad decisions or choices, just being born disadvantaged in a country with so many opportunities but no real access to them.
In the UK we were taught to drop and roll if we caught fire (accidently) not run in zig zags to avoid gunfire. Most of our police don't have guns and you could live your whole life having never seen a real gun. Carrying a knife here carries a 5 year prison sentence, you don't have to use it. You can't carry any weapons including pepper spray and if someone breaks into your home you can only use reasonable force. I have to take 13 different types of medication and I pay for a pre payment certificate and I pay £11 a month for any and all prescription medication. I've had 2 partial knee replacements, years of physiotherapy, 7 different consultants at my chosen hospitals and transport to and from hospital and I haven't paid for any of it. Our healthcare is free at the point of delivery and that used to include all dentistry, optical care. Some of that is still free. The US seems more motivated by making money than looking after its citizens.
Well I for one am crying. I'm 62 and I've known and been passionate about all this since I was in high school. But it's only gotten much worse in America. And our leaders have gotten more greedy (and more open about their corruption) and less public service oriented. Europe, Asia, let our methods be a warning to you. They're trying to monetize everything they can and Europe is under some threat. Don't let them win!
I recently visited USA for the first time in my life (California to be precise) and it was a bit of a wild ride food wise. Our hotel served breakfasts. The bread tasted more like a cake, it was really sweet. Same with cereal, too sweet. There were potatoes, for the first time in my life I've had baked potatoes so early in the day (but it might be me that's weird here). A packaged cupcake was the most disgusting thing claiming to be a cupcake that I've tried in my life. Soda was also more sweet than we have in the EU. And man, the portions everywhere! We went to a restaurant, I saw an innocent dish of a baked chicken in herbs with some paste. What I got was basically a half of a chicken!
Best to steer clear of carbs.
@@marlenegold280 I gave up all kinds of sugar (sodas, sweets, ice cream, etc.), fast foods and unhealthy food in general a few months before going there. Then I gave myself a pass for the trip to try American food, if only to check the myths. Funnily enough I still lost weight, so no harm done. At least now I have some idea what's it like over there 😄
California isn't America. It's like visiting the dirty butthole of America, if it was a person. No one should choose to fly from another country to California. It's a disgrace and should separate itself from this amazing nation.
Please don't think that we all eat like that though! I would never touch a packaged cupcake or a sugary cereal.
I think that is why they are so fat their intake of sugar and carbohydrates is ridiculous.
me + motorbike - helmet + tree = 17 facial fractures on a remote island 1700kms from Australia.
Air ambulance was a Lear Jet that flew myself and a Doctor to mainland Australia in 2hrs... 1 week in hospital after minor surgery brain surgery... then spent another week holiday with my parents - the only thing i paid was my own airfare back to the island i live on... 2 weeks later Medicare paid ME(!) $560 as x$40 per day expenses because i was off island (which was approx the cost of the airfair i had paid). I wear a helmet when i ride my bike now... but i still spearfish among huge Tiger Sharks every other day - but i know i always have that Air Ambulance waiting
I can relate to the c-section story. I was kicked out of the hospital after a day. First time mom and I couldn't even get up from a chair and they sent me home.
My cousin has a scheduled c-section scheduled for next week and they are sending her home the same day.
@@fortnite.compilations That's crazy
@@Ann-kg1zd they ended up keeping her for the day of delivery to make sure her vitals stabilized but she was out next day.
In Greece if you hv a c-section you are kept in hospital 5 days, free if charge!
Our health system (as in all Europen countries) is based on taxes paid.
I live in Canada. Pepper spray is illegal here as well. But there has been more than one occasion where I've needed it and wish I'd of had it. I know of several other women who might not have been hurt the way they were if they'd have been allowed to carry it. Far too many. For these reasons I don't follow that law anymore, I'd rather get charged with protecting myself than ever be assaulted again.
Protecting yourselves is one of the many basic necessities do what you have to do ma'am
we use whistles, keys and screaming FIRE and it turned out to be good tactic I heard, because people always come to check if you are screaming fire :D but thats only what I learned in highschool, was never in danger here, middle Europe
@@Trissana281 a tip, you can shout words all day, try screaming, you will gag in seconds, try it.
U.S. Military grade bulletproof backpack inserts are now a massive market here🙃 That's about all you need to know😬
Omg that's tragic. Children must be in a constant state of low level fear and dread, which would make it harder to engage in their own education. It's hard to learn when you're scared.
I just can't get over that. I've heard some Americans say that we have stabbings here in UK, yes we do. Comparing knives to guns, esp automatic weapons, is just insane to me.
5:45 German children go to Elementary School alone, depending on the safety of the way. Later they use Public transportation ALONE 😀…
On the other hand, they live longer at home, because education is free, but apartments & food are not.
sherry baker if you read the title this is what your fellow americans found out when they lived overseas
In El Salvador where I was born. (A third world country ok), you can get a whole of stuff covered by the government. I mean a whole lot. If you are wealthy there's also the top of the line in medical care as well.
Healthcare expenses in the US are beyond absurd. I really didn’t realize it until I made some friends from UK and Sweden. Even then, it seemed like an abstract problem that didn’t impact me directly.
I’m now 47 and I earn a decent living. But last year I spent over $9k on medical deductibles and copays and rx drugs!!! I had to put a sent in my savings and delay replacing my 16yr old car for another year just to afford it.
That's so sad. Still many Americans defend their system. The rest of the world just doesn't understand why. Hopefully one day the USA will have free healthcare as well.
Health care expenses are absurd everywhere. In Sweden and most other European countries we don't notice the cost because the money has already been taken from us before we get our paycheck. Americans notice the cost because they pay out-of-pocket. In Sweden, we've already paid for basic health care when we need it. When you look at the health care costs in Sweden and the US, the cost in the US per capita is only a few thousand dollars more than in Sweden.
@@WolfHeathen In the USA, if you work full time (40 hours per week) you get an employer sponsored health plan and you pay a monthly premium. I used to have 100% health care coverage before Obama was elected. During his presidency he reformed healthcare and created a tax penalty against businesses that offered 100% covered health plans. Businesses began to only off 90% coverage, then a couple years later 80% was the best you could get with greater cost our of pocket.
Long story short, health costs were way more affordable about a decade ago, now it's crazy expensive unless your poor, then health care is free.
WE HAVE TO AY FOR EXCISING ALL THIS PENISES AND BREASTEZ THAT *GOD* MISTAKENLY PUT ON THE WRONG CROTCHES/GROINICLES AND CHESTEZ' AND THEN THE FREE PSYCHOLOGICAL UPKEEP NEEDED TO PREVENT HEM PUTTING THEIR HEADS IN THE OVEN OR TAKING A 10 FOT ROPE DANCE/JUMP ON A 8 FOOT TREE.I SAW MANY RANNIES AS A COP AND DETECTIVE BEFORE OT GOT A; TRENDY AND REGARDLESS LF THE COOKED BOOKS THEY OFFER TO YOU THE RATES OF SUICIDES IS UNREAL WHEN A UNLED, UNTRAINED CHILD GROW S UP ALL SCREWED UP FROM PISS-POOR PARENTS, AND UPON THE LOSS OF PARENTS(S) AND THE NEW ALONENESS THEY ARE SLAMMED DOWN ON THE LEVING THEM NO CHOICE ( IN THER ALTERED CHEMICALY ALTERED MIND) OVERLY ATTUNED TO "LOSS" THROUGH THEIR POORLY ADVISED YOUNG ( WEREN'T ENOUGH TO USE ALL POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO TITS/COCK CUTTING OFF GREEDY ( MONEY BURNS HOT IN HELL) SURGEONS....HIPOCRITES: ( YEAH..I DID IT ON PURPOSE) :FIRST DO NO HARM"
EVEN THEN THERE WAS A PROSCRIPTION AGAINST "CUTTING THSE STONES OF SLAVES OF INVOLUNTARY WORKERS ETC.....SEEMS THAT THIS IS AWFUL CLOSE TO ALLOWING A PROXY DECISION TO GET SOME KIDS WHOLE LIFE CHANGED..WHEN SOME BUSYBODY STICKS THER NOSE IN R DEMONSTRATES THE INCREDIBLELY POOR DECISION MAKING PROWESS OF CERTAIN BABYBOOMERS AND GENERATION XERS....MISSING WOODSTOCK OF THAT SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU CHILD LIFE-WRECKING TRAUMA.....I HOPE EVERYONE OF THESE BOOB NITWIT ARENTS ARE EMBARRASSED , ASHAMED AND RIDICULED THE REST OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE ABROGATING OF THEIR ALL IMPORTANT RESPONSIBLITY...AND LET THE CHILDREN LEARN TO BE OK WITH THEIR MISTAKE IF IT CANOT BE FIXED.
"MOMMIE....WHY DID YOU LET THAT MAN CUT MY PEE PEE OFF. I TOL' YOU I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WANTED IT"..WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIVE THROUGH MY LIFE? WHAT VICARIOUS IS?
as a flight attendant of 25 years..(I live in Europe, but grew up in Africa & have family in USA)..these are the most obvious differences to me:
- homelessness
-mass incarceration ( never even met anybody who was in prison Else where in the world,but in USA every 3 rd person!!Land of the free haha😂)
- expensive health care
-old fashioned plumbing( shower heads from last century unlike Europe & Asia)
- fresh friut & vegetables very expensive ( unlike fast food)
-very tense mood of people (due to guns?)
- crazy OBSESSION with race
- very old infrastructure ( buildings, bridges, roads..
just my observations in my regular visits to the US (up to 2-3 times a month sometimes ..
anyway ..still love to visit for the beautiful landscape, great food from all over the world, friendly people, no language barrier & the good looking black people ( some of the best looking people in the world)..so lots of reasons for visiting, but definetely not to live permanently..best country to live in would be places like Scandinavia..Denmark,Sweden,Norway..or my hometown Germany 👍🏾🖤
I've never understood the American ego. How can some of their citizens think that they live in the best country in the world when their healthcare is so dire? I live in England so all my healthcare is free. I was once picking a car up at LAX when the man in front of me collapsed. An ambulance was sent for which arrived very quickly but before they even looked at this poor man lying on the floor they asked his wife for his insurance! Disgraceful! I bet it would surprise a lot of Americans to know that Ethiopia has a better health care system than them.
There aren't enough words to describe the poverty and deprivation going on in America, people die for lack of money and ghettos are deliberate, why?, because they make lots of money from squeezing so many people into apartments, no jobs, no prospects makes crime rife through hopelessness and desperation, its the same everywhere in simular situations lots and lots of income from areas like those in America, one affluent Street with a few hundred people isn't going to generate a fraction of income based on fines in court, so as long as they are generating money it'll just get worse untill BOOM
When will US wake up????
Much love to you and Ukraine
🌻🌻🌻💙💛💙
As a person working in healthycare I would like to mention something. If you try to speak the language, connect with the locals and ask/read about how things work in country you are going to, you understand a lot better how everything works. For example: In the Nederlands you first go to a family doctor before you go to an E.R. so you actually can prevent having to go to a hospital. You dont need antibiotics for everything and you don't start with morfine when you are in pain. I try to make Americans understand that on a weekly basis. You start with something lighter that it not going to make you an addict or make you constipated. Btw, Healthcare is not for free here. You pay a monthly amount witch is actually getting more expensive every year. Using an ambulance is around 800 euros..
I do know that there is a huge difference in how much everything costs. So in that aspect I guess we are lucky. Cheers everybody.
Watching this from Norway just to make sure I never stop appreciating what I have.
How about a reverse shock of non American visiting the US as tourists realizing America messed you up? So as a family we were in NY as tourists (We're Canadian). My brother in law got very sick with a high fever and hasd to go to the hospital. Got to see a doctor, a chest X-Ray, a prescription for antibiotics and a $24K bill. We have free health are in Canada and we're also from Montreal, Quebec so free prescriptions as well!
Pepper spray is punishable under the firearms act in uk.
However our knife crime in London exceeds gun crime in new York!
Someone put it that way: You could live for the entirey of two years in say Spain, learn Spanish with a paid teacher, live there, get the surgery and still come back home after that with more money in your pocket, than have stayed at home, getting the surgery there and learned no Spanish whatsoever along this time.
Well...let that sink in.
Don’t forget about the Spanish girls who are fire
@@StoutProper Really!
@@StoutProper Spanish men are nearly all showstoppingly attractive, in my experience.
@@Kivas_Fajo really really. Andalusia has the most amount of naturally stunning women I’ve ever seen anywhere, and I’ve travelled to over 30 countries.
@@angelamaryquitecontrary4609 it’s certainly a country with strong genes. If you go to the west coasts of Ireland and Wales there is a significant proportion of the population who are extremely good looking with darker skin in the summer, dark hair and brown eyes. They are descendants of the sailors of the two Spanish Armadas that were sunk there
Botswana Africa, I was only taught to run in zigzag if an elephant is chasing you.
In Germany, homeless people do have the same rights as every tax-payer. Many shops do not want them on their properties, and as a home owner you may call the police if you want someone to leave your property (homeless or not!).
The world is a very cold and harsh place for the homeless, but in the US it is even harder for them. We should all show some compassion with them!
In Germany we also have a better person/ shelter ratio in comparison to the US. Additionally we can apply for government money to help us with rent and unemployment
@@peterrabbitn787 Ja, unser System ist besser, aber leider auch nicht perfekt. Aber immer noch 1000 x besser als der Zustand in den USA,. Und irgendwie haben die Leute dort nicht auf dem Schirm, dass es immer noch Menschen sind, die durch den unmenschlichen Turbokapitalismus ihre Existenz verloren haben...
Exactly! because we never know, it maybe us one day.
Dear America. Listen to your countrymen who have experienced life outside US. You need to wake up and rise up and demand free health care, better education, safety from police abuse, gun regulation, equality for ALL not just those who already have privilege, etc, etc..........
I've been to Thailand 4 times (Twice backpacking). I broke my arm and the surgeon took me to a 5* hotel for food, lovely lady and we had a great conversation about the healthcare system in Thailand (I actually had high medical insurance anyway).
I learned that for 50bahts will get you any kind of treatment, they have a 3 tier system so everyone can afford medical care.
The first thing you see when you come to America: it's full of homeless people, people pushing shopping carts (at first, I had no idea why they do that ; is it to collect cans???) and living on the street. Later, after traveling more, I understood that this is normal in the US... The other thing: everything is always about money; everybody ALWAYS is talking about that; especially when you go to a pub or a restaurant: it's all about tips... Insane. The way I see it: Americans see everybody else as the equivalent of an ATM.
Hello from Greece, Health care and how kind people here are to one another, transportation system, peace in the streets.
I live in the UK. Broke my bone in my foot and was in plaster for 8 weeks. I got free emergency care and aftercare from hospital and 8 weeks fully paid leave from work. When I went back they had got me a special footrest so I could keep my leg raised whilst desk working.
Rick and I spent a week in Denmark and they got it going on! A clean healthy place. The people were so friendly also the food simple and tasty!
America used to be a great industrious country but the social myth of "America is great" in their education undermines their democracy. American are resiliant and need to globally educated and start competing in a global market socially and economically.
Don't allow your country to be run by israel.
Another thing in Italy is that if you have in your family someone who needs constant care, who cant be left alone, for example an autistic son or an old parent or someone with mental health issues , blind, etc, the government gives you one salary every month, so someone of the family can leave his job and take care of that person at home. If nobody in the family feels like leaving their job, they can use that salary to pay someone to take care of the ill or old person.
Someone in the family can have every month some days of payed leave so can help that person who needs care.
Another benefits are that in case of a person not sufficient, old or ill, they pay less for all the services as water, electricity, telephone bills , taxes. Etc.
They can go to concerts or museums with one person who takes care of them, without paying the ticket. And not only healthcare is free, but everything they need is free. As clinic beds at their home, special mattresses , wheel chairs. Every kind of machines insuline and medicines for diabetes and for all kinds of deseases.
Not in Arizona. We make our homeless move. Our cops make them move. At least the residents. The ones on the public streets…that’s the encampment.
9:56 I hope she was just joking, because that's kind of the point: don't abuse the system.
Im a kiwi.5 days ago i started coughing,
Bronchitis.Went straight to Hospital.Daily blood tests,anti biotics,chest xrays,and sonargram.
Heaps of medication and 5 days on the Ward.3 square meals a day.
They will not let me go untill my health is good.
Cost will be free.
My medication would cost me roughly £300 a month but due to me having a life long illness I don’t pay for it, this is in the U.K. where a prescription is about £9 per item. You only pay for your prescriptions.
Costs a £0 in wales mate, employed or unemployed.
@@MrGChuff I think it’s the same for Scotland too.
Free for those over 60
@@leeedsonetwo where?
When I went to The Philippines 🇵🇭, I realized that the USA 🇺🇸 no longer has the best singers in the world. Those who do not win in TV singing shows sing better than 80+% of the singers in American radio! 🤯
When did they ever? It's just always been popular cus it's in English
I was born in the US and lived there over 40 years. I live in Europe now. There are good and bad cultural things, gov't things and healthcare things about both. Where I live, healthcare is poor compared to other countries in Europe. Anyone who can afford private health insurance gets it, otherwise you wait months to years for a procedure. Visiting the States this summer, it was nice to get an appointment with a specialist without having to be referred and then waiting for the specialist to send a letter with my appt date and time. It was nice to not have that appt with 20 other people, like a cattle call. I'm just saying, nowhere is utopia nor is anywhere, excepting maybe North Korea, some African countries and China, the worst.
I'm pretty sure North Korea is the worst
I fly overseas for care Just got my teeth fixed in Guyana. It was very expensive at $300.
English health care isn't free, from the first week you ever start working it's deducted from your wages at source in national insurance which is calculated at a percentage of your wages , it's called national health stamp, plus you pay a percentage in employment tax paye, (pay as you earn).
So in the long run of things over time it works out quite a bit of money we pay over all.
Whereas not everyone needs the care but still pay if you need it or not, whereas I have had 7 major life saving surgeries in my working lifetime and in to retirement, whereas some people don't need a thing throughout theirs..
I think that's how insurance works too.
The difference between European health care in general and US health care is that our health care is pre-paid. If we paid out-of-pocket like americans do we'd notice the massive health care bills too.
@@WolfHeathen big difference is that our government can negotiate with Big pharma coz they buy in bulk. Where the Americans have to pay whatever price pharma comes up with. Big difference and saves millions.......dollars AND people
I have car insurance been driving for over 40 years my insurance company has never had to pay out but ypo need it anyway.FDT
That's the problem it's a national health service not an international health care service
The third chick, who gives you 10 days vacation? We get 6 paid holidays, it's not mandatory to actually get them off, just paid.
I'm a born in the states to polish immigrants...I know we don't live in the greatest place. I am looking to move away from the states once my daughter graduates from high school. I am working on getting my international license to practice mri.
Thank you, God, for making me live in a country which has universal free healthcare! Every time I watch these videos I love my country even more! 🇺🇾❤
I’m an Australian and can confirm that we were never taught to zig zag if someone has a gun, as there were NO guns here. No metal detectors at schools, no police in schools, no zig zag training. That is just so sad!!
I love the zig zag story.
I had a american ask me why canada has the Thanks giving holiday . I had to teach him history. He had no idea Thanksgiving was a canadian holiday that america adopted 43 years after we started it.
Can you explain that? Thanksgiving started between the Colonialists and The Native Americans. You guys were hiring Heasians and trying to kill US back then. You burned down our White House and how many Mercenaries did England hire sent through your Country to kill US.
Lucy…You have some explaining to do!
@@vanseventy read up on how the holiday started. It was adopted by usa 43 years after we created it. America holds the holiday at a differnt month an for differnt reasons then canada but bottom line is that it was still created here . Gotta love resl history huh? Lol
The big takeaway here is lack of affordable healthcare and education.
Sad...😔
I am sick now ( some after covid shit) and so happy to live in the Netherlands..
Being chonically ill I'm thankful every day for being dutch. Spent 4 weeks in the hospital and went home with 4 months of prednison and various other meds. Get a nice cocktail bag every 3 weeks. I paid 18 euro's the first day at the pharmacy and because its labeled for chronic/daily use i dont pay for refills etc. I know i'm never travelling to the US again, too scared if I get sick I won't be able to afford to, well, stay alive. breaks my heart thinking about people having to deal with that their entire lives.
Get well soon !
@@Thynomad-B beterschap! ❤
@@urgh9822 thank you. 😊
@@Thynomad-B Veel geluk met uw gezondheid van een zuiderbuur.
And yea, I've traveled to the US and I check my travel healthinsurance like 10+ times more closely than my plane ticket.
The first not being ok could ruin me, the second not being ok just means I can't go. First is much worse than the second.
i really appreciate u guys mentioning things that we in europe take for granted and as nothin special anymore..... health care and security.. thanks for reminding me how much its worth living here aaaaand welcome to Sweden, Austria,France,Germany,England,Netherlands etc... or as u like to call it.. EUROPE ;)
I had a heart attack 8 years ago, they came in the 10 minutes, they give me electro chocs, than ambulance and again electro chocs, I was dead two times, so I had surgery, they saved my life for 40$, now I have to take 5 pills a day to stay alive and I'm now perfectly fit for +/- 3$/mounth; I dont work anymore sinsthen but still get a decent salary till I dies (I mean for good) So Belgium is not the best country of the world but believe me, when you've gone thru that, your realise that you're born in the right place... 😇
In the UK pepper spray and tazers are classified as class 1 firearms same as handguns and are banned and illegal.
From the UK My sister who was 68 fell and broke her pelvis, wrist and banged her head. Called an ambulance and was told we could wait up to 20 hours. After 4 hours called back and told them she's going in and out of consciousness the ambulance arrived 2 hours later. She died 2 days later in hospital.
I'm so sorry
keep doing it bud love ur reactions ur for real
Around the 4:50 mark....Homeless people have the EXACT same rights as "normal tax paying citizens". Only thing is the rights of homeless citizens are violated with very little to no consequences and no justice for the violations.
Citizens should file complaints and move up the chain, high as the Mayor to make police do their jobs properly, regardless of the pressure they get. Note, i said "properly" That means not violating the rights of certain American citizens to protect the rights of others. If those certain citizens are breaking the actual law, as is written, they need to be held accountable. Defending the property rights is just as equally important and by not doing so because they are afraid of their image being tarnished, i say shame on them. Just do your job and do it properly, LEO's.
Keep in mind though: „it’s covered with social security“ doesn’t mean it’s free. It’s paid by the part of the salary that gets deducted every month of every person who works as an employee. The gross salary minus taxes, minus social security charges (health insurance, accident insurance, unemployment insurance) = your net salary. And the employer will add 50% of the social charges on top of your gross and transfer to the government. So you and your employer share these costs. That said, the medical costs aren’t as sky high as they are in the states, guess that’s why this system is working.
Sounds like so many Americans love their country but can't c it doesn't love them back
Living in Turkey, they have social medicine but to get my 2 year residency permit I have to get full coverage private insurance which is $400. Also I can walk into any pharmacy and get nearly anything (non narcotic), without a prescription.
I broke my leg in Canada, pretty badly. I was taken to one if the best hospitals in Vancouver where I spent a week, and had a very. Implicated surgery. The whole thing cost me CAD50.00.
Here's a wrong concept, healthcare is not free, it's deducted monthly from the salary of all workers, it's not fair when we see people from other countries come to get expensive surgeries because they're "free".
As a US citizen I never go to the doctor, last visit was 1984, because I wouldn't be able to afford care. I've had family and coworkers financially devastated by health costs.
$456 a month!!! What the fudge!! Mind blowing to anyone not American.
I might complain a lot about some things from Spain but I'm really thankful of having access to free health care.
Unfortunately, some politicians here seem determined to destroy it, cutting down clinics and hospitals budgets and firing a lot of health workers in order to benefit private health companies.
But even in the poor conditions that some medical centers have been reduced to, health workers are still there for you, trying their best with their sometimes ridiculous resources.
Hahaha, so funny. Your “ free” healthcare is not free. Your politicians know it that’s why they are trying to save money on closing down and firing people. Free is never free, someone has to pay for it.
That sounds very analogous to the English system. Thank the gods for the dedication and professionalism of the healthcare workers, at every level.
I'm Canadian (living in Ontario) - wow! It's 500 - 1000 for an ambulance! We pay $45 and bitch about it. I never knew Americans paid that much for an ambulance!
I am was really unwell and needed a form of chemotherapy. Work gave me 6 months off w6ork on full pay, a further month on half pay. I went back to work. Because I hadn't taken my 25 days annual leave I was told to take the 25 days off before the end of March. Or they would have to pay me the 25 days. It cost me nothing to spend 10 days in hospital after surgery or the chemo or the follow up blood tests and checks. I even had a nurse come out to my home to make sure I was coping at home. Love the UK.
Glad to see you home safely.
I’m in Africa.. free education for primary school and public health care is very cheap to zero. Enough to save your life. 😊 Namibia..
10 days vacation? I didn't know companies still offered those two employees
If you are reading this, that means i love you too ...... Take good care of yourself out there in the big world .
I live in ireland and developed copd (don't smoke), and the medical care I receive would bank a person.My biggest out lay is €10 every 2 months for blood tests.
my husband has such guilt he wants to over pay on everything....I go no no no.
My country have this shared payment system for health care. So every month we have to pay a certain amount depends on the level of our income for health care (just smal percentage of it). Like making savings. So when we go to the doctor we don't have to bring cash because the bills are paid from that shared payment. When you have a low income you still can pay yoir medical bills because you're helped by other people. If you have little kids they're also registered in the system. But this is an option, it's not mandatory to use this system. U don't have to register for this and choose to pay your bills personally. Also we don't have student loan here, but we do have scholarships from government and private companies.
Still it's not a perfect system
Important note: Healthcare in Europe is not "free" it is allways financed somehow. But I personally like giving away more from my salary than the Americans do if I get social security as exchange for that to be completely honest.
as an american YT saved me and broke the chains of these lines while I never been to Europe it's certainly woke me up but I don't think I've fully woken up yet until I go and live in the EU
Pepper spray is illegal in Canada too!
If things seemed well abroad, why’d you move back? Genuinely curious.
Immigration issues I can imagine. Americans can stay in most European countries for 90 days per visit.
It's hard to leave the US. Most of the developed world doesn't want us. If you're older than 21, don't have a college degree, don't have anything to give them, they don't want you. Most countries let you in if you spend over 100,000 dollars upfront, like Sweden letting you in if you invest 500,000 dollars in Swedish businesses- these are "Golden Visas". Then there are student visas for Americans wealthy enough to travel abroad and afford rent abroad so they can attend European schools, but that doesn't give a "path" to citizenship like in the US, it is more of a goat trail. European countries have the deadliest, most reinforced border in the world.
Usually Americans who can afford travel just follow protocol and are back in 90 days, and that is that.There is a joke that you would have an easier time being a refugee, but they're cracking down on that, too, plus, no matter how much political turmoil or real threats the US has, US citizens will never be considered refugees. Our government has a vested interest in keeping us hostage, while not treating us well, and infamously bullies other world governments to rig things for the American upper crusts. In fact, I've heard you're still taxed in the US even if you do move, and you could have your citizenship revoked. Even if that isn't true, it's a common enough myth to scare people, myself included. Might as well take the abuse, since you have no paths to humane citizenship elsewhere.