Health Care Sharing Ministries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Health Care Sharing Ministries, or HCSMs, advertise themselves as a more affordable, faith-based alternative to health insurance. But John Oliver explains some of the massive limitations these plans can have.
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"It was down to healthcare or my student loans." Well I don't think there is a better way to describe America.
Yep total BS victimhood people complaining look at poor me.
@@johnree6106 Explain to me how this is justified.
good one
@@johnree6106 So are you saying that medical debt and predatory lending isn't a problem in America?
Mmm what happened to Obamacare?
I had brain surgery for sub arachnoid hemorrhage 9 months ago, I spent 10 days in the hospital 4 of which in the ICU, and after getting released I've had all the cognitive function tests and epilepsy tests and 3 follow up CT scans. Now I'm in the clear and fully healed with no brain damage, and all in all the cost to me was the equivalent of around 400 dollars, including meds and everything, and I only had to pay half of that. Man I'm glad I was born in Finland.
that sound like a harry potter curse
@@felixphilippe7224 Sure as shit didn't feel like harry potter anything, when I suffered with my brain bleeding for 5 days thinking it was migraine at first, then called the ambulance on the fifth day, was already so out of it that I can't remember anything else than hearing the sirens and seeing the lights.
Texas born American here. I would have rather died. I never would have financially recovered from that. It sounds like it was incredibly painful and I’m glad you’re doing better but I honestly would have rather died than dealt with those bills afterward
Had a doc look in my ear during an after hours appointment that literally lasted less than 6 minutes. $370
Shut up jerk. I mean glad for ya. 'merica
Ah, I remember that touching Bible story when the blind man came to Jesus asking him to be healed and Jesus said "Uh, no, having eyes is actually a pre-existing condition, sorry, you don't qualify for healing"
💯 too right 😅😭
Then Jesus smoked dmt with Joe Rogan at the burning bush.
Maybe Jesus and heal that lame ass joke.
lol
When you reread the story you realize Jesus spits on him. Why didn’t he just use healing hands? Was the spit necessary?
Noting that you brought up the BBB, it should be made pretty clear that the BBB is not a government organization, and a company can wipe their record on that site simply by paying "fines". In other words, it's basically a more official sounding yelp with more corruption. Perhaps you should do an episode on them.
I agree omg god. This would be a good epsoide. I roll my eyes whenever someone uses the threat "I will complain to the BBB"
Yes!!! An episode on the BBB would be awesome! I hate when people tell me to complain to the BBB. I tell them that it does NOTHING other than put a complaint online. It means nothing.
Would LOVE to share a "Last Week Tonight" on the utterly corrupt BBB!
"It was down to Healthcare or my student loans" guy sounds just like Steve-o
Customers think the BBB is a policing agency, it is not. "I'm going to get the BBB after you." Thank god they didn't leave a bad google review that would be worse
John: "The bar to entry is so low, basically anyone can become an HCSM"...Everyone who watches LWT: "You started an HCSM didn't you?"
For real when he said that and I saw how much time was left I knew
You know, I was hoping this would be like the episode about debt buying.
Praise be!
I swear I knew it half way into the segment. I just had a hunch lol 😆
He’s a millionaire so his would work.
So let me get this straight: people don't want to contribute to a public healthcare system but they will gladly pay into a private organization that is less transparent than government and is not even required to provide coverage? I will never understand the US.
Good thing the citizens of every other country in the world have their shit together
"Anything to see liberal tears" - one of their life missions.
Because for nearly a century straight, business people have waged a ruthless and devastating war against everything America claims to stand for in an effort to rake in the moolah.
They were nearly subjugated by Roosevelt's New Deal, and they have been clawing kicking and screaming ever since.
Being made to actually care for their fellow citizens? Not so long as they're kings of the planet.
If it's any consolation, it's not the entirety of the US... But it is a non-insignificant portion of the population that is ridiculously loyal to the the letter (R) and/or their selective idea of Christianity. Also not helped by the fact that many of the politicians with (R) by their names blatantly live to serve lobbyists to legislate in their favor, rather than for the people... While those same politicians use legal avenues to make peoples' ability to vote them out all the harder, continuing our fast descent into a kleptocracy/plutocracy.
...But yeah, not the entirety of the US...
It's no different then pretty much anything else; imagine if the government tracked, sold, stored etc...your information like most companies do. People would flip out. But a company asks you for all this stuff and gives you a pittance in return, people sign right up.
We have a serious problem here. The news will spin a kid selling lemonade and chips to raise funds for their sibling’s cancer treatment as inspiring.
instead of shaming the companies and situations that led ot the kid having ot resort ot that in the 1st place.
except the jerk down the street will report this same kid to the police for selling lemonade and chips without a license.
I have never used medical insurance, 9 kids and a wife.
We have done cost sharing for 50 years, USA and international. Works.
@@donaldbott8331 My specific group usually lifts 800,000 to 1,000,000 each quarter.
@@papaix4387 good for you
Denying a victim of assault is absolutely disgusting :(
What's really disgusting is calling it "self-inflicted" because it happened outside a bar.
These are the same people who blame rape victims for their assaults. Of course what do we expect from those who brought us toxic purity culture, where men’s behavior is excused, and women are responsible not only for themselves but for every man on earth.
All this proves what I've been saying for years
Fewer Americans are going to church not because Americans are in moral decline but because the churches themselves are in moral decline
Wait till you learn about the Catholic church in the dark ages
@KahlosHack “At least we don’t burn people at the stake any more” isn’t a particularly effective selling point.
People in America begin to realize that organized religion is just a way to control people through fear of being condemned and ostracized! 😀
On the money
Truth!!!
News articles about how people have been successful in taking care of their massive health expenses by doing extreme tasks/jobs are actually disgusting.
"How heartwarming! This eight year old boy is mowing lawns to pay for the brain surgery he had just last week! And he's back on his feet already? What a hardworking, dedicated, and responsible young man!"
Every human interest story in America is some variant of "Man Pays to Stop Orphans from Being Crushed in Orphan-Crushing Machine" without ever asking why the fuck we even have an orphan-crushing machine or why the hell we'd have to pay NOT to use it.
@@Ferinex_666 Mmm, that's a good SMN quote!
That's too much work. Just start up a Gofundme.
@@Ferinex_666 Trying to get rid of the Machine? Crazy Commie. Trying to fix the system in some way that saves the orphans? They are whiners and you're a crazy Socialist. Its tiring trying to point out to people this system isn't working and is failing the vast majority because "We're number 1" is the mantra they fully believe.
@@HiSodiumContent Aint it fun when we all run into each other?
My Dad was a Pastor and they dropped him when he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. They dropped my sister when she got ovarian cancer. They did not even pay the bills she submitted before they dropped her. Heartless. Best wishes to your family.
terrible
I am so sorry your father got so sick, and his religious group dropped him like that.
Organized religion is for economic and social networking; it is not a place to seek compassion or redemption.
@@sarahoshea9603 Yep. And enforcement of social norms.
Sad part is Americans usually don't even realize how fucked their student fees and health care costs are compared to the rest of the developed world.
@Jessamyn Rising All the best to you. Keep at it.
Last time I checked both China, Cuba and Thailand are classified as "developing countries", and all arguably have better public healthcare systems than the US
@Jessamyn Rising ALL of Europe are capitalist free market countries with taxpayer paid universal healthcare, universal pension care, education. Nothing of this is a socialist invention.
We are neither socialist countries nor social democracies, the government does not own the means of production, nor is it in control of most things in the economy or other fields and we still need private insurances on top of universal healthcare to have the best healthcare possible.
And the European countries with the highest living standards : Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland have the lowest corporation taxes and some of the lowest income taxes and VAT taxes in Europe. Sweden is even behind Germany in living standards and GDP per capita, and Scandinavian countries were among the poorest countries in Europe when they had a socialist economy decades ago and became rich when they left their socialist policies (so much for Bernie's fake news when reality fact checked)
Most of us do. It's just that for most of us, all we can do about it is choose between a party that will only half-heartedly try to fix it, and one who will actively make things worse. and enough of us are liable to choose the latter option that voting for a third becomes too risky.
We know. Only half doesn't give a shit and doesn't want to bother changing it because they're afraid of the word 'socialized'
Honestly, the lack of healthcare coverage in one of the richest countries in the world is appalling. When Papua New Guinea has a paid maternity leave before the United States does, that’s really saying something. People can pray if they want, but that shouldn’t be a substitute for comprehensive health insurance!
Agreed. Problem is too many think that's communism because they're unaware of the definition. It isn't even socialism. But that's a bad word too. Smh
Sorry we don't speak communist in freedom murica.
Companies offer paid maternity leave in the United States. I still don't understand why you think that there's a lack of health care coverage.
@@buca9696 yeah... also knowledge or logic is also not spoken
It is a shame. The health care industry wants money so bad they’ll influence the government representatives to side with them. They don’t lack health care coverage so why would they give a rats butt about anyone else.
Hmm, didn't Jesus heal prostitutes, sinners, etc? Or have I read a different Bible?
Jesus was being nice to sinners so you don't have to.
Proof that is was never about beliefs. It's just a cover up.
Worse, you understood the text and subtext, how DARE you actually have an intellectual approach to basic thought.
Oh Kenneth, being Christian isn't about being Christ-like. The entire religion is based on the premise that you can never live up to Jesus' standard, so just make sure you say you're sorry for being a loser at least once a week, and everything will be fine.
No, you did read that in the Bible. It's just that the others didn't read the Bible at all.
“Hello everyone, this your weekly dose of America.”
- basically John Oliver.
Little clips of misery spliced into a headwarming montage of impotent fury.
Me from Germany .... """ Hell yeahhhh 🥳 ""
@Napoleon LOL. I can totally hear that guy saying this!
@@mysticmarble94 I know right? The US is very... ummm... interesting... yes... that's the word... interesting... 😃
"Okay what's wrong with America now, Mr John Oliver?" - rest of the world
Remember what Jesus said: "Love thy neighbor as yourself - except if thy neighbor smokes, fucks, or has any fun in life at all. And of course that love is paid with money. No, that's totally not prostitution!"
I wonder how they feel about mental health lol
"Well you know trying to take your own life is your fault, your lifestyle choice"
"Oh dear! Locked up in a psych facility to treat your psychosis? I will pray for the devil to leave your body"
@@Samson16436 They 100% just pray and don't send money for mental health I bet.
I always forget that part of the Bible where Jesus says "horde all the worldly possessions and make a ton of money from people's faith and pain"
🤣
@Van Bus
ok at least it wasn't some freak traffic accident as these things usually are
But still shame on u, I dun even get the joke
Because that part of the bible doesn't exist!
It was in the fine print....it is always covered in the "fine" print!🤭
Funnily enough there is THIS passage which a lot of "Christian businesses" should take heed of
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?
Lk 12:20
"Christians" - you know like that story in the bible where Jesus refused to heal a non Christian. Oh no, wait, the religious leaders told him to deny healing to a non Christian Roman and he scolded them, then healed the Roman anyways. I can see how that story is confusing.
Jesus wasn’t a Christian…he was Jewish.
@@RbNetEngr Yes, but "Christians" aren't Christians either. The quotes are important. Most "Christians" are just looking for forgiveness for what they just did the day before, and will do again tomorrow, and know that there IS a Bible, but don't know what's in it.
Jesus was a religious radical who wanted to alter the dominant religion and railed against wealth while endorsing support for all. He was literally a radical liberal socialist. Any sensible American conservative would want to see Jesus burn in hell.
@@Demmrir - Jesus didn't exist. The story is a regurgitated ancient myth, see: Dionysis, et al.
@@tirsden There is plenty of historical evidence that Jesus did, in fact, exist. Whether or not you believe him to be the son of god and capable of miracles is another thing entirely.
My favorite sentence from John Oliver: "And the reason I know that..."
Love how Wanda Jo’s wig gets bigger every time
The higher the hair, the closer to God.
Crazy what kind of high effort the american society puts into avoiding a health system fitting into the modern age.
Thanks, Obama
@@QarthCEO come on. Obama can't take all the credit for this. Carter, Regan, Clinton, Bush's, Trump and Biden get credit for this too 🙂 oh... don't forget Congress 👍
@@QarthCEO thanks.Let's make America great again and kick out all these idiots that think Obama is to blame just cause he's black and seriously believe in the orange douchebag.
@@nickanderson8597 Yeah, plenty of "credit" to go around 🤣
But seriously, Obama could have made single payer a pillar of the Dem platform, but he gave us Romney Care instead. He didn't even give us a public option, which he campaigned on. I'm still kinda salty about it.
Even if the president would make a humane first world country worthy healhcare reform the big pharma and insurance company bribed greedy fucks in congress and senate would block it.
I love how Americans do literally everything to not get insurance. They even join a system where everyone is paying a small amount of money so the organization can pay for your bills with this money. You know, like all of us non-Americans, but somehow much worse.
My job is in dealing with insurance. These HCSMs don't pay anything.
Health insurance is overpriced AF in the US, along with medical care and pharma goods.
@@AKGuerilla weird how that happens when yoi privatize a sector and companies start maximizing for profit
@@Nrokkll Clearly you do not.
Screw insurance. The fat cat is enjoying all the money all of us morons pay into it so he can get fatter ordering drinks and eating all day long...
Hi there from Austria! After watching this, reading a lot of the American Health System and comparing it to the Austrian, another reason to love living here.. If you are insured here (you are,even in times of unemplyment), the maximum fees per Year for hospital visits are about 220 Euros, at the pharmacy you have to pay 6 Euros if you have a receipt, Going to the doc is free (when its a private doc the Insurance covers 80 %) and you can put all of this in your tax report..
2019 I spent 2 months in coma in the ICU, had multiple Operations, 6 weeks of Reha and 6 Months in another Hospital afterwards...220€ Thx, Austrian Health Care System, you saved my life
“Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption” is so ridiculously funny
aye rolls back to his previosu skit bout the fact the its very easy ot create a church as a means ot become Tax Exempt and how massively abusable that system is.
or he has called " starting a religion is a magnificent way of making a sht ton of money"
😂
@@Teixas666 I remember a similar phrasing attributed to L Ron Hubbard.
Spoiler alert 😂
I love that this gag came still come back years after it started
If your preacher has a more exspensive house than you, someone isn't following Jesus very well.
Broadly agreed, though I'd look on this on a case-by-case basis.
This claim would pretty much applie to every preacher/elder of a church I've ever been in. But none of those men even got paid for their church work, they had normal full-time jobs by which they made a living. And there's nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't have jarring social inequality within a church.
Unfortunately, some Americans really believe in the Prosperity Gospel Christianity. So wealth is a sign of God's favor and blessing, while poverty and ill health is a sign God punishing someone.
@@bugeyedmonster2 Aka money worship by proxy.
@@bugeyedmonster2 and good god is it asinine, now displays of wealth are a sign of one's success as a Christian, it is so backwards!
I have a family member in ministry that is often conscious about it. feeling that they cannot preach about hope and overcoming obstacles while still bearing challenges themselves because the congregation would look at that and question it. and more successful churches apparently have to put on the image of being highly successful because displays of wealth display that you are blessed, which displays that you are close to god and doing something right.
it's a maddening, self perpetuating issue that not only ignores jesus's condemnation of amassing wealth. but leads churches to allocate more resources into presentation than into meaningfull material support for the members of church and just people in general.
I still remember this one small church I attended that felt like a branded wall fountain to put in the lobby was a better investment than fucking air conditioning for the building! and that's only the beginning!
Its not that linear...
He may have invested 1000 dollars into bitcoins back in 2010
The whole idea of the story of the Good Samaritan was the fact that they, a Samaritan, helped someone who was not part of their tribe.
They are portraying that personification of the parable , by excluding people who aren’t like them from coverage.
It’s like they didn’t even read the Bible
Damn, I didn't even think of it that way. That's an excellent point. And so typical of these people.
jesus literally healed prostitutes, i wouldnt count on these people to actually read the bible, better not take the chance of turning atheist!
They never do....
Even better, I think before the Good Samaritan bit, a few people from the man's own group walk by him without offering any help.
Also, just think of the implied racism in that parable..
I'm so proud to be a member of JohnnyCare. It has been everything it was advertised to be. Thank you!
Fun fact: I thought I was having a heart attack the other night. Like legit chest pains so bad I had to lie down among other scary issues and instead of having my bf rush me to the ER like he offered, I spent an hour googling how much a heart attack costs. Then decided I couldn't afford it so I told him how I'd like my things when I died and how he'd have to take my animals and care for them. I pretty much spoke my will to him and had my last meal while we watched our favorite shows. I'm 26. It was terrifying. But I'm alright I think. I'm not dead yet! Knock on wood. But yeah. American health care.
Holy shit this sounds so horrible😰😰😰 but I'm glad that you're better now! And I hope that one day you won't have to care about healthcare expenses when an emergency arrives❤️❤️❤️
Nice! That reminds me of several years ago when my parents got a 6 grand hospital bill after my high school sent me to the ER because I had a bloody nose that had been going for 30 minutes.
I had a very similar experience, but am in a lucky enough situation that insurance covered most of it, and I was able to pay for the rest of it out of pocket. I'm eternally grateful (to myself and everyone who got me to where I am) that I was able to go to the ER and not be up to my eyeballs in debt. It didn't stop the cursing though when I saw the bill and wondered who the fuck thinks this is a good system.
OP - If insurance is a problem please look for a Community Health Center near you, they tend to have sliding scale fees. Please get checked out.
@@rohansaxena4751 Thank you so much. I hope so too. I have a long list of things to get fixed. It took me years to get some dental work done and I ended up crying out of happiness because I was pain free and wasn't used to that. Hoping my body will be that way too one day!
The irony of these people railing against socialized healthcare while also taking part in shittier socialized healthcare is...stunning.
It's only socialism if you call it socialism. Call it cake and everything is fine.
LOL I do love the irony of this scam. Socialism is bad, so join our religion-based plan where we share costs because it's what God would want us to do for one another.
Yeah, but this one has Jesus, so clearly it's somehow not socialism
@@xger21 Jesus... The socialist.
@@boosted211 they're totally fine accepting social help (like farmers) they just don't want to be the ones contributing towards the even less fortunate. Hypocrisy of the republican voter.
It’s like Thomas Edison said: I didn’t fail. I found 10,000 ways not to run a healthcare system.
Edison probably claimed he invented healthcare too
True. The only healthcare member Edison lost was that one elephant.
@@winterbeaches nah. He wasn’t there. Tragic what happened to topsy, but the Edison part is a myth
@@cartersmith8662: But that episode of _Bob's Burger's!_ /s
@@sdfkjgh I know! How could a cartoon lie.
Canadian here. When I get sick, I book an appointment or head down to an urgent care centre if it's particularly unpleasant. Sometimes there's a wait. People with more serious health problems go to the front of the line when they arrive for obvious reasons. Typically doesn't take long though. Then I go to the pharmacy to get whatever medication the doctor prescribed. Then I pay usually between zero and twenty dollars for it. Then there's no bill beyond that, because when you cut out the marketing and executive yacht budgets, health care costs way less than what Americans pay for it. Seriously y'all are being ripped off hard and it doesn't even buy better care.
But at least we don’t have socialism. Besides Social Security, Medicare, the VA. And yes, I’m aware these aren’t really socialism. They’re social programs.
@@kconway2263 Help help i have fallen down the sar chasm. It's fine i don't need help really it's fun down here.
Some things work well when privately owned, other things simply become a 24/7 festival of price gouging. Guess which category health care falls in to. :)
@@kconway2263surely hcsm, by definition are socialism?
Another Canadian. Even our system has problems but it's still much better than what the US has. Hopefully, the push for privatization in Canada fails and we can truly focus on improving our public health system.
You, Mr. Oliver, are a national American treasure....without you, we would be less. I personally adore you and appreciate your brilliant insight into every aspect of our lives....and every ugly wrinkle of our inadequacies. I am in your debt sir
“Freedom from insurance” is what the ACA should have been and medicare for all would have been...
Yep! people get so mad at Obama for this and that or "my prices went up" which sucks. but!-- 22 MILLION more people got insurance. Too bad the legislation coming from a republican think tank it had to be watered down so much-- of course a black guy offering the country the best it's had. R's couldn't let that slide without a fight/obstruction/racism
@@shaneh9591 It was literally republicans and middle dems refusing to back single party payer that ruined what the ACA should have been.
@@valoriethechemist Same situation Dems find themselves in now
@@shaneh9591 I still can’t afford a damn thing. I have diabetes and can’t afford the insurance. I have to pay for the “privilege” of still paying the doctor even more money. They don’t cover anything…it’s been 10 years since I’ve seen an endocrinologist…and I am forced to give the Waltons money for insulin…the same family RESPONSIBLE for this healthcare crisis we’re in…so what do I do? I don’t pay anybody ANYTHING. That expensive degree the doc paid for won’t be helped because they cost too much, the nurses who work, nope, I CAN’T help you pay for your training or family, the admin staff, NOPE, I don’t have enough money. So I will die quicker and there’s less money in the pool. Welcome to the truth.
@@shaneh9591 That’s why we don’t have President Sanders.
“We don’t cover obesity-related troubles”
You guys do realize that obesity is mostly rampant amongst the lower classes, right? Real Christian mindset you got there.
You think they want poor people?
My favorite recurring bit is whenever he says that something is ridiculously easy for anyone to start/found and then there's a pause, - and we all know what's coming next - and he's like 'and I know that, because we did'.
This show walks the walk!!
Wouldn't have surprised me if the rejections came back with a note:
"PRAY HARDER"
It has.
The interesting thing is John starting to cover the healthcare system, while I started working in medical billing AND guys, he's only been able to cover maybe half of the toxicity in the business. And yes, he's right, cost-share programs are so popular, that hospitals have separate teams dealing with them, bc their members all have the same confusion, issues, and extra work to do after they self-pay their bills. Mind you, I feel like cost sharing is "meh" by comparison to how evil insurance companies are; I absolutely loathe insurance companies for how they treat their customers and how much money they steal...just plain STEAL from the elderly while providing less coverage than government products. It's just awful. With those Xtian ministries, I mean, I don't know why people get into them, but since the patient isn't insured hospitals and clinics tend to provide "uninsured" discounts to those people and those discounts can go from 20-70% depending on the hospital/clinic/region.
Depending on what services you're receiving sometimes it's not worth it to have insurance, and sometimes it can ruin your life to not have insurance...totally depends on the meds/treatment 🤷🏾♀️
Our healthcare system is purposely inefficient, maliciously profitable and disastrously disorganized.
We need universal healthcare!! And also it should be illegal to look for payments from people who have DIED!!
Did you know that if you have assets, hospitals will look for your family member running your estate to make sure they get their money? As if your family doesn't already have the costs of your death to deal with! Dying is expensive in the US 😢 but only less expensive than living with illness. Fck this shit. It's so frustrating.
That's so interesting, my roommate is trying to figure out how to inherit a house without paying years of IRS. I am so thankful every day for my family with Medicare and/or Medicaid benefits. I think I would have to completely abandon this country otherwise. It'd be totally unlivable.
This is so accurate. I work in the industry as well - John's focusing on the fact that these companies don't have any legal responsibility to pay your bills, which is accurate, and despicable. But if people understood the massive amount of ways that insurance LEGALLY works not to pay for things, or delay things until you've progressed to the point of no return (their favorite tactic), they would be shocked.
This sounds like a religious pyramid scheme.
Yup
That's kind of what religion is
So I recruit 2 apostles and they recruit 2 more and…… ⚠️
@@NastyHudson lmfao someone make a comedy out of this. This is reality
Like religion?
Americans: "Health insurance is godless communism, so instead i go with an alternative that is basically the same as health insurance but worse in absolutely every conceivable metric"
Americans don't understand metric
It's not Universal Healthcare that is godless communism now... IT'S FUCKING INSURANCE. WHAT THE HELL, AMERICA ML
Despite widespread and constant demonstrations that privatized industries often provide worse products at higher costs than socialized versions in other countries, America continues to believe in the “free” market’s ability to solve literally anything.
@@89mike891 Ba-dum-tsss
"Health insurance is godless communism, so instead i go with an alternative that is based on communal... oh god oh fuck"
I paid my premiums for 7 years without filling a single claim. Then I got oral thrush, a minor thing, but I had to get a prescription for the antifungal medication. One unnecessary doctor's appointment later, I get charged $200. My insurance company's response after paying them for 7 years with nothing in return? "Fuck off."
Rachel Dratch is an endless gem. She makes everything shine. Bless her. BLESS HER. BLESS HER!
from your lips to GOD'S bigger lips in the SKY!
I think her hair gets bigger with every skit they do.
@@ire1398 I was thinking the same thing. The wig was killing me. I love it!
M'Wanda Forevah! :D
I will bless her, mi'josephine!
“Christian” Ministry: “We ain’t gonna cover you because alcohol was vaguely associated with the injury.”
Jesus Christ: *literally turns water into wine so people can party*
Yeah, but Jesus was a jew..
@@blechtic i wonder where the christ in christian comes from
Jesus should have turned water into vodka.
"Well, they disinfected the wound with medical alcohol, so you're on your own, Boozo!"
I like how people were talking about how his wine was the good stuff in that story
All I know is I’d be homeless and most likely dead had my friends not spontaneously created a GofundMe after I was assaulted and almost murdered. And just as they contributed to me, I’ve been contributing happily to many friends who have faced and are facing catastrophes and even when we have insurance it doesn’t cover our costs. This country is simply a disgrace. We should have had healthcare for all aeons ago.
Yes but the top people in Insurance companies wouldn't be able to buy multiple multimillion dollar homes and yachts in South Florida.
The system may be flawed, and we certainly do some lousy shit, but the entire country a disgrace? No it isn't. We came close for four years there and we had some pretty disgraceful leadership but we are slowly wiping the shit from our face recouping losses. The healthcare system will be fixed, just takes time and rational thought.
You should have never been in that position! I’m so thankful your friends were able to help, and that you have showed that same kindness and generosity to others.
We have to do better here in America!
@@vanman6534 When it comes to healthcare, we ARE a disgrace.
People should never have to go, “okay, this month heart medicine; next month, diabetes.” Or ration their insulin. Or lose everything because of a freak accident. Or shill pictures of their kids on social media in the hopes it will go viral and people will help pay for the kid’s life-saving surgery…But most healthcare GoFundMes fail.
A nation where THAT is common is a disgrace.
@CockOfJustice Yes I believe in being prepared. I think if you check, you will find that you are just a tad overzealous in your projection of numbers of carrier groups.
Having healthcare tied to employment is responsible for insane amounts of depression, people working jobs they hate just for healthcare...ugh. I've been there!
Which, ironically, increases your need to use that healthcare.
It's a feature, not a bug :)
And now I want a can of surge. Thank you profile pic.
You can thank government regulation for that.
@@mookyss Herp Derp government bad Derp
"We've had a successful history of sharing medical bills 100% for every eligible need ever submitted."
Yeah no shit you deem every bill you don't share as inelligible
Yeah the nerve of that sentence. Like only a moron could miss the true message behind it.
@@Vespyr_ The problem is that there are plenty of morons to go around.
Which their naïve and gullible members read as "every medical bill is covered 100%!"
A friend referred me to one of these. I read the paperwork carefully and came away with the exact same take as he is purporting here. Needless to say I didn’t fall for this scam.
Besides that, I don’t want someone who voted for Trump “praying” for me cuz I’m not at all sure who they’re praying to 🙄
Pff. You know exactly who they pay homage to.
@@nathienstanfield7320 ofc, their golden (spray-tanned) idol.
@@sjs9698 And he sure as Hell won't answer.
When your beliefs on healthcare are basically “I hate the public option and will just pray for insurance,” you’re not going to have good medical outcomes.
Ironic it's also public
If you have bad outcomes it means God doesn’t love you. Pray harder.
Yeah that "belief" does make it a bit more difficult to feel any sympathy for them.
The daughter with the tumor, tho, I feel sympathy for her. How absolutely awful it must be to have such irresponsible parents.
Worse, they do still pay. That's what makes no sense to me. Should we go with the regulated actual insurance that may suck, but at least it's something? Then vote for people who actually want to make it better? No, we'll pay some randos who claim to be religious for what could be nothing, and no one is providing oversight. Some people get mad when you mock them for being stupid, but this is just stupid.
This all sounds like Satan-talk to me.
Even if the system were to be implemented perfectly, it would basically be Christian socialism, and at that point there's no excuse to not adopt universal health care instead.
Here, let me give you an American politics refresher: Socialism is when the _government_ does stuff, and if the government does a lot of stuff, that's communism.
Their excuse seems to be the "lifestyle" bit, where they can decide who gets treatment based on religious beliefs. Good old US...
If the system is rotten and corrupted it will always end up in gutter. I have single payer insurance as part of universal healthcare and so far it's two months to get a 15 bucks checks for a medical procedure the insurance company legally bound to with a contract.
Even when they are taught it's wrong they still naturally grow towards what makes sense. But they do it in any way they can without being aware or admitting to it, and while only helping their own little clans instead of the country or world. That's what 80+ years of fear-mongering and barebones regulated capitalism does to a country I guess.
When talking about „implemented perfectly“, you assume that there is a correct and unique Christian belief about what sickness is from a religious standpoint. But it’s a spectrum that might go from „Sickness is caused by the Devil, and we are paying for everything.“ to „Sickness is send from God as a punishment for your sins, and we’re not paying for your sins or interfering with Gods will.“ to: „If it gets better, this is a sign from God that you turned your life around, and then we’re paying. But if it doesn’t get better, you clearly refused God’s offer for forgiveness, and then there’s nothing we can do for you, you are clearly not praying hard enough and sincerely enough“ or any other ridiculous case in between.
How would you „perfectly implement“ an idea that you haven’t even really agreed on in the first place. Ask the Pope?
Not paying for „Life Choices“ and not paying for an innocent child having a brain tumor have one thing in common: not paying! They make the „reasons“ up as they go or after the fact. There’s no way to „perfectly implement“ what is insanity.
P.S. of course any normal insurance will be having similar discussions and decisions about what is covered, but there at least it’s in the contract, and it doesn’t depend on wether someone thinks you are worthy in God‘s eyes. And nobody is pretending that their catalogue of covered treatments is depending on the right interpretation of God’s will.
What I‘m getting at: this is a pretty ridiculous concept halfway between just begging for help („go fund me“) and a proper organization that was invented for that problem („insurance“). Even insurances are never „implemented perfectly“: emotions and beliefs should have nothing to do with it whatsoever: as soon as you start looking at single cases, you are making ethical choices, that should only depend on rational arguments: what is the minimum care everybody deserves, what is the chance for rehabilitation, what is the probable quantity or quality of life that can be regained etc. - these are difficult decisions, and the policy guidelines should have ideally be decided from a standpoint of anonymity, and personal beliefs should stay out of it as much as possible.
Republicans: “Socialism is bad!”
Republican moms: “We’re all sharing medical expenses!
Me: ...
But its different! You pay for someone else, then you get 3 friends to pay for you, then they get 3 people to pay for theirs...
They're honestly just fine with anything as long as you can elaborate on how it screws over poor people
@@not2be4gotten02 did you just made a pyramid scheme of a health care system ????
@@romainballant It ironically reminds me of The Office when you bring up that question.
The difference is that most people are ok with 100% socialised healthcare if you strip out the lifestyle related healthcare. America would probably be wildly in favour of a DC-backed plan that refused treatment for
1) Obesity related healthcare to people weighing over 300lb
2) Injuries related to gang-related gunshot or stab injuries
3) People who didn't pay federal taxes
If anything this segment has encouraged me to look into these programs because even in regular healthcare plans, 20% of the people suck up 80% of the money and it's all lifestyle driven.
I'm a simple man. If I see the word "Ministry" in an ad, I'm noping the hell out.
I agree. Unless it's "the mind is a terrible thing to taste" ministry, that one's ok.
The Ministry of Silly Walks is not amused.
What's yours is mine. What's mine is mine. That's why it's called a Ministry. How hard is that to understand?
That makes two us! Couldn’t agree more!
May Father John’s Church Of Revealing How Fucked Up Everything Is to get better in the future!
Praise be!
@Van To Without fail, cloudy river guy.
Praise be!
@Van To Get lost spammer
A few years ago in Italy my 84 years old grandma got tubercolosis. She had to stay in a special room in the hospital isolated to not infect other people, the room was very high tech and entirely for her. The hospital was among the best in Italy and there were some very good and competent doctors trying to cure her. At the end fortunately she recovered completely and she's still alive. She stayed in the hospital for more than one month, the result? She didn't have to pay anything, on the contrary, the state gave her a little pension of invalidity for about a year (and I admit maybe this last thing was too much because she doesn't need money)
Oh shit that’s terrible. I really hope she’s doing better now.
If an American, someone there that is crazy "patriotic", read the part about not paying and receiving something for free, that person would say it's communism
@@Darth_Baxter Yes, she is alive and healty despite being almost 90 years old
@@reptilev8625 YES! HELL FUCKING YEAH! Oh man words can’t describe the excitement and joy I have for her. Thank you kind sir for updating me on her health.
Welcone to europe.
As a Canadian this is a key reason I would never want to move to the US.
Personally it's the fact I could be legally killed in numerous states just for being gay and trans, and I could be fired from my job for the same reasons, and I'd have no option of legal recourse against harassment based on me being gay and trans.
Also the lack of health-care.
As an American i couldn't mind being Canadian....
America, the only country where conning people out of their hard earned money isn't just allowed, but actually encouraged.
Do you swear to tell the truth, so help you {Insert corrupt deity here} ?
You just described capitalism.
I remember seeing a comic where an alien was describing how the humans had invented something called 'business' where they steal each other's money back and forth
And then it's called freedom.
_America, the only country where conning people out of their hard earned money isn't just allowed, but actually encouraged._
Only when it's allied with religion - ideally, Christianity.
This episode had me FUMING!! Between the fat shaming Karen and the "she asked for it" because she was BEATEN leaving a bar...omg these people are the most evil of our kind
religion will do that to you
Better to worship the old gods, at least then you can find one that fits your personality. Better choices with the same chance of having your prayers answered lol
I think this is great! The more evil they manage to be, the better. Religious scum keeping each other down and making the world a better place for decent folks. What's not to love?
@@apgmk1970 Wow, tipped your fedora too hard there, edgelord.
@@jotabeas22 Edgelord My ass. Religious fanatics are a force for evil. Everything that keeps them from spewing their venom is a good thing.
Are you so brain-dead that you have to attack me instead of my statement? I sincerely pity you.
This episode is like a mad libs of the worst fixable things in America.
Sad 😥 but true
Depressingly well put.
We've gone beyond Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption to the equivalent of the Kenneth Copeland's of the country being legally allowed to operate an HMO/Health Bookie operation.
We really do live in Hell, and it's getting even more Hellish.
Okay there might be ruby slippers, John, but there's a whole Emerald City.
I love how they want to “stick it to the government” by creating a system that’s basically a worse form of socialized healthcare.
Except they don’t seem to actually be getting any care paid for.
The conservatives are willing to do crazy things just to "stick it" to the liberals. They don't even care if they get hurt, as long as the liberals feel horrified.
@@metteor8 so true
Just remember during the first covid wave when they moved heaven and earth doing Olympic mental gymnastics not to wear a mask they are just a bunch of babys
@@metteor8 Liberty isn't sticking it to anyone. They went from 250,000 members to around 60,000 in 18 months. Of course this was AFTER they raised their prices during a pandemic that they refused to unconditionally share into like every other healthcare company on the planet.
"It's so wonderful, a stranger paying your healthcare bill?"
... isn't ... isn't that how insurance everywhere else works?
You all pay a monthly bill into one big pile ... and when one of you gets sick, you take it off that pile ... isn't that how insurance is supposed to work?
They're /THIS/ close to figuring out how socialism works, I swear
@@naluzoniro "socialism works". lol thats a good joke
You're forgetting the cost of administration. The pile of money pays out to the company first, and it's in the company's best interest to make sure that pile of money is always growing. That way investors get their dividends. To that end, the game for these companies becomes "how much coverage can we deny?"
"How high can we hike premiums before we start losing customers?"
@@hmlqrt2716 it sure as hell works for healthcare. The evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable.
@@naluzoniro Considering the negative connotation the word socialism has in the states, i wouldn’t call free state healthcare socialism, but common sense.
My boyfriend kept urging me to watch this weeks episode because he was excited to tell me he bought the first aid kit for us. He’s a keeper. 😸💜
Never let that man go
@@adventurenlifelive4031 unless you get scratched three times, when you might need new guy with new kit.
Incorrect. He bought the first aid kit for someone else - and then someone else paid for your first aid kit. Did you not even watch the episode? It's a community thing paying for other people's healthcare, not your own
America never fails to amaze me with weird shit like payday loans, debt buyers, Health Care Sharing Ministries, privatized prison system, two-party democracy, gerrymandering, and so on. Not saying stuff like that doesn't exist in other countries but still, weird af.
But do other countries have ALL of the things?! I didn't think so! 'Murica, number 1!
🙄
It's the scale at which this is happening in the US which is always baffling to me.
You'll see similar things in other countries, but by comparison, those (negative) processes are still in their infancy, while they've grown to monstrous proportions in the US.
I'd say the rest of us should take it as a cautionary tale what will happen if we're not vigilant.
@@michaelt.5672
> I'd say the rest of us should take it as a cautionary tale what will happen if we're not vigilant.
The one thing the US is unquestionably useful for.
I sometimes worry that lots of stuff is wrong in my country. Then I watch an episode of Last Week Tonight and am reassured that things are at least not as horrible as in the US.
The UK is trying hard to copy all of this...except the religious stuff...that will never catch on...not that stupid.
Production secret: Wanda's hair gets 5% larger on her every appearance.
Only 5%?
@@ruthcastillo5571 volumetric increments are staggering. 5% can surprise you in those calculations.
She's got enough hair for both of them
Reminds me of those lovely Rococo dresses where the elegant ladies had to crab-walk through doors side-ways.
Now I want weekly appearances of the Mega Wife Wanda even more than before. Didn't even think that was possible.
When is the hair going to have a life bird featured in her hair!
"Florida, where minimally regulated insurance knockoffs go to be born" 😂😂😂
And Jesus spaketh: "that sounds like your goddamn problem"
I mean, you know, sure. It's easy to make it sound ludicrous by putting false words in the mouth of Jesus. BUT ... it's really not a stretch to put those words into the mouth of "God", à la the Old Testament. He was kind of a dick. Just ask Job. Or Moses. Whereas Jesus was a New Age hippie by comparison to his alleged father. Which is why it's really easy to believe in the Jewish perspective that Jesus wasn't God's son. They have some pretty distinct personality differences that are difficult to put together. LOL
I love that verse! Brittney 2:17!
@@justsomeperson5110 you had me in the first half ngl, lmao. before that Read More I was prepared to get angee
Let's not forget that Jesus would prioritize those who truly deserve the help. Those who've lived morally righteous, cared for others, and fallen sick without being their fault.
@@justsomeperson5110 I mean.. I'm nothing like my father lol.
This sounds like socialized healthcare without any of the built-in social safety net. Like they decided to take the idea of single payer health care system, dumped in all the greed of private insurance companies, and took away the "insurance" part of it for good measure.
But they get unlimited prayers, so...
So, it's a con.
@@AbsentWithoutLeaving They better include thoughts and hopes with those prayers! Just lump in all of the ineffective health care in one plan.
You could do like my dad's bankruptcy lawyer suggested, go to the hospital and get all the tests, just all of them. Go for everything you need done. Wait three months, then file for bankruptcy. He didn't do it, but the lawyer actually suggested it.
I’m conflicted. It strikes me that many of the people who picked these Healthcare Sharing Ministries did so out of some desire not to pay for other’s “bad decisions”. They now find themselves on the receiving end of making a bad personal decision.
Welcome to the very definition of irony.
🤣
Well, I don't know what bad decision the 11 year old made to get a brain tumor...
@@leifmeadows3782 clearly her parents didn't keep their front yard cut at homeowners association regulation height and didn't go into credit card debt to buy a less shameful wardrobe for church.
No one can be a good enough Christian to some. Sounds like a bad mix of politics & religion. We're going to judge you before we pay. Uh, no thank you.
I've been waiting for John and his crew to address these healthcare ministry frauds. Well done.
I've been blissfully ignorant of their existence on the other side of the ocean where I would probably had been locked up for premeditated murder if anyone I know was a part of such bigoted horseshit.
Aaah, my weekly dose of "I've never been so happy to be European"
Yes, the US is every dystopian movie combined.
Heavy sigh....I wish that I was European.
Adopt me please
Aaah, my weekly dose of "how the fuck is the US such a cesspool of absolute shi...oh yeah, unfettered capitalism."
@@ASS_ault Don't be a wise guy.
Just one week there should be an episode about something that legitimately works just fine and it's just a full episode on that. Then there can be a little bit of hope every time that he can then crush, a perfect metaphor for America.
We need universal health care, not religious organizations and their beliefs, determining who can and can't get health coverage. We also need to move Healthcare away from our jobs. It would be nice, if America joined the rest of the actual, free world.
And I thought religion was just a way to get into heaven. Somebody had the idea--let's use it to bilk people out of money for healthcare services, and then turn down care for just about any reason imaginable.
@@jolenejones6243 it's the prosperity gospel all over again. "Send us your money and we will definitely heal you."
The basic idea seems open to abuse, in this case by greedy insurance companies taking advantage of naive people.
It's pretty clear what they're doing should be made illegal and this practice should be properly formalised and regulated.
It’s beyond messed up. The only reason I can’t just leave my job despite intense burnout and vicarious trauma is because everyone in my household has healthcare through my work (which I still have to pay for out of my paycheque). So I have to wait until I can get another job…during a pandemic.
No. Having healthcare being determined by politics is morally even worse.
This was such a serious topic, he didn't even summon George Clooney with a finger snap this week!
@E-Jun Bae because this video comes out on HBO first then it comes out on TH-cam duh lol
@E-Jun Bae also some of us watch the bootleg copy, then switch over once it drops. That way we get to see the beginning too.
...should we send ole George a bandaid for his snapping finger?🤔
We want Clooney!!
I am so grateful that you are bringing attention to this horrible scam. I was a member of Liberty Healtshare last year, out of financial necessity and I cannot emphasize enough how terrible my experience was. Nothing related to mental health was covered, no form on birth control was covered, and when I had to get my wisdom teeth out due to a painful infection, I had to pay the whole bill out of pocket. Additionally, Liberty also randomly hiked up the monthly bill by over $200 without any warning in the middle of the year. For a CHRISTIAN company to exploit and profit off of people in need is absolutely disgusting.
"The problem is, some are going in the wrong direction. Take Florida..."
Nothing new here... Lol
"Healthcare" insurance is the biggest scam ever.
You are a certified clown
@@tsherman393 okay tuff guy
@@ToxicTerrance I respect people who are self-aware like you much better over anybody that denies harsh reality like the one you replied to. Take good care there in FL.
After the part with "take florida"... full stop right there :D
John: “People who share religious beliefs, usually Christianity, agreed to help pay for others medical needs.”
Me: *first thing in the morning with my cereal* “Whelp, I know where this is going”
Good morning! I hope you're able to enjoy the rest of your day, my friend :)
Bon appetit!
Aaaand I just lost any right to coverage - Speaking in a foreign tongue - What's worse speaking absinthe slurping, Gauloise smoking, wine chugging, can-can dancing French!
@@simonfrederiksen104 begone Frenchie
@@thehabit635 Watch it! Or I'll throw garlic at you!
Wait....you’re not eating bon bons?
Praise The Holy Trinity! The knee Band-Aid, the elbow Band-Aid, and the little funny shaped knuckle Band-Aid with like, flappy things on it, that never sticks for more than an hour. Amen.
...do they ship overseas 🤔
@@Mondfischli Nope. US only, unfortunately.
325k to remove a tumor from a child that is obscene. No procedure should cost that much.
The smirk I have on my face when John says “and the reason I know that is because…”. You just know some wild stuff is going down
"Freedom from insurance"? Oh, Lord!
German Health Economist here. This. Is. The. Absolut. WORST. Idea. Ever. And fun fact: It's waaayyy more expensive than universal health care.
1.) These "Health Care Ministries" are highly ineffective when it comes to risk pooling. I.e. combining low risks of illness with high risks of illness, so on average everyone pays for average health risks. Voluntary forms of de-facto-health-insurance like these "ministries" attract high risks , so the premium is higher than it could be with effective risk pooling.
2.) These "Health Care Ministries" lack the market power necessary to control costs effectively. In the German system of universal health care, both sides (doctors and health insurances) have equal market power. The health insurances don't have contracts directly with the doctors (like in HMOs), but there are contracts on a higher level, between the statutory health insurance system and the corporative self-administration of doctors. That way the health insurance can control costs effectively by giving the doctors budgets. There is less need for micromanaging the therapeutic decisions with ex-ante-approval of individual medical measures. A "health care ministry" can't do this, so doctors can charge everything they want to which drives costs.
Politics is not fundamentally about rationality and it never was. It's about ideology. Be glad that you live in a country where the prevailing ideology strongly favors rational decisions.
Well, that is the whole point to this venture: to create a market that is the first point of escape for fools who have little idea of how insurance works and the last point of the truly desperate who need to pay for their medical expenses. Its health outcomes are for its bottom line profitability, not their members' health viability.
Their underwriting policy is probably to plausibly deny all claims as much as possible. And with no real legal or regulatory oversight, that means they can deny near everything. I'm just surprised that any health care provider would actually accept this pseudo-care when presented to them.
@@deusexaethera Fun fact (N° 2): The system was created by a staunch conservative, Bismarck, during the industrial revolution and because of ideological reasons: He was a fierce monarchist and wanted to prevent the rise of social democracy. So he decided some form of basic public service is unavoidable to keep capitalism. And health care (respectively paid sick leave as there were few medical interventions available back then) was the most obvious need to keep the factories running, so it was the first of five statutory insurances created. But you are right: Right now, the conservative government strongly favors rational decision-making, which is often ascribed to Angela Merkel's training as a physicist. Let's hope it stays this way.
@@daeryxaqueryx The bill goes to the patient and he/she is liable for payment, so there is little risk involved for the providers. Denying of claims hits the patient, who's not getting reimbursed.
Danke für die Erklärung, hat meine Sicht der Dinge ergänzt!
As soon as I see the word "ministry," I know I'm about to learn about a scam.
Spot on!!!
NSS... Because the media only talks about ministries that are scams.
@@kaufmanat1 True, and my comment fits perfectly with the topic here.
@@catinthepeng2686 indeed, just pointing out a confirmation bias the media creates against ministries.
@@cinemaparadiso5402 Reported.
"Faith it's gonna get paid, faith in god"
Your kidney transplant to save your life shouldn't rely on faith that it won't destroy everything you spent that life working for.
They spend your money and pray for you, just like televangelists who are millionaires with private jets, only they're a unionized group of them. Contract of the heart my ass! Have faith in them if you like, but do not trust them.
“You may remember, back in 2015 we founded a church-” Oh yes, John. You had me at “you may remember.”
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dear Jasper,
I’m not going to respond to you directly -to avoid any possibility of driving up your stats- but thank you for driving up the stats of this video. however might I suggest, besides finding another occupation, that you are doing no good here spamming on a John Oliver video. Perhaps try some far more gullible audiences. maybe over at OAN, or Fox, or Newsmaxx?
Well, all best to you! (said chirpily)
I used to work for one of these places! Total scam. Our owner was actually a crook who had been to jail before. The only health coverage they offered was their own. And now I owe over $2,000 for regular visits that should have been covered.
Which one?
8:33 "People who smoke or same sex couples need not apply"
Ah, there's those good ol' Christian values. America.
Or drink... Just Jesus turned water to wine and drank wine at the Last Supper.
@@jeffreypierson2064 no one cares what Jesus said or did, they only care about what people who never met him wrote centuries later about his life.
@@jeffreypierson2064 Jesus would be rejected if he applies.
@@akmal94ibrahim Jesus would have been deported as an illegal immigrant.
@@thisguy9819 and branded a hippie communist terrorist.
As soon as I heard the Florida allows any group with a commonly held belief to found a health care sharing ministry, i knew EXACTLY where this was going
Yeah, my thought was immediately, "wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they set up a prank HCSM", and they did, in the most funny way possible, with a brilliant callback to the Religious Tax Exemption show…
Jesus was born in a barn and HSMs want to take us back to that level of care.
😆 that was funny
Someone takes Jesus down from the Holy Cross and takes him to Hospital for treatment...would they pay for the care?
NOPE.
He brought upon himself they would say.
Why do you care what other people do with their bodies?
Well if it was good enough for the Lord.
Consider the lilies.
Everyone knows religion is a business but in America, it's tax-free.
" The problem is some are going in the opposite direction. Take Florida..." - Surprising absolutely nobody...
😂😂
Florida is basically America's dick. It's fun but it shouldn't be allowed to make decisions.
@@dragongirl7978 Florida gets a lot of crap, huh
@@ItsMzPhoenix For very good reason.
@@ItsMzPhoenix Florida deals in a lot of crap
It never ceases to amaze me how much faith Americans have in faith itself...
When it's all you have left....
This is what happens when a country is founded by, and populated by, the social outcasts from another continent.
@@deusexaethera not entirely true , but a nice point.
@@steffen3382 Well, they even pray for a medical procedure to go right. But if prayers are so good, then why'd you even need the procedure? Just pray for a cure, right?
@@DrGeoxion if only prayers actually worked the world would be a wonderful place. Prayers are the tools for those with no other means. If other means are available but prayers are used instead, something is really wrong.
Healthcare in the US is so full of grifters and this is just another example.
don
US healthcare system is a scam within a scam on top of a scam. You have the hospitals billing an exorbitant amount, pharma industries jacking up drug prices, insurance companies doing all they can to avoid paying for your healthcare, and now of course, the scammiest of all the scams, religious ministries are joining in on it.
@X X then maybe it is time to embrace it =P
@X X Yeah, here in India lifesaving medicines are sold at prices so cheap practically anyone can afford it, so when I got COVID it didn't burn a hole in my pocket. I'm loving my communist healthcare, thank you very much.
@X X I wonder how many people will take what you wrote serious and don't realise that it's sarcasm.
This man is brilliant! Every program is relevant,fun and true! Thank you John!
As an insurance agent, I've had issues with these plans for year. They are advertised as health care and are just a joke. That Cigna joke was right on too!
Finally got my bandaids in the mail today! Glad I’m now a proud member of Johnny Care so I can stick it to ‘em!
I think people should know that any illness of a minor, regardless of parental income, can and will be covered by Medicare, there are specialists in every hospital who will do all the paperwork for you. All you have to do is answer their questions and accept the government's help.
Yep, but that's boring socialism, and that lovely image of heads bend in prayer and all-white, all-heterosexual faces and traditional values (as in: "hang somebody, burn the witch") is so ...
... well, stomach-turningly pasted-on to my mind, but apparently it works for republicans.
Not sure you're correct there. But I had insurance for my kids when they were under 18. However, I do know that even for adults, if a hospital accepts your insurance, then any amount charged beyond what's covered is written off, and you don't have to pay a penny. Works with TriCare and Medicare. I know some have to pay a deductible. A lot of times an ER visit is covered if you are admitted.
This is just the state of Christianity in the US. Ministers need private jets because they don't want to rub elbows with the common folks who fly. It is the age of the Great Grift.
Well please do keep in mind 99% of churches are not anything like that. And most of us don't think that's a prudent way to have spent that money either.
This episode makes me think of this song...
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@@dosmastrify 99% gtfoh
@@dosmastrify A relatively small number of bad actors are the ruin of many systems. They don’t have to be the majority.
The blind leads the blind everyone is in the ditch. Problem is either they don’t know it’s a ditch or they do and they like the ditch. The ditch is safe. So sad that so many people who think they’re “God fearing Christians” are gonna be sitting right up in hellfire wondering how they got there. Smdh…
I found that, generally, if something contains the word "ministry" it is some kinda scam. Religion is crazy.
ministry is also another word to say "department" in a governmental capacity tho ;) for example, germanys department of defense is called ministry of defense, or "Verteidigungsministerium". because department actually translates to "Behörde", which is less powerful.
@Van To Why are you here?
@@lundylow Because they are bot scammers usually.
Yep! it immediately implies you are entering a holy authoritarian vertical marketing scheme and you are at the bottom, but ya know... Jesus and stuff so gimme your money, you're forgiven of all your sin!
Have you read the Hitchens book, "god is not great. How Religion Poisons Everything"?
It's wild we just haven't figured out how to do healthcare. Weird. Guess there's just no way to do it huh? /s
It's weird that everyone blames politicians, but they are just people. No one wants to get involved but expects better results.
Clearly, if it were possible to provide healthcare, LOTS of countries would have done so!
nope. only profit. that's all americans do.
The last thing I was expecting to see today was Robin Nelson sarcastically calling out America's healthcare system under a Last Week Tonight episode
Xycron. no John told us right off there IS a right way to do this but we don't do this we do it the WRONG way. Funniest line to start off the show. Then he spends the rest of the time telling us why.
A scheme is apparently the most valid business model in America.
That's because the current capitalist system IS a scheme. The idea that if you "work hard enough" and "pay your dues" you'll eventually become Jeff Bezos is as pyramid scheme as it gets.
Fact.
it's worked for the con-man-durr n thief for the last 4 yrs and cheeto-con-carni-barkers' life before that .
Welcome to capitalism
The USA is like 8 different dystopias mashed together to form actual hell.
It's like a Cyberpunk setting where megacorps own everything without the cool high tech shit usually associated with a Cyberpunk setting.
Perfectly put
I think Dante would be super proud.
Lucy, you're right.
Now: Imagine also being a Black person in that Hell. 😣
Go to latin america where your parents or grandparents are from and you will know a real dystopia
"when their powers combine they get cancelled after two episodes" XD XD XD thanks to the writer who came up with that line, it actually made me LOL