I was driving to a wholesale store. On my way down the entrance ramp, I noticed a lady slumped on the ground with her shopping cart on the pedestrian walkway. She was crying in pain. I stopped and asked if she wanted me to call an ambulance. She said, with a face full of tears " *no, I can't afford that. I'll wait off the pain* ". I feel no remorse for that CEO. I
My girlfriend passed away at 32 years old because of greedy health insurance companies. She spent most of her life as a type 1 diabetic due to pancreatic failure from an immune issue when she was a child. She spent years fighting against health insurance to get a continuous glucose monitor and pump to help with controlling her diabetes. Even with doctors basically yelling at her insurance that she needed these items, insurance said it was unnecessary. It wasn't until after her kidney's failed and she was at threat of losing her hands and feet that she was approved, and by then it was too late. Her doctor who I see as well for my care still says to this day that she would still be alive if she had the proper medical equipment she needed.
My mother was taken off of life support because she was denied coverage and we ran out of money. she was directly killed due to the cost of healthcare and corporate greed. This system is broken
This is not just Healthcare it's the politicians that allow companies to get away with these things. Politicians enjoy billions from insurance companies and therefore let them do what they can to prioritize profits over people.
@Sharpscore247 and no blame to the hospital that likely severely overcharged for care? Which insurance companies have to defend themselves from due to lack of regulation of cost of service hikes?
You're saying like it's a new occurrence. 9/11 happened for that reason, monetary gain. Well, there's a few other reasons but you all know that already....
Ah if it was NHS apparently socialize healthcare fixed the problem and nobody is ever denied care in a system designed to ration care smh 🤦. Stupid comment The wait times are so long in the UK and Canada people not only are denied care by their system others wait so long on a wait list that they also die on even if the care is approved. And the healthcare here is heavily regulated and about 50% of it is socialized through Medicare, Medicaid and those who work in government. But you know the politicians don’t have any blame due to regulations they pass right?
I know its not often but these types of videos where you give thoughts on serious topics are my favorite. I like the different perspectives you'll include sometimes from a legality/morality stance
I got told I couldn’t get an MRI for my foot pain unless I did physical therapy for a month. Physical therapy without a diagnosis. And they also did the same thing to a coworker of mine that left him with a permanent disability.
Same exact thing happened to my mother. Got left with a herniated disc which her insurance also wouldn’t cover the surgery for. She just turned 51 this past October and uses a walker now.
The military under what is socialized medicine in didn’t treat my brother so he ended up permanently disabled. This happens under government run healthcare ALL the time. He was medicinally discharged from the military because of it.
Covid showed that we need affordable health insurance that isn't linked to employment. So many people were laid off in 2020-21 or so, and then it was difficult for them to find health insurance
@@catholicguy1073 no, some newer procedures are not always available but every cancer is treated. There is also a small private sector for canada. But nobody gets denied. Everyone pays for everyone with taxes. It’s socialism though, maybe this scares maga folk though
My wife works in billing for a local medical network system, dealing with insurance companies daily. She’s shared countless stories about their absurd and frustrating tactics to avoid providing coverage. It’s really disheartening. They’re more than happy to take our money every month, but when we truly need their support, they seem to do everything possible to avoid actually helping. The system in America is broken.
I’m a veteran of 14 yrs active duty. Served 3 tours in Iraq. Yet, my VA Claims get denied constantly. It’s the worst. I’ve fought almost 5 years for coverage from service connections. It shouldn’t be this hard to get care for Americans, especially those who served. We literally make up less than 2% of the population. But can’t afford to pay us, deny our claims AND got lawmakers trying to cut our payments based off what our SPOUSES MAKE/HOUSEHOLD. Look it up. This is ridiculous to those who served our country like me. Never, never again will I trust the government nor what anyone to serve. I seen firsthand how they don’t care.
Everything goes in phases but it seems the VA is more funded and better staffed today than it ever was in the past. Try filing your claims under the PACT act, that just got passed not too long ago.
You guys also have way better labor laws than we do. American companies often exceed the minimum but a lot don't. You guys get paid sick, maternity, and you guys can't get fired for no reason.
@@RaveN_EDM were literally slaves in the US. Healthcare is tied to job so if you don't constantly slave your life away, you're in debt for being human. oops poor u.
@@RaveN_EDMyeah but they also have a system where if someone is fired the company has to pay them their wage until they find a new job and if they don’t find a new job after a year they have to be rehired. If you think that is a good policy you are simply a moron.
Any insurance company is evil, all of them happily take out money each month but when it's time for us to need them they try everything in their power to deny us.
@@catholicguy1073 I mean as a Canadian, if they decided to move towards an american healthcare system I'd be protesting in the streets. Our system is 100 times better than America's
@ sorry that’s laughable. Anybody who has money and has cancer comes to the US for treatment. The care isn’t rationed here like it is in the Canadian system.
@@keelanmac6719 that’s laughable. Our system has problems because of the government and regulations. Your healthcare is rationed due to government controls. Are you not aware that your government run healthcare denies surgeries and treatments people want to go get? 🤦 Really long wait times. My wife needed surgery I had it done within 2 weeks. Would taken months if not years there in Canada. The problem is the government and it being over regulated. Anybody who has a serious illness like cancer for example and needs surgery to fight it comes to the US they don’t remain in Canada or the UK.
@keelanmac6719 unless you want anything cutting edge or diagnostic tests that your doc refuses to order. Then you're completely out of luck in Canada. Also, you can be waiting for months in Canada for procedures. We need to reform our insurance industry. That's it.
I have family members who work in healthcare. They tell me all the time how insurance can deny for almost any bs reason and appeals to these denials are almost always rejected. This entire industry is such a scam it’s unbelievable, straight out of a dystopian novel.
My grandfather had a small tumor growing on his spine. He was healthy and otherwise fine besides the tumor. Insurance kept denying and pushing out decisions for months. Eventually, they covered the surgery. However, at that point, it was too late. He spine was slowly crushed by the tumor until he could no longer walk and couldn't hold his bowels. He went downhill and died a few years after surgery from what happened. Literally zero sympathy for the CEO death.
I am currently under Tricare (the military healthcare) and I have never been denied for anything being done. And don’t pay anything for my wife or children to be seen by a healthcare provider or specialist. It is the best thing to ever happen and the reason I will stay in the military. The only problem is, it is socialized healthcare. So we will get the care we need… eventually. It takes a while to be seen but nothing ever comes out of my pocket. My child’s birth costed $80,000. But none of that ever came to me. I also pay $0 in copay no matter what the medical service is.
@ I do feel for anyone who has to pay to have their health concerns addressed. The only thing I pay for is my wife and childs dental insurance which is only about $50 a month. Once again no copays but mine is totally free.
@@marcuscastillo1152as someone who served 14 yrs. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. EVERY LITTLE SCRATCH, INJURY ETC. it will provide the most useful info to doctors when you want that va claim to go through. If not denied for everything is headed your way. I loved my service time and had kids born that didn’t cost me a dime either. But going through 5 years of claim denials. Not worth it. Dealing with crushed L1/L2 disc in my back and dealing with back pain. Not worth it. Dealing with mental issues related to ptsd that sent me to a psychiatrist ward. Not worth it. I will never trust our government again. Nor will I ever advocate for anyone to join. They literally DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. JUST ANOTHER NUMBER TO THEM. Good luck and God Speed Soldier! 🫡 💜 🫡
i think the craziest thing is that i can pay a company to protect me when im sick or injured and they can just not do that and keep all my money. imagine going to a restaurant and buying a meal and being told you can’t have it because THEY need the money AND the food, so come back tomorrow and try again.
I was diagnosed with low blood platelets while under my parents insurance. Then when I tried to get insurance on my own I was denied coverage for a preexisting condition even though it was under the same insurance company. Fortunately I only had to wait a few months until the ACA went into effect.
I feel the exact same way, had spinal fusion surgery as a kid, insurance was hell. Do more commentary's like this! Been watching you for the past 15 years and your philosophical and other commentary's have been my favorite part of your channel. I can say watching your videos most of my life has made me more analytical and aware of the world around me. Keep it up as always!
Someone has been arrested for saying deny, defend and depose over the phone. I feel bad for her they are going to make an example out of her to keep us in control.
one of the biggest fantasies of our time is the idea that humans are truth seeking machines. you have the idea that that happened so youve heard of the event yet you are unaware of the full statement. “You people are next” is an actionable threat.
it's totally right vs left. Right wingers want other Americans to die as long as it doesn't affect them. Right wingers only hate insurance companies because they are also affected.
Most recently, my partner had an impacted and infected wisdom tooth (she'd previously been told she wouldn't need it removed, but this turned out not to be the case). Insurance firmly denied that surgery to remove it was medically necessary, even as her ortho confirmed that the infection would not go away and could quickly become life threatening. Ultimately it took her union stepping in before she was covered. Had they not, I'm not sure what we'd have done. All the back and forth delayed treatment for weeks and resulted in a lot of pain and fear.
Back in August I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Thankfully I caught it early and got it all removed and thankfully my insurance covered most of everything. I feel lucky after reading so many health insurance horror stories.
Screw cancer my friend! I'm so happy you're doing better. I also had testicular cancer back in 2020. Everything at the end of the day costed $300,000 for all the chemo and surgeries. I was 22 at the time, so I had my Dad's insurance. He's a union guy, so it was very good and covered everything and I only had to pay my annual maximum of $3000.
@@tdwolf21 I appreciate that a lot! Thankfully I caught it early enough to where I didn't need chemo or radiation! With insurance I paid 1400 for everything.
Both the healthcare industry and the insurance industry have caused lifelong pain to us along with bodily and mental harm. They force fed my baby boy in the NICU despite our demands not to and pulled him away from my wife when she was trying to feed him. Insurance then denied our therapy bills for said mess and we fought it for months and annoyed them til they gave in. They also tried to deny the $50k nicu bill. When my wife was in an autoimmune flareup in extreme pain they messed up a spinal tap and caused her nerve damage that makes it hard for her to walk to this day. And just now, my wife slipped and fractured her tailbone, and their advice is "well just don't sit or walk. Go home"
I needed to get a wisdom tooth removed. After making some calls and jumping through some hoops my insurance agreed to cover it. But not the anesthesia. So I was awake while they were drilling, pulling, and hammering at my teeth. Insurance companies can kick rocks.
I've dealt with a ton of mental health issues, PTSD, panic disorder, insomnia, etc. I can't even begin to imagine dealing with what you described. Being someone who has a strong stomach, it was hard for even me to listen to. I don't condone what Luigi did but I get it and I understand why people are supporting him.
Had a friend who had bone cancer and her insurance company didn't cover "Bone cancer" but covered other forms of cancer, later she got more cancer stuff that wasn't bone cancer and the company categorize her other cancer into bone cancer so they didn't have to cover anything. She sueing them but it's going to take a while.
Long story short, insurance is a for profit business and people are mad that insurance companies, like all other companies, do what makes them the most money.
Yes of course but once it’s time for them to do the job you are paying them money to do, they try their best to weasel out of covering their customers. There are countless stories of insurance companies ignoring health experts and refusing to cover their customers medical expenses.
I guess you don’t have to pay for any medical procedure if your customer just dies, that’ll surely maximize profit. which is what he was getting at. He said 8 million people have died for being denied health care I believe in the past decade.
Drift0r for President! He doesnt have the solutions, but no one does. What he does have, is an understanding of what the real problems are... left or right no one in politics are talking about things that matter to every US citizen
I did. I'm from Switzerland... Wrong orphan-disease, wrong healthcare provider. A couple of years ago some guy entered the HQ of said healthcare provider with a chainsaw. Nobody got hurt. But the media was like "why would you do that?!"
Last year my coverage was COMPLETELY canceled because of a missed payment! They did not notify me by e-mail, text, or phone call that a payment was due like any other company on the planet. The only way they notified me about the missed payment was via their proprietary app. Which I naturally never check. Luckily for me, open enrollment was only a couple months away so I could re-apply for coverage but this was shocking to say the least! I would have been glad to have paid off the missed payment but I can’t fix what I’m not told about through reasonable means 😡
Worked 8 years in an ER as a nurse and as a provider. I see patients every single shift that have deferred necessary care because of insurance. today I admitted a patient in renal failure with a critically high potassium. Her primary care doc referred her to a nephrologist. her insurance limitations were too troublesome she gave up trying to see a kidney specialist. And instead waited 6 months till she was so sick she needed an ICU stay -.-
I am in the military so when we get hurt they give us an appointment for weeks after, so we are in pain and by the time we get the appointment, the injury left a damage even if the pain is gone.
I literally am purposefully not working full time at my job because i cannot afford to pay for the insurance. The "lowest" options are over 300 per month at least, and the work healthcare is HORRIBLE and doesn't offer basic things I need (VISION...) and it costs MORE... Anyone who says our healthcare system doesn't need to change is blind, rich, or both.
Nah dude Obamacare has me covered and held my family over for years when we made very little, the fact is its gatekeeped to the poor and elderly, dont punish obama for that aspect, its the conservative side of the aisle that gimps anything that requires spending out of "principle"
@ the regulations drive up the price of the premium and if you haven’t noticed deductibles are climbing. Obamacare didn’t meet any of the goals they told us it would.
Before ACA ( Obama care ) my wife was denied coverage because pre existing condition. A friend’s baby was denied coverage at birth for life saving surgery. With out his friend’s help, the insurance company would have delayed decision regarding appeal until after baby died.
I think you people talk about the number of people dying is about the same as the Holocaust. I think that is would really get the attention of other people and sense the magnitude of what they have done to us.
I have free govt insurance. Its painfully slow. every appointment takes months, even for the smallest thing. I have multiple health issues going on, at least one of which was caused by getting hit by a car. The rest are all chronic. Existence is pain. I cant do what I want or need to because my base level of pain is so high, and Im so fatigued. If I made a list of 10 things I want/need to get done, most days Id get maybe 3-4. somedays Ill get 6, most 2. My mind is totally fine, Im stuck with nerve pain, muscle spasms, my stomach always being in pain, chronic fatigue. not to mention other issues. I would love to be functional enough to be able to try 110% to get a job. To be able to move out and use the skills I squired in school to better my own life. But I get told by family that Im lazy. Even though Ive fought through the pain to even just go to school and pick up degrees, qualifications, knowledge. Just to crash when I get home. Sometimes Ill do small jobs that most people would be totally ok after, and Im bedridden for days afterwards. Im honestly tired of this.
Never had health insurance issues, but car insurance has been a nightmare for all 12yrs I have been on the road driving and owned a car. It’s like pulling teeth trying to actually use my insurance and they’ve failed to even provide services to me twice during an emergency… that I pay extra for specifically so I don’t get screwed and stuck on the side of the road. Both times, they never showed up. Wtf am I paying for?
I’m so sorry for everything you went through Driftor, you’re such a legend on COD tip videos. But I can assure you, anytime I’ve thought of someone having severe back pain and getting f’d over regarding it, I think of you. I remember you talking about it almost a decade ago..
I’ve had my healthcare cancels and wasn’t noticed for two months The first notification of cancelation was to inform me it was canceled two months before yet I was still paying for it
And how does that fix it? People in the Uk and Canada are denied care in those systems. Do you honestly think care is not rationed there? What world do you live in?
@@catholicguy1073 Because the systems have been gutted by each country's respective conservative parties. Universal healthcare is implemented in lieraly every developed nation on Earth. Hell, even some 3rd world ones have it. It's inexcusable the healthcare is developed for profit in the most wealthy nation in human history.
@@catholicguy1073 People are denied care, but its not just because 'make line go up'. Do you honestly not see the difference? Americans spend more for care, and get less of it compared to any single payer system. Half a million people go bankrupt in the USA every year due to medical bills. Your injury in the US may not only physically cripple you, but also financially cripple you for the rest of your life. This does not happen in any single payer country
Huge props for putting this out when people are shying away. I hope America knows how ridiculous most of Europe think the lack of national health care is in the US. This was a ticking time bomb.
This is a brilliant video, well explained going into the physiological aspects and putting in your own experience. I’m glad this flew into my sub box having subbed to you as a kid now viewing this as a 9-5 corpo myself with my own concerns with health insurance 😅
This is the type of video where Drift0r gets a knock at the door.... "we don't like the work kill" " we would like it if you don't make these types of videos again" IMO corporate is the cancer of society Thank you for aharing your story. I can feel the anger and hatred for the way things are. I feel lucky to live in the England but even our healthcare system is a mess right now because of our govenments decisions. I think there will be cival wars in some countries around the world before we see the next world war beacuse people are more angry with the people that run our own countries
This comment reminds me of the time the TH-camr Second Thought got paid a visit by two guys from the DHS in order to scare him because "his videos fostered a lot of anti-American sentiment". Freedom of speech is a myth, and it's becoming increasingly obvious to more and more people what we're not allowed to say or question.
Back in 2017, after Harvey had devastated Houston, I was helping my in laws move some things so we could start ripping up the floor. I went out to my car to grab my work gloves and slipped and bent in the most awkward way humanely possible. I could feel popping and tearing in my left knee as I was going down to the ground. It took me almost 8 months to see an orthopedic surgeon because my insurance wouldn’t let me see anyone because everyone in the city of Houston was out of network. After I kindly reminded them that they had to have one option in every major city, I finally got to see one. At this point I had done X-rays but my bones weren’t the issue, I knew it was a ligament. I could barely walk without pain. I had to pay out of pocket for an MRI to hear that my MCL had torn, which I knew was the issue. The doctor told me he would do surgery but the insurance would never cover anything. I didn’t have the surgery and still to this day I have pain and I lack the stability I had before the tear. The same company didn’t want to cover a hernia repair, which my doctor fought because of intestinal strangulation. I did get that one covered but it still cost me tens of thousands of dollars. I absolutely despise the American health care system because of this.
I also don't like our healthcare system, but this isn't the way to fix it. I would understand indifference or celebrating what happened to the CEO if it was natural causes, but we should NOT be cheering for this bad actor taking matters into his own hands. We shouldn't bolster up someone like Luigi as if he's some kind of hero. Vigilante justice is bad, because it comes not from prinicple or rule of law, but rather from arbitrary morality that people decide either based on utilitarian ethics (the end justifies the means) or personal feelings. It's a dangerous precedent to set where people feel they can just do whatever they want as long as it's morally justified (according to their personal feelings). I don't cry for this CEO, and I despise our healthcare system, but even so, Luigi deserves no support and should go to prison.
We need universal healthcare so bad. I know there are some issues with it, but honestly I'd rather have the problems of wait times or whatever than mandatorily paying a middleman who practically does nothing. The reason healthcare is so expensive in the US is because of the insurance industry and its lobbying of the government. Just look at what former CIA officer and author Phillip Agee said in 1995: CIA Officer explains why the U.S. destabilized Cuba: "Cuba has more doctors and more teachers per capita than any other country in the world... and it's all state-supported which means people don't have to put money out for medical care... It's a very bad example for the United States." You might be able to find a video of this interview that Africa Stream used to have before it was shut down by the US government, or I've heard that the archive of the show Alternative Views on TH-cam has the full interview. Basically the system sucks and is killing people because it's profitable, and there are living examples of better systems that exist on a much more efficient and cheap basis. It's a choice made by big money that things are the way they are no matter how deadly and undemocratic it is. Things are coming to a breaking point, as we can see from the 2024 elections, Luigi, BRICS, and other great and small events and happenings. Something's gotta give.
I'm British and therefore I have access to the NHS . It's amazing , I'll be the first to admit it's not perfect , it's even gotten a bit worse since our previous government made some back door deals to sell huge amounts of the assets to three huge private healthcare providers (bonus point for guessing where those companies are from) but I've never had to worry about anything . Have I had to wait for routine things ,yes , but any time there was a possibility of anything serious I've been seen the same day .
No we dont. Government over-regulation is hurting our healthcare system. They are not allowing competition and the lowering of prices. Universal healthcare would be even worse. You want DMV level service at your hospital?
Wait times are fine in a lot of countries with universal healthcare. Everyone just brings up Canada because it's a convenient argument they heard someone else say once upon a time. You aren't waiting that long in Japan, Finland, Iceland, Singapore, etc. Look at US health and longevity statistics, look at them in association with income. If you're rich in the US, you'll live a normal life expectancy, if you're poor, you will probably die younger than someone of equivalent wealth in Japan or Iceland. We let people die for money. The statistics prove it. There is no way around that truth. We can talk about how to solve it, there's multiple answers to that, but just like how you don't owe the fireman a bill for saving your house from burning down, I don't think you should owe the doctor a bill for keeping your heart pumping. Simple really.
Great video Driftor! I am canadian and believe that Healthcare should be a top priority to a good government. I also have had the same feeling that if I could give my life to exact change in the hypocrisy of modern government that would be a fitting end. Keep to your convictions buddy!
Remember the french revolution? It basically was the same thing. A violent uprising of the worker class against the nobility. It made the nobility realize they are not only heavily outnumbered by but also heavily reliant on the very people they are extorting.
Bro your description of wanting nothing more than death itself while just trying to sleep.. nearly brought a grown man to tears. No one should have to go through that, and then pull themself out of bed just to read that letter in the mail that says your claim has been denied. And then to pay 100s of thousands of dollars out of pocket trying to get yourself well... How did we end up with THIS system in the wealthiest country in the world.
Mine isn't about the insurance industry doing something to me directly, but the way that insurance is so complicated made me delay treatment for at least 3 years. I didn't think that I was covered for this, so the time I finally got treatment it was because my condition reached the point where my testicles and inner thighs had swollen to the point that I could no longer walk among MANY MANY other things. That hospital stay had me lose 115 lbs in 6 days. I could have had a way less extreme experience if I had just gone and seen someone when my symptoms started.
Drift…thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I dont know if you remember me, but I asked you about your thoughts a couple days ago and thank you for helping to make me…feel less awful for the thoughts I have been having about health care ceo’s and higher ups.
I broke my back in a motor vehicle accident. I was denied disability and was forced to pay out of pocket for medical bills while being out of work for months. I racked up a ton of credit card debt. A year later, I am finally starting to see some money from my personal injury claims through insurance, which is a relief. I still experience chronic pain on a day-to-day basis, which can be crippling. No amount of money can bring back the feeling of being pain-free. In addition, I work as a first responder. Many of my 911 patients who need medical attention often deny care or are worried about medical bills when it comes to life-or-death scenarios. I’m not saying murder is right. However, the US needs to figure out its medical care. People should not have to risk their lives because they cannot afford life-saving measures.
I have united through my dad. We are switching from a December to November plan to a regular calendar year plan. Ofc it's a high deductible plan (because that's cheapest for his company so that their CEO can make more money isn't that funny how that works). Our old plan expired at the end of November, new plan doesn't start until January. So the company gets us a interim 1 month plan...THAT STILL HAS AN ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLE OF 10K. So basically we have no insurance for the month of December unless we pay 10k out of pocket. My dad's coworker is in the ICU and will have to pay out of pocket for an ICU stay, that could cripple them financially and they'll have a brand new deductible to meet in January if he even survives.
I didn't have a bad health experience myself, but a family member of mine was deemed by her insurance company still capable to work even though she had onset lupus, and so they denied her coverage for life-saving medicine that could allow her to work without pain and suffering. Thankfully, one of the doctors that was studying her was able to get her into a free program where she was able to trial medicine that they are now using for other people with lupus.
Both my mother and I have been denied claims for prescriptions to treat our medical conditions that would greatly improve our way of life, simply because there are cheaper alternatives. Imagine being stuck taking drugs with bad side effects, or drugs that don't work at all, simply because your insurance decided they didn't want to pay 20-30% more for the right drug. Also, in general, doctors, pharmacists, and insurance companies all drive prices up to make money, but the insurance company is the one that is constantly coming out of my paycheck regardless of whether I need the care or not. Because of that, they should be the most willing to help me get the care I need, and that's never the case, which is why I sympathize with them the least.
If nobody has told you this, you can talk to whoever does billing at that hospital and tell them you're paying out of pocket. Often this can get you a 50%+ discount on your bills.
I don't have one for health care, but I do have one for life insurance. In 2011 my dad got diagnosed with stage 5 brain cancer. Dead man walking pretty much. He managed to stay with us for about 1.5yrs. He had a few life insurance policies. Stuff he got when he 1st signed on with him company, and had been paying into them for 5 to 10 years. BUT when he died the biggest one (which was also the newest one.) Said and I quote. *"Cancer is a pre-existing condition. Judging from stage of his cancer when compared to others with the same condition. He most likely had it when he signed up for the plan. Thus we are DENYING your claim."* Racked with the loss of my dad, my mom couldn't even fight it. I will tell you the money would've been nice, cause cancer treatments aren't cheap. And that debt doesn't just go away cause they couldn't save him.
Thx for the video my man, sets things in perspective around the murder and the reactions I saw. I knew US health care is bad, but the extent jeezz.. (living i scandinavia, free health care ect.)
I've had neuropathy for 5 years. My entire right arm is numb all the time, and the only feeling I have in it is pain. At first my insurance was cool with some tests, got an mri on my arm and shoulder that came back fine, well for years my doctor and I fought to get an mri on my back and they denied it. I had to go to physical therapy, which made it worse, then a neurologist, and 2 different orthopedic doctors over 4 years to finally get the spine MRI approved. Turns out it's 3 discs in my upper back that are herniated. Now my only options are live with it or surgery. But the orthopedic surgeon even said with that long it's likely the nerves are already dead and the surgery won't fix it so he recommended to not do it unless things get worse or it starts going down into my lower back. So because of their hoops, I now have to live with this forever and hope it doesn't spread down my spine.
My ADHD medication costs nearly 1500 a month, I'm forced to work a self employed gig job because if I went to a W2 job I'd lose state insurance and I'd have to pay minimum 1400 a month for medication
I hope this helps us in the UK understand and appreciate how good we have it with the NHS, and why we cannot let it continue to be critically underfunded and risk losing it. We can't even imagine what it's like for those in the US having to face these issues, it's 'bad enough' as it is with the NHS but what the US experiences is a whole new level. I fully understand and appreciate the actions taken to end the life of a psychopath who killed millions, and would have continued to kill millions
For the past 3 years I’ve been jumping through hoops trying to get some relief for my spine issues my spine didn’t develop it’s discs right, I’ve been through 2 rounds of physical therapy 2 mris 5 x rays spinal injections. I make an appointment with a doc who sends me to a different doctor who sends me to some kind of test or procedure that don’t help so I get sent to another doc and start the process over again.
My dental insurance decided I didn’t need anesthesia for a tooth pull so I had to pay for it out of pocket. I’d like whoever made that decision to get a tooth pulled without any drugs, fully awake. See if they change the policy.
Hey Driftor. I appreciate you making this video, and your honesty within it. I have been fortunate to have only minor health concerns in my 27 years of life, and have never had to deal with the crushing reality of the "Healthcare" industry personally in my life...yet. However, I have been raised to believe in common decency, and empathy. I say this just to highlight to you that even as someone who has never personally dealt with the horror of healthcare, that I still want to advocate for support for change. There is no excuse for the U.S to have the system that it does, and profiting off the suffering of others in inherently immoral. The media has been skirting around and avoiding talking about this elephant in the room, but I am extremely glad that Luigi has brought it to the public consciousness. We need change immediately. I do worry about this next White House administration though. I'm sure they will be doing everything in their power to make sure this change does not happen any time soon.
I was driving to a wholesale store. On my way down the entrance ramp, I noticed a lady slumped on the ground with her shopping cart on the pedestrian walkway.
She was crying in pain. I stopped and asked if she wanted me to call an ambulance. She said, with a face full of tears " *no, I can't afford that. I'll wait off the pain* ". I feel no remorse for that CEO.
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My girlfriend passed away at 32 years old because of greedy health insurance companies. She spent most of her life as a type 1 diabetic due to pancreatic failure from an immune issue when she was a child. She spent years fighting against health insurance to get a continuous glucose monitor and pump to help with controlling her diabetes. Even with doctors basically yelling at her insurance that she needed these items, insurance said it was unnecessary. It wasn't until after her kidney's failed and she was at threat of losing her hands and feet that she was approved, and by then it was too late. Her doctor who I see as well for my care still says to this day that she would still be alive if she had the proper medical equipment she needed.
My Mom died this year bro.
I low-key know how it feels to lose your rock.
I love you
I’m sorry for your loss.
My mother was taken off of life support because she was denied coverage and we ran out of money. she was directly killed due to the cost of healthcare and corporate greed. This system is broken
:(
This is not just Healthcare it's the politicians that allow companies to get away with these things. Politicians enjoy billions from insurance companies and therefore let them do what they can to prioritize profits over people.
@Sharpscore247 and no blame to the hospital that likely severely overcharged for care? Which insurance companies have to defend themselves from due to lack of regulation of cost of service hikes?
The fact that people are making billions of dollars from peoples suffering is just wrong
You're saying like it's a new occurrence. 9/11 happened for that reason, monetary gain. Well, there's a few other reasons but you all know that already....
Ah if it was NHS apparently socialize healthcare fixed the problem and nobody is ever denied care in a system designed to ration care smh 🤦.
Stupid comment
The wait times are so long in the UK and Canada people not only are denied care by their system others wait so long on a wait list that they also die on even if the care is approved.
And the healthcare here is heavily regulated and about 50% of it is socialized through Medicare, Medicaid and those who work in government.
But you know the politicians don’t have any blame due to regulations they pass right?
Did you vote Democrat? Congrats you are part of the problem.
@catholicguy1073 United states for profit healthcare system ranks lower than every other first world country that has universal Healthcare.
NHS is still better than US health care
I know its not often but these types of videos where you give thoughts on serious topics are my favorite. I like the different perspectives you'll include sometimes from a legality/morality stance
Appreciate the feedback! I try to make these as thought-provoking as possible.
I got told I couldn’t get an MRI for my foot pain unless I did physical therapy for a month. Physical therapy without a diagnosis.
And they also did the same thing to a coworker of mine that left him with a permanent disability.
Physical therapy without a diagnosis can be extremely dangerous
@@Drift0roh and by the way I haven’t gotten it fixed yet. I have to go to a neurologist still.
Same exact thing happened to my mother. Got left with a herniated disc which her insurance also wouldn’t cover the surgery for. She just turned 51 this past October and uses a walker now.
The military under what is socialized medicine in didn’t treat my brother so he ended up permanently disabled. This happens under government run healthcare ALL the time.
He was medicinally discharged from the military because of it.
Denied full coverage for a tooth infection that left me 1000s in debt that I don't have.
just dont pay
Its bullshit trump gonna fix it
@@cherichurrocherry Just avoid the IRS.
Just brush your teeth
Unfortunately in the case of dental care, this is common in more countries than just the US. Teeth are ✨luxury bones✨
Covid showed that we need affordable health insurance that isn't linked to employment. So many people were laid off in 2020-21 or so, and then it was difficult for them to find health insurance
Public system like us in Canada, or actually just lime the rest of the developed countries 😂
That’s why they can get government run health insurance. Not like they would ever deny some getting a procedure done though right?
@@MaximeTMyea Canadas system is hot trash for healthcare coverage
@@catholicguy1073 no, some newer procedures are not always available but every cancer is treated.
There is also a small private sector for canada. But nobody gets denied.
Everyone pays for everyone with taxes. It’s socialism though, maybe this scares maga folk though
Socialism sucks
Just for the opposite side of the spectrum , i had two lung surgeries in Australia and paid only $20 for parking, that's it.
Is it true that when aussies travel to America for vacation you’re warned of our healthcare system ?
My wife works in billing for a local medical network system, dealing with insurance companies daily. She’s shared countless stories about their absurd and frustrating tactics to avoid providing coverage. It’s really disheartening. They’re more than happy to take our money every month, but when we truly need their support, they seem to do everything possible to avoid actually helping. The system in America is broken.
I’m a veteran of 14 yrs active duty. Served 3 tours in Iraq. Yet, my VA Claims get denied constantly. It’s the worst. I’ve fought almost 5 years for coverage from service connections. It shouldn’t be this hard to get care for Americans, especially those who served. We literally make up less than 2% of the population. But can’t afford to pay us, deny our claims AND got lawmakers trying to cut our payments based off what our SPOUSES MAKE/HOUSEHOLD. Look it up. This is ridiculous to those who served our country like me. Never, never again will I trust the government nor what anyone to serve. I seen firsthand how they don’t care.
Everything goes in phases but it seems the VA is more funded and better staffed today than it ever was in the past. Try filing your claims under the PACT act, that just got passed not too long ago.
So only veterans deserve healthcare not anybody else.
As a French person, healthcare is practically the only thing I’m proud of in my country
You guys also have way better labor laws than we do. American companies often exceed the minimum but a lot don't. You guys get paid sick, maternity, and you guys can't get fired for no reason.
@@RaveN_EDM were literally slaves in the US. Healthcare is tied to job so if you don't constantly slave your life away, you're in debt for being human. oops poor u.
@@RaveN_EDMThey also have better regulations on food quality, and a noticeably cheaper cost of living.
@@RaveN_EDMyeah but they also have a system where if someone is fired the company has to pay them their wage until they find a new job and if they don’t find a new job after a year they have to be rehired. If you think that is a good policy you are simply a moron.
Any insurance company is evil, all of them happily take out money each month but when it's time for us to need them they try everything in their power to deny us.
Ah so if it was Canada or the UK that would just fix the problem if we adopted that? 🤦
@@catholicguy1073 I mean as a Canadian, if they decided to move towards an american healthcare system I'd be protesting in the streets. Our system is 100 times better than America's
@ sorry that’s laughable. Anybody who has money and has cancer comes to the US for treatment. The care isn’t rationed here like it is in the Canadian system.
@@keelanmac6719 that’s laughable. Our system has problems because of the government and regulations. Your healthcare is rationed due to government controls. Are you not aware that your government run healthcare denies surgeries and treatments people want to go get? 🤦
Really long wait times. My wife needed surgery I had it done within 2 weeks. Would taken months if not years there in Canada.
The problem is the government and it being over regulated. Anybody who has a serious illness like cancer for example and needs surgery to fight it comes to the US they don’t remain in Canada or the UK.
@keelanmac6719 unless you want anything cutting edge or diagnostic tests that your doc refuses to order. Then you're completely out of luck in Canada. Also, you can be waiting for months in Canada for procedures. We need to reform our insurance industry. That's it.
I have family members who work in healthcare. They tell me all the time how insurance can deny for almost any bs reason and appeals to these denials are almost always rejected. This entire industry is such a scam it’s unbelievable, straight out of a dystopian novel.
So does this happen in socialized medicine or are you under the impression it doesn’t happen?
@@catholicguy1073I live in europe (germany) where we have socialized healthcare and I have never had anything denied ever
It's not just this industry it's the whole system of corporations buying politicians
My grandfather had a small tumor growing on his spine. He was healthy and otherwise fine besides the tumor. Insurance kept denying and pushing out decisions for months. Eventually, they covered the surgery. However, at that point, it was too late. He spine was slowly crushed by the tumor until he could no longer walk and couldn't hold his bowels. He went downhill and died a few years after surgery from what happened.
Literally zero sympathy for the CEO death.
I am currently under Tricare (the military healthcare) and I have never been denied for anything being done. And don’t pay anything for my wife or children to be seen by a healthcare provider or specialist. It is the best thing to ever happen and the reason I will stay in the military. The only problem is, it is socialized healthcare. So we will get the care we need… eventually. It takes a while to be seen but nothing ever comes out of my pocket. My child’s birth costed $80,000. But none of that ever came to me. I also pay $0 in copay no matter what the medical service is.
I pay $1400/mo and get covered for very little
@ I do feel for anyone who has to pay to have their health concerns addressed. The only thing I pay for is my wife and childs dental insurance which is only about $50 a month. Once again no copays but mine is totally free.
Tricare, sounds eerily like Tricell...
@@marcuscastillo1152as someone who served 14 yrs. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. EVERY LITTLE SCRATCH, INJURY ETC. it will provide the most useful info to doctors when you want that va claim to go through. If not denied for everything is headed your way. I loved my service time and had kids born that didn’t cost me a dime either. But going through 5 years of claim denials. Not worth it. Dealing with crushed L1/L2 disc in my back and dealing with back pain. Not worth it. Dealing with mental issues related to ptsd that sent me to a psychiatrist ward. Not worth it. I will never trust our government again. Nor will I ever advocate for anyone to join. They literally DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. JUST ANOTHER NUMBER TO THEM. Good luck and God Speed Soldier! 🫡 💜 🫡
Paying for childbirth just sounds so wrong. I think I get why it'd charge but it still feels so wrong
this Luigi guy is the epitome of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"
i think the craziest thing is that i can pay a company to protect me when im sick or injured and they can just not do that and keep all my money. imagine going to a restaurant and buying a meal and being told you can’t have it because THEY need the money AND the food, so come back tomorrow and try again.
Or they tell you that you aren’t hungry enough lol
Same with homeowners insurance. Apparently rising water is different than flooding and nothing got covered.
I was diagnosed with low blood platelets while under my parents insurance. Then when I tried to get insurance on my own I was denied coverage for a preexisting condition even though it was under the same insurance company. Fortunately I only had to wait a few months until the ACA went into effect.
I feel the exact same way, had spinal fusion surgery as a kid, insurance was hell. Do more commentary's like this! Been watching you for the past 15 years and your philosophical and other commentary's have been my favorite part of your channel. I can say watching your videos most of my life has made me more analytical and aware of the world around me. Keep it up as always!
Did the surgery help? I've had a literally broken spine 6 years now and the doctors say that no surgery is necessary
Careful with those last 5 minutes, I don’t want you to get in trouble.
Thought the same
A lot of us have these kinds of thoughts, I appreciate the honesty but it's best to keep them to yourself on the internet
You got to be the wisest TH-cam on the face of the planet, massive respect to you good sir 🫡
Someone has been arrested for saying deny, defend and depose over the phone. I feel bad for her they are going to make an example out of her to keep us in control.
They dropped her charges afaik
one of the biggest fantasies of our time is the idea that humans are truth seeking machines.
you have the idea that that happened so youve heard of the event yet you are unaware of the full statement.
“You people are next” is an actionable threat.
@@SiCkL3rsuper hero name?...
@@evanhooper1They didn't drop her charges. They released her on bond, she's currently on GPS house arrest.
It's not about right vs left, but the haves vs the have-nots.
The powers that be would rather we fight each other than turn our attention to them.
it's totally right vs left. Right wingers want other Americans to die as long as it doesn't affect them. Right wingers only hate insurance companies because they are also affected.
I lost my grandpa in 2018 and i lost my childhood friend in 2022 because of united Healthcare.
Most recently, my partner had an impacted and infected wisdom tooth (she'd previously been told she wouldn't need it removed, but this turned out not to be the case).
Insurance firmly denied that surgery to remove it was medically necessary, even as her ortho confirmed that the infection would not go away and could quickly become life threatening.
Ultimately it took her union stepping in before she was covered. Had they not, I'm not sure what we'd have done. All the back and forth delayed treatment for weeks and resulted in a lot of pain and fear.
Lots of insurance companies consider teeth to be luxury bones
Back in August I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Thankfully I caught it early and got it all removed and thankfully my insurance covered most of everything. I feel lucky after reading so many health insurance horror stories.
Screw cancer my friend! I'm so happy you're doing better. I also had testicular cancer back in 2020. Everything at the end of the day costed $300,000 for all the chemo and surgeries. I was 22 at the time, so I had my Dad's insurance. He's a union guy, so it was very good and covered everything and I only had to pay my annual maximum of $3000.
Was it ligma bawls cancer?
@@tdwolf21 I appreciate that a lot! Thankfully I caught it early enough to where I didn't need chemo or radiation! With insurance I paid 1400 for everything.
@@TheDanimal91 curious. Did you have any symptoms? How did you know that you had it? Glad to read that you got it taken care of
Both the healthcare industry and the insurance industry have caused lifelong pain to us along with bodily and mental harm. They force fed my baby boy in the NICU despite our demands not to and pulled him away from my wife when she was trying to feed him. Insurance then denied our therapy bills for said mess and we fought it for months and annoyed them til they gave in. They also tried to deny the $50k nicu bill. When my wife was in an autoimmune flareup in extreme pain they messed up a spinal tap and caused her nerve damage that makes it hard for her to walk to this day. And just now, my wife slipped and fractured her tailbone, and their advice is "well just don't sit or walk. Go home"
They gave me that same advice for my spinal injury. I hope your wife gets better
I needed to get a wisdom tooth removed. After making some calls and jumping through some hoops my insurance agreed to cover it. But not the anesthesia. So I was awake while they were drilling, pulling, and hammering at my teeth. Insurance companies can kick rocks.
I've dealt with a ton of mental health issues, PTSD, panic disorder, insomnia, etc. I can't even begin to imagine dealing with what you described. Being someone who has a strong stomach, it was hard for even me to listen to. I don't condone what Luigi did but I get it and I understand why people are supporting him.
Had a friend who had bone cancer and her insurance company didn't cover "Bone cancer" but covered other forms of cancer, later she got more cancer stuff that wasn't bone cancer and the company categorize her other cancer into bone cancer so they didn't have to cover anything. She sueing them but it's going to take a while.
Something is wrong with my mother, but we can't figure it out because insurance keeps denying ultrasounds, Mri 's to keep pushing it off.
Jesus I’m so sorry 😞
Sympathy for the devil? I don't have any sympathy for that CEO.
I think its safe to say that society as a whole is just done with disconnected rich folks making decisions for us.
And I hope that means you agree with the majority of Americans that voted against Kamala!
@robob221 rub those brain cells together and apply those critical reading skills.
Long story short, insurance is a for profit business and people are mad that insurance companies, like all other companies, do what makes them the most money.
Yes of course but once it’s time for them to do the job you are paying them money to do, they try their best to weasel out of covering their customers. There are countless stories of insurance companies ignoring health experts and refusing to cover their customers medical expenses.
I guess you don’t have to pay for any medical procedure if your customer just dies, that’ll surely maximize profit. which is what he was getting at. He said 8 million people have died for being denied health care I believe in the past decade.
That wouldn't be an issue if Health Insurance were a government mandated scam.
Drift0r for President!
He doesnt have the solutions, but no one does. What he does have, is an understanding of what the real problems are... left or right no one in politics are talking about things that matter to every US citizen
Thank you for your support
I did. I'm from Switzerland... Wrong orphan-disease, wrong healthcare provider.
A couple of years ago some guy entered the HQ of said healthcare provider with a chainsaw. Nobody got hurt. But the media was like "why would you do that?!"
Last year my coverage was COMPLETELY canceled because of a missed payment! They did not notify me by e-mail, text, or phone call that a payment was due like any other company on the planet. The only way they notified me about the missed payment was via their proprietary app. Which I naturally never check.
Luckily for me, open enrollment was only a couple months away so I could re-apply for coverage but this was shocking to say the least! I would have been glad to have paid off the missed payment but I can’t fix what I’m not told about through reasonable means 😡
Worked 8 years in an ER as a nurse and as a provider. I see patients every single shift that have deferred necessary care because of insurance.
today I admitted a patient in renal failure with a critically high potassium. Her primary care doc referred her to a nephrologist. her insurance limitations were too troublesome she gave up trying to see a kidney specialist. And instead waited 6 months till she was so sick she needed an ICU stay -.-
thank you for making this video Driftor.
i can’t speak on the insurance company itself, but a $40 copay somehow turned into $400 to collections… for clogged ears
I wasn’t denied coverage but If I didn’t have tenure at a job I’d be even more screwed than I already was. The Healthcare system is completely broken
I am in the military so when we get hurt they give us an appointment for weeks after, so we are in pain and by the time we get the appointment, the injury left a damage even if the pain is gone.
I literally am purposefully not working full time at my job because i cannot afford to pay for the insurance.
The "lowest" options are over 300 per month at least, and the work healthcare is HORRIBLE and doesn't offer basic things I need (VISION...) and it costs MORE...
Anyone who says our healthcare system doesn't need to change is blind, rich, or both.
Or under the poverty level. They get free healthcare
It was 400% cheaper before obamacare.
Common driftor W
Healthcare and medicine should NEVER be for profit.
As someone who works in Physical Therapy, even my health insurance costs me $400 per PAY PERIOD, and my deductible is still 3k. It's a sad system.
Yes thanks to Obamacare
Thats Obamacare at work
Nah dude Obamacare has me covered and held my family over for years when we made very little, the fact is its gatekeeped to the poor and elderly, dont punish obama for that aspect, its the conservative side of the aisle that gimps anything that requires spending out of "principle"
@ the regulations drive up the price of the premium and if you haven’t noticed deductibles are climbing. Obamacare didn’t meet any of the goals they told us it would.
10:02 "so... you decided my mother was going to die when drinking wine and eating cocktails?...".
Before ACA ( Obama care ) my wife was denied coverage because pre existing condition. A friend’s baby was denied coverage at birth for life saving surgery. With out his friend’s help, the insurance company would have delayed decision regarding appeal until after baby died.
FBI started watching at 19:30
I think you people talk about the number of people dying is about the same as the Holocaust. I think that is would really get the attention of other people and sense the magnitude of what they have done to us.
I have free govt insurance. Its painfully slow. every appointment takes months, even for the smallest thing. I have multiple health issues going on, at least one of which was caused by getting hit by a car. The rest are all chronic. Existence is pain. I cant do what I want or need to because my base level of pain is so high, and Im so fatigued.
If I made a list of 10 things I want/need to get done, most days Id get maybe 3-4. somedays Ill get 6, most 2.
My mind is totally fine, Im stuck with nerve pain, muscle spasms, my stomach always being in pain, chronic fatigue. not to mention other issues.
I would love to be functional enough to be able to try 110% to get a job. To be able to move out and use the skills I squired in school to better my own life.
But I get told by family that Im lazy. Even though Ive fought through the pain to even just go to school and pick up degrees, qualifications, knowledge.
Just to crash when I get home. Sometimes Ill do small jobs that most people would be totally ok after, and Im bedridden for days afterwards.
Im honestly tired of this.
Never had health insurance issues, but car insurance has been a nightmare for all 12yrs I have been on the road driving and owned a car.
It’s like pulling teeth trying to actually use my insurance and they’ve failed to even provide services to me twice during an emergency… that I pay extra for specifically so I don’t get screwed and stuck on the side of the road.
Both times, they never showed up. Wtf am I paying for?
I’m so sorry for everything you went through Driftor, you’re such a legend on COD tip videos. But I can assure you, anytime I’ve thought of someone having severe back pain and getting f’d over regarding it, I think of you. I remember you talking about it almost a decade ago..
Thank you for your support and understanding.
I’ve had my healthcare cancels and wasn’t noticed for two months The first notification of cancelation was to inform me it was canceled two months before yet I was still paying for it
All of this support only proves what I've been saying: EVERYONE wants Single Payer.
MEDICARE FOR ALL!!!
And how does that fix it? People in the Uk and Canada are denied care in those systems. Do you honestly think care is not rationed there? What world do you live in?
@@catholicguy1073 Because the systems have been gutted by each country's respective conservative parties.
Universal healthcare is implemented in lieraly every developed nation on Earth. Hell, even some 3rd world ones have it. It's inexcusable the healthcare is developed for profit in the most wealthy nation in human history.
Single payer, where the government denies you instead. You're delusional
@@catholicguy1073 People are denied care, but its not just because 'make line go up'. Do you honestly not see the difference?
Americans spend more for care, and get less of it compared to any single payer system. Half a million people go bankrupt in the USA every year due to medical bills. Your injury in the US may not only physically cripple you, but also financially cripple you for the rest of your life. This does not happen in any single payer country
Some Catholic you are, defending this kind of greed even when it's literally killing people
Yes. I’ve been denied.
Huge props for putting this out when people are shying away. I hope America knows how ridiculous most of Europe think the lack of national health care is in the US. This was a ticking time bomb.
This is a brilliant video, well explained going into the physiological aspects and putting in your own experience. I’m glad this flew into my sub box having subbed to you as a kid now viewing this as a 9-5 corpo myself with my own concerns with health insurance 😅
Thanks! Glad I could provide some insight
This is the type of video where Drift0r gets a knock at the door.... "we don't like the work kill" " we would like it if you don't make these types of videos again"
IMO corporate is the cancer of society
Thank you for aharing your story. I can feel the anger and hatred for the way things are. I feel lucky to live in the England but even our healthcare system is a mess right now because of our govenments decisions.
I think there will be cival wars in some countries around the world before we see the next world war beacuse people are more angry with the people that run our own countries
This comment reminds me of the time the TH-camr Second Thought got paid a visit by two guys from the DHS in order to scare him because "his videos fostered a lot of anti-American sentiment". Freedom of speech is a myth, and it's becoming increasingly obvious to more and more people what we're not allowed to say or question.
Back in 2017, after Harvey had devastated Houston, I was helping my in laws move some things so we could start ripping up the floor. I went out to my car to grab my work gloves and slipped and bent in the most awkward way humanely possible. I could feel popping and tearing in my left knee as I was going down to the ground.
It took me almost 8 months to see an orthopedic surgeon because my insurance wouldn’t let me see anyone because everyone in the city of Houston was out of network. After I kindly reminded them that they had to have one option in every major city, I finally got to see one.
At this point I had done X-rays but my bones weren’t the issue, I knew it was a ligament. I could barely walk without pain. I had to pay out of pocket for an MRI to hear that my MCL had torn, which I knew was the issue. The doctor told me he would do surgery but the insurance would never cover anything.
I didn’t have the surgery and still to this day I have pain and I lack the stability I had before the tear. The same company didn’t want to cover a hernia repair, which my doctor fought because of intestinal strangulation. I did get that one covered but it still cost me tens of thousands of dollars.
I absolutely despise the American health care system because of this.
Love that you talked about it Driftor!!
68 THOUSAND people d*e every year from being denied care. The people crying over this guy never shed a tear for those thousands.
Great video with even better context, awesome take!
Good on you for speaking about this subject. Im a little surprised. Most gamer channels/ reaction channels won't touch politics with a 10-foot poll.
i knew i could rely on driftor to be based
I also don't like our healthcare system, but this isn't the way to fix it. I would understand indifference or celebrating what happened to the CEO if it was natural causes, but we should NOT be cheering for this bad actor taking matters into his own hands. We shouldn't bolster up someone like Luigi as if he's some kind of hero. Vigilante justice is bad, because it comes not from prinicple or rule of law, but rather from arbitrary morality that people decide either based on utilitarian ethics (the end justifies the means) or personal feelings. It's a dangerous precedent to set where people feel they can just do whatever they want as long as it's morally justified (according to their personal feelings). I don't cry for this CEO, and I despise our healthcare system, but even so, Luigi deserves no support and should go to prison.
We need universal healthcare so bad. I know there are some issues with it, but honestly I'd rather have the problems of wait times or whatever than mandatorily paying a middleman who practically does nothing. The reason healthcare is so expensive in the US is because of the insurance industry and its lobbying of the government.
Just look at what former CIA officer and author Phillip Agee said in 1995: CIA Officer explains why the U.S. destabilized Cuba: "Cuba has more doctors and more teachers per capita than any other country in the world... and it's all state-supported which means people don't have to put money out for medical care... It's a very bad example for the United States." You might be able to find a video of this interview that Africa Stream used to have before it was shut down by the US government, or I've heard that the archive of the show Alternative Views on TH-cam has the full interview.
Basically the system sucks and is killing people because it's profitable, and there are living examples of better systems that exist on a much more efficient and cheap basis. It's a choice made by big money that things are the way they are no matter how deadly and undemocratic it is. Things are coming to a breaking point, as we can see from the 2024 elections, Luigi, BRICS, and other great and small events and happenings. Something's gotta give.
Literaly all the "problems" of a universa healthcare system are made up by insurance companies to push the narrative that we don't need it.
I'm British and therefore I have access to the NHS . It's amazing , I'll be the first to admit it's not perfect , it's even gotten a bit worse since our previous government made some back door deals to sell huge amounts of the assets to three huge private healthcare providers (bonus point for guessing where those companies are from) but I've never had to worry about anything . Have I had to wait for routine things ,yes , but any time there was a possibility of anything serious I've been seen the same day .
No we dont. Government over-regulation is hurting our healthcare system. They are not allowing competition and the lowering of prices. Universal healthcare would be even worse. You want DMV level service at your hospital?
Wait times are fine in a lot of countries with universal healthcare. Everyone just brings up Canada because it's a convenient argument they heard someone else say once upon a time. You aren't waiting that long in Japan, Finland, Iceland, Singapore, etc. Look at US health and longevity statistics, look at them in association with income. If you're rich in the US, you'll live a normal life expectancy, if you're poor, you will probably die younger than someone of equivalent wealth in Japan or Iceland. We let people die for money. The statistics prove it. There is no way around that truth. We can talk about how to solve it, there's multiple answers to that, but just like how you don't owe the fireman a bill for saving your house from burning down, I don't think you should owe the doctor a bill for keeping your heart pumping. Simple really.
@@audi.6106brother wait times are not a good argument. 1. It’s not actually true. 2. Think about this: would you rather wait a while and have a
Great video Driftor! I am canadian and believe that Healthcare should be a top priority to a good government. I also have had the same feeling that if I could give my life to exact change in the hypocrisy of modern government that would be a fitting end. Keep to your convictions buddy!
Remember the french revolution? It basically was the same thing. A violent uprising of the worker class against the nobility. It made the nobility realize they are not only heavily outnumbered by but also heavily reliant on the very people they are extorting.
Love a good ol fashion drift0r philosophy/current events video
Bro your description of wanting nothing more than death itself while just trying to sleep.. nearly brought a grown man to tears. No one should have to go through that, and then pull themself out of bed just to read that letter in the mail that says your claim has been denied.
And then to pay 100s of thousands of dollars out of pocket trying to get yourself well... How did we end up with THIS system in the wealthiest country in the world.
Also why hasn't the government stepped in to say "In the case of fatal outcomes upon refusal, the insurer MUST off coverage"?
Mine isn't about the insurance industry doing something to me directly, but the way that insurance is so complicated made me delay treatment for at least 3 years. I didn't think that I was covered for this, so the time I finally got treatment it was because my condition reached the point where my testicles and inner thighs had swollen to the point that I could no longer walk among MANY MANY other things. That hospital stay had me lose 115 lbs in 6 days. I could have had a way less extreme experience if I had just gone and seen someone when my symptoms started.
Drift…thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I dont know if you remember me, but I asked you about your thoughts a couple days ago and thank you for helping to make me…feel less awful for the thoughts I have been having about health care ceo’s and higher ups.
I personally never had issues with my healthcare insurance. But i know countless people that do
I broke my back in a motor vehicle accident. I was denied disability and was forced to pay out of pocket for medical bills while being out of work for months. I racked up a ton of credit card debt. A year later, I am finally starting to see some money from my personal injury claims through insurance, which is a relief. I still experience chronic pain on a day-to-day basis, which can be crippling. No amount of money can bring back the feeling of being pain-free. In addition, I work as a first responder. Many of my 911 patients who need medical attention often deny care or are worried about medical bills when it comes to life-or-death scenarios. I’m not saying murder is right. However, the US needs to figure out its medical care. People should not have to risk their lives because they cannot afford life-saving measures.
I have united through my dad. We are switching from a December to November plan to a regular calendar year plan. Ofc it's a high deductible plan (because that's cheapest for his company so that their CEO can make more money isn't that funny how that works). Our old plan expired at the end of November, new plan doesn't start until January. So the company gets us a interim 1 month plan...THAT STILL HAS AN ANNUAL DEDUCTIBLE OF 10K. So basically we have no insurance for the month of December unless we pay 10k out of pocket. My dad's coworker is in the ICU and will have to pay out of pocket for an ICU stay, that could cripple them financially and they'll have a brand new deductible to meet in January if he even survives.
Just wanted to say great work in the editing and writing
Appreciate that! I try to make my videos as engaging as possible.
Appreciate the commitment to not self censor yourself with the whole "unalive" bs.
Really sells the fact how scummy the nature of this topic is
Thank you for making this video Driftor.
Thank you for watching!
I'm thankful I live in the UK
I didn't have a bad health experience myself, but a family member of mine was deemed by her insurance company still capable to work even though she had onset lupus, and so they denied her coverage for life-saving medicine that could allow her to work without pain and suffering. Thankfully, one of the doctors that was studying her was able to get her into a free program where she was able to trial medicine that they are now using for other people with lupus.
This video is such a banger. Still one of the GOAT commentary channels,
Both my mother and I have been denied claims for prescriptions to treat our medical conditions that would greatly improve our way of life, simply because there are cheaper alternatives. Imagine being stuck taking drugs with bad side effects, or drugs that don't work at all, simply because your insurance decided they didn't want to pay 20-30% more for the right drug. Also, in general, doctors, pharmacists, and insurance companies all drive prices up to make money, but the insurance company is the one that is constantly coming out of my paycheck regardless of whether I need the care or not. Because of that, they should be the most willing to help me get the care I need, and that's never the case, which is why I sympathize with them the least.
I had hospital bills denied by my insurance. Fortunately it wasn't anything serious but I had to pay $8,000. Hospital bills.
If nobody has told you this, you can talk to whoever does billing at that hospital and tell them you're paying out of pocket. Often this can get you a 50%+ discount on your bills.
I don't have one for health care, but I do have one for life insurance. In 2011 my dad got diagnosed with stage 5 brain cancer. Dead man walking pretty much. He managed to stay with us for about 1.5yrs. He had a few life insurance policies. Stuff he got when he 1st signed on with him company, and had been paying into them for 5 to 10 years. BUT when he died the biggest one (which was also the newest one.) Said and I quote. *"Cancer is a pre-existing condition. Judging from stage of his cancer when compared to others with the same condition. He most likely had it when he signed up for the plan. Thus we are DENYING your claim."*
Racked with the loss of my dad, my mom couldn't even fight it. I will tell you the money would've been nice, cause cancer treatments aren't cheap. And that debt doesn't just go away cause they couldn't save him.
Thx for the video my man, sets things in perspective around the murder and the reactions I saw. I knew US health care is bad, but the extent jeezz.. (living i scandinavia, free health care ect.)
I've had neuropathy for 5 years. My entire right arm is numb all the time, and the only feeling I have in it is pain. At first my insurance was cool with some tests, got an mri on my arm and shoulder that came back fine, well for years my doctor and I fought to get an mri on my back and they denied it. I had to go to physical therapy, which made it worse, then a neurologist, and 2 different orthopedic doctors over 4 years to finally get the spine MRI approved. Turns out it's 3 discs in my upper back that are herniated. Now my only options are live with it or surgery. But the orthopedic surgeon even said with that long it's likely the nerves are already dead and the surgery won't fix it so he recommended to not do it unless things get worse or it starts going down into my lower back. So because of their hoops, I now have to live with this forever and hope it doesn't spread down my spine.
My father was denied due to a previously diagnosed “benign” colon polyp. He passed from colon cancer 7 months later.
My ADHD medication costs nearly 1500 a month, I'm forced to work a self employed gig job because if I went to a W2 job I'd lose state insurance and I'd have to pay minimum 1400 a month for medication
“Murder is murder” Luigi may be guilty of one murder but United healthcare is guilty of thousands
What's infuriating is whenever this all blows over, it'll be back to business as usual.
I hope this helps us in the UK understand and appreciate how good we have it with the NHS, and why we cannot let it continue to be critically underfunded and risk losing it. We can't even imagine what it's like for those in the US having to face these issues, it's 'bad enough' as it is with the NHS but what the US experiences is a whole new level. I fully understand and appreciate the actions taken to end the life of a psychopath who killed millions, and would have continued to kill millions
Bro your the voice of the people that's why I always watch your videos
Loved this video. Thankful not in the US. Perfectly understandable how you felt in last half of video. Thanks for sharing.
For the past 3 years I’ve been jumping through hoops trying to get some relief for my spine issues my spine didn’t develop it’s discs right, I’ve been through 2 rounds of physical therapy 2 mris 5 x rays spinal injections. I make an appointment with a doc who sends me to a different doctor who sends me to some kind of test or procedure that don’t help so I get sent to another doc and start the process over again.
My dental insurance decided I didn’t need anesthesia for a tooth pull so I had to pay for it out of pocket. I’d like whoever made that decision to get a tooth pulled without any drugs, fully awake. See if they change the policy.
Hey Driftor. I appreciate you making this video, and your honesty within it.
I have been fortunate to have only minor health concerns in my 27 years of life, and have never had to deal with the crushing reality of the "Healthcare" industry personally in my life...yet. However, I have been raised to believe in common decency, and empathy. I say this just to highlight to you that even as someone who has never personally dealt with the horror of healthcare, that I still want to advocate for support for change. There is no excuse for the U.S to have the system that it does, and profiting off the suffering of others in inherently immoral. The media has been skirting around and avoiding talking about this elephant in the room, but I am extremely glad that Luigi has brought it to the public consciousness. We need change immediately.
I do worry about this next White House administration though. I'm sure they will be doing everything in their power to make sure this change does not happen any time soon.