In The Netherlands (my home country) it is mandatory to be insured, and you get about half back from the government. Also, everyone beneath the age of 18 ( 18 being when you come of age) is insured for free. It works here but I'm not sure if it would work in the U.S.A....
Truth, universal healthcare requires massive amounts of money but we don't have. It fails in most countries so we either need to get tons of money or figure something else out.
I had an emergency-life threanting-scary-weird surgery last year. Thank God I have insurance, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to the hospital last year and I would have died. Health care is a Right.
i think health care is a right, i mean if someones having an unexpected life-threatening emergency are you just gonna let them die because they don't have health insurance? of course not!
I live in Denmark, and healthcare is free. I'm very pleased about this because I think it's more fair. However, Denmark is also a very socialist country compared to the States - even our conservative and liberal parties are socialists compared to american parties (and yes, we have about 8 political parties instead of just two). This is one of the reasons I'm glad to living in Denmark.
well, i live in Poland where we have a public healthcare and i dunno if its better. queues to see doctor are full of waitng people who still have to pay if they want to have sth done in time (you must wait to see orthophaedist a few months f.e.). i'm not saying your system is better but it's alomst impossible to do sth to make better our system
you guys should have a system more like canada :) here, we have health insurance that is run by the federal government, which is mandatory to have (there are a few different levels though, with low-income people getting the most assistance) and there are also private insurance companies, usually If a person works a large company, their union makes it mandatory for them to buy into that insurance policy as well. I quite like this, because I have never paid a cent out of pocket to get medical help
@Khuratokh What I mean, is that you are obliged to pay for it the insurance-thingy? I don't really know how to phrase it, but basically everyone pays a little bit of money every month, and it's just taken from your salary every month. That means that when you do get sick, your insurance pays for all the costs.
@amyb2b It was not meant as a criticism, but as a futher clarification for those unfamiliair with our (better) system, for which I am very grateful by the way. I admit it was a bit too short a reply for you to understand this, my apologies. If your an asylum seeker, different rules apply.
my mom has type 1 diabetes and HAS to take a bunch of meds. if we did not have health care she would die with out her meds. because try as she may she can not find a job.
Oh America, how you have let me down yet again. Healthcare is a right and it needs to be seen that way. Have you ever seen an itemized hospital bill? Let me tell you, there is some serious price gouging on crap like tylenol and band-aids. Ridiculous, simply ridiculous. And I want to be a nurse why?
there are 46 million uninsured people in America. 9.7 million of those uninsured are illegal immigrants. 17 million make at least $50,000 a year. 14 million are eligible for government provided health care and are just not getting it. that means that there are, in fact, only Americans for whom our current system could not work; less than 2% of the total population. why overhaul a system that works for 98% of the populace? doesnt it make sense to cut costs, slimming down the system in place?
Clearly we have a lot of socialism in our government, and I definitely believe that things like education should be government-run, but I think the state of socialized programs in our country is evidence of how difficult it is for a government in a country as large as ours to maintain the quality of such systems. I mean, the biggest thing our government runs right now is the school system. How's that working out for everybody?
Obama was right, you guys need the NHS, it's a godsend. Why should someone have to pay thousands of dollars to have a baby in a safe, clean environment? I know a lot of people critisize the UK healthcare system but at least it's available to all UK citizens. I'm done now, I've had my rant.
@GeorgieBiggin Because in the UK you still have to pay thousands of dollars to have a baby in a safe, clean environment, you just pay for it in taxes instead of in insurance fees. You literally just write the check to a different person.
Money gets wasted when caught up in large bureacratic systems. Clearly, our insurance system needs to be cleaned up; it's a shitload of money and a lot of it is wasted on things like malpractice insurance. However, money is more efficiently managed if each individual hospital is able to manage their finances and set the cost of their treatment through supply and demand.
In France the health care system is great: the 'social security' takes a part of everyone's salary (depending on the actual salary) and whenever you get sick it pays the doctor for you with the money you invested in them, and if people who don't have a job get sick they get their treatment free too. The unemployed get some money to survive, and that way nobody gets bankrupt because of sickness.
@mynameisvanille Don't you think that's pretty similar to the American system, though? Every month, Americans take part of their salary and give it to insurance companies, and whenever you get sick it pays the docotr with the money you invested in them. If you don't have a job you get Medicare. Do you know why nobody goes bankrupt in France even though you're simply making the check out to the government instead of an insurance company?
@cherryblossom141 well... maybe that's because we have insurance as well, and the 'sécurité sociale' is a huuuge part of the economy. Of course rich people hate it since it takes a tiny piece of their wealth goes to keeping poor people alive :D I do know that healthcare is much cheaper and affordable for everyone than in the USA. The 'social security' is in trouble right now though, since the unemployment rate since Sarkozy is enormous, and only people who have a job can invest in it obviously.
Yeah socialized medicine is great, good for everyday, here in Britain i think it's fantastic. The thing about Britain is we don't have national debt 7x our revenue and an economy that only avoided a crisis by pumping trillions of dollars that you don't have in to the economy. Now is not the time for increased government entitlements that you can't afford. Coming from Europe i think a nationalized health service is great, but unlike u guys most of our countries can afford it. sorry democrats
@Lucastheskatemaster *sigh*. I'm tired of how whenever a debate about something in America is brought up, Europeans poke fun or are just plain rude to Americans. Not everyone living in my country thinks it's the most wonderful place on Earth, but even people who do make comments like "best country ever carved on god's green earth" aren't doing so to put down other countries. I genuinely don't know how Europe feels, but in America we have a lot of pride. Not a superiority complex, merely pride.
@SirTeeGeeEss Look at Social Security and Medicare. They are funded by taxes and are going broke. Why do people like you think the government can do everything and do it well? If you wanted your lawn mowed and your trees trimmed would you hire some private entity or a government one? There have been horror stories of the British healthcare system but nobody talks about that.
@Johnnyqwest1 Well I am British, so could you care to elaborate on your NHS point?
I would never claim a Government could or should do "everything". I think that there are services Governments should provide, (Defence, Education, Social Security, Healthcare, Infrastructure etc), and there are services people provide for themselves (such as your example of lawn moving/hedge trimming.)
The main thing that bugs me about the American healthcare system is people going bankrupt just for getting ill.
here in Italy health care is a right and everyone can get all the treatments he needs for free (foreigners included). I really don't get how a big, civilized country such as the USA denies health care to people who can't afford it or with a pre-existing condition. How can you stand for it?
I know the US will never have something like the NHS, but seriously its AMAZING
(my dad lives in the US and he said an obstetrician delivered my sister, it was perfectly straightforward yet they had someone who had trained for over ten years by that point years was delivering babies- no wonder his healthcare costs him a fortune and seems a bit a of a waste of an obstetrician for him to spend his time delivering straightforward births)
Hmm, you spawned the thought that healthcare provisions for people who can otherwise not afford it may often go hand in hand to other financial benefits who need to get off their lazy guffs, get telling their sad stories, and get to work. I personally know people who have lived off the system when they didn't deserve it because they simply did not want to go get a job while they were recieving free stuff. Oh and DFTBA: Don't Forget the Bacon-ator.
Hmm, you spawned the thought that healthcare provisions for people who can otherwise not afford it may often go hand in hand to other financial benefits who need to get off their lazy guffs, get telling their sad stories, and get to work. I personally know people who have lived off the system when they didn't deserve it because they simply did not want to go get a job while they were recieving free stuff.
Quick name some of the most poorly run organizations in the U.S.! Most people come up with things like the postal service, public education, FEMA, etc. What do they have in common? They're government run. Our government is made up of politicians, not businessmen, therefore it is ridiculous to believe that they can run one of these organizations more efficiently than a real business person. This obviously includes healthcare.
I'm trying so hard to understand this video, but I've watched it five times and I fear I won't be able to. So I'm putting it on my favorites and wait until I can understand it, because even though I can't completely grasp it, I can tell this is interesting and I really want to.
@Ramsy575 I had the same problem, I can't seem to uphold the level of focus that you need for this video, but thankfully, there's hope. If you would search for "thought bubble massive pig", a version of this video appears, only it's brilliantly illustrated and animated. It's hard to explain. But it helped me understand this video. I really recommend it! DFTBA :)
Simple. Tell me one business that the government is in that does it less expensively and more efficiently? Mail? Taxes (think earmarks)? Roads (think toll)? Welfare (think churches)?
If you think the system is fouled up, we can be assured that the government will not fix it.
hahah this video makes me happy to live in canada, we have awesome medical care, and i have never come across anything to fat to walk, noer chocolate covered bacon
@firepretty don't you make fun of chocolate covered bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but is there really chocolate covered bacon? i'm american and if there is chocolate covered bacon in this world i feel that it is my duty as an american citizen to know about it.
i think the way we're going now is Plan C: wait untill the pig has a heart attack then moan about what to do with the corps, the coulda-shoulda-woulda's, then go and find another pig to f*** up.
In Canada our healthcare is far more agreeable than the Americans and I tend to pity you. Sure our taxes are a little bit higher but honestly, we don't have people dying because they can't afford the necessity that is healthcare. It also tends to amuse me that there are so many people that think that because of Canada's healthcare system we are turning into a communist nation. Freaking n00bs, no we aren't and even if we were communism is not a terribly thing, the dictatorship is.
ACK! The notion of the rich recieving superior medical care seriously irks me.
I mean COME ON, The UK has had the National Health Service since the 1940s, a simple and effective way to treat ALL those who are in need of it.
Even since 1911 there has been a type of NHS, a small weekly deduction of wages to provide for healthcare when then the time arrises - Yes people, this is what your National Insurance goes towards, so you can live.
It's not overly liberal radical thinking, its common sense.
@Evonnewench Yeah, i'm British and i owe the NHS so much having had 3 operations and numerous other procedures this year for a condition of which the cause is unknown and can't be cured. I wouldn't have had health insurance because i already had pre-existing conditions, so it's very fortunate for me that i was born in Britain.
One problem with the NHS, though, is that concensus for drugs isn't country-wide. Some people get funding for expensive drugs, when others don't, which isn't fair.
we have Medicare (government run) and everyone is on it. It pays for basic things, a GP visit and subsidises prescription meds, and also needed surgery's, dental, physio, etc.
An individual (not a company) can chose to get Private Health Insurance which covers surgery, physio, dental, etc, because under medicare there are certain restrictions for these things and long waiting lists.
I think we have a better system, though it still does have flaws.
It's a real pity that we can't go back to the way-back-whens when towns each had doctors who knew the patients and if you couldn't afford something, the doc was either understanding or you found a way to pay it differently. People-to-people interaction over who's paying for what. I don't know what we should do, but I think it's imortant to remember that health care isn't about money, it's about people. And when it comes to people, we should be understanding.
@whoviangirl13 Your wrong there. Healthcare is in reality all about the money nothing else. it will remain this way as long as healthcare is run by private corporations.
Thank you sooo much for this John. We've needed a non biased view on the heath care issue. It's all so slanted and we can't get the facts. These are the facts, and for that, Nerdfighteria thanks you!!!!
As someone who is uninsured because I work (very hard, I might add) at minimum wage and can't afford the premiums in my state, and as someone who does what she can to stay as healthy as she can, AND as someone who has pre-existing conditions (not my fault), I would have to say that healthcare is definitely a right. Perhaps one that a person can lose if, for instance, the doctor says "you're diabetic, stop eating chocolate bacon" and you continue eating chocolate bacon...
gov-run health care is NOT racism! Poor black pepol want good free health care. We want free home attendents and free food. We wand good free public housing and government paid cars and gasoline. We demand equal pay for all pepols!
Why some live in 20,000 sq ft homes and we live in small 3 bedroom apartmwents?
All must be equal!
We also want to drive ferraris and drink good champagne!
lets break down the misconception. National Defense (in the Constitution), Public Schools (mandated by State charters/Constitution not Feds) public Roads (see National defense). So how is that socialism, Guess when there's no stock for the profit I guess instead of national investment. Standing Army to protect our Constitution, Public Schools to enrich the youth and roads so goods can go around at a smooth pace. Guess i see it differently.... You also forgot medical/Medicaid in your rant
@avdquick The preamble states "...provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare.." I don't think letting the 'pig' die is promoting the general welfare. I agree Army = good, state militias (second amendment) = good. Let us not forget the 16th amendment, federal income tax. All this socialism talk makes me want to pull my hair out too.
I am a teacher, and we are currently doing a unit on ethics, and I just sent a link to Hank's most recent video, and then I decided to send this one (which was in my favorites)....Anyway, thanks, John. This is one of the best descriptions of the healthcare debate that I've seen
That was a great analogy and a well-made video, but I'm not going to talk about the majority of the video in this comment. I want to talk about the world's biggest pig.
It is not funny. That pig is not merely overfed. It is a product of genetic manipulation that causes factory-farmed animals to grow at incredible rates, so quickly that the pig's own body cannot support it's own size. It is only one of millions of other animals who are in some way disabled due to the practice of
raising animals for meat. A staggering amount of animals cannot even walk off the truck when they arrive at the slaughterhouse, but they are killed for food anyway. That pig may be the biggest, but it is only one of countless unfortunate animals raised for profit.
Please, just don't forget where our food comes from before it arrives nicely packaged at the grocery store. Animals feel pain and fear, too. Knowledge is power.
useless... first you start to look other countries, then people come back shouting about some odd and rare special case "see it sucks over there!" and suddently you're back parading "we're number one" or any other bullshit in between...
there's a reason for that... public education doesnt seem to work.
It's disgusting that they put that pig on display, and that people go to see him for entertainment. "Haha, look at that pig, it's so fat it can't walk. Now it's miserable, and probably going to die, either from some medical condition, or because it's miserable and doesn't have the will to live anymore. That's so cool!"
It's also sad, because it just goes to show that in America, even our farm animals are obese.
@ColorPortraitWorld it's even sadder that its name is 2nd from the bottom on the sign. its as if we consider this boar as a few statistics that define its being, not as a living animal.
@onytay75 I'm almost positive that a pig will NOT stop eating, like as long as there is food the pig will eat it, no matter whether it is hungry or not. I believe that is where phrases like 'eating like a pig' come from. I'm not 100% sure about that though.
My dad works for Microsoft... no co-pay for ADD meds... :)
cimbles 5 days ago
can you be president or...?
musicluvpeace11 1 week ago
i am so glad we have the nhs
itsawayoflife142 1 week ago
I love the NHS!
swordfish1929 1 week ago
Ah, this American heath care thing is sort of complicated... glad to be in Canada...
nerdsrsocoollike 1 week ago 2
In The Netherlands (my home country) it is mandatory to be insured, and you get about half back from the government. Also, everyone beneath the age of 18 ( 18 being when you come of age) is insured for free. It works here but I'm not sure if it would work in the U.S.A....
BooksAreMyBlood 2 weeks ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
Your curtains were moving on their own...Dun Dun DAAAAAH!
fairbank95 2 weeks ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
@fairbank95 wind?
egirleagle 1 week ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
Truth, universal healthcare requires massive amounts of money but we don't have. It fails in most countries so we either need to get tons of money or figure something else out.
sandstorm49 1 month ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
@sandstorm49 Actually, it works in most countries.
sandstormxx 1 week ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
I had an emergency-life threanting-scary-weird surgery last year. Thank God I have insurance, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to the hospital last year and I would have died. Health care is a Right.
CrazedAuthor 1 month ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos 4
NHS FTW. We must never forget how lucky we are to have it :]
AutumnCherry 1 month ago 5
i have an acute form of MS.. called ADEM... and insurance companies hate me.. because of it..
flashjack15 1 month ago in playlist vlog
i think health care is a right, i mean if someones having an unexpected life-threatening emergency are you just gonna let them die because they don't have health insurance? of course not!
betsyluvstictacs 1 month ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
NHS :D :D thumbs up if you know what it is and think its good :)
Wolfiedotcom 1 month ago 8
uploaded on my birthday wow (3 years later)
TheEyeBuster 1 month ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
I live in Denmark, and healthcare is free. I'm very pleased about this because I think it's more fair. However, Denmark is also a very socialist country compared to the States - even our conservative and liberal parties are socialists compared to american parties (and yes, we have about 8 political parties instead of just two). This is one of the reasons I'm glad to living in Denmark.
ElinorFriggens 2 months ago 5
Oh my god, the pig looks like me.
CloverFONZii 2 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers 2
well, i live in Poland where we have a public healthcare and i dunno if its better. queues to see doctor are full of waitng people who still have to pay if they want to have sth done in time (you must wait to see orthophaedist a few months f.e.). i'm not saying your system is better but it's alomst impossible to do sth to make better our system
ololo518 2 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
thank you john!!! you just helped me write my persuasive essay for language arts!!!
birthdaygirl1126 3 months ago
I get to see massive bores every day! I go to school!
(Budum tshh?)
TheHatOfDestiny 3 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers 2
you guys should have a system more like canada :) here, we have health insurance that is run by the federal government, which is mandatory to have (there are a few different levels though, with low-income people getting the most assistance) and there are also private insurance companies, usually If a person works a large company, their union makes it mandatory for them to buy into that insurance policy as well. I quite like this, because I have never paid a cent out of pocket to get medical help
princessemiko 3 months ago in playlist More videos from vlogbrothers
Don't be hating on chocolate-covered bacon. Everything in moderation!
obvisu 3 months ago
persuit of happyness is not a right its non even in the constitution
neilthewight 4 months ago
@neilthewight it is actually stated as a right in the Declaration Of Independence as a unalienable right.
Opterian1 4 months ago
Huff Post has a link today where the crowd cheered at the GOP debate at letting a guy die w/out insurance.
Nope, they think it's a privilege. Sad, sad, sad.
andrewbary 4 months ago
I saw the thought bubble version of this before.
raphas13 4 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
In my country, Healthcare is free :)
(Its a small country haha)
sahil2304 4 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
In holland, everyone has health care.
amyb2b 4 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos 3
@amyb2b it is in fact even impossible to be a citizen and not have healthcare
Khuratokh 4 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
@Khuratokh What I mean, is that you are obliged to pay for it the insurance-thingy? I don't really know how to phrase it, but basically everyone pays a little bit of money every month, and it's just taken from your salary every month. That means that when you do get sick, your insurance pays for all the costs.
amyb2b 3 months ago
@amyb2b It was not meant as a criticism, but as a futher clarification for those unfamiliair with our (better) system, for which I am very grateful by the way. I admit it was a bit too short a reply for you to understand this, my apologies. If your an asylum seeker, different rules apply.
Khuratokh 3 months ago
my mom has type 1 diabetes and HAS to take a bunch of meds. if we did not have health care she would die with out her meds. because try as she may she can not find a job.
dftbawolf 5 months ago
BUT CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON IS SO DELICIOUS!
peaceluvcandy4 5 months ago
when u said death panel i was all like OWWW wat the fuck is a death panel let me go google that shiz lol
bananasandmayo 5 months ago
...every single video in the suggestions bar is of animals having sex.
heartchoo 5 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos 119
i live in england we have nhs woooooo free health care
killermatty22 5 months ago
Puff levels are high.
EmbryzImprint 5 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos 2
this is why im glad i lve in the uk.
MrRydude17 5 months ago
Oh America, how you have let me down yet again. Healthcare is a right and it needs to be seen that way. Have you ever seen an itemized hospital bill? Let me tell you, there is some serious price gouging on crap like tylenol and band-aids. Ridiculous, simply ridiculous. And I want to be a nurse why?
singingstar11296 5 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
It's a right.
GriffinWolf2008 5 months ago
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robbiewilliams2010 6 months ago
YOU REALLY LIER KKKKK
robbiewilliams2010 6 months ago
i don't have to pay for my health care how expensive is it?
KimmiLittle 6 months ago
I got a pack of chocolate/bacon flavored bubblegum for my birthday today. It made me think of this video and laugh.
MapiesMaster 6 months ago
I feel like I learn more from John Green than I do at school.
And I'm a Senior in University. -.-
ReKrisB 6 months ago 195
Chocolate covered bacon .... gross
Lynda100895 6 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
I liked the chocolate covered bacon until it melted.
uncool95 6 months ago
wtf is going on with the curtains?
g1f2k3j4 6 months ago
NHS
LLOYD19851012 7 months ago
there are 46 million uninsured people in America. 9.7 million of those uninsured are illegal immigrants. 17 million make at least $50,000 a year. 14 million are eligible for government provided health care and are just not getting it. that means that there are, in fact, only Americans for whom our current system could not work; less than 2% of the total population. why overhaul a system that works for 98% of the populace? doesnt it make sense to cut costs, slimming down the system in place?
cherryblossom141 7 months ago
Clearly we have a lot of socialism in our government, and I definitely believe that things like education should be government-run, but I think the state of socialized programs in our country is evidence of how difficult it is for a government in a country as large as ours to maintain the quality of such systems. I mean, the biggest thing our government runs right now is the school system. How's that working out for everybody?
cherryblossom141 7 months ago
wow in this video u dont look like a nerd??
doggynog 7 months ago
Obama was right, you guys need the NHS, it's a godsend. Why should someone have to pay thousands of dollars to have a baby in a safe, clean environment? I know a lot of people critisize the UK healthcare system but at least it's available to all UK citizens. I'm done now, I've had my rant.
GeorgieBiggin 7 months ago
@GeorgieBiggin Because in the UK you still have to pay thousands of dollars to have a baby in a safe, clean environment, you just pay for it in taxes instead of in insurance fees. You literally just write the check to a different person.
cherryblossom141 7 months ago
Money gets wasted when caught up in large bureacratic systems. Clearly, our insurance system needs to be cleaned up; it's a shitload of money and a lot of it is wasted on things like malpractice insurance. However, money is more efficiently managed if each individual hospital is able to manage their finances and set the cost of their treatment through supply and demand.
cherryblossom141 7 months ago
Your puff levels rising lol :-)
MegaOliber 7 months ago
In France the health care system is great: the 'social security' takes a part of everyone's salary (depending on the actual salary) and whenever you get sick it pays the doctor for you with the money you invested in them, and if people who don't have a job get sick they get their treatment free too. The unemployed get some money to survive, and that way nobody gets bankrupt because of sickness.
mynameisvanille 7 months ago
@mynameisvanille Don't you think that's pretty similar to the American system, though? Every month, Americans take part of their salary and give it to insurance companies, and whenever you get sick it pays the docotr with the money you invested in them. If you don't have a job you get Medicare. Do you know why nobody goes bankrupt in France even though you're simply making the check out to the government instead of an insurance company?
cherryblossom141 7 months ago
@cherryblossom141 well... maybe that's because we have insurance as well, and the 'sécurité sociale' is a huuuge part of the economy. Of course rich people hate it since it takes a tiny piece of their wealth goes to keeping poor people alive :D I do know that healthcare is much cheaper and affordable for everyone than in the USA. The 'social security' is in trouble right now though, since the unemployment rate since Sarkozy is enormous, and only people who have a job can invest in it obviously.
mynameisvanille 7 months ago
you live in Indiana? yay!
ecritchie15 7 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
1418 people forgot to be awesome
adamshazam 7 months ago
There is one problem. Cost (ok two, freedom.)
BaileyAwesomeSmile 7 months ago
Yeah socialized medicine is great, good for everyday, here in Britain i think it's fantastic. The thing about Britain is we don't have national debt 7x our revenue and an economy that only avoided a crisis by pumping trillions of dollars that you don't have in to the economy. Now is not the time for increased government entitlements that you can't afford. Coming from Europe i think a nationalized health service is great, but unlike u guys most of our countries can afford it. sorry democrats
toberses11 7 months ago
I'm happy to live in sweden,loving the health care,feeling pity for poor old "best country ever carved on god's green earth" usa
Lucastheskatemaster 8 months ago
@Lucastheskatemaster *sigh*. I'm tired of how whenever a debate about something in America is brought up, Europeans poke fun or are just plain rude to Americans. Not everyone living in my country thinks it's the most wonderful place on Earth, but even people who do make comments like "best country ever carved on god's green earth" aren't doing so to put down other countries. I genuinely don't know how Europe feels, but in America we have a lot of pride. Not a superiority complex, merely pride.
jaytummy 7 months ago
Sounds good on paper but who provides something for free? Who works for free providing all this?
Johnnyqwest1 8 months ago
@Johnnyqwest1 No one. If America decides to go down the Government Insurance option then it would surely be funded through taxes.
SirTeeGeeEss 8 months ago
@SirTeeGeeEss Look at Social Security and Medicare. They are funded by taxes and are going broke. Why do people like you think the government can do everything and do it well? If you wanted your lawn mowed and your trees trimmed would you hire some private entity or a government one? There have been horror stories of the British healthcare system but nobody talks about that.
Johnnyqwest1 8 months ago
@Johnnyqwest1 Well I am British, so could you care to elaborate on your NHS point?
I would never claim a Government could or should do "everything". I think that there are services Governments should provide, (Defence, Education, Social Security, Healthcare, Infrastructure etc), and there are services people provide for themselves (such as your example of lawn moving/hedge trimming.)
The main thing that bugs me about the American healthcare system is people going bankrupt just for getting ill.
SirTeeGeeEss 8 months ago 2
Sounds good on paper but who provides something for free?
Johnnyqwest1 8 months ago
here in Italy health care is a right and everyone can get all the treatments he needs for free (foreigners included). I really don't get how a big, civilized country such as the USA denies health care to people who can't afford it or with a pre-existing condition. How can you stand for it?
statoquantico84 8 months ago
poor pig I wanna steal it and put him on a diet
lunitaarrabalera 8 months ago
i believe this is my very first vlogbrothers video...wow, it's been a while..
ECGBunni 8 months ago
that poor pig he needs a diet :(
lolololliepop1 8 months ago in playlist Nerdfighters
Ahhha! You went to Indiana to see the world's largest boar!!!. I live in Indiana! I saw him too! I saw his owner, and he was missing an arm!
Hogwarts33 8 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos
America makes no sense to me.... This video left my brain slightly more scrambled than normal....
zombiemeowk 8 months ago in playlist 20 Essential Vlogbrothers Videos 3
@zombiemeowk America doesn't even make sense to Americans.
jaytummy 7 months ago
0:30 That song never gets old :)
DFTBA
theXylinder 9 months ago
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theXylinder 9 months ago
0:19...
GHOSTLY BLINDS!!!
I sense a Vashta Nurata :D
MagicLlama1899 9 months ago
OMG THE LIKE/DISLIKE BAR LOOKS LIKE A LIGHTSABER!!!!
MrRubberDucky234 9 months ago
Dude! Your blinds are ALIIIIIIIVE!!!
whothehellisthat 9 months ago
I honestly thought you were gonna say: "his name is Tiny Cooper"
skyskelton97 10 months ago
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BabeiiMargotaa763 10 months ago
Dear NHS
I'm sorry I sometimes forget to appreciate you. Thanks for being awesome.
Respectfully, an English nerdfighter.
OddballEndorser 10 months ago 4
W00t. Canada's healthcare.
TallEvilOne 10 months ago 2
I like how he gets sweatier and sweatier throughout the video
OddRobb 10 months ago
I know the US will never have something like the NHS, but seriously its AMAZING
(my dad lives in the US and he said an obstetrician delivered my sister, it was perfectly straightforward yet they had someone who had trained for over ten years by that point years was delivering babies- no wonder his healthcare costs him a fortune and seems a bit a of a waste of an obstetrician for him to spend his time delivering straightforward births)
franisgenius 10 months ago
just be like Canada.
our taxes are kind of high, but everybody - EVERYBODY - gets good, safe, healthcare when they need it.
mokshalovely 11 months ago
@mokshalovely even if they are on a 6 month waiting list..
txrelichunter 10 months ago
after i watch all the stupid vids on youtube i watch this to know that there is some good in the world
MULLETMAN235 11 months ago 2
chocolate covered bacon.........*drools*
Wilder941 11 months ago
bla..bla...bla...bla...bla...bla...
Woodi007 11 months ago
There will be death panels moron..
txrelichunter 11 months ago
@txrelichunter death panels are a lie; there's free healthcare here in australia and there's no such thing.
ultravioletj 11 months ago
O_o it stopped at him saying "death panel". should i be worried? probably not, but im a nerd. i have aright to get overly worrried or excited
lilylpotter3 11 months ago
I came here looking for a pig I leave wanting.
joe59788 1 year ago
I ate chocolate covered bacon :( Well, most of it. Then i karaoked i will survive and got a free strawberry shake.
uncool95 1 year ago
animal. abuse.
binkysuebob 1 year ago
Hmm, you spawned the thought that healthcare provisions for people who can otherwise not afford it may often go hand in hand to other financial benefits who need to get off their lazy guffs, get telling their sad stories, and get to work. I personally know people who have lived off the system when they didn't deserve it because they simply did not want to go get a job while they were recieving free stuff. Oh and DFTBA: Don't Forget the Bacon-ator.
Iniss132 1 year ago
Hmm, you spawned the thought that healthcare provisions for people who can otherwise not afford it may often go hand in hand to other financial benefits who need to get off their lazy guffs, get telling their sad stories, and get to work. I personally know people who have lived off the system when they didn't deserve it because they simply did not want to go get a job while they were recieving free stuff.
Iniss132 1 year ago
NHS <3
JarCooler 1 year ago 3
Quick name some of the most poorly run organizations in the U.S.! Most people come up with things like the postal service, public education, FEMA, etc. What do they have in common? They're government run. Our government is made up of politicians, not businessmen, therefore it is ridiculous to believe that they can run one of these organizations more efficiently than a real business person. This obviously includes healthcare.
zachmartin20 1 year ago
that's why I am a vegetarian...
borisisthemusic 1 year ago
@borisisthemusic same!
malloryt19 1 year ago
@malloryt19 Vegetarian Win!
volkswagenminibus 9 months ago
oh my gosh people, it's just one pig, calm yourselves...
by the way...DFTBA :D
ExtraElectric 1 year ago
How about you just do what Canada does!!!
Breetwee 1 year ago
I'm trying so hard to understand this video, but I've watched it five times and I fear I won't be able to. So I'm putting it on my favorites and wait until I can understand it, because even though I can't completely grasp it, I can tell this is interesting and I really want to.
Ramsy575 1 year ago
@Ramsy575 I had the same problem, I can't seem to uphold the level of focus that you need for this video, but thankfully, there's hope. If you would search for "thought bubble massive pig", a version of this video appears, only it's brilliantly illustrated and animated. It's hard to explain. But it helped me understand this video. I really recommend it! DFTBA :)
HiddenKoala 1 year ago
Useful idiot.
steve0281 1 year ago
Simple. Tell me one business that the government is in that does it less expensively and more efficiently? Mail? Taxes (think earmarks)? Roads (think toll)? Welfare (think churches)?
If you think the system is fouled up, we can be assured that the government will not fix it.
marmot2342 1 year ago
hahah this video makes me happy to live in canada, we have awesome medical care, and i have never come across anything to fat to walk, noer chocolate covered bacon
firepretty 1 year ago 90
@firepretty same thing here in Italy... even if we have huge problems we still have awesome medical care, for free and for everyone!
statoquantico84 8 months ago
@firepretty don't you make fun of chocolate covered bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but is there really chocolate covered bacon? i'm american and if there is chocolate covered bacon in this world i feel that it is my duty as an american citizen to know about it.
sethboy66 8 months ago
he explained the health care bill better than anyone on tv or any other politician.
jack16895 1 year ago
ad: lower health costs!
webbjsabrina 1 year ago
i think the way we're going now is Plan C: wait untill the pig has a heart attack then moan about what to do with the corps, the coulda-shoulda-woulda's, then go and find another pig to f*** up.
izzyqueens 1 year ago
By that logic, we also believe money is a right.
Clitorisaurus 1 year ago
@Clitorisaurus money isn't a right but instead a necessity to obtain things which you have a right to
Sageeth 1 year ago
@Sageeth Like what? And from whence are these "rights" derived?
Clitorisaurus 1 year ago
People who cause themselves harm through drinking smoking or drugs
zero1343 1 year ago
In Canada our healthcare is far more agreeable than the Americans and I tend to pity you. Sure our taxes are a little bit higher but honestly, we don't have people dying because they can't afford the necessity that is healthcare. It also tends to amuse me that there are so many people that think that because of Canada's healthcare system we are turning into a communist nation. Freaking n00bs, no we aren't and even if we were communism is not a terribly thing, the dictatorship is.
missgalindaful 1 year ago 2
ACK! The notion of the rich recieving superior medical care seriously irks me.
I mean COME ON, The UK has had the National Health Service since the 1940s, a simple and effective way to treat ALL those who are in need of it.
Even since 1911 there has been a type of NHS, a small weekly deduction of wages to provide for healthcare when then the time arrises - Yes people, this is what your National Insurance goes towards, so you can live.
It's not overly liberal radical thinking, its common sense.
Evonnewench 1 year ago 2
@Evonnewench Yeah, i'm British and i owe the NHS so much having had 3 operations and numerous other procedures this year for a condition of which the cause is unknown and can't be cured. I wouldn't have had health insurance because i already had pre-existing conditions, so it's very fortunate for me that i was born in Britain.
One problem with the NHS, though, is that concensus for drugs isn't country-wide. Some people get funding for expensive drugs, when others don't, which isn't fair.
SirTeeGeeEss 1 year ago
In true vlogbrothers style, almost all of the related videos are animal sex.
Sparrow476 1 year ago 28
@Sparrow476 As it should be x3
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gmosphere 1 year ago
True dat Batman.
Nugilujna 1 year ago
Can we eat it?
OOTopaz 1 year ago
so go the way of the australia health system?
we have Medicare (government run) and everyone is on it. It pays for basic things, a GP visit and subsidises prescription meds, and also needed surgery's, dental, physio, etc.
An individual (not a company) can chose to get Private Health Insurance which covers surgery, physio, dental, etc, because under medicare there are certain restrictions for these things and long waiting lists.
I think we have a better system, though it still does have flaws.
lyzzidc 1 year ago 2
It's a real pity that we can't go back to the way-back-whens when towns each had doctors who knew the patients and if you couldn't afford something, the doc was either understanding or you found a way to pay it differently. People-to-people interaction over who's paying for what. I don't know what we should do, but I think it's imortant to remember that health care isn't about money, it's about people. And when it comes to people, we should be understanding.
whoviangirl13 1 year ago 88
@whoviangirl13 Your wrong there. Healthcare is in reality all about the money nothing else. it will remain this way as long as healthcare is run by private corporations.
defiythelie 6 months ago
Thank you sooo much for this John. We've needed a non biased view on the heath care issue. It's all so slanted and we can't get the facts. These are the facts, and for that, Nerdfighteria thanks you!!!!
phillyeagles0328 1 year ago
As someone who is uninsured because I work (very hard, I might add) at minimum wage and can't afford the premiums in my state, and as someone who does what she can to stay as healthy as she can, AND as someone who has pre-existing conditions (not my fault), I would have to say that healthcare is definitely a right. Perhaps one that a person can lose if, for instance, the doctor says "you're diabetic, stop eating chocolate bacon" and you continue eating chocolate bacon...
IFMallory 1 year ago
Its cool how such a political vid can get almost 2 million views
FootofaFerret 1 year ago
who won the fitness challenge?
i thought it ended on this day?
You never had the contest. :(
Moongal96 1 year ago
@Moongal96 This video was in 2009. The contest was last year. I don't know who won, though.
flody19 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
gov-run health care is NOT racism! Poor black pepol want good free health care. We want free home attendents and free food. We wand good free public housing and government paid cars and gasoline. We demand equal pay for all pepols!
Why some live in 20,000 sq ft homes and we live in small 3 bedroom apartmwents?
All must be equal!
We also want to drive ferraris and drink good champagne!
Kick out rich pepols!
God bless Obama and our democratic leaders!
platipot 1 year ago
US govt spends $7000+ per person, per year w/out public healthcare
Rest of the developed world spends $3500-$4900 per person per year
Armando623 1 year ago
that last sentence pretty much sums it all up.
you are a wise man.
derteqal 1 year ago
lets break down the misconception. National Defense (in the Constitution), Public Schools (mandated by State charters/Constitution not Feds) public Roads (see National defense). So how is that socialism, Guess when there's no stock for the profit I guess instead of national investment. Standing Army to protect our Constitution, Public Schools to enrich the youth and roads so goods can go around at a smooth pace. Guess i see it differently.... You also forgot medical/Medicaid in your rant
avdquick 1 year ago
@avdquick The preamble states "...provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare.." I don't think letting the 'pig' die is promoting the general welfare. I agree Army = good, state militias (second amendment) = good. Let us not forget the 16th amendment, federal income tax. All this socialism talk makes me want to pull my hair out too.
UnionPerfectMore 1 year ago
Wise man.
Chocohall 1 year ago
When the postal system is no longer bankrupt will be when i trust our government to regulate my heathcare.
Graplevader 1 year ago
I am a teacher, and we are currently doing a unit on ethics, and I just sent a link to Hank's most recent video, and then I decided to send this one (which was in my favorites)....Anyway, thanks, John. This is one of the best descriptions of the healthcare debate that I've seen
idonotknowhowtotype 1 year ago
lol at 00:19 .. the blinds are going up and down. :P
mikomi212 1 year ago 2
EUE! EUA! MARITA SE LA COME SABINA SE LA DA
ANONIMO (nelly)
alexispresenta 1 year ago
I love how well constructed and knowledgeable your videos are. Love you John
shantrues 1 year ago 4
I mean, dang, even my native third-world country has a better health care system than America.
Amandix15 1 year ago
its a privilege when you can pay for it, its a right when you cant... unfortunatly :/
nicoleeeetozier 1 year ago 5
you scamer!! where is there pig fuk?
mixed22891 1 year ago
The US should take on Canada's health care system, hey, it has worked so far.
OnceUponALife1014 1 year ago
To tell the truth, I have eaten chocolate covered bacon...hehehe....
khakivideos 1 year ago
mmmmmm... what?
THEninja147 1 year ago
tengo la impresion que este tipo tiene un palo metido en el ano que tanto habla
hachadefuego 1 year ago
That was a great analogy and a well-made video, but I'm not going to talk about the majority of the video in this comment. I want to talk about the world's biggest pig.
It is not funny. That pig is not merely overfed. It is a product of genetic manipulation that causes factory-farmed animals to grow at incredible rates, so quickly that the pig's own body cannot support it's own size. It is only one of millions of other animals who are in some way disabled due to the practice of
ZzuniaSZ 1 year ago
raising animals for meat. A staggering amount of animals cannot even walk off the truck when they arrive at the slaughterhouse, but they are killed for food anyway. That pig may be the biggest, but it is only one of countless unfortunate animals raised for profit.
Please, just don't forget where our food comes from before it arrives nicely packaged at the grocery store. Animals feel pain and fear, too. Knowledge is power.
Nerdfighters!
ZzuniaSZ 1 year ago
useless... first you start to look other countries, then people come back shouting about some odd and rare special case "see it sucks over there!" and suddently you're back parading "we're number one" or any other bullshit in between...
there's a reason for that... public education doesnt seem to work.
Darusdei 1 year ago
It's disgusting that they put that pig on display, and that people go to see him for entertainment. "Haha, look at that pig, it's so fat it can't walk. Now it's miserable, and probably going to die, either from some medical condition, or because it's miserable and doesn't have the will to live anymore. That's so cool!"
It's also sad, because it just goes to show that in America, even our farm animals are obese.
ColorPortraitWorld 1 year ago 299
@ColorPortraitWorld well the way i look at it is DAMN thats a lot of bacon
Nyanasama 1 year ago
@ColorPortraitWorld of course are farm animals are obese do u have any idea what we feed them?
jack16895 1 year ago
@jack16895 Chocolate-coated bacon???
desonemillion 1 year ago 3
@ColorPortraitWorld it's even sadder that its name is 2nd from the bottom on the sign. its as if we consider this boar as a few statistics that define its being, not as a living animal.
ryutatsu2 11 months ago 3
@ColorPortraitWorld
Complain about everything... whine whine whine
OddRobb 10 months ago
@ColorPortraitWorld Wait they just offer the pig food coodnt the pig just not eat it if he didnt want it
onytay75 9 months ago
@onytay75 I'm almost positive that a pig will NOT stop eating, like as long as there is food the pig will eat it, no matter whether it is hungry or not. I believe that is where phrases like 'eating like a pig' come from. I'm not 100% sure about that though.
ColorPortraitWorld 9 months ago
@ColorPortraitWorld You make a wonderful point thank you
onytay75 9 months ago
NHS for the win!
Frankagator 1 year ago 2
i live in Canada
pyroman1997 1 year ago
Do you hope around so much to keep our attention or because you mess up a lot? I would understand the latter, it's hard to go without pause.
shRkfrnZ 1 year ago
@shRkfrnZ I believe it's because he tries never to blink.
Cheelberry 1 year ago
@Cheelberry That would be a good reason, too.
shRkfrnZ 1 year ago
I think we need a revolution...everything seems better after a revolution.
CassieWinslowFan 1 year ago
@CassieWinslowFan YOU ARE CRAZY!!!! History is FULL of examples of "revolutions" that just plain BACKFIRED!
PhantomMigKiller 8 months ago