"America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well...all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!"
That driver you told to get a move on was doing the right thing - leaving space. You need to retake your CBT test. Also I never heard an indicator when you turned. And when there was a pedestrian in the road you carried on when pedestrians have right of way according to the Highway Code.
@KATOMATE01 Like "DayDreamAscent " I'm Brit and a longtime driver and I had no idea what the zigzag lines meant so asked my neighbour (much younger than me and only past his drivers test a short time ago. He thinks they mean "no stationary vehicles no picking up or setting down passengers". If you notice the zigzags appear when there are barriers on the pavement (sidewalk). Regards
@KATOMATE01 they mean no stopping, no overtaking. They are usually around a pedestrian crossing, or perhaps at a school entrance. So anyone crossing the road isn't hidden by parked cars thus (allegedly) making it safer.
it really is a myth that American hospitals wont take in people that can't pay....my father is an ER surgeon and I asked him about this. He said his hospital has never ONCE refused someone care who couldn't pay for it. Most good hospitals are like this. Unfortunately the reputation comes from the very few that do check first if you can pay.
I know this is an old video and all but have you seen Morgan Spurlock's "30 days"? (He made the "Supersize me" documentary)
I think it was his very first episode that was called 'Minimum wage". You should watch it if you haven't already. It's a good episode (the whole series is good actually but the subjects change per episode).
Well the british and American healthcare is gona be the same thanks to Obamas healthcare reform. We gona get taxed and everyone will go on rationing. It's not about healthcare its about taxes. The government is fucking us no matter where we live in the world. I'm British living in America so we all fucked once the dollar crashes.
@leebog31 Will go on rationing ? What you on about ? And u must not have a clue m8 ... how will you be fucked up... the rich might be ... but the poor and middle class will be much better off...
American healthcare is the best in the world - period! World leaders, famous people and many others come to places like the Mayo clinic for treatment. The real issue is the absurd costs involved and the ridiculous bureaucracy. Having millions without health insurance and creating an medical elitism in the nation is just plain nuts.
@leapoffaith20 As a British citizen you could, but you would be wasting your time. Even fucking awful Eric Clapton went to the Mayo for treatment. The British NHS is broken and riddled with problems. Keep striving spud.
what niggles me is the NHS waiting lists are held up by people choosing to go private because the ops still done in an NHS hospital its just you get to jump the que .its sickening.
Love the rant about fog lights and the NHS v American system. NHS for me... everytime. My Grandma had a triple heart by-pass on the NHS that would of cost £15 grand plus, but on the NHS its free and no waiting list. Job done. I feel sorry for normal Americans paying through the nose.
P.S. This is the route I take home from Saltdean! I live near Hove Park before you cut the vid
At the end of the day if you have hospitals which are completely based on a business profit making model it is in their interest to spend as little money on you as possible. It is in their interest to employ the minimal amount of people, and pay them the smallest amount of money. It is in their interest to do detailed searches of your insurance contract to work out ways NOT to pay money out... and thats for people with insurance. The UK system isnt perfect but it is as fair as possible.
The NHS is in shambles. You can expect to wait 6 months wearing a catheter for surgery, while you get sicker and sicker. Hospitals lack adequate technology and supplies for proper modern day care. The US system was great until Obama changed it yesterday. Now we will be worse off.
i live in America and i wish we had something like the NHS. the healthcare system in america is corrupt and morally wrong. insurance companies profit off of denying you treatment even if you pay your premiums.
sorry for all the post, it is hard to say it all when you are limited. I am one that can't afford insurance and I am still not bitching about the lack of, because I don't cheat the system. Friend that is EMS, sister works in doctor's office, brother works in medical too. They see it all.
and all the illegals came in in an influx rate and they will go to the ER for a sniffle. That tied up tons of dollars and time for the real cases that need to be looked at first. So the cost went up again to pay for all the unpaid medical expense. Problem is, too many in America take too much advantage of the free part. Others use the free aspect to get good pain killers for their addictions. Problem is too many people using the system for stupid reasons
ohh yea people here in America get free health care all the time. It is on the law books that any hospital HAS to take a patient in. They are trying to make it look worse than it is. Gore and Kerry went around doing that stupid law suit shit for any little thing that drove our cost up. In the end they helped create the problem so they could try to impose this health care crap on us.
@Mikej1592 the US government is ran by the same international bankers as the rest of this planet. The UN just use our military as the police force for the rest of the world. They have other troops here as well for if we decide to get unruly and so forth. The difference is we still have lots of guns on the local side to defend if the UN tried to get more controling.
As much as people moan about the NHS, if I don't feel well, and I mean something you really shouldn't need to go to the doctors for, I can see a doctor usually within 2 days and get diagnosed etc... and then get some treatment from the pharmacy all for free..
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, of course, but the problem we in the US have is this: ** nothing is clear **. All we get are sound bites from one side or the other about what's in the health bill and what's not.
Tell me y'all would accept this bloated health bill for yourselves not knowing what's in it, with the media slanting one way or another, and knowing whatever good it might have in it (if anything) you won't see for *at least* three years.
@svengalie I don't suppose the BBC has any bias one way or the other, politically speaking, on any subject? ;)
Like anything, there's bound to be a better deal than what we already have, but our family is covered. Dental could be better, vision is nonexistent really, but diabetic husband is well cared for, I've had both shoulders worked on, and the kids have had well child checks lifelong. Rx thru mail are well covered. I wish all had our coverage. I don't want that changed. Would you?
@svengalie ?? We have PBS - the Public Broadcast System - which is also taxpayer funded but it's very liberally slanted.
I did google "BBC impartial"... yep, first entry there's the BBC saying they're impartial. :) But - oh, look! Second main entry down, what's that? "Criticism of the BBC" in Wikipedia. Yes, I know Wiki is to be taken with a honking big grain of salt.
Still, I don't believe any media outlet is completely impartial. Each has an agenda. What could BBC's be?
@upway2l8again The BBC is different from any TV stations in America. It's not owned by anyone but the nation. So it doesn't have the same instructions to follow a party-line the way stations in the USA do. Comparing Fox News to the BBC for example, I know which one I'd trust more on impartiality.
@ThatBritGuy :) Fox has an obvious agenda, they make no secret of it. PBS is our equivalent to BBC - PBS is *Public* Broadcast System - taxpayer funded. But guess what, it's run by people with opinions and an agenda; they just pretend and proclaim they don't. I suspect BBC is the same. I'm just suggesting we don't believe things are always neutrally presented. :)
@ThatBritGuy I'm not sure how public ownership with government appointments is more impartial than many privately owned independents.
With private organizations, the media tends to cater to the viewers wants. Fox fills the conservative viewer market, CNN/MSNBC/Washington Post and the like compete for the liberal viewer market. Watch both to find dirt on both sides.
I'd much rather have various competing viewpoints in a private Chinese media than the publicly owned media they have today. =)
the US govt is more interested in killing people than saving lives, so most spending is on military and weapons. If my tax dollars went into health care I wouldnt cringe so bad paying 35% of my income into taxes every year.
This rant was awesum it was like listening to myself drive around, I am either telling people to turn their lights on or fog lights off when its not bloody foggy out and they are just blinding me.
At least the emergency system is good enough... if you have an accident you'll be alright...emercency, ortho etc is good, but if you get sick(heart, lungs, liver, kidneys etc) you'll not get the best you can.
20% of my ssalarytax is suposed to go to the health system. our gov taxes the shit out of us, and how much do they direct to the health sistem? 3-4% of the GDP, hence... a resident here onlu makes 180 pounds/month, and a specialist doctor gets around 450 punds, hence... most medschool graduates emigrate after the first year as a resident medic. :). So bad payed doctors, somewhat non-competent, poorly equiped hospitals. etc...
yea in quebec we have pretty good health care but we pay for it heavely in taxes, which I have not used much, stich and one small surgery, thats it. well it works, and hopefully the usa can get theres up and running well
It helps you a lot that everything is developed in America so the rest of the world can just buy the meds without having to go through the trouble of developing them. Back in the day, there was a free market that encouraged the healthcare industry to make meds both cheap and effective. Now, they just have to avoid being sued, and the rest is paid by insurance companies and/or tax dollars. We should have free competition for day-to-day care then "real" insurance for catastrophes like crashing.
You get insurance to cover the chance of those astronomical fees. Also in other countries i.e. Great Britain and Canada you pay the same or more in TAXES - unless your too poor and dont pay taxes anyway. Lastly the service is much worse, for emergencies great. Get sick you get to wait.
dental care is another begger... i got sent to a hygenist by my dentist and when i went the hygenist says to me " i don't know why he's sent you here... your teeth are fine...." got to the desk in the foyer and they go " £27 please " what the hell for! a bit of floss and some toothpaste!?
Yes we may not have national free healthcare in the US, but it's more or less a trade off from what you have in the UK. When your government gives you everything they tax you out the ass for it. In the US our taxes aren't so bad, but we have to pay for a few more things on our own. As for the poor people in the states there are a lot of ways to get free healthcare as long as you go and look for it. Just recently i took my girlfriend to the ER and she payed nothing because of her income.
talkin of rear ended wheni firt got a scooter wa ridin down th city centre and got rear de bydouble decker (at low speed of course) but itws enoihg to send e rollin of th back of the bike
I work in the US medical industry. Yes it needs some fixes. Costs are high, but the care is much higher quality as well. Canada referr's many high risk patients to US hospitals for treatment because they don't have the facilities that are required.
A lot of the Equipment, Drugs, Treatments you have now are a result of our medical systems research. Research costs money & the system supports it. An NHS will have a negative effect on such advances in the future.
The healthcare system in the states needs work, but the system isn't all that bad. It could be great with adjustments, but a full out reform is completely ridiculous.
The government is never more efficient when it tries to do something the free market can do. All government really is is taking from one person to give to another. Considering the lack of accountability for the government, there is no way I'd want them to be in charge of my own personal health care.
If I didn't have health insurance I wouldn't be riding a bike, period. Too risky.
Yup, and medical coverage in TX is included by default, and I had to sign to decline coverage since its redundant with my employer insurance. For most, break your leg at work, and work pays for it. Break your leg at home and home owners insurance pays for it. Break your leg in a vehicle accident and car/bike insurance pays for it.
They rarely factor this in on "insured" statistics, and if car insurance, unlike medical, weren't mandatory, about as many would risk it and drive uninsured. =)
Socialized healthcare isn't "free", its simply taking your money and pooling it with others. Unless you contribute less than you take, you only win if government is more efficient with money than private industry all else equal. Unlikely, so the answer is reduced quality of care.
People absolutely need food, clean water, and a roof over their head. But that doesn't mean I want to pool my money for government food rations, water bottles, and to live in a government housing complex. *shrugs*
The benefit is, if you need an operation to remove a burst appendix it wont cost you anything. Where people say if you have no insurance in the states it will cost tens of thousands. Compare :)
You can't compare paying for insurance coverage versus not paying for insurance coverage. You'd have to compare paying for private insurance in the US versus a similar level of healthcare coverage paying for public insurance in the UK.
Health insurance isn't much different from car insurance. You could have the option of picking the car insurance carrier of your choice with the coverage that you desire, or you could have the government take money out of your check and decide for you.
actually the point here is they get more than free health care; they get piece of mind. No body can guarantee they'll have a job permanently over the next 10 yr, and nobody can guarantee they or a family member wont fall ill or be injured. That's where NHS fits in. The more people pay, the cheaper it gets.
@geoffart If you lose your job for non-performance reasons, you generally have a severance package that includes both pay and insurance to find a new job. Work insurance covers family members. COBRA is also a federal law that gives people the right to extend their current coverage for over a year past employment. You can always shop private insurance for the best deal, and there is government coverage (especially for children) if you can demonstrate you are relatively poor. You're covered.
Most Brits would consider it our greatest national treasure, and despite billions of pounds of cuts to UK following the recession, it is ring-fenced from any cuts, which tells you something... remember, in a recession you cant always find a new job. We dont have to worry about medical insurance going up because of an illness. We pay £7 and get a good range of medicines too.
@geoffart That is not my experience. My experience is that most consider it about the same as Social Security in the United States.
We paid into it for decades, and we are dependent on it, so damn straight we need it and would be pissed if someone tried to take it away.
But everyone knows that its a botched system that is mismanaged with contribution divorced from consumption. A personal "locked box" retirement plan where each contributes to himself (like 401K) would obviously be better.
I would get all the treatment I need, and not even have to even think about costs. I cant imagine being in a system where I would have to worry about the cost of such necessary treatment. My opinion: for such an expensive necessity, insurance is a wholly inappropriate way of covering costs, because insurance is linked to risk, meaning the more you need it, the less likely you'll get it.
@geoffart The higher RISK you are, the more you are likely to CONSUME, the more you should have to CONTRIBUTE. Where else do you think the money comes from?
If you are overweight with high blood pressure and a smoker, why do you deserve to take money away from your neighbor that jogs 2 miles every morning on a health diet?
In that way it is no different than car insurance, and just like with car insurance, its nice to have consumer freedom to pick the provider and coverage you like best.
The NHS isn't always substandard to private. The NHS is less effective for minor stuff, sure... but it does work, and it isn't third world or sub standard. You can get very expensive proscriptions for £7.2.
NHS is seen as a terrorist breeding ground (see fox news)
Americans are just soo worried about "socialisim" that a health service is seen as communist. Check Stephen Fry's comments on the socialist Army the states have yet have no other social body as its seen as communist :)
France has a great health care system (70% tax)
UK has struggling healthcare system (0-40% tax + VAT)
US is great if you have money. If you dont... your fucked :)
You're more likely to HAVE money to spend as you see fit in the US though. =p
Although I haven't researched it lately, the NHS isn't perfect. I know that in the 90s wait times for elective surgery, transplants, and even orthodontics were often over a year, and hospitals were getting busted for readmitting patients to reset the clock.
And since private transplants are banned, you die waiting or fly to Singapore and try to pay with money you don't have because you already paid the NHS. =/
More likely isnt good enough a reason to abandon more vunerable people in society. If you break your leg riding your bike, what support is there from your government? Medical costs? Welfare? Insurance? In the UK it woule be. None Incapacity Benefit Medical cover regardless Claim for compensation (if you didnt cause accident) Broken leg will fetch £10'000. Im curious, what does your country offer? Cause tbh i dont know exactly. Cheers
There are impoverished people in the United States. They can't feed or house themselves. We have a huge private charity sector that provides aid and help finding a job in addition to the government welfare. No hospital ER is allowed to turn patients away (ask the illegal aliens), and there are many free charity clinics.
The entire nation doesn't have to live on handouts though, and we buy healthcare the same way we buy food, drink, and housing for ourselves. We NEED it, but like choice.
that is where our views differ. Our nation sees its people as part of the system of society, and as part of that system it performs medical maintenance on them, to keep them healthy and best able to contribute to society. I'm happy for my tax payers money to be spent on that, and so are most people here. You could take it a step further and say police should only prosecute illegal actions against richer people.
@geoffart I have no problem providing wellfare/charity for the impoverished. In the United States, we do this already. Its a bare minimum, but that encourages you to work (and for many, it isn't enough encouragement except to have more kids).
Food, water, and shelter are far more fundamental needs than healthcare, and if you are poor, it is provided for you.
If you are not poor though, it is my opinion that your money is better spent and more FAIRLY spent as YOU, who earned it, feels fit.
US Insurance companies love taking your money when you're healthy (you're a valued customer/asset).
They're just no so easily swayed into paying/covering for you when you're sick (you're a liability).
I work in a medical office of 5 employees for 2 surgeons. Most of the time 2/5 of the employees are fighting with insurance, trying to get them to pay for the people they cover.
Scumbag insurance will act like they know what's best for the patients they've never met. it's all about the money.
Having had direct personal experience with the British NHS I can say that the 80-85% of Americans who have medical insurance would revolt if they were forced into an NHS type system.
Really poor people can get free healthcare in the US.
Your are correct however in one respect.
About 10-20% of our population who ought to be able have health insurance can't get it. These people typically have jobs.
We need to fix the system for them.
This thought provoking video calls for a response.
quite right sven, here in Portugal you have private and public healthcare services, i normaly use the public one , free or super cheap with that token payment ,
never had any problem with it but im glad theres the choice between private and public, in the USA its like you only have private, so much money on the country and my poor country is still able to be better at that , i think its shameful
cheers mate, i think the us healthcare system could benefit from emulating some of the success seen in the various commonwealth implementations (australia, canada, UK, etc)
i always make sure i always copy my description before uploading, just incase youtube is an ass so i can re-upload and eaily paste... i have all my tags stored in a notepad document as well for easy copy + pasting
Not only do they drive on the other side of the road there, but their road markings seem all bass-ackwards! The double yellow is next to the sidewalk, while the lanes appear to be painted by 5 year olds playing connect the dots: )
I'm becoming convinced that driving with you're lights off has become some kind of new fad or something. Everyday I see some carrot-waxer driving around in the dark with no lights, or with parking lights only. Why can't the police ticket these people instead of the one who is driving five over, but otherwise completely safely?
Lol, i tell everybody about the lights thing too. Seems to be one of those stupid habits in England. On the plus side the sound of that ZZR is still orgasmic lol.
I don't think I'll mind then either. Reason being is that in the next month I'm stepping into my career, not just a job and they give me great benefits as a good price. I know not everybody have the available though.
You can get an anti-fog plasic sticker thing for the inside of the visor that works brilliantly, or you can buy anti-fog treatment sprays. Any decent biking store like Hein Gericke will sell them. I use the spray for my glasses, because riding with specs on = instant blindness.
The sad part about the health care issue, is that people here are okay with wasting billions in Afganhastan, but don't want to pay to keep everyone healthy. It's sad really.
@unit4401 1) That kind of logic of "we waste $X and Y, which I don't care for, so whats the big deal with wasting $X on Z?" is the thought process that has California spiraling in out of control debt.
2) My brother IL is fighting in Afghanistan right now, my sister is to be deployed in six months (delayed deployment due to her pregnancy), some of her West Point classmates have died there, and the events of 9/11 and actions of Al-Qaeda are considered more than a mindless "waste of money".
@DumbDuck44 It'll be a DECADE in Iraq and Afgahanistan soon. Not to take anything from our service members, but we are wasting time, money, and most importantly, LIVES. Do you really believe for 1 second that we are safer HERE because we have soldiers 1/2 a world away ? We are more at risk from our open border with Mexico than we are in the sandbox.....I spent my time in the military, in the FIRST gulf war, so try not to use your siblings to make a point okay ?
@unit4401 Iraq and Afghanistan are separate theaters, but regardless I would like to see us pull out (unlike Obama who won a nobel peace prize for having more troops deployed overseas now than during the previous peak troop surges). But yes, most importantly LIVES. The point is that it is very disrespectful to be flippant about Afghanistan as nothing more than a monetary expenditure all considered, and ridiculous to use that as a "money pit" excuse to throw people's earnings about carelessly.
I have a friend with the same medical complaint as me but living in America. She has to find 1000s every time she needs to get checked over... just a checkup due to the type of complaint. I on the otherhand pay nothing... I dont get such a spotless job done but at least I dont have to pay. Then again 2 out of 3 go well for her... and all of mine were botched :) Love the NHS.
Do us a fave mate and wave at the place across the road from the brighton court house and say hey to Lee from Priest & G
A company called 'Rain-X' makes a good anti-fog product called "Fog-X" . It also works well for diving gear. It's the only thing that works when riding in the snow.
Over here, we all pay tax for the fire service, police, NHS and so on, but that is to pay for ourselves if we need it and to pay for people that cannot afford it, so that everyone can get free healthcare, and the dentists too. I'm talking about the UK. I know Americans can go over to Canada to get free healthcare which I believe have sort of the same system as the UK.
The American Healthcare system needs to change the insurance companies. They are the ones dictating to the people which doctor they can go to. Obama's healthcare is absurd with the stuff they put in. They want to cover the uninsured... fine I'd be for that but they still say there will be millions of uninsured people... WTF? And fines or even jail if you do not have health insurance... what a joke!
Spain has 1 of the best FREE public healthcare system in the world...no insurance no problem...it's free...yea so you pay taxes for it...but who pay the taxes? the tourists like...the Brits, Dutch, Germans. etc.....
The American system is surely more prone to Doctors over diagnosing treatments and meds purely for profit. Oh by the way Sven use wordpad when your`e doing your vid description, It`ll save you shitloads of grief.
The health care system here in America is a joke. I haven't had health insurance in 9 months since I was laid off. I was paying $60 a month then through my work. If I was to continue after I was laid off, it would cost me about $250 a month. In my opinion healthcare should be free. The government should take care of it's people. I think it's funny that the Obama administration is threatening criminal charges if you don't have insurance by 2011.
rape is right sven, and that's my argument against the nhs or any other nation's counterpart. "Your" Government initiates force against you, stealing your wealth, and tells you that what they bought with the procedes is free.
Well, Sven, I think you were fairly even handed here. On the one, everybody gets treated under the NHS, but on the other, you are raped squarely in the ass by the tax-man. Often, despite the taxation, governments almost always run deficits.
I think the problem with this discussion is that we feel forced to chose between a British NHS type system or a US Private Insurance system. The truth is both are extremely expensive and inefficient ways of distributing health care were a lot of people suffer from poor or no treatment.
We need to be looking for a better system. We could certainly learn a thing or two from Singapore on this, even if we don't adopt the 'health account' system they use.
I've been in and out of hospital a number of times with a grumbling appendix... It's never been so bad that they've needed it taken out, but all those lovely times spent sitting in the hospital were all free...
Just thought I would throw in a note. when July hits in California in the USA and the goverment takes 2.6 billion in cuts from medical (poor people insurence) and free insurence for kid under 18. The Emergencys rooms will increase ATLEAST tenfold which will make ALL ER's go into dedt and will close down. When this happens not to sure what will happen but we are fucked. maybe the world will in in 2012??? lol
What a lot of Americans don't realize is that they "think" they have coverage but when they eventually get sick, after years of payments, they find out the truth.
i pay 40 bucks a month for health insurance here in the states. BUT, of course, its through my employer. I feel bad for people who can't afford it or don't qualify. A government option however, here in the states will just bail out the insurance companies like they did the banks. What we need to do is lynch the lobbyists.
I'm 25, healthy, non-smoker... and can't afford health insurance. Ergo, I also can't afford to see a doctor, dentist, etc. The only time I get medical care is when something is bad enough that I need to go to the Emergency Room. They dismiss the fees because I can prove to them I'm well below the poverty line. God bless America.
But your tax money is paying for your own health care. And street lights, and roads, and bin replacements, and CCTV cameras, and busses, and much much much more. What an unbelievably STUPID thing to say, you blithering idiot!
Are you also sick of your taxes paying for firefighters to save other people from burning buildings? You should only have to pay if they come to your house, right?
And if you don't want your tax money to be used to save the lives of those who could otherwise not afford healthcare, then what would you rather your tax dollars be spent on? War?
Ages ago, it used to be considered a societal virtue to aid the less fortunate. Most are not "leeches"; they are simply down on their luck. Poverty is no crime.
I would also like to point out that poor citizens are still citizens, and should deserve the same basic human rights afforded to every other citizen. ...Unless you're saying humane treatment is only for those who can afford it?
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"America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well...all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!"
Charlie12241 2 months ago
Omg I live thier it's Brighton
KJohnStevens 3 months ago 2
That driver you told to get a move on was doing the right thing - leaving space. You need to retake your CBT test. Also I never heard an indicator when you turned. And when there was a pedestrian in the road you carried on when pedestrians have right of way according to the Highway Code.
TheRushingWind 3 months ago
british music is the best............ and the healthcare.
atimetowork 4 months ago 3
I had more entertainment about the road rage instead of the blabbering about the medical care!
waxiz24 7 months ago
can any local brit tell me what's with the zig zaging lane lines ? Is that just to make sure there is space between the two lanes?
KATOMATE01 10 months ago
@KATOMATE01 I just realised I've been driving for 30 years, I'm a Brit, and I have absolutely no idea what they represent lol
DayDreamAscent 10 months ago
@KATOMATE01 Like "DayDreamAscent " I'm Brit and a longtime driver and I had no idea what the zigzag lines meant so asked my neighbour (much younger than me and only past his drivers test a short time ago. He thinks they mean "no stationary vehicles no picking up or setting down passengers". If you notice the zigzags appear when there are barriers on the pavement (sidewalk). Regards
davijeph 10 months ago
@KATOMATE01 they mean no stopping, no overtaking. They are usually around a pedestrian crossing, or perhaps at a school entrance. So anyone crossing the road isn't hidden by parked cars thus (allegedly) making it safer.
svengalie 9 months ago
it really is a myth that American hospitals wont take in people that can't pay....my father is an ER surgeon and I asked him about this. He said his hospital has never ONCE refused someone care who couldn't pay for it. Most good hospitals are like this. Unfortunately the reputation comes from the very few that do check first if you can pay.
KATOMATE01 10 months ago
What is the "blahdeblah" ? Just kidding...love your voice!
Trishadadisha 11 months ago
I love your rants Sven!
I know this is an old video and all but have you seen Morgan Spurlock's "30 days"? (He made the "Supersize me" documentary)
I think it was his very first episode that was called 'Minimum wage". You should watch it if you haven't already. It's a good episode (the whole series is good actually but the subjects change per episode).
dazzelya 1 year ago
Well the british and American healthcare is gona be the same thanks to Obamas healthcare reform. We gona get taxed and everyone will go on rationing. It's not about healthcare its about taxes. The government is fucking us no matter where we live in the world. I'm British living in America so we all fucked once the dollar crashes.
leebog31 1 year ago
@leebog31 Will go on rationing ? What you on about ? And u must not have a clue m8 ... how will you be fucked up... the rich might be ... but the poor and middle class will be much better off...
evertonjf08 1 year ago
American healthcare is the best in the world - period! World leaders, famous people and many others come to places like the Mayo clinic for treatment. The real issue is the absurd costs involved and the ridiculous bureaucracy. Having millions without health insurance and creating an medical elitism in the nation is just plain nuts.
MissEgasMoniz 1 year ago
@MissEgasMoniz Do I really need to point out the difference between having a world class clinic and a world class heath system?
One good clinic does not equal a good system.
leapoffaith20 1 year ago
@leapoffaith20 As a British citizen you could, but you would be wasting your time. Even fucking awful Eric Clapton went to the Mayo for treatment. The British NHS is broken and riddled with problems. Keep striving spud.
MissEgasMoniz 1 year ago
@MissEgasMoniz thats exactly why you need an NHS that can benefit ALL and not just for the few...
evertonjf08 1 year ago
@MissEgasMoniz
The NHS currently pays over £30 ($50) for a single loaf of Gluten-free bread, which can be bought for £2.50 ($4) in any British supermarket.
(Dollar price based on the current exchange rate - 01/08/2011)
bluemoonrising26 7 months ago
dude you are driving on the wrong side of the road :))
pixelr0 1 year ago
@pixelr0 in england and japan they use different sides
MoskowFreak1111 1 year ago
what niggles me is the NHS waiting lists are held up by people choosing to go private because the ops still done in an NHS hospital its just you get to jump the que .its sickening.
blobby1972 1 year ago
I speak American
A1R5N1P3R 1 year ago
I like your videos I find them strangely relaxing. :)
MissLadyboy007 1 year ago
i love this, u talk about these things so calmly...so what city is this ur driving through>?
spencera11 1 year ago
Love the rant about fog lights and the NHS v American system. NHS for me... everytime. My Grandma had a triple heart by-pass on the NHS that would of cost £15 grand plus, but on the NHS its free and no waiting list. Job done. I feel sorry for normal Americans paying through the nose.
P.S. This is the route I take home from Saltdean! I live near Hove Park before you cut the vid
peanuts2105 1 year ago
@peanuts2105 Look out for me, I ride this route most days :)
svengalie 1 year ago
I heard last week that there might be a chance for us to have something like NHS. However, we will have to forfeit our tax returns.
7:30= True. It sure is like that. Sad.
Sirradal 1 year ago
At the end of the day if you have hospitals which are completely based on a business profit making model it is in their interest to spend as little money on you as possible. It is in their interest to employ the minimal amount of people, and pay them the smallest amount of money. It is in their interest to do detailed searches of your insurance contract to work out ways NOT to pay money out... and thats for people with insurance. The UK system isnt perfect but it is as fair as possible.
lithfrasir 1 year ago
Oh fuck off shit stick....
KoolWire 1 year ago
The NHS is in shambles. You can expect to wait 6 months wearing a catheter for surgery, while you get sicker and sicker. Hospitals lack adequate technology and supplies for proper modern day care. The US system was great until Obama changed it yesterday. Now we will be worse off.
bcmasta1returns 1 year ago
@bcmasta1returns lol.
Republica 1 year ago
@PaulDougouba at least half of the poor people put themselves there
leafsfan9917 2 years ago
i live in America and i wish we had something like the NHS. the healthcare system in america is corrupt and morally wrong. insurance companies profit off of denying you treatment even if you pay your premiums.
aznmav2 2 years ago
yea man its a bunch of bull
they go out of their way, hell they hire people specifically just to find some loophole to not give you treatment.
OlderG0ds 1 year ago
its not outrageous, it's survival of the fittest
nfazio62293 2 years ago
sorry for all the post, it is hard to say it all when you are limited. I am one that can't afford insurance and I am still not bitching about the lack of, because I don't cheat the system. Friend that is EMS, sister works in doctor's office, brother works in medical too. They see it all.
krikster1 2 years ago
and all the illegals came in in an influx rate and they will go to the ER for a sniffle. That tied up tons of dollars and time for the real cases that need to be looked at first. So the cost went up again to pay for all the unpaid medical expense. Problem is, too many in America take too much advantage of the free part. Others use the free aspect to get good pain killers for their addictions. Problem is too many people using the system for stupid reasons
krikster1 2 years ago
ohh yea people here in America get free health care all the time. It is on the law books that any hospital HAS to take a patient in. They are trying to make it look worse than it is. Gore and Kerry went around doing that stupid law suit shit for any little thing that drove our cost up. In the end they helped create the problem so they could try to impose this health care crap on us.
krikster1 2 years ago
@Mikej1592 the US government is ran by the same international bankers as the rest of this planet. The UN just use our military as the police force for the rest of the world. They have other troops here as well for if we decide to get unruly and so forth. The difference is we still have lots of guns on the local side to defend if the UN tried to get more controling.
krikster1 2 years ago
As much as people moan about the NHS, if I don't feel well, and I mean something you really shouldn't need to go to the doctors for, I can see a doctor usually within 2 days and get diagnosed etc... and then get some treatment from the pharmacy all for free..
OriginalYTName 2 years ago
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, of course, but the problem we in the US have is this: ** nothing is clear **. All we get are sound bites from one side or the other about what's in the health bill and what's not.
Tell me y'all would accept this bloated health bill for yourselves not knowing what's in it, with the media slanting one way or another, and knowing whatever good it might have in it (if anything) you won't see for *at least* three years.
If they'd just fix what's broken...
upway2l8again 2 years ago
I read a facinating article on the BBC about how most of the opponents of the bill would benefit from it.
I think it was entitled "why do people vote against their best interests"
svengalie 2 years ago
@svengalie I don't suppose the BBC has any bias one way or the other, politically speaking, on any subject? ;)
Like anything, there's bound to be a better deal than what we already have, but our family is covered. Dental could be better, vision is nonexistent really, but diabetic husband is well cared for, I've had both shoulders worked on, and the kids have had well child checks lifelong. Rx thru mail are well covered. I wish all had our coverage. I don't want that changed. Would you?
upway2l8again 2 years ago
Actually the BBC are publicly owned (I think, we pay for it at least) Search for "BBC impartial" for more.
svengalie 2 years ago
@svengalie ?? We have PBS - the Public Broadcast System - which is also taxpayer funded but it's very liberally slanted.
I did google "BBC impartial"... yep, first entry there's the BBC saying they're impartial. :) But - oh, look! Second main entry down, what's that? "Criticism of the BBC" in Wikipedia. Yes, I know Wiki is to be taken with a honking big grain of salt.
Still, I don't believe any media outlet is completely impartial. Each has an agenda. What could BBC's be?
upway2l8again 2 years ago
@upway2l8again The BBC is different from any TV stations in America. It's not owned by anyone but the nation. So it doesn't have the same instructions to follow a party-line the way stations in the USA do. Comparing Fox News to the BBC for example, I know which one I'd trust more on impartiality.
ThatBritGuy 1 year ago
@ThatBritGuy :) Fox has an obvious agenda, they make no secret of it. PBS is our equivalent to BBC - PBS is *Public* Broadcast System - taxpayer funded. But guess what, it's run by people with opinions and an agenda; they just pretend and proclaim they don't. I suspect BBC is the same. I'm just suggesting we don't believe things are always neutrally presented. :)
upway2l8again 1 year ago
@ThatBritGuy I'm not sure how public ownership with government appointments is more impartial than many privately owned independents.
With private organizations, the media tends to cater to the viewers wants. Fox fills the conservative viewer market, CNN/MSNBC/Washington Post and the like compete for the liberal viewer market. Watch both to find dirt on both sides.
I'd much rather have various competing viewpoints in a private Chinese media than the publicly owned media they have today. =)
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
the US govt is more interested in killing people than saving lives, so most spending is on military and weapons. If my tax dollars went into health care I wouldnt cringe so bad paying 35% of my income into taxes every year.
This rant was awesum it was like listening to myself drive around, I am either telling people to turn their lights on or fog lights off when its not bloody foggy out and they are just blinding me.
Mikej1592 2 years ago
Fog lights on a non foggy night are just about the most annoying thing in the world.
svengalie 2 years ago
England looks cool. :P
Aliceinchains1234 2 years ago
At least the emergency system is good enough... if you have an accident you'll be alright...emercency, ortho etc is good, but if you get sick(heart, lungs, liver, kidneys etc) you'll not get the best you can.
icemanicky 2 years ago
20% of my ssalarytax is suposed to go to the health system. our gov taxes the shit out of us, and how much do they direct to the health sistem? 3-4% of the GDP, hence... a resident here onlu makes 180 pounds/month, and a specialist doctor gets around 450 punds, hence... most medschool graduates emigrate after the first year as a resident medic. :). So bad payed doctors, somewhat non-competent, poorly equiped hospitals. etc...
icemanicky 2 years ago
yea in quebec we have pretty good health care but we pay for it heavely in taxes, which I have not used much, stich and one small surgery, thats it. well it works, and hopefully the usa can get theres up and running well
madman1124 2 years ago
You make some good points. I laughed at 2:16 though , because I have said this many times myself while riding !
maxhole2 2 years ago
It helps you a lot that everything is developed in America so the rest of the world can just buy the meds without having to go through the trouble of developing them. Back in the day, there was a free market that encouraged the healthcare industry to make meds both cheap and effective. Now, they just have to avoid being sued, and the rest is paid by insurance companies and/or tax dollars. We should have free competition for day-to-day care then "real" insurance for catastrophes like crashing.
JETZcorp 2 years ago
nhs ftw
health insurance ftl
unless i was rich but then ill probaly feel alot sorry for those who cant afford
twgoldwood 2 years ago
from what i understand health care in the UK is significantly more expensive
WhatsaUserName321 2 years ago
You get insurance to cover the chance of those astronomical fees. Also in other countries i.e. Great Britain and Canada you pay the same or more in TAXES - unless your too poor and dont pay taxes anyway. Lastly the service is much worse, for emergencies great. Get sick you get to wait.
kickndave21 2 years ago
dental care is another begger... i got sent to a hygenist by my dentist and when i went the hygenist says to me " i don't know why he's sent you here... your teeth are fine...." got to the desk in the foyer and they go " £27 please " what the hell for! a bit of floss and some toothpaste!?
darkmetallica 2 years ago
Yes we may not have national free healthcare in the US, but it's more or less a trade off from what you have in the UK. When your government gives you everything they tax you out the ass for it. In the US our taxes aren't so bad, but we have to pay for a few more things on our own. As for the poor people in the states there are a lot of ways to get free healthcare as long as you go and look for it. Just recently i took my girlfriend to the ER and she payed nothing because of her income.
cronus1987 2 years ago
in the us you pat fractionly less than us in the uk, so your argument is a load of toss
littlelordfauntleroy 2 years ago
talkin of rear ended wheni firt got a scooter wa ridin down th city centre and got rear de bydouble decker (at low speed of course) but itws enoihg to send e rollin of th back of the bike
bendover90 2 years ago
I work in the US medical industry. Yes it needs some fixes. Costs are high, but the care is much higher quality as well. Canada referr's many high risk patients to US hospitals for treatment because they don't have the facilities that are required.
A lot of the Equipment, Drugs, Treatments you have now are a result of our medical systems research. Research costs money & the system supports it. An NHS will have a negative effect on such advances in the future.
Synistr1 2 years ago
The healthcare system in the states needs work, but the system isn't all that bad. It could be great with adjustments, but a full out reform is completely ridiculous.
Wojoray 2 years ago
The government is never more efficient when it tries to do something the free market can do. All government really is is taking from one person to give to another. Considering the lack of accountability for the government, there is no way I'd want them to be in charge of my own personal health care.
If I didn't have health insurance I wouldn't be riding a bike, period. Too risky.
pastelvice 2 years ago
Yup, and medical coverage in TX is included by default, and I had to sign to decline coverage since its redundant with my employer insurance. For most, break your leg at work, and work pays for it. Break your leg at home and home owners insurance pays for it. Break your leg in a vehicle accident and car/bike insurance pays for it.
They rarely factor this in on "insured" statistics, and if car insurance, unlike medical, weren't mandatory, about as many would risk it and drive uninsured. =)
DumbDuck44 2 years ago
@unknownnsngr
oh yeah you totally know what you're talking about
bape890 2 years ago
Rant! rant rant rant rant!!!
DarkLordRoto 2 years ago
Socialized healthcare isn't "free", its simply taking your money and pooling it with others. Unless you contribute less than you take, you only win if government is more efficient with money than private industry all else equal. Unlikely, so the answer is reduced quality of care.
People absolutely need food, clean water, and a roof over their head. But that doesn't mean I want to pool my money for government food rations, water bottles, and to live in a government housing complex. *shrugs*
DumbDuck44 2 years ago 2
But the NHS cannot make profit. Hence in R6C2's video, he's moaning they charge him $2,500 for sundries (toliet roll, water etc)
So you're correct, the government are more efficient with money.
svengalie 2 years ago
Of course its not free.
The benefit is, if you need an operation to remove a burst appendix it wont cost you anything. Where people say if you have no insurance in the states it will cost tens of thousands. Compare :)
bluenapalm123 2 years ago
You can't compare paying for insurance coverage versus not paying for insurance coverage. You'd have to compare paying for private insurance in the US versus a similar level of healthcare coverage paying for public insurance in the UK.
Health insurance isn't much different from car insurance. You could have the option of picking the car insurance carrier of your choice with the coverage that you desire, or you could have the government take money out of your check and decide for you.
DumbDuck44 2 years ago
actually the point here is they get more than free health care; they get piece of mind. No body can guarantee they'll have a job permanently over the next 10 yr, and nobody can guarantee they or a family member wont fall ill or be injured. That's where NHS fits in. The more people pay, the cheaper it gets.
geoffart 1 year ago
@geoffart If you lose your job for non-performance reasons, you generally have a severance package that includes both pay and insurance to find a new job. Work insurance covers family members. COBRA is also a federal law that gives people the right to extend their current coverage for over a year past employment. You can always shop private insurance for the best deal, and there is government coverage (especially for children) if you can demonstrate you are relatively poor. You're covered.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
Most Brits would consider it our greatest national treasure, and despite billions of pounds of cuts to UK following the recession, it is ring-fenced from any cuts, which tells you something... remember, in a recession you cant always find a new job. We dont have to worry about medical insurance going up because of an illness. We pay £7 and get a good range of medicines too.
geoffart 1 year ago
@geoffart That is not my experience. My experience is that most consider it about the same as Social Security in the United States.
We paid into it for decades, and we are dependent on it, so damn straight we need it and would be pissed if someone tried to take it away.
But everyone knows that its a botched system that is mismanaged with contribution divorced from consumption. A personal "locked box" retirement plan where each contributes to himself (like 401K) would obviously be better.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
I would get all the treatment I need, and not even have to even think about costs. I cant imagine being in a system where I would have to worry about the cost of such necessary treatment. My opinion: for such an expensive necessity, insurance is a wholly inappropriate way of covering costs, because insurance is linked to risk, meaning the more you need it, the less likely you'll get it.
geoffart 1 year ago
@geoffart The higher RISK you are, the more you are likely to CONSUME, the more you should have to CONTRIBUTE. Where else do you think the money comes from?
If you are overweight with high blood pressure and a smoker, why do you deserve to take money away from your neighbor that jogs 2 miles every morning on a health diet?
In that way it is no different than car insurance, and just like with car insurance, its nice to have consumer freedom to pick the provider and coverage you like best.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
The NHS isn't always substandard to private. The NHS is less effective for minor stuff, sure... but it does work, and it isn't third world or sub standard. You can get very expensive proscriptions for £7.2.
geoffart 1 year ago
(Youtube, how about you save my information when I click "save changes" not when it finished uploading, because it sometimes fails to upload.)
Good Fucking Point youtube is filled with bullshit like that, if you have facebook its the fucking same.
Ninjasmoon 2 years ago
hi there
baliok2 2 years ago
Yeah the guy who fell of his bike would have got killed by a dirty nhs hospital and then have nothing to worry about :)
express375 2 years ago
very interesting videos you make Sven. Not very exciting footage but you make fairly interesting points as you drive a long.
and by the way isn't there a law to turn your lights on when you are on the road in the UK? There is here at least =)
swizzle92 2 years ago
My Volvo V70 has it's lights set to permanently on. (:-}
Zeamus634 2 years ago
Nice Vlog Sven, I enjoyed that mate. Maybe you should get heated grips next, I thought I could hear your teeth chattering occasionally... ;-)
upforlastnameleft 2 years ago
Love the rant. Very watchable.
NHS is seen as a terrorist breeding ground (see fox news)
Americans are just soo worried about "socialisim" that a health service is seen as communist. Check Stephen Fry's comments on the socialist Army the states have yet have no other social body as its seen as communist :)
France has a great health care system (70% tax)
UK has struggling healthcare system (0-40% tax + VAT)
US is great if you have money. If you dont... your fucked :)
bluenapalm123 2 years ago
You're more likely to HAVE money to spend as you see fit in the US though. =p
Although I haven't researched it lately, the NHS isn't perfect. I know that in the 90s wait times for elective surgery, transplants, and even orthodontics were often over a year, and hospitals were getting busted for readmitting patients to reset the clock.
And since private transplants are banned, you die waiting or fly to Singapore and try to pay with money you don't have because you already paid the NHS. =/
DumbDuck44 2 years ago
bluenapalm123 2 years ago
There are impoverished people in the United States. They can't feed or house themselves. We have a huge private charity sector that provides aid and help finding a job in addition to the government welfare. No hospital ER is allowed to turn patients away (ask the illegal aliens), and there are many free charity clinics.
The entire nation doesn't have to live on handouts though, and we buy healthcare the same way we buy food, drink, and housing for ourselves. We NEED it, but like choice.
DumbDuck44 2 years ago
that is where our views differ. Our nation sees its people as part of the system of society, and as part of that system it performs medical maintenance on them, to keep them healthy and best able to contribute to society. I'm happy for my tax payers money to be spent on that, and so are most people here. You could take it a step further and say police should only prosecute illegal actions against richer people.
geoffart 1 year ago
@geoffart I have no problem providing wellfare/charity for the impoverished. In the United States, we do this already. Its a bare minimum, but that encourages you to work (and for many, it isn't enough encouragement except to have more kids).
Food, water, and shelter are far more fundamental needs than healthcare, and if you are poor, it is provided for you.
If you are not poor though, it is my opinion that your money is better spent and more FAIRLY spent as YOU, who earned it, feels fit.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
US Insurance companies love taking your money when you're healthy (you're a valued customer/asset).
They're just no so easily swayed into paying/covering for you when you're sick (you're a liability).
I work in a medical office of 5 employees for 2 surgeons. Most of the time 2/5 of the employees are fighting with insurance, trying to get them to pay for the people they cover.
Scumbag insurance will act like they know what's best for the patients they've never met. it's all about the money.
HybridPhoenix08 2 years ago 2
i hate it when peoples head lights are adjusted too high
tremer88 2 years ago
he makes so much cence in his videos that i love watching them
: D
benescos1 2 years ago
lol! Awkward Turtle at the car crawling backwards
Kishgofu 2 years ago
love your vids mate keep them coming thanks
ritson21 2 years ago
dave .... lol
robinphillips 2 years ago
Having had direct personal experience with the British NHS I can say that the 80-85% of Americans who have medical insurance would revolt if they were forced into an NHS type system.
Really poor people can get free healthcare in the US.
Your are correct however in one respect.
About 10-20% of our population who ought to be able have health insurance can't get it. These people typically have jobs.
We need to fix the system for them.
This thought provoking video calls for a response.
JimNtexas 2 years ago
Ooooo I look forward to it.
svengalie 2 years ago
quite right sven, here in Portugal you have private and public healthcare services, i normaly use the public one , free or super cheap with that token payment ,
never had any problem with it but im glad theres the choice between private and public, in the USA its like you only have private, so much money on the country and my poor country is still able to be better at that , i think its shameful
roninsoul 2 years ago
cheers mate, i think the us healthcare system could benefit from emulating some of the success seen in the various commonwealth implementations (australia, canada, UK, etc)
machinegunmana 2 years ago
i always make sure i always copy my description before uploading, just incase youtube is an ass so i can re-upload and eaily paste... i have all my tags stored in a notepad document as well for easy copy + pasting
U48 2 years ago
Not only do they drive on the other side of the road there, but their road markings seem all bass-ackwards! The double yellow is next to the sidewalk, while the lanes appear to be painted by 5 year olds playing connect the dots: )
Your mobile musings are great, Sven!
Monacomaverick 2 years ago
Do people ever think your talking to yourself when you are on the bike ?
squirrelkiller40 2 years ago
I'm becoming convinced that driving with you're lights off has become some kind of new fad or something. Everyday I see some carrot-waxer driving around in the dark with no lights, or with parking lights only. Why can't the police ticket these people instead of the one who is driving five over, but otherwise completely safely?
MrKevin1a 2 years ago
Lol, i tell everybody about the lights thing too. Seems to be one of those stupid habits in England. On the plus side the sound of that ZZR is still orgasmic lol.
dinkoman 2 years ago
I don't think I'll mind then either. Reason being is that in the next month I'm stepping into my career, not just a job and they give me great benefits as a good price. I know not everybody have the available though.
ZMagic97 2 years ago
Commentary on important issues while driving a bike. Clever idea.
sysoff 2 years ago
i am dazed looking you for so long driving on the left lane!
xaniared 2 years ago
You can get an anti-fog plasic sticker thing for the inside of the visor that works brilliantly, or you can buy anti-fog treatment sprays. Any decent biking store like Hein Gericke will sell them. I use the spray for my glasses, because riding with specs on = instant blindness.
Xaeryx 2 years ago
where in uk is this
jamiemassetti 2 years ago
Brighton, East Sussex.
svengalie 2 years ago
The sad part about the health care issue, is that people here are okay with wasting billions in Afganhastan, but don't want to pay to keep everyone healthy. It's sad really.
unit4401 2 years ago 8
No one could could have said it more clearly. Thumbs up to you!
MrKevin1a 2 years ago
@unit4401 1) That kind of logic of "we waste $X and Y, which I don't care for, so whats the big deal with wasting $X on Z?" is the thought process that has California spiraling in out of control debt.
2) My brother IL is fighting in Afghanistan right now, my sister is to be deployed in six months (delayed deployment due to her pregnancy), some of her West Point classmates have died there, and the events of 9/11 and actions of Al-Qaeda are considered more than a mindless "waste of money".
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
@DumbDuck44 It'll be a DECADE in Iraq and Afgahanistan soon. Not to take anything from our service members, but we are wasting time, money, and most importantly, LIVES. Do you really believe for 1 second that we are safer HERE because we have soldiers 1/2 a world away ? We are more at risk from our open border with Mexico than we are in the sandbox.....I spent my time in the military, in the FIRST gulf war, so try not to use your siblings to make a point okay ?
unit4401 1 year ago
@unit4401 Iraq and Afghanistan are separate theaters, but regardless I would like to see us pull out (unlike Obama who won a nobel peace prize for having more troops deployed overseas now than during the previous peak troop surges). But yes, most importantly LIVES. The point is that it is very disrespectful to be flippant about Afghanistan as nothing more than a monetary expenditure all considered, and ridiculous to use that as a "money pit" excuse to throw people's earnings about carelessly.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
if you have watched sicko buy michael moore (a dirty word) then you would be all for free health
2wheels2fast 2 years ago
In the US, the Baby Boomer population is going to get very sick in the next 10 to 20 years. They'll demand universal healthcare.
GasVein 2 years ago 2
I have a friend with the same medical complaint as me but living in America. She has to find 1000s every time she needs to get checked over... just a checkup due to the type of complaint. I on the otherhand pay nothing... I dont get such a spotless job done but at least I dont have to pay. Then again 2 out of 3 go well for her... and all of mine were botched :) Love the NHS.
Do us a fave mate and wave at the place across the road from the brighton court house and say hey to Lee from Priest & G
Skazzious 2 years ago
if you remind me when im at home.....
svengalie 2 years ago
What i do is copy the description because it happens to me everytime lol
sc4rzpur3 2 years ago
I brought something at the motorcycle show yesterday that fixes this really well. I can hyperventilate in my helmet and it doesn't even steam up!
svengalie 2 years ago
A company called 'Rain-X' makes a good anti-fog product called "Fog-X" . It also works well for diving gear. It's the only thing that works when riding in the snow.
unit4401 2 years ago
I'm a fan of rain-x
never heard of fog-x tho....thanks
svengalie 2 years ago
Watch the Documentary/Film called "Sicko" it'll open your eyes!
dynamight1124 2 years ago
Re-Writing the description does my head in! I tend to copy and paste it into notepad.
Video: The heath care system seems awefull in the states, the amount of cash you have to splash for the right to live after an accident is rediculous.
hughes111 2 years ago
haha RANT RANT RANT
da9illest821 2 years ago
I hate it when people don't have lights on, especially at night when I've got my tinted visor on!
sandes1988 2 years ago
Over here, we all pay tax for the fire service, police, NHS and so on, but that is to pay for ourselves if we need it and to pay for people that cannot afford it, so that everyone can get free healthcare, and the dentists too. I'm talking about the UK. I know Americans can go over to Canada to get free healthcare which I believe have sort of the same system as the UK.
propanobend 2 years ago
good video man!
The American Healthcare system needs to change the insurance companies. They are the ones dictating to the people which doctor they can go to. Obama's healthcare is absurd with the stuff they put in. They want to cover the uninsured... fine I'd be for that but they still say there will be millions of uninsured people... WTF? And fines or even jail if you do not have health insurance... what a joke!
It sucks but what ever happens happens.
DoomXexec311 2 years ago
Spain has 1 of the best FREE public healthcare system in the world...no insurance no problem...it's free...yea so you pay taxes for it...but who pay the taxes? the tourists like...the Brits, Dutch, Germans. etc.....
jorgecornet 2 years ago
awesome vid
attackRus 2 years ago
The American system is surely more prone to Doctors over diagnosing treatments and meds purely for profit. Oh by the way Sven use wordpad when your`e doing your vid description, It`ll save you shitloads of grief.
benolly22 2 years ago
what benolly said... copy/paste is your friend.
mytitans 2 years ago
Rah Rah universal healthcare!
jupejupes 2 years ago
The health care system here in America is a joke. I haven't had health insurance in 9 months since I was laid off. I was paying $60 a month then through my work. If I was to continue after I was laid off, it would cost me about $250 a month. In my opinion healthcare should be free. The government should take care of it's people. I think it's funny that the Obama administration is threatening criminal charges if you don't have insurance by 2011.
JustinVonDoom 2 years ago
rape is right sven, and that's my argument against the nhs or any other nation's counterpart. "Your" Government initiates force against you, stealing your wealth, and tells you that what they bought with the procedes is free.
wispaintstyle 2 years ago
What do the squiggly paint lines in the road signify? Never seen them before.
magus1111 2 years ago
Theyre the designated swerving areas, you are supposed to swerve your vehicle in harmony with the lines.
junioraddleberg 2 years ago 2
Well, Sven, I think you were fairly even handed here. On the one, everybody gets treated under the NHS, but on the other, you are raped squarely in the ass by the tax-man. Often, despite the taxation, governments almost always run deficits.
sniffsnarff 2 years ago
Great video.. agreed agreed and agreed.
And also fucking descriptions goddamn. Cant tell ya how many times i've had that problem cos of my dodgy connection
thesmellofnapalm22 2 years ago
I think the problem with this discussion is that we feel forced to chose between a British NHS type system or a US Private Insurance system. The truth is both are extremely expensive and inefficient ways of distributing health care were a lot of people suffer from poor or no treatment.
We need to be looking for a better system. We could certainly learn a thing or two from Singapore on this, even if we don't adopt the 'health account' system they use.
GuerrillaSauce 2 years ago
I've been in and out of hospital a number of times with a grumbling appendix... It's never been so bad that they've needed it taken out, but all those lovely times spent sitting in the hospital were all free...
macca1088 2 years ago
It's the Law in the US to have your lights on during bad weather, but it's not enforced
Blivo1 2 years ago
Just thought I would throw in a note. when July hits in California in the USA and the goverment takes 2.6 billion in cuts from medical (poor people insurence) and free insurence for kid under 18. The Emergencys rooms will increase ATLEAST tenfold which will make ALL ER's go into dedt and will close down. When this happens not to sure what will happen but we are fucked. maybe the world will in in 2012??? lol
5010246 2 years ago
What a lot of Americans don't realize is that they "think" they have coverage but when they eventually get sick, after years of payments, they find out the truth.
theslimeylimey 2 years ago 2
5* for description and headlight rant.
jonhunter1987 2 years ago
I'm certainly glad I live in Canada again.
Almost bankrupted when I lived in the U.S. paying health care bills.
davidhowellca 2 years ago
i pay 40 bucks a month for health insurance here in the states. BUT, of course, its through my employer. I feel bad for people who can't afford it or don't qualify. A government option however, here in the states will just bail out the insurance companies like they did the banks. What we need to do is lynch the lobbyists.
hippykiller1 2 years ago
I'm 25, healthy, non-smoker... and can't afford health insurance. Ergo, I also can't afford to see a doctor, dentist, etc. The only time I get medical care is when something is bad enough that I need to go to the Emergency Room. They dismiss the fees because I can prove to them I'm well below the poverty line. God bless America.
lauriejennifer 2 years ago 4
i'm sick of my tax money paying for people's health care.
garrittpwl 2 years ago
Well, your tax money has saved my life. So, thanks anyway.
By the way, I pay taxes, too.
lauriejennifer 2 years ago 2
But your tax money is paying for your own health care. And street lights, and roads, and bin replacements, and CCTV cameras, and busses, and much much much more. What an unbelievably STUPID thing to say, you blithering idiot!
samcaplat 2 years ago
i pay health insurance, therefore my taxes dont pay for my health care.
garrittpwl 2 years ago
Are you also sick of your taxes paying for firefighters to save other people from burning buildings? You should only have to pay if they come to your house, right?
And if you don't want your tax money to be used to save the lives of those who could otherwise not afford healthcare, then what would you rather your tax dollars be spent on? War?
lauriejennifer 2 years ago
i would rather my tax dollars make in impact on tax payers, not people that leach off the government's aid.
garrittpwl 2 years ago
Ages ago, it used to be considered a societal virtue to aid the less fortunate. Most are not "leeches"; they are simply down on their luck. Poverty is no crime.
lauriejennifer 2 years ago 3
but theft is
garrittpwl 2 years ago
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standingbynight 2 years ago
I would also like to point out that poor citizens are still citizens, and should deserve the same basic human rights afforded to every other citizen. ...Unless you're saying humane treatment is only for those who can afford it?
lauriejennifer 2 years ago 2
turn your lights on!
bleakspeaks69 2 years ago
got to love where in am living .. canada..free health care for all
y2kxj 2 years ago
British get free health care to, I always thought some part of Canada had to pay for health insurance..
JustForFun248 2 years ago
There is no such thing as FREE health care - you pay one way or another. The real issue is a persons right to chose.
GForceNinja 2 years ago
Try writing the description in Wordpad and copy it over after the video is uploaded. I learned that lesson after 5 attempts.
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