Health Care System: America vs. India: Glenn Beck, Fox News

Glenn Beck from Fox News talks about his 40 seconds research to compare the healthcare system between The United Stated of America and India

In support of health care reform, SEIU's website recently highlighted the case of Karlyn Zimbelman, an American who received successful medical treatment abroad because she couldn't foot the $40,000 bill for hip replacement surgery she would have been forced to pay in the United States. And so, she went to India, where the surgery and 13 days of medical care cost her $12,500 -- $16,500 with travel and other costs.

Beck ran parts of a video testimonial from Ms. Zimbelman, who had the audacity to say the following: "I think the American health care system is excellent, but I just think it's so expensive. Where's the money going?" Beck then offered the following explanation of the cost differential (emphasis added):

The best I can figure is all that money goes to high-tech hospitals and doctors who studied at Harvard rather than Gajra Raja medical school. Oh sure, yeah, you know, it's weird. You can buy a Gucci bag on any New York street corner for like four bucks. No different than the 3,000 dollar real thing. They're identical!
But he wasn't finished. Beck continued (emphasis added):

And also, in our research that it took us, oh about 40 seconds, we figured out that some of that money here in America winds up in the pocket of a skilled doctor that helps off-set the 20 years of schooling that he endured and the loans he took out. And - you're not going to believe this one, Karlyn - some of that money seems to go to the 1 million SEIU workers in the healthcare industry that make slightly more here than in India. Because, you know, they have an American lifestyle, maybe a couple of cars, great union benefits, and homes with something that we in America like to call flush toilets.
And finally (emphasis added):

I don't want a discounted doctor. I don't want discounted wages. I don't want any of this stuff. If I wanted to live in India, I'd live in India. I want not the Indian lifestyle, I want the American lifestyle. I'm sure, no offense to India, I'm sure it's beautiful and everything. I've heard especially this time of year, especially by the - you know that one big river they have there that sounds like a disease? Come on, it does. I mean, if somebody said, 'I'm sorry, you have a really bad case of Ganges,' you'd want Cipro."
Thus, within the span of a few minutes, Beck implied that there are no quality medical schools in India; implied that medical care in India is a shoddy imitation of real health care; implied that the entire nation is an undeveloped backwater without even so much as indoor plumbing; and compared the Ganges River, a holy body of water for one of the world's oldest and largest religions, to a disease.

What does this say about Beck's respect for the millions of Indian-Americans living in the United States, let alone the Indian people? What does it say about his respect for the faith traditions of others? What does it say about his views on the tens of thousands of doctors who graduate Indian medical schools every year in the hopes of serving the world's second largest nation? Or on the tens of thousands of doctors who studied medicine in India but now practice it in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia?

Most importantly, why does Beck feel that ignorant, bigoted rants like these are funny? Or does he simply have so little respect for his viewers that he thinks he must resort to this kind of xenophobia in order to maintain his ratings?

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[Stranger235711]

Thumbs up if you think Glenn Beck is a dickhead

[vinu1nair]

i feel sorry for him for being ignorant , thats all, we have problems back in India, but he is not checking the facts , he just shows his anti Indian feelings and ignorance. Dude you are just an society of 300 years culture , we are a society of 7000 years. You can have all the money in the world but you cannot have our culture and civility.

[1991maulwurf]

watch this:

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[kvsudharshan1]

Hahaha!! I can only laugh at this guy for his sheer ignorance of India..

[GTamavicius]

Is this what americans call news?

[drdmsuk2011]

it just show narrow and retarted upbringing. mum n dad of mr glenn are u ashamed yet

[Harshamostwanted1]

And glen beck fuckofff with your assfucking American lifestyle!! Soon you will see your un skilled or under educated assholic pornie people licking the shoes of better society! Namely India and china

[Harshamostwanted1]

@lexter441 what is your education qualification? Have you ever been to India? Do you know that health tourism in India is booming with more Americans and Europeans coming in? Have you ever been to a hospital in USA? You will see majority of them Indians! Do you why? It's because we value education and you people value about race, sex and not to forget porn! Now your country doesn't have money to pay debts means America is bankrupt! Hahahah people who doesn't have money to pay their debts talkin

[pingajay1]

Despite all the causes, India currently adds 40 million people to its middle class every year. Analysts such as the founder of "Forecasting International", Marvin J. Cetron writes that an estimated 300 million Indians now belong to the middle class; one-third of them have emerged from poverty in the last ten years. At the current rate of growth, a majority of Indians will be middle-class by 2025.

[mrigankvatsal]

Brainless Bastard ! Hope his mother dies in a septic tank.

[Holidayruin]

@Stranger235711 I just want to inform you that when you hover your mouse over the thumbs on a comment with thumbs ups, you can see how many liked and dislike your comment. You, at the moment, have 38 up, 1 down.

[saajanjohn123]

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