Most people, inside and outside of the U.S.A., don’t realize just how broken this for-profit health insurance system is. PoliticsJOE_UK decided to interview some English people on the street, and thankfully, they filmed their shocked reactions.
Ambulance call out? $2,500. Childbirth? $30,000.
Our NHS is not for sale, @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/q9z4r6Ni6g
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) December 3, 2019
While the video is kind of amazing, the reaction on Twitter really captured the pervasive sentiment across America regarding this health insurance crisis. People started lining up to tell their stories of spending thousands and thousands of dollars for the most remedial and banal services.
Check out this person who declined an ambulance, but was still charged $500:
bEsteST sysTEM inTHe woRlD
Could’ve bought a used ambulance for that price.
fREEe mARKet!
Brits don’t understand that the cost of insurance isn’t just your monthly premium. There are all sorts of ways they screw us.
Basically.
Don’t get sick. You’ll be poor, and still sick.
The statistics prove we are overpaying for worse treatment.
lAnD oF thE fREEe
yOU shUD havE saVed Up 1,200,001 dollERS foR a RainY dAy, hurR Durr
I can’t think of something more rightwing libertarian than charging for human contact.
More stats.
Lots of people have to contemplate going into the ER or going bankrupt.
Imagine celebrating that you only had to pay $6000 OOP. Sad.
A miscarriage of justice.
bESt SisTEM iN WurlD
maYBE neXT timE Don”t gET sicK!
My favorite in this list is when the Cigna assholes got ratio’ed on this thread.
Next time he should’ve just not slipped.
It’s not just about profits, but it’s about power over the middle class. They control upward mobility.
Don’t hold your breath.
This.
It’s always fun when insurance companies dump the bill on you, even though you’ve paid up on your premiums and they just want to fuck with you.
The deny coverage for all sorts of menial things that other countries give away for pennies.
You get charged for failed treatments. Imagine your mechanic breaking your engine and still sending you the bill.
Imagine how bad our medical system is that the Las Vegas victims’ medical bills are just as stressful as the shooting.
G’Day mate.
The delusion of coverage. Most Americans think they are covered, so what’s the problem. Until you get sick, you’ll never understand the Out-of-Pocket expenses.
This is amazing. Watch Chinese officials slam this insurance rep.
70 drugs have been added to China's health insurance coverage, with prices down an average of 61%💊
How do officials "bargain" with pharmaceutical sales representatives? Tap to look the video and see why "every cent matters". More: https://t.co/Yvu5NmvDrn pic.twitter.com/GPzvAM9HzQ
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) November 30, 2019
Time is even more valuable than money, so the hassle of fighting the insurance industry to cover things and deal with the dozens of separate bills is added expense.
If given the option, establishment politicians and insurance execs would gladly remove the Preexisting Condition protections, leaving millions uninsured.
geT a joB! mE nOT PayING fOr somEONE ElseS ilLENESS
The rest of the industrialized world is either amused or shocked by our abhorrent system.
Almost kind of unbelievable. We pay premiums for insurance, but that doesn’t cover all the expense, and the sad part is, we pay taxes to provide these services.
Insulin prices have gotten out of control, even though the current “recipe” hasn’t changed since 1979.
fREE :MAErkeTE!!!
Concise.
“You don’t want this.” Right on.
The reason why your insurance and medical services cost so much, is because people can’t afford to get preventative or early treatments, so they let it go and that inevitably results in massive invasive surgeries. That costs hundred of thousands or even millions to complete, and when they go bankrupt, the rest of us pick up the tab. The only solution is Universal Health Care.
Facts.
The mythology of “good insurance.”
Gofundme is the biggest health funding organization.
Just pull all-nighters. #LifeHack
Even when you refuse service, you have to pay.
The rest of the world is honestly confounded by our failed system, that they are reaching out to American friends to verify this.
jUSt gO tOo uRGEnT cARE hurR duR sAve moNEY
yOU shouLD HVE SaveD 870,000 dOLLERS fFOr Rainy dAY.
More stats.
Our system is do different than the NHS, that Brits are upset about a parking validation. Americans are going bankrupt over medical bills, and English people are just upset over a few dozen pounds of parking fees.
Money over health care.
Next time use willpower to stop your cysts from bursting.
rAINDNDNNDY daY SavE 400,000 dolLERS sAvE foR RainY DaY dON”T Be pOUR
Most Americans don’t realize that most chronically-ill patients WITH INSURANCE end up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars O.O.P.
Modern problems require modern solutions. #SendAmbulancesToExecsHomes
You don’t know what you don’t know. Well, now you know.
Nicholas Pisca, Creator of 0001D and IDI Online. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Before you get your panties in a bunch, he probably disagrees more with your enemy than with you.
