Comments by "Neodym" (@neodym5809) on "America Is Not Europe" video.

I am happy that people are not allowed to live like 200 years ago, I think raping your wife or beating your children being illegal is good, and slavery is inhumane.
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Education, health care, infrastructure, who needs those, right?
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No, wages are tax deductible, and businesses usually only pay taxes on their profits.
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Well, not with Covid: PCR test recommended by the WHO: German Pfizer/Biontech vaccine: German AstraZeneca: UK Johnson&Johnson: Belgium Moderna is USA I think
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Yes, but US politicians only present examples that suit them…
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Everything is relative, especially compared to the clusterfuck the US system is currently in.
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Ever heard of the EU?
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@godalseif the EU applies laws and policies covering 450 million people. While its powers are much weaker than the Us governments, it works
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@godalseif Germany left the EU?
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@godalseif UK GDP is 70% of German GDP, per capita its 87% of Germany. Rather clear. The only aspect one may argue is military power, but France is on par with the Uk, and even can use its nukes without having to ask the US first.
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@godalseif i disagree. Brexit has resulted in the opposite: any anti EU sentiment in EU countries has disappeared. The likes of LePan, Salvini et al. now want to stay in the EU, as the UK has set such a bad example for leaving.
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@godalseif you mean that women have to die in Poland because they are denied abortion even after their Fetus died? Yes, you can call that social issues. You know that the polish population is pro EU by a large margin?
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Please, Russia pre revolution was still almost a feudalist country.
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Maybe because Norway is capitalistic country and not socialist?
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It would be cheaper than it is now. Cutting red tape alone reduces costs massively (no longer you need an army of accountants figuring out if you are covered, or filing bills). Furthermore, overall costs would be reduced, as people go to the doctor earlier and been cured in a stage when it’s cheap. Don’t believe me? Why does the US has the most expensive system with the worst results of all developed countries?
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@Yarsig Don`t worry, I am reading, and with interest. 1. Other countries have huge amounts of specialists, too, nothing unique to the US. Furthermore, compared to nations like Norway, Switzerland, or even Germany, both the number of doctors and nurses per capita are much smaller in the USA. 2. I guess a typo ;) 3. This is good nice for shareholders, but doesnt help the country or patients. 4. Again, good news to shareholders. But, if you compare where approved drugs come from, it roughly correlates with economic size. USA: 50% of the world market, and 50% of drug development. So it is highly debatable if the USA really delivers more drug development by paying more, as other countries develop an equal amount of new drugs, if normalized by GDP. I also think that recent developments in the mRNA vaccine department show that EU countries have the edge over the USA in certain areas (Pfizer is licensing the German mRNA vaccine by Biontech, which is the patent holder). 5. Again, good news to shareholders, but not for patients. 6. This is an interesting argument, but debatable. Deductibles are common in the USA (and almost non existent in a lot of Western countries) and a hurdle when it comes to seeking health care when sick. Which has negative side effects: by waiting before going to the doctor, your health becomes worse, and cure becomes more expensive. So there is an argument that universal healthcare would result in people seeking health care at an earlier stage, and by that, been treated with a quicker and cheaper method, actually reducing utilization rates (instead of an hospital stay, a couple of pills are enough). About health care indicators as you mentioned: USA is really a mixed bag. You can pick the ones where it does good, but there are several where it is really bad. And rather basic ones, too. Maternal mortality rates are higher than in Turkey, and six times higher than in Germany. Mortality rate of under 5 year olds is also double of Germany. Not to mention life expectancy in general (which is in part, an result of the opioid crisis. But I argue that this crisis is a direct result of the US health system). Always nice to have a civilized exchange of arguments and thoughts.
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Completely ignoring the Cold War era, when most European nations both had high military spending and social welfare programs running parallel for decades.
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@stevedog9409 well, if we compare the fares on high speed rail tickets… oh wait, the USA doesn’t have those…
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@stevedog9409 so why do Russia and China have better public transport, too? Why does Belgium has more high speed rail than the US?
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@stevedog9409 also, high speed rail are trains with speeds up to 190-220 mph. I doubt any metro or subway reaches that.
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@stevedog9409 you can only have a preference in transportation if you have a choice.
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@stevedog9409 Name the country in Europe that does not have a lot of airports in its main cities. Are all main cities, at least at the coasts, connected via high speed rail in the USA? No? Than you don’t have a choice, you HAVE TO fly, there is no alternative.
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You don’t lose your house when you have cancer in most European countries. In Germany, you get up to 90% of your salary for up to 72 weeks as sick pay.
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Furthermore, you stay in heath insurance even when you lose your job. Government pays your premiums when you are unemployed (Bismarck system). You seem to have absolutely no clue what you are talking about.
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@costakeith9048 everyone relies on the system, unless you can provide your own army and air traffic control.
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@MitchQuintana you are incorrect. Health care in Countries like Germany has the same quality like the USA, and no waiting times, either. You simply do not go bankrupt when you are sick, and EYERYBODY has access to the same quality of health care, not only the chosen few.
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@MitchQuintana thanks for the long answer. But your argument is fundamentally flawed: -German Health care is NOT single payer -German Health care is NOT financed via taxes
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@MitchQuintana considering that the annual health care cost in the US is $7000, I would argue most US citizens are happy to own $3000 more in their pocket.
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