(bright music)
- Hey everybody, welcome to Don't Get' Sick!
A health care game show.
I'm your host, Timothy Delaghetto,
and today, we have three contestants who will be competing
to see who knows the most
about the United States Health Care System.
The winner will get a free ride in an ambulance
which on average can cost $1,100.
Let's meet our contestants.
- Hi, I'm Taliyah.
- Hi, I'm Oscar.
- Hi, what's up?
I'm Vanessa.
- Oscar, do you know when you go to the hospital,
who pays for that?
- Like health insurance, isn't it?
- Somethin' like that.
Do you have health insurance?
- I think my mom does.
- Taliyah and Vanessa,
what do you know guys know about health care?
- I have it 'cause I broke my toe.
- Oh my gosh, more like, Toe-liyah.
Am I right?
(laughter)
We're about to bring out a bunch of injured or sick people
and you guys have to guess how much it might cost
to make them better.
Let's bring out our first patient.
- I have health insurance under the cheapest plan possible
which means I haven't been to the dentist in five years.
How much is it gonna cost me to get a root canal,
if I pay out of pocket?
- Do you floss?
- Uh, I try, but it's difficult.
- Okay now, so how much do you think his root canal costs?
Go ahead and write down your answers.
(light music)
What do you think about this guy, Oscar?
Hey, don't be mean, Oscar,
you don't want to hurt his fillings.
(drum roll)
(dinging)
- Ow.
- All right guys, what were your final guesses?
- Mine was $1,150.
- Mine was 30.
- Mine was $700.
- What is the correct answer?
- $1,000 dollars.
(gasping)
- You were so close, that's insane.
(applause)
- Let's bring out another patient.
- I've spent half my life living in the United States
and the other half living in England.
Recently, I've got a lot of bad ringing
in my ears and dizziness,
so I went to see a doctor in England.
If I would have got those same tests
done in the United States,
it would have cost my $1,372.
Guess how much that would have cost me in England.
- All right, let's get those answers written down, guys.
(soft music)
(dinging)
- Kinda making me dizzy.
- Okay, contestants, what were your answers?
- Mine was $800.
- $1,055.
- $3,000.
- Actually, the correct answer is $0.
The taxes they pay
in the National Health Care System in England,
let me get all that coverage for free.
- Tim, do we have that?
- No.
(booing and applause)
So, let's bring out one of our next patients.
- I'm a Type 1 diabetic and without insurance,
I have to pay for insulin at market prices.
In 1996, a vial of insulin cost me $21.
How much does it cost me now to buy one vial of insulin?
- Diabetes.
- It's not fun.
(laughter)
(dinging)
- How much?
Bottle of insulin.
- The correct answer is $275 for the same brand of insulin
which is 1209% increase.
- Whoa.
(applause)
- All right, let's bring in the next patient.
- I need a heart transplant,
but my hospital says I can't have the procedure
because I don't have enough money right now.
They suggested I crowd fund from my friends and family.
How much would I need to raise to afford the procedure?
- Is it a heart one?
(laughing)
- How many friends do you have?
- I have three friends.
- Do you have kids?
- No children.
- Do you have a husband?
- Single.
(laughing)
- [Tim] All right,
let's get those answers written down, guys.
(dinging)
All right guys, so what were your guesses?
- $2,667.
- $9,000.
- $10,000 dollars.
- All right, so what is the correct answer?
- $10,000 dollars.
- Vanessa got it right on the money.
- And she got ...
- I'm sorry that that's the price for a new heart,
but I'm happy that I got it right.
(applause)
- All right, so we've calculated the numbers
and we finally have our answer.
And the winner who was closest
was
is
Taliyah.
(applause)
But, if we look at the way the health insurance is set up,
we're all pretty much losers.
Thank you for watching.
I'm your host, Timothy Delaghetto.
I'll see you next time.
(bright music)
This is Timothy Delaghetto.
You guys know me, right?
You've seen all my videos, right?
- [All] No.
- Of course, you have.
- I have a blue house.
- [Little Girl] And it's really cool.
- And it's really cool.
- Yeah, so there are bodies in that refrigerator.
- Wait, is someone in there right now?
- So who pays for the Dentist when you guys go?
- Insurance?
- How do you like your new apartment?
- Good.
(sighing)
- Nice, we found candy.