**A Personal Struggle with Healthcare: A YouTuber’s Frustrating Experience**
In a recent video, a YouTuber who primarily focuses on tech content shared an unexpected and deeply personal story about his experience with healthcare in the United States. This video marks a departure from his usual lighthearted and fun-filled tech discussions, as he addresses a serious issue that has left him feeling angry, frustrated, and robbed.
### The Health Crisis
The YouTuber begins by explaining how he has suffered from severe heartburn and acid reflux since his twenties. These issues worsened over time, eventually leading to a hiatal hernia—a condition where the stomach is pushed up into the throat. This made even simple actions like drinking water excruciating due to extreme acid reflux and other complications.
After years of dealing with this debilitating condition, he finally sought help from a gifted doctor who performed surgery to fix the issue by inserting an implant. The procedure was life-changing, and he describes it as the best decision he ever made. However, his gratitude for the medical care he received is overshadowed by his frustration with the healthcare system that failed him.
### The Cost of Healthcare
The YouTuber paid $2,000 per month for his insurance over the past two years, totaling over $40,000. Despite this substantial investment, his insurance company, United Healthcare, denied coverage for the critical surgery that saved his life. He expresses disbelief and anger at the fact that despite paying such a high premium, he was left with a significant medical bill.
He reflects on why many YouTubbers are from Canada or other countries with better healthcare systems. The answer, he says, is simple: they can afford to create content because their healthcare costs are not as prohibitive as in the U.S.
### Frustration with the System
The YouTuber emphasizes that while the American healthcare system is world-class for those who can afford it, it falls short for individuals without the means to pay out-of-pocket. He points out the irony of having access to the best medical care in the world but only if you are a millionaire or have comprehensive insurance coverage.
He shares his disbelief at how United Healthcare, despite being one of the largest and most influential healthcare companies, would deny coverage for such a critical procedure. The situation has left him feeling betrayed and outraged, especially knowing that others might not have the resources to afford similar treatments.
### A Call to Action
The YouTuber urges viewers to take action by tweeting at United Healthcare to voice their outrage over such practices. He highlights how this issue transcends politics, as both political parties have been lobbied by healthcare companies, leading to systemic corruption and lack of reform.
He acknowledges that some viewers might suggest moving to countries with better healthcare systems, but he chooses to stay in the U.S., where he was born and raised. The fact that such issues persist in his home country deeply upsets him.
### Conclusion
The YouTuber ends on a hopeful note, stating that while he will recover from this financial setback, not everyone would be as fortunate. He hopes that by sharing his experience, he can contribute to raising awareness about the shortcomings of the American healthcare system and inspire others to take action against such injustices.
In closing, he thanks his viewers for tuning in and assures them that his next video will return to tech content, as this type of discussion is not something he plans to do regularly. However, he felt compelled to share his story because it was too important to ignore.
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This article captures the YouTuber’s personal struggle with healthcare in America, highlighting the frustrations faced by many individuals navigating the country’s complex and often inaccessible medical system. His heartfelt message serves as a reminder of the urgent need for reform and greater accessibility in healthcare.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso i don't do this type of video ever on this channel so if this is the first video you watching me please don't subscribe i do tech content i try to provide as much value as i can with uh my videos and and that's the whole goal of my channel is to just have fun with technology and that but today i got something serious i i've never made one of these videos i'm not into drama or politics or any of that business but this has made me so angry and so frustrated and caused some sleepless nights that i i i just have to talk about it because this bill right here popped up on my doorstep about a year after i did this surgery which pretty much saved my life uh it and i won't get into the two nitty-gritty of it but basically i'd been having heartburn all the way from my 20s and it got so bad that anytime i drink water i'd get extreme acid reflux uh and a lot of other issues because of a hiatal hernia which is stomach gets pushed up in your throat basically a lot of other nastiness and i had a very gifted doctor go in and fix this and put an implant in to fix it and a year later i can say it was the best thing i've ever done best best surgery best outcome i could have ever hoped for i'm extremely happy i did it other than united healthcare and the insurance i had um and yeah we're gonna touch on health care here in america if you're not aware i know a lot of people overseas watch me um our health care system is fantastic world-class many americans think it's the best in the world and to that i'd say yes but with a very very large asterisk and it is if you're a millionaire it is the absolute best you can find the best doctor you can get the best treatment everything is great but if you're not and you don't have any insurance or if you have regular insurance just like me i'm a regular guy and uh yeah sometimes they just don't cover things now you might be thinking well how much is insurance by the way i'm glad you asked i paid two thousand dollars a month for my insurance over the course the last two years that would have equated to over forty thousand dollars which is a lot of money uh and more than this bill over here i gotta say i always think to myself why why are most youtubers canadian and i think i found the answer healthcare because they could afford to be i've actually been working a day job even with what 400 000 subs almost oh thank you by the way for subscribing uh and thank you for listening to this rant but you got to laugh at that because i just want to cry based on this fact i i paid this much for insurance that didn't even cover my my procedure that basically saved my life and the only thing i ask you guys to do i don't want you to donate i don't want you to do any of that i want you to tweet at unitedhealthcare and just let them know they're criminals for letting these things happen because i made this tweet and a lot of the responses were like yeah happened to me too yep oh yeah welcome to america i mean come on i i mean obviously our politicians are all corrupt and they're not going to do anything about it but at least we could just voice our opinion at these corrupt healthcare companies that are just robbing us blind and then not even covering us i mean i could only imagine someone that's less fortunate than me and they have to go through this procedure or they probably couldn't even do the procedure because they just didn't have the money up front to pay you know i already paid thousands of dollars to the doctor and the anesthesiologist and all these other bills that came in this was just a hospital by the way um wow yeah i just i just want people to be outraged by it i want people to tweet at these companies and just let them know how no good they are how evil this is because yes i'll make more videos i'll do more side work i'll pay for this and it'll be fine and i'm still going to live a great life but i know someone less fortunate than me doesn't have that opportunity this would ruin them and that has pissed me off more than than anything else in the world has probably up to this point because i know uh i i didn't come from i come from pretty humble beginnings but i know many other people have been far less fortunate than me and this is wrong it's just wrong on so many levels i totally know i got screwed out of 40 000 in in health care payments but at the very least i know i'll rebound from it many other people couldn't this would bankrupt them it would ruin them and that's wrong it's just completely wrong so tweet it united healthcare let them know because this this is upsetting and uh i know a lot of other people in the comments if you're overseas will probably just be like yeah you should probably move to canada or australia and or eu i mean there's a lot of other places you could go but you know this is my home this is where i was born and to have this happen it's just messed up and yeah sorry to start to infect your feed with some drama i never do and i never talk politics i'm not gonna sit here and say this is the answer all i know is this is not right it's wrong and america should not have to deal with this americans shouldn't have to deal with this it's that's where i'm gonna leave it and and i i want to try and stay as civil as possible i don't want to hear any back and forth about uh this political party or that party in the comments again this is more of the healthcare because guess what they lobbied both sides of the aisle on this one they're they're just as evil and corrupt as as the the politicians that put these that have done nothing for us um yeah that's where i believe it thanks for hearing me vent i just needed to get it off my chest and uh don't don't don't worry about me i'll be fine i just want to make this video is just saying you know fu to united healthcare and uh denying this claim and you know it's only twenty six thousand dollars all right y'all peace next video is gonna be about tech again don't subscribe for this type of stuff i don't do this i just wanted to do it once because wtf and maybe the ad revenue from this video will help pay for this surgery that's so messed up laterso i don't do this type of video ever on this channel so if this is the first video you watching me please don't subscribe i do tech content i try to provide as much value as i can with uh my videos and and that's the whole goal of my channel is to just have fun with technology and that but today i got something serious i i've never made one of these videos i'm not into drama or politics or any of that business but this has made me so angry and so frustrated and caused some sleepless nights that i i i just have to talk about it because this bill right here popped up on my doorstep about a year after i did this surgery which pretty much saved my life uh it and i won't get into the two nitty-gritty of it but basically i'd been having heartburn all the way from my 20s and it got so bad that anytime i drink water i'd get extreme acid reflux uh and a lot of other issues because of a hiatal hernia which is stomach gets pushed up in your throat basically a lot of other nastiness and i had a very gifted doctor go in and fix this and put an implant in to fix it and a year later i can say it was the best thing i've ever done best best surgery best outcome i could have ever hoped for i'm extremely happy i did it other than united healthcare and the insurance i had um and yeah we're gonna touch on health care here in america if you're not aware i know a lot of people overseas watch me um our health care system is fantastic world-class many americans think it's the best in the world and to that i'd say yes but with a very very large asterisk and it is if you're a millionaire it is the absolute best you can find the best doctor you can get the best treatment everything is great but if you're not and you don't have any insurance or if you have regular insurance just like me i'm a regular guy and uh yeah sometimes they just don't cover things now you might be thinking well how much is insurance by the way i'm glad you asked i paid two thousand dollars a month for my insurance over the course the last two years that would have equated to over forty thousand dollars which is a lot of money uh and more than this bill over here i gotta say i always think to myself why why are most youtubers canadian and i think i found the answer healthcare because they could afford to be i've actually been working a day job even with what 400 000 subs almost oh thank you by the way for subscribing uh and thank you for listening to this rant but you got to laugh at that because i just want to cry based on this fact i i paid this much for insurance that didn't even cover my my procedure that basically saved my life and the only thing i ask you guys to do i don't want you to donate i don't want you to do any of that i want you to tweet at unitedhealthcare and just let them know they're criminals for letting these things happen because i made this tweet and a lot of the responses were like yeah happened to me too yep oh yeah welcome to america i mean come on i i mean obviously our politicians are all corrupt and they're not going to do anything about it but at least we could just voice our opinion at these corrupt healthcare companies that are just robbing us blind and then not even covering us i mean i could only imagine someone that's less fortunate than me and they have to go through this procedure or they probably couldn't even do the procedure because they just didn't have the money up front to pay you know i already paid thousands of dollars to the doctor and the anesthesiologist and all these other bills that came in this was just a hospital by the way um wow yeah i just i just want people to be outraged by it i want people to tweet at these companies and just let them know how no good they are how evil this is because yes i'll make more videos i'll do more side work i'll pay for this and it'll be fine and i'm still going to live a great life but i know someone less fortunate than me doesn't have that opportunity this would ruin them and that has pissed me off more than than anything else in the world has probably up to this point because i know uh i i didn't come from i come from pretty humble beginnings but i know many other people have been far less fortunate than me and this is wrong it's just wrong on so many levels i totally know i got screwed out of 40 000 in in health care payments but at the very least i know i'll rebound from it many other people couldn't this would bankrupt them it would ruin them and that's wrong it's just completely wrong so tweet it united healthcare let them know because this this is upsetting and uh i know a lot of other people in the comments if you're overseas will probably just be like yeah you should probably move to canada or australia and or eu i mean there's a lot of other places you could go but you know this is my home this is where i was born and to have this happen it's just messed up and yeah sorry to start to infect your feed with some drama i never do and i never talk politics i'm not gonna sit here and say this is the answer all i know is this is not right it's wrong and america should not have to deal with this americans shouldn't have to deal with this it's that's where i'm gonna leave it and and i i want to try and stay as civil as possible i don't want to hear any back and forth about uh this political party or that party in the comments again this is more of the healthcare because guess what they lobbied both sides of the aisle on this one they're they're just as evil and corrupt as as the the politicians that put these that have done nothing for us um yeah that's where i believe it thanks for hearing me vent i just needed to get it off my chest and uh don't don't don't worry about me i'll be fine i just want to make this video is just saying you know fu to united healthcare and uh denying this claim and you know it's only twenty six thousand dollars all right y'all peace next video is gonna be about tech again don't subscribe for this type of stuff i don't do this i just wanted to do it once because wtf and maybe the ad revenue from this video will help pay for this surgery that's so messed up later\n"
