Myth vs. Reality: U.S. vs. Overseas Healthcare
00:00:00.000 | I think the main myth, especially for people who haven't traveled overseas, is a big misconception
00:00:05.340 | that U.S. has the very best healthcare, and we do.
00:00:08.240 | But in order to take advantage of that healthcare, a significant number of people, mostly at
00:00:13.600 | the bottom of the pyramid or toward the middle of the pyramid economically, can't afford
00:00:17.920 | it.
00:00:18.920 | We've priced ourselves out of the market.
00:00:19.920 | So we don't universally have great healthcare.
00:00:22.320 | We're like everywhere else.
00:00:23.320 | What people really don't know is that healthcare is as good or better overseas, cross borders,
00:00:29.980 | than they can get here in the United States.
00:00:31.840 | And the conception there is anyone who hasn't traveled overseas can't imagine a Four Seasons
00:00:36.360 | or a Hilton or a Denny's or a J.Crew or a Costco.
00:00:41.200 | All of those exist in almost every city in the world now.
00:00:44.400 | And yet people who can't conceptualize that, who can't get their arms around that, are
00:00:48.480 | not going to be able to get their arms around being on an operating table or a dental treatment
00:00:52.480 | chair in a mind-blowingly advanced hygienic environment.
00:00:57.960 | They just can't see that happening.
00:00:59.520 | What they see is a mud hut, rusty scalpels, and weird doctors that don't know English.