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Exactly! In fact, I believe nearly all states with Republican governors are refusing to allow the Medicaid expansion, thereby denying ACA to millions of people. The last thing Republicans want is for Americans to have any sort of national healthcare. Republicans will blow up this country rather than allow that.
I don't bash Americans and only respond in threads to misinformed American stereotypes like this. Furthermore in terms of teeth Americans have no room to criticise others with over 100 million Americans receiving no dental care.
You're confusing statistics. That's not what the video even said.
You're confusing statistics. That's not what the video even said.
Around 100 Million Americans (roughly one third of the population) can not afford to go to the dentists and this is based on US Research and reported by the US Media.
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More than 100 million Americans don’t go to the dentist because they can’t afford it. Instead, they end up broke, in severe pain and struggling to get by. Sometimes they even die.
It is not a European thing. Only British people in Europe have the reputation for bad teeth (as Americans have). Obviouly it is a stereotype that might not be true anymore.
I have seen some people with bad teeth.. but usually they are smokers. Maybe that is the problem?
In general I haven't noticed a particular trend of bad teeth in the UK..
Americans have certain myths about Europeans, which they love and hold dear to their hearts.
For example, those that haven't been in Spain, think Spanish women wear flamenco dresses and huge combs (peinetas) in their hair. Americans also think the entire population of Spain goes to bullfights or fight bulls.
They also believe the myth that the British have bad teeth.
They also believe that French women are hairy beasts like grizzlies, have hair popping out of everywhere, under their arms, everywhere, and that French people do not bathe.
They also believe that Italians have facial warts.
Americans have certain myths about Europeans, which they love and hold dear to their hearts.
For example, those that haven't been in Spain, think Spanish women wear flamenco dresses and huge combs (peinetas) in their hair. Americans also think the entire population of Spain goes to bullfights or fight bulls.
They also believe the myth that the British have bad teeth.
They also believe that French women are hairy beasts like grizzlies, have hair popping out of everywhere, under their arms, everywhere, and that French people do not bathe.
They also believe that Italians have facial warts.
If I think of any more I'll post them.
it's true
Back in the 1990s americans thought the british were either like Mr. Bean or Hugh Grant, when in reality it's like more like a fat bald unemployed drunk in a track suit getting into fights about soccer and pakistanis.
It seems like it's mostly the UK, to be honest. I'm sure I'll draw a lot of hate and discontent from this, but from what I have seen, the dental hygiene in most of Europe does not seem to be on the same level as the United States.
It's not just the straight teeth that American clamor for, but from a lot of Europeans, primarily the British, it would seem that dirty or bad teeth are very common over there. Why is this?
Actually British dental care is much cheaper and on par with American dental care. Your observation is very outdated and you appear not to have visited rural America where there is apparently very little dental care.
The problem is dental care in the US is no longer covered by most insurance plans and is extremely expensive when compared to the UK and Europe where there are excellent dentists who charge one-tenth of what US dentists and who perform the same services. Certain parts of Europe actually have more advanced dental care than the US.
Americans have certain myths about Europeans, which they love and hold dear to their hearts.
For example, those that haven't been in Spain, think Spanish women wear flamenco dresses and huge combs (peinetas) in their hair. Americans also think the entire population of Spain goes to bullfights or fight bulls.
They also believe the myth that the British have bad teeth.
They also believe that French women are hairy beasts like grizzlies, have hair popping out of everywhere, under their arms, everywhere, and that French people do not bathe.
They also believe that Italians have facial warts.
If I think of any more I'll post them.
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Originally Posted by rzzz
it's true
Back in the 1990s americans thought the british were either like Mr. Bean or Hugh Grant, when in reality it's like more like a fat bald unemployed drunk in a track suit getting into fights about soccer and pakistanis.
Wow i'm learning a lot about myself.
Tell me what else i think about Europeans?
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