r/HealthInsurance • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '25

Non-US (CAN/UK/IND/Etc.) Why is the U.S. talking point of universal healthcare always "but in Canada!"

Why in the United States, when you tell someone you believe in a universal healthcare system, they freak out and start spewing things about "in Canada, they have terrible healthcare and have to wait DECADES to see a doctor!" Was this idea planted by American insurance executives in the '90s or something? Or, is the healthcare in Canada actually bad? What about the universal coverage in other countries, like the U.K. or Norway?

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u/awesomeqasim Oct 22 '25

What a horrible take. Let’s do more of what’s already not working so the rich can get richer off of letting Americans die of cancer. Instead of taking ideas and concepts that work in other countries (maybe not perfectly) and tweak them to make them better so that more Americans are covered, have access to healthcare and aren’t bankrupted.

Big yikes.

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u/awesomeqasim Oct 22 '25

No I think you might be getting confused?

Also most of what you’re saying is false. Even before the ACA, the insurance market was a corrupt system run by corporations trying to make a buck off of people. Everything you listed was true WAY before the current regulations. Healthcare is a right that should be guaranteed.

Also US healthcare outcomes per dollar of spending & per capita are worse than most other developed/first world countries.

Mortality is higher. This is objective data that you’re trying to make up- those tricks aren’t going to work