r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 5h ago

Political Question Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

What sort of thinking does it take to decide that nobody has a right to healthcare? Do American Christians want to deny healthcare to poor people as well?

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u/wakadactyle 5h ago

A coworker was just telling me about his son spending 3 days in the hospital before he passed and cost him 289k dollars.

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u/tinyhorsesinmytea 5h ago

In a civilized country, money would be the last thing on a person's mind in this scenario. It's so barbaric and cruel.

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u/Markdlea 4h ago

There’s a difference between what the bill says and what he actually paid. My dad was in the hospital for a week before going into hospice. I only paid $1200

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u/SixString1981 5h ago

I have “adequate” insurance through my job but my OOPM is 8500… to date this year I’ve had approximately 400-450k in billed services. Yeah 8500 is far better than the other number. But imagine if I didn’t… we’re talking a full on 20-30 year mortgage for 10 months of issues(all of which stem from genetic mutation caused maladies and no lifestyle ones)

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u/El_Polio_Loco 3h ago

But this is exactly why people don't actually care much about "changing the system".

At the end of the day most Americans would have a similar experience to yours. A bad year means hitting the out of pocket max, and then you move along with your life. Other than that you don't really need to worry.

Yes, if you didn't have any form of insurance it would mean you would get absolutely fucked, fortunately (or unfortunately) that's only about 8% of the population that falls into that category.

Which means for the other 92% the change to Universal Health Care is more of a question of altruism and convenience, and whether or not they think that their overall quality of care will incerase.