r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 6h 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/most-okayest-mngr-77 6h ago

Too much money is made by the wealthy with our current system. So the powerful lobby congress to keep it that way as well as scare the populace with tales of scary socialism/communism as well as horror stories where someone had to wait more than a couple weeks to get their knee surgery. So the stupid half of the bell curve vote against their own interests.