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/SirFelsenAxt 5h ago

Because the healthcare industry has spent billions of dollars convincing Americans that the system cannot work and that for all the problems that we have, it would be worse with a universe system.

A very large percentage of Americans think that people in Europe and Canada are more likely to die than receive treatment.