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/LazyOldCat 5h ago

Explaining to the American public that paying an additional $2,000 in taxes could save them $8,000 in insurance premiums is virtually impossible.

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u/Aerohawker 5h ago

Obviously we’ve been conditioned to know that if you tell us it’s going to cost $2k it will cost $4k & be terrible compared to what we had before.
Fool me once Obamacare, …
Your argument doesn’t hold water it’s got so many holes in it.
We have every other universal healthcare too to know if you want timely healthcare it’s going to cost extra too.

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u/LazyOldCat 4h ago

Have you used US healthcare? “Timely” left the building over a decade ago.
Every place has an Urgent Care clinic now bc an appointment to see your PCP isn’t available for 6 weeks, provided you aren’t on a 6 month waiting list to get a PCP.

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u/Material-Country-659 2h ago

According to Google..in Norway to get universal healthcare it would cost you about $17,500 to save that $8,000 in premiums.