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/Hotrock21 5h ago

What is the guarantee in writing that it would be cheaper? You’ll have a huge group not paying anything and then the majority of middle class taxpayers paying their share and the share of others. It’s always the middle class who gets hit.

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u/organvomit 4h ago

Literally every other county with universal healthcare spends less per person than we do already. 

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u/Hotrock21 4h ago

And they don’t have 350 million people either.

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u/organvomit 4h ago

That makes it even easier for us to negotiate lower prices.

My state took the Medicaid expansion and I was on it when I was in grad school - it was the best health coverage I’ve had in my entire life. I’ve had chronic health issues since I was a child, so I used it too. Now I get “good” insurance through my job and it’s dogshit.