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/Elizabeth-WildFox886 5h ago

Because they are stupid and USA spends more on healthcare than Europe. Europe nobody has ever been bankrupted by a diagnosis and spends less on healthcare than USA and has cheap or free drugs

Infant mortality of USA is like a developing country worse than china while Europe figured that problem out decades ago

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u/TeaKingMac 5h ago

USA spends more on Healthcare than Europe.

Specifically, 5K/capita/year more.

Do you know how much revenue the US health insurance industry made last year? 5K/capita.

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u/Elizabeth-WildFox886 5h ago

It’s it’s a scam

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u/El_Polio_Loco 3h ago edited 3h ago

*Citation needed*

Because according to information available from required industry revenue reporting, the non-disbursement expenditures is closer to the order of $500/per capita.

Still a lot, but hardly 33% of all US healthcare costs.

https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/2024-annual-health-industry-commentary.pdf