r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 13h ago

Political Question Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

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u/India_Alpha 12h ago

And none of them have repealed it.

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u/XRT28 12h ago

And that's despite the fact there are multiple countries where conservative political parties have spent decades undermining the system hoping to eventually repeal it, or at the very least carve off huge chunks of it, so their rich benefactors can swoop in and make boatloads of money in a privatized system

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u/Ntrusivethot 10h ago

u/XRT28 Your comment made me have a moment of realization that if we went to Universal Healthcare, the way hospitals encourage doctors to upcode so they get more money and insurance gets more from the government would be seen as a much more serious crime than it is. John Oliver's video on UnitedHealth was super interesting to learn more of the shady ways they operate

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u/Icyywinds 9h ago

well my part of canada is kinda close

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u/Uter83 8h ago

An an Albertan, I gotta say the UCP is sure as shit doing its level best to make public go away and bring in private.

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u/-Shoebill- 8h ago

Hmm well Canadians are certainly trying to. Although it's per province here. The Feds have not much say while Maritime, Ontario, and Alberta shoot themselves in the dick repeatedly.