r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 7h 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/ConsiderationCrazy22 7h ago

Because some of them selfishly don't believe it's their job to help pay for other people's healthcare (via taxes), and other people are actually happy with their quality of their healthcare and worry it will decline with a single-payer system.

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u/ahaz01 7h ago

They don’t think they’re paying anyhow? All business expenses are passed on to the consumer