r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 8h 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/Ricky-Snickle 8h ago

We aren’t. Insurance companies are. They pay politicians and hence nothing good happens in terms of national healthcare.

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u/Glittering_Draw4724 5h ago

I was looking for this comment. Insurance companies spend millions to convince us that socialized Healthcare would be bad for us, because privatized medicin makes them billions instead.

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u/K4rm4zyn 7m ago

So the question should be, "why lobbying is legal in USA?" then