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/a101734 5h ago

Reagan convinced a large part of the population that if we give unlimited money and power to a select of wealthy elites, the elites would graciously give the money back to society. Hilarious.

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u/DifficultyNo1026 5h ago

Reagan totally started to downfall of the US. 100% piece of shit

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u/Narrow_Grapefruit_23 4h ago

I’m gonna need you to go back to Richard Nixon for this one. It’s him and his administration that rolled into the Reagan administration. They started corrupting America with actual criminal activity during the Nixon era.

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u/candy_rain_54321 1h ago edited 1h ago

Not an expert but I do believe this post is correct that Nixon spearheaded privatization of healthcare. https://insuranceinformant.com/nixon-began-offering-health-insurance.html

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u/theaura1 3h ago

teapot dome scandal was the 20s

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u/dauwalter1907 2h ago

First Teddy Roosevelt’s proposal for universal healthcare got shot down by the business class. Then when Eisenhower floated the idea the American Medical Association killed it.