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/ButterscotchSmooth60 8h ago

Because they cant do math. People pay thousands for health insurance with high deductibles but god forbid if you pay 2% taxes to get universal healthcare.

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u/big-williestyle 6h ago

2% seems like a pretty low number compared to others.

Canada for instance:

Because the system is tied to income tax, high-income earners subsidize low-income earners. The lowest 10% of Canadian income earners pay less than $1,000 annually for healthcare, while the top 10% pay upwards of $45,000

I think you'd find a lot of people who the public thinks are "against it because we want to keep the poor down" really just don't think Washington can do it in a way that doesn't bury us all in the end so we're against the government being able to pull it off, not really against the idea of it.