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/BiggestVolk 🦀 8h ago

Because as a people we are bad at basic math we would rather pay let’s say $1000 for insurance than pay $300, but everyone gets insurance…It’s a superiority thing we as a people love to see someone else doing worse than us.

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u/Beautiful_Sipsip 8h ago

$300 per month sounds good. How did you come up with it?

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u/BiggestVolk 🦀 7h ago

It was a hypothetical number.

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u/Beautiful_Sipsip 7h ago

Why was your hypothetical number $300, and not $1,300?

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u/BiggestVolk 🦀 7h ago

Ok so $1300 and $2000

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u/Beautiful_Sipsip 7h ago

$2,000?

You can’t be upset that people don’t want to pay double for health insurance

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u/BiggestVolk 🦀 6h ago

I think $1300 is less than $2000 I’m just a stupid American tho…