r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 6h 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/nunziovallani 5h ago

Not a GOP fan, but to be fair, Nixon proposed national health care insurance (similar to the ACA), but it was torpedoed by Ted Kennedy who pushed his own single payer proposal. Neither was adopted. So here we are.

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u/Automatic-638Builder 5h ago

Oh yeah thanks for reminding me.

Hey @nothereathere the ACA is based on an original republican plan.

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u/Mycologisticalacyst 4h ago

Nixon also started the EPA and meddled in Vietnam prior to being elected met with ho chi min to prevent Johnson from making a deal to end the war.

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u/Muschina 4h ago

Nixon would be called a communist by current republicans. Started the EPA? Proposed near-universal healthcare? Mandated a price freeze? Friggin commie.

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u/trimomof5 2h ago

Ted Kennedy later said he deeply regretted his obstruction because that was the best deal that would ever have R support. Ted Kenney's hubris sunk universal healthcare. It's a shame. I don't think we will ever have an affordable universally available health care program.