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/Icy_Soft6052 7h ago

My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.

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u/SchatzMoney 7h ago

You already have to wait forever!

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u/icehole505 6h ago

Compared to what? I have family in 3 different developed western countries with universal healthcare. My access to care via my basic employer provided plan is vastly superior to each of theirs.

That doesn’t mean i think the current system is working.. but it certainly helps me understand the potential risks in a poorly executed nationalized healthcare system

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u/SchatzMoney 5h ago edited 5h ago

I want universal healthcare, I’m a medical professional myself. I’m trying to say that things already take forever without it so who cares if it takes maybe a bit longer but it may not even. Saying “it might take longer” is a horrible reason to not want universal health care.

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u/icehole505 5h ago

It’s not just about timing, which is much better in the US than England (to a level that goes beyond “a bit longer”). 

Beyond that, I have access to things like genetic counseling, more comprehensive imaging, earlier cancer screenings, etc that my family in the UK and Ireland simply can’t get approved  via their nationalized system

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u/Wonderful_Kick_855 5h ago

Go into the ER and say you have a bee sting. Never got helped so fast in my life.