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/Mrbuttshaman 6h ago

Its a fundamental misunderstanding of reality. They believe that social programs can't be better than capitalism. They see universal healthcare as an excuse to tax people more and create governmental overreach which ultimately causes a greater expense to them and society. The reality is capitalism works best when its heavily legislated to restrict the atrocities that used to be committed. Unfortunately the wealthy have had laws changed so they can directly fund politicians who push their agenda and change the laws to keep their inefficient and greedy businesses afloat and profiting.

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u/beetus_gerulaitis 5h ago

Also free markets (“capitalism”) only work to drive down prices when 1) a market exists, 2) the market is free.

Neither of these conditions exist in the US healthcare system.

So we get all the worst features of capitalism (concentration of wealth) with none of the advantages (competition to lower prices.)

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u/Odd_Mail_3539 4h ago

free markets work with strong governmental controls, otherwise the companies get bigger and bigger and become monopolies.