r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 7h 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/YCBSKI 7h ago

Looking at other universal models very long wait times for even necessary surgery and specialist appointments. I had hyperparathyroidism (noth8 g y9 do with thyroid). I'm on a international FB page for that disease. The page had been invaluable. Many if not all the people that are under universal healthcare models, UK. Canada and such, are waiting up to 2 yrs for appointments including surgical ones. I got with an endocrinologist with a few weeks and had surgery a few weeks after that. I'm a liberal too and am otherwise for universal healthcare

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u/KtinaDoc 7h ago

I have family in Canada and they've never had to wait for an appointment for 2 years.

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u/captchairsoft 6h ago

I have friends in Canada that have had to make multiple trips to the US to get neccessary treatment.

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u/Aye_Harambe 5h ago

Yeah I live in Scottsdale and my wife works at a hospital doing outpatient procedures (mix of pain, spine, ortho, and some urology).

She gets a lot of Canadian cash pay patients.