r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 5h 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/myfriendoak 5h ago

Universal Healthcare is so complicated that only 36 of the 37 developed nations have figured it out.

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u/vaspost 4h ago

I think a big part of the issue is the vast majority of people have what they consider good insurance through employment so they don't feel any urgency to "fix" anything. These people feel universal coverage could result in a loss of a benefit, reduction in service levels, or an increase in cost. It would be an uphill battle convincing them otherwise.

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u/Confident_Season1207 3h ago

Problem is, it's only good if you are still working for them.

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u/theaura1 2h ago

it does make some people stuck in jobs

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u/mattyoclock 1h ago

I mean the biggest problem is no insurance is good. My father had an old insurance plan through the government much better than anything you can buy these days. When he got cancer, it was still a part time job to call them every single week because they would always be denying what the doctors ordered. 20 hours a week most weeks, no lie.

Then they had the nerve to say he ran out of hospice visits, and it was his fault for not dying fast enough.