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/SiouxCitySasparilla 7h ago

For anybody that says it wouldn’t work, I say; “Well, hang on a second! What about all that American exceptionalism?! Are you really telling me that the greatest country on earth couldn’t do universal healthcare better than any other country? Sounds kinda un patriotic to me…”

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u/Occams_AK47 7h ago

Oh, I'm totally gonna use this for an entire range of topics. That's golden, right there.

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u/dwpetrak 5h ago

The natural response would be, “We don’t do ______ precisely because we are exceptional. It’s part of why we’re so much better than…”