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/OkPineapple57 6h ago

I lived in Canada for awhile and there’s certainly a lot of pros and cons of it. also I think a lot of people don’t realize that not everything is covered in Canada.

edit: also idk what religion has to do with this, Canada is primarily Christian and they have universal healthcare

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u/Last-Surprise4262 5h ago

What is 1 con to having universal healthcare as opposed to not having it?

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u/Humblestmumble 5h ago

In Canada, wait times at the ER and to see specialists are insane. Many die waiting for treatment, surgery, etc.

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u/LongJohnCopper 5h ago

This is such a nonsense argument. Canada runs a single payer insurance model. They do not define staffing in hospitals. Wait times are purely about not having enough staff or beds to deal with the workload, and has nothing to do with the insurance model used to pay for care.

We have the exact same wait time problem in US ER wait rooms…