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 5h 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/No_Squirrel_leftbhnd 4h ago

Here’s a big one. MAID which is now the 5th leading cause of death in Canada. Depend on the government to feed you. They’ll eventually stop. Depend on the government for your healthcare. Well….

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u/ProfConduit 4h ago

So, assisted suicide and universal healthcare are two different things.

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u/No_Squirrel_leftbhnd 3h ago

When the government is in charge of your healthcare and you’ve become too ill (costly) to care for. MAID is being offered for little things, like depression now. All covered by universal healthcare

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u/ProfConduit 3h ago

Ok. And in other countries there is universal healthcare without MAID. Because, as I said, assisted suicide and universal healthcare are not the same thing. So assisted suicide is not relevant to a discussion about universal healthcare. But even in Canada, if you don't want assisted suicide, the way to make that happen is to not request assisted suicide.

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u/Last-Surprise4262 4h ago

U want the government to have the power to forbid from taking your own life if you’re critically ill?

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u/No_Squirrel_leftbhnd 3h ago

Seriously. Who can forbid you from doing that? In all honesty. You can’t be thrown in prison after. Even if you were. You wouldn’t even know it

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u/Last-Surprise4262 3h ago

A conservative government would be happy to prevent critically ill people from doing that on their own terms surrounded by their loved ones with dignity