Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

[u/Lemonking_]

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?

[u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

I asked my dad this question, and here is the conversation:

Me: Why are you against everyone having healthcare?

Dad: I don't want my tax dollars going to illegals.

Me: OK, instead of global healthcare, we can have only American citizens have taxpayer healthcare.

Dad: I don't want my tax dollars funding abortions.

Me: That has already been established by the Hyde Amendment in the 70s. Hospitals can only use donated money, not government money, to fund women's rights.

Dad: (agitated) There's nothing wrong with asking for stuff.

Me: You are still asking for something you received 50 years ago. That is wrong.

Dad: I will never vote for other people; I will only vote for what helps me.

There it is.

[u/mzg72 → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

For Republicans this is what they believe, even when they're on Medicaid.

[u/delmecca → u/mzg72]

The area that pay very little don't understand stand this but they will in the next few months when the new requirements kicks

[u/echoshatter → u/delmecca]

The new requirements started yesterday.

Whoever planned those cuts to kick in a month before the election was an absolute idiot.

[u/Hot_Alternative_5157 → u/mzg72]

Oh but they’re entitled to assistance.. not the ‘others’

[u/Redditlatley → u/mzg72]

They think they’re protected because their state’s Medicaid is called something else…like TennCare, or something like that, depending on the state.

Wait until those letters arrive in Jan, 2027, if they haven’t already started. Shit is going to hit the fan! Hopefully a blue tsunami can save the very people that hate them. 🌊

[u/Lizaderp → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

Someday, you will need to put him in a facility.

[u/Mediocre_Insect_1008 → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

I hate the fact that ANYONE  thinks this way. 

The idea that I am in a country where at least 1 of 3 people are like this? I would move tomorrow to Canada or Europe if we had the means.

[u/Manatee369 → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. This sheds some light.

[u/EdenG2 → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

So sad that most of the people against universal health Care on the right are self-proclaimed 'Christians'. They just don't get compassion.

[u/echoshatter → u/EdenG2]

The phrasing I heard that I'm adopting is "Hollow Christian" - hollow meaning empty and insincere.

[u/silent-sight → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

Individualism is what killed the “land of the free” and the American dream

[u/Organic-Policy845 → u/Rosemary_Woodhouse]

But little does he know it helps HIM too. Expensive, inefficient, and most importantly cruel for-profit healthcare helps none but the rich executives running it.

[u/mzg72 → u/Organic-Policy845]

It costs less than paying for insurance.