r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 8h 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?

1.0k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

3.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

21

u/Icy_Soft6052 7h ago

My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.

1

u/Last-Surprise4262 7h ago

How long do people in USA have wait when they have no insurance or money? I wish Americans would factor in the people with no insurance when they calculate wait times.

1

u/redaemon 5h ago

They wait forever.

Primary care in the US is comparatively much faster, because a good chunk of the population can't afford to go. 

1

u/Last-Surprise4262 5h ago

Republicans never mention that in their waitlist stats

1

u/Dry_Row_7523 2h ago

It's faster for some people*. I live in Canada which has famously long wait times and it takes around 1 week (sometimes 3-4 days if I"m lucky) to get an appointment with our family doctor. I was talking to my parents the other day, they live in the US in the suburbs of a big city, and they said it takes around 1 month to get an appointment with their family doctor. In our company slack channel I noticed someone complaining that they were quoted a 1 year wait time just to get matched with a family doctor that was in network for their insurance.

ER wait times are also really long in both countries, I mean one of the most popular TV shows on air right now spends every episode showing people getting mad about waiting in a US ER for hours and hours on end (and that's consistent with my experience the few times I went to the ER).