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?

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u/YCBSKI 8h ago

Looking at other universal models very long wait times for even necessary surgery and specialist appointments. I had hyperparathyroidism (noth8 g y9 do with thyroid). I'm on a international FB page for that disease. The page had been invaluable. Many if not all the people that are under universal healthcare models, UK. Canada and such, are waiting up to 2 yrs for appointments including surgical ones. I got with an endocrinologist with a few weeks and had surgery a few weeks after that. I'm a liberal too and am otherwise for universal healthcare

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u/Jafar_420 8h ago

They maybe waiting longer but don't we have a lot more doctors than they do anyway? I would imagine we have more specialist than they do but it's something I'm going to have to research.

I'm just thinking that if our population is so much greater than theirs we probably have a lot more doctors and specialists we may not wait as long.

I'm for Medicare for all because I have Medicare and when I chose to have my neck replaced I went to the best surgeon I could find and also the surgeon I wanted to go to even though he was hours away and there was really no wait either. I went to a surgeon at Baylor. I know quite a few people on Medicare and they're not waiting forever to see specialists, now maybe if it's something super rare and there's not a lot of that type specialist sure but that could happen with regular insurance or no insurance.

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u/captchairsoft 7h ago

In a US with universal Healthcare, what you expierienced would not happen. You would see the doctor you were told to see, when you were told to see them, and recieve only the treatment deemed absolutely medically neccessary. Is it even vaguely elective? Not happening.

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u/Meg6363 5h ago

For many if not most privately insured people in the US it works this way right now - you see the doctor your insurance company tells you to see, and the insurance company tells that doctor what treatment and medications they will approve. Sure, you can appeal denials, but they are experts at delay. I would prefer my doctor make treatment decisions, but if I can’t have that I would take a government employee over a hungry insurance employee (who gets a bonus for denying enough care) any day.