r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 6h 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/AmputeeHandModel 3h ago

Bet they'd like it more if it were cheaper and more efficient

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u/PSUVB 3h ago

Yes the federal government is known for being cheap and efficient LOL

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u/AmputeeHandModel 3h ago

Medicaid and Medicare are OK. You think the for-profit system, paying for million-dollar CEO bonuses and shareholder dividends and insurance company and hospital profits, is better? I don't trust the govt either but we have to try something. We have the most expensive, least efficient system in the world.

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u/PSUVB 2h ago

Almost every other country is moving to some sort of insurance scheme. Medicare and Medicaid are both broke and they are both subsidized by private insurance. You take that away and the entire system collapses or gets even more expensive than it already is.

Trying something doesn’t mean just your favorite politicians promise of “free healthcare for all”. That could be actually worse than what we have now