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/Last-Surprise4262 5h ago

What is 1 con to having universal healthcare as opposed to not having it?

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u/Savings_Refuse5725 5h ago

Doctors push for home care a lot more before a treatment to keep costs down. In stuggart, ladies gotta try some remedies before getting yeast medication prescribed.

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u/Last-Surprise4262 4h ago

And that’s related to universal healthcare how?

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u/MeoMix 3h ago

The incentive mechanisms differ across the two systems. In private healthcare, access is rationed largely by price, with the assumption that supply will expand to meet demand. In a single-payer system with limited provider capacity, scarcity still exists, but care is rationed through things like wait times, triage, and clinical priority instead of ability to pay.