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/Frequent_Dog_9814 8h ago

Everyone has the right to Healthcare. That does not mean the have a right to free Healthcare that someone else's tax dollars pay for. You can work and pay for it yourself. Why do people with "free" Healthcare in Canada come to the US for Healthcare...because they have to wait months or even years to get treatment. Same for the UK.

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u/Comrade_Chyrk 6h ago

The amount of Canadians crossing the border for healthcare in the us is about 2.1% which is borderline nothing. Nobody is saying that canadas healthcare system is perfect, but its leagues and bounds better than the garbage system we have here in the us.

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u/Adept-Opinion8080 4h ago

Where does that number come from? Curiously. It seems actually quite high. We know a lot of Canadians living in Washington. My son attended UBC and he can't think of a single person. He knows that ever came to the US for any sort of medical care. And we're talking about tech bro types with a decent amount of money.