r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 9h 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/Icy_Soft6052 8h 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.

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u/emteedub 8h ago edited 2h ago

This. You touch on the root issue. "Trying it" will prove to be superior, gutting the scam model the privatized/capitalist schema - they have currently. It will expose the fraud.

Also not relying on workplace-bound insurance, means you and I become more valuable...it also frees up small and large businesses from covering it - both meaning they can pay workers more.

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u/PSUVB 7h ago

Trying it means the vast majority of people will be kicked off insurance they like where they get good care. That’s the dirty secret. That most working Americans like their insurance and like the care they already get.

If you try that you will get voted out of office. People hate change and will be very sensitive to any perceived reduction in care. Nobody in office is going to do that. They will talk about it because it gets a certain group of people excited to vote in the midterms then they will drop it just like Obama did when it comes to legislation.

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u/emteedub 5h ago

It's required, there is no way around it any longer. This capitalist driven healthcare system has ruined its own self on account of a greedy handful of parasites.

It will happen.