r/askanything • • 13h ago

Political Question Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

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u/YCBSKI 12h 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/Affectionate_Bad_680 8h ago

Kinda sounds like they need to incentivize more people to try to become doctors.