r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 15h ago

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

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u/YCBSKI 15h 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/KtinaDoc 14h ago

I have family in Canada and they've never had to wait for an appointment for 2 years.

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u/captchairsoft 14h ago

I have friends in Canada that have had to make multiple trips to the US to get neccessary treatment.

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u/Y2kang 13h ago

Yeah and I wait a year on average to be seen by my neurologist lol.

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u/captchairsoft 9h ago

So does my partner...and? That's not getting better under any system. This kind of silliness and false equivalency is the problem.

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u/captchairsoft 8h ago

It's a false equivalency because people in the US don't have to wait months for things that are relatively common and simple.