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Coming from a country with universal healthcare and having spent my last 10 years in the US I feel that most of the Americans don't understand how incredibly be
by melenaboija 3y ago
Coming from a country with universal healthcare and having spent my last 10 years in the US I feel that most of the Americans don't understand how incredibly beneficial for everybody is to have universal healthcare, even if you can afford it. It simply makes people happier and releases a lot of pressure as:
- Unless you are in the top 1% of the population it can happen to anybody that you will need health services without being able to afford it
- You can stop working for some time for whatever reason, pleasure or need
- Leaving around happier people is better
- nine_zeros 3y agoHappiness is not a metric that the US prides itself on. The only metric is money.
- mint2 3y agoWell as the article mentions, we’re already paying enough to buy universal health care so the metric is more than money. It’s also about only letting people have what they “deserve” and not tolerating giving anything for free to those who didn’t “earn” it because that’s “socialism”. “Deserve” is measured by whether they already have it or not. No it doesn’t actually make sense and yes it’s selfish and short sighted but it’s they American way. Even if providing a service to everyone lifts all boats, it’s simply not done.
- weard_beard 3y agoOne side of the aisle is disorganized and unwilling in most cases to buck the status quo. The other side sees any kind of public utility as stealing this resource from the private market where capitalists would a) derive a profit, and b) ensure efficient distribution and use of the resource through competition and market forces. So it is rare to see any sort of socialized program, resource, or utility in America even if it makes perfect sense, but, as in most cases, it is largely incompetence not evil intent.