Why the U.S. pays more for health care than the rest of the world

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Pemalite said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Rationally speaking, it sounds rational to tell an American that it makes sense to have Universal healthcare if they are in a certain tax bracket, but sometimes they will make $30-40k a year and will still fight you about wanting private healthcare while they are raising a family.

I don't understand what the complaint against universal healthcare is to be honest. You don't actually loose the option of private cover anyway. But you still get healthcare cover if you fall on hard times, not just for you, but for the entire country. Everyone is looked after, children, elderly, disabled, wealthy, poor. Everyone.

America is filled with idiots. I don't want to sound cocky and act like a genius, but for some reason many people act like healthcare is evil. it may be due to the stigma surrounding socialism and the belief that universal healthcare will lead to some 1984 socialist society where you have no freedom. You may laugh at me for that statement, but you'd be surprised by how many people use that type of logic.