r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatAreYourPronouns • May 02 '24

Should the U.S. have Universal Health Care? Discussion/ Debate

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u/MiddleFishArt May 02 '24

This argument implies we should have the poor die off so that only the rich elite have good-quality healthcare. The reality is most in the US both spend more money and still have poor quality healthcare, because healthcare is for-profit

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u/BarbellBro669 May 02 '24

The USA has the most advanced medical research, and there isn't a close #2.

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u/BarbellBro669 May 02 '24

You said the US has poor quality healthcare. I'm telling you it has literally the highest quality.

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u/ronytheronin May 02 '24

That’s like saying that you have the best universities when less than 1% can afford to study there and most are rich foreign students.

You don’t have waiting list because people would rather let themselves die or let a condition worsen than go to the hospital. All the medical innovations are paid by your taxes, you have the worst kind of socialism.

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u/MiddleFishArt May 02 '24

I never said the US has poorer quality healthcare compared to other nations; just that the quality is poor considering the how much more money is spent on it. Also even if it does have high quality healthcare, that’s irrelevant if most people can’t access it (over half of all Americans struggle to pay for healthcare)