How can anyone be against free universal healthcare?

To begin with - a slight correction to the question. There is no such thing - anywhere on the planet - as "free universal healthcare." There will always be a cost to healthcare delivery through doctors, hospitals and clinics. So - we first need to break apart that concept. read more

The #1 Answer is by a Brit - posting as Anon - with 343 up votes. read more

Not only is the whole health care reform issue too complicated for most people to understand, not only is it infested with special interest groups and tainted in the eyes of the public with notions of 'over-dependence on the government', there is also an ideological difference in the US towards basic human rights which most countries that have adopted universal health care, didn't have to deal with. read more