Comment on Ask HN: Why can't tax pay for universal basic utilities?Comments−trinovantes4ySame reason why universal health care is controversial: "I don't use as much as them, why should I pay for their use?"−superchroma4yIn healthcare it's different, as, conceptually, at least, it's in all of our interests to be healthy, and being less healthy usually isn't just a comfort matter; discomfort in the health sphere usually signals greater health problems in the future.−Yeahsureok4yUniversal healthcare isn't controversial outside of the US.Who by the way spend far more per person than any other developed country on healthcare, that's both government and consumer spending.−geoduck144yWell, we have had the Obama care for a couple of years now - so we're good
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Same reason why universal health care is controversial: "I don't use as much as them, why should I pay for their use?"
In healthcare it's different, as, conceptually, at least, it's in all of our interests to be healthy, and being less healthy usually isn't just a comfort matter; discomfort in the health sphere usually signals greater health problems in the future.
Universal healthcare isn't controversial outside of the US.
Who by the way spend far more per person than any other developed country on healthcare, that's both government and consumer spending.
Well, we have had the Obama care for a couple of years now - so we're good