"Why should I pay for someone else's healthcare?"

Because one day, someone will pay your healthcare you absolutely rotten piece of shit.

I don't think it's that. Or at least not always that. I've met plenty of boomers that think they worked hard and earned their healthcare and it's unfair that others would get it for "free". They're so brainwashed into tying healthcare to their jobs instead of it just being a human right.

I sometimes wonder if my MAGA Dad has had a change of heart. He used to be against universal healthcare because he "doesn't want to pay for some homeless addicts healthcare".

But now he's been laid off and 6 months unemployed as a tech worker. I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate it being pointed out that he's living the stereotype he stigmatized for so many years. Or how slippery the slope is to homelessness.

I have a friend whom I have this argument with frequently, not about health care specifically but other socialized benefits (e.g. SNAP). He's even a leftist, but still thinks he shouldn't have to pay for people who "take advantage of the system" (e.g. spend their SNAP benefits on things he doesn't believe should qualify, or receive SNAP benefits while spending their 'real' money on things he considers non-essential).

The fact that there are corporations getting orders of magnitude more in handouts, or that we're spending an unreal amount of money on the military, or that there's unfathomable amounts of corruption in the government, and that those benefits are in actuality a tiny fraction of what his taxes go to, makes no difference. He doesn't want people at the bottom to get an ounce more than he believes they strictly need or deserve, and I cannot for the life of me understand that line of thought.

You’re already paying for everyone else’s healthcare. Medicare for all would just make it cheaper and simpler.

What do you think happens when somebody walks into a hospital with no insurance? Do they just turn them away? No. Who do you think pays for that? You do. It’s paid for in the markup of your hospital bill.

everyone else helps pay for their healthcare.

Everyone else minus a select few parasites who instead make their healthcare vastly more expensive to balance it out – the American way. 🇵🇷🦅⛪🗽🔫🎆

Even if it works out cheaper, they believe certain people don't deserve healthcare, or anything in their eyes.

They’ve never heard of communicable diseases either.