Comment by int_19h

Simply put, a lot of people in US are genuinely convinced that European-style universal health insurance means that they'll be worse off than they are today. This myth is maintained by agitprop from right-wing sources that tells them about "death panels" and multi-year waiting queues (while conveniently forgetting to mention that all these things also exist in US, with the only difference that you can avoid it if you have enough money).