Why is there not Universal Healthcare? 
Decrease of Variety in Healthcare
Politicians make it difficult for entitlement programs to be put in place
Keep the government out of things
Inefficient healthcare
Expensive for government
One of the complaints free-market advocates have with single payer healthcare is the existence of waiting lists for certain procedures. For example, Canadians sometimes have to wait to obtain certain healthcare procedures because of the government’s focus on keeping costs down for all taxpayers.
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South Africans government is extremely under resourced and understaffed. Due to most of the population being poor they cant afford the services.
It would take up nearly 40% of the US gov budget to create a universal healthcare program.
in flu season, the National Health Service canceled 50,000 “non-urgent” surgeries
Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, many countries are struggling with poor economic sustainability. Policymakers should take initiative to advocate for healthcare measures, and leaders should make serious efforts to implement their solutions.
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If all citizens have access to free medical care, prices would have to drop in prescription drugs and other important services such as physical and occupational therapy. This would ultimately lead to a quality decrease in patient care
each individual must pay the same amount for medical care, regardless of their actual health. This effectively leaves healthy people paying for the care of sick people
It will lead to mass layoffs for millions of Americans connected to medical insurance directly and indirectly.
The Affordable Care Act is the United States’ attempt to offer its citizens universal health care. Privatized health care systems is that it gives health insurance companies the power to refuse coverage to people with pre-existing conditions or to offer them coverage at a much higher cost.
Ghana introduced health insurance about 10 years ago, and since has been spending in the range of 50% of all claims value for reimbursement of drugs at the facility or pharmacy level. This may look like a lot, but as health facilities still get budget support for investments and salaries, the insurance has to cover only variable costs.
Most underdeveloped countries don’t have a universal national health insurance system because political institutions are structurally biased against this kind of movement
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lower percentage of Americans believe health care for the sick is a government responsibility than individuals in other advanced countries like Canada, the U.K., Germany or Sweden.
The legislative battle over the content of the ACA, for example, generated US$1.2 billion in lobbying in 2009 alone.
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Any bills have to go through the rigorous process to be enacted; these warrant public bashings, legislation committees, congress, and have a chance to be vetoed.
Corrupt governments will make sure these laws do not pass because they make large amounts of money from the insurance industry
A universal health care system may limit costly services that have a low probability of success. This may eliminate access to care that could potentially save a person’s life.
Instead of trying to put the government in charge of health care, our lawmakers should focus on improving the system we have today through practical policies that do not rely on arbitrary government mandates, excessive regulations and unnecessary tax hikes
Lower-income Americans who have no choice but to rely on Medicaid, a welfare program, do not fare any better. Indeed, many Medicaid recipients struggle to find doctors who will take care of them, largely because physicians cannot afford to take the program’s low payment rates.
Key decisions on the kinds of health plans, benefits, and payment arrangements that are available are legally reserved to government officials, corporate human resources officials, or health insurance executives.
There are several different types of governments around the world. There would be no way to predict if it will take citizens health liberties away.
Rural hospitals and health-care providers are already operating under extremely tight budgets and with limited resources as it is.
If doctors are working in a budgeted system and or paid much less to do certain services than today, there is a chance that doctors will choose not to see some patients that they would have happily seen under the current healthcare
There will be less doctors and nurses since they will have to approved by the government
Data from countries with established universal healthcare shows that Patients in peer nations generally have similar or shorter wait time
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Universal healthcare is tax-payer funded, which means increasing healthcare will increase taxes
The United States spends more dollars per person on healthcare than any other country, and has worse health outcomes than other wealthy countries. In 2018, healthcare expenditures were higher in the United States ($10,586 per person) than the average of healthcare expenditures in other wealthy nations ($3,994 per person)
Nearly 87% of all Afghans are now within two hours of a healthcare facility. Nevertheless, as in other developing countries, there are just too few facilities, too few resources, and too few medical professionals in a country that is overwhelmingly poor.