Why doesn’t the U.S. have universal healthcare?

I know there are cons like long wait times for procedures sometimes but people should not have to be tied to soul crushing jobs just in the hope that they will get health care coverage. Yes states have state insurance for low income people but if there were national universal healthcare people would not be at the mercy of their states. Healthcare should be a right not a privilege. If someone wants to pay private insurance if they can afford it that’s fine. But universal health care as a back up is what is right. Healthcare should be accessible and affordable and not based on income to receive quality standards of care. I know private practice makes more for medical professionals. But things like prescriptions and procedures should be heavily subsidized. It shouldn’t put people in debt to access healthcare and less red tape about different regulations and in network and out of network providers would be beneficial. Countries without universal healthcare are twisted, sick countries. The U.S. spends so much money on wars and tax cuts for billionaires but the poor and middle class are suffering due to being one tragedy away from a mountain of debt. Such a shame in an industrialized country.