• insomniac_lemon@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    People will point out that US health does get a decent chunk of money, though they’ll leave out that it goes to others (insurance profit) so the care part doesn’t actually get that value. Like how US spends more just in tax per-capita than many countries with universal care spend total, but we get significantly less for it.

    So really it should mirror the war table but with a fat CEO or two smoking a cigar, with the emaciated doctor excluded from the table.

  • Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    This is longer true. Social security, Medicare, and medicaid are all less than 80 years old and make up more of the federal budget than defense spending.

    These are the top 5 budget item according to the us treasury for 2022. Social security 23% Heath 15% National defense 13% Medicare 13% Income security 13%

    “Veterans benefits and services” is another category which I guess could be considered war spending or healthcare.