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The spending is due to research and development, not because more people are sick.
by s_y_n_t_a_x 8y ago
The spending is due to research and development, not because more people are sick.
- superpermutat0r 8y agoNot really, it's Medicaid and Medicare. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_S...
- s_y_n_t_a_x 8y agoThat's the government's spending on healthcare insurance. Which furthers my point, those insurance companies are paying the cost of development that gets tacked on to drug prices and other healthcare services.