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Exactly the point. K-12 public education is a huge waste of money and that nets poor results. Nobody wants to pay for private healthcare on top of private educa
by frockington1 7y ago
Exactly the point. K-12 public education is a huge waste of money and that nets poor results. Nobody wants to pay for private healthcare on top of private education that is near-mandatory in some parts of the country
- mcny 7y ago> Exactly the point. K-12 public education is a huge waste of money and that nets poor results. Nobody wants to pay for private healthcare on top of private education that is near-mandatory in some parts of the country Having children is a choice at a different level than the need for healthcare. If I had to pick between public education and public healthcare, I'd pick public healthcare every time. I haven't verified it but a quick Google search shows "American taxpayers spent close to $649 billion on its K-12 schools in 2015". I don't know how much the US spends on healthcare. iirc it is about 18% of GDP or roughly a fifth. If our GDP is USD 20T, then we already spend almost $4T on healthcare. We don't know if adopting a system similar to Germany's will allow us to get it down to what Germany has (11% of GDP) but we have to try.