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> Are you aware that the US government already spends far more on health care than it does on the military At least 34% of that is spent on admin alone: https:
by dmitriid 5y ago
> Are you aware that the US government already spends far more on health care than it does on the military
At least 34% of that is spent on admin alone: https://time.com/5759972/health-care-administrative-costs/ https://time.com/5759972/health-care-administrative-costs/ and most of that is on privately insurers overhead.
> Half the US defense budget is no where near the amount spent on healthcare in the private sector
It would be way more than enough if there was some political will behind it.
- l33t2328 5y ago> and most of that is on privately insurers overhead. It’s true that the plurality of healthcare costs are private insurance, but medicare and medicade combine to a little less than twice the entire defense budget. The US government could cut significantly into the out of pocket expenses if they halved the defense budget. This link is interesting: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NHE-Fact-Sheet https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...