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> A soldier whose leg was blown up in Afghanistan and is still in a hospital - is not part of that $714-733 billion. Where are you getting that? From here http
by l33t2328 5y ago
> A soldier whose leg was blown up in Afghanistan and is still in a hospital - is not part of that $714-733 billion.
Where are you getting that? From here https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/IF11442.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/IF11442.pdf and the link in the comment you responded to it seems that it is only about 80 billion.
Even if you add that to the 700 billion figure for the military, and add 200 billion for the entire VA, Medicare and Medicade alone account for well over a trillion dollars, and that’s not even the majority of healthcare expenses in the US.
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago>Medicare and Medicade alone account for well over a trillion dollars, damn, right again. That sure is a mind blowing situation the U.S is in. 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... Medicare spending grew 6.7% to $799.4 billion in 2019, or 21 percent of total NHE. Medicaid spending grew 2.9% to $613.5 billion in 2019, or 16 percent of total NHE.