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- FredPret 5y agoAbsolutely bonkers. One of every five dollars goes to healthcare. To put this further into perspective: the US military budget is immense, as we know… and it clocks in at 3.7% of GDP [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/266892/military-expenditure-as-percentage-of-gdp-in-highest-spending-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266892/military-expendit...
- philjohn 5y agoTo put it even further into perspective, that's 2x as much as comparable western nations with single-payer, who have similar or better outcomes in most cases.