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The US spends more of its budget on healthcare for its citizens than it does on its defense budget. As a person who works for a defense adjacent company, I can
by cushychicken 4y ago
The US spends more of its budget on healthcare for its citizens than it does on its defense budget.
As a person who works for a defense adjacent company, I can tell you confidently that government adjacent healthcare is the closest thing this country has to socialized medicine.
I do agree that it doesn't seem to be a priority. I have to assume there's a bunch of slack and waste in the system given the amount of money that goes into it.
- insane_dreamer 4y ago> The US spends more of its budget on healthcare for its citizens than it does on its defense budget. Yes but most of that is medicare, most of which is really part of social security for the elderly (a very good thing, but not at all comparable to what European countries do in terms of providing access to health care for all their citizens).
- insane_dreamer 4y agoIt's important to distinguish between discretionary and non- discretionary spending. WH/Congress can't (easily) change the amount spent on medicare because its non-discretionary and therefore somewhat protected. It can however decide how much to spend on defense (which it continues to increase).