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Us does spend the money on healthcare, it is just very inefficient. US government spends much more per capita than any other country. 50% than the #2 country,
by WillPostForFood 8mo ago
Us does spend the money on healthcare, it is just very inefficient. US government spends much more per capita than any other country. 50% than the #2 country, Germany.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health-expenditure-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health...
- malfist 8mo agoBut that's mostly people/companies spending on health care, not as much the government (because that'd be socialism, apparently)
- WillPostForFood 8mo agoI'm just talking about government spending. If you add private spending it is even more unbalanced. Just per capita government spending alone: US $12k Germany $8k UK $6k Medicaid + Medicare is 22% of all US federal spending. Defense is 13%.
- malfist 8mo agoI don't know where you're getting your numbers but according to OECD, the per capita spending in the US is 13k. That's public and private spending. I don't think your 12k per capita number is just public spending.
- WillPostForFood 8mo agoDude, I literally posted a link to the numbers. 12k public. 2.5k private, 14.8k total per person public plus private. Here is another link to the OECD numbers directly. Is is 12k public, 14.8k Public plus private. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025_8f9e3f98-en/full-report/health-expenditure-per-capita_affe6b0a.html#figure-d1e32026-d294e8ff6a https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025... Can we agree on the 12k and move on now?
- malfist 8mo agoI totally missed your link earlier. You are correct here and I am wrong.