News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by arethuza on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:02AM (#18855521)
"Hence military is definetly in a different category than healthcare."

Why is that - one is defending the citizens of the state against external threats and the other is defending the citizens against medical threats?

Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by entity345 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:17AM (#18855617)
The military is a regalian function (and arguably its first function is to defend the state, not the citizens...), while healthcare is not usually considered a regalian function.

The line must be drawn somewhere.

You can imagine healthcare being provided fully by the private sector without state intervention (how that works for the poor is another issue) but the military has to be controlled by the state even if in fine the state hires mercenaries.