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Re:Italy fines Amazon record $1.3B for abuse of market domin... by tyoma on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:33AM (#29495864)
The US already spends twice as much on healthcare (around $1.5T) for existing public programs than it does on national defense (around $718B). Source: https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/spend...
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Re:Italy fines Amazon record $1.3B for abuse of market domin... by pietrovismara on Thursday December 09, 2021 @06:06AM (#29496090)
I'm not sure if I'm misreading the chart, but Health sits just above National Defence, with $796.8 B (12%) of expense, not $1.5T.

Anyway it only makes it more absurd; that the US as a nation manages to be the first military world power using less money than they spend to have a broken healthcare system that ruins people's lives.

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Re:Italy fines Amazon record $1.3B for abuse of market domin... by xaqfox on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:10AM (#29497506)
It looks like Medicare spending was also included to arrive at $1.5T. A portion of "veteran's benefits" should probably also be included for the VA medical system.
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