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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by malfist on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:02PM (#46952131)

But that's mostly people/companies spending on health care, not as much the government (because that'd be socialism, apparently)

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by WillPostForFood on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:11PM (#46952233)

I'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%.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by malfist on Monday February 09, 2026 @06:15PM (#46952970)

I 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.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by WillPostForFood on Monday February 09, 2026 @07:06PM (#46953484)

Dude, 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...

Can we agree on the 12k and move on now?

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by malfist on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @10:31AM (#46961075)

I totally missed your link earlier. You are correct here and I am wrong.

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