petey_pillpress

Sorry, by relative I meant basically what effects to an investment in healthcare (with regards to systemic change as was my point), not total spending which is obfuscated by recent COVID-19 response spending and Medicare's inability to negotiate prescription and treatment prices historically. For instance, American hospitals being overwhelmed/at capacity and rural areas turning to telehealth due to lack of healthcare services.

This is extremely uncritical at best and copaganda at worst. We also lag behind those comparison countries in hundreds of other metrics--food security, housing, segregation, relative public spending on healthcare, education, services, etc.

What would make more of a difference for crime--expanding police budgets in cities that already outspend dozens of foreign militaries or investing those resources in systemic changes to provide people wellbeing and economic stability?