• PugJesus@piefed.socialOP
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    5 days ago

    Oh, but we pay it to private companies instead of the government, so it’s better… somehow.

    I hate discourse in this country.

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip
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      5 days ago

      Last I checked (which was admittedly ages ago so the numbers are hopefully different) the government itself spends 2x more (comparing %GDP not $ amount) than countries with national healthcare. So we pay the government more money for less healthcare.

    • JamieDub86@piefed.social
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      No, the USA government spends a trillion USD on healthcare. For reference, the UK government spends just over 300billion USD.