• Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    The only thing I see wrong is the job opportunity cuts, the US military is the largest make work program since the new deal and the WPA.

    • Yendor
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      1 year ago

      You could probably add the Medicare cuts to that.

      The US government already spends 2x as much on healthcare (per capita) as the next OECD country, and about 4x the OECD average. The problem is the for-profit system, with everyone (hospitals, insurers and pharmaceuticals) taking such massive slices.

      What makes it even more embarrassing, is that the US is almost at the bottom of the OECD for health outcomes, and life-expectancy is going backwards.

      • Kecessa
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        1 year ago

        Twice as much taxes per capita is spent on healthcare and people still have to pay for private coverage over that!