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Maybe they should just... stay free. And on that note, free vaccines. Maybe... free, taxpayer supported healthcare?
We would pay less and be healthier in aggregate as a country if we had publicly funded healthcare - just expand Medicaid to cover everyone. I think a healthy population is good for national defense, so maybe it could come from that budget...