We are still the richest nation in the world. 2.3 billion sounds like a lot, but its nothing to the us gov, it's nothing to the defense budget alone, and it is actively wrecking the military capabilities of one of our top geopolitical rivals.

I'm not going to pretend to understand the intricacies of the Russia/Ukraine situation, but I know this is peanuts compared to what it could cost us, and we don't even have boots on the ground. This is the deal of a century.

Be mad at the corrupt piece of shit republicans forcing you to go into crippling debt for healthcare and education, not the innocent Ukrainians fighting for their lives and democracy.

[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

The good thing about a 2-party system is that you can always point to the other party as to why things are the way they are. :)

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American pays mores per capita for healthcare than most countries with a single payer system.

You'd actually save money if you changed.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get your point, but I’m not sure if that’s true. Americans in general are very unhealthy. I think that might explain why it’s more expensive at least somewhat.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you not see the chicken-or-egg situation here? They're more unhealthy because of bad healthcare. That (bad) healthcare is more expensive because they're more unhealthy.

Moreover, much of the reason the healthcare is so expensive is because of insurance overhead, for-profit middlemen (including hospitals, private equity owning doctors offices, etc), massive prescription medication markups because people can't go without medication, and other inefficiencies in the system. Even with an unhealthy population, it doesn't need to be nearly as expensive as it is.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see it. It makes sense. I just don’t know if it’d initially be cheaper. I still think it’s the right thing to do, but it might take a generation for the savings to start happening.