Us does spend the money on healthcare, it is just very inefficient. US government spends much more per capita than any other country. 50% than the #2 country, Germany.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health...

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malfist 2 hours ago | parent [-]

But that's mostly people/companies spending on health care, not as much the government (because that'd be socialism, apparently)

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WillPostForFood an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm just talking about government spending. If you add private spending it is even more unbalanced. Just per capita government spending alone:

US $12k

Germany $8k

UK $6k

Medicaid + Medicare is 22% of all US federal spending. Defense is 13%.

	▲	malfist 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know where you're getting your numbers but according to OECD, the per capita spending in the US is 13k. That's public and private spending. I don't think your 12k per capita number is just public spending.