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thegrim33 12 hours ago

>> And everyone agrees that social welfare services have been stretched to the limit—where they still exist at all.

US yearly spending on welfare systems: $1.80 Trillion

The entire GDP of England: $2.16 Trillion

The entire GDP of France: $3.60 Trillion

The entire GDP of Germany: $5.45 Trillion

The entire GDP of Spain: $2.09 Trillion

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general1465 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> US yearly spending on welfare systems: $1.80 Trillion

And maybe people should think and ask why is so much being spent with so little getting to the bottom? Medicare / Medicaid cost almost 2 Trillion USD / year. But when you will look on prices of i.e. Insulin, which is simple drug available outside of USA for 10EUR but in USA it costs 300USD out of pocket without Medicare. Now it makes sense why you got 2T in the budget when Medicare is paying for 100 years old drug like it would be a latest cancer treatment.

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yostrovs 8 hours ago | parent [-]

There's no insulin that is 100 years old that diabetics use. The insulin used is of many types and all these types have been developed over the 100 years you seem to ignore, and new ones are still being developed. You can now buy inhaled insulin. There's rapid acting and medium and fast and super fast and there's mixes developed for certain patient groups.

	▲	general1465 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There is no reason for insulin to cost 300USD when competition can make it for 10USD.

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sanktanglia 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And? How about you compare the gdp between those and let me know how it goes out. Also don't forget to include free health care in the comparison