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If you don't value your values, you will never understand why your problems are problems (infosec.pub)

submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/mop@quokk.au

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, but we pay it to private companies instead of the government, so it's better... somehow.

I hate discourse in this country.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

Last I checked (which was admittedly ages ago so the numbers are hopefully different) the government itself spends 2x more (comparing %GDP not $ amount) than countries with national healthcare. So we pay the government more money for less healthcare.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No, the USA government spends a trillion USD on healthcare. For reference, the UK government spends just over 300billion USD.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes, and who does the government spend that money to? That's right, private companies that control the means of healthcare access.