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DarmokJalad1701yesterday at 9:03 PM0 repliesview on HN

> Namely our lack of spending on healthcare

The federal govt spent about 2.6-2.8 trillion dollars[1] on healthcare in 2025 - including Medicare, Medicaid, ACA subsidies, VA/DoD health and federal employee benefits). In what world is that "lack of spending" ?

[1] https://www.pgpf.org/article/healthcare-spending-will-be-one...