> They have it because they don't spend on defense like the USA does.
That doesn't feel right to me.
In the most recent year with data, as a percentage of gdp:
party healthcare military
eu 10.95% 1.56%
usa 17.36% 3.45%
stark difference, but "the only reason eu has socialized healthcare is because of their low military spending" just doesn't reconcile in my mind to the above numbers
That doesn't feel right to me.
In the most recent year with data, as a percentage of gdp:
party healthcare military
eu 10.95% 1.56%
usa 17.36% 3.45%
stark difference, but "the only reason eu has socialized healthcare is because of their low military spending" just doesn't reconcile in my mind to the above numbers
[source data](https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/euu/eur...)