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		schappim 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Review of Anti-Aging Drugs I'm reading that the US spends about $893 billion[1] on national defence and about $5.3 trillion on health care in 2024, with spending on track for roughly $5.6 trillion in 2025 [2][3]. These figures don't match my intuition... --- [1] https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN1242... [2] https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.0... [3] https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/how-muc...

BobaFloutist 4 months ago [–]

Are you comparing total health care spending to direct government spending on the military?

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