Healthcare isn't a business, it's peoples lives

[Kasz216]

numonex said:
US Government should spend less on military funding - blowing away trillions on unwinnable wars in Middle East and spend more in fixing up the diabolical US healthcare system.

5 trillion dollars and counting has been wasted by Bush admin and now Obama admin driving US into more debt. Imagine if 1 or 2 trillion dollars had of been spent fixing up the US itself: education, healthcare and transport networks could do with more funding.

The government currently spends something like 680 billion a year on Medicade and Medicare.

So 1 or 2 trillion wouldn't of did much.

Keep in mind that's JUST the federal budget.  And Medicaid is a joint program.  The Fed matches the states.

So about... 400 Billion in Medicare, 280 billion for medicade+ 280 billion the states pay for medicare.

Thats... close to 1 trillion already.

Medicade costs over 500 billion dollars and covers roughly 5% of the US. 

So... 1 or 2 Trillion really wouldn't do it... it MIGHT cover out health bills for our poor and elderly for 2 years.