Comment Comment by lotsofpulp US government healthcare spend is huge, it is not tiny compared to military. $1.1T according to this source in fiscal year 2018:https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-much-does-...This website states in 2018, the federal government spent $582B on Medicare, and $389B on Medicaid, plus all the tax exemption for employer sponsored health insurance and ACA subsidies to individual buyers, etc.https://www.thebalance.com/fy-2018-trump-federal-budget-requ...Defense and Homeland Security was only ~$630B or so. parent lotsofpulp 6 years ago
https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-much-does-...
This website states in 2018, the federal government spent $582B on Medicare, and $389B on Medicaid, plus all the tax exemption for employer sponsored health insurance and ACA subsidies to individual buyers, etc.
https://www.thebalance.com/fy-2018-trump-federal-budget-requ...
Defense and Homeland Security was only ~$630B or so.