jeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoU.S. healthcare spending rises to $4.8 trillion in 2023, outpacing GDPwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkU.S. healthcare spending rises to $4.8 trillion in 2023, outpacing GDPwww.reuters.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSirSnufflelump@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoThat’s our specialty, spending unfathomable amounts of money on healthcare without the general public seeing any sort of benefit from it.
minus-squareDelusional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYou can say that about any industry in America. They’re all out to make as much money as they can with no care of the consequences.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoBecause it’s not meant to benefit the public. It’s meant to syphon all of the money into the accounts of a couple of people.
That’s our specialty, spending unfathomable amounts of money on healthcare without the general public seeing any sort of benefit from it.
Same with military.
You can say that about any industry in America. They’re all out to make as much money as they can with no care of the consequences.
Because it’s not meant to benefit the public. It’s meant to syphon all of the money into the accounts of a couple of people.