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Europe pays ~10% of GDP to healthcare and you say it isn’t enough money “due to cuts”.

USA pays ~20% of GDP and the left says it’s “too much” when compared to Europe.

How much would you expect society to pay? Clearly it’s less than 20%, as that’s society being robbed, and more than 10%, as that’s healthcare being cheated. What is the correct percent?



Healthcare spending of the UK is at the OECD median and is just 80% of the EU15 median. The UK also has an aging population which means its spending needs to drift upwards over time.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...


I'd rather it be closer to 20% for sure. Healthcare is incredibly important.

But tax mismanagement is a huge issue, my home country and my resident country have sent billions of dollars to Ukraine for example whilst we still don't have enough housing, have people going to food banks, etc.

Same for accepting tens of millions of refugees and so on.




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