Obamacare Hikes: American Healthcare Mirrors Military Budgets
The latest NYT piece bemoans significant increases in Obamacare prices, painting a picture of an affordability crisis for US citizens. This mirrors predictable annual news cycles when domestic spending for programs like healthcare crumbles. However, the same institutions that fund these reports generally avoid drawing uncomfortable parallels to the ever-expanding 'defense' budget, where trillions
vanish with bipartisan applause. It's a tale as old as time: austerity for social good, open spigots for perpetual war. While families agonize over premium hikes and choose between medication and rent, Congress just voted for another multi-billion dollar aid package to Israel, a nation with universal healthcare. Every dollar spent on F-35s we don't need, or bombs dropped overseas, is a dollar not
spent on keeping Americans healthy. One might wonder if the real 'cost-cutting' happens on the home front so the military-industrial complex can keep its profits bloated.