tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380927481224521794.post2322257540660675758..comments2023-05-16T02:42:38.307-07:00Comments on Discordant Opinions: A Proposition for the medical care and insurance crisis in the USDiscordant Opinionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02102596687854437517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380927481224521794.post-7040418245873336662007-02-25T12:57:00.000-08:002007-02-25T12:57:00.000-08:00You had to take an unnecessary potshot at the mili...You had to take an unnecessary potshot at the military didn't you?<BR/><BR/>"In order to accomplish this military spending would have to be cut and lots of money would have to go into recruiting qualified nurses from abroad and subsidizing the training of individuals in the US."<BR/><BR/>The U.S. already spends more on medical services (<A HREF="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3617/is_1994_Annual/ai_14698436" REL="nofollow">14% </A> of GDP) than military (<A HREF="https://cia.gov/cia//publications/factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html" REL="nofollow">4%</A> of GDP). And the proportion on medical services is increasing much quicker. Even if we spent $0 on the military it wouldn't impact medical service spending that much.<BR/><BR/>I recognize that I'm not putting forward a solution b/c health issues are such a large beast that I do not have a great grasp of a single solution. But the idea that our military is crowding out medical services is an unsubstantiated political stance that takes away from an otherwise interesting idea.A. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669124465216443179noreply@blogger.com