All types of social welfare spending have increased over the last 50 years, not just healthcare. A larger proportion of the population is dependent on the government now than 50 years ago.
Of course one thing not brought about social welfare is that isn't a choice of to pay or not but to pay now vs pay later no matter what you do - in addition to humanitarian and reputation impacts.
It is harder to calculate given hard numbers only exist if things go wrong.
Not paying for vaccination or hygenic programs leads to outbreaks which are expensive to contain and not containing leads to even more.
Even literally leaving people to die in the street still generates expenses
CryptoPunk|7 years ago
Nasrudith|7 years ago
It is harder to calculate given hard numbers only exist if things go wrong.
Not paying for vaccination or hygenic programs leads to outbreaks which are expensive to contain and not containing leads to even more. Even literally leaving people to die in the street still generates expenses