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The US spends the most, US $2.3 trillion, or 16% of the gross domestic product (GDP), whereas median spending is approximately 10% of the GDP in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and France [ 2- 4].
Facts can tell us that over 27 million Americans lack health insurance, the US spends more per capita than any other country on healthcare, and the expenses are often passed on to people who can't afford to pay their bills.
Under such constraints, the average recruit in the US spends almost 20 times as many hours of training in using force than in conflict de-escalation.
The US spends about $550bn annually on defence compared with Russia's $70bn.
Today the US spends well over a billion dollars a year this way.
And like single-payer, they deliver better results for far less money than the US spends.
Can we afford the $49bn£30.2bnbn) the US spends on running prisons?
The US spends 2.8% of its GDP on research and development.
Even without the supplementals, the US spends more on its military than the next 25 competitors combined.
The US spends 0.3% of GDP on employment programmes that are regarded as a sham by most labour experts.
Despite this unimpressive record, the US spends almost twice as much per person on healthcare as any other nation.
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