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The 28th Amendment!💸⏰
“Section 1: If Congress fails to pass an annual federal budget by fiscal year's start, a national election for all members of Congress shall be triggered within 60 days. Congress and Presidential pay is suspended until a budget is passed.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
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Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM