The US spends a lot more on healthcare than most developed nations do and with a far worse overall result. The only parts of the US system that function competitively and efficiently are the parts that are socialised. When the baby boomers retire the inefficient and expensive US corporate socialist healthcare system will collapse and be replaced by one like Canada's, unless pressure from US corporations who face global uncompetitiveness from soaring healthcare costs compared to their socialised healthcare country competitors doesn't bring about change first.
Canada doesn't need a military as it faces no serious threat and doesn't have a empire to run. If it did run a empire the economic growth from the empire would have meant low taxes in Canada too.
According to the OECD rankings of healthcare systems the US comes in just behind Costa Rica.
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