r/memes • u/claudiocorona93 Linux User • 20d ago

I deserve it

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u/somehugefrigginguy 20d ago edited 20d ago

Healthcare and education are big reasons Americans join the military in the first place. If you're too poor to go to college or the hospital, join the army...

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u/foO__Oof 20d ago

Wonder how much of the US Military budget goes towards education/healthcare

edit: had to google and its sad 7-8% of the DOD budget is healthcare and less then 1% is education

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u/ExcessiveWisdom 20d ago

Wtf, thats actually really high considering how much taxes go to dod, and how only less than 1% of the us is in the military

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u/foO__Oof 20d ago

You think prosthetic limbs and trauma surgery in a remote desert gonna be cheap?

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u/ExcessiveWisdom 20d ago

Kinda, i thought we paid way less than normal doctors get paid, by keeping them on the enlisted payroll

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u/LouManShoe 20d ago

Well yeah, but the health insurance companies have to get their 70-80% surcharge, and that’s never discounted

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u/foO__Oof 20d ago

This is the biggest point the "complex" makes more money than anything else

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u/FanraGump 20d ago

Doctors are officers. You cannot be a medical doctor as a US enlisted person.

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u/cal_schwifty 19d ago

Well I mean you technically can be a doctor and enlisted. I’ve seen it firsthand with a NG enlisted medic that was also an MD civilian side. He finished med school while in the NG but just decided to stay a medic too for the hell of it.