Journal Journal: Just another few hundred billiion dollars there... 64
Annually, the federal government spends Over 300 Billion dollars on insurance subsidies. They also lose out on a comparable amount of money that would otherwise be counted as income tax, due to the provision that makes health insurance pre-tax contributions untaxed.
But of course all this gets us one of the worst health care systems on the planet, for the largest cost anywhere. Clearly this is a great deal.