Comment by hermanzegerman

Get real, even the poorest districts in the UK have the same average life expectancy than in the US

American life expectancy compares extremely unfavourably with the UK. The English seaside town of Blackpool has been synonymous with deep-rooted social decline for much of the past decade. It has England’s lowest life expectancy, highest rates of relationship breakdown and some of the highest rates of antidepressant prescribing. But as of 2019, that health-adjusted life expectancy of 65 (the number of years someone can be expected to live without a disability) was the same as the average for the entire US.

https://www.ft.com/content/653bbb26-8a22-4db3-b43d-c34a0b774...

Also what you conveniently forget to mention, all European countries still spend less on Healthcare than the US, as a percentage of their GDP. In absolute numbers this comparison would look even worse

So this isn't Defense Spending redirected to Healthcare