Health Care vs. Warfare: The Future Costs of the Afghanistan War

Health Care vs. Warfare: The Future Costs of the Afghanistan War

by Jeff Leys / September 9th, 2009 (1)

On Wednesday, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on health care. Later this year he will decide whether to deploy additional troops to the war in Afghanistan, on top of the 69,000 troops already deployed. The struggle for health care and the struggle to end warfare are inextricably linked. The cost for substantive (though imperfect) health care reform as envisioned in the House of Representatives approach (with the public option) is projected to average $100 billion per year for the next 10 years. The cost to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan …
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