This is also why DOGE has accomplished <i>absolutely nothing</i> when it comes to government efficiency. Despite lobotomizing key US strengths in research, health, food safety, etc, federal spending is <i>up</i> YoY.<p>Healthcare expenses are eating the federal budget alive, and the religious belief that collective bargaining with the health care industry is pure marxism (despite every other developed nation doing it with good results). Rather than dealing with that head on, the approach will be to simply strip millions of health care.