It could really depend on how you count it. I looked at the total market size for dialysis services and the number looks lower than 0.5%, and even there not 100% of that comes from the federal govt.

But that doesn’t count other medical services these patients also need

@Reddealer I have just heard the stat so many times and I’m more concerned about like whether the federal government is spending one percent on it rather than the market actually being the size of one percent of the federal budget.

@tftftftftftftftftftftftf my reasoning is spending < market size

Since a lot of estimates include other stuff

i'm sure it depends on definitions/choices so i wouldn't be too confident either way but IIRC while "1%" is the right ballpark, by most standard ways people count this it's a bit lower, more like 0.5% - 0.75% ish, which is nowhere near a couple of basis points of tolerance. (but there's no single way to count numerator or denominator so i'm sure there are definitions that push it >1%)

@Ziddletwix I hadn’t considered this. Hmmm. I think that I will change the definition. It has to be significantly different than 1%. It has to round to 0.

@tftftftftftftftftftftftf Or round to 2