Medical care is available to everyone. You can receive medical care any number of ways. Employer paid insurance, personally paid insurance, Obamacare, medicaid if you have no money or insurance, VA, or medicare. Which one do you fall under parasite?
It is not enumerated in the constitution, so NO.
when we created the retirement thing most people died before they reach it. Now a lot of people live to 100. And not only the wealthy. I planned on working till my 70's before I got disabled. It is therefore more feasible to raise the retirement age.
I did one tour in the Navy, and I use the VA for my healthcare. The only complaint I have is how long it takes to get an appointment. If I call today, I might get an appointment in 6 or 8 months.
As socialized medicine goes the VA seems to be about on par with the UK
Maybe the answer is universal military service
The idea isn't stupid, just not practical. It is sn enormous waste of money and time. We don't need that many soldiers. That so many young people might learn something essential about life would be good, but some other way than military training would be better. In any case, the connection with a reasonable healthcare system is unclear.
So we want people in the workforce longer? That would hurt the nation and wreck the economy.
a.i. is going to take over all productive jobs leaving everyone living off of the dole.
This may in fact occur.
We have had flying cars since Kitty Hawk. We would have colonies on the Moon if the Soviets had tried to have colonies on the moon. Now that the Chinese are interested we are suddenly interested again.
IDK, Universal service could be a boon even in peace time. In addition to standard military training, each conscript could be taught a trade to the point that the military was self sustaining again. Those jobs could be used to bolster gov't services of all kinds and our workforce would be better for it after release from active duty.
