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Progress towards healthcare for all could be furthered by the creation of a United States Medical Academy which would provide free education for those willing to serve for, say, 4 years as doctors in places where they are needed, with a strong focus on preventive medicine. The purpose of this opportunity would be to improve the health of all citizens.
Those who would and will cry “socialism” would hopefully come to recognize that the military academies provide us with an excellent “socialized” military which protects us from threats to our national security and that the very notion of national security must involve a population free from threats to the health of our citizens.
