Sommers C H
Hastings Cent Rep. 1986 Aug;16(4):15-7.
Why are veterans entitled to special benefits, such as free medical care? Not because such a benefit is an inducement to military service, or because a soldier accepts risk. Rather, the relationship of the Army, to use one service as an example, to a soldier is like that of a parent to a child. The right to health care, even carried beyond the term of service, is an extension of this quasi-familial relationship.
为什么退伍军人有权享受特殊福利，比如免费医疗？不是因为这种福利是对服兵役的一种激励，也不是因为士兵承担了风险。相反，以陆军为例，军队与士兵的关系就如同父母与孩子的关系。即使在服役期结束后，获得医疗保健的权利也是这种准家庭关系的一种延伸。
