The same 'logic' about "inequitability" should have applied to the DOD whose members enjoy free healthcare.
In fact, our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are the only Americans who understand universal healthcare, as enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people in Israel, Germany, Canada, Cuba, Taiwan, tiny Albania, or Denmark, as did our US Merchant Mariners from 1798 to 1981.
"OK, Doc, thanks for fixing me up. My arm feels a lot better. What do I owe you?"
"What did you say, Ensign? Take this prescription to the pharmacy for your free painkillers."
"But isn't there any paperwork in triplicate I gotta fill out?"
"Get out of my infirmary and stop flirting with the nurses."

Sad. USA is a dog that barks at the air and nobody listens.