US, that oral promises made by military recruiters offering free military medical care to service enlistees and their dependents for life in exchange for twenty years of military service, were invalid.

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One of the promises made to entice people into service was the lifetime guarantee of free medical care.

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The 1952 Income and Corporation Taxes Act made pensions tax-free, if granted on account of medical unfitness attributable to service.

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Tens of thousands of people have joined a Twitter group expressing pride in the UK's National Health Service (NHS), which offers free taxpayer-funded medical care to all British residents, while leading politicians have spoken out in support.

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