"Others can decided to work for the public good at govt. lower rates."

And then you get the kind of public healthcare that is killing veterans in the VA hospitals.

And the active duty military can't even sue their doctors when those doctors commit verifiable malpractice.  It's called the Feres Doctrine.  It has let the military doctors get away with murder since 1950.

"A doctrine that bars claims against the federal government by members of the armed forces and their families for injuries arising from or in the course of activity incident to military service."