I've always wondered, why do people use this argument for medical care, but not food? Both are necessary to carry on living, and both are provided by people who themselves work full-time and need to keep the lights on somehow.
On the other hand, medical costs can vary wildly and randomly. A perfectly healthy person who's been following health best practices might suddenly develop a serious condition that is treatable, but only with five to six figures of treatment.
And 3 months ago, I was cut. Paperwork's "lost in the system". No job. No unemployment. Living on the scraps of money I had in goods that I sold.
The problem is such schemes are abused by many individuals where parents refuse to work because they'd "earn" more money from income support and such like. Those that know how to work the system to afford luxuries instead of the money going to towards the essentials to survive. But that's a whole other topic.