“What’s funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional. They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.”
It’s also not universal, at least it wasn’t when I lived there: it’s payed for either by your employer or by social/unemployment office.
So there’s situations where you don’t have it, e.g. when you’re self-employed you’re expected to take care of it your self.