Somehow people insisting "don't say free" never extend this demand to free libraries, free fire department service, and so on. Virtually everyone who has even

Somehow people insisting "don't say free" never extend this demand to free libraries, free fire department service, and so on. Virtually everyone who has even a minor understanding of how society works intuitively understands that "free healthcare" is paid for with public money, just like "free libraries" are paid for with public money. In fact, calling it "public health insurance" makes it actually more ambiguous and confusing. It sounds like access to it is open to anyone, like how access to a bookstore is open to anyone. "Free" is less ambiguous as to how much it costs to the person receiving the service.