> Not a single soul on earth thinks single payer healthcare is free. 8 billion people, not one of them thinks it.

You are incredibly optimistic about a large swath of the population's understanding, unfortunately.

> Nobody is lying

There are plenty of people in this discussion making statements of fact that are false. Call it whatever you want.

No, they’re not false, you’re just misunderstanding. When people say “free” healthcare they do not literally mean all healthcare is zero dollars. They don’t mean nurses earn a wage of 0 dollars an hour.

No, they mean free at time of service, which they are.

Don’t believe me? Great, then ask them, without doing word gymnastics to try to trick them.

Should medical equipment cost 0 dollars to produce? Should doctors not earn any salary or wage? They will say no, 100% of the time.