Nonsense, the cost wasn't $0, the price was. Doctor's don't work for free and that money came from somewhere, in that case taxpaying citizens of the UK, of which I assume your brother was one of. It cost him, he just got the bill from the gov't instead of the hospital.
I know it may sound pedantic to argue over little words like that, but I think people's lack of understanding around basic economics contributes to the problems we have. Promoting the notion that healthcare can somehow be "free" does little to fix the problems we see in our current system here in the US.
I know it may sound pedantic to argue over little words like that, but I think people's lack of understanding around basic economics contributes to the problems we have. Promoting the notion that healthcare can somehow be "free" does little to fix the problems we see in our current system here in the US.