If you wanted to dissect the notion of the word 'free' and how nothing is ever absolutely free, then that is your choice to be patronizing.
I think as adults here, we don't have explain to other adults "Son, nothing is free, somebody is paying for it...." Yes, I realize this.
Its almost like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.
You know those ads in the AOPA magazines that say "WIN A FREE CIRRUS SR-22!"
Saying "free healthcare" is simply an expression that has, overtime, come to mean that it is government-sponsored. I understand that it isn't free in the purest sense. Like saying "free-market." Well what is free about the free-market anyway if we have a big government agency regulating it? Its simply an expression of speech that has fallen in line with the context of its use.
Enjoy your free Christmas. Oh wait, Santa is payin' for that in back breaking labor bouncing from Chimney to chimney! No really, have a good Christmas.