• towerful@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    Free as in “free at the point of service”.
    Of course it is paid for somehow.
    But as far a a someone going into a hospital to get a cast, medicine, birth… It’s free

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      That’s true. Unfortunately, calling it free is often used by people who want to paint it as infeasible, and is used as an excuse to cut funding—even when data shows it’s an investment with human and monetary rewards.

      • Taalnazi@lemmy.world
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        30 days ago

        As far as everyone except oligarchs are concerned, it means everyone can access it without getting financially fucked over into debt. And that’s excellent news.