Indeed... there's nothing free in this world. Either you have to pay with money or something we called efforts to get what we want and what we need.
And yes, there's no such a free medicine in this world unless you create it by yourself (still, you have to pay with your effort and knowledge). And that 'free' medicines from the government expenses are paid by taxation that we're always complaining about.
Of course to fulfill the people's 'needs' for medicines and the other things, but with most of the people are refusing to pay the high taxes (and ignoring if there are any corruption that perhaps will increase the country's expenses), it just ended up with the country's high debt. just like my country.