Where am I going with this?
That it isn't free.

Do you mean how Norway subsidizes law-created monopolies by using the successes of its competitive markets in other sectors?
Um I was thinking how they provide whatever it is they provide that makes people think they're somehow not capitalist. idfk to be honest, so yeah, exactly what you just said.

Depends on how much it costs compared to the benefits and compared to what would happen otherwise.
Well I'm kind of assuming that healthy smart people can earn more money for longer (and therefore pay more tax) than dumb people who die sooner. Maybe I'm wrong, the pension bill is a beast.