It was a breakdown of various ways the incredibly distorted healthcare market fails. The word 'free' is so politically overloaded that using it in multiple ways isn't a contradiction, although you could call it sloppy if you wanted.

The post does make reference to politics, but it also has cogent argument about why market conditions lead to a downward spiral of gametheory when it comes to insurance and something you only have one of, like your body.

So that's the thesis. I think he feels better because, as a free-lancer, he finally has the ability to shop for providers, instead of being locked into one because he's terrified about what 'pre-existing conditions' have come into existence since the last time he shopped.