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If tax is for anything it ought to be to help the less fortune in society. Once you start discriminating on who is the most deserving of basic medical society you have to start questioning the society you live in.

The state funding some basic form of healthcare for all is civilizing, and has other benefits. Healthcare is not an incentive to do well: it does not work as an incentive at all. Those who want better healthcare pay for it even in countries where there is a basic provision.

It's perfectly possible for state healthcare provision to co-exist with private healthcare providers too.