[rogerbinns]

We don't need a situation where everything is either a market, or not a market. For example we could have a government standardised healthcare product that is sensibly funded (eg taxation). But, and very importantly, not preclude others from providing that product or different products via any funding model they want.

For example you get this with BUPA in the UK - you pay extra and get quicker services plus more luxurious accommodation on hospitalization. Or a private organisation could provide services over night to the government (eg get a CT scan at 3am for cheap - the government could give people a paid incentive to take that instead of using daytime services).

It would be really great if there was a baseline service - eg you know that if you get a broken arm or cancer you would be sensibly taken care of, but beyond that a great flowering of experimentation (which markets do) in how things are provided and how they are paid for.