“Because I am a Libertarian…”?????

We find, at Bleeding Heart Libertarians: Free Markets & Social Justice (try to wrap your mind around that combination), a critique of the bill to replace Obamacare.

Don’t get your hopes up.

I propose that the federal government establish a national health care budget in the amount of seven percent of GDP (based on the preceding year’s economic statistics), the sum to be expended in accord with the priorities of a governmental agency – let’s call it the National Health Commission (NHC) – whose sole task is to decide which services will be covered and which excluded.

The National Health Commission?  Pray you never have a bleeding heart!

Why seven percent?  That amount actually is close to the proportion of GDP devoted to health care by the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom, both devotees of single payer delivery systems offering very high standards of care. 

Certainly a libertarian can come up with a better reason than this.

Of course the seven percent stipulation is somewhat arbitrary.  Because I am a libertarian I would prefer a ceiling of five percent, the remainder to be consigned to private arrangements. 

Conclusion