By technical I don't mean unrelated to the question of who pays. It's certainly related. But, I think it's a mistake to spend too much time on the macro-level "

By technical I don't mean unrelated to the question of who pays. It's certainly related. But, I think it's a mistake to spend too much time on the macro-level "medical care as a right" or "free markets." Most medical markets (including the US') have large free market & "social" elements. I don't think moving one way or another along that axis would move the needle in a predictable way. That would be decided by the more detailed points. That's what I mean by technical