You won't see many leftists pressing for competitive purchasing of goods and services on an open market, i.e., where the payers are individuals and not governme

You won't see many leftists pressing for competitive purchasing of goods and services on an open market, i.e., where the payers are individuals and not governments - that's the context in which I was writing about a universal minimum income. You do see a bit of this, but it's mostly a big push for monopsony. Also, health care doesn't have to be insurance. With proper regulation, it could be competitively delivered (e.g. LASIK). However, as many leftists note, the consumer-knowledge problem comes into play at this point. That's what I was referring to.