I am strongly in favor of basic income, primarily because I think technology is going to make it increasingly difficult for many individuals to find meaningful,

I am strongly in favor of basic income, primarily because I think technology is going to make it increasingly difficult for many individuals to find meaningful, high paying work. But even with sufficient basic income, people are going to forgo insurance and health care until it's too late, and as I mentioned in the previous post, this will have societal level effects. I would agree that in a more ideal world, we could have free market health care. With enough technological progress, it might be possible to get accurate diagnoses of illnesses just by using an iphone app and then go to a pharmacy (or get drone delivery) to get a prescription for a cheap nano surgery pillbot. But we are way too far away from that, and there are way too many human lives on the line. I think it's okay to be militantly idealistic, but when human lives are at stake, I think it is necessary to cede to practicality.