Government is a poor choice for health care. Private companys do it better, For less. Its hard to be a principled Libritarian when faced with the "do you just let them die" question. Liberals have points its just that government is almost always the worst solution to the problems liberals want solved.
Private companies, such as HMOs make decisions affecting the patirnts health. (like denying life saving treatments). Shouldnt the patients care be left up to a Dr? Private companies are all about the Benjamins.
Liberals do not believe that private companies can be principled and do not think people will take care of eachother. Conservatives don't care if companys are principled only that they make money, at all costs. And want people to Give to make up the diffrence. Libritarians think That companys can be made to be principled if held accountable for their actions and are made to compete. Libritarians feel that charitable giving is the best way to have health care.
How do you hold a private company accountable for their actions? do you mean with regulations and rules? those are the exact things libertarians are against. Private enterprize has only one principle, the bottom line.
Our current system, economicly speaking, has granted special privledge to select company and unfairly balenced the field agienst any competition. This is why Libritarians will say we do not have Lazy fair or whatever that French shit is, economics. We have economic fascism, literally a marrage of Buisness and Government. Liberals and Libritarians can both see the problem here. However we come to diffrent solutions on how to fix it. Liberals want to expand Government Power. Not illogical given the current system of fiat currency. That is why Libritarians argue for a commodities backed currency, and bank competition.
I agree with you on the conflagration of government and business, we are currently living in an oligarchic plutocracy. I doubt there are enough commodities to back the money, even if we tried going to that. Also, I think we've all seen how the banks compete under the lasse-faire venue of capitalism. I believe it was their greed that put us in this fix. Lasse fair capitalism has got us to this brink of destruction. As long as greed exists, we the people need regulations and rules on government and capitalists.
The problem with Liberalism is it is imposed on people who don't want it at gun point. I do not want to be forced into your system. Libritarians would never point a gun at you to take by force what is yours. Liberals will, that is the sticking point for me.
