Is Healthcare a Public Good or Private Commodity?

Here are some interesting Gallop Poll data points suggesting, I think, that Americans consider healthcare a public good, but prefer its dispensation through the private market.  We want universal subsidization but prefer private ownership, with its profit motive and monopolistic tendencies.  This might help explain our schizoid attitude regarding healthcare tax exemption.  We implicitly accept that socialized (as in publicly-subsidized) healthcare is worthy, whilst we cringe at the idea of providing healthcare without capitalism, and often resent tax exemption for its tendency to undercut capitalists monopolies.  

darryll jones