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The important thing about public goods is, you can't exclude them if you tried. By saying we should pretend that healthcare is a public good, you are saying we have a choice in the matter. This on face makes it a non public good.

This is a fine opinion to have, but you do yourself no favors by misusing jargon like this.



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