It should be considered a human right to buy anything that can plausibly be considered medical.
Allowing a free market in medical products with the only regulation being aimed at preventing misrepresentation or fraud would greatly reduce the negative effects of other ways of paying for healthcare. Nobody could complain about "death panels" or denying terminal patients experimental treatments if there was an almost unrestricted free market operating along side the main system.
Implicit in this proposal is allowing people free access to medications including narcotics, HRT, etc. As we see today, this is not a palatable solution for people. If we accept that there must be some restrictions, then we quickly circle back to where we are today, which is a subset of allowable medicine which is tolerated by the public whilst what is unpopular is banned.
Allowing a free market in medical products with the only regulation being aimed at preventing misrepresentation or fraud would greatly reduce the negative effects of other ways of paying for healthcare. Nobody could complain about "death panels" or denying terminal patients experimental treatments if there was an almost unrestricted free market operating along side the main system.