Shareholder profits are fine for some things - not healthcare among many other things. The government has and should have advantages such as economy of scale, public accountability (assuming we have a true and functioning "4th estate" which is an entirely different discussion), and ability to run at a loss when it's to the benefit of the public good. The rest of the industrialized/advanced economy world figured this out long ago. Should we privatize the military for example? Massively downsize? Yes - but the growth of and the increasing privatization of that particular sector is playing with fire not only on a national scale but on an international one as Eisenhower warned us against over a half century ago. The inherent conflict of interest between the public good and private profit is a problem that cannot be resolved in any other way in my view. Great in theory not in reality though. Also I'd be careful with titles like "right of center" - these are very specious notions.