Government doesn’t make anything better.
If health care becomes a basic business transaction in a national marketplace, then it will be maximally efficient and cheap.
Return to the days of “Hospitalization insurance” where doctor visits and most drugs were paid for out-of-pocket. Only major medical was covered. Costs would reduce dramatically. Imagine how expensive car insurance would be if it paid for oil changes, air filters and wiper blades.
Many people go to places like Singapore and pay out of pocket for 1st-world healthcare, that is affordable, rather than deal with the US system.