“Health care costs will be reduced when health care insurance plays a smaller role and people begin paying the cost of their health care themselves.”
This is most certainly true. I’ve been excoriated for making the same point - because people are scared.
There needs to also be some private mechanism to deliver and pay for charity care, because government programs are sure to disappoint.
Well, most people, including most conservatives, ought to lower their expectations about the health care they will be receiving. Insurance is going to become increasingly rare and expensive procedures will soon be too expensive for the vast majority of people. With fewer people having insurance, costs will come down, though.
Yes, people are scared, but the answer is not more government or more insurance. Faith is the only cure for fear.