Hoover InstitutionStanford University
Reducing the Cost of Health Care

Published: December 5, 2018

Broad access to quality health care starts with making it less expensive. In order to lower cost and improve quality, we should not only eliminate harmful regulations but provide consumers with the incentive to consider different costs. Expanding the supply of medical services would also stimulate competition. Effective reform would put patients in charge of their own spending, while giving them a way to gain from paying less.

Discussion Questions

  1. What are the benefits of Health Savings Accounts?
  2. Is legislation necessary in creating an effective health care reform?

Additional Resources

  • For much more detail on Scott Atlas’ health care plan, read his book Restoring Quality Health Care: A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost, available here.
  • Read Scott Atlas’ chapter “Transformational Health Care Reform” in Blueprint for America, available here.
  • In “Replace Obamacare With A System That Cuts Costs And Values Quality Care,” Scott Atlas argues for the elimination of Affordable Care Act, available here.

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Scott W. Atlas

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