One major improvement to our current system that was not part of your list is medical malpractice reform. The personal-injury lawyers have taken advantage of our current system, and this is one of the major sources of our skyrocketing costs; significant reforms are needed. One suggestion includes legalizing and promoting “negative outcomes insurance.” According to Ron Paul, “Negative outcomes insurance is a novel approach that guarantees those harmed receive fair compensation, while reducing the burden of costly malpractice litigation on the health care system. Patients receive this insurance payout without having to endure lengthy lawsuits, and without having to give away a large portion of their award to a trial lawyer.”

Also, we need to ensure that we keep the nutritional supplement market minimally regulated; pending legislation sponsored by John McCain threatens to drastically increase the costs of supplements, and begin to regulate many of them as prescription drugs. Such an approach would be a huge step in the wrong direction; it would move decisions from the individual consumer to their doctor, and would disastrously increase the cost of effective and safe over-the-counter treatments.