Chart 1 interests me. It suggests that, if the US could slash the non-out-of-pocket expenses, there would be very little difference between US and Swiss health-care spending. This suggests that removing the US tax deduction for corporate health care plans would be a good hack.<p>Removing that tax deduction should cause corporations to reduce their contributions to employee health care plans, increasing the proportion of out-of-pocket expenses. We tend to be more careful with our own money, so I would expect this to reduce waste and increase competition in health care.<p>The downside is that the increased out-of-pocket costs would be painful for many employees. That seems unavoidable - someone does have to pay for the health care. But the pain might be eased by a tax break that initially offset most of the cost. That break would be phased out over a few years.