Everyone agrees that the health care system is broken?

One thing I hear over and over is that, "everyone agrees the health care system needs to be fixed". I don't. The problems with the health care system is one of cost not quality. Government programs always cost more and reduce quality. I really do not want to see some government run social experiment on health care with my family as the guinea pigs. It the politicians want to fix something, why not tort reform? If the health care industry could get the trial lawyers off their back, then medical costs would decline sharply. It is not only the direct costs, such as insanely high medical malpractice insurance premiums; but a much greater expense, defensive medicine costs. All those unnecessary extra tests and exhaustive record keeping so that so that health care providers can defend themselves from expensive malpractice suits.