Mr. Barthold ran an experiment in which he eliminated some major tax expenditures and measured how much of a rate reduction that would permit while remaining revenue neutral.
The report cites other benefits such as the avoidance of major capital expenditures associated with new power plants and even the retirements of some older and less efficient generators.
For bigger healthcare expenditures, such as major surgery and hospitalizations, a catastrophic health insurance policy could be purchased that would reimburse once costs reached a predetermined threshold.