Bards are healers now?

After reviewing the new UA: Expert Classes I noticed bards can now equally compete as healers and should be considered in the priest group or drop the one or both of the new features and stay as an Expert. I know experts are meant to have elements of the other classes but they Bards are really good as healers now.

The two features I'm referring to is the new ability to heal with Bardic Inspiration and the 2nd level feature, Songs of Restoration.

For all you that haven't read the article, based on the new Bardic Inspiration feature they can now Heal an ally after after that ally takes damage as a reaction. This is incredibly useful in a fight and might even become the meta if it stays.

Also, at 2nd level they receive Songs of Restoration which they is always prepared and doesn't count against their prepared spells. This is also really useful as Bards now have a built-in healing kit that they don't have to worry about.

If you look at the spell list for Songs of Restoration you can see that all the spells chosen are all very good healing/utility spells I would take as a Cleric or Druid. (see below)

2nd Healing Word 4th Lesser Restoration 6th Mass Healing Word 8th Freedom of Movement 10th Greater Restoration

These two class features are incredibly useful because how healing works in DnD you only really need to use healing to revive a downed ally or to heal them if they are low on health.

This makes the Bard and excellent healer because he can facilitate both of these requirements. He can pick up a downed ally with his reaction and cast a healing spell with his action. This is amazing! It is almost too good in my opinion and I would argue that it's better than the other healers. If not Cleric than definitely better than Druid and Paladin. Also, he could take additional spells to help better his healing/utility.

Yes I know bards could always take healing spells but not like this. With these two new healing features the bard is a clutch healer and I honestly would always want a bard in the party.

Now, as much as I don't want them to have these abilities, I am fine with them being more healing oriented just include them as priests. Or if that's not your intent wizards remove one or both of these features to remain in the Expert class group. I feel they are over the line and cross too far into healer territory to not be considered a priest.

Anyway let me know what you think, I'm eager to see how well it plays. If you have tested this, let me know in the comments. Am I right? Am I just overthinking it and a bards inspiration is eaten up by normal means? Not too sure, time will tell...

Till next time ladies 🤠