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> It's not a problem that can be 'hacked'.

While I agree it's a political problem in general, there's apparently a lot that can be hacked. Starting with lowering the cost of diagnostics and improving the information flow... There were a couple of interesting companies interviewed on Mendelspod (http://mendelspod.com/) - if you're interested in what can be hacked, give it a go.

There are also projects like http://nhshackday.com/

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Agree. Patients need better information if we are ever going to be serious health care consumers. Doctors have very little incentive to help us shop for services. Co-payments, lack of reimbursement, etc are all tools used by insurers to reduce cost (combat moral hazard, etc), but very little has been done by patients historically to systematically lower costs.

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