Actually, one way to attack the problem is something Hacker News folk could help with: Build "open source" coding, grouping and costing schemes and tools to ma

Actually, one way to attack the problem is something Hacker News folk could help with: Build "open source" coding, grouping and costing schemes and tools to maintain those schemes. It would look something like: 1) a software tool to maintain coding systems, grouping, and related costs (essentially a database front-end); 2) something like Wikipedia/GitHub that maintains version history and controls for coding, grouping and pricing schemes; 3) crowd-sourcing so healthcare professionals and organizations could help maintain the data; and 4) a non-profit, non-governmental organization (maybe something like the Mozilla or Apache foundations) that runs to help govern and provide structured releases of the open coding/grouping/costing data. These are just my ideas, but having worked in this industry on the problem of health insurance/healthcare fraud and "healthcare cost" - there are a bunch of organizations making a small fortune controlling these schemes (ex. the AMA) - something ripe for disruption (I hate using this word, but it's the truth). You need quality coding/grouping/costing schemes and systems for the industry to function, but it should be many, many times more open than it currently is.