Healthcare and the medical marketplace are changing so fast that it takes me—a full-time industry analyst—an incredible amount of time and effort just to stay confused. I’ve been an active participant in the industry’s evolution as a medical school professor and consultant for more than four decades, and I truly believe that the changes to be experienced between now and the end of this decade will be greater than all the changes that have occurred since Medicare and Medicaid were created in 1965.
 
On the one (negative) hand, the health delivery system that we have built over ...