Making Healthcare Accountable

American healthcare as a system in the not-so-new millennium is a beast, it seems, requiring accountability from all sides if the various options are to be effective. The traditional model has lost not only its efficiency, but also the faith of millions as patients and physicians alike become stymied by excessive claims paperwork, rising co-pays, newer and more expensive pharmaceuticals, annual rewrites of insurance terms and provisions, and for doctors, a daily increase in already staggering caseloads. As healthcare reform rolls out, where does personalized preventive medicine fit in?