Towers Watson predicts that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will result in an increase in health care consumption. This prediction is based on the fact that the health reform act removes patient out-of-pocket costs for preventive care services under many plans beginning in 2011.

It has been said that the only real constant in the world is change, and as healthcare reform sweeps the nation, the aphorism rings true.

The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) recently conducted a survey to determine the extent to which employers are adopting the use of preventative care benefits such as screenings, vaccinations, and education.

Well, it's my turn to violate my own system and get burned in the end.