If we are ever to move from a bureaucratic, third-payer managed approach to health care, consumers are going to have to take more initiative--and become more informed.

Steve Case, the founder of AOL, a service which brought Internet service to the masses, has entered the health care information space with his site RevolutionHealth.com. I have no financial interest in the firm, and can't predict how successful it will be.

Even so, it's exciting to see an entrepreneur with such a track record bringing his talent to a sector that needs some shaking up. The information technology web site CNET offers a review of the new venture.