There are two huge, stubborn and expensive problems that plague our health care system.

1. Patient records are not (for the most part) electronic, making managing and transferring those records laborious and ridiculously costly. (Paperwork makes up 21 percent of total health care costs.)

2. Lacking information and resources, consumers cannot easily make their own choices when it comes to getting (or forgoing) care. This is why consumer-driven health plans, such as health savings accounts, haven't been the health care panacea they were supposed to be.

Maybe, just maybe, The Google can solve these two huge, stubborn and expensive problems that plague our health care system.

Their solution (well, I'm unsure if their stated aim is to solve these problems, but I do know that Google likes to think big) is Google Health, a free online tool that enables you to upload your health records and share them with health care providers.

Yes, it's scary, but we may as well give in to the reality: Google already knows almost everything about us. Why not just fill in the remaining gaps (if there are any)?

Learn more: www.google.com/health