Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits

Abstract

Systems and methods for exchanging health care credits are described. In various embodiments, health care credits are freely transferable units of value representing good health, an improvement in health, or maintenance of health by an individual. The health care credits may be bought, sold, exchanged for goods and services, gifted or otherwise freely conveyed from one owner to another. Also disclosed are exchanges and markets for buying, selling, and trading health care credits, as well as derivative securities. The derivative securities or products are based on either the flow of health care credits through the system, or on health care information, which may have been generated to implement health care credit awards.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, implemented using a computing system, of managing a health care credit, the method comprising:
 receiving the health care credit, wherein the health care credit represents good health, or improvement in health, or maintenance of health;   storing, using the computing system, the health care credit in an account controlled by an entity;   receiving an instruction from the entity; and   deducting, using the computing system, the health care credit from the account according to the instruction.