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Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway just might shake up healthcare

March 5, 2018 Article 4 min read
Authors:
Tony Colarossi
If they succeed, their venture could utterly disrupt everything from hospitals to pharmacies for all Americans. Read more at Becker's Hospital Review.

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As the American healthcare industry wonders how Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. might reinvent U.S. healthcare, the mission statement of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos should strike fear in its heart — “Your margin is my opportunity.”

Bezos, Berkshire’s Warren Buffett and JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon say their not-for-profit healthcare entity will use technology to deliver “simplified, high-quality and transparent healthcare” for their more than 500,000 U.S. employees. If they succeed, however, their venture could utterly disrupt everything from hospitals to pharmacies for all Americans.

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