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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase to create health care company
WTOP News [Washington DC] ^ | January 30, 2018 7:26 am | Colleen Kelleher | @KelleherWTOP

Posted on 01/30/2018 5:00:31 AM PST by COBOL2Java

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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
A whole body MRI.
No MRIs in Mumbai! :0)
41 posted on 01/30/2018 6:59:31 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: Sequoyah101

Ha! This is JP Morgan. If you use too much health care, you will be on the same list as the people whose salaries are too high for the amount of work they do. When they need to make headcount cuts, you’ll be at the head of the line.

Legal? No, but you get 6 months severance if you don’t sue.


42 posted on 01/30/2018 7:29:02 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: GailA

Only illness I’ve every been hospitalized for was the flu, for complications. Got my shot that year, too. FWIW, I get my shot not just for me, but for everyone else I love. If I can lessen their risk by doing so, works for me :-)


43 posted on 01/30/2018 7:33:40 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: proxy_user

My bet is, especially if they’re really anti-profit, they’re going to have to mandate employees using their insurance, make it a condition of employment.


44 posted on 01/30/2018 7:35:49 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: Moonman62
Why would they want profit in this case?

Because excellence costs money? :-)

But, hey, if folks want something modeled on the VA or NHS, they can have that. God help them.

45 posted on 01/30/2018 7:40:34 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla

I see nothing to indicate that they are modeling this after the VA or NHS. They are seeking higher efficiency and lower costs.


46 posted on 01/30/2018 7:46:47 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: COBOL2Java
Just a guess, but their not-for-profit healthcare business will direct business to FOR-PROFIT businesses owned by JP Morgan, Amazon, and Berkshire-Hathaway.

This is an effort to disrupt the healthcare market, which could frankly use some disruption.

47 posted on 01/30/2018 7:47:11 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Think outside the box.)
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To: Moonman62

It’s their apparent problem with profit that gives me pause.


48 posted on 01/30/2018 7:48:04 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla

This is for their own employees. Why would they want profit? They would only be paying it to themselves.

If successful in lowering their healthcare costs, this will increase their profits in their main businesses.


49 posted on 01/30/2018 7:51:21 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: COBOL2Java

Seems like a good idea. The railroads have their own Social Security system. I wonder if they have their own healthcare system too.


50 posted on 01/30/2018 7:51:41 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: Moonman62

Profit is not a dirty word. With profits you can pay for great medical professionals, technology, service. With profit you can promote innovation and efficiency, reward excellence. All of those things I want with regard to my healthcare needs.


51 posted on 01/30/2018 7:58:19 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla

I’ve tried to help you understand. It looks like I’ve failed.


52 posted on 01/30/2018 8:30:06 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks COBOL2Java.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will create an independent health care company that is “free from profit-making incentives” that will aim to reduce healthcare costs for their U.S. workers.
Yeah, that'll make it easy to recruit the best doctors and stuff.


53 posted on 01/30/2018 9:06:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Gee, I wonder what the priorities will be, other than pushing abortion and birth control?

As a doctor, I’m going to keep asking about guns
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54 posted on 01/30/2018 9:16:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: cba123
But one thing I liked, was Kaiser Permanente. A very well operated Healthcare company in my view.

It used to be. My father had with them 45 years, and just dumped them. He said service level and quality had been declining for a number of years.

55 posted on 01/30/2018 11:44:56 AM PST by Professional Engineer (This account has been banned or suspended.)
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To: gnarledmaw

That would be a very modern “house call”.


56 posted on 01/30/2018 12:22:37 PM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: COBOL2Java
WOW so they are going to go self funding using a third party administrator to admin the claims payment.. nothing new under the sun, lots of company's and unions self fund..
57 posted on 01/30/2018 5:45:17 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!at)
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To: mewzilla

Wish I could say that, Med Reactions, Gastropresis, Perpherial Neuropathy. Plus ER trips.


58 posted on 01/31/2018 5:33:58 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: Moonman62

I understand that the devil is in the details, which we have yet to see. And that profit isn’t a dirty word.

What am I missing? :-)


59 posted on 01/31/2018 5:36:18 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: GailA

Sorry to hear that, Gail. Hope you’ve got medical professionals you like and trust.


60 posted on 01/31/2018 5:38:18 AM PST by mewzilla
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