商売/仕事 巨人s 直面する コンビナート/複合体 system in US health care 押し進める

The leaders of アマゾン.com, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan 発表するd the ambitious goal of 改善するing health care ニュース報道 all of their 従業員s. They say they are forming a new company that will be "解放する/自由な from 利益(をあげる)-making incentives and 強制s" and hint its results might be 適用するd on a broader 規模. But the (選挙などの)運動をする is in its 早期に planning 行う/開催する/段階s.

Here is some of what we know, and don't know, about the 計画(する) and about the health care 危機 in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.

WHERE TO BEGIN

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, investor Warren Buffett gestures on stage at a national conference sponsored by the Purpose Built Communities group that Buffett supports, in Omaha, Neb. Amazon, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase say they're creating a new company that will help address the health care needs of their U.S. workers, announced Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

FILE - In t his Oct. 3, 2017, とじ込み/提出する photo, 投資家 過密な住居 Buffett gestures on 行う/開催する/段階 at a 国家の 会議/協議会 sponsored by the 目的 Built Communities group that Buffett supports, in Omaha, Neb. アマゾン, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase say they're creating a new company that will help 演説(する)/住所 the health care needs of their U.S. 労働者s, 発表するd Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, とじ込み/提出する)

When Jeff Bezos, 過密な住居 Buffett and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon say they want to 改善する health care for 潜在的に millions in the U.S., の中で the first questions will be: Where to start? Lower the cost of 研究? 増加する transparency about pricing? Create a large pool of 顧客s to 増加する 交渉 力/強力にする? 削減(する) out middleman, such as pharmacy 利益s 経営者/支配人s, to lower costs? ロビー for new 法律制定 to 精密検査する the 産業? All of the above?

WHEN AND HOW FAR

All that we know is that the company is in the "早期に planning 行う/開催する/段階s." The 危機 直面するing Americans is here and now. In the past five years, 賞与金s for family 保険 計画(する)s arranged by 雇用者s are up 19 パーセント, によれば a 最近の 熟考する/考慮する by the Kaiser Family 創立/基礎 and the Health 研究 & Education 信用.

EMPLOYEES

The 初期の goal is to 改善する health care at アマゾン.com, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. The companies have an 概算の 1 million 労働者s in the U.S., 連合させるd. It is not known how many 扶養家族s rely on the companies for health care ニュース報道. JPMorgan said 以前 that it spent $1.25 billion on 医療の 利益s in 2017 for 300,000 U.S. 従業員s and family members.

U.S. COMPANIES, LARGE AND SMALL, FACE A CRISIS IN COSTS

U.S. health care spending grew 4.3 パーセント in 2016, によれば the Department of Health. That's $3.3 一兆, or $10,348 per person. Spending on health care accounts for a staggering 17.9 パーセント of the nation's 甚だしい/12ダース 国内の 製品.

Spending on health care is 推定する/予想するd to より勝る GDP growth for at l east the next 10年間. There are no longer-範囲 予測(する) that would 示唆する that 傾向 will 逆転する itself.

AN INDUSTRY RIPE FOR DISRUPTION

The 告示 by アマゾン, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan erased billions in 株式市場 capitalization from companies in the health care 産業 in seconds, 潜在的に a 膝-jerk reaction on 塀で囲む Street to the arrival three known innovators in 財政/金融 and 科学(工学)技術: Berkshire's Buffett, アマゾン co-創立者 Bezos, and Dimon of JPMorgan.

株 in health 保険 巨大(な) UnitedHealth Group Inc. fell more than 4 パーセント Tuesday. Other 保険会社s, 含むing MetLife Inc., 国家 Inc., Cigna Inc., and Aetna Inc. also 地位,任命するd 拒絶する/低下するs.

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