Health care costs are "a hungry tapeworm on the American economy," Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett says, and now his firm is teaming up with Amazon and JPMorgan Chase to create a new company with the goal of providing high-quality health care for their U.S. employees at a lower cost...

Article from National Public Radio (NPR)

Thoughts on this news...

These 3 companies employ nearly 1 million employees worldwide. Keep in mind that their efforts are first aimed toward impacting their employee population's health care experience and expense.

The sample size, available capital, access to technology and basis for this endeavor will surely yield solutions and approaches that could change the health care landscape. The question is how and when would these potential ideas and solutions make their way into our backyard? We will be following this one closely!

Doug Goodhile, GBA

Manager, Marketing & Sales

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