Episode 139 — Amazon and Health Care

Ben and James discuss Amazon’s health care announcement and why the industry is so challenging.

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Links

• Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare — BusinessWire (businesswire.com/news/home/20180130005676/en/A…)

• Ben Thompson: Amazon Health — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/amazon-health)

• Aaron E. Carroll: The Real Reason the U.S. Has Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance — New York Times (nytimes.com/2017/09/05/upshot/the-real-reason-…)

• The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick? — New York Times (nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/upshot/best…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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