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Apple Plans Healthcare Clinics as Employee Perk

2018-02-28 20:54:38| TechNewsWorld

Apple's plans to open a number of healthcare centers for its employees surfaced this week.The centers will offer "a unique concierge-like healthcare experience for employees and their dependents," according to Apple. "AC Wellness is an independent medical practice exclusively dedicated to delivering Passionate, Compassionate, and Effective Healthcare," reads a post at the Glassdoor job website.

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How Amazon Could Succeed in Overturning the Old Healthcare Model

2018-02-21 17:20:44| Extremetech

We round up some of the usual suspects from the health tech industry and look at how they're likely to play a role in the Bezos-Buffet-Dimon healthcare model. The post How Amazon Could Succeed in Overturning the Old Healthcare Model appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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Amazon's Soaring Healthcare Ambition: The Promise and the Problem

2018-02-05 19:57:32| TechNewsWorld

Healthcare is a mess in the United States. Consumers pay more and get less than in most other developed countries. Strong comprehensive healthcare is unaffordable for most without substantial help, which is why putting the burden on the government really does not work. If people cannot afford something, individually aggregating it under what amounts to a tax is not really any better.

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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan Aim to Untangle Employee Healthcare Knot

2018-02-01 19:04:00| TechNewsWorld

Three corporate giants on Tuesday announced they were banding together to provide healthcare for their 1.1 million employees. The companies -- Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase -- plan to form a company "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" in order to improve employee satisfaction with their healthcare coverage as well as reduce costs.

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