So let’s look at Amazon’s resume so far: Online Retail, media (Washington Post), groceries (Whole Foods), AI (Echo), and more. But what about health insurance? I guess you can add that as well. Amazon health insurance: Is America ready?
To be fair, Amazon isn’t doing this alone. Because they are teaming up with stock company Birkshire Hathaway and banking firm JP Morgan. Together, they want to build their own employee friendly health insurance. They also want to give benefits to their own employees and families. Furthermore, they want to do so with no interference from the government, or anybody else.
It’s not exactly free. But it is free from profit-making. These three companies want to kill the red tape that often comes with the health insurance industry. Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos talked about this. He realizes how hard the system is for everyone: for patient, doctor, provider and employer. Bezos wants to create a system that works for everyone. However, there is no planning on how they’re going to do this. Because even Bezos and Warren Buffet admit they’re in the early stages of planning. In fact, the management they have in place is only temporary. But they are coming up with a permanent team and plan.
So what do ordinary people say about this? What do those in computer service and computer repair say about this? According to my Facebook page, some are actually warm to do this idea. There is one lady that said, “If this is what it takes to lower my health bills…”. While that is a true sentiment across the country, are Buffet and Bezos the right people to fix it? Buffet was right when he said healthcare costs are like tapeworms eating our economy. But don’t Buffet and Bezos own enough already? Is this the right solution? Or is this just another trick to make the super rich even richer? Amazon health insurance: Is America ready?