Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan name Atul Gawande CEO of healthcare venture
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The three companies are self-insured employers, which means that when youre an employee going to a doctor's appointment, your employer, rather than a health insurer, is ultimately footing the bill for the MRI exam you receive.

"We're already the insurance company, we're already making these decisions, and we simply want do a better job," JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told Business Insider in February.

The venture will be geared toward employees of the three companies rather than healthcare consumers overall in the US, though Dimon said all Americans stood a chance of benefiting.

"We said at the outset that the degree of difficulty is high and success is going to require an expert's knowledge, a beginner's mind, and a long-term orientation," Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in the statement. "Atul embodies all three, and we're starting strong as we move forward in this challenging and worthwhile endeavor."

Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway health joint venture CEO pick - Business Insider