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More Corporations pushing to Lower Healthcare Costs for Employees

Amazon,Berkshire,JP Morgan Chase announce Gawande ,New CEO of their Joint Venture to Lower Healthcare Costs for 1.5 million employees.

Amazon 's Jeff Bezos announced their acquisition of PILL PACK-an Online Pharmacy which shook up Walgreen,CVS and others stock prices.

Jeff Bezos jointly with Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon announced that they have hired ATUL GAWANDE to be their CEO of their joint Healthcare Venture to Lower Healthcare Costs.

Venture seeks to improve care and cost efficiency for workers CEO's goal: "Take some of the middlemen out of the system". https://www.bloomberg.com/news...

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Dr.Robert Pearl --best selling author of "Mistreated:Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care-And Why We're Usually Wrong"-Stanford Univ.professor-wrote in Forbes-Why Atul Gawande Will Soon Be The Most Feared CEO in Healthcare.?

Martin Gaynor ,of Carnegie Mellon Univ. said that the Healthcare Costs will rise 5.5% per year thru 2026.

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https://www.nextavenue.org/low... He mentioned Colonoscopy price in Atlanta varies by 600%.

In Geneva,Il., the Colonoscopy costs vary by 300% within one block from Geneva Commons with American Colonoscopy and Endoscopy Center,Geneva,Il. charging far lower prices .Tel. 630 232 2025 to verify.

Gawande has written extensively besides doing surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital for over 10 years. His THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO has saved over 100,000 lives .

His next Focus is getting Blood Pressure Under Control from 55% of patients to 90%.

He is going to be focusing on Reducing Cancer of Colon_Rectal by increasing Screening from 65% to 80%.

He will be rooting out wasteful spending and services as a tool to IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

Creating a CHECKLIST to Raise Quality Of Care and Lower Costs .

Being Mortal-Being Human to improve care of our nation's sickest patients.

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