The Future of Healthcare

European Straits #56

Dear all,

I just spent four days in Rome with my 9-year-old daughter, Béatrice. For her, it was a long-awaited glimpse of the breadth and length of European history. For me, it was a much-needed break after the hard work of January and the rigors of winter in London. Mostly we walked together for hours, simply enjoying the raw, decaying beauty of the city of (almost) a thousand churches.

To get back on track with this newsletter, I thought I’d elaborate on some news that is now more than 10 days old: the announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan will partner to design and pioneer a new kind of healthcare system for Americans.

I’ve already , especially in the US: it’s about sustaining consumers’ purchasing power instead of having it all swallowed by one industry; it’s about switching jobs and founding startups more easily; and it’s about caring for people and society.

I’ve long wondered why entrepreneurs were seemingly unworried by the shortcomings of healthcare as we know…