Not even the combined strength of three colossi like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet and Jamie Dimon has managed to do it most inefficient healthcare in the world (along with Brazil), the US health system. A few days ago, Haven Healthcare, the company founded by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan To explore new sanitation routes in the North American country, it announced it would cease to exist in February.
“Port will stop at the end of February. Haven’s team made progress in exploring a wide variety of healthcare solutions, as well as in the testing new ways to make primary care more accessible, Communicate the benefits of insurance and ensure they improve access to affordable prescription drugs, ”the company said in a statement.
“Come on,” he continues, “Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase will leverage this knowledge and continue to collaborate informally to design programs tailored to the specific needs of our population and the location of the employees.” Behind this optimistic tone is the reality that Haven has not achieved its goal and the US health care system is one of the most inefficient in the world, according to the made report Bloomberg.
John S. Toussaint, Catalysis CEO, analyze in Harvard Business Review‘the reasons why Haven disappeared. This specialist gives three reasons why even these three almighty things could not change. The first is “insufficient market power”. Despite their 1.2 million employees, the three companies that make up Haven are still there they did not have enough market power to get lower prices from suppliers“, he says.
Second, Toussaint attributes this defeat “perverse incentives“From your point of view”the US health care system focuses more on treating disease than preventing it.Since insurers and providers make huge profits in the existing system, they have little reason to change and accept the risks of a fixed price capitation system. “
Finally, Toussaint attributes to the bad time when the project was born and developed. The Covid Pandemic it has ensured that providers commit themselves exclusively to this front. The attention has been drawn to the coronavirus. As a result, after these three years of Haven’s existence, the U.S. healthcare system remains the same.
The United States is wasting 25% of its investment in healthcare
The American healthcare model is extremely complex and very different from the Spanish. In the United States About 50 percent of the population has access to health benefits through the health insurance policy provided by the company they work for. The benefits of any insurance depend on what each company determines.
20 percent of the population goes to the hospital via the hospital or health center Medicaid, funded by the states and the federal government. L.Benefits vary wildly by social group or state. Near 10 percent of the population has no insurance of any kind. It’s about 30 million people who are not protected. Everyone who goes to the emergency services is usually treated, but sooner or later they have to pay.
So is the American health system greatly improving the value for money. According to a study published in the prestigious medical journal JAMA, The United States wastes between $ 760 and $ 935 billion annually, 25 percent of its total health investment.
In addition, health care can save between € 102 and € 165 billion, and for sAbout 100 billion will be lost with low-quality treatment or care.