GeekWire November 2, 2019
James Thorne

Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, created its first offering in the form of health insurance plans for tens of thousands of employees.

Amazon and JPMorgan will offer new plans to employees for 2020 that feature wellness incentives and don’t have any deductibles. Berkshire is testing a similar pilot in a few of their companies. The news was first reported by Bloomberg and later confirmed to GeekWire from spokespeople at the two companies.

Amazon will offer plans through insurance providers in Connecticut, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin. JPMorgan will give nearly 20 percent of its workforce, or 30,000 employees, access to two plans run by Cigna and Aetna in Ohio and Arizona.

JPMorgan’s offering...

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Topics: Employer, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Self-insured
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