Knowledge@Wharton March 23, 2018
America’s health care system has been on the examining table lately: from the tortuous battle over the Affordable Care Act, to Senator Bernie Sanders’ bill to allow low-cost prescription drugs in from Canada, to the intriguing announcement in January that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase would create an independent health care company for their employees.
Meanwhile, less noticeably but significantly, the basic notion of “going to the doctor” is changing. Over the past several years, pharmacies like CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreen’s have been making inroads into providing basic medical services you could only get at a physician’s office (provided it was during business hours and you could make an appointment) or a hospital...
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