Jamie Dimon says Haven healthcare joint venture has plans to scale

Business Insider June 7, 2019
Zoë LaRock

Haven — the enigmatic healthcare joint venture (JV) formed by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway — is gunning for the broader health insurance market: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stated during a speaking appearance that the JV plans to one day scale to the public at large — a more pervasive goal than when the trio came together in January 2018, touting a focus on shaving down healthcare costs for their 1.2 million employees. Haven’s plan to look at consumers beyond the troika’s workforces should push healthcare stakeholders to batten down the hatches.

Here’s what it means: Dimon’s statement is the most clear-cut signal to date that Haven plans to break into the wider health insurance market.

Since Haven’s big...