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This sounds very promising especially considering Amazon's logistical expertise and amount of financial resources these 3 companies have.

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Hopefully it can materialize into something that can have an impact on the healthcare industry, but it's disheartening seeing no doctors or anyone with medical expertise in the mix.

I think you have more faith in doctors than me. The way the California Medical Association (and the AMA) resist expanding the role of nurses really damaged their reputation for me.

Rising medical costs and increased consumption of medical services is good for physicians.

Freakonomics did a pretty good podcast[1] on the subject.

[1]: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/nurses-to-the-rescue/

Indepdent healthcare providers like IPAs / MSOs provide a large chunk of healthcare in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if they are looking to partner with these groups directly.

Unless the business model looks more like Amazon Prime Video than AWS. And looks exactly that way to me: fixed-rate subscription fees, upselling add-ons, heavy bespoke negotiation with suppliers, etc.

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