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Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
Why Haven Never Got Off Ground
Haven, the healthcare venture launched three years ago by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, fell apart because one of its partners began its own independent health services arm that competed with the joint project,
Haven announced last week it is folding in February. After promising to streamline access to prescriptions and primary care, it never created a single consumer health product.
Amazon, meanwhile, separately launched several products and reached partnerships since Haven was born. The online retail giant already had some health initiatives in the works when Haven launched, but it didn't share its plans with Haven employees and added other services even as Haven was trying to implement its own.