2019-02-12 Digital health

NO WONDER they are called “patients”. When people enter the health-care systems of rich

countries today, they know what they will get:

prodding doctors, endless tests, baffling

jargon, rising costs and, above all, long waits.

Some stoicism will always be needed, because

health care is complex and diligence matters.

But frustration is boiling over. This week three

of the biggest names in American business—

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan

Chase—announced a new venture to provide

better, cheaper health care for their employees.

A fundamental problem with today’s system is

that patients lack knowledge and control.

Access to data can bestow both.

1. baffle means to make someone confused about something

The question baffles me completely.

2. boil over literally means when you boil water or other liquid till getting to the boiling point and out of the container. Here in the passage it means the things have developed out of our control.

3. bestow means to give something to someone especially to show how much they're respected.