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Hi and welcome to the A16Z podcast. In this episode, recorded at the A16Z annual summit event,

co-founder and general partner Ben Horowitz talked to CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Bernard J. Tyson,

all about the state of health care and where it might be going. The conversation covers how an

end-to-end health care system like Kaiser works in terms of

assuming risk, responsibilities, maximizing value and lifetime care over ahead in the bed,

and the infrastructure that delivers on total health. What is the healthcare infrastructure we need

most today and what does truly affordable health care look like? And finally, what is the impact of technology on health care and where are the challenges

in deploying the newest technologies into the modern health care system?

All right.

So this is Bernard.

Bernard runs Kaiser Permanente, which has 12.3 million members, the largest health care provider in the United States.

He's also is kind of one of the best CEOs that I know.

So, you know, CEOs, kind of studying CEOs is my hobby.

And Bernard is one of the best of those.

So we'll get into all of that today.

Welcome, Bernard.

Wow, I'm scared to say something now.

Why don't we start off with a little bit about you?

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