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What to watch for at JPM25

The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference starts next week, and the circumstances surrounding the event are difficult to ignore.

JPM25 will come a little more than a month after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in New York City, before UnitedHealth Group’s own investor conference, underscoring outrage over the profit motivations within the health care system. Those same profit motivations will continue to be highlighted in stage presentations, cocktail hours, and closed-door meetings in and around San Francisco.

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