. >>> brent saunders is joining us on the phone >> thank you for having me >> it is wonderful to seehree world class companies look to see how they can innovate and disrupt quite the healthcare system >> you believe it is really being done to solve problems in-house or are they going to export this for everyone to use somehow? >> well, my sense is and i am speculating they're looking at their own healthcare cost and saying how do we manage this better if the net results of that is lower cost for employers can be exported as a model to other employees both large and small i think that's good news >> brent, good that you called in, thank you very much. >> sure, jim >> curious about how the ability to put the other buying groups and these are big companies and a lot of employees listen, you got a new truck coming and we are willing to pay x, you got to go through the distributor and they say no. brent, you pledge to cut costs we are coming to you directly, give us a break. can that happen? >> you know it could, but those are the discounts that we in rebates that we provide asing a gas s

and over by tuesday over at the jpmorgan health care conference i'm paying close attention to brent saundersi think he'll have an vision of an up 2018 something that some don't believe is possible. hence it climbed up to 172 today. if brent tells a good story i think it can mark the new beginning of a run for allergen which makes botox and other drugs. we own this one in any charitable trust while we have gotten singed, i still think there's a ton of hidden value here. maybe he will unlock when he speaks on monday tuesday we could get some dynamite commentary from that jpmorgan conference from nonother than jpmorgan's jamie dimon. he won't talk about what the company will earn. we'll get those results on friday when the company reports but i think we'll give the whole market a jolt if he comes to play now ordinarily i don't take my -- from the little companies like schnitzer steel but these are extraordinary times. the chinese are dumping the steel where it's a national security interest to block them. when that happens you'll see a legion of money managers and commentators on tv and carryin

. >> brent saunders was interviewed earlier and asked who should be named ceo of the new venture. he mentioned you have you been in talks with any of these companies. >> thank you for the flattering comment, but no, i haven't. >> would you be interested >> of course i'm always interested to talk about people that i think will help the u.s. economy and the u.s. health care right now u.s. health care is really the rising cost is a huge threat to the u.s. economy these three gentlemen i think are -- who i have enormous respect for, have an opportunity to begin to have an influence on this it's going to require a lot of the things that they have control over for example, the data. and we are swimming in data. we need transparency and fluidity, and that will help bring efficiency right now i think they look at, and hospitals are really quite different from those hospitals are now 20% of the hospitals in the united states are running in the red they're working very hard to take costs down, and enormous amount, and we need a more efficient system supporting us, and similar cost reduction

brent saunders saying -- well done, we need more innovation to improve the delivery of care and costsst the beginning of the privatization of the health care industry and disrupting it. we will see a big selloff in the equity market. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and its connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. >> mrs. bloomberg daybreak: europe -- this is bloomberg daybreak: europe alix: if we see a selloff today, it would be the first time we see one since last april and s&p futures taking a leg lower despite a selloff yesterday. also gettingstocks hit, despite the fact we wound up seeing the best annual growth for the eurozone since 2007 last year. other asset classes, feeling calm. in the dollar is weaker on the d

kind of like a salami strategy finally, the stock goes up after a presentation by brent saunders at jpgan health. why? because it's down so long it looks up it's called trough and the stock is dropping. >> all right, jim. what's on "mad" tonight? >> well, i mean, we're down here at the conference. we have a lot of talk, a lot of opportunity to talk to companies that haven't spent a lot of time on tv. canada goose, we're going to sit down with them warm here for canada goose, but that's all right kohl's saying things are different, and jane elfers may be my mvp for retail in this year >> that's high praise, especially with what's happened in the last couple months. jim, great shot as david said. looks like a commercial behind him. >> it really does. flowers. foliage. >> carnival cruise or somebody, i don't know >> jim, we'll see you on "mad," 6:00 p.m. eastern time >> when we come back, exclusive with alex goreski, live from the conference with the dow at 58. that you're idling in your car, you're sending about half a gallon of gasoline up in the air. that amounts to about 10 pounds of