Apple is launching health clinics where its employees can get care in the spring, CNBC reported on Tuesday . Employers, especially those acting as their employee's health insurers like Apple does, are starting to take a more active role in healthcare. The move, along with the news that JPMorgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway are forming a new independent nonprofit venture aimed at lowering healthcare costs for their employees, has people looking at employer-sponsored health plans in a new light. Companies like Apple are starting to take a more active role in their employees' healthcare. That includes confronting the rising cost of healthcare, along with attempts to try and improve the quality of the care their employees receive. One way to pull that off is by building healthcare clinics built solely for employees. Clinics located in or near company headquarters have traditionally been a benefit at certain companies, including banks, and of course hospitals.