Amazon deepens healthcare push with $5 monthly subscription

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Jan 24 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it is offering a $5 monthly subscription plan for U.S. Prime members that will cover a range of generic drugs and their doorstep delivery, furthering the ecommerce giant's push into healthcare.

The program, named RxPass, includes more than 50 medications addressing over 80 chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, anxiety, diabetes and male pattern baldness, Vin Gupta, Amazon Pharmacy's chief medical officer, told Reuters.

However, customers enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid or any other government healthcare program will not be able to enroll in Amazon Pharmacy's RxPass service.

The average Prime member would save about $100 per year with RxPass, John Love, vice president of Amazon Pharmacy, said in an interview. Amazon Prime members in most U.S. states can sign up for the program from Tuesday.

The flat $5 charge would be without insurance and on top of the Prime membership fee, which costs $139 per year in the United States.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/amazon-deepens-healthcare-push-with-5-monthly-subscription-2023-01-24/

[GreenWave]

1. I am going to have to get sick, so I can use this program.

Oops I am enrolled in Medicare but I keep on working. Hence the company pays. What to do? I am a walking contradiction. My life's story, I tells ya.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. " male pattern baldness" is a chronic health condition?

[nilram]

3. Probably save even more with costplusdrugs

and no stupid subscription fees.

[NullTuples]

4. All that sweet, sweet personal health data freed from HIPAA restrictions...

This is what capitalist dystopia looks like on the edges.

I wonder how long before they raise it to $20, then $50 while mining the data & profiting twice?