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Amazon seems quite interested in expanding into healthcare. - One Medical, for primary care - Amazon Pharmacy, for prescription medication - This first respo

Amazon seems quite interested in expanding into healthcare. - One Medical, for primary care - Amazon Pharmacy, for prescription medication - This first responder experiment could potentially be commercialized somehow I think I’m fine with it so long as they don’t verify that you’re a Prime subscriber before treatment a la Cyberpunk.

rightbyte 1y ago
> I think I’m fine with it so long as they don’t [...] Why not just keep it short and write I am not fine with this. I really don't want their gig economy dystopia to leak into health care.
- cmeacham98 1y ago
  Why would they write that they aren't fine with it when they are?
  - hackable_sand 1y ago
    Kind of like biting into a plastic apple.
- amarcheschi 1y ago
  Amazon prime now includes 1 free van redirection in case you or someone from your family* needs immediate assistance *includes spouse and children (up to a family of 5 people)
mhitza 1y ago
I have no doubts that you end sentence is likely scenario. BigTech can operate their products at a loss to kill competition, capture market, lobby gatekeeping legislation, and then raise prices to meet shareholder expectations. Sometimes I wonder how progress would have looked like if we by some means had a hard cap how big companies can get.
Aurornis 1y ago
More pharmacy options is fine by me. The Mark Cuban branded pharmacy that everyone was excited about can be a good option if you have no insurance and you’re careful to check the grand total (inclusive of shipping fees) against your local pharmacy. The few times I checked, it was net cheaper for me to go to the local pharmacy though. Many generic drugs are $2-5 these days and ordering through an online pharmacy with shipping fees is both slower and more expensive. If Amazon could integrate cheap generics into their shipping infrastructure it would solve the shipping problem. If they made the effort to work with insurance they’d be a great option. I’m perfectly fine with a race to the bottom for medication dispensing middlemen.
- SoftTalker 1y ago
  They need to fix their counterfeit problem before I’d buy any medicinal from them.

rightbyte 1y ago

> I think I’m fine with it so long as they don’t [...] Why not just keep it short and write I am not fine with this. I really don't want their gig economy dystopia to leak into health care.

cmeacham98 1y ago
Why would they write that they aren't fine with it when they are?
- hackable_sand 1y ago
  Kind of like biting into a plastic apple.
amarcheschi 1y ago
Amazon prime now includes 1 free van redirection in case you or someone from your family* needs immediate assistance *includes spouse and children (up to a family of 5 people)

mhitza 1y ago

I have no doubts that you end sentence is likely scenario. BigTech can operate their products at a loss to kill competition, capture market, lobby gatekeeping legislation, and then raise prices to meet shareholder expectations. Sometimes I wonder how progress would have looked like if we by some means had a hard cap how big companies can get.

Aurornis 1y ago

More pharmacy options is fine by me. The Mark Cuban branded pharmacy that everyone was excited about can be a good option if you have no insurance and you’re careful to check the grand total (inclusive of shipping fees) against your local pharmacy. The few times I checked, it was net cheaper for me to go to the local pharmacy though. Many generic drugs are $2-5 these days and ordering through an online pharmacy with shipping fees is both slower and more expensive. If Amazon could integrate cheap generics into their shipping infrastructure it would solve the shipping problem. If they made the effort to work with insurance they’d be a great option. I’m perfectly fine with a race to the bottom for medication dispensing middlemen.

SoftTalker 1y ago
They need to fix their counterfeit problem before I’d buy any medicinal from them.