Amazon is lowering the cost of a One Medical membership for Amazon Prime subscribers, shaving $100 off the annual fee to $99 a year. The step is the latest effort by the e-commerce company to mesh its chain of doctor’s offices with its retail services.
Amazon already runs a web pharmacy and a telehealth service called Amazon Clinic that uses third-party medical providers to help treat less serious conditions, like pinkeye. It’s also testing a service to drop medications on its pharmacy patients’ doorsteps via drone in an hour or less.
A Prime subscription runs $139 a year, also offering streaming services and quicker shipping.
Why would I ever give Amazon my medical data? Let alone pay them for the privilege of it being sold.
I don’t even like giving medical providers my medical data, and they’re bound by a lot more laws than Amazon.
The health info they collect through this program should be covered by HIPAA.
“Should”
I don’t trust it. I don’t really trust any other health provider, but at least they’re not interconnected with a ton of the rest of my life