Amazon shuts down Amazon Care

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14 points·Seattle3503··8 comments

I do not think Amazon could have handled healthcare with the individuality, precision, and compassion that the field demands. This comes as a relief.

Uh, they just bought One Medical like a month ago. That's a big bet, way bigger than this little doodad.

Uncle Jeff is still coming for your medimoney.

I can totally see Amazon using the acquisition for uses similar to IBM's Watson's original purpose. I can also see where any (and all) tech giants would love to break into medimoney, it's just another realm to silo people. Whatever thwarts those ambitions is net good imo.

It's coming no matter what. Definitely doesn't seem like a win for anyone in need of care, but the system is already pretty messed up.

How much worse could it get? /s

/s aside, antibiotic resistant bacteria and the inherent limitations of phage therapy, residual supply chain problems inflating costs, strained healthcare staff burning out and stretching the remaining healthcare professionals even more.

A couple weeks ago I had a 15min telehealth visit and even after insurance I still owe $200. I can cover that, but for an increasing number of Americans that's emergency fund kind of money.

I honestly can't imagine being OK with trusting any FAANG company with healthcare.

Presumably this just means they've given up on a from-the-ground-up solution and are focusing on One Medical

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