Competitor services costing muliples of what OneMedical does keeps me in place for now; that, and getting an appointment and the experience of that appointment at a "normal" doctor's office is still the same as it's always been: scheduling is a massive PITA, and you're lucky if they aren't running at least 30 minutes behind by lunchtime.
The Amazon acquisition seemed like the best outcome we could hope for. Experience says it's unrealistic for OneMedical to remain independent forever, and Amazon has much better customer service than almost any other big company with a broad customer base. Insofar as the OneMedical experience was stellar mostly because it was being subsidized with ~$1B in VC/PE money (which is plausible to me), belt tightening was inevitable.
Longtime One Medical customer here, it feels the same good experience to me.
I'm at an age where if I'm going to the doctor, I want a doctor. That's harder to come by.
That's not a real option unfortunately.
"CLAIM YOUR EXCLUSIVE OFFER * Join for $99/mo (normally $149) * Ends Friday"
Sales tactics like this are literally the last thing I want from my doctor.
It is pricy, but being able to text someone at anytime and all of my basics are covered is nice. There isn't anything they can try to upsell me on since it's all included.