Amazon launches RxPass, an offer with unlimited medication for $5/month
Amazon threw this week RxPass, a subscription that allows for 5 dollars per month to obtain generic prescription drugs in unlimited quantities and at no additional cost. This is an offer for customers with AmazonPrimewhich allows in particular to have the delivery of products within 24 hours and access to the Prime Video streaming service.
RxPass offers a series of generic drugs that treat more than 80 common conditions, according to Amazon, which estimates that more than 150 million Americans occasionally or regularly take one or more of them.
The service does not require the intervention of a health insurer, unlike the ordinary system in which the cost of drugs is covered, in whole or in part, by mutual insurance or public Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
The initiative testifies to Amazon’s desire to continue to develop its health offer, whether in terms of medicines or care. The group notably announced at the end of July the acquisition of the private care network One Medical for 3.9 billion dollars.
RxPass is one of the most advanced formulas on the market for low-cost drugs, with the drug list service of the retail group Walmart, which provides one month’s treatment for a given generic drug for $4. In October, the start-up Renee launched an offer that allows you to obtain, at no additional cost, drugs from some 1,000 references for a subscription at the price of 25 dollars.
