Amazon Prime members can enroll in RxPass to receive medications that treat more than 80 common conditions, including high blood pressure.
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Amazon.
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com Inc. is launching a new benefit for Prime members that offers unlimited access to commonly prescribed generic medications for $5 a month.
The subscription service, called RxPass, became available on Tuesday in most U.S. states through Amazon’s online pharmacy service.
Customers of Amazon Prime, the e-commerce giant’s broad perk service that includes free shipping on many items and video streaming, can enroll in RxPass to receive medications that treat more than 80 common conditions, including high blood pressure and anxiety, Amazon said.
Amazon started selling prescription medicines in November 2020, two years after its acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack Inc., as the Covid-19 pandemic pushed more people to order their medications online rather than venture out to a bricks-and-mortar pharmacy.
Amazon has been working to expand its healthcare offerings in the past year. The company said in July that it would acquire
1Life Healthcare Inc.,
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an operator of primary-care clinics, in a $3.9 billion deal that included debt. It was then among several bidders for the home-health-services provider
Signify Health Inc.,
though it ultimately lost out to
CVS Health Corp.
In November, the company launched Amazon Clinic, a message-based telehealth service offering virtual care for common conditions such as allergies and heartburn.
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