Medical Economics: The Amazon Disaster

Medical Economics: The Amazon Disaster

In late July 2022 it was announced that Amazon would be acquiring primary health-care provider One Medical in an all-cash buyout for $18 a share, amounting to roughly $3.9 billion1. This marked their largest excursion into the healthcare sector to date. NBC quotes Neil Lindsay, a higher-up in Amazon Health Services as saying healthcare was “high on the list of experiences that need reinvention1.”