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Amazon Opens Up ‘RxPass’ to Medicare Enrollees, but Will They Bite?

  • Jun 27

    Jun 27, 2024

    Amazon Pharmacy revealed earlier this month that its RxPass subscription savings program is now available to “more than 50 million Medicare beneficiaries,” allowing those who are Prime members to get 60 common generic medications delivered for a $5 monthly fee. Industry experts tell AIS Health that they can see the appeal in such an offering — including both convenience and potential cost savings — but they aren’t expecting the newly expanded service to significantly impact the Medicare Part D space.

    “To be very honest, when I read the news, I didn’t really give it too much of a second glance,” says Marc Guieb, Pharm.D., a consultant at Milliman. “In terms of big-picture market stuff, I don’t think this really is going to change much or have any sort of tangible effects.”

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    • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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