Amazon launches pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for kids

Amazon One Medical, the retailer’s primary care provider Achieved in 2022The company is launching a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for children ages 2 to 11 announcement Thursday message-based visits start at $29, and video visits cost $49.

Health care services do not require insurance or a medical membership and can help treat more than 10 skin-related problems, including pink eye, lice and eczema, bug bites, contact dermatitis, fungal rashes and more. The service also covers EpiPen and asthma medication refills

the amazon Start offering A pay-per-visit virtual healthcare for adults in 2024.

“This service is not intended to replace a family’s relationship with their child’s pediatrician, but rather to serve as a convenient option for those time-sensitive concerned parents who do not already have on-demand access through a One Medical membership,” said Natasha Bhuiyan, MD, family physician and National Medical Director of One Medical. Press release.

The move comes as companies like Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart Scaling their retail health services.

Amazon last week Debut Prescription Vending Machine Starting in Los Angeles at its One Medical Clinics. The kiosks carry a range of commonly prescribed medicines, including antibiotics, inhalers and blood pressure medicines.

These new kiosks could disrupt brick-and-mortar pharmacy businesses, which are already struggling. For example, recently Rite Aid All his other shops are closed; CVS to close more than 1,000 stores by 2021; And Walgreens has closed 500 stores in the past year.

The launch of the new pay-per-visit service for kids marks Amazon’s latest move to expand its presence in the healthcare sector. In 2018, Amazon bought online pharmacy Pillpack for $750 million and then launched Amazon Pharmacy in 2020. Two years later, it was bought A medical for $3.9 billion.