Amazon is pushingdeeper into healthcarewith new fixed pricing for treatment of certain conditions including erectile dysfunction and hair loss.
An initial video consultation costs $49, or $29 for messaging where thats allowed.
Amazon treatments available for more than 30 common conditions, but only those five have upfront pricing for now.
Amazon is now selling boner pills with upfront pricing.MARCO BERTORELLO / Getty
The pricing will show up at checkout when users are logged into Amazon with a Prime membership.
Medications are HSA-eligible if you have one of those.
Medications are packaged in standard Amazon packaging, so nobody will know youre ordering boner pills.
Amazon One Medical offers treatment for a variety of ailments, including hair loss. Source: Gizmodo
Healthcare has been a big area of interest for Amazon.
People dont want to change where they get their medications very often.
Amazons competitors in telehealth have understandably not weathered the news well.
Telehealth companies boomed during the pandemic when the U.S. government loosened regulations on billing to health insurance.
Other retailers have large healthcare units.
Of course, its unfortunate that Americans have to pay so much for healthcare.
But look on the bright side, at least Prime is only $14.99 a month.
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