{"id":4477,"date":"2023-02-14T15:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2023-02-14T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T21:37:54","slug":"hr-newsletter-amazon-launches-new-prescription-drug-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/14\/hr-newsletter-amazon-launches-new-prescription-drug-service\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Newsletter: Amazon Launches New Prescription Drug Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/hr\/blog\/February2023_Prescription-Drug-Service.jpg\" alt=\"HR Newsletter: Amazon Launches New Prescription Drug Service\" width=\"1200\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 24, Amazon announced a new Prime membership benefit from Amazon Pharmacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.amazon.com\/rxpass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RxPass<\/a> will only be available as a subscription service for customers with Amazon Prime memberships. For $5 a month, people can fill as many prescriptions as they need from a list of roughly 50 generic medications. The fee would be out of pocket and in addition to an Amazon Prime membership fee. Amazon noted that Prime members could get discounts of up to 80% off generic drugs and 40% off brand-name medications at more than 60,000 pharmacies across the country. Medications that treat more than 80 common conditions\u2014such as high blood pressure, anxiety, and acid reflux\u2014are included in the subscription. <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.amazon.com\/rxpass#all-rxpass-meds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for a complete list of RxPass medications.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RxPass is available in most states but has yet to send medications to California, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington. Additionally, people with government-funded Medicaid or Medicare coverage aren\u2019t eligible. Amazon accepts most health insurance plans except for use with RxPass. It also said customers may use their health savings or flexible spending accounts when not paying through RxPass.<\/p>\n<p>With around 1.5 million customers, Mark Cuban\u2019s Cost Plus Drug Company (<a href=\"https:\/\/costplusdrugs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCCPDC<\/a>), which began business in January 2022, is another new player in this space. Currently, MCCPDC is providing customers with access to more than 350 generic drugs at discounted prices by bypassing the middleman vendors typically involved in the process. Customers are asked to pay the price of the drug, which includes a fixed 15% markup, plus a $3 pharmacy fee and a $5 shipping fee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Does It Mean?<\/strong> Health care costs in the United States have risen sharply over the past two decades, and prescription drug affordability is a major factor in that growth. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 62% of adults take at least one prescription drug, and 25% say they take four or more medications. Also, 32% of adults say they have difficulty affording their prescriptions. Amazon\u2019s launch of RxPass is an effort to help make medications more accessible and affordable in the United States. This service is another example of Amazon\u2019s continued expansion into the health care market. Employers should continue to monitor health care trends, utilization, and spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Jan. 24, Amazon announced a new Prime membership benefit from Amazon Pharmacy. RxPass will only be available as a subscription service for customers with Amazon Prime memberships. 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