Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine delivery

Re:Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine... by ericd on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @09:46PM (#25132629)

Probably some inefficiencies baked into the price? There are massive inefficiencies at every level. I probably wouldn't share this "it's the way it is because it has to be" reasoning if you've never looked into why US healthcare is as expensive as it is.

For a decent overview: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/why-does-health-care-co...

"Just to give you one example, Duke University Hospital has 900 hospital beds and 1,300 billing clerks."

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Re:Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine... by ineedasername on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:57AM (#25136737)

You need context for that because your article is incorrect about Canada. Across all of Canada, on average, there are still 1.1 clerks per bed. (1,100 clerks for every 1,000 beds) [0]

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511963/#:~:tex....

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Re:Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine... by ericd on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:32PM (#25192747)

Interesting. What do all of those clerks do in the Canadian system vs the US system? Would you say that the Canadian system is a paragon of efficiency?

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Re:Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine... by ericmay on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:05AM (#25135859)

I say probably because although I’m quite sure that there are inefficiencies, I am not an expert and don’t have hard data to support my assertion.

Don’t mistake what I’ve said as support for the current system.

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