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Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by s1mon on Friday March 03, 2023 @06:05PM (#35016236)
A previous employer paid for it, now I pay for it out of pocket. The convenience of scheduling routine things or setting up a video visit with a provider is more than worth it. There are many things where you might have considered going to an ER or making an appointment with your PCP, but instead you can have a quick video call which can help triage/understand what you're dealing with.

A few months ago I got a stomach bug traveling, and was able to do a quick video visit and get a script for antibiotics sent to a local pharmacy even though I was out of my home state. The ease of that one event is well worth the annual fee. There was no additional charge for the video visit.

During the height of covid, I got some other respiratory thing that I thought might be covid and I was extremely stressed. I did a video visit with a provider who was working (from home) while sick with covid. I thanked her for her service and started to cry.

Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by LUmBULtERA on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:00PM (#35016642)
That sounds great, though I can schedule quick video visits with Kaiser too. This does not sound unique.
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by SoftTalker on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:24PM (#35016819)
Yeah this has become common with many insurers and health conglmomerates.
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by dataflow on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:12PM (#35016736)
Can you get Kaiser in any state?
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by paulocal on Friday March 03, 2023 @08:47PM (#35017312)
for $199/year?
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by zeroonetwothree on Saturday March 04, 2023 @12:58AM (#35018597)
Sutter Health offers this with no annual fee.
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical by chimeracoder on Saturday March 04, 2023 @01:28AM (#35018718)
> Sutter Health offers this with no annual fee.

Define "this"? It looks like they are specific to northern California, in which case they can't really serve the common use case of using One Medical as a pseudo-urgent care (the ability to have medication prescribed in any state when traveling, or to see a provider in any large city on short notice when traveling).