USA please get your shit together. That’s so dytopian my head hurts. And you are a vision of the future for all other countries. Thank god I’ll be dead by then.
Amazon's Doctor Will See You: What to Know About One Medical
Submitted 1 year ago by sanqueue@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/amazons-doctor-will-see-you-what-to-know-about-one-medical/
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Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
GONADS125@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve known this was coming for a few years after the CEO of my previous mental health employer told us he wanted to grow the company large enough to compete with Amazon who were going to be entering the primary care and mental healthcare field. He also warned of Walmart following suit.
It was a hard pill to swallow and I hoped he was wrong, but here we are… It’s going to be a scary time if monopolies like Amazon and Walmart strangle out real providers and fuck up our healthcare industry even worse. We need these fuckers to have this fail spectacularly to preserve the industry.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 year ago
its really tough seeing dystopian satire become the norm.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Totally! You already have it bad enough.
Sadly, the critical group will always be inferior to the ignorant or clueless. And hence could be ignored for decision-making. It won’t fail. Just throw enough moneyz to marketing and people would even buy your bath-water. Luckily Amazon doesn’t have that many moneyz. /s
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
America is falling apart, I don’t think our countries consider them a “vision of the future”.
Maybe 15-20 years ago, now we are just wondering when the collapse will happen
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I meant, we will face the same fate when our decision-makers see how deep they can bend the americans without getting any resistance. And it’s soooo deeeep. And i didn’t mean the vision-thing like the good old “murican dream”. More like a dystopian vision.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 year ago
yup when other countries politicians see how deep we will take it they want that for themselves.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Well, in the end, that’s the ironic part. The american dream of freedom. You really got it. Sadly noone ever asked if that freedom should be for companies too.
Raz@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Wanna bet politicians will speedrun that shit, so just in time for us to die while suffering the effects! :D
Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Giving Amazon your medical history… what could possibly go wrong.
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Me on Amazon: I’ll buy some of these.
Amazon: according to your medical records we have decided that it is against your own health interest to purchase this product, so we cannot sell you this product, but here are some Amazon approved alternatives.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I mean Google and Facebook probably already know what diseases I have/will have long before Im diagnosed
heygooberman@lemmy.today 1 year ago
I think I’m going to stick with my local hospital network and pharmacy. I’m doubtful that my health problems can be solved by a company with a very poor reputation on worker safety and wellness.
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
"Could you please pee into a soda bottle and hand it to the nearest Amazon delivery driver? They’ll know how to handle it, don’t worry, we’ve been training them for years "
Melpomene@kbin.social 1 year ago
I was curious so I looked up reviews of One Medical. Almost universally, people note that they charge well more than average for services, fail to meet thier appointment wait time promises, limit access to doctors, and have terrible customer service that fails to respond timely and often fails to respond at all.
$99 seems to be a lot of money to pay to be ignored.
brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In have used OneMedical since 2015. They have been by far the best experience I have had with a PCP. I have described them as the Costco of doctors offices. I pay a membership fee and have had none of th3 wait time issues you’ve described. I am concerned about the Amazon acquisition, but HIPPA is fairly strong.
lordkuri@lemmy.world 1 year ago
but HIPPA is fairly strong
Hopefully they abide by HIPAA too!
Melpomene@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm glad your experience has been good, but buyers really ought to be wary. There are themes in the bad reviews that should give them pause.
bit_thanos@monero.town 1 year ago
What could go wrong?
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For those not in the know, Amazon bought One Medical, they didn’t create it. I’ve been using it since before the purchase and it has been much much better than any past medical care I’ve recieved.
I really hope that Amazon doesn’t screw it up.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
welp.
BigMacHole@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I can’t wait until every company out there knows that if I don’t have a certain product I die and jacks up the price for only me! I also can’t wait for my family to come over and see ads related to my very private diagnosis they know nothing about! I also can’t wait for potential cures to be blocked on my browsing profile because it’ll hinder Amazon’s profits!
Princeali311@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And they will incorrectly bill you every single time and you’ll spend hours with billing for your insurance and one medical to sort it out and it’ll take months.
800XL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dont fucking use this. Let it lose money so it goes away. Amazon is awful enough and if this shit trend continues, Meta will get into healthcare too using posts, tracking cookies and purchases on the platform too.
PandaPikachu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
AI doctors are probably going to be a thing whether we want them or not, one way or another in the near future. I don’t think it’ll be going away. health.google/health-research/
Zikeji@programming.dev 1 year ago
In my opinion, I think that properly done AI assisted doctors are a good thing. Doctors have to keep track of so much stuff that is constantly changing, just to make a diagnosis. AI guidance can and will help.
Keyword being “properly” which is probably not going to be the case.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
So basically this
the_q@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So if you can’t afford traditional insurance which is 100% a scam then why is this a bad alternative?
thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This isn’t a good alternative either. From reading the article it looks like this service is meant to screen less serious issues, and if those less serious issues need an in person doctor visit, you’ll need insurance.
The deeper problem is that if our personal data is gold, our medical data is diamonds. It may not be tomorrow, or a decade from now, but I guarantee any sort of contact non-medical corporations make with our medical data will result in a darker dystopia.
Targeted ads will be more invasive. Insurance premiums can be increased for “unhealthy” purchases. Medical coverage can be denied based on economic decisions. The list can go on. We would pretty much get a more perverse profit driven medical system if companies like Amazon start wiggling their way into medicine. Also regulations won’t keep us safe, you can thank lobbying for that.
Melpomene@kbin.social 1 year ago
The service doesn't cover most healthcare so you're still stuck with One Medical's bills, which (if reviews on Trustpilot are correct) tend to be higher than traditional medical. They still bill to your insurance if you have it.
Sabata11792@kbin.social 1 year ago
"Well after reading your internet history, I diagnosed you with depression."
-This session was sponcered by Gold Rope patented pre tied nooses.
800XL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And your Amazon-sponsored telehealth video chat session will have ads pasted across it like some awful news channel screenshot.
Seriously tho, every-single webpage you visit tattles to a combo of Amazon, Meta, or Facebook. That means based on your medical history Amazon can just flat out choose not to show you items it deems unhealthy. It will use all of that to build a profile whose sole goal is to lump you into risk categories it will use as a reason to charge more money. Maybe not at first, but once the exercise of figuring out just what kind of data they have on you is complete and how they can leverage it, they will.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 year ago
ugh. those are total garbage and break within a minute. Great for AEA though!
Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Can you tell me why?
SulaymanF@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Healthcare is already heavily corporatized in the US, this is just another worsening step.
800XL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There are a myriad of reasons why this is bad, and feel free to ask for explanation of any. This is just off the top of my head.
Do you really want Jeff Bezos and an Amazon Board of Directors death panel deciding what care you receive?