Amazon Has a New Partner in Its Health Care Assault

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just revealed its latest step into the healthcare industry , a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity that the tech giant has been increasingly eyeing in recent years. Amazon has acquired an online pharmacy, PillPack, partnered with JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) to found Haven, a healthcare joint venture. Last year it launched its Amazon Care virtual care clinic in Seattle, its home market. The company is even developing COVID-19 tests to use on its workforce.

Now, the company is partnering with Crossover Health, a primary care provider, to open clinics for Amazon employees at fulfillment centers across the country in what it's calling a Neighborhood Health Center Pilot Program.

Amazon has already opened a facility in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, where there are 20,000 Amazon employees, and it plans to add 20 such health facilities in four other cities across the country, including Phoenix, Detroit, Louisville, and the San Bernardino Valley in California. In total, Amazon said the pilot program would provide primary care services for 115,000 Amazon employees and their families. If the pilot is successful, the company plans to roll out similar facilities in other parts of the country. Amazon, including Whole Foods, has about 650,000 employees in the U.S., and is growing. If the company brought all of its primary healthcare in-house, it would likely serve about 2 million Americans, including the families of employees.

Source Fool.com