Amazon Care quietly expands to Oregon
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
The Amazon Biosphere in downtown Seattle with Amazon employees playing broomball in 2017. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS) TNS
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An Amazon telehealth outfit that started as a pilot service for Seattle-area employees and their families has quietly filed paperwork to operate in 21 more states, a signal of Amazon’s expanding ambitions for the $3.8 trillion medical sector.
The service, Amazon Care, launched a year ago as an app providing on-demand chat and video consultations with medical professionals for Amazon’s then-54,000 Puget Sound employees. Users can also book in-person visits at their home or office with clinicians. Payment for the service routes through Amazon.com.