Jacksonville, Fla.-based well being insurer Florida Blue has chosen Amazon Pharmacy as its sole house supply supplier for its commercially insured members starting January 1, 2023.

Greater than two million Florida Blue members in its employer-sponsored particular person and group plans, together with the Florida Blue-linked Truli for Well being plan, will obtain free house supply of widespread prescription drugs by Amazon Pharmacy. The service was made out there to self-insured employers earlier this yr.

Members of the well being insurer can log into their current Amazon account to order remedy. They may have entry to remedy for widespread circumstances, comparable to excessive ldl cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension and melancholy. Amazon Pharmacy might be out there to reply buyer questions concerning their drugs.

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Amazon acquired the PillPack digital pharmacy in 2018 and launched her personal store, Amazon Pharmacyabout two years later.

Earlier this yr, Amazon Pharmacy introduced partnerships with Blue Cross Blue Protect plans in 5 states and drug advantages supervisor Prime Therapeutics to supply a prescription low cost card. Florida Blue was one of many well being plan companions.

Amazon has expanded its ambitions in healthcare. In July, the tech and retail large introduced that it had signed a definitive settlement to accumulate hybrid main care supplier One Medical for roughly $3.9 billion.

Nevertheless, in August, Amazon has introduced that it’s going to shut its Amazon Care digital supply for employers on the finish of the yr. Neil Lindsay, senior vice chairman of Amazon Well being Providers, stated Amazon Care was not a “complete sufficient providing” for its enterprise clients.