Amazon Inc. desires to deliver healthcare into the “Everything Store.” It could turn out to be one of the crucial troublesome expansions within the firm’s historical past.
The know-how large’s acquisition of 1LifeHealthcare Inc., which operates a primary-care follow beneath the identify One Medical, will give Amazon more than 180 clinics with employed physicians throughout roughly two dozen U.S. markets. The $3.9 billion deal, together with debt, additionally offers Amazon a bigger foothold in promoting healthcare companies to employers, a aggressive area that the corporate solely entered in 2019.
