Amazon Offers Subscription Scripts, Optum Rx to Roll Up Coupons for Members

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx PBM is rolling out a new price shopping tool, while Amazon.com Inc.’s pharmacy division is offering a flat-rate monthly prescription service to Prime members. Experts tell AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the new offerings are signs that disruptors like Amazon, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. and GoodRx Inc. are mounting an effective challenge to traditional generics coverage inside the pharmacy benefit.

Amazon’s new offering, RxPass, will allow members to pay a flat fee of $5 per month to fill any combination of 52 eligible generics, plus free delivery, per a Jan. 24 press release. RxPass will be available in 42 states.

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Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson

Peter has been a reporter for nearly a decade. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered a wide variety of topics in his hometown of Seattle, where he continues to live. Peter’s work has appeared in publications including The Atlantic and The Stranger. Peter attended Colby College.

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