Amazon has been trying to break into healthcare for years. Here's a look at everything it's done.

Lydia Ramsey PflanzerJan 31, 2023, 03:13 IST

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.Amazon; Reuters; Marianne Ayala/Insider

Amazon has been pushing deeper into healthcare over the past few years.
It's focused on providing primary care and dispensing prescriptions through Amazon Pharmacy.

Amazon has big plans to disrupt healthcare.

Last year, the retail and tech giant made waves when it announced plans to acquire the primary-care company One Medical.

In January, Amazon released a subscription program allowing users to get generic prescriptions for $5 a month. The fee covers all eligible prescriptions for Prime members, in a program that rivals other retailers offering low-price generic medications.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has called Amazon a "significant disruptor" of the medical-care field, according to leaked audio obtained by Insider's Eugene Kim and Blake Dodge.

It hasn't been smooth sailing for every healthcare project. Haven, Amazon's joint venture with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway, shut down in early 2021 after three years of trying to improve care and lower healthcare costs for the three companies' employees. In August, it shut down Amazon Care, a big homegrown primary-care bet.

Analysts think in 2023 Amazon will continue to build on its healthcare business through more acquisitions.

Read on to see the rise and fall of some of Amazon's biggest healthcare ambitions.

January 2018: Amazon officially gets into healthcare through a joint venture with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan.

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters; Yuri Gripas/Reuters; Mark Wilson/Getty Images

June 2018: Amazon buys the digital pharmacy PillPack.

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2019: The joint venture with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway gets a name and a CEO.

Dr. Atul Gawande.Getty Images

September 2019: Amazon gets its start in providing virtual medical care to its workers through a clinic called Amazon Care.

Amazon Care includes home visits and virtual primary care.Amazon

May 2020: Gawande steps down as Haven's CEO.

Haven CEO Atul Gawande.Courtesy Haven

November 2020: Amazon unveils its Amazon Pharmacy service.

Customers can purchase prescription medications through Amazon Pharmacy.Amazon

December 2020: Insider uncovers Amazon's ambitions to bring Amazon Care to workers at other major companies.

Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters; Amazon; Skye Gould/Business Insider; Samantha Lee/Business Insider

January 2021: Haven disbands after three years.

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2021: Amazon Care plots its expansion, working with more companies and growing nationally.

Amazon Care's app.Amazon Care

July 2022: Amazon says it will buy One Medical, redefining its healthcare strategy.

One Medical rings the bell at Nasdaq the day of its initial public offering.Nasdaq

August 2022: Amazon shuts down Amazon Care.

Amazon Care; Rachel Mendelson/Insider

September 2022: Amazon is quietly working on a consumer healthcare project called Amazon Clinic.

Amazon Clinic.Amazon

October 2022: Amazon also has ambitions to accelerate medical research.

Amazon's Seattle headquarters.David Ryder/Getty Images

January 2023: Amazon launches a prescription program for $5 a month.

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