Can Amazon change healthcare? | Microsoft earnings preview

Can Amazon change healthcare? That’s the big question following the news last week of Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical. Amazon can pull levers to increase healthcare efficiency, eliminate middlemen, and integrate One Medical with its existing offerings. But whether the Seattle tech giant will upend the medical system in the same way the company has changed how people buy products online remains to be seen. Here’s what experts are saying.

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