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Amazon has entered the healthcare sector and employers are putting people on “Amazon Care” -- Amazon boycotters: is there recourse? (www.thebignewsletter.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by activistPnk to c/climate_action_individual

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As a self-respecting environmentalist, I #boycottAmazon (rationale; ¶6 covers relevant environmental problems with Amazon and thus why boycotting Amazon is a useful individual action).

I just read about Amazon entering the healthcare sector (in the bottom of the linked article), and that employers are subscribing to offer employees health benefits through that. Naturally, I find this despicable. IIUC, if you rightfully boycott Amazon then by extension you lose employment opportunities at employers who limit healthcare benefits to those of Amazon. Correct? Or am I missing something?

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[–] jadero 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For anyone curious about how this might play out, take a look at Telus Health. Telus is a Canadian telecom company that has branched out into several health care businesses, from clinics to building and hosting¹ electronic healthcare records. There are currently battles over whether it is legal to force prescription fulfillment through Telus providers.

That's right, a telecom company, that most reviled, least trusted sector of the economy, is trying to take over healthcare in a country with a (mostly) single-payer, tax-funded, (mostly) free at the point of delivery, public healthcare system. And they're doing so successfully.

Amazon is actually late to the game.

(1) I don't know for sure that they are hosting the records, but the fact that the word "Telus" shows up in the url makes it seem like like a reasonable conclusion.

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

God I fucking hate telus

And bell, and rogers too.

[–] jadero 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

... and the people in a position to bring them heel that just turn a blind eye.

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

The CRTC is a fucking joke and those in charge deserve to be dragged over hot coals and then a field of razor blades