it's the same reason walmart has a pharmacy, the same reason target has a pharmacy, costco has a pharmacyall of these trips are potentials to purchase other things. it is a sticky thing. often, people on these maintenance medications are getting medications once a month or so. it is another reason to get them in your establishment, your store, potentially buying other things. that's another reason why it appeals to amazon. it is about those regular touch points with the customer. same reason they have grocery ambitions. they want to be able to provide things that people buy with high frequency. emily: what are going to be the biggest challenges? the pharmacy business is obviously incredibly complicated. there are a lot of entrenched competitors. there are concerns about how amazon is going to verify these prescriptions. drug addiction is a huge problem in this country. how will amazon handle all that? spencer: that's a great question . what amazon is offering here is not exactly new. there are other folks already doing this kind of thing. the question is, will amazon , simply because of i

he says pharmacies are part of all of this.l goodrx play, if at all, when it comes to this, because he said the vaccine will be for free. >> it's great news. we are very happy that all these plans are being made to distribute the vaccine. i think if cost is not part of the equation, people still needed indication on where to get it. we will work with america's pharmacies to show how to book an appointment. you have to get it in two appointments. which pharmacies are available to get it. there's a lot of coordination and information. we have done this with the flu vaccine with america's major pharmacies and look forward to doing it with covid as well. liz: well, yeah. i got my flu vaccine at cvs. i will tell you something. working online with you guys was so unbelievably easy. that i think is an important point. do you get any kind of revenue from that? what kind of thing can we expect to see or movement on your bottom line, even though the vaccine will be for free? >> we are a company that's really founded in getting consumers

of small pharmacies across the country.lus, what are your children watching? a new study finds if it is children's content on youtube, it is probably littered with ads promoting violence and providing no educational content. new cases ofrge in covid-19 and lockdown measures. pharmacy stocks took a beating after amazon announced it is getting into the pharma business. markets generally and the day down but it was a big update for amazon. how much influence did that have? abigail: lots of great headlines that you were mentioning. it was a fairly quiet day. it started risk off and ended mildly risk off with the s&p 500 index down about half a percent. betweenaq flip-flopping gains and losses. at the end of the day, a very small loss. at the end of the day, amazon up just slightly, but on that news that they are opening an online pharmacy. the possibility of this has been out there for quite some time but, to my knowledge, the news seemed to come out of surprise. health,likes of cvs walgreens, others in the drugstore supply cha

pharmacy.as important, we have built mobile kiosks. we have gone into historically underserved communities to bring access to covid testing. we'll do the same thing with the vaccine -- >> brennan: what does that mean, temporary facilities? >> think of a mobile trailer that we can put on wheels and take it to a particular location to provide testing availability, and we'll be doing the same thing to administer vaccines at the appropriate time, when the vaccine becomes available. and we've also talked to the biden team about our commitment to work with them in terms of ensuring that we work together to make health care more accessible and more affordable. >> brennan: okay. because when the president-elect said that he doesn't fully endorse the plan to use commercial retailers, grocery stores and pharmacies to distribute because he thinks underserved communities will be overlooked. do you think there is a blind spot there? >> margaret, for us, there is not. 70% of the population lives within a few

we also work with amazon to find discounts for pharmacies. emily: does that mean you are not concerned? good rx has 5 million members, amazon has 90 million prime members in the u.s. how worried are you that some of your customers, who also happen to be prime members, might move to the other side? >> good rx helps americans find the lowest prices for their prescriptions everywhere. we saved americans over $25 billion. i applaud amazon's efforts, it's not what we do, we are a marketplace. we find the lowest prices and dissent consumers there. amazon just upgraded their mail order experience. they also offered a discount card, where people miss karen to do as helping you get discounts at competitive pharmacies like walmart, walgreens. i don't think that is a crucial part. i don't think amazon or walmart would be happy if customers were leaving for another company. so we work with amazon, all of the mor pharmacies, drug manufacturers, to find the lowest price. the lowest prices that our subscription, they are lower 90% of the time usually than w

getit go go to a face pharmacy.nd they will have comparisons to if they don't use their pharmacy tj parker the founder of pill pack tells cnbc that the experience is separate and distinct from amazon.com and that data will be stored in compliance with health privacy rules and not used for marketing. although their release says without clear permission so i get guess you could opt into that if you wanted to first czonka for the drug store chains front of store and now direct aim at the back of the store at their pharmacies. >> this is something that probably doesn't come as a huge surpri surprise but when you hear the news that it is actually happening, it still has to come as a bit of a shock. this has been something that these competitors have been preparing for for a long time. how do they fight back >> well, they have been building up their in-store services, that is what they think will be the key. and certainly we have seen that right now during the pandemic, you know, they have been offering testing and they w

amazon shaking up the prescription drug business with the launch of amazon pharmacy e and a lot moreestors will be adding tesla to their portfolio when electric vehicle company joins the s&p 500 in december. can tesla maintain its dominance? my colleagues, ben levisohn, carlton english and jack howe. so, ben, interesting market this week. the dow and the s&p were down ever so slightly, the nasdaq and small caps were up. what are traders looking at? >> well, it was interesting, it's a week that felt like it should have been a really down pretty hard. we had the treasury ending some programs that the fed has to support the economy, we had bad data the, retail sales disappointing, jobless claims, manufacturing surveys were disappointing and, of course, there's covid which continues to spread a around the country, cuff fews being imposed, new york city schools going to remote learning. it looks really bad, except the dow finished down 0.7, the s&p down 0.8, the nasdaq was up 0.2, and the russell 2000 was up 2 president all because of the -- 2% all because of the vaccine news. pfizer and

people have no idea about the pharmacy in america.te said, make $0.10 on the dollar on pharmacy, that is a ton of money as they create share. jonathan: i was talking more about the pristine nature of some of the shopping centers here in the united kingdom compared to some of the united states in new york. whole foods in london is so much nicer than whole foods in new york. how can that be? why does that make sense? i don't think that makes sense. tom: we all shop at whole paycheck. i get that. pristine,the edge of and the other one will be a total dump, and the next one is even worse. i don't get it. jonathan: i know for a fact where you go because you spend an extra 20 minutes in a cab to go to the one that you prefer. lisa: seriously? tom: can't make this up. i told the manager at the whole paycheck i go to that they should pay mrs. keene to come to the store. if you compare and contrast the normal cart from the attended by mrs. keene cart, she bought bezos' fifth house. lisa: if you go into a whole foods and you see a very tall rai

how will this affect you and smaller neighborhood pharmacies? answers for you when abc 7 news at 6:00 continues. >>> feeling cramped in your work from home setup? if your home could work for you? with a bed, storage or even a desk and office that came out of the ceiling or the wall? i'm dion lim in san francisco with the space saving technology that's really taken off since the pandemic began. >>> i'm spencer christian with a look at chilly mornings, mild afternoons and a thanksgiving forecast. i just lost my job. with the kids at home and less money coming in, there'd be no way we could afford health insurance. my kids think i'm a superhero. but even superheroes need help sometimes. we found help at covered california. and not just us. 9 out of 10 people who enrolled got financial help. covered california. this way to health insurance. enroll now at coveredca.com >>> pandemic safety concerns with home delivery prescription drugs. with amazon offering that service, what does this mean for consumers and small pharmacies? david louie talked to the

we work with amazon to help them find discounts for pharmacy.mily: does that mean you are not concerned? good rx has 5 million members. amazon has 90 million prime members. are you worried that some of your customers who happen to be prime members might move to the other side? >> what good rx does is we hope americans find the lowest price further prescriptions and health care anywhere. i applaud amazon's efforts to get into miaail. we are in marketplace. what amazon announced as an upgrade to their mayor porter experience. they also offered this discount card that people seem to helping peopleut get discounts at competitive pharmacies. i do not think amazon or walmart would be happy if consumers relieving. -- were leaving. we work with amazon. we work with all the major pharmacies to find the lowest price. as a point of reference, the lowest prices with our subscription service are lower 90% of the time. emily: how do you think it is going to change things for me has to go to a drugstore to get a prescription filled? >> it is crazy because you

so capsule has always been the giant and we categorized the shift to digital pharmacy.ryone realize there's a better way than going to conventional pharmacies for their medication >> are you really excited to have them join you i imagine there were maybe book stores to have amazon join them a couple decades ago less excited now when a doctor is asking how do you want this prescription sent to you, if the person is a prime member, who you do you compete with that? >> capsule is completely different. we've built something no one else in the industry has built there are two things we've done that are unique. first, we have the simplest, best, fastest consumer experience that exists in pharmacy people can chat with their pharmacist about any questions they have, about their insurance, about clinical conditions you've got total price transparency, free same-day delivery and that's why consumers love and rave about capsule. the second thing we've done, which is even more important is really that we've built a proprietary platform and a set of apis that let us partner across t

the world's largest online retailer is launching a digital pharmacy. shoppers can pay using their health insurance and prime members who do not use their insurance are eligible for a discount on the amazon site at about 15,000 pharmacies. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. alix: let's get more take on amazon's move to sell prescription drugs in the latest vaccine news. joining us is bloomberg news senior editor for health care. we look aboard where you have the drugstores getting beaten up. cvs is down 8%, walgreens down almost 9%. rite aid is down. how much of a bite does this take out of the stores and how successful can amazon be? >> what is going on as a move that has been telegraphed for years by amazon but finally they are going ahead and doing it. acquisitionp by the

pharmacy benefit manufacturers. they are negotiating for the , areit of medicare today there improvements that could be made? absolutely. >> my time is expired. i yelled back. >> thank you. mr. gibbs, you are recognized for questions. >> [inaudible] >> we can hear you. >> thank you. thanks for the hearing. i want to make clear, i know they talked about wanting to that drug companies produce therapeutics -- [inaudible] the discussion here about the pricing. it's enough to make your head spin. feedback --t [inaudible] is that price come down? what is the status of that? price over the years. i'm sorry. >> what i'm trying to understand , in other sectors our economy when you have more utilization and obviously you have more utilization of the product because you say it's now cleared by fda to use in six types of cancer, so so you have more utilization of the product why does the price go up? is this because this formulary process that we're having so much discussion? i mean the price should come down. >> i think the an

in september, we finalized a rule allowing states, wholesalers, and pharmacies to safely and legally import drugs from canada. career politicians have promised to institute this reform for decades. but we got it done. the reason for canada, and this is going to be just, i think, a short-term fix because until we have the favored nations fully ready, which we hope to be january 1, i think a very important thing, january 1, right around the corner, but i'm giving governors the right to go to canada because they'll pay approximately 50% less for their drugs that they buy for their states. so, the governors buying drugs for their states go to canada. they buy the drugs for very much less, and they'll be able to pass that on to the people of florida. ron desantis was the first one to ask, but others are asking also. and it's a great thing. i mean, you'll save 50%. they're going to buy a lot from canada, initially, and i think ultimately they'll be comparing prices. you'll get the lowest price anywhere in the world. so you won't need to buy from canada. in a few weeks, my administration wi

with cvs, walgreen's and other pharmacies. users can have prescriptions delivered to their homes. the deliveries are free for prime members. amazon also accepted most forms of insurance. >>> turning to a new test that may be able to detect covid-19 in your voice as the fda has made it a whole lot easier to get the test yourself at home. i spoke earlier with dr. patel. good morning, dr. patel and thank you for joining us. let's begin with testing. the fda has authorized the first at-home rapid covid test. can you tell us how it works? >> i think it's a really cool >> i think it's a really cool step in the right direction. basically you have to get a prescription from your doctor if you're 14 or above. you get this home kit. you swish it around. you put it in the little base and you get a result in about 30 seconds that says positive or negative. what's interesting about this kit is you actually are getting the kit at home and you get the results at home as well. >> a new cdc report says the benefits of pool testing. >> in theor

amanda: is it just pharmacies that have a reason to fear here?y: it seems to go just a little bit beyond that, not just drugstores operators, but disturb it is like mckesson, cardinal health. cardinal down by 6.3%. they will be doling out fewer pills to those physical pharmacies, and even beyond drug distributors, you are seeing other companies like cardinal health, those insurers under pressure, likely having to do with amazon's plan to offer prescription discounts to prime members. it is sending ripples across the health care space, amanda. getsa: as it does when it into a new space. kailey leinz, thank you for that. from new york and toronto, this is bloomberg. ♪ . . . businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating. setting the course. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. one that's more than just fast. you need flexibility- to work from anywhere. and manage from everywhere. advanced technology. with serious security. and reliable coverage, nationwide. forward-thinking enterprises, deserve forward-thinking solu

pharmacies for the most part. carl, the linkage between the neighborhood pharmacy and the customer i think is broken and this is a good time for amazon. >> well, as you point out, pill pack was a 2018 deal this has been in the ether out there for quite some time, jim depot is the other amazing story. through q3, jim, about $100 billion in revenue, that's not far from the entire year last year of $110 billion and comps up 24, inventory up 2. average ticket up 10 traffic up 13. it is an amazing set of metrics. >> it is not enough. the stock has run up there is also a definitive housing trade. the housing stocks peaked when pfizer came out with its vaccine. and, david, you know there is a -- there is the prepfizer world, and the post. and as soon as we got the possibility of nationwide vaccine, there are stocks that have been -- people have been running from like you wouldn't believe. and they were the stocks that people got excited about because we didn't think we would have a vaccine anytime soon >> ight. we saw th

about two years ago, just over in the roosevelt room, the president signed legislation to ban pharmacy gag clauses. alongside me and his drug pricing advisors. that included my friend and colleague, dan best. who passed away two years ago this month. and he devoted his life to lowering drug costs for american patients, putting them at the sent of our health care system, just as president trump has done. and he was one of the key driving forces behind the rules that we are announcing today. i wish dan could have been here today, mr. president, but today's actions are a lasting legacy for him and for you. the president's historic actions will transform drug pricing forever and build the system that american -- the american people deserve. a system that puts american patients first. thank you so much, mr. president. for making today possible. president trump: thank you very much. thank you. >> masks and hoop earrings don't work well. thank you, mr. president, for your leadership. and let me take a moment to give some context for today's announcement. from day one, president trump made it

amazon launched its own online pharmacy and a discount card that are can be used at other pharmaciesespecially bad timing for good rx which recently went public. the stock today down 20% bertha coombs here with the late for us bertha >> reporter: we've seen this coming for the last three years. amazon's new online normalcy is in network with most insurers build begun on its $1 billion acquisition of pill pack while it won't have physical pharmacies, if you need a prescription right away you can download a card at get it filled at a drug store. you can also talk to a pharmacist virtually now prime members get free two-day shipping and a quick comparison on cash prices when you pay without insurance putting it in direct competition with good rx the best known of the cash discount players to the get a look at comparisons you have to open an account and after entering the last four digits of my social and date of birth i was surprised when the system automatically generated my insurance membership number which makes you wonder about your personal data t.j. parker, the founder of pill pac

shares of pharmacy giants are under pressure after amazon said it was jumping into the prescription drug business bowe is off a little pour than 100 points nasdaq and s&p clinging on the gains. >> coming on today's show, retail earnings season full swing. shares of cole's are higher after topping eps estimates this morning. we will talk with the ceo. plus, as the u.s. is seth coronavirus records we will talk with dr. eric gooseby. all of that still to come. first let's focus on the big stories today. mike santoli is tracking the market phil lebeau has more on tesla's spree into the s&p 500 and we will talk about the pharmacy space and amends's move into it. mike santoli let's start with you. >> it was the morning was off the lows a mild pullback. market seemed like it needed to cool off and rest for a day. right now riding the upper rail here we close at a record yesterday remember that. above 3600 working below week ago monday's high hard to tell whether that's going the matter or not. that's about a percent above where we are right now that was that intraday move on that monday morning

pharmacies that cover more than 60% of the pharmacies across the country. states can have the products shipped directly to these partners for administration. the vast majority of americans live within five miles of these pharmacies, so vaccinations is easy access once they are approved to the general public. using pharmacy networks beyond stand alone pharmacists and technicians provide vaccinations and get a covid-19 vaccine as convenient. this complements the agreements with walgreens to offer them in nursing homes which presents special challenges. i am pleased to report we have seen tremendous uptake of that option already. 99% of skilled nursing facilities across the country have signed up and 100% of facilities in 20 states have signed up. finally, while any vaccine distributed will have gone through months of safety testing, we are working with jurisdictions to ensure they are enrolled in the information technology infrastructure that we need to monitor for any potential safety issues. as i said at the start, we have reasons for optimism. thanks to th

if you go to a pharmacy almost the prescription you're getting is a generic.n more surprising to people is the fact that almost 80% of the active ingredient in all our drugs, brand or generic, are being manufactured overseas. principally in china and india. and the majority of our finished dose generics are also coming from overseas, 40% of those drugs alone are being made in india. now, under fda regulations, any manufacturing plant that is sending its drugs into the u.s. market has to be inspected by the fda. so, on paper, the system of regulation is identical. but the reality is, that when the fda inspectors plants in the u.s., they show up unannounced and stay as long as needed. because of the complex logistics of overseas inspections, the fda will announce that it's coming months in advance from overseas inspections. so that gives manufacturing plants the opportunity to clean up, which they do, and one of the things that i expose is how they send data fabrication teams into these plants when they have advanced notice, which they routinely do, and they wil

he has a show called the people's pharmacy. his name is joe and he called me with a tip.listeners were called into his radio program and complaining about their generic drug, the film having side effects of the drugs seemed ineffective. when he took those complaints to the fda, the response he got back was that the reactions were probably psychosomatic and that patients were complaining because winter switch to generic those drugs look different than the usual drunks. he did not believe that. so he posed a question to me that i couldn't get out of my head, namely, what is wrong with the drugs? that is really whereby reporting began as an effort t answer that question. some people have noted the book begins with the gandhi in india, which is qte remarkable. what does that have to do with generic drugs? it was world war ii, and the british were inndia of course, and they were having to fight german and was fighting all over the world, and theyeeded pharmaceutical supplies for eir army. at that point the indians wanted their independence from the british, so basically they w

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this is causing a shake-up in the pharmacy industry. >> reporter: introducing amazon pharmacy. you can get your meds delivered just like everything else. >> reporter: on-line retail giant amazon opening it on-line pharmacy tuesday, allowing customers to get new prescriptions or refills dropped at their door in days. amazon's pharmacy afterring a variety of economy prescribed medications including creams, pills, and even refrigerated drugs like insulin. customer already need to create a profile and have their doctor send the prescription try it amazon. most insurance will be accepted. you're uninsured and a prime member, you can still get a disof discount on both jenner pick and name brand drugs, but some analysts say this venture could be an uphill climb for amazon. >> even with delivery, you see significant in store pick up of preach descriptions, because people want to control, they want to know that they're going to get their medication when they need it. >> reporter: but it's impact immediately felt, sending stocks for major pharmaceutical retailers, ccvs, walgreens, and ri

a lot of those stores do online delivery for pharmacy.erage giant amazon everybody is scared of forever is now finally happening. does this ultimately take them into pharmacies, or does it take them further? drew: that is a good question. the big thing is is this amazon taking a bite on the edge of the health care industry, or is it a larger entry where you begin to work your way up the chain? liketimate of this feels it is the first, not the second. amazon already made this effort with berkshire hathaway and j.p. morgan to try to change round health care and do things that benefit, and that seems like it has stalled horizontal hold or abandoned. this does feel more like a retail play that is within their wheelhouse and going after one more part of the corner drugstore after doing lots of other parts of the corner drugstore, brick-and-mortar retail, rather than a wholesale entry into the health care space. guy: before we let you -- alix: before we let you go, i want your take on where we are with the vaccine news. was theda -- moderna sto

. >>> pharmacy of the future. what amazon's new move could mean for drug prices. >>> from "people" magazine's new sexiest man alive to the people's choice to replace alex trebek on "jeopardy" to this massive flock of flamingos on the move. all the trending stories for your wednesday morning. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with several stories breaking overnight. president trump has fired his top cybersecurity official who denied there was any fraud during the election and now another homeland security official is resigning. >> in the meantime, a new setback for the trump campaign just as rudy giuliani takes over legal efforts to overturn the election results. >> president-elect joe biden is still being shut out from the transition process even as the white house moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan and iraq. >> and the pandemic is raging out of control with daily deaths now hitting the highest level since may. but we begin with that high-level firing in washington. this morn

this helped the patients obtain them at any pharmacy.we now have stable pricing with greatly improved discounts and we removed the prior authorization requirement for medications related to infertility, again to help streamline the process, make sure that members have access to the medications that they need at the times that they need them and don't have to wait any longer for their medications and they know up front what they're going to pay. when we looked at the drug cost shares, what this means is infertility medications are still covered as a 50% coverage, simply because that is what the infertility meds are designed to be paid at according to the infertility underwriter currently in place. these medications now have access to a.w.p. pricing through c.b.s. specialty pharmacy, which greatly improved member access and cost share. we've done a soft transition to the pharmacy benefit coverage, beginning 11-1, and we have anticipated retirement of medical benefit coverage in 2021. so we'll now have -- members will have a greater stass,

it's a mixed fwoog day retail earnings, amazon pharmacy, covid-19 restrictions, fed speak. we're going to begin this morning on capitol hill as both mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey testify before senate judiciary on censorship, suppression, and, of course, the 2020 election our julia boorstin is monitoring this and can tell us what happened so far. julia? >> well, carl, senator lindsey graham focusing on what he sees as a need to revise section 230, that's the rule that protects social media platforms for legal liability for content. he says facebook and constituenter wetwitter were making editorial decisions and far more transparent standards are necessary. he called out the mental health risks associated with social media use. on the other side of the aisle, richard bloomenthal, he is calling for breakup of the platforms. mark zuckerberg supports change to section 230 dorsey pointing out they need to walk a fine line >> we are facing something that feels impossible we are required to help increase the health of the public conversation while at the same time ensuring as ma

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the community pharmacy will have a more key role to play in others but the committee pharmacy will alsonot have those facilities, as a people have developing this in the roll—out happens. it's very special, so that is not commonly where medicines are stored at the stub is not something that i think you'll find in most community pharmacies but there will be exceptions to that and i'm conscience that some of his collea g u es conscience that some of his colleagues will have much more roles and vaccinations. we have facilities that have the capacity there and it may be called on to support this effort. thank you so much. mass testing for coronavirus will be rolled out to 67 more areas in england. areas including nottinghamshire, yorkshire, parts of the west midlands and swathes of greater london will receive hundreds of thousands of new rapid "lateral flow" tests. the health secretary said he hoped the new tests would find covid—i9 "wherever it is". the rollout follows the launch of mass testing in liverpool last week. the welsh government has cancelled end of year exams — for gcse‘s, as l

can you imagine that you go to the pharmacy as a senior and the price is sky-high because of pharmacy benefit manager is gouging out your rebate. the drug company gives a rebate but it doesn't go to the senior. it goes to this invisible middleman who makes a profit out of it. that's going to be cut out according to this rule. charles: that's great. we hear about people actually ordering medicines from other countries because to your point, doc, it's too expensive here. i think everyone should appreciate the fact that some action is being taken. we also learned that pfizer, you know, we were told this is going to happen but they are asking the fda to allow for emergency use of the covid-19 vaccine. of course, this is just days after announcing that it appears to be 95% effective. over the next few weeks, of course, regulators are going to look at this, they are going to decide if there's enough evidence to allow this but it is emergency, it should be pushed through quickly and we hope it happens next month. the question is now, give me the steps from the manufacturing facility to me ac

. >> reporter: amazon announced it was launching amazon pharmacy yesterday but shares in other chainshold up stocks like cvs and right-handed and gdr:0025%. brick and mortar pharmacies are still needed. >> that is why even with delivery you see significant in-store pickup of prescriptions because people want control. they want to know they will get their medication when they needed and when they want it. >> reporter: the amazon pharmacy will let customers order prescriptions online. you can also transfer from an existing pharmacy if you want but to his point people would rather pick it up and know they have it. jillian: sometimes the old ways are still good. pfizer closer to getting his vaccine to market. congressman buddy carter who is a vaccine trial participant on the hurdles the company has to plan, honoring the fallen thanks to donald trump. joey jones on arlington national cemetery to reverse course and hold rates across america. ♪ it's going to be all right ♪ don't go with sofi it's possible to get them paid off and start new. ♪ if ththen i'm not a real potato reciidaho potato

stocks in u.s. pharmacy firms including wolverine, c.v.s. and write tumble after the site was launched on tuesday. wal-mart has posted a 56 percent jump in 3rd quarter profits. as online sales soared, nearly 80 percent, the world's largest retailers, expansion into online groceries and a subscription plan providing free delivery itself to compete with rivals. but wal-mart has scaled back its businesses in the u.k. argentina. and japan, europe, it's looking like a particularly bleak winter, as many countries struggle to get a 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic under control. the coming weeks are likely to see the further tightening of prescriptions on lives and economies. sweden has just for the 1st time banned public gatherings of more than 8 people. meanwhile, a new lockdown has kicked in in austria. here in germany, chancellor merkel is pushing to tighten the existing measures. the doors are closed, the curtain has dropped on opera's employees even cinemas are shut down. restaurants are limited to offering takeout orders. it's all part o

so pharmacy is really confusing.hy we started goodrx amazon did two things they said they want to improve their mail order to pharmacy, but mail is really hard, 5% of prescriptions and hasn't grown in the pandemic they're trying hard to improve it one way is with the prime rx offering jim, you -- if you have a pharmacy, you can't discount prices yourself. it violates both government as well as insurance contracts, you can't say, doug, i like you, i'll give you half off they took a company, insider x, and they said we'll use you for our discounts and we're going to allow you it use the discounts elsewhere, but let's stop for one second you think amazon expects foam go to walmart with an amazon discount card? they're arch enemies what is fascinating is i don't think amazon expects someone to use it, but they have to do it for insurance contracts. this is about lawyers. they thi they're offering one little discount of which goodrx offers thousands and thousands much better prices. >> there is a very thoughtful piece, po

maybe they might need you to pick up prescriptions from the pharmacy. and as always, as soon as you get home, wash your hands. here's a quick recap. >> well, that's it for this episode. i hope you found it useful. go to sfgov for >> san francisco parks, golden gate park transforms into one of the greatest music festivals of all time, let's journey, inside, outside land. ♪ >> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and park. and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 loc