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?
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.
God I fucking hate telus
And bell, and rogers too.
… and the people in a position to bring them heel that just turn a blind eye.
The CRTC is a fucking joke and those in charge deserve to be dragged over hot coals and then a field of razor blades