The program will start next year.
transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.Instacart is expanding its payment options next year to include Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and other supplement health benefits for grocery deliveries. The move comes after the company began accepting food stamps as payment earlier this year.
The program, which will be administered through Alignment Health, will allow anyone who receives health insurance through Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and other eligible programs to use their plan-sponsored funds to purchase “eligible groceries, wellness essentials, and over-the-counter medications for delivery via Instacart,” the company said.
The goal is to improve access to nutritious food and over-the-counter medicines for seniors, many whom experience food insecurity as a result of transportation challenges and economic instability.
Instacart has been working to expand payment options to people on food stamps or other welfare programs for years now. The company partnered with grocery outlet AldiMost delivery platform apps aren’t equipped to accept food stamps as a universal form of payment, though that may be changing.An estimated 31 million people are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, while 92 million are on Medicaid.
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