Forbes October 8, 2023
Bruce Japsen

Uber Health is partnering with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business to make paying for ancillary benefits like ride share and product delivery easier for seniors via the Uber app.

“Health plan benefit cards, including health spending account (HSA) and flexible spending (FSA) cards, can be added as a form of payment within the Uber app,” Optum and Uber said in statement released Sunday during HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas. “This payment option can then be used to cover eligible expenses, including health related rides (like non- emergency doctor visits), over-the-counter items and healthy food.”

UnitedHealth is one of the nation’s largest providers of privatized Medicare Advantage benefits for seniors and the health insurer’s provider networks include thousands of Optum...

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