Amazon launches a low-cost version of Prime for Medicaid recipients
Amazon announced this morning it will offer a low-cost version of its Prime membership program to qualifying recipients of Medicaid. The program will bring the cost of Prime down from the usual $10.99 per month to about half that, at $5.99 per month, while still offering the full range of Prime perks, including free, two-day shipping on millions of products, Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Photos, Prime Reading, Prime Now, Audible Channels, and more.
The new program is an expansion on Amazon's discounted Prime service for customers on government assistance, launched in June 2017. For the same price of $5.99 per month, Amazon offers Prime memberships to any U.S. customer with a valid EBT card – the card that's used to disburse funds for assistance programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC).
It could be a way to get users with certain health care requirements on board before Amazon launches its own health insurance company.
Also at USA Today.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:41PM (2 children)
I see that you don't really want to engage in rational debate, but would prefer insults.
Two can play at that game: Go fuck yourself, you childish moron.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @10:08PM
So. Yeah. "Go fuck yourself, you childish moron."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 09 2018, @01:54AM
So. Yeah. "Go fuck yourself, you childish moron."