HHS Partners With PayNearMe To Spread Enrollment Message

HHS hopes to reach financially underserved Americans, who prefer cash transactions or do not have bank accounts or credit cards, to convince them to enroll in a health plan by running healthcare.gov ads at the bottom of transaction receipts through a partnership with electronic cash transaction company PayNearMe, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced Thursday (Dec. 11). HHS says consumers cannot pay for health premiums with PayNearMe at this time, and that issuers would have to have an agreement with PayNearMe...