Uber Technologies Inc. is planning to allow participants of federal nutrition and health care assistance programs to pay for food delivery with government benefits, joining rivals like Amazon and I…
By Natalie Lung | Bloomberg
Starting next year, participants in the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be able to order food and groceries from the Uber Eats App, the San Francisco-based company said on Wednesday. It’s also working with Managed Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans to accept flexible spending account cards, Flex cards and state waiver payments for food orders.
SNAP is the is the largest food assistance program in the US, with more than 40 million people receiving benefits in June, according to agency data. The Department of Agriculture has been expanding a program started in 2019 designed to make it easier for food-stamp recipients to shop online. Walmart Inc. and Amazon have been early leaders in the project, and Instacart expanded the number of stores where it accepts online payments from SNAP recipients in 2021.
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