{"id":14151,"date":"2019-10-01T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14151"},"modified":"2019-10-01T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:38:33","slug":"walmarts-sams-club-launching-a-discount-health-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14151","title":{"rendered":"Walmart&#8217;s Sam&#8217;s Club launching a discount health program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart\u2019s Sam\u2019s Club is launching a pilot program for Sam\u2019s Club members in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina which allow them to buy bundles of health care services that include discounted dental care, free prescriptions for certain generic medications, and telehealth consultations. The fees range from $50 for individuals to $240 for up to six family members. \u00a0Sam\u2019s Club emphasized that this pilot program is not a health insurance plan but a discount health program designed to supplement insurance and bring down costs patients pay out of pocket. Read article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/business\/sns-bc-us--sams-club-health-care-20190926-story.html\"> here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart\u2019s Sam\u2019s Club is launching a pilot program for Sam\u2019s Club members in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina which allow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,20,15,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14152,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14151\/revisions\/14152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}