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Currently, consumers can order HSA- and FSA-eligible items on DoorDash from the following retailers: Albertsons Bartell Drugs CVS DashMart DGX Dollar General Duane Reade Hy-Vee Meijer Rite Aid Safeway Walgreens Winn-Dixie Vons 7-Eleven DoorDash has enabled payment options for both HSA (Health Savings Account) and FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts) to pay for eligible items at select merchants on the delivery company's app. [Extracted from the article]

Uber Eats said it would begin accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for groceries beginning next year, following the nationwide rollout of SNAP acceptance at Instacart. Walmart accepts SNAP payments for grocery pickup in some states, as does Kroger, and Amazon Prime accepts SNAP payments for online orders in most states, the article said. [Extracted from the article]

The San Francisco-based company has over 3,000 corporate employees and Grubbs said there have been no company-wide layoffs. Instacart has cut its valuation to about $10 billion, a 20% drop from its valuation in October, and a nearly 75% drop from early last year when it was valued at $39 billion, according to reporting from The Information, which citied two persons familiar with the situation. Last October, the company postponed its planned IPO because "the markets are still extremely tumultuous", Instacart CEO Fidji Simo told employees via email. [Extracted from the article]

Instacart's seemingly ever-expanding digital offerings now include functionality that makes it easier for consumers to shop for flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA) eligible items. Shoppers click into the app's new "FSA and HSA" pop-up feature, where Instacart has aggregated FSA- and HSA-eligible items. [Extracted from the article]

Texas grocer H-E-B is expanding in the retail health care arena with the launch of more H-E-B Wellness Primary Care clinics. H-E-B said the H-E-B Wellness Primary Care clinics are designed to offer a coordinated approach to health care under one roof. [Extracted from the article]

Walmart has partnered with Quest Diagnostics to enable consumers to buy on-location and at-home health care laboratory tests through Walmart.com. Tests that must be scheduled in-person at a Quest or Walmart site are often available on the same day ordered, depending on location, according to Quest. [Extracted from the article]

Expanding its coronavirus diagnostic services, Hy-Vee next week plans to start offering COVID-19 rapid antibody testing at more than 250 pharmacy locations. To get a test, patients must register online at hy-vee.com/covidtesting and choose "antibody test" to schedule a test time and location and receive a test voucher. [Extracted from the article]

b To administer your plan, they will need to locate paperwork for your power of attorney, health care directive, will, trust, life insurance policies, financial account statements and funeral arrangements. b Make sure the correct people are listed as your health care agent(s), agent(s) for financial powers of attorney, trustee and personal representative. b The following are some of the people who should be contacted in the event your plan needs to be administered: health care agent(s), agent(s) for financial powers of attorney, financial adviser, insurance agent, tax preparer and estate planning attorney. [Extracted from the article]

Further, the findings note a majority of government employees have access to quality-of-life benefits like paid leave, employee assistance programs, wellness initiatives and defined contribution retirement savings accounts. Specifically, researchers found that of 18.5 million state and local government employees, upwards of 86 percent have access to a defined benefit pension plan, or a type of plan that defines a regular amount the employer will pay in retirement. While 30 percent of all state and local employees have access to long-term care insurance, this is the case for about half (51 percent) of those employed by states, but only 22 percent for local employees. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the effect of several regulatory decisions on the goal of retail pharmacy to advance patient access to health care services. It says that 35% of all prescriptions will be captured if the Federal Trade Commission's decision to merge Express Scripts and Medico Health Solution is approved. It states that the retail pharmacy industry would like to require consumers to get a prescription to purchase over-the-counter drugs using Flexible Spending Account (FSA) debit card.