October 8, 2019 06:56 pm
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20904804/apple-watch-medicare-insurance-discounts-devoted-health
Medicare insurers are starting to offer big Apple Watch discounts
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
In a major step in Apple’s push to market its Apple Watch as a health and fitness device, a private Medicare insurer is now subsidizing the cost of the Watch for its members, as first reported by CNBC.
Devoted Health members can put $150 of “Wellness Bucks” toward the cost of an Apple Watch. That would shave off just over a third of the price of the $399 Apple Watch Series 5. Wellness Bucks aren’t specifically allocated for wearables; they can also go toward fitness classes and weight loss programs.
Devoted Health isn’t the first insurer to make it easier for people to get an Apple Watch — Apple has partnered with...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20904804/apple-watch-medicare-insurance-discounts-devoted-health
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
The Verge
The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011More About this Source Visit The Verge