Healthy Savings Makes Nutritious Foods More Affordable for UnitedHealthcare and Oxford Plan Participants in New York and New Jersey

UnitedHealthcare and Oxford plan participants and their dependents in New York and New Jersey who are enrolled in large group, fully insured employer-sponsored health plans will be able to buy healthy foods at discounted prices through the Healthy Savings^® program.

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Program participants receive a Healthy Savings card in the mail. After the card is activated online at HealthySavingsUHC.com, participants can purchase prequalified healthy foods from more than 200 food and beverage brands. Healthy Savings can reduce monthly grocery bills for eligible users by more than $150 (Courtesy of UnitedHealthcare and Solutran).

Healthy Savings can reduce monthly grocery bills for eligible users by more than $150. Shortly after their health plan renewal date, program participants will receive a Healthy Savings card in the mail and can download the Healthy Savings mobile app. After the card is activated online at www.HealthySavingsUHC.com or www.HealthySavingsOxford.com, participants can purchase prequalified healthy foods from more than 200 food and beverage brands.

With Healthy Savings, there is no clipping, printing or downloading of coupons, as discounts are pre-loaded on accounts each week. Users can scan their cards or mobile apps at checkout. The discounts are instantly subtracted from their bill and are printed on their receipt. Eligible participants can use the Healthy Savings program at any of the more than 180 Stop & Shop^® and Western Beef^® store locations. The Healthy Savings mobile app, available at no charge at iTunes^® or Google Play™, enables people to view available discounts, find nearby participating grocery stores and track accumulated savings through the program.

Weekly discounts are offered on products in the healthiest one-third of items in a grocery store, including fresh produce, milk, whole-grain bread, lean meats, eggs, yogurt and many other products. The food items are qualified through the nationally renowned Guiding Stars^® nutrition guidance system, which rates the nutritional quality of food using a patented scientific algorithm that gives positive points for vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and whole grains, and negative points for things like fats, cholesterol, sodium and sugar.