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SoloHealth kiosks now promoting government insurance exchanges

September 9, 2013

In a major boost to the functionality of its health care platform, SoloHealth, along with the Department of Health and Human Services, announced a co-partnership to help promote awareness and information around the new Health Insurance Marketplace and HealthCare.gov.

The educational content began running last week across SoloHealth's network of more than 3,200 consumer digital kiosks located in select Walmart, Sam's Club and Safeway stores across the nation. The self-service healthcare platform already provides free health and wellness services, biometric screenings, health risk assessments and information.

"Champion organizations, like SoloHealth, are already serving people and are a trusted source of information in communities across the county," said Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Director of Communications Julie Bataille. "These organizations are natural places for people to learn about the Marketplace, and we want to make sure that they have access to the tools and information to respond to people who want to sign up and enroll for coverage on October 1."

SoloHealth CEO and Founder Bart Foster said the partnership gives consumers the ability to understand and take action when the health care exchanges begin to open.

"Our SoloHealth Stations are a prime vehicle to reach and engage with consumers when health is top-of-mind — with millions of consumers spending an average of 4.5 minutes with the Station each visit," Foster said. "We are connecting daily with the target audience at high-traffic retail locations where they are frequenting and getting high engagement results."

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