{"id":225,"date":"2023-02-09T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localresources.info\/2023\/02\/12\/amazon-removes-free-grocery-delivery-for-ebt-medicaid-prime-members-february-28th-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T16:59:58","slug":"amazon-removes-free-grocery-delivery-for-ebt-medicaid-prime-members-february-28th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2023\/02\/09\/amazon-removes-free-grocery-delivery-for-ebt-medicaid-prime-members-february-28th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon removes free grocery delivery for EBT &#038; Medicaid Prime Members February 28th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Amazon is cutting free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150<\/strong>. Customers who get their groceries delivered from Amazon Fresh and pay less than $150 \u2014 will be charged between $3.95 and $9.95, depending on the order size. The changes will go into effect February 28th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/localresources.info\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/501\/files\/2023\/02\/amazon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/ebt-and-medicaid-cardholders-get-a-discount-on-amazon-prime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EBT and Medicaid cardholders get a discount on Amazon Prime<\/a>, paying only $6.99 monthly for the service. As Amazon allows online EBT payment for groceries, the free delivery of groceries to your door is of great assistance to low income individuals and families who struggle with transportation services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EBT and Medicaid cardholders who are signed-up for the Amazon Prime discount program, can still get free delivery of groceries, as long as the grocery orders are over $150. Delivery driver tips and non-grocery items can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> be billed to your EBT card, so you will need to additionally have a credit\/debit card connected to your account to pay for these items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon Prime includes free Two-Day Delivery on a number of other items, as well as discounts on diapers and baby food. Prime has a number of entertainment benefits too, like access to free movies, TV shows, music, and Kindle books. You can find other resources related to <a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/food-clothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food security<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/financial-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial assistance<\/a> by visiting our Social Service \u201cUtilization Library\u201d page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org\/files\/2022\/11\/SocialServiceNewsPodcastAdvert11.18.22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"340\"><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is cutting free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150. Customers who get their groceries delivered from Amazon Fresh and pay less than $150 \u2014 will be charged between $3.95 and $9.95, depending on the order size. The changes will go into effect February 28th, 2023. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/2023\/02\/09\/amazon-removes-free-grocery-delivery-for-ebt-medicaid-prime-members-february-28th-2023\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F08%2Fcandlesburning.jpeg' srcset='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84e6a10dbe9dd662c04848a4b7918597?s=32&#038;r=g&#038;d=https%3A%2F%2Funitedresourceconnection.org%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F08%2Fcandlesburning.jpeg 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/membership-directory\/urcadmin\/profile\">United Resource Connection<\/a>  February 9, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10782,10800],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-assistance","category-food-clothing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/localresourceinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}