So people have discussed this here before. Ambetter will give you rewards on a “MyHealthPays Rewards” debit card in exchange for completing certain health-related tasks. But I quickly discovered that the card doesn’t work at about 99% of places. People have tried to pay bills, purchase food, treat themselves, you name it, and the card gets declined every time. I don’t know how Ambetter does it. But I was excited to use it the very day I got it, and it got declined at two different stores. Googled it and found multiple complaints on Reddit.
But, true to form, I found a workaround, and now I can use the rewards card anywhere I please. It’s kind of convoluted, but do not be defeated! As the title states, you’ll need a PayPal account and a linked bank account. Here’s what I did:
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Add the rewards card to your PayPal wallet. Select this card as the preferred card.
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Transfer the card value FROM your PayPal account TO your linked bank account. The transfer might take a few days. Keep checking your bank activity each day.
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Once the amount is in your bank account, you can use your bank’s debit card anywhere that card is accepted.
And *voila!* Now you can use the reward money anywhere you want to.
Hope this helps someone!
Edit: I don’t think this is relevant, but age is 41, state is Georgia, and income varies.
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Do you mean transfer from the card to your bank? My rewards card says it cannot be added for funds.
I have $75 on the Ambetter card.
I added the card to PayPal but it won’t let me transfer money to or from
I cant figure out the transfer step. Do I need to have money in my paypal account first or does it not matter?
Can someone please help me my bill is due today and I still haven’t received my rewards card. The problem is I already had a rewards card and used it. It was $25 but I tossed it because I thought it was disposable. I just cashed out for $50 for another card, but I really need that card number to use today. Is there anyway I can get the number without it physically being here yet?
Does it have to be a PayPal? Or can I use it on cash app?
Where else can I use this card to get money to pay bills. I tried paypal it says it doesn’t take that form of card. Please help.
This method did not work for me and said the card isn’t able to transfer anything out of it. What do I tell Paypal support to help me so they don’t think I’m scamming them with an already sketchy card?
Never received it. No takes this insurance
For step 2: Yeah I get a message saying “these can’t be used to add money to your balance”
So I can’t add a balance to the PayPal or transfer to my bank.
I’ll just add to the others saying it did not work for me. I could add the card, but there is no way to transfer the money. When I try to do a manual transfer, it says this card is not allowed for transfers.
So I just made an account to see if it Would help anyone … its true that is hard To use a card because this or that store Does not take it I tried.
BUT: Here is where it worked and I got Receipt of it SRP electricity, Lyft, and Uber as well Cricket phone company I didn’t Try Walmart yet frankly I’d be horrified If it declined on register but even with These 3-4 things its still savings right?
I’ ll keep trying online and post more Where it could be used because in regular Stores it didn’t work.
I cant pay my premium and obviously cash ATM either and pay pal didn’t work for me Either but those above did !
Let me know if anyone had any luck Elsewhere and good luck with it don’t Give up yet it saved me 150$ so far in Bills !
Use it with ubereats
I just used mine this way: download Ubereats go through the normal registration process and simply add uber cash with the ambetter MHP visa card then you can use it to get food deliveries and rides.
Just an alternative way.
It works if you have DEMCO app to pay bills, it worked for Cox website to pay bills. That’s it so far.
Anyone in Florida get or use this card? I’m on the fence about weather to get a card or just use the points for merch - I have almost enough points to get the iPad…… the money would be more beneficial if I can actually use the card that is……
This is not true, in fl the only thing as far as bills is JEA, Comcast, and your phone company mine is boost mobile , copays and medicines, Uber, taxi ,Lyft and bus passes, anything you get at Walmart had to be hsa FSA, approved you will find it on the label at Walmart, the end period.
Did you set it as your preferred card?
No, you shouldn’t need a PayPal balance. If you have your Ambetter rewards card selected as your preferred card, PayPal should automatically select it as the source of funds once you initiate the transfer. If it’s not, you should be able to tap the drop-down arrow (or something similar) and manually choose your rewards card. Just make sure you’ve added your rewards card to your PatPal account first!
I hope this makes sense and helps. If not, call PayPal customer support. If you still can’t get it, let me know!
Can you call Ambetter or check your online account?