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Do you have an ailing friend or relative who is struggling to pay for his or her mounting medical expenses? Do you wish there were something you could do to help out besides tactlessly handing over a check? If so, there may be a solution that spares your recipient the indignity of an overt cash hand out. New websites have emerged on which you can purchase a prepaid Visa specifically for medical expenses. In other words, it’s like a gift card for healthcare. The card works just the same as any other credit or debit card but is a more subtle and dignified way to accept charity. In this post, we’ll discuss more about the gift cards and weigh their pros and cons.
As a safe and more personal alternative to cash, the gift card can be loaded with as little as $25 or as much as $5,000. The recipient can use the card for whatever health expenses he or she chooses. There is a small fee for the card, $4.95, and it can be shipped directly to your recipient. The card will look like any other credit or debit card, bearing the Visa logo. It is accepted at any healthcare facility that takes Visa cards.
One of the main benefits of prepaid medical gift cards is that you have some control over how your monetary donation is spent. If you want to be sure your money is used for healthcare and not squandered on unnecessary goods, a gift card is a good way to do it. Gift cards have the added bonus of implying that you put some thought and effort into the gift, instead of the impersonal and effortless handing over of cash. Finally, the gift card is a way to give someone a large amount of money-up to $5,000. So, even for major medical expenses, the card can help your recipient make ends meet.
When paying with a gift card for medical services, problems may arise. Though, in theory, the gift card functions exactly like a credit or debit card, the vagaries of healthcare could easily cause a good deed to go awry. Some facilities may not take the card simply because they don’t know what it is. Additionally, our society has an extreme aversion to allowing others to pay for personal expenses, life-threatening or not. Your recipient may refuse the gift card or accept it begrudgingly, resenting the fact that he or she has to accept your charity.
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