Health insurers offer $25 gift card and unlimited-ride wristbands to people getting a Covid-19 shot at the Kentucky State Fair

By Al Cross Published August 22, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS

At the Kentucky State Fair, the Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving free, unlimited-ride wristbands and $25 gift cards (while supplies last) to attendees who go to booth B419 in the Health Horizons Pavilion in South Wing B to get a Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Medicaid members may also be eligible to receive an incentive offered by their health plan in addition to the giveaway, KAHP said in a news release.

On Aug. 19, KAHP is partnering with Kentucky Sports Radio for a live KSR pre-show and KSR broadcast at the Fair from 9 a.m. to noon ET.

“Offering vaccines and incentives in non-traditional environments has been a winning formula,” said Tom Stephens, executive director of KAHP. “We had tremendous traffic at the fair last year. We also gave away gas cards at a June pop-up clinic during the Kentucky High School Athletic Association baseball and softball championships and we’re proud to vaccinate 700 people.”

KAHP says it has been engaged in a 16-phase effort for vaccination, including a KSR tour, to a theme-park vacation-getaway drawing, gas-card giveaways, non-profit vaccine-clinic competitions with large grant payouts, school vaccine-clinic incentives.