PayNearMe partners with Washington to promote the Health Insurance Marketplace to the underbanked

With Open Enrollment season fast approaching for the Affordable Care Act, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is turning to Silicon Valley to more effectively reach eligible consumers. Later today at a live event in Washington, DC, HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell will announce a partnership with electronic cash payments company PayNearMe aimed at reaching the un- and under-banked.