Meditation app Calm is now free for Kaiser Permanente’s millions of members

Kaiser Permanente is trying to give its 12.4 million members a little bit of calm.

Starting Tuesday, the health-care provider is allowing patients to download the Calm mediation app for free as part of a way to help customers manage anxiety as they deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Calm is the most-popular health and fitness app on Google-powered devices and No. 2 on the iPhone, according to App Annie. Paid subscriptions normally cost $70 a year.

Kaiser, which provides its members a combination of medical care and insurance, said that Kaiser Family Foundation recently ran a survey of adults and found that a majority are reporting health issues related to… READ MORE @ CNBC