re: #51 Bubblehead II

Interesting.

S.F. programmers build alternative to HealthCare.gov

Liang showed CBS News how it worked. “You come to our website and you put in your zip code — in this case a California zip code. You hit ‘find plans,’ and you immediately see the exchange plans that are available for that zip code.”

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You can’t actually enroll on the HealthSherpa site, but they do provide contact information for companies offering the plans. Users who find a plan they like can go directly to the insurance companies without ever using HealthCare.gov.

thehealthsherpa.com

They currently don’t have information on plans from the States that have their own Exchanges (Idaho, Nevada,ect) but are working to incorporate that information as it becomes available. They do provide links to those State Exchanges though.

It’s an alternative to healthcare.gov just the way a phonebook is an alternative to a library.