eHealth Offers Consumers 46% More Health Insurance Plans to Choose From Than Healthcare.gov
The additional health insurance plans available through eHealth are health reform-compliant individual and family plans from brand-name insurance companies which are not eligible for use with government-funded premium tax credits.
The complete analysis is available for review as a PDF report and through the company's Media Center. Highlights from eHealth's analysis include the following:
- 46% More Plans at eHealth: eHealth shows consumers a total of 6,249 health plans; Healthcare.gov shows consumers 4,287 health plans.
- 52% More Bronze Plans: eHealth shows 1,914 bronze level plans; Healthcare.gov shows 1,260.
- 44% More Silver Plans: eHealth shows 2,235 silver level plans; Healthcare.gov shows 1,551.
- 41% More Gold Plans: eHealth shows 1,366 gold level plans; Healthcare.gov shows 967.
- 33% More Platinum Plans: eHealth shows 372 platinum level plans; Healthcare.gov shows 279.
- 57% More Catastrophic Plans: eHealth shows 362 catastrophic level plans; Healthcare.gov shows 230.
"If you really want to find the right health plan for your needs and budget, you need to compare your choices from the broadest selection possible," said
In the 33 states surveyed, eHealth offers consumers a listing of all the health insurance plans available through Healthcare.gov. In addition to these, eHealth offers additional individual and family major medical plans not available through the government-run exchange. eHealth is able to enroll subsidy-eligible consumers in coverage in each of the 33 states included in the survey.
State-Specific Plan Data
The following figures represent the total number of plans available through Healthcare.gov compared to the total number of plans available through eHealth in each of the states included in eHealth's analysis.
Alabama
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 29
- Plans on eHealth.com: 54
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 30
- Plans on eHealth.com: 46
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 206
- Plans on eHealth.com: 227
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 25
- Plans on eHealth.com: 35
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 272
- Plans on eHealth.com: 349
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 207
- Plans on eHealth.com: 432
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 288
- Plans on eHealth.com: 417
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 137
- Plans on eHealth.com: 338
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 108
- Plans on eHealth.com: 179
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 64
- Plans on eHealth.com: 115
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 79
- Plans on eHealth.com: 121
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 53
- Plans on eHealth.com: 96
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 205
- Plans on eHealth.com: 249
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 56
- Plans on eHealth.com: 87
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 88
- Plans on eHealth.com: 165
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 49
- Plans on eHealth.com: 50
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 71
- Plans on eHealth.com: 111
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 42
- Plans on eHealth.com: 51
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 59
- Plans on eHealth.com: 75
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 80
- Plans on eHealth.com: 124
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 33
- Plans on eHealth.com: 34
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 267
- Plans on eHealth.com: 313
Oklahoma
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 107
- Plans on eHealth.com: 148
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 266
- Plans on eHealth.com: 308
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 126
- Plans on eHealth.com: 163
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 41
- Plans on eHealth.com: 55
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 216
- Plans on eHealth.com: 261
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 405
- Plans on eHealth.com: 579
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 108
- Plans on eHealth.com: 157
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 95
- Plans on eHealth.com: 269
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 15
- Plans on eHealth.com: 26
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 417
- Plans on eHealth.com: 556
- Plans on Healthcare.gov: 43
- Plans on eHealth.com: 59
For more information about eHealth's analysis, and a break-down of plan availability by metal level within each of the above states, refer to eHealth's complete report.
Report Details
This report is based on data collected in
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