So three 20-year-olds (of course) in San Francisco (of course) have come up with a website, HealthSherpa.com, that does what HealthCare.gov is supposed to do.
Just go to HealthSherpa, type in your zip code, and all your health insurance choices will appear. There’s a button to click if you find a plan you want to buy.
Thanks to Ning Liang, George Kalogeropoulus, and Michael Wasser, who should get a dinner at the WH and a ticker-tape parade in NYC. USA! USA!
I was able to get the same info from the healthcare.gov site. However the estimated premiums on the HealthSherpa.com site are much more expensive. If you click through on the how to purchase button it tells you to call the insurance company directly. What I wonder is if you do this will you be getting the rates on the exchange, or will they be charging higher prices because you are buying directly from them? I don’t trust insurance companies.