Re:Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies
by aamar on Saturday August 11, 2012 @01:56AM
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I as a user would like to tell you my insurance info and tell you what procedure I want and you tell me the best/cheapest location to get that done.
This is offered by Castlight Health (www.castlighthealth.com), where I used to work. Though it is currently only sold to employers & offered free to their employees.
Re the groupon model: I think you'd need to adjust the model a lot to sell services which are frequently covered by insurance. Teeth whitening generally isn't insured, which is why it is in fact a very frequent groupon offer.
This is offered by Castlight Health (www.castlighthealth.com), where I used to work. Though it is currently only sold to employers & offered free to their employees.
Re the groupon model: I think you'd need to adjust the model a lot to sell services which are frequently covered by insurance. Teeth whitening generally isn't insured, which is why it is in fact a very frequent groupon offer.