September 13, 2013
Short-Term Health Insurance Policy Holder Survey
eHealth, Inc.'s Short-term Health Insurance Policy Holder Survey explores attitudes towards short-term health insurance products among those who purchase them.
Original Research
September 13, 2013
The Cost & Benefits of Short-Term Individual and Family Health Insurance Plans
eHealth, Inc.’s ‘Cost & Benefits of Short-Term individual and Family Health Insurance’ report provides a perspective on cost and benefit trends in the short-term health insurance market.
March 20, 2013
Small Employer Health Insurance Survey
The Spring 2013 Small Employer Health Insurance Survey, conducted by eHealth, Inc., America’s first and largest private online health insurance exchange, focuses on small employers’ knowledge of their responsibilities and opportunities under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Major consumer provisions of the law are scheduled to come into effect January 1, 2014. eHealth invited small business owners who had purchased coverage through the company’s website (eHealthInsurance.com) and who still had coverage in effect to participate in the survey. The anonymous survey was conducted online between February 12 and February 15, 2013, and gathered a total of 259 responses. 95 percent of respondents had between 2 and 10 employees. All respondents reported having fewer than fifty employees.
March 18, 2013
The Cost of Comprehensive Health Benefits
The purpose of this addendum to eHealth, Inc.’s November 2012 ‘Cost and Benefits of Individual Emergency Services; Prescription Drugs; Chiropractic; Maternity; OB/GYN; Periodic Exams; and Well Baby care. This new addendum report looks at the cost of just those plans surveyed that cover all eight benefits: approximately 30,000 individual plans purchased across 32 states through eHealthInsurance.com, with coverage active in February of 2012.
January 02, 2013
Smoking Status and Body Mass Index Relative to Average Health Insurance Premiums 2012
eHealth releases 2012 data on how smoking status and body mass index (BMI) relative to average individual health insurance premiums.
November 27, 2012
The Cost and Benefits of Individual and Family Health Insurance Plans, 2012
According to eHealth’s 2012 report, The average premium paid for individual policies in the United States was $190 per month (a 3.8% increase vs. 2011) while the average premium paid for family policies was $412 per month (a decrease of 0.5%).
November 13, 2012
eHealth and AgingCare.com Caregiver Survey
About one-third of adults who provide unpaid care for their elderly parents say they’ll have to use their own retirement savings to help their parents financially. Even more - forty-one percent (41%) - support their parents financially each month, helping with a range of expenses, including food, gas, housing, prescription drugs and medical care. And while the majority of respondents (89%) care for someone on Medicare, forty-four percent (44%) of these caregivers don’t understand important components of the program. These findings are part of a new survey of adult members of AgingCare (www.AgingCare.com), an online community for people caring for elderly parents. The survey was conducted by eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH), America's first and largest private health insurance exchange, and parent company of PlanPrescriber (www.PlanPrescriber.com) and eHealthMedicare (www.eHealthMedicare.com).
October 29, 2012
Fall 2012 Small Employer Survey
eHealth's fall 2012 small employer survey examines employer attitudes toward health care reform, open enrollment, employee wellness and more.
October 15, 2012
2013 Medicare Advantage Plan Landscape Data Summary
The objective of this report is to provide a nationwide perspective on important cost and benefit trends in the Medicare Advantage plan market. The goal of this report is to aggregate publically available data into a form that helps consumers identify important plan benefits and make informed decisions prior to selecting a Medicare Advantage plan. The challenge for Medicare beneficiaries and their advisors is to choose a plan that fits their current needs, and that is flexible enough to cover unexpected costs in the coming year. The data provided in PlanPrescriber’s Medicare Advantage Landscape Data Highlight report is a high-level national and state-by-state review of available Medicare Advantage plans, as provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through its Landscape Data files.
September 18, 2012
eHealth Baby Boomer Survey 2012
Myth #1: Medicare works just like regular health insurance – 40% knew this was a myth. Myth #2: Medicare is free – 70% knew this was a myth. Myth #3: A person can enroll in Medicare any time after they’re 65, without penalty – 23% knew this was a myth. • Myth #4: Medicare covers everything – 81% knew this was a myth.