improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ehealthinsurance type public traded as nasdaq ehth industry insurance founded 1997 headquarters mountain view california key people gary lauer bill shaughnessy robert s. hurley tom tsao stuart huizinga jeff bernstein mike price products health insurance revenue 150.49 m website http www.ehealthinsurance.com ehealth inc. bills itself as america s first and largest private online marketplace for health insurance . the company s website which is ehealthinsurance.com lists prices for various health insurance plans and allows consumers to apply for coverage online . 1 in 2013 ehealth along with other web brokers signed deals with healthcare.gov to enroll subsidy eligible consumers in the newly approved health plans offered through the affordable care act obamacare 2 ehealth maintains its license to market and sell health insurance in all 50 states and the district of columbia and offers health plans from over 180 health insurance companies and offers more than 10 000 health insurance products . ehealth inc. ehealth was founded in 1997 and its technology was responsible for the nation s first internet based sale of a health insurance policy . citation needed ehealth inc. is headquartered in mountain view california . competitors include other online health insurance brokers such as healthsherpa in november of 2008 following the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov eight senate democrats including key leadership member charles schumer of new york told the obama administration that they continue to be troubled by the ongoing technical difficulties with healthcare.gov and want an alternative way for insurers and web based brokers to enroll subsidy eligible consumers . 3 contents 1 health insurance exchanges 2 medicare 3 references 4 external links health insurance exchanges edit as previously noted ehealth s one of a handful of private companies that operate in partnership with the various government run health insurance exchanges created as part of the patient protection and affordable care act legislation . ehealth has been politically active on issues related to health insurance . testimony editorials and letters to governmental bodies issued by ehealth are available online at its parent company s website . 4 the company has issued a number of research reports on the individual health insurance and health savings account markets which are available on its website . in 2015 ehealth s ceo began pushing for reforms to the law aimed at helping the middle class afford health insurance . 5 medicare edit in 2014 ehealth acquired the domain medicare.com 6 as part of its move into the medicare market . in 2010 ehealth acquired privately held planprescriber inc. formerly known as experion systems inc. to aid its entry into the medicare marketplace . planprescriber provides a tool that functions online and through pharmacy based portals to help seniors navigate medicare health insurance options and choose the right plan . as a result of the transaction planprescriber became a wholly owned subsidiary of ehealth inc. 7 references edit applyby julie september 4 2009 . health care lowering costs for old could raise them for young . usa today . kaiser health news . retrieved may 31 2013 . mangin dan july 31 2013 . insurance exchange deal 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