Becker's Healthcare June 29, 2018
Oscar Health, a New York City-based health insurance startup, is branded as “a new kind of insurance company.” Founded in 2012, the web and technology-focused company set out to simplify coverage and make the healthcare system easier for patients to navigate. Six years later, Oscar has made significant investments internally and expanded externally from its original presence in New York to nine states and 14 markets planned for 2019.
Here are 10 things to know about the health insurance company.
1. Mario Schlosser, the company’s CEO, founded Oscar with Kevin Nazemi and Josh Kushner in 2012. They decided to start the company after Mr. Schlosser saw how complicated it was to find care and the right physician during his wife’s...