September 6th, 2019 – Oscar Health is coming to Colorado, with new plans that will start January 1st, 2020. In 2020, Oscar will be offering its referral free plans exclusively in the metro-Denver area.
Oscar promotes itself as being user friendly, offering clients smart phone apps, free 24 hour telemedicine access, and discounts for being active.
Oscar was founded in 2012 by Mario Schlosser and Josh Kushner. Today, Oscar generates premiums of over $1 billion and employs over 1000 employees, covering 257,000 individuals and businesses in 9 states today. Oscar is expanding into 6 new states in 2020, including Colorado.
“Oscar’s expansion proves that our commitment to making health care easy — by developing seamless technology and providing personalized support — is working. I have never been prouder of the work Oscar is doing to positively impact our members’ lives,” said Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser said in a statement. “We look forward to serving our new and current members in 2020.”
Mark Erickson, Colorado Health Insurance Broker’s President, said, “Colorado Health Insurance Brokers is happy to welcome the new insurance company to Colorado and is already appointed to help our clients with Oscar for the upcoming 2020 enrollment season. More competition is always a good thing, as we seek to help Colorado’s businesses and individuals find the best value on employee benefits and individual and family health insurance.”
