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How did you get all the insurance rates and terms, just from the companies' sites?
When I tried evaluating the health care plans my company offered me a few month ago I had a terribly hard time getting information about the different plans that are out there. (But then again, I'm not from the US and the whole health care system keeps confusing me.)
I have the same question as other people - how are you pulling this data?
One thing you definitely need on the front page is gender selection. Gender instantly changes the price of insurance significantly and is a simple binary question.
I hate dealing with health insurance so much so I very much hope this site evolves and becomes a success for you. Well done.
Edit: Now you need to monetize this. The obvious way to do that is to do lead gen if they offer it.
If I had launched such a nice service I would try to charge the end user. I would be willing to pay money to an independent third party.
I'm releasing the first version of PickHealthInsurance today. It helps you compare health insurance plans (individual, not group) in the US. I put this together over a few weekends. My COBRA is about to run out and I found it exceptionally difficult to compare plans and prices with the existing sites. This is the third time I've had to buy individual insurance and I finally decided to do something about it. Things cr…
I put in some details from when I was living in the US and I'm shocked—I can't find a plan that isn't 50% copay on brand name drugs?
or,
just become broker yourself and keep the leads, then pass them off to the Insurance company with leveraged commissions.
Very cool site.