Show HN: Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies

Post by buss » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 1:14 AM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #16

kategleason wrote: post #4

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Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on. To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsur…

> Thanks for your comment. Perhaps I am having a bad day, but is it really necessary to thank someone for their question? Seriously, this makes me feel like I am dumb for asking a question. I understand you trying to be extra polite, but I am sure you won't start a conversation with "thank you" every time your wife, son, daughter, lover or employee ask you a question. So while many will appreciate your "politeness th…

Post by emmapersky » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 1:17 AM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #16

kategleason wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on. To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsur…

> Thanks for your comment. Perhaps I am having a bad day, but is it really necessary to thank someone for their question? Seriously, this makes me feel like I am dumb for asking a question. I understand you trying to be extra polite, but I am sure you won't start a conversation with "thank you" every time your wife, son, daughter, lover or employee ask you a question. So while many will appreciate your "politeness th…

Post by jasonkolb » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 1:18 AM UTC

Post by kategleason » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 1:20 AM UTC

nitrogen wrote: post #19

kategleason wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your comment. We handle the connections to the insurance companies and the EDI to JSON transformation. I respect your point about 5 cents being high. We, of course, will evaluate that as time goes on. To start, you as a developer can make an app for the medical industry that checks patient's health insurance eligibility. Details you can call include: health spending accounts, deductibles remaining, coinsur…

So it sounds like this is not just eligibility to purchase insurance, but also (or instead) coverage by current insurance. Is my understanding correct?

Post by kategleason » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 1:27 AM UTC

emmapersky wrote: post #23

joering2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Thanks for your comment. Perhaps I am having a bad day, but is it really necessary to thank someone for their question? Seriously, this makes me feel like I am dumb for asking a question. I understand you trying to be extra polite, but I am sure you won't start a conversation with "thank you" every time your wife, son, daughter, lover or employee ask you a question. So while many will appreciate your "politeness th…

Aimed at a commerical market I'm not sure this doesn't make sense, especially if they are open to bulk discount pricing (which I imagine they are). So I make an app for some kind of medical pro to use, give it away. A not very busy clinic, say at 50 patients per day currently manually checks and is frustrated. I say, hey, for $100 a month you can check all those patients using my fancy app that will make your life ea…