eHealth

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eHealth, Inc. dba eHealthInsurance is a private online marketplace for health insurance, organized in Delaware and based in Santa Clara, California. The company primarily provides plans related to Medicare such as prescription drug plans, Medigap, and Medicare Advantage plans. The company also sells individual plans, competing with health insurance marketplaces. The company sells plans in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia from 170 health insurance carriers. Its large staff of licensed agents assist consumers with little or no computer experience with their online enrollments. In 2018, revenues from Humana represented 22% of total revenues, revenues from UnitedHealth Group represented 19% of total revenues, and revenues from Aetna represented 14% of total revenues. In 2018, 84% of the company's revenue was related to the sale of Medicare plans. The company has corporate offices in Mountain View, California and Santa Clara, California, and satellite offices in Gold River, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, Austin, Texas and Indianapolis, Indiana.

eHealth has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 1.78% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (3.38%).