Extend Health Exchange Now Offers More Than 3,500 Plans from 67 National
and Regional Carriers
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Extend Health, Inc., which operates the largest private Medicare
exchange in the country, today announced that Wellesley,
Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has joined the exchange,
bringing the number of carriers to 67 and the number of Medicare
supplemental plans to more than 3,500.
Harvard Pilgrim serves more than one million members in Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Maine. Now included in the Extend Health exchange –
and available during the current Medicare Annual Enrollment Period,
which runs from November 15-December 31, 2010 – are new Harvard Pilgrim
standard Medicare supplemental insurance plans for individual Medicare
beneficiaries. The plans are available now, with effective dates
beginning in January 2011.
According to Martha Murphy, Director for Sales of Harvard Pilgrim, “We
are committed to offering seniors in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Maine Medicare supplemental plans that meet their needs and more
convenient ways for them to make decisions about which plans are right
for them. Extend Health is not only largest private Medicare exchange,
the company also is dedicated to providing its customers with the
ongoing advocacy and service they have earned.”
Said Bryce Williams, CEO of Extend Health, “We built our exchange to
serve retirees of some of the country’s largest employers – including
Ford, Caterpillar, Union Pacific and Eastman Chemical. These companies
insist that we offer a wide choice of plans at competitive prices, and
have empowered us to invite only the best insurance carriers into our
exchange. Harvard Pilgrim certainly fits that description.”
Extend Health is the only place where seniors can compare thousands of
plans side by side and find a plan that best meets their needs at a
price they can afford. Since 2006, Extend Health has helped hundreds of
thousands of seniors with a 92% satisfaction rate. Seniors can access
the exchange online at www.extendhealth.com
or call 1-866-322-2824 and speak to a licensed and trained benefit
advisor who will guide them through the complexities of supplemental
Medicare plans and provide information about specific plans, including
from Harvard Pilgrim.
About Harvard Pilgrim:
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is a not-for-profit health plan that
provides a variety of insurance plan options and self-funding
arrangements to more than one million members in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine. Harvard Pilgrim provides innovative approaches to
health improvement and disease management, unique online tools that
speed and simplify key transactions for employers and providers and
personalized health support. For more information, please visit www.harvardpilgrim.org.
About Extend Health:
Extend Health, Inc. was founded in 2004 to serve Medicare-eligible
retirees and their corporate sponsors. The company operates the
country’s largest private Medicare exchange and has helped more than
300,000 retirees compare and choose the private Medicare plan that best
meets their needs and budgets. With Extend Health employer solutions,
Fortune 500 companies, unions, and municipalities can save up to 35% on
retiree health care compared to legacy employer group plans. For more
information, visit Extend Health on the web at http://www.extendhealth.com.
For Extend Health, Inc.
Rob Wyse, 212-920-1470
rob@WT221.com
or
Aaron
Berger, 917-355-8959
aaron@wt221.com
Source: Extend Health, Inc.
