−Removed: We are a leading private health insurance marketplace with a technology and service platform that provides consumer engagement, education and health insurance enrollment solutions.
+Added: eHealth, Inc.
+Added: and its subsidiaries, referred to throughout this report as “eHealth,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”, is a leading private health insurance marketplace with a technology and service platform that provides consumer engagement, education and health insurance enrollment solutions.
Our mission is to expertly guide consumers through their health insurance enrollment and related options, when, where, and how they prefer.
Our platform leverages technology to solve a critical problem in a large and growing market by aiding consumers in what has traditionally been a complex, confusing and opaque health insurance purchasing process.
−Removed: Our omnichannel consumer engagement platform differentiates our offering from other brokers and enables consumers to use our services online, by telephone with a licensed insurance agent or through a hybrid online assisted interaction that includes live agent chat and co-browsing capabilities.
−Removed: We have created a consumer-centric marketplace that offers consumers a broad choice of insurance products that includes thousands of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D prescription drug, individual, family, small business, and other ancillary health insurance products from approximately 200 health insurance carriers across all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
+Added: Our omnichannel consumer engagement platform differentiates our offering from other brokers and enables consumers to use our services online, by telephone with a licensed insurance agent, or benefit advisor, or through a hybrid online assisted interaction that includes live agent chat and co-browsing capabilities.
+Added: We have created a consumer-centric marketplace that offers consumers a broad choice of insurance products that includes thousands of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D prescription drug, individual, family, small business, and other ancillary health insurance products from over 180 health insurance carriers nationwide.
Our plan recommendation tool curates this broad plan selection by analyzing customer health-related information against plan data for insurance coverage fit.
−Removed: This tool is supported by a unified data platform and is available to our ecommerce customers and our licensed agents.
+Added: This tool is supported by a unified data platform and is available to our ecommerce customers and our benefit advisors.
We strive to be the most trusted partner to the consumer in their life’s journey through the health insurance market.
+Added: Our Business Model
We operate our business in two segments:
−Removed: (1) Medicare, and (2) Individual, Family and Small Business.
+Added: (1) Medicare and (2) Employer and Individual (“E&I”).
+Added: In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Individual, Family and Small Business segment was renamed “Employer and Individual”.
+Added: The E&I segment name change was to the name only and had no impact on our historical financial position, results of operations, cash flow or segment level results previously reported.
Our Medicare segment represents the majority of our business and constituted approximately 90% of our revenue in 2023.
We derive the majority of our revenues from commission payments paid to us by health insurance carriers related to insurance plans that have been purchased by members who used our services.
−Removed: Our platform and services are free to the consumer, and, as a broker, we do not take on underwriting risk.
−Removed: In our Medicare segment, we have benefited from (1) demographic trends, with an average of approximately 10,000 people projected to turn 65 every day for the next ten years;
−Removed: (2) the strong value proposition of the Medicare Advantage program, which has provided overall superior health outcomes compared to traditional Medicare and a wide selection of plans that are increasingly offering extra benefits, including gym memberships, medical transport and nutritional services;
+Added: Our platform and services are free to the consumer, and, as an insurance agency, we do not take on underwriting risk.
+Added: In our Medicare segment, we have benefited from (1) demographic trends, with an average of approximately 10,000 people projected to turn 65 every day for the next several years;
+Added: (2) the strong value proposition of the Medicare Advantage program, which we believe has provided overall superior health outcomes compared to traditional Medicare and a wide selection of plans that are increasingly offering extra benefits, including gym memberships, medical transportation and nutritional services;
(3) the increasing proportion of the Medicare eligible population that is choosing commercial insurance solutions such as Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, rather than obtaining healthcare through the original Medicare program;
and (4) consumers’ growing propensity to comparison shop, including for healthcare insurance.
−Removed: In addition, our digital platform provides us with a strong competitive advantage as seniors' adoption of the Internet for research, social interaction, shopping, and other daily needs is growing and has been accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: In our Individual, Family and Small Business segment, we have benefited from the recent expansion of the premium tax credit subsidies that have made qualified health plans under the Affordable Care Act more affordable to consumers and cover the 2021 and 2022 plan years, with the passage of the American Recovery Plan Act, and extended from 2023 through 2025 with the passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
−Removed: We have also benefited from the favorable plan retention dynamics with our existing customers.
−Removed: Our Business Model
+Added: In addition, our digital platform provides us with a strong competitive advantage as adoption of the Internet for research, social interaction, shopping, and other daily needs is continuously growing for seniors.
+Added: In our E&I segment, we temporarily reduced our investment in member acquisition as we focused on reengineering key operational processes.
+Added: While our new enrollment growth in this business has slowed down, we have benefited from the favorable plan retention dynamics with our existing customers.
Our management evaluates our business performance and manages our operations in the following two segments:
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Our Medicare ecommerce platform, which can be accessed through our websites ( www.eHealthMedicare.com, www.PlanPrescriber.com and www.GoMedigap.com ), and telephonic enrollment capabilities enable consumers to research, compare and purchase Medicare-related health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
−Removed: To the extent that we assist in the sale of Medicare-related insurance plans as a health insurance agent, either online, telephonically, or through a hybrid online assisted enrollment, we generate revenue as a result of commissions we receive from health insurance carriers.
−Removed: Our commissions include regular payments with respect to administrative services we perform.
−Removed: Our Medicare Supplement plan commissions include certain bonus payments, which are generally based on our attaining predetermined target sales levels or other objectives, as determined by the health insurance carriers.
−Removed: In the first effective plan year of a Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, after the health insurance carrier approves the application, we are paid a fixed commission that is prorated for the number of months remaining in the calendar year.
+Added: To the extent that we assist in the sale of Medicare-related insurance plans as a health insurance agent, either online, telephonically, or through a hybrid online assisted enrollment, we generate revenue from the commissions we receive from health insurance carriers.
+Added: Our commissions may include certain bonus payments, which are generally based on attaining predetermined target sales levels or other objectives, as determined by the health insurance carriers.
+Added: For Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, our commissions also include regular administrative payments related to administrative services we perform.
+Added: In the first effective plan year of a Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, for which we are the broker of record, we receive a fixed, annual commission payment from insurance carriers generally after the plan is approved by the carrier and becomes effective.
+Added: If applicable, after the health insurance carrier approves the application but during the effective year of the plan, we are paid a fixed commission payment that is prorated for the number of months remaining in the calendar year.
Additionally, if the plan is the first Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D prescription drug plan issued to the member because the beneficiary just became eligible for these products or has previously been covered through the traditional Medicare program, we may receive a higher commission amount that covers a full 12-month period, regardless of the month the plan was effective.
−Removed: Beginning with the second plan year and for as long as the member remains on that plan, we typically receive fixed, monthly commissions for Medicare Advantage plans and fixed, annual commissions for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
−Removed: We are paid commissions for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for which we are the broker of record, typically until either the plan is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the plan.
+Added: Beginning with the second plan year and for as long as the member remains on that plan, we typically receive fixed, monthly commissions for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and generally continue to receive commissions until either the plan is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the plan.
Commission payments we receive for Medicare Supplement plans sold by us typically are a percentage of the premium on the plan and are paid to us monthly until either the plan is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the plan.
+Added: For Medicare Supplement plans, our commissions generally represent a flat amount per member per month or a percentage of the premium amount collected by the carrier during the period that a member maintains coverage under a plan.
+Added: Premium-based commissions are reported to us after the premiums are collected by the carrier, generally on a monthly basis.
+Added: We generally continue to receive the commission payment from the relevant insurance carrier until the health insurance plan is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the plan.
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plan pricing is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and is not subject to negotiation or discounting by health insurance carriers or our competitors.
Similarly, Medicare Supplement plan pricing is set by the health insurance carrier and approved by state regulators and is not subject to negotiation or discounting by health insurance carriers or our competitors.
−Removed: Individual, Family and Small Business Segment
+Added: Employer and Individual Segment
We actively market individual and family health insurance plans (“IFP”) and small business health insurance plans through our ecommerce platform, which can be accessed through our websites ( www.eHealth.com and www.eHealthInsurance.com ), and generate revenue as a result of commissions we receive from health insurance carriers whose health insurance plans are purchased through us, as well as commission override payments we receive for achieving sales volume thresholds or other objectives.
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These ancillary products are offered to individual and family and small business consumers and are also sold on a standalone basis.
−Removed: The commission payments we receive for individual and family, small business, and ancillary health insurance plans are either a percentage of the premium consumers pay for those plans or a flat amount per member per month, and vary depending on the carrier that is offering the plan, the state where the plan was sold and the size of the small business.
+Added: The commission payments we receive for individual and family, small business, and ancillary health insurance plans are either a percentage of the premium consumers pay for those plans or a flat amount per member per month, and vary
+Added: depending on the carrier that is offering the plan, the state where the plan was sold and the size of the business.
Commission payments are typically made to us on a monthly basis until either the plan is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the plan.
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Non-Commission Revenue Sources
−Removed: Within our two operating segments, we earn commission revenue, as well as non-commission revenue, or other revenue, which includes online sponsorship and advertising, lead referral, technology licensing revenue, and performance of other services, such as conducting health risk assessments.
+Added: Within our two operating segments, we earn commission revenue, as well as non-commission revenue, or other revenue, which includes online sponsorship and advertising, non-broker of record arrangements, performance of other services, technology licensing and lead referral revenue.
Online Sponsorship and Advertising.
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In return for our services, we typically are paid either a flat amount, a monthly amount, or, in our individual and family health insurance sponsorship advertising program, a performance-based fee based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications.
−Removed: Lead Referrals.
−Removed: We generate revenue from the sale of Medicare-related and individual and family health insurance leads generated by our ecommerce platforms and our marketing activities.
+Added: Non-Broker of Record.
+Added: In certain arrangements, we facilitate beneficiary enrollment in Medicare-related health insurance plans with health insurance carriers without remaining the agent of record.
+Added: Under these arrangements, we receive one-time fees determined by contract terms and our services are complete once the submitted application is approved by the relevant health insurance carrier.
+Added: We recognize fee income based upon the fee we expect to receive for selling the plan after the carrier approves an application.
+Added: Other Services.
+Added: We generate revenue from agreements with carriers to perform various post-enrollment services for members in Medicare health insurance plans.
+Added: We typically are paid a fixed fee upon completion of the specific service and the revenue is recognized in the period the service was completed.
Technology Licensing.
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Health insurance carriers that license our technology typically pay us implementation fees and performance-based fees that are based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications.
+Added: Lead Referrals.
+Added: We may generate revenue from the sale of individual and family health insurance leads generated by our ecommerce platforms and our marketing activities.
Additional financial information about our company is included in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data , of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Medicare beneficiaries choose between Medicare Fee-For-Service and Medicare Advantage plans.
−Removed: Medicare Fee-For-Service is a government plan where the consumer is responsible for select health care related payments with no limit on out-of-pocket expenses.
+Added: Medicare Fee-For-Service is a government plan where the consumer is responsible for select health care related payments with no limit on out-of-pocket expenses and can be used at any doctor or hospital that accepts Medicare.
To increase coverage, Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries can purchase commercially offered Medicare Supplement plans.
−Removed: Medicare Advantage is an alternative to Medicare Fee-For-Service.
−Removed: CMS contracts with private health insurance carriers under the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs.
+Added: Medicare Advantage is an alternative to Medicare Fee-For-Service that provides health and drug coverage in a single offering from private health insurance carriers that CMS has contracted with under the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs.
Under these programs, the government pays health insurance carriers per enrollee to cover health care expenses rather than the government making payments directly to providers under Medicare Fee-For-Service.
Medicare Advantage plans are required to cover the same services as Medicare Fee-For-Service and usually cover a variety of other health care services and include a cap on out-of-pocket spending for the consumer.
+Added: In many cases, Medicare Advantage plans only allow consumers to use doctors who are in the specific plan’s network.
Individual and family products are typically purchased by consumers under 65 years of age that do not have coverage through their employer.
−Removed: Small business group health insurance addresses the health insurance needs of businesses with 100 or fewer employees, although we have chosen to focus on employer groups of 20 or fewer employees.
+Added: Small business group health insurance addresses the health insurance needs of businesses typically with 100 or fewer employees and is evolving towards products such as Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (“ICHRA”), which are available to businesses with employees of any size.
Individual, family and small business health insurance has historically been sold by independent insurance agents and, to a lesser degree, directly by insurance companies.
−Removed: Many of these agents are self-employed
−Removed: or part of small agencies, and they typically service only their local communities.
+Added: Many of these agents are self-employed or work for small agencies, and they typically service only their local communities.
In addition, many of these agents sell health insurance from a limited number of insurance carriers (in some cases only one), resulting in a reduced selection of plans for the consumer.
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In 2022, we purposefully slowed down our enrollment volume and revenue growth as we worked to implement a number of transformation initiatives aimed at increasing the effectiveness of our sales and marketing organizations and rationalizing our cost structure.
−Removed: In 2023, we expect to return to growth on an enhanced foundation with an emphasis on enrollment quality, member experience, and engagement.
+Added: In 2023, we successfully returned to growth on an enhanced operational foundation with an emphasis on enrollment quality, member experience, and engagement.
+Added: We expect to build on this foundation in 2024 by pursuing further enrollment growth while continuing to enhance key aspects of our platform.
We intend to pursue deliberate, targeted growth focusing on products, demand generation channels, fulfillment processes, and market segments that best leverage our competitive differentiation.
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Continue To Build Out Our Unified Omnichannel Marketing Engine
−Removed: In 2022, we improved our lead quality and lowered our acquisition costs by narrowing down our marketing channels and campaigns to eliminate those initiatives that did not satisfy our criteria for return on investment.
−Removed: As we return to enrollment growth, we expect to start expanding and diversifying our channel mix though a disciplined, test-based approach to lead generation.
−Removed: We plan to increase audience segmentation and targeting in our marketing activities, in recognition of the diverse nature of our end markets.
−Removed: For example, customers who are just aging into Medicare and looking for their first plan will respond to marketing materials and interact with our platform differently from those who are familiar with the program and are looking to switch from an existing plan to a new one.
+Added: In 2023, we scaled our existing successful demand generation channels and launched new channels, some on a full-scale basis and others in a pilot mode.
+Added: We expect to continue to expand and diversify our channel mix through a disciplined, test-based approach as we pursue enrollment growth.
+Added: We also completed a comprehensive rebrand to more effectively communicate eHealth’s differentiated value proposition and to reflect the transformational work that has taken place over the past two years.
+Added: communicate this value proposition in our branded materials throughout the customer journey, starting with a consistent message across our marketing channels, during customer interaction with our omnichannel platform as they research and shop for plans, and extending to post-enrollment member engagement activities.
+Added: We will continue our efforts to achieve greater customer loyalty and brand recognition as a trusted, transparent advisor in a complex health insurance industry.
+Added: Our marketing outreach will be optimized through audience targeting strategies and a disciplined, return-on-investment driven approach to lead generation.
+Added: Our audience segmentation and targeting reflects the diverse nature of our end markets.
+Added: For example, customers who are just aging into Medicare and looking for their first plan respond to marketing materials and interact with our platform differently from those who are familiar with the program and are looking to switch from an existing plan to a new one.
We believe a more tailored approach geared to specific needs of an audience will lead to further improvement in lead quality and enhance customer engagement.
−Removed: We also plan to align our marketing engine more closely with the new structure of our telesales organization by emphasizing local-market and product-specific campaigns.
−Removed: We also plan to place a greater emphasis on building a distinct eHealth brand and achieving lasting awareness among our current and potential customers of our differentiated value proposition as a trusted, transparent advisor in a complex health insurance industry.
−Removed: We plan to communicate this value proposition throughout the customer journey, starting with a consistent message across all of our marketing channels, during customer interaction with our omnichannel platform as they research and shop for plans, and extending to post-enrollment member engagement activities.
+Added: We also will continue to align our marketing engine more closely with the new structure of our telesales organization by emphasizing local-market and product-specific campaigns.
Focus on Enrollment Quality and Member Retention
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Through continued improvements to our online experience and plan recommendation engine, enhancement to agent training, and comprehensive post-enrollment retention strategy, we strive to present Medicare beneficiaries with choices that best align with their unique circumstances and assist them in making future decisions should their insurance plan needs or personal circumstances change.
−Removed: As a next phase of our retention strategy, we have introduced additional initiatives including targeted and personalized communications over a variety of channels meant to foster year-round awareness of eHealth and the services we provide.
−Removed: We also plan to introduce a more personalized customer support strategy for our new customers, providing them with increasingly seamless methods to reach dedicated support agents with any questions or concerns.
+Added: As a next phase of our retention strategy, we have introduced additional initiatives including updating our member onboarding experience, launching our loyalty program and personalized communications with our new and existing customers over a variety of channels meant to foster year-round awareness of eHealth and the services we provide.
+Added: We also developed targeted retention programs for audiences with higher propensity for attrition, which include coordinated marketing outreach and specialized training for our benefit advisors to cater to specific member needs.
Drive Higher Conversions on our Platform
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This includes increasing the effectiveness of our telesales organization through a redesigned hiring, training, and career pathing program.
−Removed: We are also expanding the percentage of our agents who specialize in specific geographies and/or products, which has demonstrated a positive impact on the depth of their expertise and effectiveness in serving our customers.
+Added: We are also expanding the percentage of our benefit advisors who specialize in specific geographies and/or products, which has demonstrated a positive impact on the depth of their expertise and effectiveness in serving our customers.
The changes to our demand generation strategy are also expected to contribute to higher conversion rates through better lead quality.
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This includes advanced plan recommendation tools, online educational content, real-time customer data verification, and new platform features aimed at bridging online and offline experience, such as online chat and agent co-browsing.
−Removed: Our goal is to allow customers to interact with us on their terms, moving seamlessly between our website, call center, and electronic communications with licensed agents, and to provide them with personalized and consistent end-to-end experiences across mobile and website throughout critical customer journeys.
+Added: Our goal is to allow customers to interact with us on their terms, moving seamlessly between our website, advisor enrollment center, and electronic communications with licensed benefit advisors, and to provide them with personalized and consistent end-to-end experiences across mobile and website throughout critical customer journeys.
Diversify Our Revenue Streams
We intend to leverage our technology leadership, carrier relationships and distribution capabilities to pursue the diversification of our core business and revenue base.
−Removed: This will include investing for growth in existing product lines outside of the core Medicare Advantage business, as well as adding new products and services and accessing adjacent markets within the broader health insurance industry.
−Removed: Within our existing product lines, we expect to generate enrollment growth and scale through targeted investments in our individual & family plans business, Medicare Supplement, dental, vision, and hearing plans, hospital indemnity plans, and related ancillary products that can be offered to our current customer demographics.
−Removed: Further, we see opportunities to diversify our revenue streams by offering member engagement services, such as health risk assessments and supplementing our core broker-of-record business with dedicated carrier arrangements and business process outsourcing deals that leverage our call center capabilities to help field inbound call volumes for specific carriers.
+Added: This will include investing for growth in existing product
+Added: lines outside of the core Medicare Advantage business, including Medicare Supplement, individual and family and small business plans and ancillary products.
+Added: We also expect to add new products and services and explore adjacent markets within the broader health insurance industry.
+Added: Going forward, the E&I segment will be an important element of our diversification plan, and we expect to pursue both direct-to-consumer strategies as well as business-to-business strategies for employers of all sizes, including the emerging ICHRA opportunity.
+Added: Another important element of our diversification program involves supplementing our core broker-of-record business with dedicated carrier arrangements and business process outsourcing deals that leverage our advisor enrollment center capabilities to help field inbound call volumes for specific carriers.
Carrier Relationships
We have developed strategic relationships with leading health insurance carriers in the United States, enabling us to offer thousands of health insurance plans online.
−Removed: We have relationships with a large number of Medicare-related, individual and family, small business and ancillary health insurance plan carriers, including large national carriers and well-established regional carriers.
+Added: We have relationships with over 180 Medicare-related, individual and family, small business and ancillary health insurance plan carriers, including large national carriers and well-established regional carriers.
Many of these major carriers have been selling their products through us for over ten years.
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Our Platforms and Technology
−Removed: Our ecommerce platforms and consumer engagement solutions are built to provide market leading information, decision support, customer engagement, and transactional services to a broad group of health insurance consumers across the country while prioritizing accessibility to health insurance.
−Removed: Our ecommerce platforms organize and present voluminous and complex health insurance information in an objective format that empowers individuals, families and small businesses to research, analyze, compare and purchase a wide variety of health insurance plans.
−Removed: We have a technology and content team that is responsible for ongoing enhancements to the features and functionality of our ecommerce platforms, which we believe are critical to maintaining our technology leadership position in the industry.
−Removed: A large number of our technology and content employees are located in our subsidiary in Xiamen, China.
−Removed: There are many risks associated with having an operation and doing business in China.
−Removed: Information regarding risks involving our operations in China is included in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors , of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Our ecommerce platforms and consumer engagement solutions are built to provide market-leading information, decision support, customer engagement, and transactional services to a broad group of health insurance consumers nationwide while prioritizing accessibility to health insurance.
+Added: Our ecommerce platforms organize and present voluminous and complex health insurance information in an objective format that empowers individuals, families, and businesses to research, analyze, compare, and purchase a wide variety of health insurance plans.
+Added: Our technology platform also allows eHealth to provide omni-channel capabilities to our customers who can shop and enroll in health insurance through an intuitive online interface, by speaking with a live benefit advisor or utilizing one of the hybrid enrollment methods such as agent chat and co-browsing tools.
+Added: These omni-channel capabilities represent a differentiated offering relative to other brokers in our sector.
+Added: We have a technology and content team that is responsible for ongoing enhancements to the features and functionality of our ecommerce platforms, which are critical to maintaining our technology leadership position in the industry.
+Added: Many of our technology and content employees are employed by our Xiamen, China subsidiary.
Elements of our platforms include:
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Our technology enables consumers to compare and evaluate health insurance options based on each consumer’s specific needs and plan characteristics such as price, plan type, coverage limits, deductible amount, co-payment amount, and in-network and out-of-network benefits.
−Removed: After entering relevant information on our website or giving such information to one of our licensed agents, our platforms allow consumers to instantly receive a list of applicable health insurance plans and rate and benefit information in an easy-to-understand format.
−Removed: Our proprietary recommendation algorithms are carrier-agnostic and were designed based on the several million customer assistance encounters we have facilitated.
+Added: After entering relevant information on our website or giving such information to one of our licensed benefit advisors, our platforms allow consumers to instantly receive a list of applicable health insurance plans and rate and benefit information in an easy-to-understand format.
+Added: Our proprietary recommendation algorithms are carrier-agnostic and were designed based on the several million customer assistance interactions that we have facilitated.
Online Application and Enrollment Forms .
Health insurance applications vary widely by carrier and state.
−Removed: Our proprietary application tool allows us to capture each insurance application’s unique business rules and build a corresponding online application.
−Removed: Our online application process offers our consumers significant improvements over the traditional, paper-intensive application process.
−Removed: It employs dynamic business logic to help individuals and families complete the application and enrollment forms correctly in real-time.
−Removed: This reduces delay resulting from application rework, a significant problem with traditional health insurance distribution, where incomplete applications are mailed back and forth between the consumer, the traditional agent, and the carrier.
+Added: Our proprietary application tool lets us capture each insurance application’s unique business rules and build a corresponding online application.
+Added: Our online application process offers our consumers significant improvements
+Added: over the traditional, paper-intensive application process.
+Added: It employs dynamic business logic to help individuals and families correctly complete the application and enrollment forms in real time.
+Added: This reduces delays resulting from application rework, a significant problem with traditional health insurance distribution, where incomplete applications are mailed back and forth between the consumer, the traditional agent, and the carrier.
We further simplify the enrollment process by accepting electronic signatures.
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These features of our service help prevent applications from becoming delayed or rejected through inactivity of the consumer or the carrier.
−Removed: Call Center Technology Systems.
+Added: Advisor Enrollment Center Technology Systems.
Our proprietary agent-assist management systems enable us to provide a full range of personalized customer service tasks efficiently while complying with Medicare and health insurance regulatory requirements.
−Removed: Call center agents have script-on-screen tools that align to health insurance needs and leverage a common back-office platform that powers our direct-to-consumer shopping experience.
+Added: Our benefit advisors have script-on-screen tools that align to customer and compliance needs and leverage a common back-office platform that powers our direct-to-consumer shopping experience.
Our systems also have customer relationship management tools that can track each consumer throughout the application process, obtain real-time updates from the carrier, generate automated emails specific to each consumer and access a cross-sell engine and dashboard to identify and track cross-sell opportunities.
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Our customer center enables members to create a secure personal profile that stores their prescription drug regimen, preferred doctors and pharmacies, current coverage, and other relevant data.
−Removed: This data is available to the member and our licensed agents that they contact.
−Removed: After members create a Customer Center account, our technology will import details provided to an agent over telephone to the account.
+Added: This data is available to members and our licensed benefit advisors that they contact.
+Added: After members create a customer center account, our technology will import details provided to an agent over the telephone to the account.
The following are important benefits of our customer center:
−Removed: • Empowers Medicare beneficiaries to take control of their personal information - Our Customer Center puts our members in the driver's seat by helping them track and update the information they need when it is time to reconsider their coverage options.
−Removed: • Identification of Medicare plan options - With their personal information easily accessible online and to our agents, it is easier for shoppers to find the best plan options for their personal needs and budget and also incentivizes them to return to us when their needs change.
−Removed: • Drives retention through communication - Our Customer Center allows beneficiaries to track the status of their applications over time and connects them with us if they have questions.
+Added: • Empower Medicare beneficiaries to take control of their personal information — Our customer center puts our members in the driver's seat by helping them track and update the information they need when it is time to reconsider their coverage options.
+Added: • Identification of Medicare plan options — With their relevant information securely stored in our customer center, it is easier for shoppers to find the best plan options for their personal needs and budget, and also incentivizes them to return to us when their needs change.
+Added: • Drive retention through communication — Our customer center allows beneficiaries to track the status of their applications over time and connects them with us if they have questions.
Information Security
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We maintain an office of the chief information security officer (“CISO”) focused on information and systems technology and corporate governance to drive a common security framework practice.
−Removed: The office of the CISO concentrates on technology, behaviors, and safeguarding information from unauthorized or inappropriate access, use, or disclosure.
−Removed: The audit committee of our board of directors oversees information and cybersecurity risks and reviews status with our CISO periodically.
−Removed: We utilize various industry-recognized information security frameworks, including SOC-2, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Center for Internet Security ("CIS") Controls, and CIS Benchmarks.
+Added: The CISO office concentrates on technology, behaviors, and safeguarding information from unauthorized or inappropriate access, use, or disclosure.
+Added: The audit committee of our board of directors oversees information and cybersecurity risks and periodically reviews the status with our CISO.
+Added: We utilize various industry-recognized information security frameworks, including SOC-2, Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Center for Internet Security (“CIS”) Controls, and CIS Benchmarks.
+Added: For more information about our cybersecurity risk management and governance, see Part I, Item 1C, Cybersecurity , of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Intellectual Property
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We also have filed patent applications that relate to certain of our technology and business processes.
−Removed: We focus on building brand awareness, increasing Medicare, individual, family and small business customer visits to our websites and telephonic sales centers, and converting these visitors into members.
−Removed: Our marketing initiatives are varied and numerous, spanning both acquisition and retention marketing.
−Removed: They include:
+Added: We focus on building brand awareness, increasing Medicare, individual, family and business customer visits to our websites and telephonic sales centers, converting these visitors into members and retaining these members as long-term advocates.
+Added: Our marketing initiatives are tailored to each consumer segment, ensuring each message resonates, is deployed into the channels that are relevant to each segment and connects throughout the entirety of the end-to-end experience.
+Added: Our priority channels across audiences include:
Direct Marketing .
−Removed: Our direct marketing channel consists of consumers who call our call centers directly or access our websites (e.g., e Health.com, eHealthInsurance.com, eHealthMedicare.com, and GoMedigap.com ) either directly or through algorithmic search listings on Internet search engines and directories.
−Removed: Our direct marketing programs include direct mail, email marketing, search engine optimization, and television/video (including linear, connect television devices, and over the top media).
−Removed: Online Advertising.
−Removed: Our online advertising channel consists of consumers who access our website or call centers through paid keyword search advertising from search engines such as Google and Bing, paid social platforms like Facebook, as well as various Internet marketing programs such as display advertising and retargeting campaigns.
−Removed: Our online advertising programs are delivered across all Internet-enabled devices, including desktop computers, tablet computers and smart phones.
+Added: Our direct marketing consists of channels that drive consumers to call our advisor enrollment centers directly or access our website, including direct mail, search engines such as Google, paid social platforms like Facebook, email marketing, search engine optimization, radio, and television/video (including linear, connect television devices, and over the top media).
Marketing Partners .
−Removed: Our marketing partner channel consists of consumers who access our website and call centers through a network comprised of partners that drive consumers to our ecommerce platform and call centers.
+Added: Our marketing partner channel comprises a network of partners that drive consumers to our ecommerce platform and advisor enrollment centers.
These partners include health care industry participants, such as insurance carriers;
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Strategic Partner Marketing.
−Removed: Our strategic partner marketing channel consists of co-branded direct marketing with brands to serve their constituencies across key industry vertical categories.
−Removed: We also offer a suite of product integrations to assist in optimizing partner traffic through our online and telephonic flows and provide business process outsourcing that leverages our call center capabilities to help field inbound call volumes for specific carriers.
+Added: Our strategic partner marketing channel consists of co-branded direct marketing with partners to serve their constituencies across key industry vertical categories.
+Added: We also offer a suite of product integrations to assist in optimizing partner traffic through our online and telephonic flows and provide business process outsourcing that leverages our advisor enrollment center capabilities to help field inbound call volumes for specific carriers.
This in turn drives value for our strategic partner by helping fill a need of their clients.
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Our current competitors include the tens of thousands of local insurance agents across the United States who sell health insurance plans in their communities.
−Removed: A number of these agents operate websites and provide a limited online shopping experience for consumers interested in purchasing health insurance.
+Added: A number of these agents as well as larger brokers operate websites and provide an online shopping experience to a varying degree for consumers interested in purchasing health insurance.
In addition, there are a number of direct-to-consumer Medicare platforms that generate demand through a combination of online and traditional marketing channels and fulfill it through their call center operations.
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CMS also offers Medicare plan online enrollment, information and comparison tools and has established call centers for the sale of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
−Removed: CMS has regulatory authority over the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug program and can influence the competitiveness of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans compared to the original Medicare program, as well as the compensation that health insurance carriers are allowed to pay us.
+Added: CMS has regulatory authority over the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug program and can influence the competitiveness of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D
+Added: prescription drug plans compared to the original Medicare program, as well as the compensation that health insurance carriers are allowed to pay us.
Insurance carriers .
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The majority of our commission revenue is recognized in the fourth quarter of each calendar year under Accounting Standards Codification, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), which we adopted using the full retrospective transition method on January 1, 2018.
−Removed: We have historically sold a significant portion of
−Removed: Medicare plans for the year in the fourth quarter during the Medicare annual enrollment period, when Medicare-eligible individuals are permitted to change their Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage for the following year.
+Added: We have historically sold a significant portion of Medicare plans for the year in the fourth quarter during the Medicare annual enrollment period, when Medicare-eligible individuals are permitted to change their Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage for the following year.
During 2023, 2022, and 2021, 56%, 45%, and 49%, respectively, of our Medicare plan-related applications were submitted during the fourth quarter.
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As a result, we expect to generate higher commission revenue in the first quarter compared to the second and third quarters.
−Removed: The annual open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance also takes place in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, resulting in seasonality of individual and family plan submitted applications volume.
−Removed: During 2022, 2021, and 2020, 55%, 38%, 56%, respectively, of our individual and family plan-related applications were submitted during the fourth quarter.
+Added: The annual open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance takes place in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, as prescribed under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act.
+Added: During 2023, 2022, and 2021, 46%, 55%, and 38%, respectively, of our individual and family plan-related applications were submitted during the fourth quarter.
As a result, we generate a significant portion of our commission revenues related to individual and family plan-related enrollments in the fourth quarter.
−Removed: Individuals and families generally are not able to purchase individual and family health insurance outside of the annual enrollment period, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period as a result of certain qualifying events, such as losing employer-sponsored health insurance or moving to another state.
+Added: In the states where the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (“FFM”) operates as the state health insurance exchange, individuals and families generally are not able to purchase individual and family health insurance outside of the annual enrollment period, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period as a result of certain qualifying events, such as losing employer-sponsored health insurance or moving to another state.
Extended open enrollment or special enrollment periods may change the seasonality of our individual and family health insurance business.
For example, the COVID-19 related special enrollment period for individual and family health insurance that ended on August 15, 2021 caused increased sales of individual and family health insurance plans outside of the open enrollment period.
−Removed: Our marketing and advertising expenses are typically lower in each of our first through third quarters compared to the fourth quarter.
We incur a significant portion of our marketing and advertising expenses in the fourth quarter as a result of the Medicare annual enrollment period and the open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act.
−Removed: We expect this seasonal trend in marketing and advertising expenses to continue in 2023.
−Removed: Prior to 2021, in preparation for the Medicare annual enrollment period, and to a lesser extent for the open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans, we typically began increasing our customer care center staff during the third and fourth quarters to handle the anticipated increased volume of health insurance transactions, which resulted in higher customer care and enrollment expenses in the third and fourth quarters.
−Removed: Historically, a significant portion of the seasonal increase in customer care center staffing was through the utilization of vendors that employ their own health insurance agents.
−Removed: During 2021, we shifted the mix of our telesales capacity towards full-time internal agents and away from third party vendor agents and began increasing our telesales capacity earlier in the year, during the second quarter.
−Removed: In 2022, we maintained our strategy of keeping the majority of our agent force internal.
−Removed: We plan to maintain our in-house telesales agent force year-round, net of natural attrition, and expect to increase our internal agents' utilization outside of the enrollment periods by expanding our offerings of ancillary products and carrier call center outsourcing programs and increasing our outbound calling efforts.
−Removed: Our customer care and enrollment expenses will still be highest in the fourth quarter and lowest in second quarter but the seasonal fluctuation is expected to be of a lower magnitude.
−Removed: Current Economic Conditions
−Removed: Recent macroeconomic events including rising inflation, the U.S.
−Removed: Federal Reserve raising interest rates, and supply chain disruptions have led to further economic uncertainty.
−Removed: Volatile market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other macroeconomic events have, at times, and may in the future negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.
−Removed: Conversely, we believe the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on consumer behavior when it comes to selecting and utilizing health insurance.
+Added: We expect this seasonal trend in marketing and advertising expenses to continue in the foreseeable future.
+Added: Full-time internal benefit advisors represent the majority of our telesales capacity.
+Added: We plan to maintain our internal telesales benefit advisors year-round, net of natural attrition, and expect to increase our internal benefit advisors’ utilization outside of the enrollment periods by expanding our offerings of ancillary products and carrier call center outsourcing programs.
+Added: We typically start ramping our telesales capacity during the second quarter, in preparation for the fourth quarter Annual Enrollment Period.
+Added: The magnitude of new agent hiring is driven by our
+Added: enrollment growth goals for that year.
+Added: Our customer care and enrollment expenses are typically highest in the fourth quarter and lowest in the second quarter.
+Added: Macroeconomic Conditions
+Added: Recent macroeconomic events, including rising consumer prices and interest rates, have led to uncertainty as it pertains to consumer shopping patterns.
+Added: Given that our core product, Medicare Advantage, is characterized by low premiums, including a large selection of zero premium plans, the demand for our services is relatively unimpacted by the economic cycles.
+Added: At the same time, purchasing power of consumers and businesses has a greater impact on activity in the individual and family and business markets.
+Added: We believe the COVID-19 pandemic had a lasting impact on consumer behavior when it comes to selecting and utilizing health insurance.
We believe that more seniors have become more likely to shop for Medicare products online or over the phone versus a face-to-face meeting with a traditional broker, which could have a positive impact on comparison Medicare platforms such as ours.
Additionally, we have seen and may continue to see cost savings from the shift to remote and distributed work for all of our employees in areas including events, travel, utilities, and other benefits.
−Removed: Certain of these cost
−Removed: savings may continue beyond the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in connection with our remote first workplace model, as described below.
+Added: Certain of these cost savings may continue beyond the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in connection with our remote first workplace model, as described below.
Government Regulation and Compliance
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While they are not required to do so, government-run exchanges are permitted to allow agents and brokers to enroll individuals and families into qualified health plans through them.
−Removed: The Federally Facilitated Marketplace ("FFM") run by CMS operated some part of the health insurance exchange in 33 states during the last health care open enrollment period.
+Added: The FFM run by CMS operated some part of the health insurance exchange in 33 states during the last health care open enrollment period.
Our enrollment of individuals and families into qualified health plans to date has generally occurred through the FFM.
−Removed: We currently distribute health insurance plans in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia.
+Added: We currently distribute health insurance plans nationwide.
The health insurance industry is heavily regulated.
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Medicare plans are not generally able to be purchased outside of an annual enrollment period that occurs in the fourth quarter of the year, subject to exception for individuals aging into Medicare eligibility and for individuals who qualify for a special enrollment period as a result of certain qualifying events.
−Removed: In addition, Medicare Advantage plan enrollees may enroll in another Medicare Advantage plan or disenroll from their Medicare Advantage plan and return to original Medicare during the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period that generally occurs in the first quarter of the year.
+Added: In addition, Medicare Advantage plan enrollees may enroll in another Medicare Advantage plan or disenroll from their Medicare Advantage plan and
+Added: return to original Medicare during the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period that generally occurs in the first quarter of the year.
CMS and state insurance department regulations and guidelines include a number of prohibitions regarding the ability to contact Medicare-eligible individuals and place many restrictions on the marketing of Medicare-related plans.
−Removed: For example, we or our health insurance carrier partners are required to file with CMS and state departments of insurance certain of our websites, our call center scripts and other marketing materials we, or in some cases our partners, use to market Medicare-related plans and require publication or additional notice and disclaimers.
+Added: For example, we or our health insurance carrier partners are required to file with CMS and state departments of insurance certain of our websites, our advisor enrollment center scripts and other marketing materials we, or in some cases our partners, use to market Medicare-related plans and require publication or additional notice and disclaimers.
In some instances, CMS or state departments of insurance must approve the material before we use it.
In addition, the laws and regulations applicable to the marketing and sale of Medicare-related plans are ambiguous, complex and, particularly with respect to regulations and guidance issued by CMS for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, change frequently.
+Added: CMS frequently proposes and implements new regulations, or amends or clarifies existing regulations, in ways that may make operating our business more difficult.
+Added: For example, in recent years, CMS has expanded the set of materials requiring filing or approval and added required disclaimers to certain types of marketing and communications.
+Added: Most recently, CMS has proposed new rules to limit compensation to brokers and agents like us for certain types of services in connection with Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs.
Data Privacy and Security Regulations.
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HIPAA and regulations adopted pursuant to HIPAA require us to maintain the privacy of individually-identifiable health information that we collect on behalf of health insurance carriers, implement measures to safeguard such information and provide notification in the event of a breach in the privacy or confidentiality of such information.
−Removed: In addition to our obligations we may have under contracts with health insurance carriers and others regarding the collection, maintenance, protection, use, transmission, disclosure or
−Removed: disposal of sensitive personal information, the use and disclosure of certain data that we collect from consumers is also regulated in some instances by other federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA") and state statutes implementing GLBA.
+Added: In addition to our obligations we may have under contracts with health insurance carriers and others regarding the collection, maintenance, protection, use, transmission, disclosure or disposal of sensitive personal information, the use and disclosure of certain data that we collect from consumers is also regulated in some instances by other federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) and state statutes implementing GLBA.
GLBA generally requires brokers to provide customers with notice regarding how their non-public personal health and financial information is used and the opportunity to “opt out” of certain disclosures before sharing such information with a third party, and which generally require safeguards for the protection of personal information.
We regularly assess our compliance with privacy and security requirements.
−Removed: These requirements are evolving, and states are beginning to adopt additional requirements, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, effective January 1, 2020, the California Privacy Rights Act, effective January 1, 2023, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2023, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, effective December 31, 2023, and the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, effective July 1, 2023.
−Removed: Such state privacy laws establish, among other things, new privacy rights for residents of the relevant state, such as the right to know what personal information has been collected about them, how we use and disclose this information, and the right to request deletion of that information.
+Added: These requirements are evolving, and many states continue to adopt additional state-specific requirements, that vary in their scope and application to our business.
+Added: Such state privacy laws currently, or may in the future, establish, among other things, new privacy rights for residents of the relevant state, such as the right to know what personal information has been collected about them, how we use and disclose this information, and the right to request deletion of that information.
In addition to government action, health insurance carrier expectations relating to privacy and security protections are increasing and evolving.
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Human Capital Resources
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately 1,515 full-time employees, of which 951 were in customer care and enrollment, 284 were in technology and content, 225 were in general and administrative, and 55 were in marketing and advertising.
+Added: Employees are our most valuable asset, and we strive to put them first.
+Added: We are a creative and collaborative group with a single, shared mission.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, we had 1,903 full-time employees, of which 1,322 were in customer care and enrollment, 273 were in technology and content, 235 were in general and administrative, and 73 were in marketing and advertising.
Of the 1,903 full-time employees, 249 were non-US employees based in our subsidiary in China.
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We value our employees for their critical role in the success of our business.
−Removed: We focus on our culture and maintain a generous benefits package for our employees to attract, motivate, and retain them.
−Removed: Health benefits we offer are extended to all full-time employees.
−Removed: Our employee wellness benefits include mental health and financial well-being benefits, including fertility assistance, a tuition reimbursement program, a student loan repayment program, and financial counseling resources.
−Removed: We also offer manager level employees access to a robust manager development program as well as additional free online career enrichment courses through LinkedIn Learning that span various disciplines.
−Removed: In 2020, we implemented an employee stock purchase program for our U.S.
−Removed: employees which enables them to purchase shares of our common stock at a discount from market prices and participate in equity ownership of us.
−Removed: We have also introduced expanded offerings for virtual employee training to ensure our employees continue to develop their skills while working remotely.
−Removed: We focus on diversity, equality, and inclusion, and they form a part of our culture and values.
−Removed: We recently formed a diversity and inclusion committee to identify ways in which we can further support a culture of acceptance and inclusivity.
+Added: We focus on our culture and connect with our employees through engagement programs, by offering learning and professional development
+Added: opportunities, by providing a generous and competitive benefits package, and by championing diversity and inclusion through our corporate philosophy and polices.
+Added: We conduct one full engagement survey per year involving a broad range of questions and one pulse survey per year to review specific questions more comprehensively.
+Added: Throughout the year we leverage business unit engagement champions to obtain ongoing, real-time feedback for continuous improvement opportunities.
+Added: We offer free online courses and a robust manager development program across all our operations.
+Added: We provide specialized training within Sales Mastery University to enable our benefit advisors to onboard, obtain certification, and equip them with the tools necessary to be productive within their roles.
+Added: For manager level employees, eHealth has introduced a meeting series titled Leaders Leading Leaders, which are virtual monthly gatherings of all eHealth leaders with the goal of providing critical and timely business updates to align organization-based objectives to the company’s strategic objectives and prepare leaders to disseminate vital internal information to their teams.
+Added: This meeting also facilitates functional leadership growth opportunities and the development of business acumen within our leader pool.
+Added: We offer all employees a competitive base salary and an annual cash bonus award earned based on achieving goals relating to company performance and personal performance, and our full-time employees enjoy a generous Total Rewards package of benefits.
+Added: Our pay and benefits structure is designed to motivate, incentivize and reward our employees at all levels of the organization for their skill development, demonstration of our values and performance.
+Added: Our benefits package generally includes the following:
+Added: Core Benefits:
+Added: Health Insurance, including Medical, Dental and Vision
+Added: Mental Health and Employee Assistance Programs
+Added: Life & Disability
+Added: Flexible Spending Accounts
+Added: 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match Program
+Added: Additional Benefits:
+Added: Tuition Reimbursement
+Added: Student Loan Repayment Programs
+Added: Financial Planning Assistance
+Added: Fertility & Adoption Assistance
+Added: Legal Program
+Added: Employee Stock Purchase Plan
+Added: Recognition Program through Spotlight
+Added: Paid Time Off
+Added: Phone and Internet Reimbursement
+Added: Parental Leave
+Added: Donation with Matching & Volunteering Program
+Added: We stand for inclusion and believe people are our greatest resource.
+Added: Embracing individuality, unique ideas, experiences and perspectives fuels innovation and drives our mission forward.
+Added: We recognize the importance of cultivating a company culture that is diverse, equal and inclusive, in which everyone is treated with respect and dignity, and in which we can learn from one another’s unique experiences and capabilities.
+Added: We are proud of the diverse makeup of our workforce and recognize that a mix of backgrounds, skills and experiences makes us stronger as an organization.
+Added: An inclusive culture also allows us to better understand and serve our customers who represent diverse socio-economic and demographic backgrounds.
+Added: Our Diversity and Inclusion committee continues to identify ways in which we can further support a culture of acceptance and inclusivity.
The breakdown of our employees by gender is as follows:
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The members of our Board of Directors represent a diverse perspective.
−Removed: The board currently is made up of nine members and has always included a majority of independent directors.
+Added: The Board currently is made up of eight members and has always included a majority of independent directors.
Our board membership includes three women, one director who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and one director who is of Hispanic and Asian heritage.
+Added: Our Board of Directors also oversees our policies and procedures as they relate to environmental, social and corporate governance matters through its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,
Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (“ESG”)
−Removed: Starting in 2021, we published our inaugural Sustainability Report, which marked the beginning of our ESG journey as we made a company-wide commitment to a stronger focus on our long-term ESG opportunities and risks while also embedding them into our corporate strategy.
+Added: We have published annual sustainability reports since 2021, which marked the beginning of our ESG journey as we made a company-wide commitment to a stronger focus on our long-term ESG opportunities and risks while also embedding them into our corporate strategy.
Our report and future strategy are informed by an internal materiality assessment, and relevant topics identified through third-party reporting frameworks including Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, Global Reporting Initiative, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
−Removed: In 2022 we published our 2 nd Sustainability Report.
−Removed: We are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of consumers, for our associates, partners and shareholders, and society.
+Added: We are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of consumers, associates, partners and broader society.
+Added: Information about our ESG efforts is available on our website (www.ehealth.com) under “ESG Resources” which provides information on our public commitments, policies, social and environmental programs, sustainability, strategy and ESG data.
+Added: The information contained in, or referred to, on our website is not deemed to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K unless otherwise expressly noted.
Climate Change
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We support science-based climate policies and decarbonization actions in alignment with the Paris Agreement and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
−Removed: We intend to align with the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures ("TCFD") and plan to expand our climate disclosures in the coming year using the TCFD framework.
−Removed: We voluntarily offset our 2020 and 2021 greenhouse gas emissions using renewable energy certificates to reduce our impact and help increase the demand for renewable energy.
−Removed: We also plan to offset our 2022 greenhouse gas emissions.
−Removed: Additionally, we also consider how we can build upon our business model to reduce environmental impacts, such as those associated with the use of paper for processing insurance applications.
−Removed: Through the use of our online platforms, we have transformed a paper intensive health insurance application process into an easy-to-use digital
+Added: We believe we have made a significant positive impact on sustainability by dramatically reducing the amount of paper used not just in our operation but in the wider health insurance industry through our pioneering work in digitizing the purchase of insurance plans.
+Added: We also helped reduce the carbon footprint associated with the process of researching and
+Added: enrolling in health insurance by allowing seniors to go through the entire process from their homes and removing the need for a face-to-face meeting with a broker, which is the traditional way these products used to be marketed and sold.
Our transition to being a remote first company in 2022 has significantly reduced our real estate footprint.
−Removed: For the office space we do use, we plan to select and design our offices in a manner that promotes the health, well-being, and productivity of our workforce and plan to consider the environmental impacts of our facilities.
−Removed: We have extended our data tracking mechanisms to better understand our organizational footprint and to identify ways to further mitigate our impact on the environment, including increasing the automation of our procurement activities.
+Added: For the office space we do use, we plan to incorporate design that promotes the health, well-being, and productivity of our workforce and plan to consider the environmental impacts of our facilities.
+Added: In 2022, we completed a large data migration project, shifting our data centers from physical infrastructure to cloud-based storage in order to reduce environmental impacts and more effectively manage and access our data.
+Added: We also consider green and sustainably sourced materials when making procurement decisions for our office supplies, including equipment.
+Added: The majority of our equipment purchased in the United States is energy efficient, including ENERGY Star Certified.
+Added: We use recycled paper when available and take advantage of opportunities to recycle materials.
+Added: We continue to extend our data tracking mechanisms to better understand our organizational footprint and to identify ways to further mitigate our impact on the environment.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated in Delaware in November 1997.
−Removed: Our principal executive offices are located at 2625 Augustine Drive, Suite 150, Santa Clara, CA 95054, and our telephone number is (650) 210-3150.
+Added: Our principal executive offices are located at 13620 Ranch Road 620 N, Suite A250, Austin, TX 78717, and our telephone number is (737) 248-2340.
Available Information
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