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Oscar Health Insurance is a health insurance company founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City.〔Bertoni, Steven (April 20, 2015). ("Obamacare Startup Oscar Health Hits A $1.5 Billion Valuation" )〕〔Khouri, Andrew (October 18, 2015). ("Insurance start-up Oscar seeks to shake up healthcare through its app" )〕 Oscar sells individual health insurance plans, both directly and through health insurance marketplaces. For 2016, it will serve select areas in New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas.〔MacMillan, Douglas (September 15, 2015). ("Google Backs Startup Oscar Health Insurance" )〕〔Xu, Rena (October 29, 2015). ("Can Selling Insurance to Patients Transform Health Care?" )〕 ==History== The company was founded in 2012 by Mario Schlosser, Kevin Nazemi, and Josh Kushner, who were classmates at Harvard Business School.〔〔Coombs, Bertha (February 25, 2014). ("Venture-backed Oscar off to a good start under Obamacare" )〕 Oscar was named after Kushner's great-grandfather.〔Fenn, Donna (June 24, 2014). ("Insurance in the U.S. is Broken. Oscar Wants to Fix It" )〕 Kushner was inspired to start the company after receiving an explanation of benefits from his health insurer that he was unable to understand.〔 Oscar began insuring members in New York in 2014 and had around 16,000 members. In 2015, it expanded coverage to New Jersey and grew to about 40,000 members.〔〔 The company has raised venture capital from Thrive Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Formation 8, Horizons Ventures, Wellington Management Company, and Goldman Sachs.〔〔〔〔Merced, Michael (April 20, 2015). ("Oscar, a Health Insurance Start-Up, Valued at $1.5 Billion" )〕 In September 2015, Oscar announced a funding round with Google Ventures and Google Capital, valuing the company at $1.75 billion.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar Health」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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