Coverage continuation and individual marketplaces. Buy the same coverage without the employer.
It is an institution or public programme.
It exists to relieve Leaving the job means losing coverage and Stop working before public health coverage begins. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Insurance regulation. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
4 organisations in this map sell it, 3 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionCoverage continuation and individual marketplaces
- FrictionStop working before public health coverage begins
- Life phaseLate career
- Rooted inSafety
- Rooted inScarce resources
Relieves
Requires
Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealth Group | $300B | public · UNH | employer and individual plans, Medicare Advantage, Optum Rx PBM |
| Centene | $15B | public · CNC | Medicaid managed care, marketplace plans |
| Oscar Health | $4B | public · OSCR | ACA marketplace plans |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | government | Medicare, Medicaid, Marketplace |