SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Extend Health, Inc., which operates the largest private Medicare health insurance exchange in the country, announced today that CEO Bryce Williams is the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Northern California award winner in the category of business services. Williams and other category winners were honored at a gala event on Saturday, June 25th in San Jose.
As a U.S. regional winner, Williams moves on to the next level of judging, with national finalists and winners being announced at the close of the annual Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California on November 12, 2011. The Entrepreneur Of The Year award is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs and is designed to recognize men and women around the country for their exceptional entrepreneurial achievements.
Said Williams, “Extend Health is helping solve one of the most serious problems of our time – the skyrocketing costs of health care for an aging U.S. population. With our breakthrough exchange technology and business model, Extend Health offers employers a rational and predictable way of subsidizing health care coverage for Medicare-eligible retirees for the foreseeable future. I want to thank our executive team and employees whose passion for helping our clients' retirees made our company a success and this award possible. I humbly accept this award on their behalf."
In just seven years, Extend Health has built the largest private Medicare exchange in the country and the most powerful and proven health insurance exchange technology in the world. More employers have worked with Extend Health than with any other company to transition their retirees into a private Medicare exchange. Extend Health has helped more than 380,000 retirees use a health insurance exchange to compare and choose from over 3,500 private Medicare plans from 73 national and regional insurance companies to get coverage that best suits their needs. The company estimates that since pioneering the first Medicare exchange for the Big Three auto manufacturers, it has generated $1 billion in retiree health care savings for its clients.
About Extend Health
Extend Health, Inc. founded in 2004, operates the largest private Medicare exchange in the country. For more information, visit Extend Health on the web at http://www.extendhealth.com.
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