You can shop online for just about anything these days—from ordering dinner to buying that fabulous technicolor sequin poncho your dog just had to have. But did you know you can shop for health coverage too? Savvy shoppers are taking charge of their health care this Open Enrollment (opens in new tab), by researching options and comparing carriers to find the plan that best fits their needs and budget.
If you live in Los Angeles or Orange County and are shopping for individual health coverage for next year, you may already have a good idea of what companies offer plans in your area. Even so, understanding the details of a company’s plan and how it stacks up to other options can be hard. Since Oscar is all about making health coverage easy, we want to make finding the right carrier easy too. To help you make the right decision, this article will compare some aspects of one of our most popular health plans—Classic Bronze—against both Kaiser and Blue Shield’s bronze PPO plans.
As an EPO (Exclusive Provider Organization), Oscar offers the cost savings of an HMO like Kaiser, with more of the flexibility of a PPO like Blue Shield.
Oscar Bronze 60 vs Kaiser Bronze 60 and Blue Shield of CA Bronze 60
Visit Oscar's website for more information on features like Concierge (opens in new tab), telemedicine, and . And for more details on the plans above, check out these Summaries of Benefits: