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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health insurance |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Patrick Quigley and Veronica Osetinsky |
| Headquarters | El Segundo, California |
Key people | Patrick Quigley (CEO) Veronica Osetinsky (COO) Stuart Battersby (CFO) |
| Website | sidecarhealth.com |
Sidecar Health is an American health insurance company headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company offers major medical plans for midsize and large companies based in Ohio, Georgia and Florida with members across 44 states. [1]
Sidecar Health was founded in El Segundo, California in 2018 by Patrick Quigley and Veronica Osetinsky. [2] [3] The pair were previously executives at Katch (formerly Vantage Media), an online advertising technology company and customer acquisition marketplace for insurers. [2] [4]
The company launched its first insurance product in 2019 in Texas, [2] [5] as the state's large uninsured population offered a sizable potential customer base. [6] [5] By the end of the year, Sidecar Health had expanded to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina. [7] [8] [9]
Sidecar Health initially raised $18 million in funding through venture capital firms GreatPoint Ventures and Morpheus Ventures. [6] [10] In July 2020, it raised $20 million in a new round of funding that included Comcast Ventures, Kauffman Fellows, and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki. [11] It closed its Series C funding round in January 2021, led by Drive Capital, at $125 million—bringing it to a $1 billion valuation, often referred to as unicorn status. [12] [3] Funding supported staffing and further expansion, along with investment in new insurance products. [13] In 2024,Sidecar Health raised $165 million in an oversubscribed Series D fundraise led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. Other investors included Cathay Innovation, GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus, Drive Capital, Duke University, BOND, and Menlo Ventures. [14]
As of 2022, the company evolved to exclusively offer comprehensive major medical health plans for employer groups with 51 or more employees domiciled in Florida, Georgia, and Ohio. [1]
Sidecar Health offers employer-sponsored major medical plans. [1] All Sidecar Health insurance products are built on users paying providers for care directly at the point of service. [2] [12] [3] The website and mobile app provides members their benefit amounts, and offers local market data including prices and reviews among local providers. [13] The company provides members with a Sidecar Health VISA debit card to pay for services. [2] [12] Such cash payments are often lower than negotiated rates with insurance companies according to academic studies. [15] [12] [13] Upon payment, the company pays its share as determined by its reimbursement schedule, and any remaining amount is charged to the user's account. If a member spends less than the benefit amount, Sidecar Health shares the savings with them in the form of cash back.
In 2022, Sidecar Health launched Affordable Care Act plans in the state of Ohio, [16] and a fully-insured employer-sponsored product in Ohio. [17] In addition, it continues to market its Access Plan, which is an excepted benefit plan under the ACA [18] in 18 states and is underwritten by partner insurers. A Brookings Institution report suggested that excepted benefits products like its Access Plan may undermine risk pooling. [19]
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