Whois & Analysis for healthmarkets.com

In the United States, health insurance marketplaces, also called health exchanges, are organizations set up to facilitate the purchase of health insurance in each state in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, known colloquially as "Obamacare").

Marketplaces provide a set of government-regulated and standardized health care plans from which individuals may purchase health insurance policies eligible for federal subsidies.

HealthMarkets, Inc. is a holding company, formerly known as UICI, with its headquarters in North Richland Hills, Texas.

HealthMarkets, Inc. is owned by affiliates of a group of private equity investors, current and former members of management, and its independent sales agents through the company's stock plan.

HealthMarkets owns The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of Tennessee, The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company, and HealthMarkets Insurance Company.

In 2013, HealthMarkets Insurance Agency became the new consumer brand for the company's insurance agency, Insphere Insurance Solutions, Inc., which is licensed as an insurance agency in all 50 states.

In the United States, Medicare is a single-payer, national social insurance program administered by the US federal government since 1966, currently using about 30–50 private insurance companies across the United States under contract for administration.

United States Medicare is funded by a payroll tax, premiums and surtaxes from , and general revenue.

It provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older who have worked and paid into the system through the payroll tax.

It also provides health insurance to younger people with some disabilities status as determined by the Social Security Administration, as well as people with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Small businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to apply for government support and qualify for preferential tax policy varies depending on the country and industry.

Small businesses range from fifteen employees under the Australian Fair Work Act 2009, fifty employees according to the definition used by the European Union, and fewer than five hundred employees, to qualify for many U.S. Small Business Administration programs.

While small businesses can also be classified according to other methods, such as annual revenues, shipments, sales, assets, or by annual gross or net revenue or net profits, the number of employees is one of the most widely used measures.