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An individual called about health insurance. After
getting an idea about what the individual was looking for, the agent,
once again went flying out of her chair, ran to the document cabinets,
grabbed a copy of each applicable brochure, flew back to her chair,
apologized to the individual for taking so long, and then continued to
help the individual.
Finally one day we got smart! Instead of making the
individual wait while we ran around to get literature, what if we had
EVERYTHING AT OUR FINGERTIPS!?
To solve the problem we built a database so we could see
all the plans and prices for an individual or family at a given age and
location on a single computer screen. Now we almost never have to get up
from our chair if we do not want to, except for coffee breaks.
Then we thought, 'Why not let anyone who wants to do the
same thing on his or her own without even having to call us?' We teamed
up with a local web site developer in 2002 and developed the
ehealthlink.com website so that anyone in Oregon could see all the
health insurance plans and premiums available to them anytime they
wanted to.
You now have a choice. You can do everything on your own,
including applying online with some of the insurance companies, or you
can call us for help and advice. Most people still call us and we go
over the choices together with them.
And not to worry, we still find time for coffee breaks.
In 2003 we added Washington and Arizona and have hired
more agents to keep up. With five states and the constant changes in the
healthcare industry, it has now become a full–time job to keep the
website up–to–date. We literally are updating this website almost every
single work day to provide you with the most current information
available.
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