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Eliminating employer-sponsored health insurance would help defuse frustration over the U.S. health care system, the former CEO of Aetna said.“Probably the most important thing is that health care has now become very individualistic: ‘I want it to be fit for me,’” Mark Bertolini, now the CEO of Oscar Health, told CNBC “And when my employer buys my health care coverage, they buy for the average.”

His comments come as his company seeks to expand in the Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement market, industry observers point out. Although employer-sponsored health insurance covers more than 160 million Americans, Oscar has positioned itself to target individuals uninsured by their employers.


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