SimplyInsured: Y Combinator-backed SimplyInsured takes its online healthcare solution nationwide

Y Combinator startup SimplyInsured has announced an expansion outside of California to begin offering healthcare options for small businesses across the US. The company is focusing first on eight new states, including New York, Florida and Massachusetts, and it now has a license to operate in all 50 states. SimplyInsured CEO Vivek Shah, who previously worked as a healthcare analyst at McKinsey & Company, said in an interview that he started the company after a confusing experience trying to buy health insurance for himself on the open market. “It fundamentally made me angry that I was trying to buy health insurance...This story continues at The Next Web