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Better is the original and fastest way to get paid back by your health insurance for out-of-network claims.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Total raised
$1.1M
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 8
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| Jun 28, 2017 | Better launches campaign to forgive $16M in medical debt | Last summer, comedian John Oliver brought the sheer enormity of medical debt to the world’s attention when he forgave $14.9 million of it. Oliver’s giveaway resonated with Rachael Norman, cofounder of Better, a San Francisco, California-bas... |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Medical bill advocacy startup Better pledges all of its revenue towards relieving medical debt | Put aside whatever shred of healthcare decency the Senate happens to be ripping out at the moment and take a look at Better, a startup helping people deal with out-of-network medical bills. The startup has just pledged 100 percent of its re... |
| Apr 18, 2017 | Better wants to deal with your out-of-network medical bills so you don’t have to | We need to have a conversation about medical insurance claims, because the system is ridiculous. You are told you need something, not knowing the cost, and then, after getting the thing, you must wait months down the road for the final bill... |
| Apr 18, 2017 | Better raises $1.1M for service to help individuals correct and secure health insurance claims | Initialized Capital led the funding round and Designer Fund also took part in the round. Several angel investors also participated including Lee Linden, who founded and sold Karma to Facebook, Halle Tecco, who founded health startup incubat... |
| Better raises $1.1M for service to help individuals correct and secure health insurance claims | A health IT startup studying the health insurance claims space sees a minefield of mistakes that can hold up reimbursement for weeks and even months. Better developed an app so people who buy their own insurance can easily get assistance in... | |
| Better launches campaign to forgive $16M in medical debt | Medical debt. The words alone will send a shiver down most people’s spines. Last summer, comedian John Oliver brought the sheer enormity of medical debt to the world’s attention when he forgave $14.9 million of it. Oliver’s giveaway resonat... | |
| What can we learn from medical billing startups seeking to make healthcare more consumer friendly? | Rachael Norman needed to submit a pile of out-of-network medical bills to her insurance company for reimbursement. Short on time, she started searching for a company that could do that tedious work for her. She failed to find one, so she st... |
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FAQ about Better
How much funding has Better raised?
Better has raised $1.1M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Better?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Better, among them “Better launches campaign to forgive $16M in medical debt” (Jun 28, 2017) and “Medical bill advocacy startup Better pledges all of its revenue towards relieving medical debt” (Jun 28, 2017).
Is Better still active?
Yes, Better is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 15, 2017.