eHealth, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet-based health insurance agency services for individuals, families, and small businesses. It operates through the Medicare, Employer and Individual segments. The Medicare segment consists primarily of commissions earned from sale of Medicare-related health insurance plans. The Employer and Individual segment includes commissions earned from the sale of individual and family and small business health insurance plans and ancillary products sold to non-Medicare-eligible customers. The company was founded by Vipool Mohanlal Patel in November 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.