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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2026 — Verd, the consumer health insurance guidance platform at verdhealth.com, today announced an expansion of Verd Pro to ten year-round tools designed to help members manage healthcare costs long after they have chosen a plan.

The expanded toolkit lets members check medical bills and explanation-of-benefits (EOB) documents for errors and overcharges, generate formal appeal letters when a claim is denied — with deadline tracking so no appeal window is missed — and keep a running savings ledger that records every dollar recovered. A prescription price watchdog monitors what members pay for their medications, a pre-appointment check tells them what a visit should cost under their plan before they book it, life-event guidance flags the special enrollment windows opened by events such as a move, a marriage, or a job change, and a mid-year plan audit reviews whether a member's current plan still fits how they actually use care.

Every tool is built on the member's own plan data, so guidance reflects the deductible, copays, and coverage rules of the plan they actually hold rather than generic averages.

“Most of the money Americans lose on healthcare is lost after enrollment — a billing error that goes unchallenged, a denial that never gets appealed, a refill that costs more than it should,” said a Verd founding team spokesperson. “These tools are built to catch those moments, one by one, using the member's own plan.”

Verd Pro is available for $19.99 per month, billed monthly. Verd's core plan recommendation engine remains free.

About Verd — Verd provides free, data-driven health insurance plan recommendations and affordable year-round tools for managing healthcare costs. Built on federal data, Verd takes no commissions from insurers. Verd is operated by Verd Health LLC.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2026 — Verd today launched its data-driven health insurance guidance platform at verdhealth.com, giving Americans a free recommendation engine built on federal data.

Users answer a short questionnaire about their household, health conditions, medications, typical care usage, and budget. The engine then projects what a year of care would cost across the coverage programs the user may be eligible for — spanning 12 program types, from ACA marketplace plans and employer coverage to Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and programs for federal employees, service members, and veterans — and recommends the option the math favors, showing the numbers behind the recommendation.

Projections are calibrated to public federal datasets, including the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), CMS plan data, IRS subsidy parameters, and USPSTF guidelines. Verd takes no commissions from insurers and holds no carrier appointments, so no plan can pay its way into a recommendation.

Verd was founded by healthcare policy experts who have worked on federal health insurance legislation and wanted to make the analytical discipline used in policy evaluation available to individual households.

“When Congress weighs a change to Medicare or the ACA, the proposal is analyzed carefully before anyone votes,” said a Verd founding team spokesperson. “The average family choosing coverage gets a four-page summary and a deadline. We built Verd to give households the same quality of analysis, for free, with every number traceable to a public source.”

Alongside the launch, Verd introduced the Verd Assistant and an advisory engine for assistance programs such as Medicare Savings Programs, Extra Help, and CHIP.

About Verd — Verd provides free, data-driven health insurance plan recommendations and affordable year-round tools for managing healthcare costs. Built on federal data, Verd takes no commissions from insurers. Verd is operated by Verd Health LLC.

Media inquiries — via the contact form; select “Partnership Inquiry.”