| Launch HN: Lively (YC W17) – 401(k) for Healthcare | ||
| 49 points by suralil2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 34 comments | favorite | ||
| Hi HN! I’m Shobin, co-founder at Lively (https://livelyme.com). Lively is a Health Savings Account platform for employers and individuals. If you are unfamiliar with an HSA, think of it as the 401(k) for healthcare. We are in the current batch at YC and are excited to share our offering with you. Lively was born over a year ago with personal experiences that both Alex (my co-founder) and I experienced firsthand. The short story is that we were experiencing a lot more out-of-pocket medical expenses than we were prepared for. That is what propelled us to begin looking around and came across the health savings account. The HSA is a triple tax-advantaged account (in the US, so we're US-only) that allows you to contribute pre-tax dollars, invest your money and let it grow tax-free, and withdraw money tax-free so long as it is used for qualified medical expenses (at any point in the future). It has been an industry dominated by banks and other financial institutions and we saw an opportunity to enter it by focusing on user experience. Alex and I are life-long friends and see this as an important problem to help solve. We are also happy to answer questions about our business, but also health savings accounts and high deductible health plans. | ||
