Revolution Health Group was a United States–based

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founded in July 2005 by

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. It was one of three companies in the

Revolution LLC Revolution LLC is an American investment firm based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2005 by AOL co-founder Steve Case, after leaving the AOL Time Warner board. The firm seeks to fund entrepreneurs who are transforming legacy industries with inn ...

group of companies. The Revolution Health board of directors was chaired by Steve Case, and its members included former Secretary of State

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; Frank Raines, Jim Barksdale, Steve Wiggins,

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, Miles Gilburne, Jeff Zients, John Delaney, and David Golden; and Revolution Health CEO John Pleasants, among others. By October 2006, it had acquired Simo Software, Wondir, Extend Benefits, and ConnectYourCare, in its efforts to transform US healthcare. On October 25, 2007, the company dismissed 60 employees, or a quarter of its workforce, as part of a

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. On October 3, 2008, Revolution Health announced that it would

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with Waterfront Media in a deal valued at $300 million.

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