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Health Care Summit Participants Divided Over Medicare Advantage

Posted in Medicare Advantage, News on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a good summary from the National Underwriter of the back and forth on the Medicare Advantage program.

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Reconciliation. . .It’s Baaaaaack

Posted in News on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Having watched some of the highlights of the President’s Health Care forum, I’m beginning to think that reconciliation is back on the table.  I blogged about the future of Healthcare reform the night that Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate race. I covered the reconciliation process as option #3 in that blog post and gave [...]

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Chuck Grassley on Medicare During Health Care Summit

Posted in Medicare, Medicare Advantage on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here is the transcript from the Washington Post blog on comments made by Sen. Grassley earlier today. The first comments from Sen. Grassley about 75% going to beneficiary and 25% going to the Federal Gov’t is correct, but this refers to the difference between the MA carrier’s bid for A&B services and the Benchmark.  For [...]

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UT 2010 LIVE Product Training (March)

Posted in Education/Training, Molina Medicare, Utah on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Molina will offer live product training for Molina Options Plus Plan- Special Needs Plan and Molina Options Plan- MAPD. Molina Medicare Plans offer competitive products that you can market year round  with rich value adds to meet your customers needs Such as… Prescription Drug  coverage Comprehensive and Preventative Dental Hearing Services Vision exams and Eye [...]

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Certification Training Available for Modernized Medicare Supplement

Posted in All, Education/Training, Medicare Supplement, United Health Care on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The 2010 AARP Medicare Supplement test is now available for agents to complete. If you plan to sell the AARP Medicare Supplement Modernized plans you will need to complete this test prior to writing those plans which are available June 1, 2010. To complete the certification you must log into www.unitedhealthproducers.com. Click here for password assistance. [...]

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California (CA) Department of Insurance Issues Memo on Legal Changes on Modernized Medicare Supplement (Medigap) for June 1st, 2010 Effectives

Posted in California, Medicare Supplement, Medigap Modernization on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here is a link to the memo!

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Modernized Med Supp Training for the States of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, WV and WY

Posted in United Health Care on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

United Healthcare will be conducting agent training for Modernized AARP Medicare Supplement plans beginning in early March.  Training is state specific.  To register, visit our EVENTS CALENDAR, select “United Healthcare” as the company and select your state (from those listed above).  If you are logged into our website, simply click the register button and we [...]

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Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Rate Increases for the States of South Dakota (SD), Connecticut (CT), Kentucky (KY), Michigan (MI), Oregon (OR), South Carolina (SC), Tennessee (TN), Ohio (OH) and Wisconsin (WI) Effective 4/1/2010

Posted in Medigap Rate Changes/Introductions, News on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t post the actual increase percentages, but you can get full details by going to our “Resource Page” and using the following: Product = Medicare Supplement Resource = Rates State/Company SD = United World CT, KY, MI, OR, SC, TN, OH and WI = United of Omaha You must be a Registered User to [...]

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Insurance Product Training – 03/01/2010 –03/05/2010

Posted in Aetna, All, Baltimore Life, Education/Training, Final Expense Life, Genworth Companies, Individual Major Med, Long Term Care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, States, Training/Certification, United Health Care on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Next week is a busy training week with national learning opportunities on the web and live training sessions in several states covering products from Single Premium Whole Life to Medicare Advantage to Individual Insurance products.  Registration is “one click” away at Ritter Insurance’s “Event’s Calendar”!  (You must be logged in to register!) Monday, Genworth will host a webinar for [...]

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AHIP Comments on Status of Health Care Reform

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Here is a press release from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Meanwhile, the POTUS weighed in on Health Care Reform.  I’ll probably have more to say, but when you read about “Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability“, the first line talks about MA plans costing 14% more than Original Medicare FFS. I’ve mentioned many times that this number [...]

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