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- Choosing Health Insurance as Stressful as Doing Taxes, Survey Finds
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NABIP Sues HHS, CMS Over ACA Marketplace Registration Freeze
A major health insurance broker lobby is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), challenging a new rule and policy that, together, it says…
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Treasury, IRS Propose Stricter Eligibility Rules for ACA Health Insurance Subsidies
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations on Wednesday to implement the Working Families Tax Cuts reforms to the Premium Tax Credit (PTC), a refundable tax credit th…
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Medicare Advantage Premiums Projected to Drop 16.5% in 2027
Weighted average Medicare Advantage premiums are projected to fall more than 16% from 2026 to 2027, and average prescription drug premiums in MA are projected to plummet 38%, according to a Sept. 28 news release from the…
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Employer Health Costs Poised for Biggest Jump in 24 Years
A new survey from consulting firm Marsh (formerly Mercer) shows that employers are expecting health insurance benefit costs to rise 8.2% per employee in 2027, which would be the highest increase since 2003. Marsh release…
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Forbes Names America’s Best Insurance Companies for 2027
For the sixth straight year, Forbes has partnered with market research firm Statista to rank America’s Best Insurance Companies. Out of more than 3,100 eligible U.S. insurers, a total of 112 were recognized in one or mor…
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Mike Smith is building a digital twin. He still likes your odds.
Mike Smith is 33 years into the Medicare business, and he is currently sitting for the recordings that will become his digital twin. He wants to be clear about the point of it. “The purpose isn’t necessarily to replace m…
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Bipartisan Bill Seeks Clearer Annuity, Life Insurance Disclosures
Bipartisan legislation introduced recently by Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create clear, tailored registration forms for certain l…
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LIAM 2026 Kickoff: 78% of Families Haven’t Had the Life Insurance Talk
As Life Insurance Awareness Month kicks off this September, Lincoln Financial has released new research that outlines key conversations adult children and aging parents may not be having related to coverage and family fi…
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Overall Medicare Advantage Plan Satisfaction Dips Again: JD Power
A new report found overall member satisfaction with Medicare Advantage plans declined again this year, and fewer than half (43%) of plan members “strongly agree” their plan is a trusted partner in their health and wellne…
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Rising Health Costs Push Employers Toward More Disciplined Benefits Management
US employers are taking a more disciplined approach to benefits management as rising healthcare costs, mounting regulatory complexity and pressure to maximize benefit investments intensify, according to Gallagher's 2026 …
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Pulled, suppressed, or non-commissionable: Mike Smith reads the 2027 tea leaves
If you sell Medicare, you’ve lived some version of the thread that pops up on this forum every few weeks. An agent does everything right and loses a T65 to a plan that pays nothing. Or logs into the quote engine and can’…
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CareScout Launches Worksite Long-Term Care Insurance Solution for Employers
Richmond, Va.-based CareScout this week announced the launch of its first worksite solution, offering employers a new way to support their workforce with long-term care insurance coverage that includes immediate access t…
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Retirement Confidence Depends on Planning, Not Just Savings: LIMRA
New research released Aug. 5 from LIMRA finds that Americans nearing retirement know what's coming — they just aren't acting on it. While the vast majority (88%) of pre-retirees have thought about how they will generate …
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The Medicare Advantage Benefit Arms Race Is Over — Mike Smith Says 'Good Riddance.'
Mike Smith never planned on an insurance career. His father-in-law invited him into the business 33 years ago, and as Mike tells it, “I think he knew I couldn’t afford his daughter if I was going to do something differen…
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Agentic AI Could Add $2 Billion in Life Insurance Premiums by 2030: Deloitte
A recent report by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services predicts that by 2030, agentic AI embedded in life insurance distribution could add $2 billion in annual incremental premiums in the United States (with a ran…
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DOL Proposes Digital Disclosure Rule for Group Health Plans, Projecting $3.9 Billion in Savings
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on Wednesday issued a proposed rule that would modernize how group health plans deliver required disclosures , making communication faster, more ef…
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States Where Health Insurance Eats Up Most, Least of Income: WalletHub
With individual health insurance premiums rising significantly in recent years, the personal-finance company WalletHub recently released its report on the States Where People Spend the Most & Least on Health Insurance to…
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ACA Enrollment Shrinks Nationwide Following End of Enhanced Subsidies
Affordable Care Act enrollment has fallen sharply across the country over the past year, with every state reporting losses after enhanced federal subsidies expired in January, according to an Associated Press analysis of…
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Retiree Health Care Costs Climb 30K: Milliman Retiree Health Cost Index
Milliman recently released its 2026 Retiree Health Cost Index (RHCI) , which projects how much money a healthy 65-year-old can expect to spend on healthcare in retirement. To the surprise of no one, it’s gone up again si…