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Not All Dental Co-Pay Plans are Created Equal!
How does your clients Co-Pay plan pay when accessing care from a Dental Specialist (i.e. Endodontist, Periodontist, Oral Surgeon, etc.) The Local Competition Co-Pay plans merely provide the member a 20% discount (no claims are ever paid). Even worse …
Billions in Unpaid Death Benefits
The following is a script from “Not Paid” which aired on April 17, 2016. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Rich Bonin, producer. When you take out a life insurance policy, you pay premiums in the expectation that when you die …
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Industry insights to help boost millennial sales
6 tips to help you click with millennial business owners Chances are your client list includes quite a few businesses owned by millennials. Their population has surpassed all other generations in the American workforce,1 and more and more are striking …
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ACA – Carrier Losses
United Healthcare Expects Huge Losses Published April 19, 2016 FoxNews.com The nation’s largest health insurer, fearing massive financial losses, announced Tuesday that it plans to pull back from ObamaCare in a big way and cut its participation in the program’s …
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Discount Medical Card Scam Is Back
Discount medical cards Discount cards have spread recently as a low-cost way to get needed medical care. But many discount cards also are fraudulent. Here’s how honest cards generally work: Consumers typically pay a monthly fee. Plan members gain access …
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Strategies to Build a Profitable Business Not just a Commission
Strategies to Build a Profitable Business Not just a Commission In any sales situation we have to have a strategy, a format that helps our prospects understand and identify “how” our solution will address their concern. In other words “why …
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! Proposed CMS Marketing Guidelines
March 2, 2016 | Diane Hollie Regarding the New Proposed Medicare Marketing Guidelines (MMG) Taking a quick read of the proposed 2017 MMG, our marketing team had some initial thoughts about the proposed changes we would like to share. …
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Google Discovers Insurance Is Not a Commodity
Google to Shut Down Google Compare Products in March by Precise Leads March 1, 2016 Google announced it will discontinue Google Compare, its auto insurance, mortgage, and credit card comparison service, after just one year of operation. Why the sudden …
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Were patients really sicker? Lawsuits say Medicare Advantage plans inflated diagnoses to boost payments
By Lisa Schencker | November 22, 2014 For an 82-year-old man with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, the CMS will pay a Medicare Advantage plan a certain amount of money each month. Add renal failure and hemiplegia to the list of …