Can TRICARE and Medicare Advantage Plans Work Together?

Can TRICARE and Medicare Advantage Plans Work Together?

TRICARE + Medicare Advantage Plans? Can TRICARE and Medicare Advantage Plans Work Together?  Vets with TRICARE coverage were bombarded with TV ads during AEP. They were instantly attracted to the Supplemental Benefits of MAPD and started calling their agents asking...
Medicare Supplement Household Discounts Explained

Medicare Supplement Household Discounts Explained

First, you must commit to memory this: Every company has different rules. Very different rules.If you learn what household discounts Mutual of Omaha offers, you won’t have grounds to even intelligently guess what Aetna does. And so on. Trust me, this is the chaos of...
Why Choosing a Medicare PPO vs HMO Is More Than A Price Comparison

Why Choosing a Medicare PPO vs HMO Is More Than A Price Comparison

Betcha didn’t know that according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 63% of Medicare Beneficiaries on a MAPD plan in 2017 were on a HMO plan. I put most of my personal clients into PPO plans and I assumed most agents did too.Only 26% of people were on local PPO...
AEP and OEP Are Not What Your Clients Think They Are

AEP and OEP Are Not What Your Clients Think They Are

Insurance agents often get caught up in the industry jargon and forget that our clients don’t understand what all the acronyms mean.  In general, steer away from jargon.  If you use the word AEP with your clients, they may ask for the definition, but the literal...