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By Angela Palo AEP is here, and this is another big year of change in Medicare Advantage. Approximately 3.1 million MA-PD members will have their current plans terminated at the end of 2026, including about 2.8 million members in individual MA-PD plans and another 300,000 in Special Needs Plans. When standalone Part D plans are …
By William DeCourcy Key takeaways Here’s a number worth pinning above your desk this AEP: 93 million Americans are projected to rely on Medicare by 2060. It’s true the industry has real challenges ahead. Carriers are tightening margins, and quality is under the microscope. But if all you hear is the word “headwinds,” you’re missing …
By Federico Guardia Medicare Advantage enrollment is still growing, but not evenly. More than 35 million people carry an MA card, a 3% year-over-year increase. Special Needs Plans (SNPs) drove 85% of net MA enrollment growth, while general-enrollment individual plans grew by just 224,000 members, their slowest pace since 2007. Who’s winning as UnitedHealthcare and …
By Justin Brock Before I built anything at BROCK, I spent five years at kitchen tables and personally enrolled more than 2,500 beneficiaries. I didn’t keep those clients because I had the best pitch. I kept them because they knew I’d pick up the phone in July too. Today we train more than 20,000 licensed …
By Matthew Graham AEP receives most of the attention each year from licensed insurance agents, and understandably so. October 15 marks the beginning of Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period, when beneficiaries can begin making coverage decisions for the coming year. Agencies build calendars around it, licensed insurance agents prepare for it, and marketing teams spend months …
By AmeriLife Editorial Team Licensed insurance agents pay attention to the promises their organization makes. Their decision to stay, grow, and bring others along usually depends on whether the day-to-day reality delivers on those promises. For Elite Insurance Group, investing in that relationship contributed to a 181% year-over-year increase in Medicare Advantage Unique Agent Counts. …
By Lucas Vandenberg While the rest of Medicare Advantage plans have begun to slow, Special Needs Plans (SNPs) quietly captured 85% of the market’s entire net enrollment growth. Rising healthcare costs and shifting regulations are forcing insurance companies and hospital systems to make drastic changes. Enrollment in C-SNPs climbed 45% in a single year to …
By Angela Palo Every growing market reaches a point where momentum and numbers alone stop telling the whole story. I believe Medicare Advantage may be approaching that moment. Enrollment reached approximately 35.7 million beneficiaries in 2026, accounting for more than half of all Medicare eligibles, and added over 1 million members year over year, according …
By Federico Guardia Not every Medicare beneficiary enters the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) with the same motivation. Some are evaluating coverage because their current plan changed, shrank its network, reduced benefits, or is leaving the market entirely. Others are exploring options they may not know they qualify for, including plans built specifically around their health …