Healthcare Finance News October 30, 2025
Tightening of MA market affects broker commissions and choice, says Urban Institute report.
Brokers who sell Medicare Advantage plans may not be telling consumers about all of the plans available, according to a new Urban Institute report.
Brokers, who are paid by insurers, may be withholding information because they are not being given commissions to sell those plans, according to Laura Skopec, senior research associate at the Urban Institute and one of the authors of the report.
“Some plans are not being talked about because commissions are not being paid,” Skopec said. “We heard about it last year too.”
Brokers don’t sell every plan that is available. But all plans may be found online at the Medicare plan finder. Open...
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