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Very honored to start the next board year as President of NABIP Austin chapter! May the odds ever be in my board members favor! And thank you Tony Merwin for the Medicare presentation today! NABIP-Austin Caseyinsurestexas Dagan Martinez-Vargas

Several times a month we get questions about whether these are real ads or not. The answer is; sort of.
These plans exist.
They are meant to assist very low income retirees
There are certain eligibility requirements that MOST people do NOT meet.

These ads are predatory, create confusion, and cause people to change their plans even when they didn't agree too.

Many of our clients reported that they are told they qualify and when the application is submitted, find out they don't. That process can take a month and now the client is left with the wrong plan for the rest of the year.

If you have questions and want the facts about your Medicare or your family members Medicare, give us (Caleb Reynolds) a call or send a dm.

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Who would've thought this would happen? Me and all of my Broker partners. We KNEW this was going to happen.

What's even more ridiculous was many of the insurance companies were telling us insurance brokers 'No, it will be fine...your medically needy clients will keep their plans or switch to a lower cost one!' Which did happen, for about 5% of my clients.

They (the insurance companies and the government) underestimated how many people would decide to "deal" with their chronic conditions or gas light themselves into thinking they don't need coverage. See less

Hospitals are seeing more uninsured patients after ACA subsidy expirations Millions have dropped insurance after the government reduced subsidies.

Sure. Why not? 2026 is 2026ing

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Last week I posted about the affordability crisis with health insurance.

Recently, two insurance carriers announced they are exiting the market for 2027....Cigna and Scott & White.

www.beckershospitalreview.com

News flash! /s There is an affordability crisis going on with health insurance.
How do you think we should fix it?

1 in 3 Americans forced to make financial sacrifices for health coverage At a moment when there's a lot of political attention around questions of affordability, rising health care costs are a growing concern for many Americans. That's especially true for those who are worried about being able to afford insurance premiums after an expansion of subsidies for the Affordabl...

If you have BCBSTX and have docs at Memorial Hermann...

Memorial Hermann goes out of network with BCBS Texas - Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System’s contract with BCBS Texas expired April 1, rendering the health system out of network. Commercial and ACA exchange (both individual and family) plan members lost access at the end of March. Memorial Hermann has been out of network with the carrier’s ...

It's helped in some other states. Why not Texas?

State regulators eye direct caps on hospital prices Fox and Murtagh noted that some states already impose controls on hospitals' prices, and that the controls can take different forms, such as a flat cap on prices or a limit on price increases.