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12 Questions for 1 Successful LTCI Agent: Brian Johnson
By Marilee Kern DriscollBrian Johnson is a personal producer who is also director of business development at National LTC Brokers in Clifton Park, New York.
June 02, 2011
Franken Urges HHS to Defend MLR RuleSen. Al Franken is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to review state requests for minimum medical loss ratio waivers carefully before granting waivers.
June 02, 2011
Massachusetts Recruits Co-Op RunnersMassachusetts insurance regulations are seeking applications from entities that want to help run a new type of nonprofit health insurer.
June 02, 2011
Death, disease rates linked to primary careSeniors receiving more primary care have slightly less chance of death and are less likely to be admitted to the hospital with a preventable disease, a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows.
June 02, 2011
Finding the Right LTC PartnerYou keep hearing that long-term care insurance is an important offering for your clients, and the facts certainly seem to support that.
June 02, 2011
LTC: 3 keys for face-to-face presentationsCreating an effective client presentation is essential. Educating, not selling, your client is key, says Marc Jacobson, of Marc Jacobson & Associates in Northbrook, Illinois.
June 02, 2011
Consumer Advocate: Shopping Not Easy for Medicare EnrolleesCurrent Medicare program rules place sharp limits on enrollees who would like to do their best to hold down their health care expenses.
June 02, 2011
PPACA: The Collateral DamageThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is costing some health insurance agents their jobs, interfering with the shift to the ICD-10 diagnostic coding system, and encouraging many employers to think about dropping group health coverage.