NCD CEO Sam Melamed discusses interconnected pressures on Medicare Advantage, Original Medicare, and Medicare Supplement coverage. Topics include medical cost inflation, program integrity, prior authorization experiments, Medigap access rules, and the economics of broker advice. The conversation considers how agents can provide informed guidance when commissions and product availability are under pressure.
In this episode
- Medicare market pressures
- Medigap economics
- Program integrity
- Broker compensation
- Healthcare cost reform
Show notes
In Episode 115 of the Agent Boost Marketing Podcast, Mike and Dan Hardle sit down with Sam Melamed, CEO of NCD , to discuss the growing disruption across the Medicare industry.
They break down Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes, CMS policy pressure, carrier profitability challenges, plan exits, and benefit reductions already impacting agents and agencies.
The conversation also explores the ripple effects across Medicare Supplement (Med Supp) plans and Part D (PDP) drug plans , why broker commissions are disappearing , and why insurance agents and brokers may become more important than ever as Medicare grows more complex.
If you sell Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, ACA, or ancillary products , this episode explains the real forces shaping the industry heading toward 2027 .