Agent Survival Guide Podcast

What Today's Financial Environment Means for Medicare Beneficiaries & Agents


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Use fact-finding and open communication to learn your clients’ budget and coverage needs. We’ve got statistics, tips, and strategies for agents to help clients navigate today’s financial environment.

  

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Resources:

Does Your Medicare Sales Approach Satisfy Different Budgets? https://ritterim.com/blog/does-your-medicare-sales-approach-satisfy-different-budgets/

How to Check Medicare Extra Help Eligibility for Your Client: https://ritterim.com/blog/how-to-check-medicare-extra-help-eligibility-for-your-client/ 

How to Keep Clients Safe From Insurance Fraud: https://ritterim.com/blog/how-to-keep-clients-safe-from-insurance-fraud/

Knight School Training: Cross-Selling Long-Term Care Insurance: https://ritterim.com/knight-school/expand-dominate/cross-sell/7/

Knight School Training: D-SNP Eligibility: https://ritterim.com/knight-school/solid-foundation/understanding-special-needs-plans/3/

Knight School Training: Understand What’s Important to Your Client: https://ritterim.com/knight-school/learning-to-sell/assessing-needs/7/

Ritter Fact Finder PDF: https://ritterim.com/documents/ritter-fact-finder.pdf

Why Trust Is an Insurance Agent’s Most Important Non-Renewable Resource: https://ritterim.com/blog/why-trust-is-an-insurance-agents-most-important-non-renewable-resource/ 


 

References:

Lee, Anne Marie. “Americans Are Spending the Biggest Share of Their Income on Food in 3 Decades.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 26 Feb. 2024, www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-consumer-spending-food-and-restaurants-disposable-income-2024/.

“Cost of Long Term Care by State: Cost of Care Report.” Genworth, Genworth Financial, Inc, https://www.genworth.com/aging-and-you/finances/cost-of-care. Accessed 1 Aug. 2024.

“Federal Poverty Level (FPL) - Glossary.” HealthCare.Gov, https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/federal-poverty-level-fpl/. Accessed 1 Aug. 2024.

“Food Prices and Spending.” USDA ERS - Food Prices and Spending, USDA, 27 June 2024, www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-prices-and-spending/?topicId=2b168260-a717-4708-a264-cb354e815c67.

Committee of the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans, et al. “Health Status and Health Care Service Utilization.” Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, National Academic Press (US), Washington D.C., 2008, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215400/. Accessed 1 Aug. 2024.

Jayashankar, Aparna, and Anthony Murphy. “High Inflation Disproportionately Hurts Low-Income Households.” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 10 Jan. 2023, www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2023/0110.

“How Much Care Will You Need?” ACL Administration for Community Living, 18 Feb. 2020, https://www.acl.gov/ltc/basic-needs/how-much-care-will-you-need.

Pollitz, Karen, et al. “KFF Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance.” KFF, KFF, 19 Dec. 2023, www.kff.org/private-insurance/poll-finding/kff-survey-of-consumer-experiences-with-health-insurance/.

Alex Cottrill, Juliette Cubanski. “Income and Assets of Medicare Beneficiaries in 2023.” KFF, KFF, 9 Feb. 2024, www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/income-and-assets-of-medicare-beneficiaries-in-2023/.

Klein, Michael. “Inflation and Prices.” Econofact, Econofact, 12 Feb. 2024, econofact.org/inflation-and-prices.

Glasmeier, Amy K. “New Data Posted: 2023 Living Wage Calculator.” Living Wage Calculator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1 Feb. 2023, https://livingwage.mit.edu/articles/103-new-data-posted-2023-living-wage-calculator.

Taaka, Brian. “The Power of Reading the Room: A Vital Skill for Success in Life and Business.” LinkedIn, LinkedIn, 13 July 2023, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-reading-room-vital-skill-success-life-business-brian-taaka.

Klien, Michael. “U.S. Inflation Trends and Outlook in 2024.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024, www.forbes.com/sites/forrester/2024/02/02/us-inflation-trends-and-outlook-in-2024/.

Miglani, Jitender. “US Inflation Trends and Outlook, 2024.” Forrester, Forrester, 28 Jan. 2024, www.forrester.com/blogs/us-inflation-trends-and-outlook-2024/.

 

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