AHIP is terrible this year.

[sman]

I didn't do AHIP for 2025, and now I'm regretting it. I figured that I would just help them enroll over the phone for PDP. What a nightmare...over an hour! It would be much quicker to enroll them as an agent.....even though I don't get paid.

Why is it taking an hour? Just go to the Medicare website and do the enrollment there. Literally takes two minutes.

 

[InsuranceGuy29]

Somewhat related to AHIP - if a carrier does not pay you on PDPs (looking at you WellCare!), will you continue to sell their MAPDs? I am debating whether I should take my time getting certified with WellCare and others that are not paying us. In GA, both Cigna and Anthem stopped paying most MAPD commissions for any clients sold as of 11/1 last year. They stopped DuRING AEP!

I write absolutely nothing of WellCare. Thieves don't get rewarded with my business. That company no longer exists to me at all.

 

[renee15]

Ya'll are seriously complaining about spending $150 and 2-3 hours to protect six-figure renewals?!? We make what doctors make, and it takes over a decade of schooling and training to be a doctor. And they are still required to complete CME every 1-2 years. God forbid we have to prove our competency every year.

Many of the same agents who complain that there are too many agents are also complaining about a mechanism that's intended to filter out unfit agents.

AHIP does not prove competency, only the ability to zone out to get thru mind numbing drivel. When you have taken it 17 times-get back with us. They could provide a PDF and a test and skip the droning voices and quizzes. I'll say it again, NABIP was $100 and quicker.

 

[EckoRomeo]

AHIP does not prove competency

False… you're just tired of taking it.

When you have taken it 17 times-get back with us.

Thanks for proving my point…

They could provide a PDF and a test and skip the droning voices and quizzes. I'll say it again, NABIP was $100 and quicker.

Doing a lot of whining over $150 and a couple of hours… maybe this isn't for you. Glad your hanging it up…

 

[Todd King]

I write absolutely nothing of WellCare. Thieves don't get rewarded with my business. That company no longer exists to me at all.

Yeah, we've done away with them as well.

 

[FallerWifey]

Be prepared to be read to like a toddler. It takes hours.

Ugh... I can't believe it is that time of year again!

 

[FallerWifey]

Yeah, we've done away with them as well.

They make me so furious. I know I am not the only one, but it definitely felt like a bait and switch on agents last year.

 

[FallerWifey]

Not sure. But the regional broker guy called me today and said they're paying for it.

Lucky! I worked under another agent for 10 years and branched out on my own last year. I imagine it will be awhile before I get to the level you are!

 

[Todd King]

They make me so furious. I know I am not the only one, but it definitely felt like a bait and switch on agents last year.

It was crooked and just wrong. They should have been sued over it. Either way though, they lose.

 

[FallerWifey]

Why is it taking an hour? Just go to the Medicare website and do the enrollment there. Literally takes two minutes.

I am assuming agent is doing a 3 way call with the carrier and the enrollee? But yes, Medicare.gov would be the quicker way.