{"id":20954,"date":"2023-03-03T08:19:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T13:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20954"},"modified":"2023-03-03T08:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T13:19:40","slug":"insurers-accused-of-offering-lavish-vacations-to-brokers-for-selling-medigap-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20954","title":{"rendered":"Insurers accused of offering &#8216;lavish vacations&#8217; to brokers for selling Medigap plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Rylee Wilson for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers are urging increased oversight of incentives offered to brokers selling Medigap plans, The New York Times reported March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, published a report detailing &#8220;luxurious vacations and cash bonuses&#8221; insurers offered to brokers selling their Medigap plans.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/insurers-accused-of-offering-lavish-vacations-to-brokers-for-selling-medigap-plans.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/insurers-accused-of-offering-lavish-vacations-to-brokers-for-selling-medigap-plans.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"wp-image-17863\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rylee Wilson for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Lawmakers are urging increased oversight of incentives offered to brokers selling Medigap plans,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,46],"tags":[187,117],"class_list":["post-20954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-medigap","tag-insurance-broker","tag-medigap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20955,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions\/20955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}