About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of telesales in the Medicare industry due to regulatory pressures and changing market dynamics.

In Episode 127 of the Agent Boost Podcast, Dan and Mike open with a "week of survival" tone. AEP certifications are dropping, the agent force is demoralized, and the industry feels like it's in a constant state of flux. On a lighter note, both of their sons got licensed this week, a small but meaningful signal that the business still has a future for those who approach it the right way. The centerpiece of this episode is a raw, unfiltered breakdown of why the telesales model in Medicare is dying, and why it's happening from three directions at once. Regulatory pressure has systematically outlawed nearly every outbound marketing mechanism, leaving consumer-generated inbound calls as the last legal lane. Even that lane is compromised, as lead generators routinely run unapproved URLs behind a single CMS-submitted site, meaning almost none of them are truly compliant. The 1-to-1 marketing rules that were supposed to clean up the industry have instead choked off the lead supply entirely. Carriers are finishing the job. They've made clear they prefer local, field-written business over phone enrollments, and they're backing it up with 100% call audits on telesales, requiring…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Hardle, Mike Hardle

Topics covered

• telesales
• Medicare
• marketing regulations
• lead generation
• agent experience

Keywords

• telesales
• Medicare
• AEP certifications
• lead generation
• marketing compliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CMS, Medicare

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