A week after the state Senate was deadlocked on a bill expanding mandates to health insurers in aiding couples using in vitro fertilization, the measure passed and is now headed to the Maryland House.
As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.