Highmark is opening four more of its retail insurance stores, after about 10,000 people visited each of its two existing stores since they opened in March 2009.
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.