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Frequently Asked Questions on Agent/Broker Compensation and Guaranteed Availability of Coverage

These FAQs address the practice of health insurance issuers offering individual market health insurance coverage, including issuers of qualified health plans offered through the Marketplaces reducing or eliminating commissions and other forms of compensation for agents and brokers who assist consumers with enrollments in individual market coverage during a special enrollment period (SEP)

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: June 07, 2022

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