Comment on Anthem Rate Filing

HIQS Group Speaks about the Anthem Rate Filing

The Anthem individual health plans are filed with a provision to pay NO commission to brokers for on exchange policies as well as policies during the year allowed through special enrollment. As a broker who has over 800 clients currently on the exchange this worries me a lot for two reasons. First having no commission for Anthem and full commission for Connecticare has the potential to compromise broker integrity. You are allowing a system where a broker can lose income potentially doing the right thing for his client. In addition if this allowed to stand you might lose brokers altogether.