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Brokers, Agents Still Squeezed by ACA Fee Structure as Enrollment Soars

Even as enrollment booms in the Affordable Care Act markets, insurance agents and brokers said they are still hindered by reductions in the commission-based fee structure that do not compensate . . .

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