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The Boomer Market for Medicare: Opportunities Abound

BY Tony Jackson | 03-02-2010 | 10:19 AM
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In the news today, as I write this, a tsunami warning was issued all over the Pacific and especially Hawaii, to the deadly earthquake in Chile early this morning.

I don't mean to minimize the horror of these catastrophes, but permit me if you will to use this as an adept illustration of what is coming.

As I wrote in a recent article, Health Insurance for Baby Boomers: What it Is and How to Get It, an enormous number of Boomers will be turning 65 in the next decade.

The wave is so big in fact, that we should probably issue a tsunami warning! If you are ready to harness the sheer force of this wave, you could become wealthy.

If you treat it lightly, it could wipe you out.

There are many agents preparing for this wave, but most will not be ready.

Think of this: 80,000,000 people will be turning 65, and ALL of them will get Medicare and need a Medicare Supplement.

There are many Medicare agents who are salivating at the prospect, but I want to tell you that this is small time thinking. Why?

You can make a very good living selling Medicare Supplement insurance, but for the most part, health insurance is a commodity product.

But here is where it gets interesting. If you build a relationship with Boomers by selling them Medicare, you will have an open door to market to them with other products, such as Long Term Care insurance and Life Insurance, and... the opportunities are endless.

The real wealth will be created on the back end.

To accomplish this, you must not only become an expert in Medicare (no small task in itself), you must also become and expert at understanding and marketing to Boomers.

I am here to tell you that if you choose this field, you will have a lot of hard work ahead of you. If you are up to the challenge, wealth and freedom await you. If you are not, don't even start to think about it.

In the next few months, we will be hosting a few free seminars around the country to provide more information about this unprecedented market.

If you would like to be invited to one of our seminars, go to our career page and fill out your profile (click the banner below). Someone will be in touch to let you know the locations and times of our seminars.