As we head towards AEP a few Carriers have pulled commissions on new sales for a subset of their plans.

United Healthcare stopped paying on 219 plans impacting ~660,000 enrollees (see our analysis here).

(It’s expected that those same plans will be plans they exit in 2026)

And now, Aetna is removing commissions from several of their plans as of September 1 (there is no public information, but several agent/broker forums and blogs have the information).

Note: removal of commissions only applies to new sales going forward (not renewals on previously sold plans).

In order to determine how big of a move this is, I always like to look at data.

In particular, it’s helpful to analyze the current enrollment on the plans where commissions are being removed.

Below is what I found.

[The raw excel data file is at the bottom of this post. Download and explore on your own]

We’ve summarized:

1. Number of plans

2. Current enrollment on plans with removed commissions

3. Current enrollment on plans with removed commissions compared to total enrollment

4. Distribution by State

5. Distribution by Plan Type

6. Distribution by SNP Type

Enjoy!

Number of Plans

The list includes 81 plans:

• Plan = Contract + Plan ID combination

• Only counting plans where there is current enrollment

The current enrollment on these 81 plans is:

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