Private Tutoring, Education, & Research Services

Tutoring, Education & Research Services

Our tutoring, education and research service is for when the commission structure of what we get paid to help you for by the Insurance Companies don’t work, like if you are asking for help on an employer plan, where we are not the agent.

Our suggested donation is $150/hour is during the “Off Season.”  During Open Enrollment – Medicare Advantage 10.15 – 11.7,  Health Care Reform 11.1 to 1.31  there will be an increase.  It just gets so hectic.

We often discount these rates or do the research pro bono, if it’s of general interest and will help build our website.    Just use the comments/ask a question feature on the relevant page of our website and we generally reply within 1 business day, no charge.

Please note also, that the Evidence of Coverage – Your actual policy – is required to be written in plain English, just read it three times and when you think you understand it, read it again, will answer most every question that comes up.

Consulting

We do NOT give advice or make recommendations.  We simply give you the correct information with a citation to reliable sources.

Find an Attorney

• Legal Match
• Findlaw.com
• American Bar Association
• Attorney Search Network
• Follow the links on this webpage.  Many of them go to articles on Attorney Websites
• Also, see our appeals webpage
• Medi Cal Contact

Authority and Limitations on Research  – #Consultation Fees

We will NOT advise you, but only do the research and then YOU interpret and make your own decision.

ADVISE  a :  to give (someone) a recommendation about what should be done :  to give advice to <advise her to try a drier climate> 

b :  caution, warn <advise them of the consequences> 

c :  recommend <advise prudence> 

2  to give information or notice to :  inform <advise them of their rights> Miriam Webster  

Ministerial Duties Journal of Legal Profession

Nor will we enroll you in any plan as part of this fee.

We only do our “best efforts.”  We are not attorney’s and do not purport to be able to look up every single thing that might be relevant to your situation.  It’s only research, it’s up to you to verify all information.  We do not  practice law or give legal or tax advise.

Tutoring, Research and Education only, appear to be fine and legal.

“Life and disability insurance analyst” means a person who, for a fee or compensation of any kind, paid by or derived from any person or source other than an insurer,

advises, purports to advise, or offers to advise any person insured under, named as beneficiary of, or having any interest in, a life or disability insurance contract, in any manner concerning that contract or his or her rights in respect thereto.  ^{CA Insurance Code §32.5}

• Enforcement §1844 Analyst♦
• 7.2013 Notice  Insurance Analyst ♦
• 49 page treatise of illegal fees of financial planners
• Colorado SB 18 136 allows fees when agent does not receive a commission.

Resources & Links

• Appeals & Grievances
  • Unlawful Practice of Law
  • We are not CPA’s – Covered CA prohibits us from giving tax advise
• Property & Casualty Broker’s License, defined, other than Life, Health & Disability  §1623
• Agent Compensation – Health Care Reform – Will Work for Food     Medi-Cal

• Biography – Steve Shorr
  • Testimonials – “Yelp” Reviews

Why & When might a Research, Tutoring & Education Fee be appropriate?

Dennis Prager in the video above right or scroll down specifically discusses the example of a woman knowing upon walking into the local camera store that she plans to buy a camera online. Nevertheless, she takes up thirty minutes of the salesman’s time with questions about one camera versus another.

You are intentionally stealing time from an innocent salesperson who could be earning a commission from working with a different customer. Are cameras, TVs, stereos and other items more expensive at stores than they are online? YES. But the schnorrer might want to consider that the salesperson’s time, the opportunity to test products, touch them, and compare them is worth the extra money you pay in person. You get what you pay for. … we have obligations as consumers, not just rights.

Yes, being a schnorrer is not illegal. But it’s unethical, and un-Jewish. (Ask any rabbi from any denomination.)

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”)

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) entities providing brokerage and consulting services (referred to  collectively as “covered service providers”), including their affiliates and subcontractors, who expect to receive $1,000 or more in direct or indirect compensation, to provide plan fiduciaries with a written disclosure “reasonably in advance of” when the contract is entered, extended, or renewed.  Read More