{"id":833305,"date":"2026-09-01T20:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=833305"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:39:04","slug":"texas-medicare-broker-review-finds-years-steepest-medigap-rate-hike-one-carriers-plan-g-jumped-416-in-a-single-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/texas-medicare-broker-review-finds-years-steepest-medigap-rate-hike-one-carriers-plan-g-jumped-416-in-a-single-filing_833305.html","title":{"rendered":"Texas Medicare Broker Review Finds Year’s Steepest Medigap Rate Hike: One Carrier’s Plan G Jumped 41.6% in a Single Filing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Texas Medicare Supplement carrier raised Plan G rates 41.6% in a single 2026 filing while another still prices identical coverage at $129.92 a month – EasyKind Medicare filed-rate review, July 2026, medicareyourself.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
A Texas Medicare broker filed-rate review from EasyKind Medicare finds one Plan G Medigap carrier raised its Texas premium 41.6% in a single February 2026 filing, the largest one-time Medigap rate increase the Cherry Hill brokerage has recorded across the five states it tracks.<\/div>\n

Cherry Hill, NJ – September 1, 2026 –<\/strong> EasyKind Medicare, an independent Medicare broker licensed in Texas and 34 other states, published a filed-rate review this month showing WoodmenLife’s Texas Plan G premium rose 41.6% effective February 15, 2026. Twenty-four carriers file Plan G rates in Texas. Every one of them pays out the same federally standardized benefits. WoodmenLife now charges $197.75 a month for that coverage. Bankers Fidelity, selling the identical plan letter, charges $129.92.<\/p>\n

The plan letter is the product, not the carrier’s name on the bill. WoodmenLife’s Texas Medigap block grew from 198 lives in 2023 to 3,371 by 2025, and its loss ratio, the share of premium paid back out in claims, climbed from 83% to 93% over that stretch. February’s 41.6% increase followed a 9.01% filing in May 2024, compounding to roughly 54% in under two years. Anthony Orner, NPN 20586791, notes that a rate filing that size usually means a carrier priced its risk pool too low at launch and is now correcting for it.<\/p>\n

Bankers Fidelity tells a different story with the same benefits. It prices Texas Plan G at $129.92 a month, the lowest of the 24 filed rates and 33% below the state’s $194.91 median, after a single 4.9% filing in August 2025. Its loss ratio ran 73% in 2025. Two carriers, identical coverage, a $67.83 monthly gap.<\/p>\n

A Texas policyholder facing an increase is not stuck. Because Plan G benefits are standardized by federal law, a Texas resident can move the same coverage to a lower-priced carrier at any time, though applications outside a protected enrollment window generally involve medical underwriting. New enrollees hold the strongest position: Texas’s six-month Medigap open enrollment period, which begins with Part B enrollment, guarantees acceptance regardless of health history. EasyKind Medicare reviews these filings with Texas callers at 855-559-1700 at no charge; broker compensation comes from carriers and does not change the price a consumer pays.<\/p>\n

The figures come from CSG Actuarial filed-rate data as of July 12, 2026, and carrier-level filing history compiled July 15, 2026, sampled for a 65-year-old non-tobacco applicant in ZIP 77002, Houston. Full Texas rate tables are published at medicareyourself.com\/medicare-supplement\/texas\/rate-index, and Texas broker services at medicareyourself.com\/medicare-broker\/texas.<\/p>\n

About EasyKind Medicare<\/strong><\/p>\n

EasyKind Medicare is an independent Medicare insurance brokerage based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and licensed in 35 states. Led by broker Anthony Orner (NPN 20586791), the firm publishes filed-rate data for Medicare Supplement plans and helps consumers compare Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Part D prescription drug plans across carriers. Reach EasyKind Medicare at 855-559-1700 or medicareyourself.com.<\/p>\n

Contact<\/p>\n

Anthony Orner, EasyKind Medicare, 1309 Route 70 West, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, 855-559-1700, medicareyourself.com<\/p>\n

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Phone:<\/strong> 855-559-1700
Address:<\/strong>1309 Route 70 West
City:<\/strong> Cherry Hill
State:<\/strong> NJ
Country:<\/strong> United States
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/medicareyourself.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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