eHealth, Inc.
For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 5, 2026.
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Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-05-07.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-06-30; filed 2026-08-05.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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During the second quarter of 2026, enrollment volume in our Medicare products was lower than the second quarter of 2025. This was consistent with our expectations and our lifetime advisory model, which prioritizes marketing spend in the first and fourth quarters to maximize returns on investment and focuses on benefit advisor engagement with existing members during the second and third quarters.
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•a 46% decline in Medicare approved members, primarily due to:
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◦a 45% decline in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement approved members resulting from an intentional reduction in variable marketing spend, and
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•a 13% decline in ancillary plan approved members across all products primarily driven by an intentional decrease in variable marketing spend; and
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•an 18% increase in small business health plan approved members primarily driven by a targeted increase in variable marketing spend toward employer plans as well as an increase in average group size for existing plans.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Total approved members declined 26% during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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•a 1% decrease in Medicare Advantage plans, primarily due to unfavorable retention assumptions for the second quarter of 2026 cohorts compared to the second quarter of 2025 cohorts, partially offset by favorable carrier and contract mix;
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•an 8% decrease in non-qualified health plans, primarily due to unfavorable retention assumptions for the second quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the second quarter 2025 cohorts;
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•a 4% decrease in vision plans due to unfavorable carrier and contract mix; and
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•a 31% increase in small business plans due to favorable carrier and contract mix.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Total acquisition cost per MA-equivalent approved member increased $179, or 16%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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•a $24.0 million, or 46%, decrease in our Medicare segment commission revenue driven by:
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◦a $14.0 million decline in commission revenue from members approved during the period primarily due to a 45%, 45%, and 80% decrease in Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D plan approved members, respectively; and
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $9.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $19.1 million during the same period in 2025.
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•a $0.9 million, or 37%, decrease in our E&I segment commission revenue driven by:
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◦a 28% and 13% decline in individual and family plan and ancillary plan approved members, respectively, partially offset by an 18% increase in small business plan approved members;
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments of $(1.5) million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $(1.3) million in the same period in 2025.
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Other revenue decreased $2.3 million, or 38%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 primarily due to a decrease in sponsorship and advertising revenue.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Commission revenue decreased $44.1 million, or 29%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 due to:
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◦a $29.3 million decline in commission revenue from members approved during the period primarily due to a 30% decline in overall Medicare approved members; and
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $15.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $27.1 million during the same period in 2025.
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◦declines in individual and family plan, short-term, vision and dental plan approved members;
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◦lower constrained LTV of commissions per approved member for qualified health plans, non-qualified health plans and vision plans, slightly offset by higher constrained LTV of commissions per approved member for short-term, dental and small business plans; and
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $(0.2) million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $1.2 million during the same period in 2025.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Marketing and advertising expenses decreased $9.6 million, or 45%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $8.1 million decrease in variable advertising costs, a $0.9 million decrease in fixed marketing costs and a $0.5 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs. The decrease in variable advertising costs was primarily due to an intentional reduction in affiliate partner and direct channels spend as we strategically reduced our overall marketing budget to prioritize marketing spend in the first and fourth quarters of the fiscal year to maximize returns on investment.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Customer care and enrollment expenses decreased $5.6 million, or 20%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a $5.1 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs and a $0.4 million decrease in other operating expenses due to lower consulting costs. The decrease in personnel and compensation costs was primarily due to lower headcount as we strategically planned for lower investment in member acquisition activities and continued to use a more flexible structure in our telesales organization to adjust to anticipated enrollment volumes.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Technology and content expenses decreased less than $0.1 million, or less than 1%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $0.3 million decrease in other operating costs, particularly consulting expenses, a $0.3 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense and a $0.2 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense, primarily offset by a $0.8 million increase in personnel and compensation costs.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – We incurred $0.1 million in impairment, restructuring and other charges for the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $1.6 million for the same period in 2025. The charges in 2026 consisted of $0.2 million related to abandoned internally developed software projects and $0.1 million related to operating lease right-of-use asset impairments for certain vacated leased office spaces. We also incurred $(0.2) million of restructuring charge adjustments.
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employee termination benefits associated with a workforce reduction affecting approximately 14% of our workforce as part of our cost reduction efforts to support strategic initiatives.
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◦a $14.0 million decline in commission revenue from members approved during the period driven by a decrease in approved members across all Medicare products; and
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $9.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $19.1 million during the same period in 2025.
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•a $2.3 million decrease in Medicare segment other revenue driven by a $2.4 million decline in sponsorship and advertising revenue.
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Our Medicare segment gross profit was $6.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, a decrease of $13.2 million or 69%, compared to the same period in 2025 primarily driven by:
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•a $26.3 million decrease in Medicare segment revenue;
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•partially offset by an $8.0 million and $5.2 million decrease in variable marketing and advertising and segment CC&E expenses, respectively, primarily due to targeted cost reduction efforts in 2026.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 –Revenue from our Medicare segment decreased $48.7 million, or 30%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by:
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $15.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to $27.1 million during the same period in 2025.
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Our Medicare segment gross profit was $39.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a decrease of $15.9 million, or 29%, compared to the same period in 2025 primarily driven by:
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•a $48.7 million decrease in Medicare segment revenue;
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 –Revenue from our E&I segment decreased $1.0 million, or 35%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $0.9 million decrease in commission revenue due to:
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During the first quarter of 2026, enrollment volume in our Medicare products was lower than the first quarter of 2025, which was consistent with our expectations and reflective of our decision to reduce demand generation spend and to focus it on our more profitable marketing channels. At the same time, we observed improved estimated constrained lifetime value (“LTVs”) of commissions for all Medicare products as well as improved total acquisition cost per Medicare-equivalent approved member year-over-year. During the first quarter of 2026, we also implemented a company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative in which we eliminated approximately 14% of
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•a 3% increase in Medicare Advantage plans, primarily due to favorable carrier and contract mix;
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•a 15% decrease in qualified health plans, primarily due to an increase in the LTV constraint from 4% to 10% due to observed unfavorable retention trends, unfavorable carrier and contract mix and unfavorable retention trends for the first quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the first quarter 2025 cohorts;
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•a 7% increase in dental plans due to favorable carrier and contract mix and favorable cohort mix;
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•a 15% increase in small business plans due to favorable carrier and contract mix.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Total acquisition cost per MA-equivalent approved member decreased $78, or 10%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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◦a 23% and 2% decline in Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plan approved members, respectively, partially offset by a 54% increase in hospital indemnity plan approved members;
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $6.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $8.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025; and
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◦declines in individual and family plan and dental, short-term and vision plan approved members;
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◦lower net adjustment revenue from prior period enrollments, which was $1.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $2.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
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◦lower net adjustment revenue, which was $6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $8.0 million during the same period in 2025;
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Our Medicare segment gross profit was $33.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, a decrease of $2.7 million, or 8%, compared to the same period in 2025 primarily driven by:
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•a $22.4 million decrease in Medicare segment revenue;
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•a $4.9 million decrease in segment CC&E expenses primarily due to fewer licensed benefit and retention advisors year-over-year.
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•a 38% decline in individual and family plan approved members and lower constrained LTV of commissions per approved members for both qualified and non-qualified health plans;
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•partially offset by an 8% increase in small business plan approved members and an increase in all ancillary plan and small business plan constrained LTV of commissions per approved member.
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We are a leading private health insurance marketplace with a technology and service platform that provides consumer engagement, education and health insurance enrollment solutions. Our mission is to expertly guide consumers, or beneficiaries, through their health insurance enrollment and related options, when, where, and how they prefer. Our platform leverages technology to solve a critical problem in a large and growing market by aiding consumers in what has traditionally been a complex, confusing and opaque health insurance purchasing process. Our omnichannel consumer engagement platform differentiates our offering from competitors and enables consumers to use our services through our self-service online platform, by telephone with a licensed and trained insurance agent, or benefit advisor, or through a hybrid online assisted interaction that includes live agent chat and co-browsing capabilities. We have created a consumer-centric marketplace that offers consumers a broad choice of insurance products that includes thousands of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D prescription drug, individual, family, small business and other ancillary health insurance products from over 180 health insurance carriers nationwide, including approximately 50 Medicare health insurance carriers. Our plan recommendation tool curates this broad plan selection by analyzing consumer health-related information against plan data for insurance coverage fit. This tool is supported by a unified data platform and is available to our ecommerce consumers and our benefit advisors. We strive to be the most trusted, unbiased, transparent partner to consumers in their journeys through the health insurance market.
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We are a leading private health insurance marketplace with a technology and service platform that provides consumer engagement, education and health insurance enrollment solutions. Our mission is to expertly guide consumers, or beneficiaries, through their health insurance enrollment and related options, when, where, and how they prefer. Our platform leverages technology to solve a critical problem in a large and growing market by aiding consumers in what has traditionally been a complex, confusing and opaque health insurance purchasing process. Our omnichannel consumer engagement platform differentiates our offering from competitors and enables consumers to use our services through our self-service online platform, by telephone with a licensed and trained insurance agent, or benefit advisor, or through a hybrid online assisted interaction that includes live agent chat and co-browsing capabilities. We have created a consumer-centric marketplace that offers consumers a broad choice of insurance products that includes thousands of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D prescription drug, individual, family, small business and other ancillary health insurance products from over 180 health insurance carriers nationwide, including approximately 50 Medicare health insurance carriers. Our plan recommendation tool curates this broad plan selection by analyzing consumer health-related information against plan data for insurance coverage fit. This tool is supported by a unified data platform and is available to our ecommerce consumers and our benefit advisors. We strive to be the most trusted, unbiased and transparent partner to consumers in their journeys through the health insurance market.
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Entering fiscal 2026, we aligned the organization around a clear strategic framework designed to leverage our core strengths to build a strong foundation for future growth, adapt to a structurally evolving Medicare market and prioritize sustainable operating cash flow generation. In the first quarter of 2026, we initiated the build of our lifetime advisory operating model, which was formally launched in the second quarter of 2026. We released new advisor-facing technology tools that are expected to enhance the beneficiary experience and ultimately, our lifetime advisory operating model is expected to drive increased member lifetime value, improved retention and build on consumer brand recognition and member loyalty for our Medicare segment. As part of this initiative, we are also broadening our ancillary product selection to offer more comprehensive coverage options to consumers. During April of 2026, we expanded our product portfolio with the introduction of final expense insurance, which covers end-of-life insurance and supports our strategic initiative to expand our product and service offerings. In the under 65 market, we are pursuing measured investment in the Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (“ICHRA”) capabilities that we believe will allow us to better serve the employer market and extend our platform to brokers with strong employer relationships.
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We believe our lifetime advisory model could over time drive improved member retention and increased member lifetime value, as well as build on consumer brand recognition and member loyalty for our Medicare segment. As part of this initiative, we are also focusing on broadening our ancillary product and service selection to offer more comprehensive coverage options to consumers. During the second quarter of 2026, we expanded our product portfolio with the introduction of our final expense insurance offering, which covers end-of-life insurance. We also observed encouraging early engagement trends related to ancillary product cross-sell activities through our lifetime advisory model. While still early, we believe this model could create opportunities to enhance cross-selling of ancillary products. Cross-sell rates represent advisor-assisted ancillary product applications submitted for consumers age 65 and older in relation to the number of advisor-assisted applications for major medical Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans. Additionally, in the under 65 market, we continue to pursue measured investment in ICHRA capabilities that we believe will allow us to better serve the employer market and extend our platform to brokers with strong employer relationships.
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our workforce and targeted reductions in vendor spend. While we recognized some cost savings from this initiative during the first quarter of 2026, we expect to deliver greater savings throughout the rest of the fiscal year.
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During the first quarter of 2026, we implemented a company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative in which we eliminated approximately 14% of our workforce and targeted reductions in vendor spend. We have recognized cost savings from this initiative during the first six months of 2026, and we expect to continue to recognize savings throughout the rest of the fiscal year.
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Approved members represent the number of individuals on submitted applications, or submissions, which were approved by the relevant insurance carrier for the identified product during the current period for which we are the broker of record. The applications may be submitted in either the current period or prior periods. Not all approved members ultimately become paying members.
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Approved members represent the number of individuals on submitted applications, or submissions, for which we are the broker of record, that were approved by the applicable insurance carrier for the identified product during the current period. The applications may be submitted in either the current period or prior periods. Approved members may not ultimately become paying members.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Total approved members declined 21% during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Total approved members declined 36% during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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availability, resulting in beneficiaries shifting away from standalone Medicare Part D plans towards Medicare Advantage plans that include prescription drug coverage.
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◦an 80% decline in Medicare Part D approved members due to the continuous impact of regulatory changes that adversely impacted standalone Medicare Part D plan economics and availability, resulting in beneficiaries shifting away from standalone Medicare Part D plans towards Medicare Advantage plans that include prescription drug coverage.
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•a 38% decline in individual and family plan approved members primarily driven by lower qualified health plan approved members following the removal of government subsidies, which both reduced overall demand and drove a partial shift towards non-qualified health plans, along with an overall decline in variable marketing spend;
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•a 28% decline in individual and family plan approved members primarily driven by lower qualified health plan approved members following the removal of government subsidies, which both reduced overall demand and drove a partial shift towards non-qualified health plans, along with an overall decline in variable marketing spend;
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•a 24% decline in Medicare approved members, primarily as a result of:
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•a 30% decline in Medicare approved members, primarily as a result of:
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◦a 23% decline in Medicare Advantage approved members due to a 25% decrease in Medicare Advantage broker of record submissions resulting from an intentional decrease in variable marketing spend;
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◦a 29% decline in Medicare Advantage approved members primarily due to an intentional decrease in variable marketing spend which resulted in a 31% decline in Medicare Advantage broker of record submissions;
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◦a 2% decline in Medicare Supplement approved members, primarily due to an intentional decrease in variable marketing spend, partially offset by the approval timing of certain applications that were submitted in the fourth quarter of 2025; and
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◦a 19% decline in Medicare Supplement approved members, primarily due to an intentional decrease in variable marketing spend, partially offset by the approval timing of certain applications that were submitted in the fourth quarter of 2025; and
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◦a 69% decline in Medicare Part D approved members due to the continuous impact of regulatory changes that adversely impacted standalone Medicare Part D plan economics and
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◦a 73% decline in Medicare Part D approved members due to the continuous impact of regulatory changes that adversely impacted standalone Medicare Part D plan economics and availability, resulting in beneficiaries shifting away from standalone Medicare Part D plans towards Medicare Advantage plans that include prescription drug coverage.
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•relatively flat ancillary approved members year-over-year primarily due to continued targeted increases in hospital indemnity plan members, which were offset by decreases in short-term, dental and vision plan approved members; and
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•a 6% decline in ancillary approved members year-over-year primarily due to decreases in short-term, dental and vision plan approved members, partially offset by targeted increases in hospital indemnity plan members; and
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•an 8% increase in small business health plan approved members primarily driven by an intentional increase in variable marketing spend toward employer plans.
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•a 12% increase in small business health plan approved members primarily driven by an intentional increase in variable marketing spend toward employer plans as well as an increase in average group size for existing plans.
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(2)The constraints applied to the total estimated lifetime value of commissions we expect to receive for selling the plan after the carrier approves an application in order to derive the constrained LTV of commissions for approved members recognized for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D were 5.5%, 4% and 7%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 5.5%, 9% and 7%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
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(2)The constraints applied to the total estimated lifetime value of commissions we expect to receive for selling the plan after the carrier approves an application in order to derive the constrained LTV of commissions for approved members recognized for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D were 5.5%, 4% and 7%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
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•a 19% increase in Medicare Supplement plans, primarily due to favorable carrier and contract mix, a decrease in the constraint from 9% to 4% due to observed LTV trends, favorable retention assumptions for the first quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the first quarter 2025 cohorts and an increase in the ratio of approved members who became paying members, partly offset by an unfavorable cohort mix;
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•a 16% increase in Medicare Supplement plans, primarily due to favorable carrier and contract mix and favorable retention assumptions for the second quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the second quarter 2025 cohorts and an increase in the ratio of approved members who became paying members, partly offset by an unfavorable cohort mix;
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•a 3% increase in vision plans due to favorable carrier and contract mix, partially offset by unfavorable retention trends for the first quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the first quarter 2025 cohorts; and
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•a 52% increase in Medicare Part D plans, primarily driven by favorable carrier and contract mix, partially offset by unfavorable retention assumptions for the second quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the second quarter 2025 cohorts;
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•a 5% decrease in non-qualified health plans, primarily due to unfavorable carrier and contract mix, unfavorable retention trends for the first quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the first quarter 2025 cohorts and a decline in the ratio of approved members who became paying members;
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•a 13% decrease in qualified health plans, primarily due to a decrease in the ratio of approved members who became paying members and unfavorable retention assumptions for the second quarter 2026 cohorts compared to the second quarter 2025 cohorts;
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•a 14% increase in short-term plans, primarily driven by favorable carrier and contract mix, partly offset by unfavorable cohort mix;
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•a 14% increase in short-term plans, primarily driven by favorable cohort mix;
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After we have estimated membership as of a specified date, we may receive information from health insurance carriers that would have impacted the estimate if we had received the information prior to the date of estimation. We may receive commission payments or other information that indicates that a member who was not included in our estimates for a prior period was in fact an active member at that time, or that a member who was included in our estimates was in fact not an active member of ours. For instance, we reconcile information carriers provide to us and may determine that we were not historically paid commissions owed to us, which would cause us to have underestimated membership. Conversely, carriers may require us to return commission payments paid in a prior period due to policy cancellations for members we previously estimated as being active. We do not update our estimated membership numbers reported in previous periods. Instead, we reflect updated information regarding our historical membership in the membership estimate for the current period. If we experience a significant variance in historical membership as compared to our initial estimates, while we keep the prior period data consistent with previously reported amounts, we may provide the updated information in other communications or disclosures. As a
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After we have estimated membership as of a specified date, we may receive information from health insurance carriers that would have impacted the estimate if we had received the information prior to the date of estimation. We may receive commission payments or other information that indicates that a member who was not included in our estimates for a prior period was in fact an active member at that time, or that a member who was included in our estimates was in fact not an active member of ours. For instance, we reconcile information carriers provide to us and may determine that we were not historically paid commissions owed to us, which would cause us to have underestimated membership. Conversely, carriers may require us to return commission payments paid in a prior period due to policy cancellations for members we previously estimated as being active. We do not update our estimated membership numbers reported in previous periods. Instead, we reflect updated information regarding our historical membership in the membership estimate for the current period. If we experience a significant variance in historical membership as compared to our initial estimates, while we keep the prior period data consistent with previously reported amounts, we may provide the updated information in other communications or disclosures. As a result of the delay in our receipt of information from insurance carriers, actual trends in our membership are most discernible over periods longer than from one quarter to the next, making it difficult for us to determine with any certainty the impact of current conditions on our membership retention. Various circumstances could cause the assumptions and estimates that we make in connection with estimating our membership to be inaccurate, which would cause our membership estimates to be inaccurate.
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March 31, 2026 compared to March 31, 2025 – Total estimated membership declined 8% as of March 31, 2026 compared to March 31, 2025 primarily due to:
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June 30, 2026 compared to June 30, 2025 – Total estimated membership declined 9% as of June 30, 2026 compared to June 30, 2025 primarily due to:
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•a 10%, 19% and 16% decline year-over-year in Medicare plan, individual and family plan and small business plan estimated membership, respectively, primarily as a result of fewer approved applications and heightened market volatility;
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•a 10%, 25% and 17% decline year-over-year in Medicare plan, individual and family plan and small business plan estimated membership, respectively, primarily as a result of fewer approved applications and heightened market volatility;
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•partially offset by a 4% increase year-over-year in an ancillary plan estimated membership primarily driven by an increase in hospital indemnity plan estimated membership.
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•partially offset by a 2% increase year-over-year in ancillary plan estimated membership primarily driven by an increase in hospital indemnity plan estimated membership.
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The numerator used to calculate each member acquisition metric discussed above is the portion of the respective operating expenses for CC&E and marketing and advertising that is directly related to member acquisition for our sale of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (collectively, “Medicare Plans”) and for all individual and family major medical plans and short-term health insurance plans (collectively, “IFP Plans”), respectively, for which we are the broker of record. The denominator used to calculate each metric is based on a derived metric that represents the relative value of the new members acquired. For Medicare Plans, we call this derived metric Medicare Advantage (“MA”)-equivalent approved members, and for IFP Plans, we call this derived metric IFP-equivalent approved members. The calculations for MA-equivalent approved members and for IFP-equivalent approved members are based on the weighted number of approved members for Medicare Plans and IFP Plans during the period, with the number of approved members adjusted based on the relative LTV of the product they are purchasing. Since the LTV for any product fluctuates from period to period, the weight given to each product was determined based on their relative LTVs at the time of our adoption of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
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acquisition for our sale of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (collectively, “Medicare Plans”) and for all individual and family major medical plans and short-term health insurance plans (collectively, “IFP Plans”), respectively, for which we are the broker of record. The denominator used to calculate each metric is based on a derived metric that represents the relative value of the new members acquired. For Medicare Plans, we call this derived metric Medicare Advantage (“MA”)-equivalent approved members, and for IFP Plans, we call this derived metric IFP-equivalent approved members. The calculations for MA-equivalent approved members and for IFP-equivalent approved members are based on the weighted number of approved members for Medicare Plans and IFP Plans during the period, with the number of approved members adjusted based on the relative LTV of the product they are purchasing. Since the LTV for any product fluctuates from period to period, the weight given to each product was determined based on their relative LTVs at the time of our adoption of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
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•partially offset by a $32, or 9%, increase in CC&E cost per MA-equivalent approved member primarily due to:
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•a $277, or 42%, increase in CC&E cost per MA-equivalent approved member primarily due to:
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◦a decline in the number of Medicare Advantage approved members driven by our intentional decrease in variable marketing spend;
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◦a decline in the number of approved members across all Medicare products, driven by our intentional decrease in variable marketing spend as we focused on existing member engagement outside of the key enrollment periods;
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◦partially offset by lower overall personnel and compensation costs, primarily driven by fewer benefit advisors and screeners year-over-year, despite retaining benefit advisors to support the launch of our lifetime advisory model in the second quarter of 2026.
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◦partially offset by lower overall personnel and compensation costs, primarily driven by fewer benefit advisors and screeners year-over-year as well as our flexible telesales organization structure;
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•a $110, or 28%, decrease in variable marketing cost per MA-equivalent approved member primarily due to more disciplined marketing spend, improved marketing channel mix and continued marketing efficiencies from our branding initiatives that enhance lead quality and conversion rates in both our telesales and online unassisted channels;
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•partially offset by a $98, or 23%, decrease in variable marketing cost per MA-equivalent approved member primarily due to more disciplined marketing spend, improved marketing channel mix and continued marketing efficiencies from our branding initiatives that enhanced lead quality and conversion rates in our online unassisted channels.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Total acquisition cost per IFP-equivalent approved member increased $67, or 22%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Total acquisition cost per IFP-equivalent approved member increased $53, or 10%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by:
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•a $94, or 50%, increase in CC&E cost per IFP-equivalent approved member due to the overall decline in individual and family plan and short-term plan approved members; and
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•a $68, or 16%, increase in CC&E cost per IFP-equivalent approved member due to the overall decline in individual and family plan and short-term plan approved members;
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•a $27, or 23%, decrease in variable marketing cost per IFP-equivalent approved member, primarily driven by our intentional decrease in variable marketing spend year-over-year.
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•partially offset by a $15, or 15%, decrease in variable marketing cost per IFP-equivalent approved member, primarily driven by our intentional decrease in variable marketing spend year-over-year.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Commission revenue decreased $19.1 million, or 19%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 due to:
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Commission revenue decreased $24.9 million, or 46%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 due to:
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◦partially offset by higher constrained LTV of commissions per approved member across all Medicare plans.
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◦lower constrained LTV of commissions per approved member for qualified health plans, non-qualified health plans and vision plans, slightly offset by higher constrained LTV of commissions per approved member for short-term, dental and small business plans; and
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•a $16.5 million, or 18%, decline in commission revenue from the Medicare segment driven by:
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•a $40.5 million, or 29%, decline in commission revenue from the Medicare segment driven by:
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•a $2.6 million, or 29% decrease in commission revenue from the E&I segment primarily driven by:
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•a $3.6 million, or 30% decrease in commission revenue from the E&I segment primarily driven by:
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Other revenue decreased $6.0 million, or 42%, due to a $6.5 million decline in sponsorship and advertising revenue, partially offset by a $0.5 million increase in fee-based and other revenue.
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Other revenue decreased $8.3 million, or 41%, due to an $8.9 million decline in sponsorship and advertising revenue, partially offset by a $0.7 million increase in fee-based and other revenue.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Marketing and advertising expenses decreased $15.8 million, or 38%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, driven by a $15.4 million decrease in variable advertising costs as we strategically reduced our overall marketing budget and focused on our higher margin marketing channels.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Marketing and advertising expenses decreased $25.4 million, or 41%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $23.5 million decrease in variable advertising costs, a $1.1 million decrease in fixed marketing costs, a $0.6 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs and a $0.4 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense. The decrease in variable advertising costs was primarily a result of our intentionally reduced overall marketing budget and our focus on our higher margin marketing channels.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Customer care and enrollment expenses decreased $4.9 million, or 13%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a $5.5 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs due to lower headcount, reflecting our strategic decision to reduce benefit advisor spend as we planned for lower investment in member acquisition activities, partly offset by a $0.6 million increase in other operating expenses due to higher consulting and software costs.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Customer care and enrollment expenses decreased $10.5 million, or 16%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a $10.6 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs due to lower headcount, reflecting our strategic decision to reduce benefit advisor spend as we planned for lower investment in member acquisition activities and continued to use a more flexible structure in our telesales organization to adjust to anticipated enrollment volumes.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – Technology and content expenses decreased $1.3 million, or 10%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $0.7 million decrease in amortization of internally developed software, a $0.4 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense and $0.3 million decrease in other operating costs, particularly consulting expenses.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Technology and content expenses decreased $1.3 million, or 6%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $0.9 million decrease in amortization of internally developed software, a $0.7 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense and a $0.6 million decrease in other operating costs, particularly consulting expenses, partly offset by a $0.8 million increase in personnel and compensation costs.
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These decreases reflect the initial impact from our company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative implemented in January of 2026.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – General and administrative expenses decreased $6.0 million, or 28%, during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $3.7 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs, a $0.9 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense, a $0.6 million decrease in facilities and other operating expenses, a $0.4 million decrease in professional fees and a $0.3 million decrease other operating costs. These decreases were all reflective of the initial impact from our company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative implemented in January of 2026.
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 – General and administrative expenses decreased $1.8 million, or 10%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $1.3 million, $0.9 million and $0.3 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs, stock-based compensation expense and facilities and other operating expenses, respectively, all reflective of the initial impact from our company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative implemented in January of 2026, partly offset by an increase of $0.9 million in professional fees.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – General and administrative expenses decreased $7.8 million, or 20%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $4.9 million decrease in personnel and compensation costs, a $1.8 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense and a $0.9 million decrease in facilities and other operating expenses. These decreases were all reflective of the initial impact from our company-wide fixed cost expense reduction initiative implemented in January of 2026.
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Entering fiscal 2026, we aligned the organization around a clear strategic framework designed to leverage our core strengths to build a strong foundation for future growth, adapt to a structurally evolving Medicare market and prioritize sustainable operating cash flow generation. During the second quarter of 2026, we launched our lifetime advisory operating model, improved second quarter operating cash flow year-over-year, and advanced diversification initiatives such as Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (“ICHRA”) capabilities and ancillary product offerings.
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•a 36% decline in individual and family plan approved members primarily driven by lower qualified health plan approved members following the removal of government subsidies, which both reduced overall demand and drove a partial shift towards non-qualified health plans, along with an overall decline in variable marketing spend;
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The numerator used to calculate each member acquisition metric discussed above is the portion of the respective operating expenses for CC&E and marketing and advertising that is directly related to member
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 –Interest expense increased by $3.1 million, or 62%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by a $2.3 million increase in debt interest expense as a result of higher outstanding debt principal balance following our entry into a new asset-based revolving credit facility on December 31, 2026.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Other income, net, was $1.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $2.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025. The change was primarily due to a $0.9 million decrease in interest income as a result of less favorable short-term investment returns and lower average short-term investment balances during the six months ended June 30, 2026.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 – Our effective tax rate of 23.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was lower than our 24.0% effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to fluctuations in stock-based compensation adjustments, research and development credits, state taxes and prior year discrete adjustments. Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was higher than the statutory federal tax rate primarily due to state taxes, nondeductible stock-based compensation and lobbying expenses, partially offset by research and development credits.
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online sponsorship program that allows carriers to purchase advertising space in specific markets on our website as well as our technology licensing activities.
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•a $40.5 million decrease in Medicare segment commission revenue primarily due to:
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Financial covenants in the Revolving Credit Agreement require that we maintain a maximum total leverage ratio, a minimum unrestricted cash balance and a minimum lifetime value to acquisition cost ratio, each as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement. Additionally, the Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and
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commission payment from a significant health insurance carrier within a quarter, our operating cash flows for that quarter could be adversely impacted.
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•a 78% increase in Medicare Part D plans, primarily driven by favorable carrier and contract mix;
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result of the delay in our receipt of information from insurance carriers, actual trends in our membership are most discernible over periods longer than from one quarter to the next, making it difficult for us to determine with any certainty the impact of current conditions on our membership retention. Various circumstances could cause the assumptions and estimates that we make in connection with estimating our membership to be inaccurate, which would cause our membership estimates to be inaccurate.
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◦partially offset by improved constrained LTV of commissions per approved member across all Medicare products.
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advances as contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2026, the interest rate was 10.17%. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred interest expense of $3.2 million. As of March 31, 2026, the carrying value of the loan under the Revolving Credit Facility was $113.8 million and we were in compliance with our Revolving Credit Agreement covenants.
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Open enrollment periods drive the seasonality of our business. The majority of our commission revenue is recognized in the fourth quarter of each calendar year under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.