Suzilla: Family Business Podcast

Matt & Suzie McColm run Suzie Health Solutions which is the Full Service Enrollment Center in Wenatchee with the Washington Healthplanfinder.  We have been helping people for the last 8 years answering insurance questions with out charging fees. Today’s episode is going to be Old School Solutions for New World problems. Using experts. Yellow pages more than just the big yellow book. Life Insurance...

Suzie and Matt McColm run Suzie Health Solutions in Wenatchee. In addition to being a family run business, it is a full-service enrollment center for the Washington Healthplanfinder. We built a business about working through problems and into the future. Valentine’s edition. We are talking about relationships. They are important in business and at home. How do you build to last? Do things together...

It’s Suzie Health Solutions , the Washington Healthplanfinder Enrollment Center located in Wenatchee. We are one of 11 centers spread through the state that help people enroll and understand health insurance for no added fees. The typical special enrollments are documented within 60 days of event. You lose coverage from an Employer. You had coverage and move to a new area. You had coverage and get...

If you have healthcare then you have to be aware of your network.  Will your plan cover you in the next county, next state or outside of the country? How do you fill in the gaps? We have been doing that for the last 8 years (7 for Suzie). Who makes these network decisions and drives up costs? We get into some of the mechanics of cost. As Suzie Health Solutions , we have been working on Health Insu...

Suzie and Matt, who run Suzie Health Solutions talk about plans moving forward.  1. The importance of life insurance. Get a term policy if you haven't.  2. The importance of local media including social media for 2021. 3. The importance of  local artists when possible.  4. Heads up on building local businesses and support networks.    We made it through 2020 and still managed to grow because of lo...

Despite 2020 being a tough year, Suzie Health Solutions grew another 25% to 30%. How did we do it and what are we going to do to have a similar growth in 2021? Our experiences is telling us that growth for 2021 is more than possible if you are flexible. 

From Washington State providing Open Healthcare Enrollment until January 15th, 2021, there are still gifts to be had. It has been a struggle, from masks to disinfectant, to toilet paper shortages and curbside pickups . There are gifts to be had.    If you need help with Health Insurance in Washington State then let us know. https://www.wahbroker.org/  

We run a Full Service Enrollment Center with the Washington Healthplanfinder . We are seeing some basic questions about the 10 essential health benefits, is this government or private run, what is a broker, etc. We get into the nuts and bolts and break it down as simply as possible if you have any questions then please contact us and we will do our best to answer them at Suzie Health Solutions . ...

Are you stuck? Your business stuck in COVID-19 lock down? You create opportunity by actions. This episode came out thanks to a few people talking about our Black Friday Special at Suzie Health Solutions. How powerful is it that we are the only Insurance business open to talk about Healthcare and Medicare at 4 AM on Black Friday? Do we get a ton of customers? Not always. Does it set us apart and al...

This is Suzie Health Solutions eighth open enrollment helping people without adding fees. We have seen a lot some good some bad. It's time to share.   With 31 plans and 3 insurance companies this is the time to shop. What is the best plan for me and my family? Should I pay this guy $25 and have him tell me what the best plan is? What is the fastest way to navigate the pitfalls of healthcare? A gol...

We run the local enrollment center for Healthcare and we are seeing a flood of folks attempting to pull consumers to supporting alien businesses. For example, one was talking about 'healthplans for Hoosers' and another was out of Tacoma. While I commend their effort as businesspeople, I am also going to call them out for taking money out of our communities.  Do bussiness when you can with people t...

These are the three things that I have done during Covid, my career and my life.  Every year we cast our ballots. Since we work with healthcare in a heavily regulated industry. We study the issues, talk with legislatures and we vote. In Washington state, we mail in our ballots and have an easy way to check our ballot status . If you are not talking politics at the table then you are often the meal...

After nearly 10 years of writing insurance, with nearly 8 with Suzie Health Solutions . We took the time out from working with Health insurance and Medicare to talk with our peers. If you dont' have a website and a social media experence then you should be getting one.  We get into different platforms and marketing. If you have a franchise is someone doing some lifting for your brand? If you are d...

Do I need to renew my Medicare Plan? When can I make changes? Now is the time to ask these questions. From Oct 15th through December 7th is the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period. You do not have to make changes to your plan during this time. However, you can and should review what you have and any updates to your healthcare plan. Here are some important things to understand....   Blog post with im...

Last night's debate one of the Candidates made the claim that he had made Insulin as cheap as water. Unfortunately, it is still running about $300. Check out our earlier episode for the details on Cheap Insulin . However there are some major changes in Washington State for Healthcare.  This is the year that you want to review advantage plans or health plans because of the changes. Medicare you can...

We have done better during this crisis than 2009 and 2001. Insurance is literally planning for future events. It is flexibility to when life happens. We do health and life so we have a little insight into thinking in this manner. A person can be early, on time or late. Flexibility is your ability to deal with the situation and adapt your plans to it. You can plan really well. You can be really fle...

Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming. How you get rid of it is more businesses and public figures that are doing positive things. The start is...

Suzie Health Solutions assists people to  enroll and be educated about healthcare. As a husband and wife team for the last seven years, we have a different look at this ironic joke.  The ironic joke is two people back to back. One asks the other, “What is the difference between assertive and aggressive?” The other person replies, “gender”.  This has weighed on Matt’s mind for a few days.  It can b...

Do you feel it is important to treat all people like people? As a business owner this comes up more than I expected over the last decade. So when one of my friends that runs a barber shop asked about  HR 5: Equality Act , I had to have a deeper discussion.  Representative John Lewis spoke about the importance of the Equality Act passing.  What does it mean when as a business owner that your suppor...

Suzie Health Solutions has been working on healthcare since 2013. We have been helping people enroll into healthcare when they lose their job. We have never charged a fee. We are literally the front line of the economy and healthcare.   I have friends praying on ending the partisanship of America. While COVID-19 is tearing into our Healthcare system and economy, we are having a serious problem dea...

Suzie and Matt from Suzie Health Solutions ,. We are getting ready to send our little dude to school and started looking what is going on.  I did a little digging for our blog . What are the leaders doing? How is COVID effecting the kids? Where can our kids go to school and what will it look like? Just how important are masks and getting our infection rates down.    If you need a mask and are in t...

Suzilla is done by Suzie and Matt McColm. We run Suzie Health Solutions which helps people with healthcare with out charging fees in Washington State.    When you do sales and services for a large corporation there is an ugly possibility that they will attempt to erase you. You are expected to come in and develop relationships and meaningful friendships. You come into the conference room greeted b...

Hey, it's Matt & Suzie from Suzie Health Solutions . We are getting real today thanks to a conversation on Facebook . Stop in, we are giving out masks.  Here it is the financial storm. We entered the recession in February officially. COVID-19 shutdown saved 370K lives What’s next?   An Argument for New Zealand. They did 4 weeks 80% of income, no rent for 3 months and quarantine the country with li...

What is it like traveling through 4 states during a Pandamic?

Hey Suzie and Matt from Suzie Health Solutions . The office of the Insurance Commissioner has offered a first look at what the prices will be for 2021 and we are talking about them.  Preliminary Washington Healthcare rates for 2021! Where do I complain: https://fortress.wa.gov/oic/consumertoolkitrt/Search.aspx If you want help then let us know early. Oct 15th Enroll in Medicare plans and Nov 1st i...