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To understand the quality of the plans offered through online search tools, we also looked at the representation of Medicare Advantage and Part D plans at these online agent sites by star ratings. Overall, the online agent tools we surveyed offer only a limited number of top-rated plans. For instance, in Miami–Dade County, Fla., the online agents offered only three or four of the 10 Medicare Advantage plans with five stars. None of the agents that we surveyed in Summit County, Ohio, or Harris County, Texas, offered the five-star Medicare Advantage plans available in those areas. Acceptable Medicare and FWA training is usually offered by third parties, like America’s Health Insurance Plans , Pinpoint, Sentinel Elite, and the National Association of Health Underwriters . The most widely accepted Medicare and FWA training among carriers tends to be AHIP’s certification training, but acceptance of NAHU’s Medicare certification program is growing. Becoming an independent Medicare insura...