Michael Chapman

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9statements → 6claims → 3claims resolved → 33%fully supported → 3.56/5average certainty → 1.11/5average debate potential → 5said about them ↓

1 supported 1 partly supported 1 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 5 assertions · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Michael argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Chapman: Insurance commissions for health plans range from 3% to 6%
“For insurance, and it varies by, ah, plan, but the, ah, the commission is anywhere from three percent to like six percent in that range of a ah, for a plan.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 10:11 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Chapman: Major insurers like Humana and Aetna exited individual market
“Humana, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare are out of the market.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 7:47 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman

How they sound: not measured why? →

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Everything Michael Chapman said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Partly supported
Chapman: Christian healthcare sharing programs offer exemption from ACA tax penalties
“There's five of them that Have been exempted by center for Medicare services and would keep anybody that becomes a member from being penalized from taxes, but still gives people to gives people access to a wide Network of doctors and hospitals across the count…”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 9:30 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chapman: One-man insurance agency generated $500k in revenue in 2015
“Right about, ah, right about 500,000. In terms of, yeah, in terms of revenue, which is, ah, fees and commissions, not in terms of sales.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 3:23 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chapman nets 50% profit margin on $500k annual agency revenue
“About half.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 4:04 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Assertion Contradicted
Chapman: Major insurers like Humana and Aetna exited individual market
“Humana, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare are out of the market.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 7:47 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Assertion Supported
Chapman: Insurance commissions for health plans range from 3% to 6%
“For insurance, and it varies by, ah, plan, but the, ah, the commission is anywhere from three percent to like six percent in that range of a ah, for a plan.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 10:11 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Disclosure
Chapman: 75% of advisory business costs clients zero dollars directly
“I'm a broker, so I would say probably 75% of my business doesn't cost anybody a dime.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 2:49 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chapman expects solo agency revenue to grow 20% in 2016
“Well, it's shifting massively, but I expect to increase that about 20%.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 6:16 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Disclosure
Chapman drives business by speaking to 60 to 75 groups annually
“I'm based in Dallas, Texas, and I probably speak to 60 to 75 different business and networking and church groups per year.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 11:41 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
Disclosure
Chapman's solo agency maintains an email list of 6,000 active subscribers
“At this point active subscribers right about 6000.”
Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 ▶ 12:15 EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman

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Played on the show (1)

Episodes where a recording of Michael Chapman was played rather than Michael taking part, or where the tape carries an address with nobody putting questions to them. Listed because the words are on the record, kept out of every score on this page because they were not said on this show. We read this off the tape: who was spoken to, who was asked something, who answered whom.

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EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman Oct 27, 2016 8m clip played
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