The Pocket Protector Offers a New, Pressure-Free Way to Navigate Medicare
Chicago-based platform brings comprehensive plan comparison, personalized guidance and ongoing healthcare support
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Chicago, IL, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MEDIA CONTACT:
Nell DeCoursey Brennan
Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications
on behalf of The Pocket Protector
Media@medicarepocketprotector.com
CHICAGO, IL — With Medicare Annual Enrollment approaching, The Pocket Protector, a licensed, independent Medicare comparison service, is offering consumers a new way to find and enroll in Medicare plans entirely online —without requiring a phone number or a sales call.
Founded by Mike Boshardy, a Medicare regulatory attorney with more than ten years in Medicare law and compliance, The Pocket Protector brings plan comparison, personalized guidance, enrollment and ongoing healthcare support together in one platform, giving seniors and their families greater clarity and control as they navigate their Medicare options.
“There are a lot of changes to seniors’ Medicare plans this year, and it’s going to be more important than ever to know if you’re in the right plan,” said Boshardy, founder and CEO of The Pocket Protector. “We wanted to make sure folks have all their options compared – rather than only the ones that pay commissions. Consumers deserve a solution that allows them to get clear advice without receiving endless sales-driven calls that could end up in signing up for a plan that is not right for them or their needs.”
The Pocket Protector allows consumers to compare Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D prescription drug and Medicare Supplement plans side by side, with personalized recommendations based on their doctors, prescriptions and needs — a combination the company believes is the first of its kind. By providing a digital-first experience, the company can afford to assist consumers even on plans or types where they don’t earn any commissions. This allows them to have provably objective recommendation engines with rankings that never change based on what a plan pays — and they include plans that pay it nothing. Their data suggests that potentially 1 out of 5 seniors should be in a non-commissionable plan – which most agents won’t discuss.
What makes it different is the engineering underneath. Their team of insurance experts and machine learning engineers built proprietary data and comparison technology to create clear, plain-language information that does the work for you automatically so that people can make the right decision for their own health and budget. This allows The Pocket Protector to offer plan information for free and remain 100% carrier-agnostic.
According to TPP internal data from August 2026, 1 in 5 plans the platform recommends pay The Pocket Protector no commission at all, and 1 in 4 results from its Medicare Advantage comparison tool recommend keeping the plan the person already has. Giving consumers the opinion that they’re already in the best plan for them is an economic disincentive to an insurance agent, and is what puts The Pocket Protector in its own league.
The Pocket Protector doesn’t just stop at open enrollment help. Its free app keeps coverage and benefit information in one place and includes tools to help users understand and challenge medical bills.
The platform currently indexes more than 8,000 Medicare plans and thousands of Medigap rates and is licensed in 48 states and Washington, D.C. Consumers also have access to more than 30 free tools covering Medicare deadlines, penalties, provider networks, medical bills and other healthcare decisions, with access to a licensed advisor when they request additional help.
“Technology has opened the door to a very different Medicare experience,” Boshardy said. “Our goal is to give people a level of clarity and control that simply hasn’t been available to them before and to keep helping long after they’ve chosen a plan.”
For more information, visit https://thepocketprotector.com
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The Pocket Protector is a licensed insurance agency (NPN 21126942), not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government or the federal Medicare program.
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