Don O. Weide, age 79, born in Porterville, California, is president of one of the larger and older (54 years) senior health insurance agencies in California. Don is a registered Professional Health and Disability Underwriter (RHU) with 50 years experience in this field. Don served in the US Marine Corps from 1940 to 1947 primarily in the South Pacific, and is currently a Major in the USMCR (ret.) reserve.

Don’s agency, known as General Agency Insurance Development Services (GAIDS), has produced over 150 million of individual health insurance premiums since its inception and he has been a member of the LPRT Management/Eagles Club as well as a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) for over 31 years, presently serving as a director in the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters (LAAHU) chapter.

Don has authored numerous articles on Long-term care and Medicare and conducted many seminars on these subjects. He has been a force in opposing several bills in the California legislature that were not in the best interest of seniors or producers. He has no plans to retire from his lifetime profession.
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