5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (212+ words) Roundup: Health insurance costs / Baker Hughes / Harbour Energy'Baton Rouge Business Report Wednesday, February 11, 2026 Louisiana hit hard: Louisiana families spend a larger share of their income on health insurance than anywhere else in the country, according to a new Commonwealth Fund…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) Edgardo Tenreiro, CEO of Baton Rouge General, says the "dirty little secret" in health care is that there are significant price differences among hospital systems and physicians. Put simply, some charge more than others. RELATED STORY Sounding the alarm: Louisiana…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1749+ words) A sharp increase in health care costs felt more like a slap than a wake-up call for many Louisiana business owners in 2026. The sizable but necessary expense began cutting dangerously deep into their profit margins. RELATED STORY Baton Rouge General's…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (150+ words) Roundup: Health care costs / Nancy Landry / Oil prices'Baton Rouge Business Report Guest speaker: Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. She will discuss election changes brought about…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (224+ words) As insurers increasingly lean on artificial intelligence to speed claims processing and prior authorizations, a parallel AI industry is emerging to fight back, Louisiana Illuminator reports." Startups and nonprofits such as Sheer Health and North Carolina'based Counterforce Health are rolling…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (170+ words) Health insurance costs have surged for the third straight year, nearing $27,000 for a family plan in 2025, The Wall Street Journal writes." The 6% increase follows two consecutive 7% jumps, according to KFF's latest employer coverage survey, outpacing inflation and threatening to squeeze…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (185+ words) The Federal Trade Commission is escalating its scrutiny of employer noncompete clauses, Reuters reports." FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday that letters have been sent to several major health care employers and staffing firms, requesting a full review of their…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (229+ words) U.S. employers are bracing for the sharpest health-insurance cost hikes in more than a decade, The Wall Street Journal writes." Consulting firms Aon and WTW project 2026 costs will jump 9% to 9.5%, the fastest pace since at least 2011 and on top of two…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (160+ words) U.S. employers are preparing for the sharpest jump in workplace health care costs since 2010, with multiple surveys warning of a nearly 9% average increase in 2026, Inc. writes." Consulting firm Mercer found nearly half of 1,700 companies expect costs to rise by that amount,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (243+ words) Construction is underway on the former Richland Parish farmland that is the site of Meta's most ambitious project yet'a $10 billion, nine-building "Hyperion" data center, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg says could one day rival the footprint of Manhattan." The complex'spanning 4 million…...