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Letters: Lawyer ads not the cause of high auto insurance rates
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (130+ words) Letters: Lawyer ads not the cause of high auto insurance rates'NOLA.com Several major auto insurance businesses are reducing rates in Louisiana as fewer drivers are on roadways commuting to work. A recent letter published Feb. 18 blames lawyer advertising for…...
Christine O'Brien, UnitedHealthcare CEO for La.-Miss., wants to lower insurance costs. Here's how
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (791+ words) At a time when health insurers are under fire for raising premiums and rejecting claims while health care costs continue to rise, Christine O'Brien is trying to grow UnitedHealthcare's book of commercial business in Louisiana and Mississippi" two of the…...
Letters: Repeating myths about immigrants and taxes betrays larger bias
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (165+ words) By all means, give facts about undocumented immigrants and taxes. A letter'presents well-worn falsehoods about undocumented immigrants' tax and financial status. Jessie LeBlanc asserts wrongly that: 1. Because they are not citizens, many do not pay the 6.2% FICA tax, and employers…...
Guest Column: The health care industry must work to make treatment more affordable
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) In Louisiana, a cancer diagnosis is not only a medical emergency " it is a financial one. Families are blindsided by a crisis for which no one is prepared. Most people do not have a "cancer savings account," yet the average…...
Ochsner signs preliminary deal to partner with rural hospitals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (830+ words) Ochsner Health System has signed a preliminary agreement to affiliate with a north Louisiana Allegiance Health Management. In a move that could further expand its growing footprint across the state, Ochsner Health System has signed a preliminary "affiliation agreement" with…...
Louisiana will settle two lawsuits with CVS in dispute over prescription drug prices
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (491+ words) Louisiana has agreed to settle two lawsuits against CVS Health that were filed earlier this year over the company's treatment of independent pharmacies and its general business practices, court records show. The terms of the settlement were not immediately available....
Louisiana yanks a Medicaid contract, pushing 330,000 people to other plans
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1132+ words) The Louisiana Department of Health headquarters located at 628 N. 4th St. in Baton Rouge. A health department official says she sees the new report by the Centers of Disease Control as "encouraging" despite Louisiana ranking in the top ten states with the…...
Here’s how ACA marketplace health insurance rates are expected to change in your part of Louisiana
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (556+ words) The federal government has reopened after a 43-day shutdown driven by a fight over the future of Affordable Care Act subsidies, and the question now is what millions of Americans will pay for health insurance if Congress does not act....
A Louisiana family paid $300 a month for health insurance. Now it's $2,000 as ACA credits expire.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1109+ words) Victor McQuillen and his wife have relied on an Affordable Care Act marketplace plan for their health insurance for most of the past decade. This past year, it was a Blue Cross and Blue Shield silver policy that cost them…...
LCMC and UnitedHealthcare reach last-minute deal to stay in-network
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (275+ words) LCMC Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a last-minute verbal agreement that will keep the hospital system in-network for patients covered by the insurer, avoiding a potential disruption in care for tens of thousands of Louisiana residents. In a statement released…...