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After enhanced Obamacare health insurance subsidies expire, the effects are starting to show
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (718+ words) WASHINGTON " The federal government shut down for 43 days last year when Democrats demanded Republicans extend the enhanced premium credits that helped pay for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace that expired Dec. 31. But negotiations stalled, leaving 24.2 million Americans…...
Blue Cross CEO Bryan Camerlinck to retire after 33 years with the company: 'A privilege"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (255+ words) Bryan Camerlinck, who took over as president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana two years ago after the nonprofit company shelved plans for Elevance Health to buy the business, announced Tuesday he will retire." Camerlinck has…...
Christine O'Brien, UnitedHealthcare CEO for La.-Miss., wants to lower insurance costs. Here's how
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (807+ words) Christine O'Brien was named CEO of United Healthcare for the Louisiana Mississippi region in November 2025. 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…...
Thousands of Baton Rouge area residents to have outstanding medical debt erased
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (314+ words) This week 17,000 Baton Rouge area residents will receive notices that some or all of their outstanding medical debt has been erased. The debt relief program that has purchased and abolished nearly $22 million in medical debt for local families comes from…...
Letters: Louisiana never learns right lessons on insurance
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (244+ words) Guest columnist Andr" Comeaux's suggestion that Louisiana should fix its auto insurance crisis by repeating the 1975 Medical Malpractice Act is the kind of idea that makes you wonder if some people look at a decades-long train wreck and think, "Let's…...
Louisiana will settle two lawsuits with CVS in dispute over prescription drug prices
2+ mon, 2+ 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 345,000 people to other plans
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ 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…...
Louisiana yanks a Medicaid contract, pushing 330,000 people to other plans
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1097+ words) The Louisiana Department of Health headquarters located at 628 N. 4th St. in Baton Rouge. Louisiana has halted a contract with United Healthcare to provide Medicaid coverage for roughly 333,000 people in Louisiana, less than a month before next year's agreement was set to…...
Here’s how ACA marketplace health insurance rates are expected to change in your part of Louisiana
3+ mon, 1+ 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....
Zachary faces 22% increase in insurance costs; council complains about timing of notice
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (364+ words) It's an all-too-familiar feeling for many Louisiana residents: Realizing their already expensive insurance premiums have gone up yet again. In Zachary, city officials are dealing with the same struggle. The city is facing a nearly 22% increase in its property and…...