It’s Happening NOW! Do You Know What to Do?
Just a quick reminder to you all that this is a rare opportunity to sign up for health insurance. Let’s go over the options available in this rare, mid-year, wide-open enrollment period: Read more
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Special? Open? Medicaid? Medicare? FPL?
Sometimes it makes my head spin, this whole health insurance coverage thing. The big news today is the federal government is RE-OPENING healthcare.gov for a 90-day Special Enrollment Period (SEP), taking-all-comers, starting on Feb. 15 and ending May 15! Read more
If You Lose Your Medicaid, You Still Have Options
The headlines can be pretty stark, and scary:
82K Louisiana Medicaid Patients Could Be Booted from Program… (Associated Press, Oct. 11, 2019)
After thousands booted from Medicaid rolls… (The Advocate, June 13, 2019)
Another 11,500 people removed from Louisiana Medicaid rolls… (WAFB TV, July 1, 2019)
What the heck is going on?
Straight Talk Podcast | Episode 7
Want in on an inside conversation between Healthcare Economist Mike Bertaut and one of his Straight Talk producers? They are interesting exchanges. In this one, which we recorded for you, we talk about the latest news with the ACA, even going back in time a bit.
We also talk about how the ruling could affect some really popular benefits of the ACA, Read more
Using Big Data to Solve Big Healthcare Issues
I’m back today to continue our series introducing you to some of the amazing people who work here at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Our company is on the cutting edge of data innovation, and I want to tell you more about the person in charge of that program.
Somesh Nigam, Ph. D., is our chief analytics and data officer. He goes by his first name around the office. Read more