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Seeking Cutting-Edge Approaches to Age-Old Problems

I was very excited to be part of the launch of the latest New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge recently.

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Category: ACA and Policy, Cost of Healthcare, Health Insurance

Sales Caravan | Raising Understanding Levels

Earlier this fall, I spent some time on the road traveling to every big city in Louisiana. Every year, we bring together all of the brokers, agents and consultants that do business with Blue Cross.
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Ready to Shop for Short-Term Limited Duration Health Insurance Plans (STLD)? Best Put on Your Big-Boy Pants.

When I was a little boy growing up in Morgan City in the 1960s, I had a baseball coach who seemed like he was 100 years old! “Coach Charlie” had been coaching Little League in our town for 30 years, and I was lucky enough to be on one of his teams right before he hung it up.
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Category: Cost of Healthcare, Health Insurance

Straight Talk: Behind the Talk | Sales Caravan

One out of every three people in Louisiana has a Blue Cross card in their pocket. What does that mean to us here at Blue Cross? Today, we’re taking you behind the scenes at our Fall 2018 Sales Caravan for brokers who work with employers and individuals who do business with Blue Cross.
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Category: Cost of Healthcare, Government Programs, Health Insurance

Podcast Episode 6 | Straight Talk on Medicare Advantage

I hope you’ve got your ears on today! Medicare Annual enrollment is happening now and will continue through Dec. 7. If you are currently on Medicare, this is the time to make changes to your plan, if you want to. That means you’ll need information to decide if the plan you are on is right for you.

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Some Changes Can Be Scary: Don’t Let the Move from Employer Coverage to Medicare Be One of Them

Now that I’m in my 57th year, I have a ton of slightly older peers who are making the move out of the workforce to semi- or fully retired status.
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