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

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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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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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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Straight Talk on Medical Marijuana

There’s been a lot of debate about medical marijuana over the years. At least 29 states have written laws that approve using marijuana for “medicinal purposes,” including Louisiana.

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Straight Talk on Medicare

Choice is a good thing right? But sometimes choice can seem overwhelming. One of the most common things I hear when talking to people about Medicare – What do I choose? For older Americans moving on to Medicare, there are a lot of choices: Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement…

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