Category: Health Insurance

I’ve always been astounded by how much the names we call people, i.e. “nicknames,” can be so different from a person’s given, legal name.

Sometimes there are good reasons for nicknames. When I entered first grade way back in 1967, there were FIVE “Mikes” in my class! Out of just 28 kids. Naturally, I became “Bertaut,” which ultimately was shortened to “BURR-DOE,” which I was stuck with all the way through high school. Even today, when I reconnect with my old high school friends, the name sticks. Read more

Since 2009, I’ve been blessed to have a job that encourages me to meet my friends and neighb­­ors in Louisiana, traveling across all 64 parishes. By my count, I’ve made presentations, workshops, compliance seminars or univer­­sity lectures in 60 parishes (at least!) in the past 15 years. Read more

I’ve been so blessed the past few years. Since 2019, all three of my kids have married, one has had a child (hilarious!) and we have another grandchild on the way. My lovely wife retired after 35 years working hard as a registered nurse in various roles here in Louisiana. She’s now having fun as a full-time caregiver for a very busy 7-month-old boy! He’s at my house a lot, which makes my life even more fun! Call me Gramps! Read more

Every year, giant companies that have been successful around the world doing non-healthcare-related things try to dip their toes into the healthcare business and “fix” it. And there are always new start-ups that try to “disrupt” healthcare or health insurance.

I’ve watched them for years. And from my experience, these groups fall into two categories: Read more

If you are like me, you get really irritated when somebody makes a choice for you that you feel perfectly capable of making for yourself. Guess I was just raised and wired to research, contemplate and act on my own choices. Read more

The Louisiana legislative session started a couple of weeks ago, so we thought it would be a good time to give you the Straight Talk on how Blue Cross is involved with the legislative process to help protect your health and your premium dollar.

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