Tag: group insurance

This is a photo of Mike Bertaut with text that reads: "Health Insurance 101. Straight Talk."

What is Health Insurance, Exactly?

Every so often, I go on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster and talk about what’s happening in health insurance, healthcare reform and other topics on. I was on the air just this week when I got this question:

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

What Can I Do For You?

Early in 2009, my boss directed me to become an expert on the ongoing negotiations in Washington, D.C. that eventually became the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010.

This is an illustration of a judge with a piece of paper, a quill pen, a judge with a gavel, and a book titled "The Law" and text that reads: "Escape Routes: Lawsuits, Associations and Mandates! Straight Talk."

Category: ACA and Policy, Government Programs, Health Insurance

Escape Routes: Lawsuits, Associations and Mandates!

How many times have you seen something in the news and been surprised?

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

Requiem for the Individual Mandate

Requiem for the Individual Mandate
I’ve always liked the word “requiem,” which the dictionary says means “a ceremony or remembrance of someone who has passed away.”

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

Executive Orders: Association Health Plans

I promised you I would take you more in depth on parts of President Trump’s Executive Order on healthcare. Today we look at Association Health Plans.

Category: Cost of Healthcare, Health Insurance

Bringing Answers Straight to Business Clients: The New Orleans B2B Healthcare Forum

In this blog, we spend a lot of time talking about the individual market (people who buy their own health insurance coverage and aren’t covered through an employer or government program.)