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The health insurance exchange makes it easy to find affordable high quality coverage available in your home state.

Professional enrollment support is available for all of the benefit plans listed on this page. Send your question by e-mail or live online chat.

Louisiana Affordable Health Insurance Exchange

Louisiana has several commercial health insurance companies that are licensed to offer individual major medical insurance and 28 companies that issue small group insurance as well as the state-sponsored high risk health plan called Louisiana Health Plan for residents who have been denied commercial coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions. These standard health insurance plans may not be affordable for some residents. This Web page lists some of the most popular low cost commercial health insurance plans and related benefits. All of these policies offer secure online enrollment and professional OnlineAdviser personal enrollment support. Please note that while many of these choices could be included in more than one of the suggested usage categories, each plan is listed only once for the sake of brevity. Your enrollment adviser is available to discuss suitability of any plan for your specific situation.

Louisiana insurance & benefit news

Louisiana had the 7th lowest health insurance costs of all states in 2008 with an average family premium of $11,207 per year. (The average annual premium for a U.S. family covered under an employer-sponsored health plan in 2008 was $12,298 according to The Commonwealth Fund report. The overall quality of health care ranked 49th out of the 51 states (including DC).

Louisiana regulates the benefits required for both individual major medical and group health insurance plans, known as "mandated benefits".

Short Term Insurance

American Health Shield

Celtic Insurance

Simple STM

Intermediate Term

Inbound Immigrant

Supplemental Insurance

Smart Accident Insurance

Value Access Guarantee

Louisiana Insurance Law

The Louisiana Department of Insurance Web site contains contact information for consumers who heed help with each of the specific product divisions of health insurance. The Web site has not yet developed resources to help individuals find commercial low cost health plans like mini-med or core coverage, specific illness policies, supplemental insurance and basic health insurance.

The state's office of health insurance can be reached by telephone at (225) 219-4770 or by mail at P.O. Box 94214, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. The state children's health insurance plan (CHIP) Web site is Louisiana LaCHIP.

Non-insurance Discount Plans

Benicard

Careington PPO Discount Plans

Drug Card America

Essential Dental Solutions

Rx Pay Card

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Consumer Insurance Issues

5/14/2010 Diabetes Coverage: A new resource to help find health insurance for diabetics in Louisiana is now available at Freedom Benefits.

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The content on this Web page was last updated by consumer finance writer Tony Novak on 5/12/2010. Comments, feedback, questions and corrections are welcome to help keep content relevant and up-to-date. Contact the author directly by e-mail, on Facebook, Twitter or the contact information included on his Web site.