By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor Welcome to your Monday edition of the Acadiana Business Newsletter. Let's just get to the headlines. Three weeks after broad opposition scuttled the $2.5 billion deal to sell Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health, two state lawmakers are proposing new rules that would make it harder for the Baton Rouge-based insurer to sell itself in the future. State Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, and state Sen. Jeremy Stine, R-Lake Charles, filed separate bills ahead of the upcoming legislative session that would tighten regulations around the reorganization of a nonprofit mutual, or member-owned health insurer like Blue Cross, into a for-profit company that could then be sold. Read the full story here. Have a great day. Thank you for reading. |