re: First month of Jeff Landry's term

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Found your problem

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That's fair, but does that change what Landry said?

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In a speech to almost 200 Louisiana hospital executives last week, Gov. Jeff Landry touted the potential benefits of the controversial $2.5 billion sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to one of the country's largest insurers, Elevance Health of Indianapolis.

He told the Louisiana Hospital Association he isn’t pushing for the sale, which will go before state regulators later this month. The governor does not have legal authority over the deal, which is subject only to Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple and Blue Cross policyholders.

Still, Landry’s comments echoed arguments used by Blue Cross executives over the past year to justify why the Baton Rouge-based nonprofit — which has more than 60 percent of the commercially insured customers in the state — should sell to a much larger, for-profit company.

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Seems like Landry is trying to say he is for the deal, without saying he is for the deal.