Author: melissa_landon
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30% of uninsured Kentuckians still don’t know about Kynect health-insurance exchange despite heavy advertising, poll finds
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kynect, Kentucky’s online marketplace for health insurance, launched on Oct. 1 under the federal health-reform law. In a poll taken from...
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Bullitt fiscal court’s ban on smoking in public buildings negates broader health-board ban; case worries local health directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal) Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county...
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State insurance exchange officials say they’re not worried about relatively low share of people 18-34 signing up for health plans
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Two and a half months before the initial enrollment period ends, only 21.6 percent of Kentuckians who have signed up for a health plan...
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As deadline looms to choose plan for coverage effective Jan. 1, calls flood Kynect contact center; agents get special number
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange contact center has been in unusually high demand this week because of the Wednesday, Jan. 15 deadline to sign...
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Beshear says his managed-care plan is saving money and improving health outcomes; state points finger at hospitals
Six months ago, Gov. Steve Beshear applied an intensive plan to solve Medicaid managed-care implementation issues. On Thursday, he said the system is working more effectively for both providers and...
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Beshear to speak in Washington Thursday about health care’s next era; session to be videostreamed
Gov. Steve Beshear will deliver the keynote address to the National Journal forum “Countdown to Transformation: A Roadmap to Health Care’s Next Era—90 Days Out” tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. Eastern...