Tag: Affordable Care Act
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Almost 103,000 Kentuckians now on private health insurance through Kynect, state says
More than 158,000 Kentuckians signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage in the second round of open enrollment under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The...
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Thousands of Kentuckians face federal tax penalty for not having health insurance
“Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014,” Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The state estimated...
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Kynect private-insurance enrollment runs through Feb. 15; exchange works to get taxpayers information to prove coverage
With the close of open enrollment coming Feb. 15, state officials are making a final push to get Kentuckians to enroll in Medicaid or buy private, subsidized health insurance on...
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Almost as many Kentuckians support health reform as oppose it, but half say they don’t know how it may affect them
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law is gaining support from Kentuckians, to the point that they are almost evenly divided about it. Those...
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Advocates must sell reform as political winds blow, Luallen says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Advocates of health reform must arm themselves with information about its success in Kentucky to fight back against its critics as the 2015 gubernatorial...
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AMA president-elect, from Lexington, talks with KET host about the myriad issues facing his profession and its patients
Steven J. Stack The new president-elect of the American Medical Association, Dr. Steven J. Stack of Lexington, covered a range of topics with Bill Goodman on KET‘s “One to One”...
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Penalty for those without health insurance in 2015 will be significantly higher than for 2014; Feb. 15 is deadline to sign up
Wall Street Journal photo illustration One aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act supporters don’t spend much time talking about is the part of the law that imposes...
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U.S. study finds Medicaid patients may have hard time finding doctor; half not taking new patients or not at given location
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The expansion of Medicaid in Kentucky and other states under federal health reform has provided more people than ever with health coverage, but finding...
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Dec. 15 is deadline for Jan. 1 Kynect coverage; final deadline in second open enrollment is Feb. 15
Kentuckians can sign up for coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through Kynect, Kentucky’s health insurance exchange, through Feb. 15. But to be covered on Jan. 1, you...
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If you have a Kynect policy, or are buying one, shop around to get the best deal; prices and tax credits change each year
Obamacare customers in Kentucky probably need to shop around the Kynect health insurance marketplace if they want to get a better deal this year. “More than 70 percent of people...