Tag: health insurance
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Carrie Banahan, director of Kynect, is named one of Governing magazine’s nine Public Officials of the Year
Carrie Banahan, executive director of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, has been selected by Governing magazine as one of nine 2014 Public Officials of the Year. The magazine, for state...
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Medicaid expansion has been more popular than expected, but that raises a question of whether it will really pay for itself
Kentucky officials say the state’s Medicaid expansion under the federal health-reform law has enrolled more residents and created more jobs than expected, but a study will see whether the expansion...
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Reform law’s backers say it boosts economy by freeing ‘job lock;’ foes cite estimate that it will make some drop out of job market
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period gets underway, supporters of the law say it boosts the economy by creating an affordable, accessible insurance market that’s...
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Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance
Irene Qdemat of Baptist Health enterspatient data. (C-J photo by Alton Strupp) Kentucky hospitals are so plagued by bad debts that they are asking some patients to pay in advance,...
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Kynect enrollment for private, subsidized insurance reopens; previous enrollees should check website and re-enroll
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s second annual open enrollment period has started and brings with it many changes. Kentuckians can use Kynect,...
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Second round of private insurance enrollment under Obamacare starts Nov. 15; rates estimated to rise an average of 4.6%
Enrollment reopens Saturday, Nov. 15, for health insurance under the federal health-reform law and the state insurance exchange, known as Kynect. In the second year of what is typically called...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell faces diverse pressures on the question of repealing the federal health-reform law
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he still wants to get rid of Obamacare, and the Kentuckian is “under rapidly increasing pressure from conservatives to pursue an aggressive path...
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The price for health care could be right, if it’s known
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News People often shop around and compare prices when making a large purchase, and some consumer advocates, employers and health plans are pushing for price...
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Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization
An exit poll of voters in Tuesday’s election showed that half of them thought the state’s health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is working well, but almost as many thought the federal health-reform...
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Most Kentuckians who bought health insurance on Kynect will pay higher premiums next year
Most premiums for private health insurance purchased through Kentucky’s health insurance exchange, Kynect, will increase in 2015. Most of the people who have used Kynect have been added to Medicaid,...