Tag: insurance exchange
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Ky. and most surrounding states had fewer companies on government health-insurance exchanges this year than last year
The number of health insurance companies offering subsidized coverage didn’t shrink just in Kentucky, but in most of adjoining states, according to a study done for the Foundation for a...
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Many Kentuckians on Obamacare have higher deductibles, fewer options and fewer providers; signup deadline extended to Dec. 19
Kentuckians who are signing up for health insurance through the federal exchange are not only facing higher prices and fewer plan options, they are also finding fewer doctors and hospital...
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Ignore the election and shop around for the best deal on subsidized health insurance, columnist advises
While major changes in health insurance seem likely as a result of the election, “That doesn’t mean you should avoid signing up for 2017 insurance coverage,” writes Trudy Lieberman of...
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Kentuckians are likely to need help signing up for health insurance on the federal exchange, especially in east and south
Kentuckians looking for a 2017 health plan on the federal exchange will likely need some help signing up, if a study of last year’s need for support on the former...
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First day of open enrollment on federal health-insurance exchange got off to a rough start for some Kentuckians
The first day of open enrollment to sign up for health insurance on the federal health exchange, Nov. 1, got off to a rough start for some Kentuckians. Sharon Bush,...
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Kentuckians who qualify for tax-subsidized health plans will sign up on HealthCare.gov this year; open enrollment begins Nov. 1
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians who qualify for health plans subsidized by tax credits, called Qualified Health Plans, will sign up on HealthCare.gov instead of Kynect during the...
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Baptist Health Plan says it pulled out of state exchange because it attracted too many healthy people and got penalized for it
Baptist Health Plan pulled out of Kentucky’s insurance exchange because it attracted too many healthy customers and thus drew a federal penalty, Boris Ladwig reports for Insider Louisville. “The narrative...
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Millions of Americans miss out on tax credits for health insurance because they don’t buy policies on government exchanges
Commonwealth Fund graphic: People who visited marketplaces, but didn’t enroll About 2.5 million Americans are overpaying for health insurance because they don’t use the government exchanges or marketplaces that provide...
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Aetna to quit selling Ky. Obamacare policies; affects 10 counties in 3 major metros; may relate to feds’ suit to block Humana deal
Aetna Inc. will stop selling federally subsidized health-insurance policies in Kentucky and 10 other states, remaining only in Virginia, Delaware, Iowa and Nebraska, it said Aug. 15. The company is...
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Kentuckians increasingly covered by high-deductible health plans
Six times as many Kentucky workers were enrolled in high-deductible health insurance plans in 2014 as in 2006, reflecting a national trend, says a report for the Foundation for a...