Tag: insurance exchange
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Kentuckians who ran into problems signing up for insurance on state website get a second chance through April 11
Kentuckians who had trouble starting or completing their application during the open enrollment period can still apply for subsidies and purchase health coverage at Kynect.ky.gov through midnight April 11. This applies...
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Kynect enrollment accelerates as Monday deadline nears; call center to be open form 8 to 4:30 Saturday and Sunday
Enrollment in coverage through the state’s Kynect health-insurance exchange is accelerating as Monday’s deadline for open enrollment approached. State officials reported Friday that the rate has surpassed 4,000 per day,...
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Feds, state will allow mid-April enrollment for people who start but don’t complete Obamacare applications by March 31
“The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31...
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One in 13 Kentuckians have health coverage through Kynect
Nearly 322,000 Kentuckians had enrolled for health coverage through the state’s new insurance exchange through 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, and three-fourths of them didn’t have coverage before, according to...
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Todd County weekly’s editor-publisher wonders why so many uninsured locals haven’t signed up for health insurance
With open enrollment in the new health-insurance exchanges ending March 31, at least one country editor is wondering why most people in his community who lack coverage haven’t take advantage...
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Primary care, a big focus of health reform, faces challenges as Kentucky doctors deal with change
Craig Dooley, newly covered by Medicaid under health reform, got an X-ray in Dr. Sven Jonsson’s Baptist Health office. (Photo by Luke Sharrett for The New York Times) Primary-care doctors are...
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Kentucky Health Cooperative, a new kind of insurer, claims most of the business on the state insurance exchange
This story was updated Tuesday, March 4. The Kentucky Health Cooperative, a non-profit, consumer-governed health plan, says it has captured 61 75 percent of the business on Kentucky’s health-insurance exchange, according...
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County analysis shows wide range in numbers of previously uninsured who now have coverage through state exchange
Since enrollment for coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act opened Oct. 1, more than 255,000 Kentucky residents have signed up; because a goal of the law is...
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How to succeed in health insurance for your small business without really trying — well, maybe without trying too hard
UPDATE, Feb. 11: The Obama administration has again delayed and relaxed the requirements for employers to provide health insurance. Employers with 50 to 99 employees won’t be required to cover...
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Beshear says Obamacare will make Kentucky healthier, wealthier
Beshear speaks at the Good Morning Bluegrass event in Lexington. (Photo by Melissa Landon) Gov. Steve Beshear focused on health issues in remarks to a civic meeting Friday in Lexington. “We...