Tag: insurance exchange
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Fate of health coverage through Medicaid expansion and Kynect insurance exchange could rest on outcome of governor’s race
By Cheyene Miller and Anthony Pendleton University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The fate of health coverage for about half a million Kentuckians could rest on the...
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Kynect tries to get more eligible people to sign up for subsidized insurance, disputes report that 2/3 of eligible haven’t enrolled
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials recognize that there is a shortfall in the number of people who have signed up for subsidized health-insurance plans through Kynect, the...
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Bevin and Conway’s running mate, state Rep. Sannie Overly, show sharp differences on health-care issues at forum
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The major-party campaigns for governor disagree on all of Kentucky’s major health issues, sharply on such topics as the Medicaid expansion, the Kynect health-insurance...
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Republican senator suggests expanding Kynect to other states to help pay state’s coming share of Medicaid expansion
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the Republican nominee for governor says he would dismantle the state health-insurance exchange branded as Kynect, a GOP senator is talking about not...
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Republicans question need for Kynect; Beshear administration officials say using federal insurance exchange would cost more
With the U.S. Supreme Court approving Obamacare subsidies on the federal health-insurance exchange as well as state exchanges, some Republican legislators in Kentucky say the state should close its exchange,...
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsides in all states; ruling has no direct effect on Kentucky, but focuses political debate
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the tax subsidies provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are legal in every state....
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Bevin says he will end all Obamacare programs in Ky., including Medicaid expansion that has added more than 400,000 to rolls
Matt Bevin, the Republican nominee for governor, has made clear that if elected he would end the Medicaid expansion that has provided free health coverage for more than 400,000 poor...
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Citing costs, Bevin has said he would shut down Kynect; actually, insurance companies pay for it; Medicaid is another matter
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The governor’s race between Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Matt Bevin will spotlight the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an...
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Most insured through Kynect will pay more in 2016; Kentucky Health Cooperative seeks 25 percent increase
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The federal health law requires that insurers planning to significantly increase premiums for policies on a health-insurance exchange to submit their rates by June...
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As income taxes are filed, half who got Obamacare subsidy will have to pay part of it back; almost as many will get a refund
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week will go down in history as the first time the Internal Revenue Service enforced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s tax...