Tag: insurance
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Republicans accuse Beshear of holding down failed co-op’s premiums to make Obamacare look good; he denies the charge
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Did Kentucky’s government-sponsored insurance company fail because then-Gov. Steve Beshear and federal officials kept its rates artificially low to make Beshear’s embrace of federal...
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Bills to preserve Kynect and Medicaid expansion head for votes in Democratic House despite a likely death in Republican Senate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Bills to continue the Kynect health-insurance exchange and the state’s current expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program passed out of the House Health and...
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Hard-fought bill to protect independent pharmacies passes Senate committee; would regulate pharmacy benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Update March 28: SB 117 passed the Senate March 14 with a 38-0 vote and passed the House March 25 with a 97-0 vote....
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Three Kentucky farmers praise Kynect and Medicaid expansion
Ben Abell, Carolyn Gahn and Rae Barr Three Kentucky farmers praised Medicaid expansion and Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange, at a news conference Feb. 16, saying the programs have helped them to...
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New state insurance commissioner OKs Aetna-Humana merger without a hearing, drawing criticism from the left and right
Critics on the left and right are criticizing the new state insurance commissioner’s approval of the merger of health insurers Aetna Inc. and Louisville-based Humana Inc., “saying it deprived Kentuckians...
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Nation sees increase in Obamacare enrollment, while Kynect numbers drop, but members of failed co-op can still enroll
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the nation saw an increase of 4 million people sign up for private health insurance during the 2015-16 open enrollment period that ended...
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KentuckyOne Health promoting whole-food, plant-based diet, named No. 1 for heart health by U.S. news panel of experts
One in every eight Kentuckians suffers from diabetes, and the state ranks 12th in adult obesity, with 31.6 percent of its adults obese and 39 percent suffering high blood pressure,...
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Jan. 31 is last day to sign up for health insurance; CareSource says 1/3 of its new enrollees are from old Ky. Health Cooperative
Sunday, Jan. 31, is the last day to sign up for subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state’s online insurance marketplace, or face a penalty when you file your tax...
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Bevin gives much lower estimate for ending Kynect, says Medicaid expansion depends on agreement with federal officials
Gov. Matt Bevin (Photo via www.bizjournals.com) Gov. Matt Bevin said it will only cost the state “one to two million dollars at the most” to dismantle Kynect, the state’s online...
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Unique clinic at Anderson County Health Department, started to help Medicaid patients, risks closing due to Medicaid’s slow pay
The Anderson County Health Department‘s walk-in clinic, the only one of its kind in the state and maybe the nation, might have to close its doors if it doesn’t resolve...