Tag: Kynect
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Ky. enrollment in Obamacare plans slightly less than last year
About the same number of Kentuckians signed up for subsidized health insurance on the federal health-insurance exchange as bought coverage on the state’s Kynect exchange last year, state health officials...
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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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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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Feds allow Bevin to dismantle Kynect and use federal exchange, but express concerns echoed by health-reform advocates
It’s official. Kentuckians will sign up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov instead of Kynect during this year’s open enrollment, which begins Nov. 1. But there are questions about how smooth...
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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...
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Kynectors, health advocates ask state to maintain staffing and other resources in new health-insurance enrollment system
As the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin works toward dismantling Kynect, the state’s health insurance exchange, health advocates say they worry that the transition is going too quickly to be...
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Study shows uninsured rate keeps falling, preventive services are popular and rural hospitals have more uncompensated care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians without health insurance continues to drop, and new Medicaid enrollees continue to take advantage of free preventive health services, according...
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UnitedHealth will leave Ky. next year, leaving much of the state with only one or two choices for health insurance on exchange
UnitedHealth Group Inc. won’t be participating in Kentucky’s individual insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year, which could leave about 20 percent of the state with...
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Feds find security flaws in Kynect; state says no data breaches; problems also found in federal exchange
State health-insurance exchanges in Kentucky, Vermont and California had “significant weaknesses” in protecting their electronic information from hackers, the Government Accountability Office said in a report last month. “These included...
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Bevin administration is working to fix Benefind’s technical glitches; 51,000 Kynect clients blocked from working with Kynectors
Update: 4/8/16 This story has been updated with comments from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On Feb. 29, Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration...