Tag: Kynect
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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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Attorney General Andy Beshear says dismantling Kynect, which his father created as governor, would be ‘really bad policy’
Attorney General Andy Beshear Attorney General Andy Beshear, whose father former Gov. Steve Beshear implemented Kynect, the state’s online health insurance marketplace, opposes Gov. Matt Bevin’s decision to shut it...
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Deadline to buy health insurance and avoid penalty is Sunday, Jan. 31; a relative few people may qualify for exemptions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have until Jan. 31 to sign up for subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state’s online insurance marketplace, or face a penalty when...
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Bevin gives feds required one-year advance notice that he will shut Kynect health-insurance exchange, move to federal site
Bevin (Photo: Alton Strupp, C-J) Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given federal officials the required one-year notice needed to shut down the Kynect health-insurance exchange that his Democratic predecessor, Steve...
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Louisville hospitals get grant to help people get health coverage; Jan. 31 is last day to get insurance or face a federal tax penalty
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation, part of KentuckyOne Health, has received a $108,000 grant to help uninsured people understand their health insurance options and get coverage for 2016, with...
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Most Kentuckians want Medicaid to cover as many people, and say Bevin should leave Kynect alone; advocates hopeful
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent poll found that a majority of Kentucky adults want new Gov. Matt Bevin to keep Medicaid as it is rather than change...
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National study and Paducah Sun story illustrate value of local Kynectors, who would be far away if exchange is abolished
Gwyn Artz, left, of Lexington talked with Miriam Fordham about signing up for health insurance through Kynect during the opening of a storefront in Lexington’s Fayette Mall. (Herald-Leader photo) Read...
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Bevin appoints Louisville health lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson Gov.-elect Matt Bevin has appointed Louisville lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson to oversee the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which employs about 7,500 people statewide...
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Consumers complain about high deductibles on Obamacare plans; advocates note mitigating factors and say to keep shopping
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many consumers of health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are finding that it’s not as affordable as the name implies...
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Fate of Obamacare could depend on the financial patience of leading insurers Anthem and Aetna, which is buying Humana
The fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may depend on how long two major insurance companies “are willing to wait before starting to make money off it,”...