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- Kynect Opens Special Enrollment Period March 2-april 30 To Give People Without Health Insurance A Chance To Avoid Tax Penalty
The state health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is reopening enrollment in March and April to allow signups by Kentuckians who discovered that not having health insurance means they have to pay a federal tax penalty. ?We believe that many Kentuckians did...
- Kynect Private-insurance Enrollment Runs Through Feb. 15; Exchange Works To Get Taxpayers Information To Prove Coverage
With the close of open enrollment coming Feb. 15, state officials are making a final push to get Kentuckians to enroll in Medicaid or buy private, subsidized health insurance on the state's health benefits exchange, Kynect. The federal health reform...
- Kynect Policyholders Get Premium Notices, Are Urged To Check Website To See If A Better Deal Is Available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law are getting letters notifying them of their new premium and subsidy amounts. Most policies will cost more, and...
- 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 only to those who completed...
- 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 the state's preliminary analysis....
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Almost 103,000 Kentuckians now on private health insurance through Kynect, state says
More than 158,000 Kentuckians signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage in the second round of open enrollment under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The signup total of 158,685 as of Feb. 19 included almost 103,000 Kentuckians who renewed or bought private coverage. The state said the total broke down this way:
The signup total of 158,685 as of Feb. 19 included almost 103,000 Kentuckians who renewed or bought private coverage. The state said the total broke down this way:
- 55,855 enrolled in Medicaid coverage (which is open year-round).
- 75,760 individuals renewed enrollment in private insurance.
- 27,070 individuals newly enrolled in private insurance.
- 6,009 individuals enrolled in dental plans.
- Kynect Opens Special Enrollment Period March 2-april 30 To Give People Without Health Insurance A Chance To Avoid Tax Penalty
The state health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is reopening enrollment in March and April to allow signups by Kentuckians who discovered that not having health insurance means they have to pay a federal tax penalty. ?We believe that many Kentuckians did...
- Kynect Private-insurance Enrollment Runs Through Feb. 15; Exchange Works To Get Taxpayers Information To Prove Coverage
With the close of open enrollment coming Feb. 15, state officials are making a final push to get Kentuckians to enroll in Medicaid or buy private, subsidized health insurance on the state's health benefits exchange, Kynect. The federal health reform...
- Kynect Policyholders Get Premium Notices, Are Urged To Check Website To See If A Better Deal Is Available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law are getting letters notifying them of their new premium and subsidy amounts. Most policies will cost more, and...
- 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 only to those who completed...
- 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 the state's preliminary analysis....