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Gov. Steve Beshear has re-confirmed his plans to create a state health insurance exchange, this time telling the federal government of his intention.
Beshear sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday saying he plans to issue an executive order soon to create the exchange, The Courier-Journal reports. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health-care reform law, Beshear announced he would create the exchange.
The exchange will be a marketplace to shop for different packages of state-approved health insurance and will be available to people who earn up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. To offset the cost of their premiums, those participating in the exchange will receive subsidies in the form of tax credits. The Medicaid program will also fall under the exchange's umbrella.
If they choose to run their own exchange rather than have the federal government do it for them, states must have it up and running by Jan. 1, 2014. Beshear said Kentucky has been "systematically preparing to meet the implementation deadlines set forth in the law." It has already received more than $65 million from the federal government to plan for the exchange's creation.
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Beshear tells feds he plans to create an insurance exchange
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| Gov. Steve Beshear. Photo by The Courier-Journal |
Beshear sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday saying he plans to issue an executive order soon to create the exchange, The Courier-Journal reports. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health-care reform law, Beshear announced he would create the exchange.
The exchange will be a marketplace to shop for different packages of state-approved health insurance and will be available to people who earn up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. To offset the cost of their premiums, those participating in the exchange will receive subsidies in the form of tax credits. The Medicaid program will also fall under the exchange's umbrella.
If they choose to run their own exchange rather than have the federal government do it for them, states must have it up and running by Jan. 1, 2014. Beshear said Kentucky has been "systematically preparing to meet the implementation deadlines set forth in the law." It has already received more than $65 million from the federal government to plan for the exchange's creation.
Kentucky is the 16th state to commit to creating an exchange. (Read more)
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By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A public meeting in Frankfort to get stakeholders' input about development of a state-operated health insurance exchange Monday was attended by dozens of Tea Party activists taking issue with Gov. Steve Beshear's...
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By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At the end of February, Kentucky received $57.8 million in federal funds to help set up a health insurance exchange or marketplace under federal health-care reform. Officials say all the money will be used to plan...
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