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- 3,047 Got Private Health Insurance In Special March-april Signup Designed To Avoid Or Reduce Tax Penalty For Not Being Covered
More than 3,000 Kentuckians signed up for health coverage during a special March-April enrollment period that allowed them to avoid or reduce tax penalties for being uninsured. "At the Feb. 15 close of the 2015 open enrollment period, 158,685 individuals...
- Thousands Of Kentuckians Face Federal Tax Penalty For Not Having Health Insurance
"Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014," Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The state estimated that 340,000 Kentuckians would buy private insurance through...
- Feb. 15 Is Deadline To Get Health Insurance; Those Who Don't Can Be Penalized Up To 2 Percent Of Their Annual Income
Sunday, Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to buy private, subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state-run marketplace created under federal health reform. If your annual income is above the federal poverty level and you don't buy a policy...
- Dec. 15 Is Deadline For Jan. 1 Kynect Coverage; Final Deadline In Second Open Enrollment Is Feb. 15
Kentuckians can sign up for coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through Kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange, through Feb. 15. But to be covered on Jan. 1, you must sign up by Dec. 15. Coverage for those who...
- Kynect Enrollment Accelerates As Monday Deadline Nears; Call Center To Be Open Form 8 To 4:30 Saturday And Sunday
Enrollment in coverage through the state's Kynect health-insurance exchange is accelerating as Monday's deadline for open enrollment approached. State officials reported Friday that the rate has surpassed 4,000 per day, bringing the total to more...
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Obamacare deadline is extended for those who had technical problems; state may also extend it for those facing a tax penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. "And like other states and the federal government, Kentucky officials are also considering a 'special enrollment period' for those who find out at tax time that they?ll have to pay a penalty if they?re not insured," Laura Ungar reports for The Courier-Journal.
Kynect Executive Director Carrie Banahan said Kentuckians who experienced technical problems and believe they qualify for an extension should contact the Kynect call center at 855-459-6328. Ungar explains, "The Saturday outage of an Internal Revenue Service function for Obamacare enrollment prevented some people from getting their income verified so they could enroll on HealthCare.gov," the federal website used in most other states.
"Officials with the federal government and several other states said they saw a surge similar to what Kentucky experienced in the final days of enrollment ? partly from people who realized for the first time they would face an IRS penalty at tax time," Ungar reports. The penalty for not having coverage in 2014 is 1 percent of annual household income, or $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, whichever is higher. Not having coverage in 2015 will incur a penalty of 2 percent, or $325 per adult or $167.50 per child, whichever is more.
Kynect Executive Director Carrie Banahan said Kentuckians who experienced technical problems and believe they qualify for an extension should contact the Kynect call center at 855-459-6328. Ungar explains, "The Saturday outage of an Internal Revenue Service function for Obamacare enrollment prevented some people from getting their income verified so they could enroll on HealthCare.gov," the federal website used in most other states.
"Officials with the federal government and several other states said they saw a surge similar to what Kentucky experienced in the final days of enrollment ? partly from people who realized for the first time they would face an IRS penalty at tax time," Ungar reports. The penalty for not having coverage in 2014 is 1 percent of annual household income, or $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, whichever is higher. Not having coverage in 2015 will incur a penalty of 2 percent, or $325 per adult or $167.50 per child, whichever is more.
- 3,047 Got Private Health Insurance In Special March-april Signup Designed To Avoid Or Reduce Tax Penalty For Not Being Covered
More than 3,000 Kentuckians signed up for health coverage during a special March-April enrollment period that allowed them to avoid or reduce tax penalties for being uninsured. "At the Feb. 15 close of the 2015 open enrollment period, 158,685 individuals...
- Thousands Of Kentuckians Face Federal Tax Penalty For Not Having Health Insurance
"Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014," Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The state estimated that 340,000 Kentuckians would buy private insurance through...
- Feb. 15 Is Deadline To Get Health Insurance; Those Who Don't Can Be Penalized Up To 2 Percent Of Their Annual Income
Sunday, Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to buy private, subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state-run marketplace created under federal health reform. If your annual income is above the federal poverty level and you don't buy a policy...
- Dec. 15 Is Deadline For Jan. 1 Kynect Coverage; Final Deadline In Second Open Enrollment Is Feb. 15
Kentuckians can sign up for coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through Kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange, through Feb. 15. But to be covered on Jan. 1, you must sign up by Dec. 15. Coverage for those who...
- Kynect Enrollment Accelerates As Monday Deadline Nears; Call Center To Be Open Form 8 To 4:30 Saturday And Sunday
Enrollment in coverage through the state's Kynect health-insurance exchange is accelerating as Monday's deadline for open enrollment approached. State officials reported Friday that the rate has surpassed 4,000 per day, bringing the total to more...