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- Kentucky Health Cooperative, Largest Private Provider On State Insurance Exchange, Gets $65 Million Loan To Keep Going
The Kentucky Health Cooperative, a non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company, received a $65 million federal loan last month to keep it afloat just days before the second open-enrollment period began, reports Adam Beam of The Associated Press....
- At Least One Additional Health-insurance Company Is Expected To Sell Policies On Kynect Exchange Next Year
The five insurance companies that sold policies this year on Kynect, Kentucky's health-benefit exchange, want to return in 2015, and Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource wants to join as well. Officials said they believe other insurers will sign up...
- Ky. Health Cooperative, A New Kind Of Insurer, Could Help Hold Down Rates And Reshape The Health-care System
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A little-known but key part of federal health reform created a new kind of health insurance -- a cooperative that is neither public, like Medicare and Medicaid, or run for profit, like traditional...
- Beshear Announces Launch Of Kynect, The State's New Online Shop For Health Insurance; Open Enrollment Starts Oct. 1
Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the launch of Kentucky?s Healthcare Connection, which is referred to as Kynect and is Kentucky's one-stop onlineshop for the state's new health insurance exchange. Beginning next year, most Americans will be required...
- Newly Formed Kentucky Health Cooperative Gets Ok To Offer Plans In State's Health Insurance Exchange
The new Kentucky Health Cooperative's health-insurance plans have received approval from the state Department of Insurance and will be available on Kentucky's insurance exchange market when it opens in October. ?This is a red-letter day for Kentuckians,?...
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Primary care clinics added to Ky. Health Cooperative's network
The Kentucky Primary Care Association, a nonprofit charitable organization that promotes access to comprehensive primary health care services for the under-served, has been added to the Kentucky Health Cooperative?s provider network. This will significantly increase prospective members? access to clinical providers, according to a press release from the co-op.
Physicians in member clinics will be added to the provider lists maintained by the co-op and Kynect, the state's online health-insurance marketplace, in the coming weeks.
The Kentucky Health Cooperative is a new, private, non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company and is available through enrollment on Kynect. Its coverage begins as early as Jan. 1.
?We are pleased to add the Kentucky Primary Care Association?s physicians to our growing provider network,? said Janie Miller, the co-op?s chief executive officer. "This is a partnership between like-minded organizations that will potentially benefit tens of thousands of Kentuckians.?
Kynect allows consumers to compare and select insurance plans. Consumers can also determine if they qualify for premium payment assistance, special discounts or tax credits to help decrease the cost of services.
Find out more about Kentucky Health Cooperative at www.mykyhc.org or the its Facebook page. Information about the Kentucky Primary Care Association is at http://www.kypca.net/index.cfm.
Physicians in member clinics will be added to the provider lists maintained by the co-op and Kynect, the state's online health-insurance marketplace, in the coming weeks.
The Kentucky Health Cooperative is a new, private, non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company and is available through enrollment on Kynect. Its coverage begins as early as Jan. 1.
?We are pleased to add the Kentucky Primary Care Association?s physicians to our growing provider network,? said Janie Miller, the co-op?s chief executive officer. "This is a partnership between like-minded organizations that will potentially benefit tens of thousands of Kentuckians.?
Kynect allows consumers to compare and select insurance plans. Consumers can also determine if they qualify for premium payment assistance, special discounts or tax credits to help decrease the cost of services.
Find out more about Kentucky Health Cooperative at www.mykyhc.org or the its Facebook page. Information about the Kentucky Primary Care Association is at http://www.kypca.net/index.cfm.
- Kentucky Health Cooperative, Largest Private Provider On State Insurance Exchange, Gets $65 Million Loan To Keep Going
The Kentucky Health Cooperative, a non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company, received a $65 million federal loan last month to keep it afloat just days before the second open-enrollment period began, reports Adam Beam of The Associated Press....
- At Least One Additional Health-insurance Company Is Expected To Sell Policies On Kynect Exchange Next Year
The five insurance companies that sold policies this year on Kynect, Kentucky's health-benefit exchange, want to return in 2015, and Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource wants to join as well. Officials said they believe other insurers will sign up...
- Ky. Health Cooperative, A New Kind Of Insurer, Could Help Hold Down Rates And Reshape The Health-care System
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A little-known but key part of federal health reform created a new kind of health insurance -- a cooperative that is neither public, like Medicare and Medicaid, or run for profit, like traditional...
- Beshear Announces Launch Of Kynect, The State's New Online Shop For Health Insurance; Open Enrollment Starts Oct. 1
Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the launch of Kentucky?s Healthcare Connection, which is referred to as Kynect and is Kentucky's one-stop onlineshop for the state's new health insurance exchange. Beginning next year, most Americans will be required...
- Newly Formed Kentucky Health Cooperative Gets Ok To Offer Plans In State's Health Insurance Exchange
The new Kentucky Health Cooperative's health-insurance plans have received approval from the state Department of Insurance and will be available on Kentucky's insurance exchange market when it opens in October. ?This is a red-letter day for Kentuckians,?...