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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...
- 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...
- Feds, State Will Allow Mid-april Enrollment For People Who Start But Don't Complete Obamacare Applications By March 31
"The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31 deadline," The Washington Post reports. "Federal officials...
- 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....
- Ky. Obamacare Enrollments Surpass 100,000; Medicaid Down To 74%; State Publishing Updated County-by-county Enrollment Data
As the 100,000th Kentuckian enrolled in health insurance under the federal health reform law, the state started releasing county-by county tabulations of people the state's health benefit exchange had enrolled in private health insurance (with and...
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State will reopen health-insurance enrollment for eight days, starting Friday, citing heavy demand
Kentucky will extend its deadline to sign up for insurance under federal health reform, citing a surge of last minute applications. Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that Kentuckians will be able to enroll from Friday, April 4 through Friday, April 11.
The official deadline had been midnight Monday, March 31 for those using the state insurance exchange, Kynect. People eligible for Medicaid can apply on the exchange at any time. The details on how this special enrollment period will work, including call center hours, will be announced Thursday, according to a news release from the governor's office.
The days between March 31 and April 4 will allow time to adjust computers for the extension, Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokeswoman Gwenda Bond told Mary Meehan of the Lexington Herald-Leader. She also said it will allow "Kynectors" to set up appointments with people in their communities to help process their applications.
Over the weekend, 21,000 people signed up, including 12,000 Monday, state officials said.
As of April 1, 370,829 Kentuckians had enrolled through the exchange; 293,802 of those signed up for Medicaid, and 77,027 signed up for private insurance. When open enrollment began Oct. 1, state officials estimated there were 640,000 uninsured in Kentucky. Some people getting coverage through the exchange were insured but their policies were canceled because they didn't comply with the reform law.
The federal government's website, HealthCare.gov, was reported to be overwhelmed with users on Monday. Bond said Kynect did not experience any "glitches" in the rush to sign up for health insurance on Monday, Meehan reports.
The official deadline had been midnight Monday, March 31 for those using the state insurance exchange, Kynect. People eligible for Medicaid can apply on the exchange at any time. The details on how this special enrollment period will work, including call center hours, will be announced Thursday, according to a news release from the governor's office.
Over the weekend, 21,000 people signed up, including 12,000 Monday, state officials said.
As of April 1, 370,829 Kentuckians had enrolled through the exchange; 293,802 of those signed up for Medicaid, and 77,027 signed up for private insurance. When open enrollment began Oct. 1, state officials estimated there were 640,000 uninsured in Kentucky. Some people getting coverage through the exchange were insured but their policies were canceled because they didn't comply with the reform law.
The federal government's website, HealthCare.gov, was reported to be overwhelmed with users on Monday. Bond said Kynect did not experience any "glitches" in the rush to sign up for health insurance on Monday, Meehan reports.
- 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...
- 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...
- Feds, State Will Allow Mid-april Enrollment For People Who Start But Don't Complete Obamacare Applications By March 31
"The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31 deadline," The Washington Post reports. "Federal officials...
- 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....
- Ky. Obamacare Enrollments Surpass 100,000; Medicaid Down To 74%; State Publishing Updated County-by-county Enrollment Data
As the 100,000th Kentuckian enrolled in health insurance under the federal health reform law, the state started releasing county-by county tabulations of people the state's health benefit exchange had enrolled in private health insurance (with and...