Showing posts with label health insurance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health insurance. Show all posts
If you have a Kynect policy, or are buying one, shop around to get the best deal; prices and tax credits change each year
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 ...
Carrie Banahan, director of Kynect, is named one of Governing magazine's nine Public Officials of the Year
Medicaid expansion has been more popular than expected, but that raises a question of whether it will really pay for itself
Kentucky officials say the state’s Medicaid expansion under the federal health-reform law has enrolled more residents and created more jobs ...
Reform law's backers say it boosts economy by freeing 'job lock;' foes cite estimate that it will make some drop out of job market
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's second enrollment period gets underway, supporters of the law say it boosts the econ...
Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance
Kynect enrollment for private, subsidized insurance reopens; previous enrollees should check website and re-enroll
Second round of private insurance enrollment under Obamacare starts Nov. 15; rates estimated to rise an average of 4.6%
Sen. Mitch McConnell faces diverse pressures on the question of repealing the federal health-reform law
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he still wants to get rid of Obamacare, and the Kentuckian is "under rapidly incre...
The price for health care could be right, if it's known
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News People often shop around and compare prices when making a large purchase, and some consumer advocates...
Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization
Most Kentuckians who bought health insurance on Kynect will pay higher premiums next year
Most premiums for private health insurance purchased through Kentucky's health insurance exchange, Kynect , will increase in 2015. Most ...
Study shows Kentucky among national leaders in reducing uninsured percentage because of federal health reform
In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care
By Cheyene Miller University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The U.S. Senate race between Republican ...
McConnell runs anti-Obamacare ad with doctor who connects pre-existing condition with cancellation of insurance
Kentuckians like Kynect coverage as long as it's not called 'Obamacare,' and some don't like to talk about it
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you -- unless you're talking ab...
Obamacare seems to be no plus for Kentucky Democrats, perhaps mainly because of the word's first three syllables
Though the federal health-reform law has helped cover more than half a million Kentuckians and cut the state's uninsured population by h...
State won't estimate cost of greater-than-expected Medicaid expansion for 'a few additional months' – after Nov. election
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Republican-controlled state Senate's budget committee chair wants to know how much Democratic Gov. ...
Expert says Ky. is one of 13 states where people in individual insurance market are better off than before reform law
Beshear cites examples of health reform's benefits, while McConnell keeps up criticism, at Farm Bureau's ham breakfast
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell squared off on health-care reform fo...
