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Kynect opens special enrollment period March 2-April 30 to give people without health insurance a chance to avoid tax penalty

Kynect opens special enrollment period March 2-April 30 to give people without health insurance a chance to avoid tax penalty
Unknown 11:32 AM health insurance, health reform, insurance coverage, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, obamacare, taxes
The state health-insurance exchange, Kynect , is reopening enrollment in March and April to allow signups by Kentuckians who discovered that...
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Almost 103,000 Kentuckians now on private health insurance through Kynect, state says

Almost 103,000 Kentuckians now on private health insurance through Kynect, state says
Unknown 10:13 AM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, health reform, insurance coverage, insurance exchange, Kynect, obamacare
More than 158,000 Kentuckians signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage in the second round of open enrollment under the f...
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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

Obamacare deadline is extended for those who had technical problems; state may also extend it for those facing a tax penalty
Unknown 7:43 AM health insurance, Kynect, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, taxes
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 ...
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Thousands of Kentuckians face federal tax penalty for not having health insurance

Thousands of Kentuckians face federal tax penalty for not having health insurance
Unknown 7:56 AM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, insurance coverage, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, obamacare
"Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014," Mary Meeh...
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Feb. 15 is deadline to get health insurance; those who don't can be penalized up to 2 percent of their annual income

Feb. 15 is deadline to get health insurance; those who don't can be penalized up to 2 percent of their annual income
Unknown 2:16 PM health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, state government, taxes
Sunday, Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to buy private, subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state-run marketplace created ...
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Kynect private-insurance enrollment runs through Feb. 15; exchange works to get taxpayers information to prove coverage

Kynect private-insurance enrollment runs through Feb. 15; exchange works to get taxpayers information to prove coverage
Unknown 4:24 PM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, taxes
With the close of open enrollment coming Feb. 15, state officials are making a final push to get Kentuckians to enroll in Medicaid or buy pr...
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Regan Hunt, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, named national Consumer Health Advocate of the Year

Unknown 1:15 PM awards, health care access, health reform, Kynect, lobbying, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Regan Hunt Regan Hunt, the executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health , has been named Consumer Health Advocate of the Year by  Famili...
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Penalty for those without health insurance in 2015 will be significantly higher than for 2014; Feb. 15 is deadline to sign up

Unknown 8:38 PM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, Kynect, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, taxes
Wall Street Journal photo illustration One aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act supporters don't spend much time ta...
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Only 1/4 of estimated number eligible for subsidized, private health insurance through Kynect have signed up for it

Unknown 7:22 AM health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicare
While 85,000 people are covered by private health plans through Kynect , that's only one-fourth of the 340,000 that state officials esti...
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Kentucky Health Cooperative, largest private provider on state insurance exchange, gets $65 million loan to keep going

Unknown 10:19 AM federal government, health insurance, Kynect, Medicaid, Medicare
The Kentucky Health Cooperative , a non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company, received a $65 million federal loan last month t...
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Dec. 15 is deadline for Jan. 1 Kynect coverage; final deadline in second open enrollment is Feb. 15

Unknown 7:30 PM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, insurance coverage, insurance exchange, Kynect, obamacare
Kentuckians can sign up for coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through  Kynect , Kentucky's health insurance ...
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Kynect enrollment for private, subsidized insurance reopens; previous enrollees should check website and re-enroll

Unknown 4:31 PM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, insurance coverage, insurance deductibles, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, state government, taxes
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's second annual open enrollment period has started...
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Most Kentuckians who bought health insurance on Kynect will pay higher premiums next year

Most Kentuckians who bought health insurance on Kynect will pay higher premiums next year
Unknown 7:19 PM Affordable Care Act, doctors, governor, health insurance, insurance coverage, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, politics
Most premiums for private health insurance purchased through Kentucky's health insurance exchange, Kynect , will increase in 2015. Most ...
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Obamacare seems to be no plus for Kentucky Democrats, perhaps mainly because of the word's first three syllables

Obamacare seems to be no plus for Kentucky Democrats, perhaps mainly because of the word's first three syllables
Unknown 2:07 PM Barack Obama, elections, health insurance, health policy, health reform, insurance exchange, Kynect, Medicaid, obamacare, politics
Though the federal health-reform law has helped cover more than half a million Kentuckians and cut the state's uninsured population by h...
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