Kentucky’s state-based health exchange, kynect, to reopen for enrollment beginning November 1
Gov. Andy Beshear announced kynect, Kentucky’s state-based health insurance exchange will reopen for enrollment beginning Nov. 1, allowing access to…
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State Department of Insurance completes review of individual, small-group insurance rates
The Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) announced today that it has completed its review of the individual and small-group insurance…
New resources available to support Medicaid recipients transitioning to Kentucky HEALTH
Kentucky HEALTH, the Commonwealth’s new program for certain non-disabled adults receiving Medicaid, begins on July 1, and several state agencies…
Commentary: Patients shouldn’t have to pay for Anthem’s poor business decisions
By Patrick T. Padgett Executive Vice President, Kentucky Medical Association Even though physicians, hospitals, nurses and other medical providers…
Kentuckians have only one choice on exchange plans as Anthem leaves 61 counties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will no longer offer Obamacare exchange plans statewide,…
Preliminary health insurance rates submitted for state market show significant increases for individuals
Insurance carriers have submitted proposed rates to the Department of Insurance (DOI) for 2018 in Kentucky’s individual and small group…
AMA’s Andrew Gurman: Anthem-Cigna merger would have been ‘bad medicine’ for patients
In a David vs. Goliath battle between consumers and mega insurers, a federal judge has ruled that Anthem’s proposed acquisition…
Aetna Inc. says it will halt selling policies through exchanges, all three state metro areas affected
Aetna Inc. will stop selling federally subsidized health-insurance policies in Kentucky and 10 other states, remaining only in Virginia, Delaware,…
U.S. Justice Department files lawsuits to block sales of Humana, Cigna, citing reduced competition
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed lawsuits to block the sale of Louisville-based Humana Inc. to Aetna Inc. and…
Kentucky Department of Insurance approves Anthem’s purchase of Cigna Dental Health
The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved Anthem’s application to purchase Cigna Dental Health of Kentucky, Inc., doing business as…