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Bevin notifies feds he'll dismantle kynect
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Jan 12, 2016 12:42pm |
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Author | Deborah Yetter |
Media | Newspaper - Louisville Courier Journal |
News Date | Monday, January 11, 2016 11:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act.
In a Dec. 30 letter to Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bevin said he plans to wind down the state health exchange and transition Kentuckians to the federal site, healthcare.gov, to shop for insurance under the law also known as Obamacare.
Meanwhile, kynect remains open and the changes will not affect anyone shopping for insurance for the current enrollment period, which ends Jan. 31. Nor will the changes affect anyone who signed up for Medicaid, the government health plan for low-income citizens, through the kynect site. |
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