Residents of several of the state’s counties will have only one coverage option to choose next year. The Kentucky insurance exchange will continue to have health plan options for consumers across the state. That said, residents of some counties will have only one coverage option to buy. The recently released county level map of the state illustrated the 2018 health insurance company participation. That said, despite the fact that some people have exceptionally limited options on the Kentucky insurance exchange, they are considering themselves lucky when compared to counties in…
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Kentucky insurance exchange loses another health insurer
Baptist Health Plan has announced that it will no longer be selling its policies in the state in 2017. Baptist Health Plan has announced that it will be leaving the Kentucky insurance exchange next year. This will mean that approximately 7,000 people across the state will need to find new coverage for 2017. The health insurance company is the fourth largest in the state and notified officials of its decision via letter. The president of the insurance company, James S. Fritz, shared the reason for leaving the Kentucky insurance exchange…
Read MoreHealthcare reforms with greatest simplicity proving most successful
The states that began at the smallest levels for their exchanges are the ones winning the most so far. The federal healthcare reforms may have been experiencing a lot of hiccups over the last three weeks in getting the health insurance exchanges off the ground, but what has been discovered is that among all of these online marketplaces, it is those that have started small that appear to be running the most smoothly out of the gate. With every passing day, the sites are doing a little bit better as…
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