Jump to content

5th Obamacare Co-op Shutting Down: Kentucky Edition


Draggingtree

Recommended Posts

Legal Insurrection
5th Obamacare Co-op Shutting Down: Kentucky Edition

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye October 15, 2015 at 8:30am

 

51,000 to lose their insurance plans

 

Kentucky’s nonprofit health insurer cooperative established under Obamacare announced it will be shutting down due to financial troubles. As a result, 51,000 individuals will lose their health insurance plans at the end of the year.

 

It turns out, not everyone enrolled in health insurance plans through state-level co-ops pay their premiums. Gee, it’s almost like Republicans predicted this might be an issue.

 

The fifth such co-op to close, the remaining 18 are all on equally unstable footing. 21 of the 23 co-ops were losing money at the end of 2014, and 11 have received warning letters.

 

According to The Hill:

Kentucky Health Cooperative, a nonprofit insurer known as a co-op, explained that it could not stay financially afloat Scissors-32x32.png


Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • 1715750059
×
×
  • Create New...