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Baptist Health Plan to Stop Individual Insurance in Kentucky

Baptist Health Plan to Stop Individual Insurance in Kentucky

Approximately 7,000 Kentuckians on Baptist Health Plan will have to find a new insurance provider next year.The state's fourth-largest insurer said in a letter to state officials they will no longer sell individual policies in the commonwealth.State officials say Baptist Health Plan President James Fritz said the company had enrolled more people than it planned and said federal risk assessments imposed by the federal Affordable Care Act are "unsustainable."


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Harvard University Dining Hall Workers Prepare Strike Over Wages and Health Insurance

Harvard University Dining Hall Workers Prepare Strike Over Wages and Health Insurance

Harvard University dining hall workers are preparing to go on strike.The workers, represented by the Unite Here Local 26, say they'll strike starting Wednesday if a new contract isn't reached by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.Union negotiator Michael Kramer says the 750 workers demand "the ability to earn at least $35,000 a year and a health insurance program that does not shift costs onto those who can least afford it."The university countered that the workers receive "some of the most generous hourly wages and benefits" for food service workers in the region and that it is proposing "modest" health care changes already accepted by thousands of other unionized university workers.


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Can Small Business Health Insurance Really Improve Employee Engagement?

Can Small Business Health Insurance Really Improve Employee Engagement?

Employee engagement is a hot topic among business researchers these days.Everyone wants to know how they can keep employees engaged - or even just plain keep their employees.There are many ways to increase engagement, but a common strategy involves communication.


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Baptist Health Plan Withdraws from Ky.'s Individual Insurance Market

Baptist Health Plan Withdraws from Ky.'s Individual Insurance Market

SurfKY News PrintPrint EmailFRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) - Baptist Health Plan, Kentucky's fourth largest health insurance provider, has informed the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) that it will withdraw entirely from the individual health insurance market for the 2017 plan year.Approximately 7,000 Kentuckians will have to find a new insurance provider.In a letter to Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard, Baptist Health Plan president James S. Fritz indicated that Baptist enrolled more members in the individual market than anticipated in 2016, but "the federal risk assessments placed upon the organization under the Affordable Care Act is unsustainable by a corporation the size of Baptist Health Plan."The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, has created tremendous stress and instability in Kentucky and across the nation in the individual insurance market.