Today marks an important deadline for the thousands of Kentuckians still without health insurance. It’s the last day until November to sign up for Medicaid or private insurance on the state’s health exchange known as Kynect.
Gwenda Bond in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services says there will be some exceptions for qualifying events.
"If people lose their health insurance coverage for some reason, a job loss or change, a marriage or divorce, then they'll be able to sign up and apply for subsidies," says Gwenda Bond in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "In addition to that, people will be able to sign up for Medicaid after the 31st."
Small businesses may also enroll in coverage at any time.
Over the weekend, the state increased personnel and extended hours at the Kynect call center to accommodate a last-minute surge of enrollments.
As of Friday afternoon, more than 350,000 Kentuckians had enrolled in coverage on the health exchange.