Louisville Exceeding
Enrollment Expectations
under the Affordable Care Act
LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH
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mplementation of the Affordable Care Act
began in October. Kentucky Governor Steve
Beshear opted to expand Medicaid coverage for those whose incomes fall within 138
percent of federal poverty limits and to set up
a state health benefit exchange, Kynect, to enroll
uninsured Kentuckians either in Medicaid or
in a private Qualified Health Plan. The federal government will bear 100 percent for the c