Kentucky health care exchange experiences glitches on first day (due to high demand)
Source: WDRB
In Kentucky, day one experienced some hiccups. The state says over 50,000 people tried to log on to sign up for health care, and the system just couldn't handle the demand.
Kentucky's health care exchange is called Kynect. It's a marketplace where people can shop insurance plans from three different carriers, each offering four different plans.
Colton Cope attended one of many enrollment events across the state Tuesday at Jefferson County Technical College. He's a relatively healthy young man unable to afford health insurance. So even the common cold can be expensive. "If it gets really bad, I'll go to the doctor, but that's like a $500 trip for me even just for antibiotics," he said. But Tuesday marked a new day for Cope. Although skeptical about the Affordable Car Act, he found himself at an enrollment event. "I'm a full time student and I work two jobs, so any help really helps."
The easiest way to get a look at your new healthcare options under the Affordable Care Act is to log on to the Kynect website (kynect.ky.gov). The system will ask you some basic questions including your name and income level. From there you should be able to shop insurance policies, but on the first day, many saw an error message.
Read more: http://www.wdrb.com/story/23580601/benefits-of-affordable-care-act-touted-for-kentuckians
Once again here is a red State home to Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul that was overwhelmed with early demand on the very first day of ACA implementation. For a State with a population of 4 million people, having 50,000 people try to log on in the early hours of implementation must have been quite a shock.
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they're not nearly as big of glitches as are the members of the GOP 
