TOPEKA — Children’s Mercy patients will have an insurance option on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace after the hospital reached agreement with UnitedHealthcare.
“Beginning Jan. 1, Children’s Mercy will be in-network with UnitedHealthcare ACA Marketplace plans, expanding access to specialized pediatric care for children and families across the Kansas City region,” a Children’s Mercy news release said.
The hospital announced in late October that it would not be covered by any ACA Marketplace insurance plans after Medica, which it had accepted in the past, decided to exit the market in Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, and in Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, and Platte counties in Missouri…