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Governor Steve Beshear ?has been named 2014 Communicator of the Year by ?the Public Relations Society of America's Thoroughbred chapter.
He received the award for his communication to Kentucky residents about Kynect, the state's online healthcare marketplace created under federal health-care reform.
More than half a million Kentuckians have gotten coverage through Kynect, most of them through Medicaid, which Beshear expanded under the federal law.
- Republicans Question Need For Kynect; Beshear Administration Officials Say Using Federal Insurance Exchange Would Cost More
With the U.S. Supreme Court approving Obamacare subsidies on the federal health-insurance exchange as well as state exchanges, some Republican legislators in Kentucky say the state should close its exchange, branded as Kynect. But officials of Democratic...
- Kentuckians With Health Insurance Are More Likely To Have Heard About Kynect Than Those Without Insurance, Poll Finds
The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, than those who have insurance. But overall, the uninsured...
- Kynect Policyholders Get Premium Notices, Are Urged To Check Website To See If A Better Deal Is Available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law are getting letters notifying them of their new premium and subsidy amounts. Most policies will cost more, and...
- Carrie Banahan, Director Of Kynect, Is Named One Of Governing Magazine's Nine Public Officials Of The Year
Carrie Banahan, executive director of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, has been selected by Governing magazine as one of nine 2014 Public Officials of the Year. The magazine, for state and local government officials, has presented the awards since...
- State Health-insurance Website Crashes After 24,000 Use It; Later, Officials Say Almost 78,000 Visited It By 7 P.m.
The website of Kynect, the state's new health-insurance marketplace, crashed at 8:30 a.m. today, because so many people were trying to use it, Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Similar problems were reported in several other states. The site was...
Health News
Beshear is Communicator of the Year for efforts with Kynect
Governor Steve Beshear ?has been named 2014 Communicator of the Year by ?the Public Relations Society of America's Thoroughbred chapter.He received the award for his communication to Kentucky residents about Kynect, the state's online healthcare marketplace created under federal health-care reform.
More than half a million Kentuckians have gotten coverage through Kynect, most of them through Medicaid, which Beshear expanded under the federal law.
- Republicans Question Need For Kynect; Beshear Administration Officials Say Using Federal Insurance Exchange Would Cost More
With the U.S. Supreme Court approving Obamacare subsidies on the federal health-insurance exchange as well as state exchanges, some Republican legislators in Kentucky say the state should close its exchange, branded as Kynect. But officials of Democratic...
- Kentuckians With Health Insurance Are More Likely To Have Heard About Kynect Than Those Without Insurance, Poll Finds
The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, than those who have insurance. But overall, the uninsured...
- Kynect Policyholders Get Premium Notices, Are Urged To Check Website To See If A Better Deal Is Available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law are getting letters notifying them of their new premium and subsidy amounts. Most policies will cost more, and...
- Carrie Banahan, Director Of Kynect, Is Named One Of Governing Magazine's Nine Public Officials Of The Year
Carrie Banahan, executive director of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, has been selected by Governing magazine as one of nine 2014 Public Officials of the Year. The magazine, for state and local government officials, has presented the awards since...
- State Health-insurance Website Crashes After 24,000 Use It; Later, Officials Say Almost 78,000 Visited It By 7 P.m.
The website of Kynect, the state's new health-insurance marketplace, crashed at 8:30 a.m. today, because so many people were trying to use it, Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Similar problems were reported in several other states. The site was...