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- Obamacare Deadline Is Extended For Those Who Had Technical Problems; State May Also Extend It For Those Facing A Tax Penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. "And like other states and the federal government, Kentucky officials are also considering a 'special...
- 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...
- Women Leading Ky. Health: Exchange Director Carrie Banahan Says Getting People Health Insurance Is Highlight Of Her Career
This is the first in a series, Women Leading Kentucky Health, of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state's embrace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Energy...
- Kentuckians Who Ran Into Problems Signing Up For Insurance On State Website Get A Second Chance Through April 11
Kentuckians who had trouble starting or completing their application during the open enrollment period can still apply for subsidies and purchase health coverage at Kynect.ky.gov through midnight April 11. This applies only to those who completed...
- One In 13 Kentuckians Have Health Coverage Through Kynect
Nearly 322,000 Kentuckians had enrolled for health coverage through the state's new insurance exchange through 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, and three-fourths of them didn't have coverage before, according to the state's preliminary analysis....
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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 1994 to recognize excellence in state and local government.
The magazine said it chose Banahan "for her tireless work overseeing the creation, development and promotion of Kynect," the brand for the insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law. Her profile will be featured in the December issue of the publication.
?Lots of things had to go right before Kentucky became the nation?s gold standard for health-care implementation, and the first thing we did right was to name Carrie Banahan as kynect?s executive director,? Gov. Steve Beshear said in a release from his office. ?Carrie not only had the perfect mix of experience and technical know-how to direct Kynect, she had the passion for the job."
Over her more than three decades of public service, Banahan has served as deputy commissioner of the Department of Insurance, deputy commissioner of the Department for Medicaid Services and executive director of the Office of Health Policy in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
?Carrie was truly the perfect person for this job. It is as if her whole career has been training her for this very opportunity,? Cabinet Secretary Audrey Haynes said in the release. "She is certainly deserving of this prestigious honor.?
Kynect has enrolled more than 521,000 Kentuckians in health care coverage, with three out of every four enrollees reporting they did not have health insurance prior to signing up, says the release. The Gallup Organization found that the percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance fell from 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 percent midway through 2014, second only to Arkansas, the other Southern state that expanded Medicaid.
The magazine, for state and local government officials, has presented the awards since 1994 to recognize excellence in state and local government.The magazine said it chose Banahan "for her tireless work overseeing the creation, development and promotion of Kynect," the brand for the insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law. Her profile will be featured in the December issue of the publication.
?Lots of things had to go right before Kentucky became the nation?s gold standard for health-care implementation, and the first thing we did right was to name Carrie Banahan as kynect?s executive director,? Gov. Steve Beshear said in a release from his office. ?Carrie not only had the perfect mix of experience and technical know-how to direct Kynect, she had the passion for the job."
Over her more than three decades of public service, Banahan has served as deputy commissioner of the Department of Insurance, deputy commissioner of the Department for Medicaid Services and executive director of the Office of Health Policy in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
?Carrie was truly the perfect person for this job. It is as if her whole career has been training her for this very opportunity,? Cabinet Secretary Audrey Haynes said in the release. "She is certainly deserving of this prestigious honor.?
Kynect has enrolled more than 521,000 Kentuckians in health care coverage, with three out of every four enrollees reporting they did not have health insurance prior to signing up, says the release. The Gallup Organization found that the percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance fell from 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 percent midway through 2014, second only to Arkansas, the other Southern state that expanded Medicaid.
- Obamacare Deadline Is Extended For Those Who Had Technical Problems; State May Also Extend It For Those Facing A Tax Penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. "And like other states and the federal government, Kentucky officials are also considering a 'special...
- 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...
- Women Leading Ky. Health: Exchange Director Carrie Banahan Says Getting People Health Insurance Is Highlight Of Her Career
This is the first in a series, Women Leading Kentucky Health, of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state's embrace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Energy...
- Kentuckians Who Ran Into Problems Signing Up For Insurance On State Website Get A Second Chance Through April 11
Kentuckians who had trouble starting or completing their application during the open enrollment period can still apply for subsidies and purchase health coverage at Kynect.ky.gov through midnight April 11. This applies only to those who completed...
- One In 13 Kentuckians Have Health Coverage Through Kynect
Nearly 322,000 Kentuckians had enrolled for health coverage through the state's new insurance exchange through 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, and three-fourths of them didn't have coverage before, according to the state's preliminary analysis....