More than 440,000 Kentuckians enrolled in health coverage through Kynect: 82,700 in private coverage and 358,000 in Medicaid. Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who pushed for the state to run its own exchange, has become one of Obamacares most vocal advocates and is hugely popular with residents. But McConnell and his staff have so far shown almost zero interest in that success. Audrey Haynes, Kentuckys Secretary of Health and Family Services, told TPM in a phone interview last week that the form letters, which referred people who had had problems with the site to the state government, are the only known contact between Kentuckys most powerful congressional representative and its new insurance marketplace. I would call it radio silence, Haynes said when asked if McConnells office expressed any interest since Kynects lauded launch. We had a lot of public meetings around the state, so possibly someone from Sen. McConnells office maybe attended one of those meetings, but all I can say is that to our knowledge, if they were there, they did not identify themselves. Were not aware.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:53:05 +0000
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