Maybe they’ll give their exchange software away to some needy state…
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange created as part of the Affordable Care Act.
In a Dec. 30 letter to Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bevin said he plans to wind down the state health exchange and transition Kentuckians to the federal site, healthcare.gov, to shop for insurance under the law also known as Obamacare.
...But the move is sure to disappoint some health consumer advocates who had urged Bevin to keep the site, praised for its accessibility and ease of use. The advocates have said it helped hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians sign up for health coverage.
Bevin, a Republican, had pledged to dismantle the health exchange authorized by executive order of his predecessor, Steve Beshear, a Democrat. Bevin's letter said he wants the transition to the federal site to occur "as soon as is practicable."
Bevin has said his goal is to complete the transition by the end of 2016.
Oh hell no. Bevin will probably have the coders go and erase the software bit by bit, making sure each bit is carefully placed in the bit bucket… and then he’ll have the bit bucket burned. Sort of like a witch. It’s the medieval thing to do.