Kynect
Kynect
Health insurance marketplace for Kentucky, U.S.
kynect, formerly and also called the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, is the health insurance marketplace, previously known as health insurance exchange, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky, created by then-Governor Steve Beshear in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Steve Beshear's successor as governor, Matt Bevin, ended Kynect enrollment for individuals as of 2017.[1][2] From 2017 to 2020, the marketplace operated a web site for small business owners.[3][4] Bevin's successor, Andy Beshear, announced on June 17, 2020, that Kentucky will reestablish a state health insurance marketplace similar to kynect, with full implementation by January 1, 2022.[5] Kynect was officially relaunched on October 5, 2020, with full implementation in January 2022.[6]