ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Get Covered 2021

Today, Gov. Beshear proclaimed Dec. 10, 2020 as "Get Covered Day" and joined a broad coalition of other states, health care groups and health care providers in launching Get Covered 2021.

"Get Covered 2021 is a national effort to encourage mask-wearing and to substantially increase the number of people with health coverage," the Governor said.

Get Covered 2021 emphasizes:
  • Practicing the three Ws to reduce risk of COVID-19: Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Watch your distance. Together, these can help keep you and your community healthy and safe;

  • Cover Yourself and Your Family. Renew your health coverage. If you haven't already, visit kynect.ky.gov. It will point you to health care options and financial resources to help you get covered; and

  • Cover Everyone. Support efforts to increase access to affordable, meaningful health coverage for all Kentuckians.


In Kentucky, 239,000 residents are currently uninsured. More than half - 175,000 - qualify for financial help to pay for health coverage or coverage through Medicaid.

"Health care is a basic human right," Gov. Beshear said, "and we are committed to working quickly and diligently to getting health coverage for as many Kentuckians as possible."

Gov. Beshear also recognized CHFS Deputy Secretary Carrie Banahan for her role as national co-leader of the Get Covered Day initiative.

"Carrie was instrumental in the implementation of the state health benefit exchange in 2014 and helped with the relaunch of the new kynect.ky.gov health coverage, benefits and community resources portal," the Governor said. "She is also leading the relaunch of our state-based exchange, which will be in place for 2022 benefits enrollment."


This story was posted on 2020-12-08 17:41:49
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.