Beshear is Communicator of the Year for efforts with Kynect
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He received the award for his communication to Kentucky residents about Kynect, the state’s online healthcare marketplace created under federal health-care reform.
More than half a million Kentuckians have gotten coverage through Kynect, most of them through Medicaid, which Beshear expanded under the federal law.