Tea Party Activists Take Aim at Insurance Exchange

WKMS | By The Associated Press,

Whitney Jones

Published January 25, 2013 at 12:57 PM CST

Tea party activists are pushing to dismantle Kentucky's new health insurance exchange before it even gets off the ground. After a Thursday board meeting for the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange activists said they are supporting a bill to require legislative approval of the exchange, which was created by Gov. Steve Beshear’s executive order. Exchange executive director Carrie Banahan told board members the exchange is making progress on a website that would make picking health insurance similar to buying an airline ticket online. Consumers would be able to compare costs and benefits. Banahan predicts about 300,000 people will purchase insurance through Kentucky's exchange.

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Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

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