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Covered Illinois Gets New Exec. Director; Two Bills Advance To Make MNsure Changes
The new executive director of Get Covered Illinois is Karin Zosel, a former CIA intelligence officer and college director, the group said Tuesday. Get Covered Illinois helps enroll people in health insurance plans through Obamacare. As of February, the group has helped 947,776 people enroll in health plans and Medicaid. (Hirst, 3/10)
Gov. Bruce Rauner has hired a Yale-educated former CIA intelligence officer to lead Illinois' health insurance enrollment efforts. Rauner's office announced Tuesday that Karin Zosel will be the new executive director of Get Covered Illinois, where she will oversee federal grant programs promoting insurance coverage. (3/10)
Two bills that would change how the state鈥檚 health insurance exchange operates have cleared initial hurdles in the Minnesota House. ... [One] bill would require Minnesota officials to seek federal waivers to allow anyone to access those subsidies, whether they buy insurance through MNsure or directly from an insurance company. ... Meanwhile, the House Government Operations Committee unanimously approved a bill that would strip MNsure鈥檚 exemptions from some state technology rules. (Richert, 3/10)
