About two months ago, the federal agency overseeing Obamacare said it would name its first-ever chief executive for HealthCare.gov, an acknowledgement that the enrollment Web site didn’t have a true leader before its faulty launch last fall. On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced that new role will be filled by Kevin Counihan, the chief executive of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, which is thought to be one of the best state-run insurance marketplaces in the country.
The idea of a single point person to oversee the law’s implementation originally generated interest among some of the law’s advocates in early 2010 and top administration officials. More talk resurfaced after the failed launch of HealthCare.gov last year, when it became clear there was a management problem at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency overseeing the law’s implementation.
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