Kentucky is top state for Obamacare

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(UPI) -- Thanks in large part to the efforts of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, the Bluegrass State, despite its tendency to lean red, has become the only Southern state that both expanded its Medicaid rolls and opened up a health benefit exchange in order to provide affordable health care to more than 640,000 uninsured citizens.

Despite the technical difficulties that have plagued the launch of the Affordable Care Act, the program has done exceedingly well in Kentucky. On the ACA’s first day, 10,766 applications for health coverage were initiated, 6,909 completed and 2,989 families were enrolled. The launch was so successful that President Obama himself applauded it.

Kentucky could certainly benefit from the program as it consistently ranks near the bottom of nearly every national health survey and one out of six state citizens are uninsured.

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Guess Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are about to get a set of warm ears at home...

Edited October 18, 2013 by questionmark