Why Kentucky Couldn’t Kill Obamacare: A Lesson for Congress

  • Conservative state rebrands health plan to sidestep ‘O’ word
  • Republican Governor Bevin expands Medicaid with GOP tweaks

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As congressional Republicans meet this week to gut Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, they can look for guidance to Kentucky, where a big political promise met with reality to force the type of compromise national lawmakers might face.

The result: a taxpayer-funded insurance program that looks a lot like Obamacare.