General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKentucky counties with highest Medicaid rates backed Matt Bevin, who plans to cut Medicaid
http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article45093165.html"To be honest with you, a lot of folks in Owsley County went to the polls and voted against gay marriage and abortion, and as a result, I'm afraid they voted away their health insurance," Turner said. "Which was their right to do, I guess. But it's sad. Many people here signed up with Kynect, and it's helped them, it's been an absolute blessing."
The community's largest-circulation newspaper, the Three Forks Tradition in Beattyville, did not say much about Kynect ahead of the election. Instead, its editorials roasted Obama and Hillary Clinton, gay marriage, Islam, "liberal race peddlers," "liberal media," black criminals and "the radical Black Lives Matter movement."
The trend seemed to hold across the state. At Transylvania University, political scientist Andrea Malji said she has crunched state data and found a "99 percent confidence level" between the counties' Medicaid enrollment levels and their gubernatorial choices. The larger the Medicaid numbers, the more likely they were to back Bevin, she said. The lower the Medicaid numbers, the more likely they were to favor the Democratic nominee, Attorney General Jack Conway.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)Humans/lemmings
n2doc
(47,953 posts)No health care is better than letting the gays marry or them harlots getting an abortion. I'll bet they expect that they will keep their kynect and only them illegals and POC will have theirs cut.
Oh well, more heroin will probably be the fix.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)saturnsring
(1,832 posts)"To be honest with you, a lot of folks in Owsley County went to the polls and voted against gay marriage and abortion, and as a result, I'm afraid they voted away their health insurance,"
enough
(13,260 posts)Who Turned My Blue State Red?
Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net.
By ALEC MacGILLISNOV. 20, 2015
An interesting article focusing on eastern Kentucky. Essentially he says that poor people don't vote.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Polls a distance away and no transportation, long waits, etc?
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)But republicans and independents voted for Bevin more.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The article focuses on the rural counties in eastern Kentucky that have the highest percentage of Medicaid recipients in the state.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)...so they have no idea what they have wrought.
riversedge
(70,264 posts)some good and truthful information --and really, without bias just have a discussion. Will not work for all but a discussion is surely needed.
drray23
(7,635 posts)polls and interviews of kentuckians were conducted. I think it was for McConnel reelection. Anyway, many thought kynect and obamacare aka ACA were two different things. They were praising Kynect and despising the ACA. You cant fix stupid.