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TexasTowelie

(112,180 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 06:26 PM Jan 2017

Bevin to Congress: Kill Obamacare, let Kentucky regulate insurance

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is urging GOP leaders in Congress to repeal Obamacare “in its entirety,” including the Medicaid expansion and popular consumer protections.

In a Jan. 6 letter to House Republicans, Bevin did not advocate any major replacement ideas. Instead, he said Kentucky should be given “maximum flexibility” to regulate health insurance as the state did before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

“States understand the unique challenges and demographics of their own populations, so repealing the cumbersome one-size-fits-all” law will allow states to “be nimble” and develop their own health care solutions, Bevin wrote. “Congress should repeal the ACA in its entirety and permit Kentucky to return to regulating the health insurance market under its existing state authority.”

A spokeswoman for the governor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the Kentucky Republican’s letter stands in sharp contrast to missives from other GOP governors, including Ohio’s John Kasich, who called on lawmakers in Washington to preserve the Medicaid expansion and other elements of the ACA.

Read more: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/24/bevin-congress-kill-obamacare-let-ky-regulate-insurance/97000494/

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Bevin to Congress: Kill Obamacare, let Kentucky regulate insurance (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP
Bevin is a shithead Hokie Jan 2017 #1
"Bevin did not advocate any major replacement ideas." Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #2
Now, now... TexasTowelie Jan 2017 #3

Hokie

(4,286 posts)
1. Bevin is a shithead
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 06:28 PM
Jan 2017

That pretty much covers it. The ammosexuals and racist assholes in Kentucky elected him and there are lots of them.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
2. "Bevin did not advocate any major replacement ideas."
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 06:33 PM
Jan 2017

Holy shit, really? No replacement ideas, no solutions, no imagination? From a Republican?

I'm stunned. I have to lay down.

Someone (a Democrat perhaps) should point out that Kentucky's uninsured has dropped 61% since 2010. They're one the great success stories of Obamacare, and killing it would harm Kentucky tremendously.

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