(11-05-2015 09:07 AM)WKUApollo Wrote:  

(11-05-2015 08:53 AM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  New Gov Bevin ran AGAINST Obamacare.

From a WSJ Editorial in today's edition:

Quote:The national press had made Kentucky a showcase of the Affordable Care Act, touting Democratic Governor Steve Beshear’s state-run exchange, KYnect, and his Medicaid expansion. The local results weren’t so cheery. Two-fifths of Kentucky hospitals have had to cut services due to soaring Medicaid costs.

Thousands of residents lost the health-care plans they liked, and most insurers on Kynect are increasing premiums by double-digits. In terrible timing for Mr. Conway, the Kentucky Health Cooperative, the largest insurer on the ObamaCare exchange, imploded in October, leaving 51,000 residents without coverage.

Yep, Kentucky hospitals are losing $1 billion dollars and the state of Kentucky's budget is exploding by $150-200 million dollars because of KYnect. Tremendous success story for Obamacare. Bevin has said he wants to move KYNect users to federal medicaid program and then do away with KYnect.

Exactly what I said would happen after reading the white paper on the KYnect thing when it was being proposed and passed. AND, it's only going to get worse for KY and anyone else that got in bed with the Feds, cause, pssst! The Feds broke.

That little bowl of candy they offered for a couple years to get States hooked is gonna go bye bye sooner than later. Then who's stuck holding the bag?

Simply another (mostly) unfunded mandate from your benevolent regime in Dee Cee.

About 10% of the Commonwealth's population is on Medicaid - is that in line with other states?