Kentucky is Ground Zero for the ongoing partisan fight over theAffordable Care Act.

When the ACA was first implemented in 2014, Kentucky, led byDemocratic Gov. Steve Beshear, enthusiastically set up its owninsurance marketplace and embraced the (nearly entirely) federallyfunded Medicaid expansion.

However, power switched hands at the beginning of 2015, withRepublican Gov. Matt Bevin taking office after a campaign in whichhe railed against the ACA. His administration is currently in theprocess of closing the state-run exchange, KyConnect, and it isembroiled in a fierce battle with Democrats over what to do aboutthe state’s Medicaid expansion.

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