Kentucky's Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has
great things to say about the launch of Obamacare in his state.
"We're signing up people at roughly a thousand a day. It's a great rate and a great success so far," he said on CNN's "New Day." [...]
Asked about Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, Kentucky's two senators and staunch opponents of Obamacare, the governor said critics of the law "are not paying attention to the facts" and they "weave a web of misinformation."
His piece of advice?
"Take a deep breath. You know, this system is going to work. The only thing that really isn't working right now on the federal level is the website," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "I'll guarantee you that whether it's a week from now, a month from now, two months from now, they'll get it up and they'll get it working. People will be signing up."
Likewise, in Washington state, the
system is going gangbusters, with more than 35,000 people enrolled in the first three weeks of the program. Of those, about 31,000 qualify for the expanded Medicaid. In the first three weeks, "35,500 Washingtonians have enrolled in coverage through Healthplanfinder and nearly 70,000 additional residents have completed applications." That's the kind of success
seen in Oregon, which reduced its uninsured population by 10 percent in just the first two weeks of enrollments in the Medicaid expansion.
What do all these states have in common? Democratic governors who actually want everyone in their state to have access to health care.