Seeking to defend his signature achievement, Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday made an impassioned appeal to Gov.-elect Matt Bevin not to dismantle Kentucky's expansion of health care under the Affordable Care Act.
Armed with budget details, health statistics and economic forecasts, Beshear argued that the expansion under the law also known as Obamacare has been an economic windfall for Kentucky, bringing in nearly $3 billion in Medicaid money since 2014 and creating 12,000 jobs.
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