Kentucky set up its own exchanges and has allowed the Medicaid expansion. And so we have this report of success stories. It's a good reminder that the law can work when opponents aren't actively denying their constituents access to healthcare to score political points. Stories about people with family history of lung cancer and spots on their lungs that they haven't been able to get checked out because of lack of coverage are heartbreaking.

Of course there was a simpler way to do this. As Atrios snarks:

certainly the Medicaid expansion is one of the best things about Obamacare. I think there's a lesson there but maybe I'm a bit stupid and can't quite figure out what it is...