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seeing some democratic strains of that again in that map you re showing. i mean, not only you pointed out earlier you had the sort of two blips of democratic support in the d 2016 election in lexington and in louisville, but tonight you see maybe a dozen counties, more than a dozen counties that look blue, and just pointing out again the suburbs around senate that you spoke of and david corn was speaking of, the person who is probably most afraid tonight of the results is actually not in kentucky but in ohio. steve chabot, the congressman who represents the cincinnati area in the house of representatives always has close races. he won by about 4% last time. he s going to have a tough race in 2020. but steve, to your point on medicaid expansion. yeah. andy beshear s dad, steve beshear, was a successful governor who ran one of the best medicaid programs as governor of kentucky. heof shepherded the expansion o medicaid in the state under
plan are democrats propose something you can say universal healthcare. we know this question about medicare for all, whether you keep your doctor. let s look at numbers that just came out at where people get their healthcare. almost exactly half of americans get their healthcare from their employers. that is a total of 156 million. now, elizabeth warren said last night she does not know anyone who likes their insurance company. on the other hand, there s a poll that says that 86% of americans between 18 and 64 who have health insurance are satisfied or happy with their health insurance. so i m not sure they all hate their health insurance quite that much. and then you have another 20 million americans who buy their own insurance, mostly on the exchanges that came out under obamacare. these are the people who could lose their insurance will lose their insurance under the strict reading as amy klobuchar said last night on page 8 of bernie sanders bill, these are the people that lose th
new regulations apply to nonprofits and small businesses. major companies whose stock is sold to investors are not eligible for this opt out. under obamacare, most employers must cover birth control with no charge as a preventative service for women. let s take a look tonight at some of the big initiatives on the ballot, midterm ballots all over the country, voters in alabama and west virginia passed measures that could pave the way for new limits or a full ban on abortion if those states if the conservative majority in the u.s. supreme court overturns the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion, roe v. wade. florida has restored the voting rights of more than one and a half million felons who have served their sentences, the sunshine state also approved bands on greyhound racing, offshore oil drilling, and workplace invading. massachusetts beat back a repeal attempt and reaffirmed a 2016
preexisting conditions. but the court s ruling on that could come any day now, betweening between now and election day on tuesday. so that s a problem for them. but even worse for republicans who are trying to change the conversation to health care today, today, november 1st was the first day that new rules established by the trump administration unilaterally, today is the first day those new rules went into effect. and as of today for the first time, actually, i ll quote the wall street journal here, quote, this is the first open enrollment period under a trump administration change under which plans health insurance plans can now deny coverage to people with preexisting conditions. under obamacare, we got this new rule in the country that tells health insurance companies you can t deny people coverage because they have asthma or high blood pressure. they ve ever had a lump removed from their breast or any other preexisting condition. we got that under obamacare. republicans in 20