Kentucky GOP, eyeing state House takeover, plots Obamacare vote

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republicans seeking to take over the House for the first time in nearly 100 years plan a vote that would force Democrats to register their support of President Obama’s signature health care law.

State Rep. Joseph Fischer, R-Fort Thomas, has filed an amendment to the state’s $20 billion biennial budget that would reduce the state’s Medicaid population and eliminate the state’s health insurance marketplace, two pillars of the federal affordable Care Act. The smooth rollout of Kentucky’s state-run marketplace has been considered a success story of the federal Affordable Care Act as marketplaces run by the federal government and some other states have faced glitches.