The right’s in a box: Here’s how GOP loses Obamacare fight

The amazing politics of Obamacare's success stories -- especially in Kentucky -- could cost the GOP their leader

Brian Beutler, Salon.com

The fact that Affordable Care Act enrollments are spiking in states that have functioning exchange websites of their own is great news for the law and for the many thousands of people who will be newly, or better, insured come Jan. 1.

But it also reinforces my sense that Healthcare.gov’s failure will create a really remarkable dichotomy.

From the L.A. Times:

A number of states that use their own systems, including California, are on track to hit enrollment targets for 2014 because of a sharp increase in November, according to state officials. 

“What we are seeing is incredible momentum,” said Peter Lee, director of Covered California, the nation’s largest state insurance marketplace, which accounted for a third of all enrollments nationally in October. California — which enrolled about 31,000 people in health plans last month — nearly doubled that in the first two weeks of this month. 

Several other states, including Connecticut and Kentucky, are outpacing their enrollment estimates, even as states that depend on the federal website lag far behind.

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