Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the ideological lines have been clearly drawn: Republicans don't like it -- Democrats do. But, in a cash-strapped rural area like Kern County, the calculus of paying for health care is considerably more complicated. [This story is part of a collaboration with NPR and Kaiser Health News.]
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