Two former legislators—one Republican, one Democratic—who now lobby for South Dakota’s health care sector say the Legislature should get the message from the failure of…
Tag: Medicaid
In a reaffirmation of their commitment to direct democracy, South Dakota voters have rejected the two attacks on the initiative process placed on the ballot…
Governor Larry Rhoden has often touted Trump policies as transforming rural health care. A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Associated Press…
But let’s not think one clever one-liner in the Oval Office makes Larry Rhoden a great statesman. On principle and policy, he’s still incoherent. The…
On a 27–39 vote, the House last Thursday rejected House Joint Resolution 5002, a radical Republican attempt to get voters to repeal Medicaid expansion in…
Quack-medicine advocate rookie Rep.Bobbi Andera (R-10/Sioux Falls) claims South Dakotans need “more access options” for the medications of their choosing. But she wants to deny…
Governor Larry Rhoden yesterday announced that the federal Department of Hellth is giving South Dakota $189.4 million to subsidize rural health care. The money comes…
Governor Larry Rhoden noted in his budget address yesterday that Medicaid has now overtaken K-12 as a share of the state general fund. But don’t…
Todd Epp spots research comparing Medicaid expansion in South Dakota and Georgia. South Dakota launched Medicaid expansion without a work requirement; Georgia imposed a work…