Congresswoman Kristi Noem gets to celebrate her heartless, self-interested backing of Trumpcare with an eleven-day break, which I’m sure she will not use to hold town…
Tag: Medicaid
Donald Trump and his Republican Congress seem hell-bent on cutting Medicaid and leaving the poor even further behind the rich. A new report from the Legislative…
In our latest podcast (published last night!), Spencer Dobson and I talk about the door that the failure of TrumpCare opens for South Dakota to get…
Dakota Free Press Podcast #004 is ready for your ears! https://dakotafreepress.com/wp-content/podcast/DFP004.mp3 After our Veto Day conversation, Republican Representative Drew Dennert was willing to sit for another 20-minute chat…
Republican blogger John Tsitrian agrees with me that the spectacular, tremendous triumph of ObamaCare over TrumpCare signals that South Dakota should finally get on with expanding Medicaid:…
Kaiser Family Foundation says the Republican “American Health Care Act” will cost South Dakota health insurance buyers thousands of dollars each year. Scott A. Duke, president…
I kid you not. At yesterday’s crackerbarrel in Watertown, rookie Rep. Neal Tapio (R-5/Watertown responded to a question about getting rid of Medicaid by saying (timestamp…
I just listened to Rep. Kristi Noem completely avoid a listener question on SDPB about Medicaid expansion. Some public radio listener (not me, I promise!) asked…
I thought that, even if Governor Dennis Daugaard’s foot-dragging and Donald Trump’s victory mean South Dakota never cashes in on Medicaid expansion, we could still save some…
…Heidelberger Offers Thune Interim Plan to Soft-Land ACA Repeal The rise of Trump may have made Governor Dennis Daugaard throw in the towel on Medicaid…