Whether you’re heading to today’s crackerbarrels with curiosity or protest signs, you should be ready to ask your legislators questions. Some may want to ask about votes…
Tag: Medicaid
We know which Republicans are doing the Koch Brothers’ bidding. Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) and Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) are sponsoring House Bill 1234, which…
Expanding Medicaid in South Dakota is a good idea. Governor Dennis Daugaard and Republican legislators have steadfastly blocked this good idea for three years, largely because they can’t…
Uh oh: Is Governor Dennis Daugaard headed for the same ignominious fiscal failure as his predecessor, M. Michael Rounds? The Bureau of Finance and Management released budget projections…
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) and Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) are playing word games to hide their lack of political courage and avoid enacting the two…
An eager reader reports that someone is robocalling against Medicaid expansion in South Dakota: All of the questions began “would you be more likely, [less likely]…
Pat Powers rushes to tamp down the Robert Pear’s suggestion of a split between Pat’s sponsors Governor Dennis Daugaard and Senator John Thune on Medicaid expansion…
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) is looking at Medicaid expansion from a partisan political perspective, so why don’t we? In his December 8 budget address, Governor Dennis Daugaard…
With the possibility that laggardly South Dakota may finally expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, let’s take a moment to consider Medicaid fraud. The people South Dakota…
It bothers me that some people who can work will become more dependent on government…. I hate that. I hate dependency. —Governor Dennis Daugaard, FY2017 budget…