Given that the Legislature is showing its willingness to hoghouse bills at the last minute for surprise purposes, I propose several new bills that the…
Tag: Medicaid
Science says that South Dakota is putting pregnant women and infants at greater risk of death by refusing to expand Medicaid. The 2020 Legislature has…
I’m listening to Donald Trump, the man who has tried at every turn to cut Americans’ access to affordable health care, tell us that he’s…
Donald Trump can’t get anything done. He was supposedly eager to promote work requirements for Medicaid. South Dakota applied to pilot just such a work…
The big news in Bob Mercer’s article on the American Cancer Society’s rating of state legislative activity is that Bob Mercer posted an article with…
Forcing Medicaid recipients to submit to cumbersome and confusing work requirements is going over well in court. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg has overturned…
Three years ago, Dr. C. Dustin Bechtold and Dr. Bryan Wellman sued Sanford neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora and Sanford Health in the U.S. District Court of…
South Dakota Community Action—an impending ballot question committee based in Sioux Falls, not to be confused with our four regional Community Action agencies that support Head…
“I am, and always have been pro-life…. I believe every human life is sacred….” My foot. By refusing to support Medicaid expansion, Governor Kristi Noem…
Medicaid expansion under the ACA raises the income threshold for eligibility for subsidized public health insurance. But Washington Governor Jay Inslee (who’s also running for…