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Dems Working with Docs on Medicaid Expansion; Daugaard Open?

Could Medicaid expansion happen this year? South Dakota has already given up two of the best years of the federal government's offer under the Affordable Care Act to cover most of the cost of putting 48,000 low-income South Dakotans on…

Schumer Regrets ACA Push; Progressives Should Demand More, Not Less

Senator John Thune chirps mindlessly over Senator Chuck Schumer's supposed regret over the push for the Affordable Care Act. The only thing we Democrats have to regret about pushing for the Affordable Care Act in our best window of opportunity…

SD Medicaid Denies Payment for Mayo Treatment; Patient Moves to MN

Here's the tough call of the morning. Jonathan Ellis reports that South Dakota implemented a new rule on September 1 requiring Medicaid patients to get authorization from the state to seek medical treatment more than 50 miles from South Dakota…

Medicaid Expansion Making Life Better for Working Americans

The Affordable Care Act is improving and saving lives by expanding Medicaid: Charles McClinon, a 50-year-old Ohio resident who lives with epilepsy, told ThinkProgress, “The peace of mind is worth more than anything. I could be a millionaire, but if…

Ebola Kills One Person in America, Thune Goes Big Government

Not quite 5,000 people have died in this year's Ebola outbreak. One of those deaths has taken place in the United States. In response, Senator John Thune is advocating bigger government, specifically in the form of banning travel to the…

Spawn Seeks District 12 House Seat, Better Teacher Pay, Minimum Wage

Democrat Ellee Spawn is running for District 12 House. The first-time candidate took time Friday after Democratic Forum in Sioux Falls to tell me about teacher pay, health care, the minimum wage, and other issues that have propelled her into…

RC Doctor Hosts Robinson Fundraiser Friday

Corinna Robinson is working to reverse that downward Q2 fundraising trend. The Democratic candidate for House is speaking at a fundraiser tomorrow (Friday) evening at the Rapid City home of Dr. Nancy Babbitt and Steve Babbitt. Team Robinson staffer Valerie…