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More Minnesotans Get Health Insurance; ACA Reducing Uninsured Rate

David Montgomery left South Dakota last December for a better job in the Twin Cities. He now gets to report on Gallup numbers showing Minnesota's better rate of uninsured people: At the beginning of 2014, just 9.5 percent of Minnesotans…

Affordable Care Act Toodles Along; Tax Fun About to Begin!

If we were making a list of the top ten stories that did not happen in 2014, we'd probably want to include the fact that the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act did not lead to the collapse of…

Overturn King v. Burwell, Create Chaos in Health Insurance Industry

An eager reader reminds me that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear King v. Burwell, the selfish conservative effort to sabotage of the premium tax credits offered under the Affordable Care Act. (Recall that King v. Burwell was the…

ACA Saves South Dakota $9.1 Million on State High Risk Pool

Regrets? Ha! Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, South Dakota just saved $9.1 million. Because of the failure of the free market, South Dakota created a high risk pool in 2003 to provide health insurance for people the death panels…

ACA Exchange Premiums Going Up; Shoppers and South Dakotans Can Save

As the federal health insurance exchange launches its open enrollment period, the New York Times reports that the private insurers participating in the exchange may be jacking up their rates by as much as 20%. Policyholders wanting to keep their…

Supercondensed Voting Guide on Ballot Measures: Yes 17, Yes 18, No Q

South Dakota Magazine continues to live dangerously, allowing me to grace its genteel online pages with my political polemics. This week I offer my Leftist voting guide for the 2014 general election. On candidates, I offer one simple criterion: check…