Why are Republican governors giving in and embracing the Medicaid expansion created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? The answer is obvious: money! It all comes down to dollar signs. If states choose to expand Medicaid, the federal…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard's position on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion may be shifting a bit. In the pretty clear you-lazy-bums language of his budget address in December, he said expanding Medicaid is bad, bad, bad. But now he's saying…
Democrats are leading the moral and practical charge to get South Dakota to accept the money-saving, life-saving Medicaid expansion offered by the Affordable Care Act. Republicans are dragging their feet, claiming oh-so-cynically that they want to take their time and…
Numerous sensible observers are pointing to public investment in mental health care as an important and useful response to school violence. Enter the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, will…
Bob Mercer grumbles about expanding Medicaid and socialism; Douglas Wiken says Mercer doesn't know what he's talking about. I suggest we look at the big picture on Medicaid expansion. Yes, if we accept the deal the Obama Administration is offering…
That's my party! The South Dakota Democratic Party is learning to own its brand. They are embracing the Affordable Care Act. They are making acceptance of the ACA's Medicaid expansion a legislative priority. And they are putting Senator Angie Buhl…
Governor Dennis Daugaard still hasn't pulled a decision on Medicaid expansion out of his post-Romney depression, but South Dakota Democrats agree with South Dakota's health care providers: taking advantage of the Medicaid expansion offered by President Barack Obama's Affordable Care…