Apparently the only folks bent out of shape this fine Veto Day are South Dakota's chiropractors. On what promises to be an otherwise quick and quiet final day of the 2011 Legislative session, chiropractors heading to Pierre by the busload to apply pressure for passage of House Bill 1146. This bill would pop into place limits on the copayments your insurer can lay on you when you visit the chiropractor, essentially levelling this part of the playing field between chiropractors and primary care physicians.
Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed HB 1146, saying it takes away consumer choice in insurance policies, creates another government mandate (not unlike many of the other bills the governor signed, the most obvious of which is HB 1217, the insult to all South Dakota women's intelligence), and cut put a really bad crick in the state's fiscal neck by requiring Pierre to pay for chiropractic services under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Given that the only other vetoes on the table are style and form (or is it?) on SB 202 and and the now wholly superfluous (says the governor) SB 57, the lobbying chiropractors won't have much competition for legislators' attention. That could increase the chances for a successful adjustment of chiropractor copays.
Update 12:38 CDT: And the chiropractors win! The best voice on South Dakota radio reports both Senate and House override the veto.