The South Dakota Employee Health Plan is raising premiums on retirees. The hike is so bad, the state had to break it up into two phases. Retirees will see their rates go up on July 1. The second phase of…
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The Affordable Care Act is winning: The big news was the release of new data from the White House indicating that enrollment in Medicaid has surged in states that elected to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act. In…
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Stace Nelson was right when he said his opponent Mike Rounds joined a task force to help Tom Daschle implement the Affordable Care Act. But here's something Stace missed: Rounds didn't just join that task…
You know why Mike Rounds is really losing sleep over the Affordable Care Act? Because it works. Today's evidence: Goldman Sachs researcher Alec Phillips says the ACA's insurance subsidies are stimulating the economy. People are spending more money on health…
When President Obama and Democrats pass a law forcing insurance companies to cover individuals and procedures that they don't consider profitable, Republicans cry bloody constitutional and economic murder. When Republicans pass a law forcing insurance companies to cover individuals and…
If you can't beat 'em, regulate 'em! Senate Bill 120 is the latest effort of the South Dakota Legislature to throttle the Affordable Care Act. It would impose background checks, exams, fees, and complicated regulations to make it harder for…
Rick Weiland is offering the boldest, clearest policy initiative of any candidate for South Dakota's open U.S. Senate seat. Elaborating on a policy he has advocated throughout his campaign, Weiland is promising that one of his first proposals after taking…
The following claims from fake U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth are logically incompatible: In December, Bosworth told the Senate Ethics Committee that from January 1, 2012, to her date of filing, she had earned $17,662. In that same document, Bosworth…