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…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard is lining up millions of dollars to expand vo-tech scholarships and railroads. He still hasn't announced his willingness to spend a fraction of such money to expand Medicaid. Alaska's new Independent Governor Bill Walker is not so…
How does a practical Republican react to an underperforming state economy and Governor Dennis Daugaard's blasé budget proposal? John Tsitrian says drop the political posturing, prioritize practical economics, and expand Medicaid: Given Daugaard's cautiously reactive tone when discussing the upcoming…
South Dakota is spending less money on Medicaid than expected this fiscal year. Whether this unexpected underspending is related to the record low rate of growth of health care spending under the Obama Administration is open to discussion. Whatever the…
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…
Rep. Kevin Killer is fighting for re-election in District 27. He's leading the mighty get-out-the-vote charge on the Pine Ridge Reservation that could tip the balance in the U.S. Senate race. And on top of that, he's proposing a big…
That Sioux Falls paper is dribbling out a new Mason-Dixon poll that finds South Dakotans want to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The poll finds 45% in favor, 37% against. Hey, if that margin is enough to elect…
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…