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South Dakota will withdraw its Medicaid expansion work requirements proposal now that President Donald Trump has signed ...
Changes to Medicaid could leave thousands of South Dakotans uninsured and impair an already fragile rural health care system, ...
South Dakota health professionals and advocates are warning that new Medicaid work requirements could disrupt care for people ...
In South Dakota, Medicaid covers nearly 130,000 people, or about 13% of the state's population. If the program's budget is cut by a third across all populations and geographies, South Dakota could ...
If a majority of South Dakota voters support Amendment D on Nov. 8, tens of thousands of people in the state could receive health care coverage under Medicaid expansion.
South Dakota adults currently qualify for Medicaid if they have a certified disability or have children and incomes up to 46% of the federal poverty level. That translates to $13,800 for a family ...
South Dakota was one of five states that announced it would start scrubbing Medicaid rolls as early as it could: April 1. The DSS started notifying Medicaid applicants in February about the change.
South Dakota became the 39th state to approve Medicaid expansion, after 56% of voters supported the measure. The Department of Social Services expects about 52,000 newly eligible residents ages 18 ...
South Dakota is one of 12 states not to have expanded Medicaid coverage at this point. Here’s what you need to know about Amendment D, the amendment on the Nov. 8 about Medicaid expansion in ...
South Dakota voters will decide in November whether the state should become the 39th to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would provide coverage to 42,000 low-income ...
The Fairness Project, working with Medicaid expansion supporters in South Dakota, says more than 40,000 people would gain healthcare coverage and the state could save tens of millions of dollars ...
Since March 2020, the South Dakota Department of Social Services said average monthly Medicaid enrollment increased over 30 percent — from about 115,000 to nearly 152,000.