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South Dakota is one of 12 states that have not expanded health care coverage to more low-income adults. The expansion is funded primarily by the federal government through the Affordable Care Act. Organizations as diverse as South Dakota Farmers Union and South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations support the expansion..

Medicaid expansion ballot campaigns near signature threshold

Associated Press
October 22, 2021
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A pair of campaigns to expand Medicaid in South Dakota are nearing enough voter petitions to be placed on the ballot next year, organizers said Thursday. One campaign, Dakotans4Health, sponsored by former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland, has collected an estimated 36,000 signed petitions and is attempting to reach […]