Republican Legislature Kills Dream Of Medicaid Expansion For 50,000 South Dakotans

rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter), Daily Kos
Mon, 06/27/2016 - 12:35pm

Back in February, South Dakota's Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard said that he wasn't going to force the legislature to work on his plan for Medicaid expansion in regular session, but might call a special session to consider the issue. So much for that. After a weeks-long effort to lobby enough lawmakers to get the proposal approved in the Statehouse, Daugaard announced in a statement that he wouldn't call lawmakers back to Pierre. Citing the upcoming presidential election that could result in substantial changes to the federal health insurance program for needy people, Daugaard said a special session was off the table. “We have a good plan that would increase health care access at no additional state cost and guarantee that the federal government won't shift its responsibility to pay for Native American health care to the state,” Daugaard said in a statement.

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