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 ...

The CEO of Horizon Health Care, a major rural medical provider in South Dakota, told News Watch that more low-income 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 ...

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 is one of just 12 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, in the decade since the legislation was signed into law by former President Barack Obama in ...

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.

As a consequence of reduced spending on state healthcare programs and the additional federal money, adopting Medicaid expansion would result in $162.5 million in savings for South Dakota over five ...

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’s now voter-approved Amendment D “will direct the state to expand Medicaid next year to any person aged 18 to 65 with an income up to 133% of the federal poverty level — about ...

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 ...