Medicaid Expansion in South Dakota has been on the back burner since the conclusion of the Legislative Session. Very soon the topic should move to the forefront.
There is just no way to soften the blow of lower than projected revenue numbers. The South Dakota Legislative Appropriations Committee will have some hard choices ahead.
One of the major issues Gov. Dennis Daugaard didn’t mention in Tuesday’s State of the State Address was expanding Medicaid to 48,000 uncovered South Dakotans.