South Dakota legislators have been talking about the pro’s and con’s of expanding the number of those eligible to receive health care benefits under Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act lowers the requirement barriers for health care coverage. Joy Smolnisky with the South Dakota Budget and Policy Project says legislators have to look at the numbers…
Smolnisky spoke at the South Dakota Farmers Union Convention in Aberdeen last weekend. She says on a per person basis, the cost of expansion is relatively cheap…
Smolnisky says the expansion would add quite a number to Medicaid coverage…
Legislators held a hearing on the Medicaid expansion Wednesday at the State Capitol in Pierre.