Finding more workers for healthcare providers, especially in rural areas, will be a priority during the 2019 South Dakota legislative session for Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton….

In his final budget, Governor Dennis Daugaard proposed a two-point three percent raise for Medicaid supported healthcare workers. Hunhoff says the state has to do better…

Hunhoff says another revenue source has to be developed to put more money toward those providers. She says pushing the federal government to more fully fund the Indian Health Service would be a good step…

Several rural nursing homes have closed, and others are threatened due to the lack Medicaid funding.