Finding help for financially struggling nursing homes has become a major issue for South Dakota legislators.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says the problems are not confined to nursing homes….
A bill has been introduced to give nursing homes eighteen million dollars in state and federal funds. Hunhoff says that is only a short term fix…
Hunhoff says they need the federal government to fufil their promise of funding the Indian Health Service….
Governor Kristi Noem has proposed a five million dollar boost and changing the timing of Medicaid payments to nursing homes.
