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SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry Endorses Medicaid Expansion

SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry Endorses Medicaid Expansion

Dave Owen Photo: WNAX


The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry is endorsing Amendment “D” in next months election.

President Dave Owen, says the Amendment, which would expand Medicaid coverage, is a workforce issue….https://on.soundcloud.com/gqYD9

Owen says state taxpayers wouldn’t have to carry the bulk of the costs….https://on.soundcloud.com/r2zEA

Owen says free enterprise and government work together in a number of existing programs…..https://on.soundcloud.com/AR5rv

There are estimates that expanded Medicaid would cover about forty thousand people that don’t currently have medical insurance.