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Time May Run Our for Medicaid Expansion in South Dakota

Time May Run Our for Medicaid Expansion in South Dakota

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Medicaid expansion in this session of the South Dakota legislature may not be dead, but it appears to be in critical condition.

House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff says they may run out of time……

Legislators are beginning the last week of the main run of this year’s session.

Last week, state and federal officials were on a conference call about Medicaid expansion. Huhhoff says everyone now has the same information…………

Hunhoff says it now looks like expansion would be the cheapest alternative………

 

 

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