Letter: Re: ‘Medicaid Expansion Too Risky For S.D.’

Argus Leader: USA Today

By: Cory Allen Heidelberger

Medicaid expansion could really help South Dakota to cover approximately 50,000 residents, but Representative Leslie Heinemann mentions that it is perhaps too risky for South Dakota.

The three states Heinemann cites are all better off fiscally. According to a June 2016, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute brief, Washington state has saved over $100 million. According to a March 2016 Montana Budget and Policy Center brief, Montana saved $3 million in state funds. According to a July 2015 Reno Gazette-Journal article, Nevada will spend another $9 million of its general funds to receive $1.0 billion more in federal match.

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