Despite the success of ballot measures to expand Medicaid nationwide, South Dakota could be the final state where health care activists will be able to pursue such an effort.
the successful ballot initiative
"It felt so great, just so much relief, so much pride in our state for passing this amendment," Houska said Wednesday."And it wasn't close. I wasn't biting my nails waiting for the vote to come in at all." "In a state like South Dakota, Medicaid coverage is going to be particularly important for people in manual labor and undercompensated roles in their substantial agricultural sector, and then the large uninsured population on Indian reservations," Fishman said.
It was not an easy journey for supporters. Opponents of expansion tried to undermine the effort by pushing through their own ballot measure, which would have increased the voter approval threshold to 60%. South Dakotans voted the idea down in June.remained resistant to expanding Medicaid Some Republican lawmakers have tried to put up roadblocks in other states despite measures' success. Last year,
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