South Dakota on Tuesday became the seventh GOP-led state to expand Medicaid coverage by ballot initiative. More than 42,000 additional people stand to gain coverage, according to state estimates.
The measure was passing with 56.2 percent support and 43.8 percent in opposition with 97 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press.
State Republicans like Gov. Kristi Noem opposed the measure, though Noem has said she would accept the results and wor...
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Maxwell Alejandro Frost Secures Generation Z’s First House Seat
Maxwell Alejandro Frost focused on issues important to many young voters: gun violence, climate change, abortion rights and Medicare for all.
Maxwell Alejandro Frost Secures Generation Z’s First House Seat
Maxwell Alejandro Frost focused on issues important to many young voters: gun violence, climate change, abortion rights and Medicare for all.
Five ballot measures to watch on Tuesday
In addition to who represents them in Congress and in state legislatures, voters on Tuesday will weigh in directly on issues including abortion, marijuana and vaping.
Here are the measures we're watching on Tuesday:
AbortionFive states will have abortion on the ballot Tuesday, the most abortion-related ballot initiatives ever to take place in a single year. The referendums come more than four months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the ...
What we learned on the 2022 midterm campaign trail
Sometimes you hit the campaign trail and there is an issue voters care so much about, that its dominance is inescapable. In 2006, it was growing opposition to the Iraq war. In 2010, it was the backlash against big government spending and bailouts coupled with fear about what Obamacare would look like. This year, it is deep concern about affordability.
The results of the midterms may determine if American democracy endures | Robert Reich
Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever
Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.
In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...
The results of the midterms may determine if American democracy endures | Robert Reich
Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever
Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.
In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...
How Medicare beneficiaries were duped by Rx reform
Thanks to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), premiums for Medicare Part D outpatient drug plans will start to rise over the next few years. The increase will be 6 percent a year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and private forecasts.
To make matters worse, in a few more years, the vast majority of Part D enrollees will start paying more for drugs they get from their local pharmacies than they would have paid under a s...
Health Care — COVID tests, treatments could soon cost you
🚫 There shouldn’t be a need to say this, but do not lick toads, especially the poisonous ones. The National Park Service is asking that everyone “please refrain from licking” anything they come across in national parks.
In health news, the federal government will soon stop paying for COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, and it will likely be a sticker shock for people who don’t realize it’s coming.
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South Dakota may become the latest conservative state to expand Medicaid