South Dakota may be one of the nation's reddest red states, but its voters embraced Medicaid expansion through the ACA anyway. (via MaddowBlog)
that refuse to accept Medicaid expansion. Health care advocates in South Dakota set out to lower than number to 11, though they realized that wouldn’t be easy.
And yet, when South Dakotans were given the option to embrace Medicaid expansion through “Obamacare,” they said yes. The Sioux Falls Argus LeaderWith 99% of precincts fully reported by 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, 56% of South Dakota voters opted to pass the amendment.
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