Healthcare

South Dakota expanded Medicaid program doesn’t take effect until July first. It’s a relatively short timeline to implement the program, and the process has already begun.

A bill to make unmarried fathers equally responsible for medical bills for a pregnancy has been unanimously passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

3,500 comments have been submitted relating to merger talks between Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is hosting listening sessions across the state to gauge public concerns.

South Dakota lawmakers are preparing to bring a bill allowing exceptions to the state’s abortion ban in cases where the mother’s health is in question.

The South Dakota legislature is considering a bill that prevents pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers from accessing medical cannabis.

House lawmakers will hear a bill prohibiting several types of care for transgender minors in South Dakota. Backers say hospitals in the state are performing irreversible procedures on children. Critics say the bill’s premise is based on misinformation.

Some Republican state lawmakers want to block transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming care. The bill mirrors ones passed in other states. Health officials say bills like this contradict best medical practices for transgender people.

Extreme weather strains every piece of infrastructure. The Union Gospel Mission in Sioux Falls saw that firsthand after a waterpipe burst and caused major damage.

Gov. Kristi Noem is appointing a woman with experience in both the health care industry and legislature as the next Secretary of Health.

Recent winter storms and extreme cold have put stress on many areas of life. Also feeling the chill is The American Red Cross.