Healthcare

South Dakotans will vote on expanding Medicaid this November. South Dakota Focus hears from the proponents and opponents of Amendment D.

The move could extend healthcare benefits to an additional 42,500 low-income residents. Critics worry the estimate of eligible residents is low and that expanded Medicaid could cost the state more than anticipated.

This summer a legislative study on Juvenile Justice has focused heavily on keeping kids in school to prevent them from turning to crime. The committee has also focused on mental health problems and the severe dearth of treatment in South Dakota.

A major regional health care provider is eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs.

Under current South Dakota law, abortions are legal only in extreme circumstances.

Sanford Research joins a study that will focus on the long-term effects of COVID-19. RECOVER is a program led by the National Institutes of Health and includes more than 30 research teams nationwide.

Stacey Harris, a former gym goer and ax-thrower, relies on oxygen and can't work. Eric Roach, once an avid birdwatcher, has chronic fatigue and cognitive issues.

A lawsuit says South Dakota's new four-appointment, three-week process for pill-based abortions is risky and disproportionately harms low-income and rural patients.

South Dakotans will vote on expanding Medicaid eligibility on the November ballot but might face a taller hurdle to approve it.

The state of South Dakota wants to spend part of its $1 billion federal coronavirus relief package on health care — but the proposed projects aren't directly aimed at ending the pandemic.