Make us proud Gov’nor! (H/T – Helga)

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Love all the national attention Denny is getting us on his (non) ideas for Medicaid expansion;

South Dakota is among the “hell no” states when it comes to Obamacare. No state-established insurance exchange and surely no Medicaid expansion. They don’t want no stinking federal aid to help more people have health insurance. To be clear, though, that’s the legislature and the governor talking. Not the people.

Despite a poll showing a majority of South Dakotans favor Medicaid expansion, Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s office said Wednesday he has no plans to introduce legislation to expand health care in the state.In a survey released earlier this week by the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, 63 percent of 400 state residents favored Medicaid expansion while 31 percent opposed it.

The others polled had no opinion. Republican pollster Glen Bolger conducted the poll for Alexandria, Va.-based research firm Public Opinion Strategies. The poll’s margin of error is 4.9 percent.

Yes, that’s a small sample size, but it’s still a pretty astounding result in such a conservative state. But South Dakota has about 48,000 people who are uninsured, also quite a lot for a small state. Medicaid expansion would save about 25,000 from falling through the Medicaid gap their governor has created, and bring about $57 million to the state this year.

Oh, but wait, no-bid contracts to foster care programs in the state that adopt kids into abusive homes? That seems to be a good way to spend taxpayer money. Right? But that controversy seems to be suffering the same fate as Benda’s autopsy report. CLOSED CASE.
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4 Thoughts on “Make us proud Gov’nor! (H/T – Helga)”

  1. Ol'Bubbleguts on January 20, 2014 at 11:23 pm said:

    Nothing more than an attempt (medicaid) to get
    all the “gimme dats” on that program and then
    Obamacare cancels all state aid for the program
    in 2 or so years after the original LUMP SUM is toast
    due to intensely high enrollment.

    Guess who pays for that?
    Not the people who get free sailphones.

    OBG

  2. just me on January 21, 2014 at 7:29 am said:

    “They don’t want no stinking federal aid to help more people have health insurance” and “bring about $57 million to the state this year.”

    Sound bites that sound good to the uneducated who aren’t paying taxes or want to pay more. To me health insurance is what a person buys for himself; Medicaid is my buying health coverage for someone else. Medicaid is NOT insurance. And what happens when the federal govt in its infinite wisdom finally decides it can’t afford all these free things and gives it back to the states to fund, which is the plan BTW.

    It’s time to develop a little personal responsibility, folks! If a person can afford a smart phone, flat screen TV, cable, internet, etc, he/she can pay for their health insurance themselves, or at least they could before Obamacare arrived on the scene.

  3. rufusx on January 21, 2014 at 9:21 am said:

    B and G – the likes of you will be exposed for the fools you are in a few years. Then what? Same “Closed Case” can’t talk about it crap as the governor. Guaranteed.

    just you – you are already paying for the uninsured via your premiums. But how would you figure that out. FOX news is NOT an “educational program”. Watching it doesn’t mean you’re getting educated.

  4. LJL on January 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm said:

    OBG got it right. Huge bait and switch.

    OH Ruf…..so genius what happens to our premiums when you shift more folks onto Medicade? Oh no big deal we can all afford huge tax increases for pools and parks as you said in previous posts.

    BTW. John Stewart is a comedy show and denial is not a state you can live in without showing your a fool.

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