House Nixes Statewide Vote on Repealing Medicaid Expansion; Conditional Repeal Still on Ballot

House Nixes Statewide Vote on Repealing Medicaid Expansion; Conditional Repeal Still on Ballot

On a 27–39 vote, the House last Thursday rejected House Joint Resolution 5002, a radical Republican attempt to get voters to repeal Medicaid expansion in South Dakota. Don’t got thinking Republicans are suddenly in love with expanded Medicaid. A majority of them just figure they already have enough of a chance of getting South Dakota out of the helpful expansion via another measure, 2025 HJR 5001, they already put on the ballot: While transition…