State of South Dakota Archives: on Health Care


Brian Bengs: Opposes Republican plans to kill off Affordable Care Act

If the animosity between Trump and Thune matters in the election, it's probably not enough to be decisive. And Bengs isn't counting on it. He thinks he has other issues to exploit, including Thune's position on the Affordable Care Act. "The Republicans are talking about killing off the Affordable Care Act if they come back in power," Bengs says.
Source: S.D. Public Broadcasting on 2022 South Dakota Senate race Mar 17, 2022

Gordon Howie: ObamaCare degrades system's effectiveness & hurts liberties

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Expand ObamaCare"?

A: Strongly oppose - We have the best medical system in the world and government control of that system will degrade its effectiveness and hurt individual liberties.

Source: E-mail interview: 2014 S.D. Senate race with OnTheIssues.org Sep 18, 2014

Marty Jackley: States stopped ObamaCare's forced Medicaid expansion

[I saw this week] a very good editorial by Charles Krauthammer about how Attorneys General have led the fight protecting state rights against federal power. We stopped ObamaCare's forced Medicaid expansion, secured stays for two egregious EPA measures, and blocked Obama's executive order that would have legalized 4 million illegal immigrants.
Source: 2018 S.D.Governor campaign website FriendsOfMartyJackley.com Mar 3, 2017

Scyller Borglum: Against Medicare for all & other socialist plans

Source: 2020 S.D. Senate campaign website BorglumForSenate.rocks Jun 7, 2020

Kristi Noem: Vaccine mandates stand in the way of business expansion

What we are doing in South Dakota is reverberating across this country and around the world. We would be growing even more if there weren't federal mandates preventing companies from coming--and Biden just extended these mandates last week. We are in touch with a company in Canada that wants to move their business to the Black Hills. They want to grow their business and improve their quality of life here in our state. The Biden Administration's vaccine mandates are standing in their way.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the S.D. legislature Jan 10, 2023

Kristi Noem: $1.1M for pregnancy/postpartum care for Medicaid recipients

My budget proposes $1.1 million to help give pregnancy and postpartum care for moms who are Medicaid recipients. Pregnant moms who are at risk of poor birth outcomes will receive intensive care management. This will help moms have a healthy pregnancy--and this care will extend after birth. This proves our commitment to helping moms and families through whatever situations they may face. We will help them and their babies both before birth and after.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the S.D. legislature Jan 10, 2023

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