Health Care

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds is clear about what he thinks about Obamacare.

The promise of a budget surplus in December has dissipated into cold reality.  As the South Dakota Legislature wraps up their main session this week, the funding projections are somewhat lower than first anticipated.

Kristi Noem expresses a worry about the tremendous weight the federal government is putting on children.

South Dakota logged a record low number of tuberculosis(TB) cases in 2013. State Health Department officials say nine cases were reported for the year, the lowest number ever. State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says TB has in the past been a challenge, with 512 cases reported in 1950, when the state had two active TB hospitals...

(NPN) – Fewer than 400 South Dakotans have obtained health care insurance through the healthcare.gov from Oct. 1. to Nov. 30, 2013.

(NPN) – South Dakota’s hospital wereslightly above the national average for being penalized on Medicare billings, according to a study released earlier this month by Kaiser Health News and National Public Radio.

(NPN) - According to the U.S. Department of Health, 58 South Dakotans obtained actual health insurance policies from Oct. 1 to Nov. 2.

(NPN) – Though information is still sketchy, at least one South Dakota non-federal health insurance plan may be less expensive than its on-exchange counterpart, says a new study.

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If a handful of extreme Republicans in Congress get their way, the government will be shut down unless Obamacare is defunded.