South Dakota voters might see Medicaid work-requirement this fall

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota voters could be asked whether they favor making Medicaid recipients work. The Legislature has authority to put questions on the ballot, and a Republican-led effort began heading in that direction on Wednesday. The Senate State Affairs Committee endorsed SJR501. The panel’s 7-1 vote along political party lines sends to the full Senate the proposed amendment to the South Dakota Constitution. It would ask voters in the November general election whether “the State of South Dakota may, to the extent permitted by the United States...