Passing Medicaid ballot measure would reduce services and spike insurance costs, opponents say

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 675

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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SIOUX FALLS — Opponents of a Nov. 3 ballot measure to end Medicaid expansion if federal funding is cut said Monday that the measure would reduce access to care and shift more health care costs onto people with private insurance.

South Dakota’s Republican attorney general and its opponents say Amendment I would automatically repeal Medicaid expansion if federal funding falls and no longer covers 90% of the program’s costs. Proponents …

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