On Election Day, South Dakotans will have the option on their ballot to expand Medicaid coverage.
Across the state, 16,000 adults are uninsured because they can’t afford private coverage, but their incomes disqualify them from Medicaid.
A new state poll finds that supporters currently outweigh the opposition, but a large percentage have not made up their minds.
A pledge to sharply reduce infant mortality by 2023 faces daunting obstacles.
The state acknowledges doula services as part of the solution to reduce maternal mortality.
Highly valued, proven effective and undercompensated.
Patients who hadn’t sought health care in years flocked to clinics when a temporary pandemic program expanded Medicaid access to the commonwealth’s guest worker population.
Ma’Siah’s asthma was uncontrolled. And when his mother watched him, her feelings went from joy to helplessness.
The move in health care to value-based payments has not solved racial health disparities. In some cases, it's even made them worse.
A legacy of injustice and inequity underpins reproductive health care disparities faced today by people of color.