On today's show...
Constitutional Amendment F is one of the ballot measures before South Dakota voters this November. The amendment would allow the state to impose work requirements on eligible individuals in order to receive Medicaid.
We hear arguments on both sides, starting with Shelly Ten Napel, chief executive officer of the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD), and Natasha Smith, who shares her story of being helped by Medicaid as a child.
They discuss the positives of health care assistance (1:01 to 14:58).
Our Dakota Political Junkies are journalists Jon Hunter and Kevin Woster. They discuss the legacies of former South Dakota Senators Karl Mundt and Tim Johnson. Sen. Johnson died at the age of 77 on Tuesday (14:58 to 31:50).
Plus, Rep. Tony Venhuizen, a Republican from Sioux Falls, lays out his arguments for Constitutional Amendment F.
He outlines what its passage would and wouldn't change for South Dakotans who receive Medicaid. He also says the change aligns with his philosophy of Medicaid program that works as a "hand up" not a "hand out" (31:50 to 49:04).
