South Dakotans covered by Medicaid expansion make 855k claims since July

State authorizes $125M in payments for new enrollees, 26 percent of total Medicaid disbursements

Fewer South Dakotans than expected have signed up for Medicaid since the federal health program was expanded last year.

But the 21,500 who have aren’t wasting time putting their new health coverage to use.

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