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Opinion from the South Dakota Searchlight: Don’t confuse lower Medicaid utilization with success

September 4, 2026

South Dakota

Healthcare is not a luxury, but a necessity. At a time when costs are rising in seemingly all sectors of life, it would be tragic for the access to care we all need to become something that can only be afforded by individuals with high incomes and those who are

Jessica Gilbertson Joins ACS CAN to Lead Government Relations in North Dakota and South Dakota

April 1, 2026

North Dakota, South Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. — Jessica Gilbertson, a longtime community advocate and organizer, has joined the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) as government relations director for North Dakota and South Dakota. The Bismarck native, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, will lead ACS CAN’s efforts to

South Dakota House Affirms Importance of Access to Care, Defeats HJR 5002

January 29, 2026

South Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. –– The importance of South Dakotans having access to quality, affordable health care was affirmed Thursday when the House of Representatives voted against moving House Joint Resolution 5002 forward, killing the latest attempt to repeal Medicaid expansion and showing respect for the will of the voters who initiated

House Passes South Dakota Senate Bill 54, Holds the Door Open for Big Tobacco

March 5, 2025

South Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. –– The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Wednesday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota as it strips voter-initiated funding for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation fund by 60%. Those funds were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2006 to