Voters in South Dakota Will Decide If Medicaid Recipients Should Be Required to Work

South Dakota voters will vote on an amendment in the November elections to decide whether the state should require physically and mentally able Medicaid recipients to work On the ballot is the Medicaid Work Requirement Amendment, or Amendment F, which would change the state’s Constitution to impose a work requirement on able-bodied individuals on Medicaid. The Medicaid Work Requirement would need to be approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2022, voters in the state approved an expansion of Medicaid to adults between 18 and 65 with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty level. That expansion of those on the Medicaid rolls in the state includes many who can work, Rep. Tony Venhuizen (R-Sioux Falls) told The Epoch Times via email....