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DSS plans to allocate a chunk of money to hiring staff in order to accommodate for an anticipated influx in Medicaid applicants.

South Dakota voters recently adopted the program, but any national momentum from that November election victory was fleeting.

Many state Medicaid offices are stymieing the use of remote patient care, refusing coverage for low-income residents who suffer from chronic diseases at higher rates than Americans with private insurance, POLITICO’s Ruth Reader reports.