Lawmakers in the only three states that enshrined Medicaid expansion into their constitutions are turning to the ballot to ask voters to reconsider, saying federal budget cuts and rising healthcare costs could make the program unsustainable.
South Dakota legislators last year approved a ballot question for this November that would end Medicaid expansion if the federal government changes its funding formula to lower the amount it pays states for Medicaid services to below 90%.
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