South Dakota legislators ended the session Monday by overriding Gov. Dennis Daugaard's veto of a measure to prevent insurance companies from offering policies that charge higher co-payments for visits to chiropractors than to primary care physicians.
The legislation takes effect July 1.
Some insurance companies were charging a $50 or $60 co-pay for a chiropractor labeled as a specialist and $20 to $25 co-pay for a family doctor. The average cost of a routine chiropractor visit is $40 in South Dakota, so patients were paying more for the co-pay than what the doctor would bill, said Dr. Josh Biberdorf, president of the South Dakota Chiropractors Association.
So, Governor Daugaard wanted to take away health care options for the citizens of South Dakota, but the legislature was smart enough to realize that what the Insurance Companies were doing was wrong and had to be addressed - so thank you!
The following individuals, along with Governor Daugaard, wanted to take away a health care option for you. They will try to argue that it was yet "another government mandate" yet they have no problem with a government mandate telling a woman what she can do with her body...ironies or agendas?
Senators:
Cutler, Fryslie, Garnos, Gray, Heineman, Holien, Hunhoff (Jean), Johnston, Peters, Vehle
Representatives:
Abdallah, Blake, Boomgarden, Cronin, Deelstra, Greenfield, Hawley, Hansen (Jon), Juhnke, Perry, Rausch, Russell, Tulson, Willadsen, Wismer
Next time I see my Senator, Joni Cutler, I'm going to be asking her why she voted to take away a health care option for me and my family. In this time of economic need for a lot of families, siding with insurance companies to let them charge more for co-pays then the actual visit would cost is unfathomable. Thankfully, there were enough legislators to overturn it. To those of you who did vote to over-ride this legislation: THANK YOU!
-Travis
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