PIERRE, (KCCR) — A legislative summer study looking at funding for ambulance service in South Dakota is getting closer to a focus for possible legislation for the 2027 legislature to consider. Senator Tim Reed says whatever funding is determined for ambulance service it must be sustainable…
Senator Ernie Otten proposed an occupancy tax to help fund ambulance service. He had the Legislative Research Council look into what a one-dollar tax on overnight stays might bring in…
Representative John Hughes says the state’s large health systems should buy as they benefit from ambulance services…
Tim Rave, President of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations testified against Hughes’ idea saying recent data shows a hospital operating margin in South Dakota of zero-to-three percent with approximately 19 of 53 facilities operating in a negative margin.
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