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NM inmate dies in SD of injuries suffered in fall
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Corrections officials say a prison inmate from New Mexico has died of injuries suffered when he apparently fell because of a medical condition.
• Inmate Michael Vaisa fell Saturday afternoon in a housing unit in the Jameson Annex in Sioux Falls.
• The 45-year-old was taken to a hospital for treatment of head and neck injuries and placed on life support, but he died Wednesday.
• The state says witnesses reported seeing Vaisa fall from the second floor of the housing unit to the first floor because of a medical condition. Details were not released.
• The Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating and an autopsy will be done.
• Vaisa was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and first-degree burglary out of New Mexico under an interstate compact agreement.
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SD exchange insurance above national average
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota residents will pay more for health insurance than people in surrounding states under the federal exchange, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report released Wednesday.
• Average premiums for the lowest-level plan for a South Dakota family of four with an income of $50,000 will be $141 a month after tax credits. The national average is $95 a month.
• To the north, North Dakota residents would pay $111 for the same coverage, while Nebraska residents will pay $113 and Wyoming residents will pay $81.
• Melissa Klemann, assistant director of life and health insurance for the South Dakota Division of Insurance, said officials are still analyzing the report, but she's surprised the state would have higher costs.
• "Our rates have always been very competitive to any of our surrounding states," Klemann said.
• Enrollment in the online marketplaces, or exchanges, opens next week. The federal government is running the marketplaces in South Dakota and 35 other states.
• According to the report, South Dakota residents will have an average of 32 quali (Continued on page 17)
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