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reports filed with the FEC were not provided.
• Rhoden's campaign said it had nearly $73,000 cash on hand as of Dec. 31. The longtime leader in the Legislature was the first to challenge Rounds for the Republican nomination.
• Jason Ravnsborg, a Yankton attorney and Army Reserves major with no political experience, was not required to file FEC paperwork for the period because he entered the race on Dec. 16. Ravnsborg says he wants to cut the federal budget deficit and opposes President Barack Obama's health care law.
• Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth, another political newcomer, did not respond to AP's request for the FEC report. The previous quarter's record shows that Bosworth received just over $50,000 in contributions after announcing her candidacy in July.
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SD governor seeks Medicaid expansion waiver
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Friday he will once again ask federal officials to let South Dakota expand its Medicaid program in a way that would provide medical services only to those most in need.
• The Republican governor made a similar request last year, but U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius turned it down. Daugaard said federal officials now may be more willing to let the state expand Medicaid to cover a smaller group of people than envisioned in the federal health overhaul law.
• "I want to keep that conversation going," Daugaard said.
• The federal health overhaul gives states the option of expanding Medicaid to cover people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Daugaard wants to expand eligibility only up to 100 percent of the poverty level because those above that mark can buy subsidized private insurance through the new health care law.
• Daugaard sent a letter Friday asking Sebelius if she would consider such a partial expansion of Medicaid. If she approves, the state budget passed by the Legislature in March could make provisions for expanding Medicaid, subject to federal approval of a detailed agreement.
• The governor's letter says South Dakota is interested in providing Medicaid coverage to people earning less than 100 percent of the poverty level who are working or have lost jobs in the past 12 months. He said the proposal was developed after meetings with Republican legislative leaders.
• Daugaard said South Dakotans believe in self-reliance, hard work and persever (Continued on page 24)
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