Montana Public Radio9h
State Senate rejects Medicaid expansion rollback bill
The Montana Senate Tuesday voted down a bill that would phase out Montana’s Medicaid expansion program. The bill would have ...
Daily Montanan10h
Montana Senate turns down bill that would phase out Medicaid expansion
Montana Senate turns down bill that would phase out Medicaid expansion, with some Democrats joining Republicans saying the ...
KRTV3d
Medicaid expansion renewal bill passes key vote in MT Legislature
House Bill 245, which effectively continues the current program, passed a key vote in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle6d
New report shows Medicaid expansion's positive impact on Indigenous communities
The Montana House Health Committee recently held a meeting to discuss two house bills that would continue the expansion of Medicaid. This expansion has significantly impacted the state's Indigenous ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities7d
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage
Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...
Montana Free Press8d
Montana tribal leaders call for reinstatement of health department position
The Montana state health department eliminated its tribal relations manager position when the last person who held the job ...
MTPR14d
Medicaid expansion, state pay plan bills advance at the Legislature
A bill that would make Montana’s Medicaid expansion program permanent will move onto the House floor. The House Human Services Committee voted in favor of the legislation on Tuesday. Medicaid ...
Daily Inter Lake15d
Report: If Medicaid expansion ends, be prepared to pay more for private insurance in Montana
A new report released last week asks a fairly straightforward question: What would happen to the individual health insurance market in Montana if Medicaid expansion ended? The answer is relatively ...
Missoula Current16d
After her son, woman testifies for Montana Medicaid expansion
Burd, who appeared before the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee for Health and Human Services at the Montana Legislature last week to testify in support of continuing Medicaid expansion, said they ...
The Victoria Advocate18d
Medicaid expansion debate will affect other health policy issues before the Legislature
(Micah Drew/ Daily Montanan A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant ...
Daily Montanan19d
Annual ‘Medicaid in Montana’ report shows better health, more economic growth
In anticipation of the debate whether to keep Medicaid expansion in Montana, the Montana Healthcare Foundation has released a series of reports it commissioned looking at the impacts of the program on ...
Insurancenewsnet.com19d
Report: If Medicaid expansion ends, be prepared to pay more for private insurance in Montana
The answer is relatively easy to predict, say the authors of a new report, “Ending Medicaid Expansion: Effects on the Individual Market.” This article is available to Insider Pro subscribers only.