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Medicaid expansion renewal bill awaits the governor's signature
A bill that would maintain Montana’s Medicaid expansion program is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. HB 245 passed the ...
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State lawmakers vote to renew Medicaid expansion, with one eye on potential federal budget cuts
Montana legislators passed a bill to continue the public health coverage program for low-income adults, sending it to the ...
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Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Conundrum
Despite concerns about what Congress and the Trump administration might have planned for Medicaid, Montana’s Republican-led ...
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Montana Senate deadlocks on bill that would have helped more seniors at the same cost
Big Sky 55+ was among the groups supporting the bill, and Margie MacDonald said Thursday she’s still hoping the bill might ...
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GOP-held Senate approves Medicaid expansion on initial vote
House Bill 245, sponsored by Rep. Ed Buttrey, R-Great Falls, passed an initial vote by a 29-21 margin. The bipartisan ...
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Montana Medicaid expansion skirts through Senate committee, moves closer to passage
The federal Affordable Care Act allowed states to choose whether to participate in Medicaid expansion, which extends ...
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Medicaid expansion renewal passes key vote in Montana Senate
A bill to extend Montana’s Medicaid expansion program cleared one more key hurdle in the state Legislature on Thursday.
Millions may face loss of Medicaid if GOP wins cuts to funding
Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of Medicaid expansion costs, which would gut one of the Affordable Care ...
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Uncertain times for Medicaid benefits
About 75,000 low-income Montanans will continue to have access to critical health benefits thanks to a coalition of moderate lawmakers who rallied last week to permanently renew the state’s Medicaid ...