HELENA, Mont. — Medicaid expansion in Montana is set to expire in June, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what comes next. Some options presented Wednesday in Helena include Senate Bill 62, which ...

A group of Montana health care providers said Thursday if the state Legislature does not renew Medicaid expansion during its 2025 session it could have dire consequences, not only for the 77,000 ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Department of Public Health and Human Services is asking Montana Medicaid providers to update their enrollment information before the end of the year to avoid payment delays. The ...

Montana had a 27% drop in childhood Medicaid enrollment from April to December 2023, the second highest in the nation, according to a new report that evaluates how states handled post-pandemic ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — A bill to continue Montana’s Medicaid expansion cleared an initial vote in the state ...

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 health care debate of the 2025 Montana ...

HELENA, Mont. — Despite concerns about what Congress and the Trump administration might have planned for Medicaid, Montana's Republican-led legislature and GOP governor appear ready to keep the ...

The federal agency that oversees Montana’s Medicaid program has approved requests from Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to cover more services for Montanans with mental illnesses and substance use ...

As Montana lawmakers debate the future of Medicaid this legislative session, threats from the federal government to enact sweeping changes to the program loom large. Montana relies predominantly on ...

Parents asking for partially full insulin pens so they can cover the cost with cash. Lapsed prescriptions for asthma inhalers. New moms foregoing doctors’ appointments for newborns. Young children ...

HELENA – One day after a lengthy floor battle to free a Medicaid expansion bill from committee, the Montana House on Thursday endorsed the measure, voting 54-46 to accept millions of federal dollars ...

While American Indians represent about 8 percent of Montana’s population, they reflect 16 percent of residents covered under the state’s Medicaid expansion, according to the Independent Record. 1.