Medicaid

With Montana’s Medicaid expansion program renewed, the conversation in the Legislature has shifted to work requirements. A bill would expand the number of people subject to those rules.

Montana’s Medicaid expansion program has officially been renewed. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation Thursday that will keep the existing program in place.

Legislators have voted forward bills on property tax relief, Medicaid expansion, judicial oversight and more.

House Republicans passed a resolution calling for the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion from its budget over the next decade. But the committee couldn’t meet that target without cuts to either Medicare or Medicaid, according to the congressional budget office. Tens of thousands of Montanans could lose coverage if that happens.

A bill that would maintain Montana’s Medicaid expansion program is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. HB 245 passed the Senate Thursday.

Great Falls Republican House Rep. Ed Buttrey says ambulance providers across the state are in dire need of support.

The Montana Senate Tuesday voted down a bill that would phase out Montana’s Medicaid expansion program.

The Montana House of Representatives has passed a bill to renew the state’s health coverage program for low-income adults.

Briefs: Montana's Medicaid expansion program clears major hurdle in the state Legislature. Gov. Gianforte meets with tribal officials to settle law enforcement funding dispute

Threatened cuts to federal funding have Montana organizations anxious. The state Senate gears up for an ethics investigation. Medicaid expansion bills advance. The Democratic party is looking for a new leader. And state workers — and legislators — would get a pay raise under a proposed new pay plan.