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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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Bipartisan group passes Medicaid expansion. What’s next for Montana's $1B program?
What was billed as one of the most contentious legislative fights this session had a relatively easy path through the ...
Montana Legislature green lights Medicaid expansion as Congress considers program cuts
A Republican proposal to continue Medicaid expansion in Montana is headed to the governor’s desk as Republicans in Congress ...
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GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk
Phil Galewitz KFFHealth News Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government health insurance ...
Federal budget cuts ‘cause real harm to tribal communities’
Nearly 100 tribal leaders or representatives are testifying in appropriations hearings for three consecutive days to share ...
ND Republicans praise ‘America First’ budget, Democrats fear Medicaid cuts
The House passed the 2025 budget resolution Tuesday in a 217-to-215 vote. Another version passed the Senate last week.
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House GOP takes 'big step' on tax, spending cuts; finish line still far away
The budget resolution says nothing specific about the other major entitlements, Medicare and Medicaid. It lays out spending ...
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With Medicaid expansion looking likely to pass, proposal takes aim at making it 'work better'
HB 386 would allow Medicaid coverage for most expansion enrollees to continue without interruption for one year and save DPHHS from the administrative burden of re-evaluating droves of applications.
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Despite opposition, Montana legislator advances 2 bills from American Indian caucus
Two priority bills for the Montana Legislature’s American Indian Caucus are back in play after strategic moves last week by ...
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The states that would be the hardest hit by Medicaid cuts
Almost 11 million people would become uninsured if Medicaid expansion states can’t fulfill spending obligations left by potential federal Medicaid cuts, according to a Feb. 24 analysis from the Urban ...
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Montana’s Medicaid expansion conundrum
Montana’s Republican-led legislature and GOP governor appear ready to keep the state’s Medicaid expansion program in place beyond its scheduled end date this summer.