Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to Rep. Ed Buttrey, sponsoring one bill to continue the program.

Native legislators and tribal advocates also call for reinstatement of Tribal Relations Manager within the Department of Public Health and Human Services

A bill that would make Montana’s Medicaid expansion program permanent will move onto the House floor. Montana legislators advance plan to give raises to state employees.

Lawmakers in both chambers Wednesday considered the future of the low-income health care program, set to expire if they don’t take action.

A new report paints a positive picture of how the federal program has been successful for many Native Americans in Montana.

A lofty Democratic effort to overhaul Medicaid expansion was tabled on Tuesday, just four weeks into the legislative session. Other Republican-backed proposals remain.

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

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 future of Montana’s Medicaid expansion is up in the air.It’s set to expire in June of 2025 that is unless the legislature and Gov. Gianforte renew.With the

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 includ

"If, as legislators, we choose to bury our heads in the sand … we will pay a heck of a lot more than we’re paying now with this program."

Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of a Montana Supreme Court decision ensuring equal access to justice, even for people who cannot afford court costs and fees. The Montana Department of Justice requires a court to waive filing fees in civil cases for people who receive certain government benefits like SNAP,