Medicaid, Montana

Montana's Medicaid Expansion Conundrum
State lawmakers must decide by early May whether to lift a June 30 sunset date for the expansion program, which covers about 76,000 adults.
Medicaid expansion renewal bill advances
Medicaid expansion is one vote away from the governor's desk. The program gives 75,000 low-income Montanans access to health care. A bill that would maintain the state’s program passed a key vote in the Senate Thursday.
Medicaid expansion continues momentum on Montana Senate floor
The bill, one of the key proposals of the 2025 session, was referred to the Finance and Claims Committee, and it will need another floor vote, but it’s in Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s budget.
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.
Medicaid expansion bill gets approval in Montana Senate
A House bill centered around Medicaid expansion cleared the Montana Senate floor Friday and takes a step closer to the governor’s desk, but not before some back
Senate votes down bill to begin phasing out Montana Medicaid expansion
The Montana Senate has voted down a bill that would have started phasing out the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
Montana Medicaid expansion skirts through Senate committee, moves closer to passage
House Bill 245, a moderate proposal to renew the joint federal-state program in its current form, advanced on a 6-5 committee vote and will head to the Senate floor.
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 coalition supporting the bill was nearly identical to the group of 18 Democrats and nine Republicans who have recently succeeded in undermining Senate GOP leadership.
These states will see the biggest impact if Congress ends Medicaid expansion coverage for 20 million Americans
These states will see the biggest impact if Congress ends Medicaid expansion coverage for 20 million Americans - Republicans ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle3d
‘What’s the deal?’ No deal, just collaboration, say ‘The Nine’ in Montana Senate
A ‘working majority’ coalition of Democrats and nine Republicans effectively run the Montana Senate, but the group says it’s out of fairness, shared interests and giving the governor’s agenda proper ...
PBS12d
Medicaid Expansion Debate/ Republican Legislators
Thank you. (air whooshes) - Welcome to "IMPACT." I'm Anna Rau. Montana's Medicaid expansion, primarily funded by the federal government, is set to expire this summer if state lawmakers don't act ...