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Mike Randol took over May 31 as head of Montana’s Medicaid program, which serves 280,000 people who live in low-income households or have disabilities in a state of 1.1 million people. The program has a roughly $2.3 billion annual budget, with the federal government picking up about 80% of the total.
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Federal officials are expected later this year to end a pandemic-era safety net for recipients of subsidized health coverage through Medicaid. Advocates worry some people will lose their coverage unnecessarily. MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar spoke with the Montana State News Bureau’s Holly Michels about what’s changing and how recipients can prepare.
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A report from the Montana Healthcare Foundation found that enrollees in Montana’s Medicaid expansion program needed less emergency care after having health coverage.
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A record number of Montanans are enrolled in the state’s expanded health coverage program for low-income adults. More than 9 percent of the state's population is enrolled in the program.
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HELENA, Mont. — The 2021 Montana legislative session will be remembered as one of the state’s most consequential as a Republican-led legislature and...
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Before the end of the legislative session closed, Montana lawmakers reversed course on a proposal that would have required a politically-appointed panel...
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Montana lawmakers have advanced a proposal to allocate money for the creation of a politically-appointed panel that would decide which patients can...
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Montana lawmakers have narrowly voted down a proposal to create a panel that would decide which patients are eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursement...
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Montana’s pick for health director has garnered both praise and criticism for his past in Kentucky, where he sought to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program and was a top health official amid a hepatitis A outbreak.
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Montana lawmakers are considering an increase to state efforts to root out fraud in welfare programs. The latest analysis shows the policy could save the state up to 2.4 million dollars while dropping more than seventeen-hundred people from Medicaid and other programs.