AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » Medicaid http://kmmsam.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Affordable Care Act Implementation Money Flows to 17 Montana Health Centers http://kmmsam.com/affordable-care-act-implementation-money-flows-to-17-montana-health-center/ http://kmmsam.com/affordable-care-act-implementation-money-flows-to-17-montana-health-center/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:22:41 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=153704 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces that $1,474,935 worth of federal dollars would be pouring into Montana.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/affordable-care-act-implementation-money-flows-to-17-montana-health-center/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of US Mission Geneva/Flickr Montana Medicaid Expansion Fails on Accidental Vote http://kmmsam.com/montana-medicaid-expansion-fails-on-accidental-vote/ http://kmmsam.com/montana-medicaid-expansion-fails-on-accidental-vote/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:55:53 +0000 Associated Press http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=149201 Gov. Steve Bullock says he will apply whatever pressure he can to resurrect a plan to use federal money to help the working poor buy insurance.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/montana-medicaid-expansion-fails-on-accidental-vote/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of amy_b/Flickr Medicaid – Fix It, Don't Expand It http://kmmsam.com/medicaid-fix-it-dont-expand-it/ http://kmmsam.com/medicaid-fix-it-dont-expand-it/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:13:15 +0000 Henry Kriegel http://kmmsam.com/?p=129026 Editor's note:  The fight over Medicaid expansion is the biggest legislative battle of the 63rd session. It has been the subject of the last two shows.  This past Wednesday, after the House Human Services tabled the Governor's Medicaid Expansion bill by a vote of 10-6 and a similar bill was defeated in the Senate Public Health Committee, House Minority Leader, Chuck Hunter attempted a blast motion this evening. 

]]> http://kmmsam.com/medicaid-fix-it-dont-expand-it/feed/ 0 Kriegel Testifies Against Medicaid Expansion Montana Democrats United in Support of Medicaid Expansion http://kmmsam.com/montana-democrats-united-in-support-of-medicaid-expansion/ http://kmmsam.com/montana-democrats-united-in-support-of-medicaid-expansion/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:42:09 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=136358 Today, February 15, Montana House and Senate Democrats came together in support of House Bill 458, a bill that, if passed, would expand Medicaid coverage in Montana.

One of the biggest questions surrounding the bill, is whether o

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/montana-democrats-united-in-support-of-medicaid-expansion/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy if Images_of_Money/Flickr The National Debt http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/ http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:00:18 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=108005 We will never pay off a $16 trillion dollar debt. The good news is we don’t have to.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/the-national-debt/feed/ 0 National Debt Clock (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images) War on Poverty: Is It Time to Surrender? http://kmmsam.com/war-on-poverty-is-it-time-to-surrender/ http://kmmsam.com/war-on-poverty-is-it-time-to-surrender/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:00:17 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=72094 How are your hard earned tax dollars being spent to win this war? Right now you are paying for 33 housing programs administered by four different cabinet departments including, are you sitting down, the Department of Energy.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/war-on-poverty-is-it-time-to-surrender/feed/ 0 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a press conference at the Union Square Greenmarket on July 2, 2012 in New York City. Bloomberg today announced a new program to make fresh produce more affordable to low-income New Yorkers. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)