Medicaid

Are you really happy with what our national leaders are doing with your funds?

Robert Reich is fighting a so-called war he perceives that conservatives (I guess that would be Republicans) have on the middle class and poor.

Everyone seems to look to government to solve the problem of lack of jobs. It’s like expecting the fox to bring back the chickens.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen has formally thrown her support behind an effort to expand the Montana Medicaid program.

The annual Kids Count survey, conducted by the University of Montana Business and Economic research, shows that Montana ranks number 28 nationally in child and family well-being.

During the 2013 session, the Montana Legislature decided not to expand Medicaid. However, some Montanan's are advocating that Medicaid Expansion be pushed through in the next election through a Citizen's Initiative. State Senator Fred Thomas says that A citizen's initiative would be little more than a beauty pageant.

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.

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.

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

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 or not Montana can afford to pay for the expansion as Federal funding for the plan decreases in the future...