Blue Cross VP: 'We Need Regulatory Stability'
As Congress works on overhauling health care, the company with perhaps the most at stake in Montana is Blue Cross and Blue Shield. It's a division of Health Care Service Corporation, which says it's...
View ArticleHealthcare Spending 'Busting The Budget,' Daines Tells Teleconference
Senator Steve Daines says he wants to hear from Montanans before deciding how he’ll vote on the Republican health care proposal currently stalled in the U.S. Senate. And hear from them, Daines did...
View ArticleMontana Lawmakers Research State Health Concerns Amid National Healthcare...
Montana lawmakers are making plans to research statewide health concerns ahead of the next legislative session . But those plans could be upended this summer depending on actions in Washington D.C....
View ArticleMontana Health Professionals Plan Public Forum On Senate Health Care Bill
Nurses, hospitals and other health care providers are holding a public forum on the proposed Senate health care bill Thursday, July 6 in Helena. It’s being put on by the Montana Nurses Association.
View ArticleGianforte On Health Care: U.S. Senate Needs To Get A Repeal And Replace...
U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) says the U.S. Senate needs to do its job and pass a bill on health care. This on the news that the Senate Majority Leader plans to hold a vote next week even though it...
View ArticleComment On Proposed Health Insurance Rates At Billings, Helena Meetings
Later today in Billings State Auditor Matt Rosendale is holding the first of two meetings to get public input on proposed health insurance prices for 2018 . The state has some regulatory authority over...
View ArticleUncertainty In DC Fueling Health Insurance Rate Increases In Montana
The three biggest health insurance companies in Montana met with state insurance commissioner Matt Rosendale Wednesday to explain their price increases for 2018.
View ArticleMontana Medicaid Expansion Oversight Committee Hears Glowing Report
A new report says that Medicaid expansion has saved Montana more than $30 million in its first 18 months. "Medicaid expansion continues to be a stunning success for Montana," said Shiela Hogan,...
View ArticleMT Senators Say Work Should Continue On Health Care
Montana’s two U.S. Senators disagree with the decision to abandon work on health care to focus on other legislative priorities. Tuesday’s announcement comes after yet another failure by the Republican...
View ArticleMontana Insurers Allowed To Adjust Prices After Trump Executive Order
Health insurance companies in Montana will be allowed to adjust their prices to account for President Trump’s executive order that stops some federal payments to insurers. That news came Monday, after...
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Begins For Affordable Care Act
Open enrollment has started for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. But this year, Montanans hoping get insurance on ACA marketplace will have less time to...
View ArticleTester Opposes Repeal Of Obamacare Mandate
Senate Republicans are pushing for a broad tax cut, contingent on the repeal of the law requiring Americans to buy insurance coverage. Montana Senator Jon Tester wants no part of it. The nonpartisan...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Enrollment Closes Dec. 15
With the final deadline for getting a healthcare plan under the Affordable Care Act now just days away, the number of Montanans who’ve signed up for insurance plans on healthcare.gov is 2,000 people...
View ArticleWhy It's So Hard To Shop For Health Care
Shopping for health care is kind of like going to a grocery store where there aren’t any price tags. That jar of spaghetti sauce might cost $4, or maybe $50. But in health care you typically don’t find...
View ArticleMontana Legislative Committee Takes Up Health Price Information
A legislative committee on health care prices seems split on whether giving consumers more information about health care prices will make much difference. Last year Montana's Legislature set up a...
View ArticleMontana's Uninsured Rate Steady, Medicaid Expansion Beneficial, New Studies Say
A report being released today says Montana’s uninsured rate is staying steady at about half of what it was before Medicaid expansion started in 2016. It says just under eight percent of Montanans now...
View ArticleMontana Notifying Medicaid Providers Of Temporary Rate Hike
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's administration is complying with a judge's order to temporarily reinstate previous Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes and assisted-living...
View ArticleMontana Tech Execs Talk Hiring Challenges
High tech executives in Missoula told Congressman Greg Gianforte that finding qualified labor, and the cost of health coverage are among their biggest challenges. Gianforte invited a handful of...
View ArticleNo Takers For Federal Health Care 'Navigator' Grants In Montana
Montana won't be getting any federal money to help people find health coverage this fall. Since 2013, Washington D.C. has offered grants to non-profits to hire so-called 'navigators' who help people...
View ArticleGov Bullock Announces Health Insurance Premium Working Group
Governor Steve Bullock is creating a bipartisan working-group to develop a plan to reduce premiums for people who buy health insurance on the federal marketplace. A Montana Healthcare Foundation study...
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