The expansion of the joint federal-state health insurance program will sunset in June unless the Legislature decides to reauthorize it this session, making its future a top priority in Helena.

He and his little ones — 11, 11 and 9 — are insured through Medicaid expansion. If it weren’t for the program, set to sunset in June 2025, he believes he might be in deep debt paying for health care for his family.

Across both traditional and expansion programs, 66% of Montana adults enrolled in Medicaid report working part-time or full-time, and 11% report attending school. Another 12% cited a disability or other impairment to working, with 7% reporting being a full-time caretaker for someone else.

Legislative leaders say the decision whether to renew Montana’s Medicaid expansion program this year will loom over behavioral health spending and hospital regulation, among other topics.

At a rally outside the Montana State Capitol on Wednesday, advocates made the argument that Montana's Medicaid expansion program has already been a success and state lawmakers should keep it going.

Chet Phillips has three children, and he’s a graduate student in social work at the University of Montana. He and his little ones — 11, 11 and 9 — are

Gianforte did not address Medicaid expansion, which promises to be one of the big debates of the 2025 session.

HELENA, Mont. — A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care ...

While the governor's budget proposal provides some additional funding to improve public assistance programs, community groups responsible for helping people access those benefits say the measures don’t go far enough.

Montana state employees donated over 7,500 pounds of food to the Montana Food Bank Network in the interagency food drive competition held in Decemeber.Governor

Anyone who has had to “clean out” the home of a loved one knows how wrenching the process can be. That experience usually sparks some personal decluttering.

Shortly after the end of the Montana Legislature’s 2023 session, a significant spike in assessed property values kicked off statewide concerns about rising property taxes.