Montana Governor’s 2016-2017 Budget Includes Provision For Medicaid Expansion

On November 17, 2014, Montana Governor Steve Bullock released his budget proposal for the 2017 biennium; the budget includes a provision to pursue Medicaid expansion via the Healthy Montana Plan. The plan would expand Medicaid coverage to 70,000 uninsured low-income working age adults, including 9,500 veterans and their families. The Governor’s press release describes the Healthy Montana Plan as “a made-in-Montana model that accepts federal funds to expand health coverage, while reducing medical costs and improving patient health and productivity.”

The Montana legislature will consider the Governor’s proposal when the 2015 Regular Legislative . . .