Protecting Medicaid in Montana
Helping Montanans get the care they need.
Montana Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provide low- or no-cost healthcare coverage to low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. In 2015, Medicaid in Montana was broadened to cover non-disabled, low-income adults, most of whom are working. This expanded access has cut the number of uninsured Montanans in half, helped stabilize and support rural healthcare providers and allowed more low-income, working Montanans to get the care they need for mental health and substance use disorders.
The bottom line: The current Montana Medicaid program is the right thing for out state and needs to be continued as it is today.
A recent survey asked adults across the state whether they wanted lawmakers to keep the current program as it is or let it expire, meaning fewer people in the state would be able to receive coverage through Medicaid. The response was clear: 84% of Montanans said they want to keep the current program as it is today.