According to this report, Montana’s Medicaid expansion has introduced more than $600 million into the state’s economy each year, generating approximately 6,000 new jobs and $350 million per year in personal income. Although Montana pays for a share of this coverage, the study also found that the program’s savings, along with state revenue generated by … Continued
This report examines how Montana’s Medicaid expansion has affected the state’s budget, economy, and residents. The report found that Montana’s 2015 bipartisan Medicaid legislation has saved more than $36 million in the state’s budget and helped more than 65,000 adults access preventive health care services. The report was commissioned by the Montana Healthcare Foundation and … Continued
According to this report, Medicaid expansion adds $270 million in personal income and more than $500 million in additional economic output to Montana’s economy each year, generating approximately 5,000 new jobs. The program provides health coverage for approximately 94,000 Montanans. Although Montana pays for a share of this new coverage, the study also found that … Continued
This report explores Medicaid’s new role as Montana’s primary payer for substance use disorder services. This new role directly results from Montana’s 2016 Medicaid expansion to cover most low-income adults in the state. The report offers strategies that the Medicaid program may pursue in this new role to improve substance use disorder service delivery in … Continued
This report examines the impact of an Affordable Care Act repeal on American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). Authored by Dr. Donald Warne at North Dakota State University, in partnership with the National Indian Health Board, it highlights the specific effects of an ACA repeal. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and MTHF supported the research … Continued
This report projects that if Congress repeals the Medicaid expansion, over 71,000 newly insured Montanans could lose access to medical care and that the state could lose over $284 million in critical health care funding. The Affordable Care Act allowed states to extend Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal … Continued
This report projected that if the American Health Care Act as enacted, Montana’s Medicaid program could lose $4.8 billion in federal funding, and more than 70,000 adults enrolled through the recent Medicaid expansion could lose coverage by 2026. The analysis, conducted by Manatt Health and commissioned by MTHF, takes an in-depth look at the U.S. … Continued
This report projected that if the Better Care Reconciliation Act (the U.S. Senate’s version of the American Health Care Act) was enacted, Montana’s Medicaid program could lose $5.3 billion in federal funding, and more than 75,000 adults enrolled through the recent Medicaid expansion could lose coverage as early as 2021. The report is an update … Continued