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Medicaid expansion extended; lawmakers cite mental-health and prison infrastructure investments
Summary
Senators at a City Club Missoula forum said Medicaid expansion will extend coverage to tens of thousands of Montanans and that the 2025 session included funding for behavioral health, critical access hospitals and prison infrastructure to bring inmates back in-state.
Senator Ellie Boldman and Senator Greg Hertz told City Club Missoula attendees that Medicaid expansion and investments in behavioral health were central accomplishments of the 2025 legislative session. Boldman said the Medicaid effort expands coverage for an estimated 75,000 Montanans and will help rural critical access hospitals.
"75,000 Montanans and rural critical access hospitals will have access to critical care," Boldman said, noting the…
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