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Zephyr warns federal Medicaid rollbacks could force Montana to tap $2 billion trust and cut coverage
Summary
Representative Zoe Zephyr said proposed federal cuts to Medicaid would shift costs to states, likely forcing Montana to use a $2 billion growth and opportunity trust and could cause tens of thousands to lose coverage.
Representative Zoe Zephyr said proposed federal reductions to Medicaid funding and program changes would likely push costs onto states and could force Montana to draw down a $2 billion growth and opportunity trust the Legislature set aside this session.
"If the rug's pulled out, that $2,000,000,000 is a place that we would have to turn to," Zephyr said, describing the trust as a fund lawmakers had placed aside with broad goals including housing and…
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