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Health care tops exchange as candidates spar over coverage and financing
Summary
During the Billings forum, Jack Mudd criticized campaign spending and emphasized guaranteed private coverage and expanded access; Sen. Conrad Burns defended a choice‑based approach, focusing on portability, catastrophic coverage and tax credits for individuals.
Health care and the uninsured were a major focus in the Billings debate, with Democrat Jack Mudd urging broader coverage for Montanans and Republican U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns arguing for private choice and targeted reforms to protect portability and catastrophic needs.
“Each night in Montana, a hundred thousand people go to bed without health insurance,” Jack Mudd said during opening remarks, framing uninsured coverage as a statewide problem.
Burns said his approach emphasizes portability,…
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