A couple days ago, KTVH shared an article highlighting a recent report made by the Montana Healthcare Foundation. The report, talks about the major impact the One Big Beautiful Bill will have on Montanans.
“As of March, 214,167 people in Montana were enrolled in Medicaid or the Healthy Montana Kids program. The MHF report estimates about 31,000 of those people could lose coverage in the first year, with about 27,000 of those likely to be adults on Medicaid expansion – about a third of the current expansion population. The report projects 60% of those losing coverage would be in rural Montana.
The report also estimates, over the next ten years, the state could see $5.4 billion less in health care spending for low-income Montanans, with 80 percent of that coming from reduced federal Medicaid spending. It said Montana might have a larger drop in federal spending compared with other states.
Obviously this is very alarming for us, our family members and friends, especially for our clients. We need to come together and stop this bill.
If you want to read the report and learn more about the findings, click HERE.