The cover of the annual “Medicaid in Montana” produced annually by the Montana Healthcare Foundation.
In anticipation of the debate whether to keep Medicaid expansion in Montana, the Montana Healthcare Foundation has released a series of reports it commissioned looking at the impacts of the program on the state’s healthcare, residents and economy.
The annual Medicaid in Montana report has been released annually by the foundation, and this year it highlights a number of key findings throughout the state, including that while the number of people enrolling in the program has decreased — the result of “redetermination” after the COVID-19 emergency — hospitals, including the very small rural ones, have been able to add healthcare services such as orthopedics and behavioral health, an unexpected finding…