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A rural Montana county of 5,000 people lays claim to the state's highest COVID-19 infection rate. The community risks additional spread, though, because of a private prison situated there. If the virus infiltrates the prison and just a fraction of inmates get sick, the area鈥檚 limited health resources may not endure.
The Indian Health Service hospital at Montana's Fort Belknap reservation has put out a call for applicants for two traditional practitioner positions, part of a new recognition of Native American ethnobotany expertise that was pushed underground for decades. The openings are already making waves in the state.
In one conservative pocket of Montana, a local health board member who opposes vaccinations helped fight the state鈥檚 stay-at-home rules. But now, as the state slowly reopens, she faces a backlash of her own.
Montana is one of several states that want Medicaid recipients to prove they work a steady, minimum number of hours monthly. Will federal courts allow the Montana rule change to stand?
Facing GOP pressure to install work requirements for adults getting Medicaid coverage, some states seek instead to offer more opportunities for job training.
After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive a Montana man鈥檚 huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care.
He needed the lifesaving treatment 鈥 he never expected a half-million-dollar bill for 14 weeks of care.
A ballot initiative to fund Medicaid expansion with a tobacco tax failed in Montana on Tuesday. The expansion will expire in the state in June 2019, unless the legislature finds another way to fund it.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the Trump administration鈥檚 new birth control coverage rules and the potential impact of the midterm election results on health policy.
Following the vote, nearly 500,000 uninsured adults in five states are poised to gain Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, say advocates. But many conservatives remain opposed to the expansion.
A ballot initiative in Montana would tax cigarettes $2 a pack to help pay for the state鈥檚 Medicaid expansion. But the tobacco industry has spent more than $17 million fighting the effort.
The state-federal health insurance program is more popular than ever. Now, states that want to expand eligibility are devising new strategies to pay for it 鈥 creating, in many red states, a significant political challenge.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times report from the Spotlight Health portion of the annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. They鈥檙e joined by Democratic Govs. John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Steve Bullock of Montana.
Other states are watching to see if controlling how much hospitals get paid can continue to hold down costs in 鈥淏ig Sky Country.鈥
Public health agencies are set up to regulate easily controlled sources of air pollution. Wildfire smoke presents a different set of expensive challenges.
The health effects of extended smoke exposure are largely unknown because it's difficult to conduct studies. But last summer's wildfire season has handed scientists a unique opportunity for research.
Citing fears of losing federal funds, California is the latest state to require discharge of terminally ill residents from state veterans homes if they plan to end their lives with lethal drugs.
Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well.
A question about the Obamacare repeal bill turned into a rumble in the Montana special election 鈥 portending tough times ahead for Republicans.
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