The expansion, which was announced on Friday, has increased Medicaid access in six states: Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. Washington and Mexico saw the highest ...

During a House health committee hearing, tribal leadership touted the benefits of Medicaid expansion. Some individuals said expansion has also helped to make substance use and behavioral health ...

how a Republican’s Medicaid expansion bill is advancing in the legislature, and what Flathead Valley robotics teams are advancing to the state competition.

As the chairman and representative of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), we urge Montanan's policymakers to prioritize the reauthorization of Medicaid expansion during the 2025 ...

Tribal leaders gathered at the Montana State Capitol on Monday to make their case to lawmakers that reauthorizing Medicaid expansion is critical for Indian Country. The joint federal-state health ...

Medicaid expansion is expected to improve not just access to care for low-income tribal members who had previously been shut out, but also the agency’s bottom line. The Indian Health Service ...

“Medicaid expansion would help more than 40,000 South ... farmers, patient advocates, tribal leaders and folks from both ends of the political spectrum.” Both Monument Health and the GPTLHB ...

All four tribes have come together to pass a resolution in support of Medicaid Expansion. According to the report from the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, in 2015 nearly 30% of Native Americans ...

In 2015, before Medicaid expansion in Montana started ... On the Blackfeet Reservation, for example, tribal- and IHS-run facilities have seen an additional $13.6 million dollars for services ...

Dennis Daugaard to explore the expansion of Medicaid in the state ... The package relies on IHS paying fully for services received by Native Americans. Currently state government pays a portion ...

Next year, just over 200,000 Native Americans will become eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The change translates to more money for the Indian Health Service. The expansion will ...