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Cancer Advocates Urge Montana Lawmakers to Protect Health Care Access
HELENA, Mont. – Tens of thousands of Montanans are counting on lawmakers to protect their access to health care as business convenes this week in the state capitol. Montana’s Medicaid expansion is set to expire on June 30, 2025, if not extended. Its ... reauthorization is a crucial agenda item for legislators and a priority for the many Montanans who have been able to access quality, affordable health insurance through Medicaid. For nearly a decade since it was first authorized, Medicaid expansion has proven successful in ensuring our ...
Cancer Advocates Celebrate Continued Access to Care for Hardworking Montanans
... would like to thank the 89 representatives and senators (59% of both houses) who supported a bi-partisan solution that will maintain access to health insurance coverage for 96,000 hardworking low-income Montanans. “We are especially proud of Reps. Ed Buttrey, Mary Caferro and Gov. Steve Bullock for their commitment to preserving access to care for countless low-income state residents. “Medicaid matters in the fight against cancer. Preserving access to care is one of the most ... that will reauthorize the Montana HELP Act and create a path for the state of Montana to continue providing life-changing and lifesaving health care coverage to low-income Montanans in 2019 and beyond. “However, we remain concerned about the potential impact that new administrative ...
Testimony Sent a Clear Message: It’s Time to Remove the Sunset from Montana Medicaid Expansion
... well the success of the program and the clear need for legislators to ensure that state residents have continuing access to crucial, life-saving health care. Hours of powerful testimony from countless Montanans made it clear that Medicaid is working as intended and should be maintained, the sunset ... the will of their voters and remove the sunset clause from Montana Medicaid expansion, assuring tens of thousands retain access to life-saving health care. “It was a clear and powerful message on Wednesday,” ACS CAN Montana Grassroots Manager Katharine Sutphen said. “Lives have been ...
Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Montana’s U.S. Senate Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority
... ACS CAN calls on Montana’s major U.S. Senate candidates to state their position on cancer issues such as access to quality and affordable health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Sen. Steve Daines to meet with volunteers. "Important decisions about cancer are not just made in doctor’s offices. Congress makes decisions every day about health issues that affect Montanans," said Keri Yoder, Helena resident and state lead volunteer for ACS CAN Montana. "This year alone, roughly ...