Reports underscore Medicaid’s impacts on state’s health, economy

In an effort to help Montanans better understand the state’s Medicaid program, which currently covers 265,000 of the state’s most vulnerable children and adults, the Montana Healthcare Foundation recently released two reports detailing how the program benefits the state’s health and economy.

One of the reports, produced by Manatt Health and commissioned by the Montana Healthcare Foundation, highlights the program’s beneficiaries and costs and its impacts on the health system and health outcomes of individuals...