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  Daines: "Obamacare is a bad law, plain and simple"

  

  Posted 6:25 PM 5/17/2013 by KPAX News

  Just this week, the House voted for the 37th time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. According to a 2012 CBS News report the U.S. House of Representatives has spent nearly 50 million dollars attempting to repeal federal health reform.

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  Only 3 companies will sell health insurance on the MT exchange

  

  Posted 8:02 PM 5/16/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  Only three health insurance companies intend to sell policies on Montana's health insurance exchange.

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  Blue Cross-Blue Shield of MT deal closer to completion

  

  Posted 6:59 AM 5/3/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  Former Montana Supreme Court Justice William Leaphart recommended approval of the merger between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana and Health Care Service Corporation on Thursday.

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  Medicaid expansion still an option for Montana

  

  Posted 8:51 AM 5/2/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  The Montana Legislature killed all bills which would have put 70,000 more Montanans on government-run healthcare during the just completed session.

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  Obamacare applications get shorter

  

  Posted 9:43 AM 4/30/2013 by Jim Acosta - CNN National Political Correspondent

  Applications for health insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law will go from 21 pages to three, according to a White House official, who said the change was part of an effort to simplify the implementation of Obamacare.

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  Montana Medicaid bill dies

  

  Posted 5:59 PM 4/19/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  "The losers aren't the Democrats and the Republicans who worked together and found a workable compromise. The losers are the 70,000 Montanans who would have access to quality affordable care, but now will be forced to go without," said Governor Steve Bullock, as he hopes his office and the (More)

  
  

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  Medicaid expansion debate heats up in Helena

  

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  Posted 9:36 AM 4/17/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  One of the most contentious issues of the session came to a head on the Senate floor on Tuesday evening. Twenty-seven senators voted to use federal Medicaid dollars to put 70,000 low-income Montanans on private health insurance.

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  Medicaid expansion debate continues in Helena

  

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  Posted 9:37 AM 4/16/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

  Senate Bill 395 is one of two bills which are still alive which could potentially reform government subsidized healthcare, and provide coverage to more Montanans.

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