Medicaid expansion urged in Montana Indian Country
Tribal advocates told Montana lawmakers reauthorizing Medicaid expansion is vital for Native communities. Since 2015 the program has reduced uninsured rates and boosted access to screenings and behavioral health care in tribal health systems, with ongoing debates over sunsets and work requirements shaping the bill.
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Carly Graf
Graf
Missoulian
Montana
Todd Wilson
Helena Indian Alliance
Carl Grimm
R-Kila
Mary Caferro
D-Helena
Ed Buttrey
Great Falls
Greg Gianforte
Senate Health Budget Committee
Joel Rosette
Rocky Boy Health Center
Rocky Boy Reservation
Joe Durgle
Ex-Butte nurse practitioner gets five years in federal prison
Tristan Ashley Svejkovsky, 41, formerly a Butte nurse practitioner, was sentenced in Missoula to five years in prison with three years supervised release for health care fraud. She admitted to falsely billing about 62 million dollars to an insurer for vitamin B-12 injections and to using a friend's DEA number after her own license was suspended. She must also pay 613,108 dollars in restitution.
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Missoula
Tristan Ashley Svejkovsky
Butte
Svejkovsky
U.S. Marshals Service
Montana Board of Nursing
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Supreme Court rejects Montana GOP backed election case
The Supreme Court refused to hear Montana's challenge to two GOP backed election laws relying on the independent state legislature theory. The ruling, in a brief order, maintained that state court review of election issues remains possible, leaving limits for future disputes.
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Supreme Court
Montana
Washington
High Court
Christi Jacobsen
Montana Democratic Party
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