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Over forty groups will take to the airwaves next week to highlight the importance of Medicaid expansion to Montana’s veterans. This education effort, targeted in the Billings area, is sponsored by the Partnership for Montana’s Future, a coalition of over forty non-profit and advocacy groups from across the state. Montana has the opportunity to accept federal dollars to expand the state’s Medicaid program, a move that would provide up to 70,000 Montanans with access to health care services. Included in that number are nearly 9,500 Montana vetera...
Beginning today, 131,000 people in Montana will see their food assistance benefits cut, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) expires. This boost took effect in 2009 and aimed to strengthen the economy and ease hardship. However, Congress chose to end the increase early, before struggling families have fully recovered. For a household of three, the early reduction will mean a loss of $29 in benefits each month, the equivalent of nearly two days’ worth of meals. These c...
