Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration has released more details on its plans to implement work requirements and charge premiums for people on Medicaid expansion.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has signed the Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act into law, expanding Medicaid eligibility to about 70,000 low-income Montana residents, according to ...

Medicaid expansion in Montana, implemented through the HELP Act in 2016, expanded health coverage to adults with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level (approximately $19,391 in 2023).

Montana’s share in 2024 was slightly less than $100 million. HB 245 ends the recurring termination date that has accompanied the Medicaid expansion program since lawmakers first approved it in 2015.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Ed Buttrey, R-Great Falls, would lift the 2025 sunset on the low-income health care program that insures roughly 75,000 Montana adults between the ages of 18 and 65.