Montana is six months into expanded access to health insurance through Medicaid Expansion. Individual Montanans and our communities are already seeing significant benefits to expanded coverage. Here is Montana’s Medicaid Expansion, by the numbers[1]:
47,399
Montanans enrolled in HELP / Medicaid Expansion
92.6
Percent of Montanans that are now insured
5,747
American Indians signed up for Medicaid Expansion
24,313
Preventative care exams/screenings conducted
$75 million
Federal dollars injected into Montana’s economy
$5.3 million
State savings into the general fund
$1.2 million
Premiums collected from enrollees
[1] Information as of July 1, 2016.
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