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2:52 A half dozen or so dignitaries assembled Thursday morning at the site of the IGU’s new North Pole LNG storage and vaporization facility to celebrate both its completion and the opening of its valves to begin distribution of gas to the city’s customers who’ve signed up for the service. North Pole Mayor Mike Welch said the project was a long time coming. IGU General Manager Dan Britton snips the ribbon at Thursday's ceremony commemorating completion of the utility's new North Pole LNG storage and vaporization facility. From left, borough Mayor Bryce Ward; Keith Hanneman, civil and en...

Montana Healthcare Foundation Provides Update on Medicaid The Montana Healthcare Foundation recently provided an update on Medicaid in Montana, so KGVO contacted the organization’s CEO Dr. Aaron Wernham for the status of the program in the state. “Medicaid currently covers about 265,000 Montanans, so about a quarter of the state's population that includes lower income children and adults, people with disabilities, and people with serious or disabling mental illness,” said Dr. Wernham. That includes people, in both rural and urban areas, so about 65% of the people covered are in rural Mo...

Medicaid expansion in Montana continues to pay for itself while being one of the best tools to address long-running health disparities in the state, according to two new reports released by the Montana Healthcare Foundation, along with the Headwaters Foundation and Manatt Health. The expansion program has also served as the income-responsive safety net it was meant to be through the pandemic, while Medicaid's increase in telehealth access meant more Montanans could see behavioral health providers without the risk of contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus. “This is essentially fre...

/ Montana Republican Sen. Cary Smith presents Senate Bill 101 to the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee on Jan. 20, 2021. A Montana state lawmaker today introduced a bill that would formalize a patient’s ability to directly pay a doctor for care without insurance. Similar bills have been vetoed in the past. A Montana state lawmaker today introduced a bill that would formalize a patient’s ability to directly pay a doctor for care without insurance. Similar bills have been vetoed in the past. Republican Sen. Cary Smith of Billings told the Senate Business, Labor and Econo...