Montana Senate Candidates Clash Over Medicaid, Rural Hospitals in Debate

Four Montana U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Kurt Alme, Democrat Alani Bankhead, independent Seth Bodnar and Libertarian Kyle Austin, debated in Bozeman on Oct. 11 ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Healthcare affordability was a central topic, with Bodnar defending Medicaid expansion and ACA subsidy renewal while criticizing recent federal law changes he said hurt rural hospitals. Alme countered that a Republican tax package delivered $50 billion in new rural healthcare investment, and repeatedly labeled Bodnar and Bankhead his "liberal opponents." The candidates meet again in Billings on Oct. 18.

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