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Friday, November 6, 2026 · Updated 1:03 PM MT · 37 stories today
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Around the States · Montana

Montana

3 stories this week from 3 sources

Limited coverage: our sources published fewer than three Montana stories a week over the last 30 days. We are adding sources, so check back.

Top Montana stories this week

Benefis to Shut Great Falls Clinic, Cut Behavioral Health Services

Benefis Health System will close its northwest Great Falls clinic starting Dec. 19, consolidating family medicine and urgent care to its east campus, and will discontinue a 20-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit and all behavioral health services including outpatient counseling, psychiatry and psychology. Patients needing behavioral health care will be referred to outside providers such as the Center for Mental Health and Shodair Children's Hospital, with the transition continuing into 2027.

Medicaid MonitorNov 3, 2026

Latest

  1. Published Nov 4

    State agencies announce expanded school-based health care

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle Link only
  2. Published Nov 3

    Montanans head to the polls with affordability top of mind

    KULR-8 Link only
  3. Published Oct 26

    Missoula Mobile Crisis Team Seeks Funding to Expand to 24/7

    Medicaid Monitor
  4. Published Oct 19

    Montana Outlet Urges Voters to Press Candidates on Medicaid

    In a commentary piece, the outlet argues that Montana voters should press candidates ahead of the November election on Medicaid, affordability, and taxes. The piece encourages residents to use the remaining two weeks before Election Day to question candidates directly on where they stand on these issues. No specific policy proposal, legislative action, or candidate position is detailed in the piece itself; it functions as a civic-engagement prompt rather than a report on new Medicaid policy.

    Why it mattersCandidate positions on Medicaid funding and eligibility that emerge from this election could shape Montana's program budget and expansion policy in the next legislative session.

    Read at Yellowstone Public Radio
    Yellowstone Public Radio
  5. Published Oct 16

    CMS Announces New Rural EMS Funding for Montana

    Medicaid Monitor
  6. Published Oct 15

    Montana Free Press Recaps Tight Flint-Forstag Congressional Debate

    Medicaid Monitor
  7. Published Oct 11

    Montana Senate Candidates Clash Over Medicaid, Rural Hospitals in Debate

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  8. Published Oct 7

    Montana Federal Candidates Detail Health Care Plans Ahead of Midterms

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  9. Published Sep 29

    CMS Awards $8.7 Million for Rural Montana Ambulance Upgrades

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  10. Published Sep 29

    Montana's Early Medicaid Work Requirement Rollout Sparks Confusion

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  11. Published Sep 22

    Montana DPHHS Director Charlie Brereton to Leave Oct. 30, Harrington Named Successor

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  12. Published Sep 16

    Medicaid Work Requirements Create Medical Exemption Decisions for Disability Enrollees

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  13. Published Aug 10

    Montana Medicaid Work Requirement Threatens Coverage for Homeless Individuals with Disabilities

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  14. Published Jul 1

    Montana Lacks Staff and Data Systems as Medicaid Work Requirements Near Implementation

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  15. Added May 27

    Montana Accelerates Medicaid Work Requirements Implementation Amid Budget Pressures

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