Montana OKs Extension Of Medicaid Expansion With Work Requirements

The Montana legislature gave final approval to a six-year extension of the state’s Medicaid expansion Thursday (April 18), along with a request for CMS to approve work requirements, and Gov. Steve Bullock (D) indicated he would sign it into law. Without the extension, Montana’s Medicaid expansion was set to expire on June 30. Last year, the state’s voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have made the expansion permanent and financed the state’s costs with a tax increase on tobacco...