Medicaid Oversight Committee Expected To Recommend Expansion Continue
The committee that oversees Montana’s Medicaid expansion is expected to recommend that it continue beyond its 2019 sunset date.
A draft document released Friday suggests expansion has helped nine percent more adults who are eligible for Medicaid join the workforce in Montana. It also says six percent more of Medicaid eligible adults with disabilities are joining the workforce.
Montana lawmakers voted to expand Medicaid here in 2015 in part because the bill doing so included incentives to help those receiving the health coverage to get jobs, or better paying jobs.