Medicaid in Montana: How Medicaid Impacts Montana’s State Budget, Economy, and Health

Montana’s Medicaid program gives low-income Montanans—from youngsters to seniors to the disabled to the medically needy—entry to well being care companies that assist their well being and well-being. In 2021, Medicaid supplied protection to roughly one in 4 Montanans. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana Medicaid has been a useful well being care security web for people impacted by financial instability and pandemic-related well being wants. It preserved protection for enrollees who may need been disenrolled, making certain that they’d have the ability to entry important well being companies throughout this troublesome time.

In “Medicaid in Montana: How Medicaid Impacts Montana’s State Finances, Economic system, and Well being,” the second annual report commissioned by the Montana Healthcare Basis, Manatt Well being gives an in-depth evaluation of this system, its value and its impacts on well being within the state. Within the first analysis of its variety, the evaluation exhibits that Montana’s Medicaid growth led to decrease use of high-cost emergency companies and elevated entry to lower-cost main care and outpatient specialty companies. The report additionally exhibits that Montana spends a decrease proportion of the state normal fund to finance its Medicaid program than peer states.

Manatt Well being additionally assisted in creating the report’s databook, which permits readers to conduct extra in-depth analyses of traits.

To entry the complete report and accompanying databook, click on right here.