Affordable Care Act

For those who need health insurance coverage for the new year, the deadline to enroll for individual or small group plans is rapidly approaching, December 15.

Financial problems are forcing New West Health Services to drop out of the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange.

It may seem a bit early, but many health care providers are already offering flu shots in the Missoula area.

Fewer people than ever are without health insurance in Montana.

It appears that individual market health insurance prices will be going up again next year, possibly way up. According to Montana Insurance and Exchange Commissioner Monica Lindeen, the rate requests for the three health insurance providers on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace are all asking for higher rates...

With just days remaining before the Jan. 31 deadline for purchasing 2016 individual health insurance plans through healthcare.gov, Montana’s insurance regulator reminds consumers to look closely at the plans they consider and weigh the benefits that the plans offer...

Health Insurance rates on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Montana are jumping up by as much as 40% in some cases, and state officials are calling the news “frustrating.” “Insurance rates are going up in 2016," said Montana State Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen's Public Information Officer Jennifer McKee...

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen testified before Congress this week, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would give states needed flexibility to protect small business owners who offer health insurance to their employees.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen said on Thursday she was relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to continue federal health insurance subsidies to over 41,000 Montanans.

The Supreme Court's 6-3 King v. Burwell decision this morning, June 25, will allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to continue to flow to states that did not set up their own exchanges. The decision has brought praise and disdain from various sectors of Montana politics.