health care

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — State health officials have ordered a Townsend nursing home to close and relocate its residents after finding "serious deficiencies" last month. The Department of Public Health and Human Services notified the Broadwater County Health Center nursing home Tuesday that its license was being revoked as of Saturday...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Health and Human Services Department says about 25,000 Montana residents will receive an average rebate from insurance companies of $194 by Aug. 1 due to the health reform law. The agency says the rebates come from a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires health insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of consumers' premium dollars on medical car

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A national tribal advocacy group is praising the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that essentially upholds President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The National Congress of American Indians says Thursday's ruling affirms the permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act that passed with Obama's Affordable Care Act...

Constitutional scholar Rob Natelson comments on Supreme Court health care ruling.

State Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen comments on Supreme Court decision.

The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law. And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

Judgment day for President Obama's health care bill.

What are the substantive issues of the Health Care Law and how will the Supreme Court Rule this Thursday? Carl Graham of the Montana Policy Institute explains all the options.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state has signed a contract with a Tennessee firm to operate a new health care clinic for state employees and has leased a building in Helena to house the clinic. Lee Newspapers of Montana reports CareHere of Brentwood, Tenn...

Rob Natelson comments on Citizen United and Obamacare cases with Supreme Court decisions expected this week.