Monica Lindeen

Montana must stop taking new enrollees into the state’s federally funded high-risk insurance pool by March 2, according to federal officials who wrote Insurance Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen last week.

Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen announced on Wednesday that Montana is one of four states to participate in a new health care model.

Bozeman businessman levied $40,000 in fines and must pay back over $800,000 to investors.