Medicaid Expansion is Part of the Solution to the Mental Health Crisis

Jan 22, 2015

By MBPC Staff

Montana can best support and treat individuals with serious medical health disorders by expanding Medicaid. Expanding affordable health care coverage will provide up to 70,000 Montanans with the coverage they need. Approximately 29,000 of those eligible for expansion are experiencing serious mental illness, in serious psychological distress, or have a substance use disorder. In addition, billions in federal taxpayer dollars will be injected into Montana economy, lowering uncompensated care costs and creating thousands of jobs across the state. >> Read our report Medicaid Expansion and Mental Health: Expansion is part of the solution to the Mental Health Crisis.