Hospitals’ Lobbying Frustrates Montana Lawmakers Who Sought To Boost Oversight

HELENA, Mont.— As Republican legislative leaders in Montana girded for this year’ s battle over whether to extend Medicaid expansion in the state, they took aim at one of the program’ s biggest backers: hospitals. If Montana’ s hospitals wanted to extend the government health insurance program that cost taxpayers about $1 billion in 2024, and benefit from that…