The bill, which would renew the program as it’s currently written, got the early green light with a 29-21 vote. It now moves to the Senate Finance and Claims Committee.

Many of the attempts to repeal Medicaid expansion in states such as Idaho and Montana are coordinated by national conservative-backed groups, said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. “It’s ...

The Montana Senate has voted down a bill that would have started phasing out the state’s Medicaid expansion program – a day after the House voted to send a bill renewing the program to the Senate.