On November 4th voters overwhelmingly passed ballot measure I-155 commonly known as Healthy Montana Kids plan. Healthy Montana Kids plan calls for the state legislature to increase the funding to insure 30,000 more children in Montana that have been unable to receive health coverage through House Bill 157.

Montanans agree that we must provide health insurance to Montana’s children from Yaak to Alzada and from Havre to Helena. I-155 advocates preventative health care, immunizations and treatment of common illnesses saving Montana money in the long run. Read More→

February 23, 2009

Dear Representative Rehberg,

Thank you for the  letter you sent recently to leadership in Congress expressing your support of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Your Republican colleagues in the Montana Legislature need to receive the same message.

Montana’s children deserve access to quality health care, during these tough economic times making the State Children’s Health Insurance Program more important than ever. I believe it is incumbent not only upon the Congress to expand SCHIP to cover more uninsured kids but the Montana Legislature should listen to the voters who passed the Healthy Montana Kids Initiative. Seventy percent of Montana voters approved Initiative 155 - the Healthy Montana Kids plan - last fall. It passed in every county and every legislative district. Read More→