Protects Montanans with pre-existing conditions and bans the immoral insurance practice of lifetime payout caps.

Protects Montanans from scam “junk” insurance plans that prey on the people that need healthcare the most. Auditor Rosendale’s office worked directly against this commonsense legislation.

Montana rations lifesaving drugs. Other states do not. That’s a fact. This bill would have worked to remedy that moral failing by saving the state money in purchasing these drugs. It would not have cost anything more than what we already spend. Louisiana does this (with the blessing of the Trump administration, no less).

Patient’s medical data is being merged with other metadata to create “health risk scores” that can be used to discriminate against patients’ right to access to medical care.  This bill put sideboards on the practice and required medical professionals to notify patients when third-party data was utilized.

Critical access hospitals are the lifeblood of Montana’s rural communities. This bill studied best practices to increase their stability and enhance their patient care.