The following letter was written by HSP parishioner Glenn Hladek: I am writing in support of Medicaid Expansion in Montana. I am not arguing the moral imperative of health care as a right for all citizens of Montana. Rather I am writing in support of maintaining a Montana way of life. We are a rural state, we are an agricultural state, we are a ranching and farming state. Without Medicaid expansion I am worried that this way of life will disappear. Just as small communities depend upon schools, they depend upon readily-accessible health care. Without the ability to educate and to provide health care for their families, I fear a forced migration from rural communities to urban cities. Of the 216,000 Montanans who access health care coverage through Medicaid, nearly half are children in Healthy Montana Kids program. As of May 2017, 95,000 Montanans have enrolled in Montana's Medicaid expansion plan. Of these individuals, nearly 48% ...
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