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Author Archives: Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News

Posted inHealth Care

State officials seek more control over judicial involuntary commitments

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 09.11.202309.12.2023

Montana health officials are asking lawmakers to change criminal commitment laws so the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has a say before a judge orders a patient committed to the Montana State Hospital or another state-run facility.

Posted inMental Health

Information blackout shrouds new reports of harm at Montana State Hospital

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 03.02.202303.13.2023
Posted inHousing

Homelessness among older people is on the rise, driven by inflation and the housing crunch

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 11.11.202211.11.2022
surgical sterilization party in helena montana
Posted inHealth Care

Post-‘Roe,’ people are seeking permanent sterilizations, and some are being turned away

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News and Ellis Juhlin, Yellowstone Public Radio 07.27.202207.27.2022
Posted inIndian Country

Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe to use dogs to sniff out disease and contaminants

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 07.01.202207.21.2022
Posted inIndian Country

The Blackfeet Nation’s plight underscores the fentanyl crisis on reservations

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 05.25.202205.25.2022
vaccine religious exemption
Posted inCoronavirus

Vaccine exemptions and patient peril

by Aaron Bolton, KFF Health News 03.22.202207.12.2022

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