As health-insurance cooperatives created by “Obamacare” collapsed like dominoes in the mid-2010s, the Montana co-op faced its own multimillion-dollar chasm, created by an obscure political deal in Washington, D.C. But the Helena-based Mountain Health Co-op scratched out a $15 million loan to stay afloat — and this month hit its highest customer numbers ever, as one of just three Obamacare-created co-ops still alive nationwide.
Author Archives: Mike Dennison
Mike Dennison has been a reporter in Montana for the past four decades and last year retired as chief political reporter for the Montana Television Network. Based in Helena, he’s spent the last 30 years covering state politics, specializing in coverage of health care, energy, campaigns, elections and the Legislature.