How, where, and why Montana became the grayest state in the West
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Graying Pains is a weekly series exploring the economic, cultural, and personal impacts of Montana’s aging demographics.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 50 — Highlights from 2019
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This week, Montana Free Press is closing out 2019 by looking back at some highlights from the first year of the Montana Lowdown podcast. This 2019 review episode features host and MTFP editor-in-chief John S. Adams in a conversation with the show’s producer, Alex McKenzie.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 40: U.S. House candidate Tom Winter
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The Missoula legislator talks about health care, how he flipped a historically red Montana House district, and his hopes for a seat in Congress.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 38: U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams
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The former state representative discusses Republican attempts to paint her as extreme, policy-making, health care, and her congressional priorities.
Health Care
Forgotten communities
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How state budget cuts gut public aid infrastructure in Montana’s rural counties
When Bill Kaye says the staff and volunteers of the Livingston Food Resource Center saved his life, he isn’t speaking metaphorically. Last year, Kaye, a 61-year-old Livingston resident of 13 years, lost consciousness in the center’s food pantry.
Government
More details on suspended MCDC Doc
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Montana Public Radio news director Eric Whitney interviewed me at length Tuesday about my recent report on the suspended state doctor accused of illegal drug use. Last week the Montana Board of Medical Examiners suspended the medical license of Dr. Mark Jay Catalanello for the second time after he allegedly violated the terms of a chemical dependency treatment contract.
#mtleg
Top executives for company seeking to buy Blue Cross Blue Shield MT made $59 million in 2012
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The top 10 highest paid executives of the Illinois-based company seeking to buy Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana made a combined $59 million in salaries and bonuses in 2012, according to Illinois state records. Illinois-based Health Care Service Corporation is in the process of trying to acquire BCBSMT, Montana’s largest health insurance provider, and is seeking approval from State Auditor Monica Lindeen and Attorney General Tim Fox.
2011 Legislature
All but seven state lawmakers get health benefits
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The Legislature finally agreed to Lee Newspapers’ request to release all the names of state lawmakers covered by taxpayer funded health care benefits. Mike Dennison has the story here.