Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years,making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China,a position he held from 2014 until 2017.
Marc Racicot is an American attorney,lobbyist,and former Republican politician who served as the 21st Governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office,Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell &Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron,Burlington Northern Santa Fe,and the Recording Industry Association of America.
Raymond Jon Tester is an American politician and farmer serving as the senior United States senator from Montana,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,Tester is the dean of Montana's congressional delegation and the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Montana. He served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007,and as its president for his last two years in the chamber. He is generally considered a centrist or moderate Democrat.
Monica Lindeen is an American politician who served as the Montana State Auditor. She was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. Due to term limits,she was ineligible to run again in 2016,and became a candidate for Montana Secretary of State.
Scott Sales is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a state senator in the Montana Senate and also serves as the president of that body. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives,including a term as minority leader and as speaker of the House. Sales is the first person,to be elected by his peers,to serve as the presiding officer of both bodies of the Montana Legislature. Sales is from Douglas,Wyoming.
Steven David Daines is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
John Scott Engen was an American politician and journalist who served as mayor of Missoula,Montana,from 2006 until his death in 2022.
A health insurance cooperative is a cooperative entity that has the goal of providing health insurance and is also owned by the people that the organization insures. It is a form of mutual insurance.
Stephen Clark Bullock is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 24th governor of Montana from 2013 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA),formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially known as Obamacare,is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23,2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment,it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Montana may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Montana since 1997. Same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples are eligible for all of the protections available to opposite-sex married couples,as same-sex marriage has been recognized since November 2014. State statutes do not address discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity;however,the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County established that employment discrimination against LGBT people is illegal under federal law. A number of cities also provide protections in housing and public accommodations.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate from Montana,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician and businessman. A Republican,Rosendale represents Montana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
A contraceptive mandate is a government regulation or law that requires health insurers,or employers that provide their employees with health insurance,to cover some contraceptive costs in their health insurance plans.
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius,567 U.S. 519 (2012),is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court upheld Congress's power to enact most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA),commonly called Obamacare,and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA),including a requirement for most Americans to pay a penalty for forgoing health insurance by 2014. The Acts represented a major set of changes to the American health care system that had been the subject of highly contentious debate,largely divided on political party lines.
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA),there have been numerous actions in federal courts to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation. They include challenges by states against the ACA,reactions from legal experts with respect to its constitutionality,several federal court rulings on the ACA's constitutionality,the final ruling on the constitutionality of the legislation by the U.S. Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius,and notable subsequent lawsuits challenging the ACA. The Supreme Court upheld ACA for a third time in a June 2021 decision.
The 2014 congressional election in Montana was held on November 4,2014,to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. Between 1993 and 2023,Montana had one at-large seat in the House.
King v. Burwell,576 U.S. 473 (2015),was a 6–3 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States interpreting provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court's decision upheld,as consistent with the statute,the outlay of premium tax credits to qualifying persons in all states,both those with exchanges established directly by a state,and those otherwise established by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Montana on March 14,2020. As of June 4,2021,the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (MDPHHS) has reported 112,260 positive cases and 1,632 deaths in the state.
The Healthy Montana Kids Plan Act (HMK) is a program that expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid eligibility for children in the state of Montana. The effort to codify HMK was spearheaded by then state auditor John Morrison. HMK was passed by Montana voters in 2008 under Ballot Initiative 155,and then implemented the following year. After the adoption of HMK,children of families with a household income of up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level were eligible for CHIP coverage. Children of families with incomes up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level were eligible for Medicaid coverage,removing the requirement for clients to make a copay upon receiving treatment. Under HMK,efforts to enroll children in CHIP and Medicaid have increased significantly. HMK also helps to cover the costs of adding children who would be eligible for CHIP or Medicaid to their parents’existing private insurance plans,thereby saving state funds. The insurance provided under HMK covers medical,dental,and vision care.
