Montana Health Insurance

How healthy is living in Montana?

If you live in Montana you are likely thinner than citizens in other states, have a less likelyhood of getting an infectious disease and have a government that prioritizes health care much better than average, spending $293 per capita on public health.

Montana ranks as the 18th most healthiest state in which to live, according to the 2007 results from an annual ranking of 20 factors tracked by a health care foundation.

Montana has more occupational deaths than all but five other states, and does a worse job of immunizing its children than all but three other states.

See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Montana.

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Does Montana have a risk pool for the uninsurable?

Montana Comprehensive Health Association
Toll-free 1-800-447-7828

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state-to-state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the poolto keep it in the black. In the best cases they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Find more on risk pools here.

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Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Montana

Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in Montana.
• Its guide on how to find health insurance in Montana.
• Materiales En Español -- Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.

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Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Montana

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations contribute to funding its research. Find more on the Health Policy Institute.

• Georgetown's guide for Montana.

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News headlines on Montana health insurance

Find the most recent headlines on health insurance in Montana at Google News or Yahoo News.

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Want single-payer health care? Concerned about the uninsured?
Contact your elected officials about health care issues

Contact your federal officials. Phone calls are best. Faxes are good, too. Since 9-11 postal mail creates long delays, and many members of Congress simply do not take e-mail seriously -- however, since e-mail is so easy it doesn't hurt to do that, too. Members of the Senate and Congress will usually ignore any correspondence that is not from their district, so its not desirable to blanket e-mail them (this type of abuse is why many do not view it favorably). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide on how to contact your elected officials, including a valuable list of dos and dont's.

• Contact the White House
  Phone: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line)
  FAX: 1 202-456-2461 (fax)
  E-mail:comments@whitehouse.gov
  
  
• Find contact information on your U.S. Representative
  Locate by using your ZIP Code
  Or if you know who your representative is, simply call the Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-962-3524

• Senator Mac Baucus
  PHONE: 202-224-2651 (DC office)
  FAX: 202-224-0515 (DC office)
  Local offices
  Contact by E-mail

• Senator Jon Tester
  PHONE: 202-224-2644 (DC office)
  FAX: 202-224-224-8594 (DC office)
  Local offices
  Contact by E-mail
  
  

Contact your state officials:

• Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
  P.O. Box 200801
  Helena MT 59620-0801
  PHONE: (406) 444-3111
  FAX: (406) 444-5529
  Contact by e-mail
  
  
  
• Contact your Montana State Senator
• Contact your Montana State Representative

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USNews health insurance rankings for Montana

US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Montana.

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Official State Goverment Sites with Montana Health Insurance Information

Montana Medicaid Provider Information -- helping the state's lowest income individuals and families.

Montana's CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan) -- CHIP is a low-cost, private health insurance plan which provides health insurance to eligible children age 18 and under. Children qualify for CHIP based on family size and income.