Montana On Brink of Expanding Medicaid

As many as 45,000 more Montanans will be get health coverage after legislators have passed a bill to expand Medicaid, The Huffington Post's Jeffrey Young reports. Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, supports expanding Medicaid. The expansion also must be approved by the federal government because it includes new requirements for enrollees, including monthly premiums.

Two years ago, the expansion failed because a supporter cast the deciding vote the wrong way accidentally, Young reports.