California Healthline April 23, 2024
KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city.
Evans said she lost Medicaid coverage in September because she hadn’t received paperwork after moving from Great Falls, Montana. She has had to forgo the blood pressure medication she can no longer pay for since losing coverage. She has also had to put off needed dental work.
“The teeth broke off. My gums hurt. There’s some times where I’m not feeling good, I don’t want to eat,” she said.
Evans is one of about 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the...
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