Op Ed: Medicaid Unwinding

The Area IV Governing Board and Advisory Council oversees older adult services in Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, and Park Counties. We implore Governor Gianforte’s administration to prioritize improved resources to deliver Older Americans Act services in our six counties.

Montana’s Medicaid unwinding process has largely ended, and we are concerned about significant harm and unintended consequences to elders nationwide. Specifically, many older Montanans should never have lost their benefits and were unnecessarily harmed by the DPHHS unwinding process. It was an hono...