Marilyn Bartlett, credited with saving Montana’s state employee health plan millions of dollars, is a busy consultant now, as states, counties and big businesses try to use her playbook to bring down hospital costs. Source: Californiahealthline.org…
Lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing bills to restrict transgender kids from participating in sports and ban doctors from treating them. Source: Californiahealthline.org…
Recent deaths on a small Native American reservation in Montana have underlined the heightened risks for Indigenous youths and how suicide prevention programs are struggling to operate during the pandemic. Source: Californiahealthline.org…
Across the country, the recession has cut state revenues at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic has increased costs, forcing state lawmakers into painful decisions about how to balance their budgets. Health care is one of the targets even in the midst of a health care crisis. Source: Californiahealthline.org…
