Posted 6:25 PM 5/17/2013 by KPAX News

Just this week, the House voted for the 37th time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. According to a 2012 CBS News report the U.S. House of Representatives has spent nearly 50 million dollars attempting to repeal federal health reform.

Posted 8:02 PM 5/16/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

Only three health insurance companies intend to sell policies on Montana's health insurance exchange.

Posted 6:59 AM 5/3/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

Former Montana Supreme Court Justice William Leaphart recommended approval of the merger between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana and Health Care Service Corporation on Thursday.

Posted 8:51 AM 5/2/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

The Montana Legislature killed all bills which would have put 70,000 more Montanans on government-run healthcare during the just completed session.

Posted 9:43 AM 4/30/2013 by Jim Acosta - CNN National Political Correspondent

Applications for health insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law will go from 21 pages to three, according to a White House official, who said the change was part of an effort to simplify the implementation of Obamacare.

Posted 5:59 PM 4/19/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

"The losers aren't the Democrats and the Republicans who worked together and found a workable compromise. The losers are the 70,000 Montanans who would have access to quality affordable care, but now will be forced to go without," said Governor Steve Bullock, as he hopes his office and the (More)

Posted 7:11 PM 3/22/2013 by Michelle Castillo - CBS News

More than 100 children passed away during this past flu season due to complications from the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.

Posted 6:38 AM 2/19/2013 by Ryan Jaslow - CBS News

The agency Friday that this year's early start of a severe flu season has brought the scammers out in full force, selling numerous untested and unapproved drugs that they claim can prevent or cure the flu.

Posted 9:33 AM 2/18/2013 by Stacey Welsh - CNN

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest flu numbers, released Friday, show "influenza-like illness (ILI) continued to decrease for the third consecutive week. Most regions are showing stable or declining levels of ILI activity again this week."

Posted 11:20 AM 2/8/2013 by Elizabeth Landau - CNN

The most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Friday, concludes that "influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, but decreased in most areas" in the week of January 27 to February 2, for which the latest information is available.