Letter to the editor

I am a rancher, registered nurse, past Republican Chair of the Montana Legislature’s Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee and a Senior Citizen.

A fundamental conservative principle is to care for our children, our elderly and vulnerable citizens.

The Montana State Health and Human Services Department must have adequate State funding to pull down the 2 to 3 times Federal matching dollars or critical healthcare services across Montana will disappear. Critical services to children, elderly, mentally ill and disabled persons will cease to exist.

Without the Federal Medicaid Expans...