health insurance

With just days remaining before the Jan. 31 deadline for purchasing 2016 individual health insurance plans through healthcare.gov, Montana’s insurance regulator reminds consumers to look closely at the plans they consider and weigh the benefits that the plans offer...

On Thursday, Senator Steve Daines took to the Senate floor to blast the rising costs of Obamacare in Montana, as insurers across the state have asked for double-digit increases in premiums for 2016.

Thousands of Montanans were shocked to hear a report on Wednesday that all three of the insurance companies involved in Montana's federally run health insurance marketplace had asked for premium increases averaging over 30 percent in 2016.

As federal officials released today the final number of Montanans who bought 2015 health insurance through healthcare.gov, Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen announced that the deadline to sign up for health insurance on the exchange has been extended due to a computer glitch.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen said that the major data breach suffered by insurance giant Anthem, may not affect many Montanans.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen was elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a national organization working for states’ rights in insurance regulation and sets national standards for insurance companies...

Starting tomorrow, Montanans will be able to access the federal health care exchange website and see if insurance plans cost more or less than last year, according to Jennifer McKee with the Montana Office of Securities and Insurance, the average Montanan will see costs rise.

Montana’s insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen, incoming president of the national association of insurance regulators, was in Beijing this week at the Strategic and Economic Dialogue meeting between top U.S. and Chinese officials.

This Wednesday, May 14, the Missoula city council met to discuss the 2015 budget and ended up discussing gender reassignment surgery.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen met with President Barack Obama on Thursday, April 17 in the state dining room of the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss progress on the Affordable Care Act.