Celebrating Montana’s Wins for Healthcare Freedom

By Tanner Avery

05/19/2022

"These reforms are expanding access to high quality, affordable healthcare without the need for strict government mandates or increases in taxes – reaffirming the notion that sometimes the best solution to the problems Montanans face is for the government to just get out of the way."

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

Montana’s Struggle With Naturopathic Health Care Red Tape

By Frontier Institute

05/19/2022

"These rules were written before the internet and cell phones were widely adopted – it’s finally time to dust off the rule book and bring naturopathic health care regulations into the 21st century.”

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, Naturopath

MtLeg Viewpoint: Health Care Reforms Benefiting Montanans

By Sen. Cary Smith, Rep. Rhonda Knudsen

05/17/2022

"All three of these major reforms are empowering Montanans with more freedom to manage their health, access services and save money."

TAGS: DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, HB 43, health care, Healthcare, Legislative Viewpoints, SB 101, SB 374

Viewpoint: Why should a doctor licensed to practice in California be unable to do so in Montana?

By Jack Brown

05/10/2022

"While the European Union allows free movement of healthcare workers across its 27 member countries, the United States does not allow this movement across state borders."

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, healthcare viewpoints, medical licensing

Free Market Healthcare is Flourishing in Montana

By Kendall Cotton

05/09/2022

"SB 101 gave DPC entrepreneurs certainty they wouldn’t be targeted with red tape from overzealous regulators, and it’s led to a booming market."

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

Montana’s Free Market Healthcare Renaissance

By Tanner Avery

05/05/2022

"DPC clinics are taking off all across Montana. In fact, the number of clinics has doubled since SB 101 was signed into law last year, bringing the total to at least 16 healthcare providers!"

TAGS: direct primary care, DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare, SB 101

Viewpoint: How to Get More Physicians Practicing in Montana

By Kathleen M. Brown, MD

04/04/2022

"It is possible to remove the licensing barriers preventing more physicians from practicing in Montana while maintaining high quality health care."

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, healthcare viewpoints, Telehealth, telemedicine

Montana Poised to Lead the Nation with Affordable Health Care Options

By Kendall Cotton

03/15/2022

"Innovations like DPC show how the health care market is adapting to the needs of patients, bypassing our broken system and building a better doctor-patient relationship."

TAGS: DPC, DPC: Direct Patient Care, health care, Healthcare

Viewpoint: When Will Enough be Enough? Why Physicians are Quitting Medicare

By Jack Brown

03/08/2022

"Physicians find themselves faced with an increasingly bureaucratic regulatory nightmare, forcing them to choose between providing good medical care or playing the 'Medicare game' to survive."

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, healthcare viewpoints, Medicare

Pharmacists Can Help Address Health Care Shortages

By Kendall Cotton

02/14/2022

"There is firm evidence that eliminating pharmacy technician ratios will allow Montana's pharmacies to do more to help patients, advance public health and bolster the resiliency of the healthcare system."

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, Pharmacy ratio

How Montana Is Revolutionizing Healthcare—With Markets

By Lawrence Reed

07/26/2021

If direct pay models became commonplace, they would empower and liberate both patients and doctors and do more to bring down costs than other healthcare reforms.

TAGS: DPC: Direct Patient Care, Greg Gianforte, health care, Montana

More Work Needed To Expand Access To Health Care

By Kendall Cotton

06/16/2021

"Reducing the red tape and burdensome regulations imposed on the health care system has proven an effective and cost-conscious way to expand access in Montana, but more needs to be done."

TAGS: health care, Healthcare, Telehealth, telemedicine