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Katheryn Houghton

Katheryn Houghton

Montana Correspondent at KFF Health News

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  • English
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  • Health & Medicine
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Recent Articles

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Some People in This Montana Mining Town Worry About the Dust Next Door

Residents of a Butte neighborhood are concerned about the dust from a nearby open-pit mine that can coat their homes and vehicles. In a city where past mining left a legacy of soil and water pollut…
over 3 years ago
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When Mental Illness Leads to Dropped Charges, Patients Often Go Wit...

When criminal suspects are deemed too mentally ill to go through the court process and their charges are dropped, they can be left without stabilizing treatment — and sometimes end up being charged…
over 3 years ago
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Public Health Agencies Adapt Covid Lessons to Curb Overdoses, STDs,...

Know-how gained through the covid pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public health system, it’s hard to know which changes will…
over 3 years ago
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Hospitals Cut Jobs and Services as Rising Costs Strain Budgets

More than two years into the pandemic, hospital budgets are beginning to crack. One of the biggest drivers of financial shortfalls has been the cost to find workers.
over 3 years ago
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Montana Health Officials Aim to Boost Oversight of Nonprofit Hospit...

Montana is one of the latest states seeking to increase oversight of nonprofit hospitals’ giving to ensure they justify their tax-exempt status.
about 3 years ago
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Montana Switches Gears to Try to Bargain for Lower Health Care Cost...

Montana has been a national model for how employers could gain control and transparency over medical bills. Upcoming changes to its model have health care price experts wondering whether the state …
about 3 years ago
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Blackfeet Nation Challenges Montana Ban on Vaccine Mandates as Infr...

The Montana tribe has entered a legal fight over whether the state has the right to enforce a prohibition of vaccine mandates on its reservation.
about 3 years ago
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A Montana Addiction Clinic Wants to Motivate People With Rewards. T...

A complaint was filed with the state against an addiction treatment provider that wants to use rewards — an effective but largely unregulated tool — to help people stay in recovery.
almost 3 years ago
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Why People Who Experience Severe Nausea During Pregnancy Often Go U...

Because morning sickness is common, severe nausea in pregnancy can be minimized by doctors or the patients themselves. Untreated, symptoms can worsen — and delays lead to medical emergencies.
almost 3 years ago
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As States Seek to Limit Abortions, Montana Wants to Redefine What I...

Montana officials are looking to tighten rules around medically necessary abortions for those who use Medicaid as their health insurance. Reproductive health advocates and Democratic lawmakers have…
almost 3 years ago
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Republican Lawmakers Shy Away From Changing Montana’s Constitutiona...

Lawmakers in 14 states have passed near-total bans on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But in some conservative-led states where court rulings determined their constitu…
almost 3 years ago