Matt Volz
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Mountain States editor for KFF Health News
Joined November 2008
RT @JoshMNBCMT: Montana Resources says this is their fault entirely, and mining water got into city water through a hydrant. Some water got….
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RT @mtfreepress: Amid a nationwide shortage of doctors, ERs in small towns are increasingly getting by without on-site physicians. #mtnews….
montanafreepress.org
Placing ERs in the hands of non-doctors isn’t without controversy. Some doctors and their professional associations say physicians’ extensive training leads to better care, and that some hospitals...
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Montana went from five 5-star hospitals in 2024 to three in 2025. New on the 2025 list: the VA at Fort Harrison. On both lists: St. Patrick and Sidney Health Center. Bumped off: Great Falls Clinic, Logan Health-Whitefish, Holy Rosary (Miles City).
beckershospitalreview.com
Ninety-one fewer hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2025 compared to 2024. CMS publishes its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings annually. Star ratings reflect a hospital’s...
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RT @anneapplebaum: About 14 million people are displaced; at least 150,000 people have died in Sudan's civil war. "But no statistics can….
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To all professionals (and retirees) in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession.
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Native American groups invoke tribal sovereignty in asserting primacy over gender-affirming care. By @jazmin1orozco for @KFFHealthNews via The 19th.
19thnews.org
Native American groups say tribal sovereignty trumps state and federal efforts to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for their LGBTQ+ and two-spirit citizens.
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That comes to $716.29 per Montana school district. Or, to put it another way, 3 1/2 Chromebooks per district.
Montana Land Board Approves Over $307K for Our Schools!. Exciting news for Montana’s students! At the July meeting, the Montana Land Board approved an estimated $307,289 in new revenue dedicated to supporting our public schools, thanks to responsible stewardship and smart
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"I don't want to be a fraud. I don't want to die," James said. "Those shouldn't be the only two options.". One reluctant Medicaid rulebreaker shares his story with @K_Hought and @KFFHealthNews via NPR. #mtnews #mtpol.
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Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate fraud. A Montana man says he's breaking the rules to keep his insurance and his job.
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Louisiana is one of 30 states with criminal penalties related to exposing or transmitting HIV. Several states have….
kffhealthnews.org
State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.
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RT @kstromquist: Great work from @_thehalparker on Louisiana's unusually harsh HIV-exposure law:
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When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV.
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RT @RichardAWebster: A must read story from @_thehalparker @veritenewsnola about Louisiana's HIV exposure law:
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When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV.
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RT @ForeignPolicy: A total reversal of Beijing’s power in the region is unrealistic, but Southeast Asian countries and their extraregional….
foreignpolicy.com
Groupthink and short-termism are clouding judgments about these waters.
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RT @LithuaniaInEU: 🗨️'@EU_Commission's MFF proposal is solid in terms of it's size, priorities and structure. It provides a good basis for….
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RT @veritenewsnola: When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentiona….
veritenews.org
When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV.
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I'm happy to share the first story in KFF Health News' new partnership with Verite News of New Orleans.
veritenews.org
When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV.
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Writer Chris Rose gave New Orleans a voice after Katrina. Now he lives alone in the woods. via @nolanews.
nola.com
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, his column in The Times-Picayune gave voice to the grief, frustration, anger and absurdity of a battered New Orleans. But Chris Rose also battled his...
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Steve Daines took a page out of the Mitch McConnell playbook and it worked, though at the cost of Montana confirming its first Native American federal judge. via @billingsgazette
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RT @aawayne: Meanwhile, from us: Here are a few ways the megabill would make health care less stable and more costly for ALL Americans, not….
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With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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