Guest Editorial from the Area IV Governing Board and Advisory Council

We are the Area IV Governing Board and Advisory Council, which oversees older adult services in Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, and Park Counties. We write to implore Governor Gianforte’s administration to prioritize improved resources to deliver Older Americans Act services in our six counties.

Montana’s Medicaid unwinding process has largely ended and we are concerned about significant harm and unintended consequences on elders across the state. Specifically, many older Montanans should never have lost their benefits and were unnecessarily harmed by the DPHHS unwin...