Phil Galweitz

The Mountain Health Co-Op, with about 32,000 members, has just two competitors in its home state of Montana and four in Idaho. The insurer is moving into Wyoming for 2021, which will end the Blue Cross plan monopoly.

With so much coverage of last week’s grisly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., students, parents and others are struggling to cope. Christine Sylvest, a child psychologist in Rockville, Md., has a unique perspective. She grew up in Coral Springs, Fla., and...

Some states, including Montana, are facing a mid-January loss of funding for their Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) despite spending approved by Congress in late December that was expected to keep the program running for three months.