Pharmacy no longer Preferred by my Part D plan, what do I do? This month I received a number of phone calls from clients in distress as they received a letter from their Part D plan saying their pharmacy is no longer a preferred provider. In the letter it also stated they can go to a preferred pharmacy, the closest of which was 50 miles away in a nearby town. Understandably, they were upset.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order declaring a disaster in five Eastern Montana counties: Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Richland and Roosevelt. “Recent severe thunderstorms downed power poles and lines in Eastern Montana, leaving too many residents without power. I appreciate the robust efforts the region’s electric coops made to restore power to affected communities.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced the launch of a website and call center for the state’s American Rescue Plan Act program. The website, arpa.mt.gov, provides information on funding projects and grants under the purview of Montana’s four ARPA commissions: water and sewer, communications, economic stabilization and workforce development, and health and human services. The site also

As part of his efforts to address the shortage of medical professionals in Montana highlighted most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is introducing the bipartisan Rural Physician Workforce Production Act to bring more doctors to rural areas. “The shortage of doctors in rural America threatens the future of our frontier communities,” Tester said. “Folks