Healthcare Reimagined
Exploring a Healthier Future
Reimagining Healthcare
If you missed Bozeman Rising’s conversation about Reimagining Healthcare on May 14th, you can still catch the commentary and informational slides from Dr. Dave King and Cristina Mont-Kraus on YouTube! It is packed with information about our healthcare system and digs down into the causes of the system’s shortcomings.
Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point
This 60 minute documentary takes an in-depth look into how our dysfunctional US healthcare system is damaging our economy, suffocating our businesses, discouraging physicians and negatively impacting the nation’s health, while maintaining un-affordable healthcare costs for a third of our citizens. This film proposes intelligent and fiscally responsible ideas for healthcare reform like Universal healthcare, Single Payer healthcare and other solutions for controlling healthcare costs.
Medicaid in Montana - 2026
The 2026 Medicaid in Montana report provides key statistics and describes the impact of Montana Medicaid on health outcomes, the health care system, and the economy. The report also shows how Medicaid Expansion is changing how Montanans with low incomes use the healthcare system, lowering costs, and sustaining rural health care services that communities depend on.
Additional information related to the report is available here.
Medicare for All - Household Savings Calculator
Medicare for All could save over 60,000 lives and billions of dollars per year by completely removing premiums, deductibles, copays, and surprise medical bills while fully covering medical care, dental, vision, long term care, medications, and more.
Find out how much you would save under Medicare for All!
Financing a Single Payer National Health Program
When asked how America will pay for a single-payer healthcare system, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) states that “We’re already spending enough on health care. We’re just not getting our money’s worth.“
The $4.5 trillion spent in the U.S. on healthcare in 2022 was “more than enough to finance all medically necessary care for every U.S. resident while totally eliminating out-of-pocket spending.”
“Bottom line: a single-payer national health program is not only affordable, it’s the only affordable option.”
No ICE Holds In Our Jail
Please Email the County Commissioners Today!
Today, Community Rapid Response–Gallatin County, together with Indivisible Bozeman, is launching a new effort, and we hope you will join.
In Gallatin County, the primary way that ICE is detaining people is through the practice of placing a 48-hour “hold” on them at the county jail. In 2025, 84 people were transferred to ICE custody in this way, many with only minor charges and misdemeanors. The practice is ongoing. Detained people are quickly taken to Great Falls and moved out of state to detention facilities in Tacoma, Salt Lake City, and elsewhere. It is difficult for families to find loved ones and for attorneys to provide clients with representation.
(We learn every day about how unsafe these facilities are. According to data collected by the American Prospect, 52 people have died in ICE custody since the beginning of 2025.)
What is the supposed legal basis for this practice? In 2020, then County Sheriff Brian Gootkin signed what’s known as a 287g agreement with ICE.
Now we and our current county government have inherited this 287g agreement. None of us had the chance to weigh in on it or to make our voices heard. The agreement may well be invalid–no county commissioners signed it. We don’t know what it means for liability for our county, or for costs to taxpayers.
You can help change that. Tell the county commissioners you don’t want the 287g agreement. Send them an email today: commission@gallatin.mt.gov
Click here for helpful templates for your email, as well as for more resources and information.
This is an opportunity for us in Gallatin County to stand up for due process and the rule of law. We can insist on a community where everyone’s rights are respected, where we welcome the stranger and extend care to our neighbors, not punishment.
Spread the word! If you have friends or family in Gallatin County who might also want to email the commissioners, please share this information with them.
Your thoughts on 287g?|Share them with our County Commissioners|Stand Up For Due Process!|Stand Up For The Rule of Law!
No 287g Agreement
Show Your Support For Our Constitution and Democracy!
Let’s share our message of solidarity and stand together in support of government
of the people, by the people, and for the people!
Calendar
June 2026
Rush Hour Resistance - Thursday Protest - Gallatin County Courthouse - 8-9am
Because we're building on a movement, not just a moment, we've added the Thursday Rush Hour Resistance Protest at the Gallatin County Courthouse. Put a positive spin on your day with cheerful protesting, honking cars, and healthy connections.
Forward Montana - Pride Celebration - Voter Registration Volunteers
Hang out in Lindley Park during Bozeman Pride and register voters? It will be great fun! Forward Montana is looking for volunteers for 10a-1p or 1p-4p shifts to register voters during Bozeman Pride at Lindley Park on Saturday, June 6th. Please click the "More Info" button for the link to sign up.
Saturday Stand Up and Wave!
Need a protest pick-me-up? Want some supportive community time with pro-democracy peeps? Join us on Saturdays at the Gallatin County Courthouse from 12-1p! Bring your favorite sign, an American flag or just your anti-authoritarian energy and get out of the house!
Rush Hour Resistance - Every Tuesday - Gallatin County Courthouse 8-9am
Enjoy a heartwarming morning protest every Tuesday at the Gallatin County Courthouse with the grassroots organized Rush Hour Resistance! Meet from 8-9am with your favorite protest sign, a flag or just come wave at the passing commuters!
Rush Hour Resistance - Thursday Protest - Gallatin County Courthouse - 8-9am
Because we're building on a movement, not just a moment, we've added the Thursday Rush Hour Resistance Protest at the Gallatin County Courthouse. Put a positive spin on your day with cheerful protesting, honking cars, and healthy connections.
Forward Montana - Emerson Art Walk - Voter Registration Volunteers Needed
Join Forward Montana at The Emerson Art Walk to register voters! Forward Montana is looking for volunteers to hang out at the Emerson Center from 5-9p on Friday, June 12th and help new voters get ready for the November election. Please click the "More Info" button for the link to sign up.
Saturday Stand Up and Wave!
Need a protest pick-me-up? Want some supportive community time with pro-democracy peeps? Join us on Saturdays at the Gallatin County Courthouse from 12-1p! Bring your favorite sign, an American flag or just your anti-authoritarian energy and get out of the house!
Forward Montana - Bozeman Farmers Market - Voter Registration Volunteers Needed
Enjoy a lovely summer evening at the Bozeman Farmers Market and register new voters! Forward Montana is looking for volunteers to help young folks register to vote in the November election at the Lindley Park Farmers Market on Tuesday, June 16th from 5-8p. Please click the "More Info" button for the link to sign up.
1st Annual Jim Murry Campaign Kickoff Hot Dog Roast
Please join the Gallatin Democrats for the 1st Annual Jim Murry Campaign Kickoff Hot Dog Roast Wednesday, June 24th, from 5-9pm at the Bozeman Pond Pavilion in Bozeman! Please click the "More Info" button for the RSVP link.
Recommended Protest Kit & Apparel – Comfortable clothes & shoes, phone with camera, water, snack, whistle, mask, hat, bandaids, notebook, pencil, ear plugs, hand sanitizer, handkerchief, whatever additional clothing is needed (or not) based on the weather forecast.
