Year In Review: Covering health and human services in 2023

In 2023, Montana’s health care and human services news beat was home to both predictably hot-button political fights and slow-burn policy feuds. Some days, alerts of lawsuits and bill signings flooded our in-boxes. Other times, I was happily buried in months of reporting for deep-dive features. Though it feels like a lifetime ago, the 2023 legislative session was filled with conflict over several high-profile issues, including restrictions on abortion and medical choices for transgender minors seeking gender-affirming treatments. There was also camaraderie over reform-minded policies aimed