Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

By: Matt Rosendale

My mission as State Auditor during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to ensure continuity of insurance coverage and to provide as much financial relief as possible.

With so many of our friends and neighbors laid off, furloughed, working with reduced hours, or closing their business altogether, every dollar matters right now. I worked with insurance companies and eliminated red tape to get more than $20.7 million back to Montanans in refunds and credits on 500,000 insurance policies.

I also worked with Montana’s health insurers to get coronavirus testing covered at no charge and...