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Group Health for Your Montana Team.
Without the Corporate Price Tag.

From Bozeman remote-first firms to Billings healthcare services, ranching operations, and construction crews, Montana small businesses keep this state working. We help you get your team real group health coverage, with quotes compared across the plans available to you and no broker fees, ever.

Group health plans for 1–50 employees
We compare the plans available to your group, including level-funded and ICHRA
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Small business benefits, structured like a large employer's.

We price the same three funding models big benefits teams evaluate, built for teams of 1 to 50.

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How it works for a Montana business

Three steps, about a week end to end, and nothing owed to us at any point.

1

Send us a simple census

Employee ages and ZIP codes. That's genuinely it, no health questionnaires needed to get started, and nothing that commits you to anything.

2

We quote the real options

We compare the plans available to your group across the carriers competing for Montana small business, plus level-funded and ICHRA structures where they fit, and put them side by side.

3

You pick, we handle the rest

Enrollment, employee questions, paperwork, and then renewals every year after. You get a broker who answers the phone, not a ticket number.

What's different about Montana

Insurance is regulated state by state, so the honest answer to "what will this cost" always starts local.

Which exchange applies

Montana uses the federal exchange, Healthcare.gov. Provider networks stretch across long distances here, so network adequacy deserves as much attention as premium.

Medicaid, and why it affects your plan

Montana expanded Medicaid, covering adults up to roughly 138% of the federal poverty level.

The Montana small-group market

Montana's small-group market is served by a small number of carriers, and because networks are built around distant regional health systems, which hospitals a plan includes matters as much as its premium.

State continuation coverage

Most Montana employers are under 20 employees, which means federal COBRA does not apply to them at all. Montana provides for continuation of coverage in certain circumstances instead, so departing employees have options worth understanding before you set your offboarding process.

Where your people are matters

Carriers file rates by rating area, so the same plan prices differently across Billings, Missoula, Bozeman, and Great Falls. If your team is spread out, that spread shows up inside your own quote, and it is worth getting the census right.

Shopping for yourself rather than a team? Our Montana individual and self-employed guide covers marketplace, off-exchange, and underwritten options.

Three ways to cover a Montana team

Most brokers quote one of these. We price all three against your actual roster and tell you which wins.

Traditional group health

Fully-insured coverage with a fixed monthly premium and guaranteed-issue protection for groups of 1 to 50. The most predictable option, and still the strongest recruiting statement in most hiring markets.

Level-funded plans

Priced to your own group's health rather than the community pool, with stop-loss insurance capping your exposure. A healthy year can return money to the business. Rewards younger, healthier teams.

ICHRA

You set a tax-free monthly allowance, employees buy their own individual plans with it. No minimum participation requirement, fixed budget, and it works for teams spread across multiple states.

Montana businesses we work with

A few of the industries that come to us most often here, and what tends to drive the decision in each.

Remote-first and professional firms

Bozeman and Missoula have a growing base of remote companies whose staff may be spread across several states, which is where ICHRA structures fit well.

How we approach it: We price fully insured against level funded on the real census, and say plainly which the roster supports.

Construction and trades

Montana contractors work across long distances, making network breadth as important as premium.

How we approach it: We quote every structure that could fit and spell out the trade-off in each rather than leading with one product.

Ranching and ag services

Seasonal payrolls and family operations need plans that flex with the year.

How we approach it: We start by sorting who is actually eligible, then price only the structures that survive that answer.

Healthcare and outfitting

Billings medical services and Montana's guide and outfitting businesses both staff around seasons and need coverage that matches.

How we approach it: We model the options side by side and tell you which one we would choose if it were our own payroll.

Montana group health questions

The questions Montana owners actually ask us first.

Nothing. Our brokerage services are 100% free to you. Montana insurance carriers build broker compensation into the rates they file with state regulators, so your premium is the same whether you buy through us or directly. You get the comparison at no added cost.
Most carriers can write a group with as few as two enrolled employees, and small-group rules generally cover businesses from 1 to 50 employees. Participation and contribution requirements vary by carrier, so the practical answer depends on your team. If a traditional group plan does not fit yet, an ICHRA has no minimum participation requirement.
Most carriers commonly expect the employer to fund around half of the employee-only premium. The most common structure is to fund a strong share of employee-only coverage and let employees pay toward spouses and children, which keeps the plan attractive while capping the company's exposure. Employer premiums are also deductible as a business expense.
Montana's small-group market is served by a small number of carriers, and because networks are built around distant regional health systems, which hospitals a plan includes matters as much as its premium. Most Montana employers are under 20 employees, which means federal COBRA does not apply to them at all. Montana provides for continuation of coverage in certain circumstances instead, so departing employees have options worth understanding before you set your offboarding process.
No state law requires a small Montana employer to offer health insurance. The federal ACA employer mandate only applies at 50 or more full-time equivalent employees. Most of the owners we work with offer coverage because it wins hiring and keeps good people, not because a statute requires it.
Two alternatives to a traditional fully-insured group plan. A level-funded plan prices to your own group's health and can return money after a healthy claims year. An ICHRA gives each employee a tax-free monthly allowance to buy their own individual plan, with no participation minimums. Both are available to Montana businesses, and we quote all three side by side.

Ready to see real numbers for your Montana team?

Send a census, ages and ZIP codes, and we'll come back with the options that actually fit. No fee, no obligation, and a straight answer about which structure wins.

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