As many as 300,000 low-income Hoosiers could be subject to Indiana’s new Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimated Tuesday. But key parts of the compliance and exemption process remain unfinished. The first deadline is less than two months away. Although the mandate takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, anyone applying for or renewing coverage that month […]

After more than a year of eligibility reviews that have already removed hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers from Medicaid, the state’s low-income health insurance program is entering a new phase that could determine whether even more beneficiaries lose their coverage. Over the next 18 months, Indiana is expected to implement a series of state and […]

The notice arrived after Taylor Holliday-Smith thought she’d already done everything the state asked. The letter from earlier this summer said her 5-year-old son, Thomas, would lose Medicaid coverage unless the state received updated income verification. Holliday-Smith drove to her local Family and Social Services Administration office in Huntington, updated the family’s address and turned […]

Indiana’s Medicaid rolls have shrunk by more than 343,000 people in a single year — an 18.5% drop that ranks among the steepest in the country. That has left hospitals, healthcare providers and advocates bracing for an increasingly uninsured population. State enrollment stood at 1,512,713 Hoosiers in June, down from 1,856,272 one year earlier, according […]