"We will further constrain Medicaid eligibility across all the different categories of eligibility," said Mitch Roob, Indiana FSSA secretary.

The Braun administration's directive to stop advertising Medicaid programs draws criticism from groups who say it cost businesses millions, while the state is attempting to lower Medicaid enrollment due to rising costs and a recent $1 billion budget shortfall.

There's about 1,200 bills filed but only some of them will become law. Here, we're tracking the bills that actually progress in the legislature.

Jay Chaudary, former director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction, led the effort to overhaul the state's behavioral health system. He takes listeners through lessons learned and potential future policy threats to care access.

Gov. Mike Braun’s administration has made it an immediate goal to get people off Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurance program for people with low incomes.  One of the state’s first strategies has been ordering all providers in Indiana to stop advertising Medicaid services.

A potential overhaul of the state’s Medicaid expansion program would include changes such as caps on enrollment and limits on lifetime eligibility. The overhaul would also reintroduce a proposal that the federal government previously blocked because it could lead to a loss of coverage.

Gov. Mike Braun's directive for Medicaid providers to cease all advertising on TV and radio in the state is getting a lot of push back from local broadcasters who rely on those advertising dollars.

“Our goal is to find a sweet spot for this bill.” Another priority bill would introduce a cap to the state’s Healthy Indiana Plan, an expansion of traditional Medicaid to cover moderate-income Hoosiers who can’t afford other options. Sen. Ryan ...

Funding Indiana's Medicaid forecast

As Indiana’s 2025 legislative session begins, Republicans and Democrats in the state senate have outlined sharply contrasting agendas.

Families seeking support for a child with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis might soon face a potential hurdle: as soon as April, Indiana’s Medicaid program could cap reimbursements for Applied Behavior Analysis therapy,

As a special needs dad, I appreciate the words Gov. Mike Braun chose to define his agenda: freedom and opportunity.