The state of Indiana receives more than $20 billion from the federal government annually, or 44% of its budget, and is the third-most reliant state on federal dollars.
Health policy nonprofit KFF estimates Indiana could miss out on billions of dollars in funding if the federal government enacts a per-capita cap to reduce spending on Medicaid.
Committee dockets weren’t too packed during the largely slow week, but the House Ways and Means Committee heard Senate Bill 1, which drew hours of testimony.
The Riley Children’s Foundation unveiled the campaign, called “Every Child Deserves Riley,” during its Red For Our Kids Gala on Saturday. The effort has seen early success—they’ve already quietly raised two-thirds of the goal.
From property taxes to child care, here’s the status of some of the bills we’re watching this legislative session, which is expected to adjourn at the end of April.
The opioid epidemic has already cost us too many lives, and by adopting HB 1358, we can give health care providers more tools to treat pain without relying on opioids.
In Tuesday’s committee hearing, conservative lawmakers defended the plan to add red tape and bureaucracy to the program against Hoosiers who were worried they’d lose their health coverage.
Members of the Indiana Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services agreed with the need to address the high cost of health care. But they often disagreed with the approach of House Bill 1004.
Hoosiers need access to affordable and cost-effective services, providers need timely payment for services rendered and consumers should have a choice in their health care.
Planned Parenthood said nine of its affiliates, including the one that covers Indiana, received notice that the administration would withhold funding from Title X, the nationwide family-planning program.
A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday.
Several of the session’s most important pieces of legislation—including bills affecting the budget, property tax relief and health care transparency—will be heard, amended and passed out of committee next week.
