Gerald Williams was one of thousands of Hoosiers placed on a waitlist for services. This isnt the first time Indiana has implemented a waitlist for these services. In fact, advocates warn this could be the return to a decades-long wait for services and that wait is already having a human cost.

State Sen. Ryan Mishler, vice-chairperson of the Medicaid Oversight Committee and chair of the Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee, proposed Senate Bill 2 on Jan. 14, which would cap enrollment in HIP at 500,000, with all remaining users put on a waitlist.

A late-night memo announcing a freeze on federal grants—and subsequent failures by the Trump White House to clarify the details of the funding pause—plunged the country into chaos on Tuesday, with reports of Medicaid portals getting abruptly shut down amid the widespread confusion.

Potential Medicaid cuts under President Donald Trump, amounting to more than $2.3 trillion over the span of a decade, are likely amid Republican

Critics say Gov. Mike Braun’s steps to get a handle on Indiana’s ballooning Medicaid budget limits information for potential clients while increasing regulation on current enrollees. Medicaid is publicly-funded health insurance for people with low incomes.

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

The governor signed nine executive orders on Wednesday he said are aimed at improving the state’s healthcare system.

The bill’s author said many of these changes have been discussed for years, but this year they were “investigated and embraced” as a part of a larger Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, redesign.

A new analysis of 2023 data conducted by the Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) and Capital Link, highlights the transformative impact Community Health Centers have on Indiana's health and economic well-being.

When Emily Munson started working for Indiana Disability Rights in 2015, 40 employers in the state were permitted to pay employees with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. That number has since been cut to 17.

While most states aren’t being forced to take drastic measures yet, many are struggling to balance their budgets. Leaders of several states are proposing cutting social programs such as child care, victim services and Medicaid, or raising taxes on cigarettes, spirits or households with the highest incomes.

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