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STATEHOUSE: House committee greenlights amended Medicaid work requirements proposal

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By: Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday, moving on a party-line vote. Earlier that day, a separate committee advanced two other bills impacting the state’s low-income health coverage program, with one seeking to establish a…

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House committee OKs amended Medicaid work requirements plan

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday, moving on a party-line vote.

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House committee greenlights amended Medicaid work requirements proposal

A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday, moving on a party-line vote.

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Ind committee makes changes to HIP work reporting exceptions, Medicaid advertising ban

Despite the exceptions, Medicaid advocates and members continue to raise concerns about work reporting requirements. Medicaid experts said most people enrolled in Medicaid already work, but administrative issues can lead to people losing coverage even if they would otherwise meet the requirement.(Abigail Ruhman / IPB News) Senate Bill 2 would require employment as a condition of enrollment in the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. Lawmakers originall…

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STATEHOUSE: House committee greenlights amended Medicaid work requirements proposal

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Nonprofit owner fears losing health care coverage due to new Iowa bill

SF 615 would require able-bodied recipients of Medicaid to work at least 80 hours a month, with some exceptions.

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Lawmakers Believe it will be Easier for People to be off Medicaid

Source: (Photo: Eric Berman/WIBC) STATEHOUSE — You might’ve read or heard this week about the group Hoosier Action and their criticism of a bill being considered by lawmakers that they believe will make it easier to kick people off of Medicaid or the Healthy Indiana Plan. That bill (SB2) is actually a way to make sure Medicaid stay solvent, say state lawmakers who support it. “The spend in this space is unsustainable, Under current situations, k…

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