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.

"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.

Indiana lawmakers heard two bills on Tuesday that aim to redefine nonprofit hospitals and make several changes to the health care landscape, but neither bill advanced as committee chairs opted to hold them for further consideration.

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.

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 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.

The additional funding brings Indiana's Medicaid payments to out-of-state children's hospitals up to the amount it would pay if the child was seen at Riley Hospital.

Critics say steps to get a handle on Indiana's ballooning Medicaid budget limits information and increases regulation

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.