Gov. Mike Braun has defended his administration's directive to stop advertising Medicaid programs, saying it's a "broken program" and suggests the government needs to do a better job running Medicaid before drawing new people into the program.

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

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.

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(NAACP) released a statement in response to reports that Gov. Mike Braun has directed providers to cease advertising of Medicaid programs.

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.

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 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.

Funding Indiana's Medicaid forecast

“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 ...

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,