One of the many components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA aka Health Care Reform) is each state must decide if they will implement the Medicaid expansion. The goal is to expand coverage to state residents that aren’t covered by or eligible for one of the many programs currently offered.
Indiana already has several program options in place, including the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), but eligibility can be complicated and varies based on the individual program guidelines. There is much disagreement between parties as to which program is the most cost-effective for the state and how to provide the coverage needed by over 400,000 low-income Hoosiers.