As Congress reviews budget slashes to health care in Pres.Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a new evaluation from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects 16 million Americans, including 1.8 million Medicaid and Healthy Indiana Plan recipients, would go without health insurance.
Read MoreThe state of Indiana receives more than $20 billion from the federal government annually, or 44% of its budget, and is the third-most reliant state — behind only Louisiana and Mississippi, according to an analysis from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Read MoreA group of U.S. Senate Democrats is pressing the Biden administration to make it easier for the millions of Americans who sign up each year for health insurance through a federal website to register to vote.
Read MoreBy ANNE GREGORY Media Relations, Manchester University NORTH MANCHESTER — A nationally renowned expert on the U.S. healthcare system will speak at Manchester University. Karen Davis is director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at Johns Hopkins University. The center, which is part of … Read More
Following the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling on King v. Burwell, Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement. “The Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell is profoundly disappointing to me and every Hoosier who had hoped this ruling would give our nation the opportunity to … Read More
The Supreme Court released its ruling in King v. Burwell, a case tied to the Affordable Care Act, today. The 6-3 ruling found tax credit subsidies, designed to help make health insurance more affordable, can be offered in all states, including those that use the federal exchange. “The … Read More
Yesterday two Indiana senators announced their support for bipartisan legislation reintroduced that would repeal the medical device tax. U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, along with fellow Hoosier representative, Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), joined U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and seven other senators from both parties … Read More
If you’re uninsured, there’s still time to sign up for health insurance on the Health Insurance Marketplace and avoid the penalty. Under the Affordable Care Act, 2015 is the first year Americans must prove they had qualifying health insurance, or an approved exemption, for the previous year or … Read More
By JOY LOHSE Marketing and Public Relations Director, Kosciusko Community Hospital As part of the Affordable Care Act, most U.S. citizens are required to have health insurance beginning in 2014. During the first enrollment wave, which began in October of 2013 and ended in March of this year, … Read More
We approached the candidates for U.S. Representative for District 2 and asked them some questions. Below are responses from Republican incumbent Jackie Walorski and Democratic candidate Joe Bock. Libertarian candidate Jeff Petermann ended his run and dropped out of the Libertarian Party after the July 15 deadline to … Read More
At the Oct. 3 meeting of the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety, the city of Warsaw’s Human Resources Director Jennifer Whitaker came before the board seeking approval for changes to city employee benefit packages. The changes would affect city employees dental plans, short term disability and … Read More
