INDIANAPOLIS – A program providing hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers health insurance could be in jeopardy after a Washington D.C. judge vacated a federal approval for the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) on Thursday.
Chief Judge James E. Boasberg, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, found fault with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2020 approval of various aspects of HIP 2.0 — including POWER Accounts and the lack of retroactive coverage.
Former Gov. Mitch Daniels introduced the consumer-driven, cost-sharing approach in 2007 when the state expanded Medicaid to moderate-income workers. Gov. Mike Pence developed the program even further.
The full extent of the ruling was unclear Thursday night and a spokesperson with the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) said the agency was reviewing the ruling.
Read the entire Whitney Downard/Casey Smith story for the Indiana Capital Chronicle, here.
