health insurance

“It just seems like a pointless payment”: Indiana fights to bring back some Medicaid premiums after judge strikes them down. State officials say the ruling puts Indiana's Medicaid expansion program at risk.

Researchers estimate 15 million people will lose their Medicaid starting April 1 when states begin removing people from the low-income health insurance program for the first time in three years.

Having health insurance doesn’t always mean the care you need will be covered, even if that care is provided in-network. Consumers have a right to appeal denied claims, but federal data shows very few people do.

Five conservative states expanded Medicaid in part because the Obama administration let them charge premiums, but the Biden administration is taking that authority away.

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It’s open enrollment season for the health insurance marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act. But many people who need to sign up may not know…

A new report finds the number of children without health insurance in Indiana has increased. This is the second year the state has followed this national…