FORT WAYNE – Feedback was generally positive Thursday following Gov. Mike Pence's announcement of a new health care plan to cover Hoosiers left without options now.
And many people lauded the fact that the plan doesn't expand traditional Medicaid. Instead, the proposal requires participants to contribute financially and make better health care choices.
“I am pleased to see Indiana leading the way in proposing a consumer-driven plan to expand health coverage options for the uninsured. The expansion of the Healthy Indiana Plan outlined by the governor today stands in stark contrast to the broken Medicaid program that for years has been plagued by ineffective cost controls, poor management and fraud,” said Fort Wayne Republican Senate President Pro Tem David Long.
“Indiana's HIP 2.0 plan has the potential to expand health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers in a way that promotes personal responsibility and doesn't require a tax increase. This can be a national, state-driven model that shows how to work with the private sector and our current health care system to affordably and effectively provide health care to the uninsured in our country.”
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