A House committee made significant changes Thursday to the way Indiana would spend proceeds from a proposal to hike the state's cigarette tax for the first time in more than a decade and impose a new state tax on vaping liquids.

Indiana ranks as one of the worst states in the country for helping older people decide where they want to age -- at home or in a nursing facility.

Indiana has received approval to continue its Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, for 10 more years. The state says this will help continue health coverage for more than 500,000 low-income adult Hoosiers.

St. Joe County say focusing on a mother's access to health care has been key to those results.

A new study released last week says Hoosiers with private insurance plans pay three times more for hospital stays than Hoosiers on Medicaid.

Across the Midwest and the nation, many COVID-19 cases have been concentrated in nursing homes. It's often the result of an outbreak. But sometimes, it's actually by design.

The new program will allow HIP participants to use up to $1,000 from their health savings accounts for up to one year after they get a new job that comes with health insurance.

Illinois switched most of the state's Medicaid enrollees into managed care. Former foster children moved onto those plans on Feb. 1, and current foster children are scheduled to join them on April 1. Now, some question whether the move is in the childrens' best interests.

An audit found Indiana Medicaid failed to record death notifications in 2016 and 2017, leading to an estimated $1.1 million in payments to managed care organizations on behalf of dead Hoosiers.

The state was notified the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finished reviewing its application this week. The next step is a 30-day federal public comment period which is now open.