Michigan-based McLaren Health Care announced Thursday that it's signed a definitive agreement to acquire MDwise a nonprofit insurer serving more than 360,000 Indiana residents who are on Medicaid.

A lack of qualified professionals tops the list of barriers to treatment in Indiana communities.

In many low-income communities, especially in rural areas, charity clinics like this provide dental care for a population whose needs are not fully met by the existing safety net.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released this week shows Indiana would receive 3 percent less under the block grant system than it currently does under the Affordable Care Act.

Students on a national bus tour stopped at Sen. Donnelly's office to urge him to support defunding Planned Parenthood through the latest repeal effort.

Researchers at Indiana University found that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act could save the government money.

When pressed again, Holcomb said the Senate bill was too much of a moving target to provide specific data.

Even though most insurers cover the medicine women need to avoid withdrawal while pregnant, they require prior authorizations which can be riddled with bureaucratic hold-ups and clerical errors.

For the nearly 700 rural hospitals in the United States on the brink of financial collapse, relatively small amounts of money can be the difference between life and death.

The proposal would require members to work, train, study or volunteer for up to 20 hours per week, unless they can show they meet certain exemptions.