The COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of the economy in the second quarter, which meant fewer surgery bills or other big claims. But companies expect at least some of those postponed procedures to take place later this year.

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.

Many Indiana farmers want more health care options. On Wednesday, they got closer to that goal.

More than half of Hoosiers get health insurance from their employer and that coverage is growing more expensive. From 2008 to 2018 the annual Hoosier employee contribution rose from 3.8 percent of a persons income to 5.7 percent.

The percentage of uninsured children in Indiana went up from 5.9 percent in 2016 to 6.6 percent in 2018.

One of the healthiest counties in the Midwest is also the least insured. About 40 percent of the people in Holmes County Ohio do not have health insurance, according to county estimates.

About 9,000 fewer Hoosiers had health insurance in 2018, the rate went up from 8.2 to 8.3 percent, according to the data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

eHealth, which runs an online health insurance exchange, says it will bring 500 high-wage jobs to the city by the end of 2023.

Indianapolis-based Anthem beat second quarter expectations and raised its 2019 forecast again, but shares of the health insurer slid after it outlined challenges in its growing Medicaid business.