Healthy Indiana Plan: Key Facts and Issues


 

Publication Date: June 2008

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Type: Brief

Coverage: Indiana

Abstract:

This issue brief provides an overview of Indiana's new Medicaid waiver program, the Healthy Indiana Plan, which is the first that allows a state to use Medicaid funds to provide a benefit package modeled after a high-deductible plan and health savings account to previously uninsured adults. This piece examines key components of the plan and identifies key issues to consider.