‘Indiana Needs a HIP Replacement’, Social Services Secretary Says About Insurance Program

‘Indiana needs a HIP replacement’, social services secretary says about insurance program

“(Gov. Mike Braun) believes that Medicaid ought to be a program that incentivizes individuals to work – not disincentivizes them to do so.” – Mitch Roob, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration secretary

‘Indiana needs a HIP replacement’, social services secretary says about insurance program • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Mitch Roob, secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, presents to the State Budget Committee on June 18, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)In his second tenure leading Indiana’s most expensive state agency, Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob wants to significantly change Indiana’s insurance program for low- to middle-income Hoosiers. But ongoing negotiations in Washington D.C. …

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Does Indiana needs a HIP replacement?

by Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 18, 2025 In his second tenure leading Indiana’s most expensive state agency, Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob wants to significantly change Indiana’s insurance program for low- to middle-income Hoosiers. But ongoing negotiations in Washington D.C. could undermine or fundamentally alter the third iteration of the Healthy Indiana Plan, otherwise known as HIP. Some con…