Gov. Pence praises HIP as “Proven Model for Medicaid Reform”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — January 27, 2015
Contacts:
Governor’s Office: Kara Brooks, kbrooks@gov.in.gov
Family & Social Services Administration: Jim Gavin, jim.gavin@fssa.in.gov
INDIANAPOLIS—Governor Mike Pence announced today that the State has received approval from the federal government to use an updated version of the consumer-driven Healthy Indiana Plan known as HIP 2.0 instead of Medicaid to offer access to quality health care to 350,000 uninsured Hoosiers. The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) will begin taking applications immediately, and coverage will begin February 1.
Read more about this at http://www.in.gov/fssa/hip/files/HIP20pressrelease.pdf