Indiana has received approval to continue its Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, for 10 more years. The state says this will help continue health coverage for more than 500,000 low-income adult Hoosiers.

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.

Normally, about 1 in 5 people have state assistance. Applications have increased 75 percent since mid-March, state officials reported Monday.

The state was notified the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finished reviewing its application this week. The next step is a 30-day federal public comment period which is now open.

Indiana has applied for a 10-year extension of its Medicaid health insurance program, known as the Healthy Indiana Plan. This fairly routine move sparked passionate public commentary on Tuesday afternoon.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has temporarily suspended work requirements for people on the Healthy Indiana Plan.

A new lawsuit is challenging Indianas work requirements for the states Medicaid expansion program, HIP. Medicaid work requirements have been struck down in three other states.

Chicago hospitals maintain they are being shortchanged by what Indiana's Medicaid program pays for the treatment of severely ill or injured children at out-of-state hospitals.

Hoosiers who receive health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, may have to start logging work hours.

The state of Indiana has proposed a new program to help transition people from its Medicaid expansion program, HIP 2.0, to commercial health insurance.