Indiana has received federal approval to expand health coverage to about 350,000 uninsured residents through a state-run program Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday will help the state's working poor families. Surrounded by state officials and staffers at an Indianapolis hospital, Pence announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved Indiana's waiver request for the plan his administration calls HIP 2.0. The approval makes Indiana the 28th state to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, and the 10th state to do so with a Republican in the governor's mansion.
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