Feds eliminate work mandate for Healthy Indiana Plan participants

Healthy Indiana Plan participants no longer can lose their Medicaid health coverage for failing to comply with the employment mandate championed by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week notified Indiana officials the federal government has revoked the state's authorization to require able-bodied, adult Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) members to work, search for a job or participate in community service at least 20 hours a week as a condition of receiving state-supported health coverage.