Another GOP Gov’s Compromise: IN’s MCD Expansion

By ABBY GOODNOUGH JAN. 27, 2015

Key points:

Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence, a Republican, & Administration HHS have reached a compromise for Medicaid expansion:

• Include all adults <138% of Federal Poverty Limit
• Enrolled will have to pay premiums of 2% of income for coverage that includes dental and vision benefits.
• Those who earn less than 100% of Fed. Pov. Limit will not have to pay premiums.
  • But if they do not, coverage will exclude dental and vision benefits.
  • And co-payments for medical care, including $4 for a doctor’s visit and $75 for a hospitalization.