Rep. Matt Hostettler, R-Patoka, speaks in committee on March 18, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
A House committee opted on Tuesday to remove an explicit cap on the Healthy Indiana Plan that would restrict enrollment to 500,000 people but kept the controversial work requirements, passing Senate Bill 2 on an 8-4 vote along party lines.
Nearly two dozen Hoosiers, many of them Medicaid recipients or health care providers, testified in opposition to the bill in addition to four supporters and two neutral speakers over three hours. The Healthy Indiana Plan, which covers the so-called “expansion population” in Indiana, provides health insurance for moderate-income Hoosiers. Many of the recipients are working though advocates presented conflicting numbers…