STATEHOUSE — You might’ve read or heard this week about the group Hoosier Action and their criticism of a bill being considered by lawmakers that they believe will make it easier to kick people off of Medicaid or the Healthy Indiana Plan. That bill (SB2) is actually a way to make sure Medicaid stay solvent, say state lawmakers who support it.
“The spend in this space is unsustainable, Under current situations, knowing things change all the time, but the slope of the line in the spend is such, we want this to be a sustainable program so that the people that need services, deserve services, qualify for services, match up with those that are getting the services,” said Dr. Brad Barrett, a Republican state representative from Richmond, who is chair of the House Public Health Committee.
He spoke on the bill at a Wednesday meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee…