Abigail Ruhman
Multimedia Health Reporter, NewsAbigail Ruhman covers statewide health issues. Previously, they were a reporter for KBIA, the public radio station in Columbia, Missouri. Ruhman graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Eliza Brader was informed her Healthy Indiana Plan coverage would end on May 1, 2025 unless she submitted additional documentation. Brader's coverage ended despite meeting the deadline. -
Indiana’s infant mortality rate improved again in 2024 to 6.3 according to new preliminary data from the state. -
The top official at the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said the state’s new long-term care program for Medicaid members over 60 hasn’t met expectations. -
Rural communities are forced to grapple with significant policy changes to social service programs at the state and federal levels. An organization in southern Indiana is bringing people together around a shared mission — that they deserve better. -
The new funding structure makes some adjustments to a tax that already exists on hospitals. The main change comes from a new tax on insurance companies or managed care organizations. -
FSSA has started to solicit feedback on the topic of the first of three reports it's required to present: the agency's definition of "extraordinary care." -
The U.S. Senate returns this week to discuss the federal reconciliation bill. The legislation includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to programs that Hoosiers said they depend on to survive. -
Medicaid members in Indiana are stuck between state and federal policies that threaten their health coverage. -
The new law only applies to brand drugs without a generic that manage chronic pain or are considered "life-saving." It will affect health plans that are "issued, delivered, amended, or renewed" after Dec. 31, 2025. -
Federal lawmakers proposed their own version of the policy for Medicaid expansion programs. Medicaid experts said under that proposal, Indiana would no longer be allowed to provide several of those exceptions.
