Indiana Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in Indiana?

Indiana is ranked as the 38th healthiest state for the second straight year, according to the 2011 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

Indiana's best and worst category rankings:

• Geographic Disparity – 10th
• Binge Drinking – 17th
• Infectious Disease – 21st
• Children in Poverty – 43rd
• Public Health Funding – 48th
• Air Pollution – 49th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Indiana.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Indiana health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Indiana here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Indiana, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does Indiana have a health insurance high risk pool?

Indiana Comprehensive Health Association (click "guest" for access, then choose "ICHIA")
Toll-free 1-800-552-7921 or (317) 614-2000

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Indiana started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Indiana's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Indiana

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide to guide on how to find health insurance in Indiana.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Indiana can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Indiana health insurance plan report cards.

Indiana state government health insurance resources

Indiana Children’s Health Insurance Program —  As part of the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress created the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as a way to encourage the states to provide health insurance to uninsured children. This is Indiana’s implementation of the law.

Indiana Department of Insurance —  Resources for consumers in Indiana.

State of Indiana Health Insurance page —  State government health insurance resources.

How did Indiana officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (6)

• Larry Bucshon
• Dan Burton
• Mike Pence

• Todd Rokita
• Marlin Stutzman
• Todd Young

Our
Pick

No (3)

• André Carson
• Joe Donnelly
• Peter Visclosky