Critics say Gov. Mike Braun’s steps to get a handle on Indiana’s ballooning Medicaid budget limits information for potential clients while increasing regulation on current enrollees. Medicaid is publicly-funded health insurance for people with low incomes.
Notre Dame Professor Jeff Harden discusses the political significance of Braun’s governorship, while students provide their thoughts on Governor Braun and the direction they would like to see him take the state.
Gov. Mike Braun introduced his budget to the State Budget Committee on Jan. 16, which allocates no money towards Martin University.
Braun is also pushing to phase out the state's tax on retirement income over the next four years. That tax rate is a little over 3% of income form pensions, 401 (k)s and any other retirement savings account. That rate is the same as Indiana's normal income tax. It also does not affect social security, which is untaxed.
Lieutenant gov. Micah Beckwith and Attorney General Todd Rokita were also sworn in at the Hilbert Circle Theater downtown.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun says he's taking steps to make health care more affordable, but critics say not necessarily more accessible, to Hoosiers. Why it matters: Indiana has historically had some of the worst health outcomes in the nation.
These orders are part of Braun's commitment to what he calls providing quality healthcare for Indiana residents without breaking the bank.
A Martin University leader says Indiana’s only predominantly Black university will survive Gov. Mike Braun’s proposal to withdraw funding.
Braun says he's optimistic about the next four years. He wants to see a transfer of assumed power from the federal government back to the states.
Mike Braun was being sworn in as Indiana's 52nd governor Monday morning. Braun, his lieutenant governor Micah Beckwith, and attorney general Todd Rokita took the oath of office at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis.
The governor signed nine executive orders on Wednesday he said are aimed at improving the state’s healthcare system.
Gov. Mike Braun's administration is sending mixed messages about the future of Medicaid, after directing providers to stop advertising