Sliding fee schedules and financial assistance are two options available to help patients pay for health care.
Category: Health
Posted inHealth
‘I’m not going without food’: Hoosiers burdened by medical debt call for change
Health care advocates say Indiana lawmakers need to make systemic changes to medical billing.
Posted inHealth
West Nile virus found in Marion County mosquitoes
Symptoms of the virus can be fever, headaches or body aches
Posted inEducation
IPS will give free safe-sleep items to pregnant and parenting students starting next school year
Indiana Department of Health Report Highlights Need for Safe-Sleep Resources in Schools
Posted inGovernment
Food access advocates jumpstart coalition to fight hunger
The City-County Council established a food access coalition in 2021, but not much happened until this May.
Posted inUncategorized
How do language barriers affect lead education outreach efforts?
There is no safe level of lead. Kids with lead poisoning may experience trouble learning, issues with behavior, and poor kidney function.
Posted inHealth
Free back-to-school vaccination, lead testing clinic at Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The event takes place 4-8 p.m. July 11.
Posted inGovernment
Breaking down budgets: Why Medicaid expenses are growing
Indiana, which missed its Medicaid forecast last year by nearly $1 billion, faces soaring and uncertain costs. Expect changes ahead.
Posted inHealth
New study explores how environmental change affects housing in Indiana
Researchers say groups most subject to discrimination under fair housing laws are more likely to feel environmental impacts.
Posted inGovernment
FSSA halts HIP premium collections after judge’s ruling
The implications from a federal judge’s decision are ‘far reaching,’ Indiana’s Medicaid director says.
