Governor Daniels discussed some details of the State’s new health plan. The State will start signing people up in December and the plan is to begin coverage in January.
Adults who don’t have access to employer-sponsored health insurance and have family incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level qualify for the program. That’s a limit of $41,300 for a family of four, or $20,420 for a single adult.
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$500 in free preventive care, such as prostate checks or smoking cessation programs.
A $1,100 annual health-care account funded by the participant with help from the state for lower-income adults. The account would be used to cover health-care costs not considered preventive care.
A more traditional insurance plan with no deductibles or co-pays that kicks in after the health account is exhausted. Coverage would be capped at $300,000 annually per participant or $1 million over a participant’s lifetime.
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