Most Medicaid beneficiaries are willing to pay for healthcare coverage and are more proactive about their care when they do, according to an analysis by Anthem’s Public Policy Institute.The study has prompted the insurer, one of the largest in the nation, to become the first plan to formally support conservative Medicaid expansion.Patient advocates have said cost-sharing elements used by some conservative governors in hold out states could push lower-income, often sicklier people out of coverage.Anthem studied Indiana’s Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 population. Of the 387,000 enrolled on the program, 43% are covered by Anthem, giving it the largest footprint in the program.Indiana launched HIP 2.0 in January 2015 under a waiver agreement with the CMS. It has two different levels of coverage for residents with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty line—one called HIP 2.0 Plus that includes dental and vision benefits and one called HIP Basic that does …
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