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Professor Terry Comments on Fewer Health Coverage Choices in Indiana
11/18/2019
A recent article in the Indianapolis Business Journal about the lack of choices for Hoosiers buying health coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace quotes IU McKinney Professor Nicolas P. Terry.
While the number of insurers selling plans around the country in 2020 is increasing by one-third over this year, the choices in Indiana have decreased in recent years. In addition, Indiana had a higher percentage of people lacking medical insurance (8.3 percent) in 2018 than any neighboring state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
"Indiana is a deeply unhealthy state," said Terry, Hall Render Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney. In addition, Indiana does not have a reinsurance plan -- a state-approved plan that protects insurers from very high claims. "States with reinsurance plans have shown cost-containing improvements," Terry said.
Professor Terry serves on Indiana University’s Grand Challenges Scientific Leadership Team, working on the addictions crisis. He is one of the permanent bloggers at Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health and hosts “The Week in Health Law” podcast at TWIHL.com.
